2021-02-10: News Headlines

teleSUR (2021-02-10). El Salvador: Lawmakers Urge President Bukele's Impeachment. telesurenglish.net Salvadoran lawmakers Tuesday requested an impeachment trial against President Nayib Bukele over his possible mental incapacity. | RELATED: | The request came a year after Bukele stormed Congress with Armed Forces members to put pressure on lawmakers to approve a US$109 million loan requested from the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE). | "We cannot uplift a country that is rushing down an abys…

teleSUR (2021-02-09). Honduras Demands Justice for Nursing Student Killed by Police. telesurenglish.net Hondurean human rights activists took to the streets at Intibuca Department to demand justice for nursing student Keyla Martinez, who was allegedly murdered by the National Police. | RELATED: | Honduras' Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations (COPINH), which called for the demonstration, held President Juan Orlando's government responsible for the crime against Martinez. | The young woman, 26, died i…

Ralph Nader (2021-02-09). Democrats Disarm Themselves Before Trump's Senate Impeachment Trial. counterpunch.org Donald Trump, has with luck, eluded the consequences of being a failed gambling czar with no respect for the law. But his luck has reached a new level with Congressional Democrats refraining from holding him accountable for breaking the law and violating the Constitution as regularly as the rising and setting of the sun for

Online News Editor (2021-02-09). Flow of migrants, deportees growing in Mexico's Ciudad Juarez. laprensalatina.com By Guadalupe Peñuelas Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Feb 9 (efe-epa)- The flow of migrants in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez and their attempts to illegally cross the frontier into the United States have increased in the last few weeks since the inauguration of Joe Biden and given that immediate return policies are still in …

teleSUR (2021-02-08). 23 Health Workers Have Died in Honduras So Far This Year. telesurenglish.net Honduras' National Association of Auxiliary Nurses President Josue Orellana warned over health workers' COVID-19-related-deaths due to workload and non-compliance with health protocols by the population. | RELATED: | Since the outbreak of the pandemic in the country,107 health workers have succumbed to the Novel coronavirus, 23 of whom died this year. | The lack of personal protection equipment in some health care cen…

teleSUR (2021-02-08). 11 Women Were Deported to Mexico With Their US-Born Children. telesurenglish.net The Fuller Project and The Guardian on Monday presented an investigation showing that at least 11 migrant women were deported to Mexico in 2020 without birth certificates for their U.S.-born children. | RELATED: | A 23-year-old Haitian woman, who was nine-months pregnant when she crossed into the U.S., was sent back to a Mexican town after giving birth at a California hospital. | "She was dropped on a desert road at the San Di…

teleSUR (2021-02-08). Costa Rica Begins 2021 School Year With In-Person Classes. telesurenglish.net Costa Rica's Interim Education Minister Melania Brenes on Sunday announced the resumption of in-person classes with the attendance of over one million students amid the COVID-19 pandemic. | RELATED: | Students will return to classes in 4,500 centers under a combined system of "face-to-face" classes and distance education. Didactic materials will be distributed to those pupils who do not have access to the Internet. | On Friday…

teleSUR (2021-02-08). Mexico: AMLO Reappears in Public After Overcoming COVID-19. telesurenglish.net President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said: "We are here to continue fighting." | The president of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, resumed his official activities this Monday in his morning conference after recovering from COVID-19, with which he was diagnosed on January 24. | RELATED: | "Here we are to continue fighting, also to thank many friends from abroad and all the people of Mexico, women, men, who expressed their desire for…

Rin Bernhardt (2021-02-08). Sinkholes and wasted water: oil industry destructiveness in New Mexico. liberationnews.org In July of 2008, a large plot of land in southeastern New Mexico caved in, resulting in a sinkhole 120 feet deep and 400 feet wide.

Online News Editor (2021-02-08). Mexican president makes public appearance after recovering from Covid-19. laprensalatina.com Mexico, Feb 8 (efe-epa).- Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador resumed public duties on Monday following two weeks of isolation after contracting Covid-19. "We are here to continue fighting. I want to also thank many friends abroad and everyone in Mexico: the women and the men that expressed their desire for me to recover well," …

teleSUR (2021-02-08). El Salvador To Keep in Detention Defendants of FMLN Murder Case. telesurenglish.net A court in El Salvador Monday ordered the pre-trial detention against three people accused of the murder of Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) supporters on January 31. | RELATED: | The three suspects face charges of aggravated homicide for the deaths of Juan Portillo and Gloria Rogel. They also face attempted aggravated homicide charges for the wounding of Roberto Hernandez and Aquiles Ayala. | The court rejected th…

teleSUR (2021-02-08). Mexico and Canada to Keep Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program. telesurenglish.net Mexico's Ambassador to Canada Juan Gomez confirmed the continuity of the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP) despite travel restrictions in place since Jan. 31. | RELATED: | An agreement was reached with Canadian farmers to finance charter flights for SAWP participants during the period of travel restrictions. This deal will guarantee the arrival of around 7,000 Mexican agricultural workers. | As of Jan…