(2019-08-30). Raping Words After Raping Women. counterpunch.org On the Feminist Glitter Revolt in Mexico City Let's put it this way — I am not someone who has no idea how is it to be raped in Mexico City with no chance to get any help from the police, let alone legal resources and a fair trial, so this issue is very close More
(2019-08-30). Family of Mexican Teenager Slain by Border Agent Awaits SCOTUS Ruling to Determine If They Can Sue. democracynow.org 
This fall, the Supreme Court will decide whether the parents of Sergio Hernández Gàºereca, a 15-year-old Mexican teen killed by a Border Patrol agent in 2010, can sue the American agent in a U.S. federal court. It's been nearly 10 years since Border Patrol agent Jesus Mesa Jr. shot across the El Paso-Juárez border and struck Hernández Gàºereca in the head. The central question in the case is whether a Mexican citizen killed on Mexican soil by a U.S. border agent is protected by the U.S. Constitution — allowing for the family members of victims to file civil lawsuits. If the Supreme Court rules in…
(2019-08-30). Justice for José Antonio: Family Demands Accountability for Mexican Teen Killed by U.S. Border Agent. democracynow.org 
Nearly seven years ago, 16-year-old José Antonio Elena Rodríguez was killed in Nogales, Mexico, by U.S. Border Patrol agent Lonnie Swartz, who fired his gun from the U.S. side of the border. The teenager — who was unarmed — died face-down on the sidewalk just a couple of blocks from his home. Border Patrol has for years been plagued with hundreds of allegations of abuse and unnecessary use of deadly force, including the cross-border killings of at least six people on Mexican soil. Most cases are not investigated, and border agents are rarely criminally charged for using violent force. After nearly fiv…
(2019-08-30). War on the Mexican border: How did it happen? greenleft.org.au 
immigrant rights Barry SheppardIssue 1235 United States US-Mexico border wallAugust 30, 2019What became the United States was first a series of white British — "White Anglo-Saxon Protestant" (WASP) — settler colonies. | Besides starting the…
(2019-08-29). The Grayzone's Anya Parampil on Fox: US regime change policy fuels migration crisis. thegrayzone.com On Fox News, Anya Parampil explained how the US coup in Honduras and bipartisan support for the corrupt, right-wing President…
(2019-08-29). Trump's Asylum Policies Could Get People Killed. truthdig.com In an April roundtable on U.S.-Mexico border security, President Trump called asylum seekers and their stories a "scam." "They're not afraid of anything … and they say ' I fear for my life,' " he said, according to The Daily Beast. "It's a scam, it's a hoax." Trump also claimed, according to CNN, that " the system is full," and t…
(2019-08-29). Palestine to Sue Honduras for 'Recognizing' Jerusalem as Israeli Capital. telesurenglish.net Palestinian Foreign Ministry Riyad al-Maliki announced the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) will submit a formal complaint to the United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres against Honduras, over the latter's decision to open a diplomatic office in Jerusalem. | RELATED: | UN Palestinian Refugee Agency Seeks Donations as Funding Slips | The C…
(2019-08-29). Guatemala: Anti-corruption Body Departs, Says 'State Is Captured'. telesurenglish.net The International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) presented Wednesday its final activity in the country. The house that served as the commission headquarter for 12 years will be demolished. | RELATED: | Son, Brother of Outgoing Guatemalan President Acquitted of Graft | While CICIG employees removed dozens of boxes, cartons, and papers, the U.N.-sponsored body presented its last activity in the form of a report called "Guatemala: a captured State." | The docu…
(2019-08-25). Counting deaths for dollars: The rise and fall of Nicaragua's 'human rights' organizations. thegrayzone.com In their hunger for US funding, Nicaraguan opposition "human rights" NGOs inflated the death toll during the 2018 coup attempt….
(2019-08-23). Escuelita àìscar Romero in Philadelphia builds unity in the face of anti-immigrant terror. liberationnews.org 
The Escuelita àìscar Romero, a program of the Philadelphia branch of the Party for Socialism and Liberation which primarily serves recently arrived Central American children, just concluded its first summer camp.
(2019-08-22). Nicaragua's Sandinista Revolution is still thriving, after 40 years. thegrayzone.com The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal reports from Managua, Nicaragua on the 40th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution, which toppled a US-backed…
(2019-08-22). Headlines for August 22, 2019. democracynow.org Trump Administration Proposes Jailing Migrant Families Indefinitely, Federal Budget Deficit to Top $1 Trillion in 2020, Satellite Data Show Brazilian Amazon Burning at Record Pace, Brazilian President Bolsonaro Blames Environmentalists for Amazon Fires, Wildfires Rage in Alaska, Canary Islands, Siberia and Greenland, Gov. Jay Inslee, Champion of Climate Fight, Drops 2020 Presidential Bid, Activists Disrupt Event Honoring House Speaker Pelosi to Demand Trump's Impeachment, Abdalla Hamdok Sworn In as Sudan's Prime Minister, Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activists Mark Anniversary of Subway Attack, Mexico's Zapatistas Exp…
(2019-07-18). Venezuela: Trump Diverts Central America Aid to Guaido as EU Threatens More Sanctions. venezuelanalysis.com Guaido's team is receiving over $40 million to fund salaries, travel, training, propaganda and technical assistance.