Daily Archives: December 11, 2020

2020-12-11: News Headlines

teleSUR (2020-12-10). New Caravan of Honduran Migrants Sets off To the United States. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday night, hundreds of Hondurans started a new caravan bound for the United States driven by lack of employment after the devastating damage that tropical storms Eta and Iota left in Honduras. | RELATED: | "After the hurricanes, we were left without work and there are no options in the country," said Carlos Gonzalez, a migrant from Sonaguera. | Similar to what happened with the caravans that came out in the last two…

_____ (2020-12-10). Reuters Looks Away As Ecuador Tries To Outlaw Opposition Parties. popularresistance.org Reuters routinely buries information that would badly damage the reputation of US allies in the Americas. Whether those allies are bureaucrats from the Organization of American States and the dictatorship they helped install in Bolivia (FAIR.org, 12/17/19), violent protesters in Nicaragua (FAIR.org, 8/23/18) or Venezuelan politicians who support lethal US sanctions on their own country (FAIR.org, 6/14/19), the London-based news service can be counted on to cover for them. | In the case of Ecuador, a servile US ally since President Lenín Moreno took office in 2017, Reuters has ignored efforts to prevent Moreno's s…

Fight Back (2020-12-10). Colombia closes airspace to international observers to Venezuela elections. fightbacknews.org Caracas, Venezuela – 60 international observers of the Venezuelan election were stuck at the airport December 8, for a flight to Mexico. The flight kept getting delayed and delayed. After six hours of waiting, people were sleeping on the floors, tables and couches. Then the head of Conviasa's national flights spoke to the observers in the airport and said that Venezuela asked Colombia permission to have observers fly over Colombia to return home. Colombia approved it. Two hours before the flight was going to leave, they denied the flight route. He said, "This has happened many times. They do this to try to contro…

Media Lens (2020-12-08). Stuck in a Lift with John Pilger: News and How to Use It by Alan Rusbridger. dissidentvoice.org Noticing the way journalists seemed unable to resist commenting on our work, even if it was just to slag us off, Glenn Greenwald tweeted us in 2012: 'You are really deeper in the heads of the British establishment-serving commentariat than anyone else — congrats.' ((Greenwald, Twitter, 12 September 2012.)) If that was true then, our relationship …

commondreams (2020-12-08). More than 230 Organizations Call for Immediate Protection for Nationals of Central American Countries Devastated by Hurricanes Eta and Iota. commondreams.org ______________________________…

CounterPunch News Service (2020-12-08). Sea Shepherd Research Mission Discovers Possible New Species of Whale in Mexico. counterpunch.org ENSENADA, BCN, Mexico Researchers working with Sea Shepherd Conservation Society believe that they have discovered a previously unknown species of whale off the western coast of Mexico. On the morning of November 17, scientists on board Sea Shepherd vessel Martin Sheen observed three beaked whales surfacing in nearby waters. The sightings occurred 100 miles north of Mexico's

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New Caravan of Honduran Migrants Sets off To the United States
telesurenglish.net | 2020-12-10
On Wednesday night, hundreds of Hondurans started a new caravan bound for the United States driven by lack of employment after the devastating damage that tropical storms Eta and Iota left in Honduras. | RELATED: | Guatemala's Army Rejects the Caravan of Honduran Migrant | "After the hurricanes, we were left without work and there are no options in the country," said Carlos Gonzalez, a migrant from Sonaguera. | Similar to what happened with the caravans that came out in the last two…
telesurenglish.net/news/New-Caravan-of-Honduran-Migrants-Sets-off-To-the-United-States-20201210-0007.html

Reuters Looks Away As Ecuador Tries To Outlaw Opposition Parties
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-10
Reuters routinely buries information that would badly damage the reputation of US allies in the Americas. Whether those allies are bureaucrats from the Organization of American States and the dictatorship they helped install in Bolivia (FAIR.org, 12/17/19), violent protesters in Nicaragua (FAIR.org, 8/23/18) or Venezuelan politicians who support lethal US sanctions on their own country (FAIR.org, 6/14/19), the London-based news service can be counted on to cover for them. | In the case of Ecuador, a servile US ally since President Lenín Moreno took office in 2017, Reuters has ignored efforts to prevent Moreno's s…
popularresistance.org/reuters-looks-away-as-ecuador-tries-to-outlaw-opposition-parties/

New OAS's Attempt of Interference in Venezuela Rejected
telesurenglish.net | 2020-12-10
On Wednesday, the representatives of Argentina, Mexico, and Bolivia to the Organization of American States (OAS) rejected a new resolution that disregards Venezuela's Sunday elections and calls for a transitional government. | RELATED: | Venezuela: Capriles Says Opposition Has No Leadership or Unity | The representatives condemned the new attempts of destabilization against Venezuela, noting the belligerent strategy promoted by the OAS resolution that claimed the elections did…
telesurenglish.net/news/New-OASs-Attempt-of-Interference-in-Venezuela-Rejected-20201210-0002.html

Colombia closes airspace to international observers to Venezuela elections
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-12-10
Caracas, Venezuela – 60 international observers of the Venezuelan election were stuck at the airport December 8, for a flight to Mexico. The flight kept getting delayed and delayed. After six hours of waiting, people were sleeping on the floors, tables and couches. Then the head of Conviasa's national flights spoke to the observers in the airport and said that Venezuela asked Colombia permission to have observers fly over Colombia to return home. Colombia approved it. Two hours before the flight was going to leave, they denied the flight route. He said, "This has happened many times. They do this to try to contro…
fightbacknews.org/2020/12/10/colombia-closes-airspace-international-observers-venezuela-elections

Guatemala: Social Organizations Call for Constitutional Reforms
telesurenglish.net | 2020-12-09
Members of Indigenous organizations, student movements, women's groups, and other social groups demand the convening of a constituent assembly to solve Guatemala's political crisis. | RELATED: | Guatemala: Indigenous People Block Roads Against Giammattei | Gathered under a movement labeled Guatemala's Social and Popular Assembly (ASP), the organizations announced protests nationwide to demand the resign of President Alejandro Giammattei and Vice President Guillermo Castillo.
telesurenglish.net/news/Guatemala-Social-Organizations-Call-for-Constitutional-Reforms-20201209-0010.html

Mexico: Lower House Approves a Bill To Reform Judicial Branch
telesurenglish.net | 2020-12-09
Mexico's Lower Chamber approved a Bill that seeks to reform the Judicial Power to consolidate the judicial career system, enhance equal opportunity conditions, and combat nepotism. | RELATED: | Mexico Requests Extradition of Ex Security Minister Garcia | The bill was proposed by the Senate and includes the modification of seven articles of the Constitution. | Among the proposals, it is stressed that the Judicial branch will have a federal school in charge of implementing the proc…
telesurenglish.net/news/Mexico-Lower-House-Approves-a-Bill-To-Reform-Judicial-Branch-20201209-0007.html