New York, California ordered locked down in response to COVID-19
wsws.org | 2020-03-21
US President Trump closed the border to Mexico as the World Health Organization continues to call for urgent action to overcome the coronavirus pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/21/covi-m21.html

New York, California order locked down in response to COVID-19
wsws.org | 2020-03-21
US President Trump closed the border to Mexico as the World Health Organization continued to call for urgent action to overcome the coronavirus pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/21/covi-m21.html

Canada To Return Asylum Seekers Crossing Border To US
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-20
Canada will no longer accept migrants trying to cross the shared border with the United States and will instead return them to U.S. authorities, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday. | RELATED: | Guatemala Suspends All US Deportation Flights Over COVID-19 | The move marks a significant change in tactics from the Liberal government, which earlier this week had said those traversing the frontier would be put into quarantine. | "This is a temporary measure which we'll put in…
telesurenglish.net/news/Canada-To-Return-Asylum-Seekers-Crossing-Border-To-US-20200320-0016.html

Canada To Return Asylum Seekers Crossing Border To US
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-20
Canada will no longer accept migrants trying to cross the shared border with the United States and will instead return them to U.S. authorities, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday. | RELATED: | Guatemala Suspends All US Deportation Flights Over COVID-19 | The move marks a significant change in tactics from the Liberal government, which earlier this week had said those traversing the frontier would be put into quarantine. | "This is a temporary measure which we'll put in…
telesurenglish.net/news/Canada-To-Return-Asylum-Seekers-Crossing-Border-To-US-20200320-0016.html

Mexico: One in Three Violent Attacks Are Against Land Defenders
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-20
In Mexico, one out of every three violent attacks is directed against environmental and land defenders, mainly those who oppose energy projects, according to study. | RELATED: | Mexico Mexican Gov't Will Respect Contracts Prior to Energy Reform | Between 2012 and 2019, 83 environmental defenders died, while hundreds more were beaten and threatened. | Most of those killed were from rural and Indigenous communities affected by renewable energy mega-projects, the Mexican Center f…
telesurenglish.net/news/mexico-one-in-three-violent-attacks-are-against-land-defenders-20200320-0013.html

US to close border with Mexico for 'non-essential' travel in effort to stem coronavirus spread
rt.com | 2020-03-20
Starting Saturday, the US-Mexico border will be closed to nonessential travel in order to help slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, US President Donald Trump announced Friday. | The closure is open-ended and "will last as long as necessary," Secretary of State Mike Pompeo added. | Trade is exempt from the restriction, which will focus on curbing tourism and recreational activities. President Trump said that Mexico is also suspending air travel from Europe. The Mexican government, however, has not yet announced a European travel ban. | "As we did with Canada, we're also working with Mexico to implement new…
rt.com/usa/483670-us-mexico-border-closure/

Mexico: One in Three Violent Attacks Are Against Land Defenders
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-20
In Mexico, one out of every three violent attacks is directed against environmental and land defenders, mainly those who oppose energy projects, according to study. | RELATED: | Mexico Mexican Gov't Will Respect Contracts Prior to Energy Reform | Between 2012 and 2019, 83 environmental defenders died, while hundreds more were beaten and threatened. | Most of those killed were from rural and Indigenous communities affected by renewable energy mega-projects, the Mexican Center f…
telesurenglish.net/news/mexico-one-in-three-violent-attacks-are-against-land-defenders-20200320-0013.html

EEUU y la OEA hacen lobby para liberar a 'presos políticos' en Nicaragua que apuñalan a muerte a sus parejas embarazadas
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-03-13
Benjamín Norton reporta desde Nicaragua, donde la embajada de los Estados Unidos y la OEA han cabildeado con éxito por…
thegrayzone.com/2020/03/13/eeuu-oea-liberar-presos-politicos-nicaragua/

US House rams through Nicaragua regime-change bill with zero opposition
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-03-12
Not one member of the House of Representatives spoke up against a bipartisan bill sponsored by hardliners that ramps up…
thegrayzone.com/2020/03/12/us-house-sanctions-nicaragua/