2020-09-18: News Headlines

Randall Hyman (2020-09-18). New Fossil Fuel Projects Meet Indigenous Resistance in New Mexico. zcomm.org "They've always put a price tag on our forehead, and just expect us to be quiet"

Zoe Mendelson (2020-09-18). Feminists Take Over Federal Building in Mexico City and Use Painting as a Weapon. zcomm.org In protest of femicide, the artists painted over portraits of all-male historical figures hanging in the National Human Rights Commission…

_____ (2020-09-17). The Economy Of Sharing Is Alive during Nicaragua's Independence Celebration. popularresistance.org This week is very important in Central America, especially in Nicaragua. On September 15, the region celebrates the signing of its declaration of Independence from Spain in 1821. On September 14, another historic milestone is celebrated: The defeat of US filibuster William Walker and his troops by Nicaraguan forces in 1856. Walker had repealed laws prohibiting slavery in an attempt to get the support of US southern states. US President Franklin Pierce recognized Walker's as the legitimate government of Nicaragua an endeavor to bring Nicaragua under US control that failed over and over again with the Nicaraguan pe…

yenisafak (2020-09-17). Sony says PlayStation 5 launches Nov. 12. yenisafak.com The PlayStation 5 home video game console is set to be released on Nov. 12, Sony has announced. | It will first be available in the US, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and South Korea. Sales in the UK and elsewhere will begin on Nov. 19. | The PS5 Digital Edition – which does not have a disc drive – will cost $399.99 while the "regular" version with an Ultra HD Blu-ray disc drive will be available for $499.99. | Pre-orders have begun at select retailers.Sony's first console was released as the PlayStation in Japan in December 1994, and has since sold millions of units worldwide. Its top competitors…

Meaghan Beatley (2020-09-16). Mexico's Women Demand Justice on Gender Violence. thenation.com Mexico's Women Demand Justice on Gender Violence…

Frank Smyth (2020-09-15). Justice Finally Comes for Perpetrator in Thirty-Year-Old Crime. progressive.org One of those who ordered killings of Jesuit Priests in El Salvador convicted in Spanish court.

teleSUR (2020-09-15). Honduras Calls for Primary Elections Amid Political Controversy. telesurenglish.net Honduras' National Electoral Council (CNE) President Ana Hall called on political parties to choose their candidates ahead of the 2021 primary elections amid controversies over the absence of a new electoral law. | RELATED: | The CNE scheduled the elections for March 4, 2021, under the current electoral law, which is considered illegal by Honduras' opposition parties. | Last week, a new law was supposed to be passed by t…

teleSUR (2020-09-15). Mexico to Rescue Bodies at Pasta De Concho Mine After 14 Years. telesurenglish.net Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador pledged on Monday to immediately begin the rescue of the 63 corpses of miners who were trapped 14 years ago after an explosion in the Pasta de Conchos mine in Santa Rita, Coahuila. | RELATED: | After the mine exploded in 2006, only two bodies were rescued. Ever since the Pasta de Conchos Family collective had asked prior administrations to help them recover their relatives, bu…