(2020-03-05). Remembering Father Rutilio Grande of El Salvador. peoplesworld.org 
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 …
(2020-03-05). California Declares State of Emergency Over Coronavirus. telesurenglish.net 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: | 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…
(2020-03-04). Costa Rica: Data Collection Scandal Forces Officials to Quit. telesurenglish.net 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: | 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…
(2020-03-03). Deportation is a death sentence, and our government's hands are bloody. splcenter.org Deadly violence is inescapable for hundreds of returned Salvadoran migrants. This small, Central American country is the murder capital of the world.
(2020-03-02). Contra-supporting CNN pundit Ana Navarro lobbied for corrupt right-wing Latin American governments. thegrayzone.com Bernie-bashing "Never Trump conservative" CNN pundit Ana Navarro lobbied for El Salvador's right-wing government, whose president was imprisoned for corruption,…
(2020-02-28). No Way Out: Report Finds Central American Asylum Seekers Trapped in Mexico in Dangerous Conditions. democracynow.org 
A new report by Médecins Sans Frontières — or Doctors Without Borders USA — shows how migration policies imposed by the United States and Mexico have trapped thousands of Central American migrants in dangerous conditions. Called "No Way Out," it is based on nearly 500 interviews with Central American migrants and asylum seekers, most of whom say they were victims of extreme violence prior to leaving their home country or along the migration route through Mexico. Because of the so-called Migrant Protection Protocols, which serve to deter immigration, asylum seekers are often forced to remain in Mexico,…
(2020-02-28). US and OAS lobby for Nicaraguan 'political prisoners' who butcher their pregnant girlfriends. thegrayzone.com Ben Norton reports from Nicaragua, where the US embassy and OAS successfully lobbied for the release of violent criminals who…
(2020-02-27). Jim Benvie, Former Militia Spokesman, Violated Conditions of Bond. splcenter.org 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.