Daily Archives: May 19, 2021

2021-05-19: News Headlines

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-05-19). Foreign Capital is Trying to Crush AMLO's Energy Reform. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun News President of Mexico Andrés Manuel López Obrador 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. President AMLO today rejected the move by two judges, Rodrigo…

The Associated Press (2021-05-18). Attorney: US Makes Concessions to Ease Asylum Restrictions. latinorebels.com SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration has agreed to let about 250 people a day through border crossings with Mexico to seek refuge in the United States, part of negotiations to settle a lawsuit over pandemic-related powers that deny migrants a right to apply for asylum, an attorney said Monday.

teleSUR (2021-05-18). Mexico Considers Relaxing Border Measures From June 22. telesurenglish.net Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard confirmed that his country and the U.S. are considering more flexible measures for non-essential land border crossings from June 22 as the COVID-19 vaccination advances in both countries. | RELATED: | "Mexico and the United States are in discussions to relax from June 22 the restrictions on border crossings based on indices on the spread of COVID-19 and the number of vaccines applie…

teleSUR (2021-05-18). Costa Rica To Become the 38th Member of the OECD. telesurenglish.net Costa Rica's Parliament on Monday approved the Accession Agreement to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). | RELATED: | The Parliament also passed the OECD Convention in a vote of 40 lawmakers in favor and three against. President Carlos Alvarado must now sign the law to present the accession instrument to the organization's headquarters in France. | In May 2020, this Central America…

teleSUR (2021-05-18). US Charge Top Officials Close to Bukele with Corruption. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the U.S. State Department reported that five Salvadorean officials and close allies of president Nayib Bukele had been accused of corruption, alongside lawmakers from Honduras and Guatemala. | RELATED: | The office of U.S. Representative Norma Torres released a list noticing that "the U.S. government acknowledges the corruption that Central American authoritarians and their henchmen deny and try to hide,"

teleSUR (2021-05-18). El Salvador: Ruling Party Officials Investigated for Corruption. telesurenglish.net The U.S. State Department on Monday opened an investigation against top officials of El Salvador's ruling New Ideas party for allegedly being involved in corruption and drug trafficking scandals. | RELATED: | The officials under investigation are President Nayib Bukele's administration Cabinet Chief Carolina Recinos and former Security Minister Rogelio Rivas. | Washington did not announce what measures it will take against the…

El Faro English (2021-05-18). Bukele's Inner Circle Hit in State Department Corruption List. latinorebels.com This list has no legal implications for those named, but the fact that the section on El Salvador was declassified sends a clear political message at a time of tense relations between the Bukele and Biden administrations.

Gerardo Villagrán del Corral (2021-05-18). Las difíciles relaciones de México y Estados Unidos. globalizacion.ca Los gobiernos de México y Estados Unidos reformularán su estrategia bilateral de seguridad, acordaron funcionarios de alto nivel de las administraciones de Andrés Manuel López Obrador y Joe Biden, durante la primera reunión binacional presencial sobre el tema tras la…

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2021-05-19: Social Media Postees

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Foreign Capital is Trying to Crush AMLO's Energy Reform
Internationalist 360 ∞ | libya360.wordpress.com | 2021-05-19
Kawsachun News President of Mexico Andrés Manuel López Obrador 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. President AMLO today rejected the move by two judges, Rodrigo… Read…
libya360.wordpress.com/2021/05/19/foreign-capital-is-trying-to-crush-amlos-energy-reform/

Costa Rica To Become the 38th Member of the OECD
telesurenglish.net | 2021-05-18
Costa Rica's Parliament on Monday approved the Accession Agreement to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). | RELATED: | Non-COVID-19 Patients Wait Long for Medical Care in Costa Rica | The Parliament also passed the OECD Convention in a vote of 40 lawmakers in favor and three against. President Carlos Alvarado must now sign the law to present the accession instrument to the organization's headquarters in France. | In May 2020, this Central America…
telesurenglish.net/news/Costa-Rica-To-Become-the-38th-Member-of-the-OECD-20210518-0004.html

Mexico Considers Relaxing Border Measures From June 22
telesurenglish.net | 2021-05-18
Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard confirmed that his country and the U.S. are considering more flexible measures for non-essential land border crossings from June 22 as the COVID-19 vaccination advances in both countries. | RELATED: | AMLO Thanks China For Helping Mexico During The Pandemic | "Mexico and the United States are in discussions to relax from June 22 the restrictions on border crossings based on indices on the spread of COVID-19 and the number of vaccines applie…
telesurenglish.net/news/Mexico-Considers-Relaxing-Border-Measures-From-June-22-20210518-0027.html

Attorney: US Makes Concessions to Ease Asylum Restrictions
The Associated Press | latinorebels.com | 2021-05-18
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration has agreed to let about 250 people a day through border crossings with Mexico to seek refuge in the United States, part of negotiations to settle a lawsuit over pandemic-related powers that deny migrants a right to apply for asylum, an attorney said Monday.
latinorebels.com/2021/05/18/concessionseaseasylumrestrictions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=concessionseaseasylumrestrictions

US Charge Top Officials Close to Bukele with Corruption
telesurenglish.net | 2021-05-18
On Tuesday, the U.S. State Department reported that five Salvadorean officials and close allies of president Nayib Bukele had been accused of corruption, alongside lawmakers from Honduras and Guatemala. | RELATED: | Congress Approves Loan to Back Security Plans in El Salvador | The office of U.S. Representative Norma Torres released a list noticing that "the U.S. government acknowledges the corruption that Central American authoritarians and their henchmen deny and try to hide,"
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Charge-Top-Officials-Close-to-Bukele-with-Corruption-20210518-0019.html

El Salvador: Ruling Party Officials Investigated for Corruption
telesurenglish.net | 2021-05-18
The U.S. State Department on Monday opened an investigation against top officials of El Salvador's ruling New Ideas party for allegedly being involved in corruption and drug trafficking scandals. | RELATED: | El Salvador: Supreme and Constitutional Courts Wiped Out | The officials under investigation are President Nayib Bukele's administration Cabinet Chief Carolina Recinos and former Security Minister Rogelio Rivas. | Washington did not announce what measures it will take against the…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Investigates-El-Salvadors-Ruling-New-Ideas-Party-Officials-20210518-0003.html

Bukele's Inner Circle Hit in State Department Corruption List
El Faro English | latinorebels.com | 2021-05-18
This list has no legal implications for those named, but the fact that the section on El Salvador was declassified sends a clear political message at a time of tense relations between the Bukele and Biden administrations.
latinorebels.com/2021/05/18/bukelesinnercirclecorruptionlist/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bukelesinnercirclecorruptionlist

Las difíciles relaciones de México y Estados Unidos
Gerardo Villagrán del Corral | globalizacion.ca | 2021-05-18
Los gobiernos de México y Estados Unidos reformularán su estrategia bilateral de seguridad, acordaron funcionarios de alto nivel de las administraciones de Andrés Manuel López Obrador y Joe Biden, durante la primera reunión binacional presencial sobre el tema tras la…
globalizacion.ca/las-dificiles-relaciones-de-mexico-y-estados-unidos/

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