Claudia Jones School inaugural event in D.C. features Bill Fletcher, Jr
Jamal Rich, Debra Johnson | peoplesworld.org | 2020-03-12
WASHINGTON–A group of 120 labor, social justice, international solidarity, and local campaign activists gathered at the Nicaraguan Embassy on Feb. 29 for the inaugural event of the newly founded Claudia Jones School for Political Education. Featuring long-time labor and Black liberation activist Bill Fletcher, Jr., the event was co-sponsored by Trabajadores Unidos de Washington D.C. …
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Mexico has no plans to close borders after US travel restrictions
rt.com | 2020-03-12
Mexico's government is not planning to restrict international travel to the country or to close its borders due to the coronavirus outbreak, in spite of major curbs announced a day earlier by the US. | Standing alongside President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Deputy Health Minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell said on Thursday there was no scientific evidence that restricting access to ports of entry would play a significant role in protecting public health, Reuters reports. | "Restricting international travel to Mexico is not planned, nor is it being considered. Nor is closing borders or maritime ports," Lopez-Gatell sa…
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Media malfunction as Sanders notes positive aspects of Latin American socialism
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-03-11
When 60 Minutes (2/24/20) asked Sen. Bernie Sanders about his past support for aspects of Cuba's socialist revolution, as well as for Nicaragua's 1979–90 leftist Sandinista government, Sanders responded by saying he opposes what he described as the "authoritarian" features of the Cuban government, while noting that after the 1959 revolution, Cuba launched "a massive […] | Source…
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ACLU Comment on Supreme Court Stay Ruling in Remain in Mexico Challenge
commondreams.org | 2020-03-11
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/03/11/aclu-comment-supreme-court-stay-ruling-remain-mexico-challenge?cd-origin=rss
A Case Study of Corporate Media Disinformation
Stansfield Smith | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-03-11
Some alternative media have exposed the US government and its corporate media fake news reporting on Russian "election interference," on Venezuela, the war on Syria, China's Xinjiang and Hong Kong, Nicaragua, Palestine, among others. One of the longest running media disinformation campaigns has been directed at Cuba, well covered in Keith Bolender's Manufacturing the Enemy: …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/03/a-case-study-of-corporate-media-disinformation/
Panama Reports Its First Patient Killed by the Coronavirus
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-11
Panama's Health Minister Rosario Turner Tuesday reported the first death from the new coronavirus Covid-19, while eight others are infected and 66 people are under suspicion. | RELATED: | 'Coronavirus Kills Slowly, Is Highly Invasive': Cuban Expert | "The autopsy performed on Norato Gonzalez confirmed that his death, registered on March 8, was caused by the consequent bacterial pneumonia of Covid-19," Turner said. | The deceased, who was director of the Monseñor Francisco Beckman Sc…
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Outcry After Supreme Court Stay Reinstates 'Depraved' Trump Administration Remain in Mexico Policy
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-03-11
"Claiming one emergency after another, the government has recently sought stays in an unprecedented number of cases." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/us_supreme.jpeg …
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Nicaragua: After two years of crisis, more than 100,000 have fled the country
news.un.org | 2020-03-10
Over the past two years, more than 100,000 people in Nicaragua have sought asylum abroad, reportedly fleeing persecution and human rights abuses, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday.
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Media Malfunction as Sanders Notes Positive Aspects of Latin American Socialism
Gregory Shupak | fair.org | 2020-03-06
When 60 Minutes ( 2/24/20) asked Sen. Bernie Sanders about his past support for aspects of Cuba's socialist revolution, as well as for Nicaragua's 1979–90 leftist Sandinista government, Sanders responded by saying he opposes what he described as the "authoritarian" features of the Cuban government, while noting that after the 1959 revolution, Cuba launched "a massive literacy program. Is that a bad thing?" | News organizations seem…
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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/
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