Remembering Father Rutilio Grande of El Salvador
| peoplesworld.org | 2020-03-05
In the course of the year 1977, at the school where I studied, there was a subject called Religious Orientation. The teacher was a well recognized social psychologist in those days, in several high school centers. The school was the Cristóbal Colón–Christopher Columbus of the Order of St. Joseph fathers. That year the country started …
peoplesworld.org/article/remembering-father-rutilio-grande-of-el-salvador/

California Declares State of Emergency Over Coronavirus
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-05
California has declared a state of emergency after the death toll from the coronavirus rose to 11 on Wednesday, with new cases being reported in large cities like Los Angeles. | RELATED: | WHO: Covid-19 More Lethal Than Seasonal Flu | According to health officials, the first coronavirus death recorded in California was an elderly person in Placer County, near Sacramento. The person had underlying health problems and likely had been exposed on a cruise ship voyage between San Francisco and Mexico l…
telesurenglish.net/news/California-Declares-State-of-Emergency-Over-Coronavirus-20200305-0006.html

Costa Rica: Data Collection Scandal Forces Officials to Quit
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-04
Four top Costa Rican officials, including the president's top ally, stepped down Wednesday amid a federal probe over the illegal use of private personal data. | RELATED: | Costa Rica and Panama Bust Migrant-Smuggling Network | A data analysis section installed within executive offices has been compiling and analyzing private personal data requested from various government entities for the past decade, purportedly to help in the development of public policies. | The issue is that said unit…
telesurenglish.net/news/Costa-Rica-Data-Collection-Scandal-Force-Several-Officials-Out-20200304-0023.html

Deportation is a death sentence, and our government's hands are bloody
splcenter.org | 2020-03-03
Deadly violence is inescapable for hundreds of returned Salvadoran migrants. This small, Central American country is the murder capital of the world.
splcenter.org/news/2020/03/03/deportation-death-sentence-and-our-governments-hands-are-bloody

Contra-supporting CNN pundit Ana Navarro lobbied for corrupt right-wing Latin American governments
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-03-02
Bernie-bashing "Never Trump conservative" CNN pundit Ana Navarro lobbied for El Salvador's right-wing government, whose president was imprisoned for corruption,…
thegrayzone.com/2020/03/01/contras-cnn-ana-navarro-lobbying-corruption/

US and OAS lobby for Nicaraguan 'political prisoners' who butcher their pregnant girlfriends
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-02-28
Ben Norton reports from Nicaragua, where the US embassy and OAS successfully lobbied for the release of violent criminals who…
thegrayzone.com/2020/02/28/us-oas-nicaragua-political-prisoners-murder/

No Way Out: Report Finds Central American Asylum Seekers Trapped in Mexico in Dangerous Conditions
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-28
A new report by Médecins Sans Frontières

Jim Benvie, Former Militia Spokesman, Violated Conditions of Bond
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2020-02-27
Former United Constitutional Patriots (UCP) militia spokesman James (Jim) Christopher Benvie has violated the terms of his bond as he awaits trial in New Mexico.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/02/27/jim-benvie-former-militia-spokesman-violated-conditions-bond