Daily Archives: May 12, 2021

2021-05-12: News Headlines

Tanya Wadhwa (2021-05-12). Mothers of disappeared children march across Mexico demanding their return. peoplesdispatch.org In Mexico, Mothers' Day is celebrated on May 10. However, mothers of disappeared children claim that "they have nothing to celebrate on this day." For the past ten years, since 2012, groups of these mothers have been protesting on this day, demanding that the government authorities help them find the truth about the whereabouts of their daughters and sons, and get justice for them. On Monday May 10, thousands of mothers marched in various cities across Mexico to remember their missing daughters and sons, and to remind the state of its outstanding debt to find them. | In the capital, Mexico City, under the banner…

Tanya Wadhwa (2021-05-12). Mothers of disappeared children march across Mexico demanding their return. peoplesdispatch.org In Mexico, Mothers' Day is celebrated on May 10. However, mothers of disappeared children claim that "they have nothing to celebrate on this day." For the past ten years, since 2012, groups of these mothers have been protesting on this day, demanding that the government authorities help them find the truth about the whereabouts of their daughters and sons, and get justice for them. On Monday May 10, thousands of mothers marched in various cities across Mexico to remember their missing daughters and sons, and to remind the state of its outstanding debt to find them. | In the capital, Mexico City, under the banner…

Jen Moore (2021-05-12). Pan American Silver Pressured to Shut Down Community Interference in Guatemala. counterpunch.org In the wake of a shooting attack, death threats, and fear of further violence against members of the peaceful resistance to Pan American Silver's Escobal silver mine in Guatemala, nearly 4,000 people are calling on the Vancouver-based company to halt all community activities in the Central American country. In mid-April, activists delivered a petition to

Eleanor J. Bader (2021-05-12). Addressing Mental Health as a Community Issue in El Salvador. progressive.org Mental health project offers a series of workshops to help the residents of Arcatao work through trauma.

The Associated Press (2021-05-12). Number of Children Traveling Alone at Border Eases in April. latinorebels.com SAN DIEGO (AP) — The number of unaccompanied children encountered on the U.S. border with Mexico in April eased from an all-time high a month earlier, while more adults were found coming without families, authorities said Tuesday.

Luis Linares Zapata (2021-05-12). México — Derrumbre y salida. globalizacion.ca La pandemia que oscureció el presente del mundo cayó con fiereza sobre un gobierno de novedoso cuño y con arrestos transformadores. Las limitantes impuestas por esta indeseada realidad son considerables. Aun bajo este escenario de privaciones, se incluye uno de…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-05-11). Children among those killed in Gaza as Israeli airstrikes continue and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org Today we look at the rising casualties in the Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, the march for justice for disappeared persons in Mexico, and more…

Mark Gruenberg (2021-05-11). AFL-CIO, Mexican union file law-breaking charge vs. U.S. auto parts firm. peoplesworld.org MATAMOROS, Mexico—The AFL-CIO, the Service Employees, Public Citizen, and an independent Mexican union filed a labor law-breaking complaint under the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada free trade agreement (USMCA) against a Philadelphia-based, Canadian-controlled auto parts firm which is illegally trying to stop the independent union at its plant in Matamoros, Mexico. The parts which plant workers make go …

Jérà¥me Baschet (2021-05-11). The "Zapatista invasion" has begun. zcomm.org After months of preparations, a delegation of the Zapatistas has set sail from Mexico towards Europe. The "reversed conquest" has well and truly started…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-05-11). U.S. Special Forces Train Drug Cartel Enforcers Linked to Rape, Torture and Decapitation of Victims. libya360.wordpress.com Zach El Parece Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) has become one of the most feared paramilitaries in Mexico over the last decade. Images of the group have become the standard depiction of the Mexican cartel writ large. Their propaganda videos often feature groups of masked men bristling with enough small arms to make them formidable…

WSWS (2021-05-11). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Workers at the New Holland Apparel factory in Nicaragua have walked out in opposition to the terms accepted by their union for closure of the plant.

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