(2020-09-29). Trump's Plan to Frack Chaco Canyon. counterpunch.org As communities across New Mexico deal with the deadly coronavirus pandemic, the federal government is attempting a massive land grab, offering millions of acres of public land near Chaco Canyon National Historic Park to oil and gas drillers for fracking. This plan has been slowed down before, but it needs to be stopped entirely. In
(2020-09-29). US Accountant Found Guilty In Panama Papers Case. popularresistance.org A U.S. accountant who helped American residents evade taxes in a case exposed by the Panama Papers investigation has been sentenced to more than three years in prison. | Over a sometimes choppy internet connection on Thursday, federal judge Richard M. Berman in New York sentenced Richard Gaffey, 74, to jail. | Gaffey, a Massachusetts-based accountant, previously pleaded guilty to eight crimes, including conspiracy to commit tax evasion and defraud the United States. From 2000 to 2018, prosecutors said, Gaffey worked with others, including lawyers at the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, to evade paying income…
(2020-09-29). Families continue to demand justice for the disappeared students of Ayotzinapa. peoplesdispatch.org September 26 marked 6 years since the disappearance of 43 students from Ayotzinapa, Mexico. These six years have also marked absence of justice, and have been a reminder of the impunity enjoyed by politicians and security forces involved in this case.
(2020-09-29). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Protesting health care workers in Chile and teachers in Mexico faced police repression while call center workers in Cordoba, Argentina and transit workers in Recife, Brazil have launched strikes.
(2020-09-28). 'Political Prisoner' Freed Under US Pressure Caught Planning Terrorism. popularresistance.org Managua, Nicaragua — A Nicaraguan right-wing extremist who was dubbed a "political prisoner" by a US government-funded NGO and subsequently freed under pressure by Washington has once again been arrested. The man was caught with explosives and illegal firearms, and was allegedly plotting terror attacks against his country's elected, UN-recognized government. | The disturbing incident is just the latest example of a growing series of former "political prisoners" who have unleashed violent chaos in Nicaragua, aimed at destabilizing the leftist Sandinista government.
(2020-09-28). Mexico: Authorities Find Eight Clandestine Graves in Guanajuato. telesurenglish.net Mexico's National Search Commission (CNB) Saturday found about eight unmarked graves in the Irapuato municipality, in the state of Guanajuato. | RELATED: | CNB specialists, public prosecutors, and relatives of missing persons found the graves in the surroundings of El Conejo dam. After three days of field search, they found about 20 bags with human remains. | The organizations of victims' relatives demanded the Publ…
(2020-09-28). Honduras Requests Solutions for the Motagua River Contamination. telesurenglish.net The Honduran government asked the Guatemalan authorities for a definitive solution to the contamination of the Motagua River, a body of water on the border with severe environmental damage. | RELATED: | Liliam Rivera, who is the Honduras' presidential commissioner for the River Motagua, insisted on the closure of municipal dumps and the construction of self-sustaining landfills. | The Permanent Interinstitutional…
(2020-09-28). Saturday 10/17: U.S. domination — A disaster for the people of Central America (online). indybay.org online meeting, see website for details…
(2020-09-26). Time to Put an End to the Nuclear Age. commondreams.org Mushroom cloud seconds after detonation of "the Gadget" by the U.S. military in 1945 at testing range in New Mexico. (Photo: Department of Defense) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/2020-ban-nukes.jpg …
