(2021-05-20). Nicaragua: "We are not Anyone's Colony" orinocotribune.com 
Nicaragua's Sandinista government is calling out blatant U.S. interference as the country prepares to hold its presidential election in six months. | President Daniel Ortega used the opportunity of the 126th anniversary of the birth of national revolutionary hero General Augusto Sandino to rail against U.S. intervention in the country, stating, "The Yankee Ambassador is all over the place selling their candidates as if he were Nicaraguan. He's not Nicaraguan… Don't get involved here Ambassador Yankee. Don't meddle here like you have been up until now." | Following the official state ceremony, Nicaragua's Vice P…
(2021-05-20). Guatemala: Seven Inmates Were Beheaded in a Prison Riot. telesurenglish.net Guatemala's National Civil Police (PNC) reported the deaths of at least 14 inmates, seven of whom were beheaded in a prison riot on Wednesday. | RELATED: | The massacre took place around 16.00 local time at the Cantel Rehabilitation Farm in the Quetzaltenango Department. | The prison's capacity was over 200 percent overloaded. There were 2,252 inmates at the moment of the incidents. | According to the PCN, the mur…
(2021-05-20). VP Harris Meets With Guatemalan Justice Leaders Before Visit. latinorebels.com GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris met with a group of leading voices on Guatemala's troubled justice system Wednesday, sending yet another signal to Central American governments that the U.S. government is interested in addressing the region's corruption.
(2021-05-20). Hondurans Denounce 'Model Cities' as Tax Havens. telesurenglish.net Honduras' Alternative Movement of Community and Environmental Reivindication (ARCAH) announced a mobilization to protest new initiatives to strengthen the Economic Development and Employment Zones (ZEDE). | RELATED: | The ZEDE project was presented by Honduras' ex-President Porfirio Lobo (2010-2014) in a bid to promote local development through foreign investment. In 2013, Constitutional reforms paved the way for the implemen…
(2021-05-20). Foreign Capital is Trying to Crush AMLO's Energy Reform. popularresistance.org Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) has vowed to push on in his quest to properly regulate the country's hydrocarbons industry, despite the obstacles placed by foreign capitalists and the notoriously corrupt Mexican justice system.
(2021-05-20). Mexico Is Willing To Accept Respectful Electoral Observation. telesurenglish.net Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) on Thursday confirmed that the June 6 subnational elections are open to international observation, which must respect the country's sovereignty. | RELATED: | The remarks were made in response to requests from opposition parties for electoral observation missions from the Organization of American States (OAS) and the United Nations (UN). | AMLO also urged the U.S. government to s…
(2021-05-19). Kamala Harris Should Work with Guatemalan and Mexican Leaders to Address the Root Causes of Displacement and Migration. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-05-19). Mexico Battles Inflation as the Economy Is Recovering. telesurenglish.net Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador warned on Wednesday that inflation is "heating the economy" and confirmed that controlling the phenomena is the responsibility of the Mexican bank. | RELATED: | "The economy is heating up, that is, it is growing, and we have to take care that there is no inflation because inflation is very harmful to the population," the president said during a press conference. | Nuestro compromiso e…