(2021-06-13). Let's Not Forget The Suffering The United States Has Inflicted On Guatemala. popularresistance.org "I want to be clear to folks in this region who are thinking about making that dangerous trek to the United States-Mexico border," she said at a press conference with Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei on June 7. "Do not come. Do not come. The United States will continue to enforce our laws and secure our border." | Harris's comments drew criticism from organizations advocating for asylum seekers. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D‚ÄëN.Y.) wrote on Twitter that seeking asylum at the U.S. border is "100% legal" and called on the United States to "finally acknowledge its contributions to destab…
(2021-06-13). New Jersey Activists Halted Two Deportations. popularresistance.org The 14 people arrested had camped out at the Bergen County Jail the previous night to try and stop the deportation of Marvin Jerezano Peña, a father from Red Bank, New Jersey who migrated from Mexico to the United States as a child. He had been arrested by ICE and was being held for marijuana possession, something now fully legal in the state. Nevertheless, ICE planned to deport Peña.
(2021-06-12). Perú y México: Dos triunfos de la izquierda nacional y popular. globalizacion.ca El domingo pasado se realizaron elecciones en Perú y en México, dos comicios claves para Latinoamérica. Una de las coincidencias más emblemáticas entre ambos, situación que se replica en otros países de la región, es la aparición de una izquierda…
(2021-06-12). US Government Expels Eighty Venezuelan Migrants — Some of Them Part of a Group that Entered a Few Weeks Ago with Big Media Coverage. orinocotribune.com 
The expulsion of 80 Venezuelan migrants into Mexico by the United States government has been denounced as "a scam" on social media. Among those expelled, there is a group of people who had recently crossed the Rio Grande in the hopes of entering the United States, and their situation had received substantial media coverage at that time. | According to
(2021-06-12). Mexico Donates 400,000 Astrazeneca COVID-19 Vaccines. telesurenglish.net Mexico's Foreign Affairs Ministry confirmed the delivery of 400,000 AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines to Belize, Bolivia, and Paraguay. RELATED:
(2021-06-12). Mexico Donates 400,000 Astrazeneca COVID-19 Vaccines. telesurenglish.net Mexico's Foreign Affairs Ministry confirmed the delivery of 400,000 AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines to Belize, Bolivia, and Paraguay. | RELATED: | The solidarity action is being carried out through the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). Belize will receive 100,000 doses, while Bolivia and Paraguay will receive 150,000 each. | Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard announced that vaccine donations…
(2021-06-12). US Cries Foul Because Nicaragua Stops it from Buying This Year's Elections. orinocotribune.com 
By Rita Jill Clark-Gollub — Jun 10, 2021 | The corporate media is again awash with accusatory articles about Nicaragua, claiming that the government is disqualifying political opponents to give the FSLN an easy win in this year's elections. Let's take a look at what is actually happening, from new laws, to eligibility of political parties, to treatment of those accused of crimes. It is a combination of people engaged in real crimes claiming to be presidential candidates before they get arrested, an incredible amount of U.S. regime change money flowing into the country for years, and Nicaraguan government ins…
(2021-06-12). Cómo medios financiados por EEUU incitaron un golpe de estado en Nicaragua. thegrayzone.com Los periodistas Max Blumenthal y Benjamin Norton investigan como Estados Unidos financiaron a grupos violentos de la extrema derecha y medios de comunicación que publicaron noticias falsas para incitar un golpe de estado en 2018 contra el gobierno sandinista de Nicaragua. (You can read or watch this report in English here.) Transcripción Cuando el Frente Sandinista volvió al poder en Nicaragua a través de elecciones democráticas en 2006, Washington inició una operación con decenas de millones de dólares para crear, …
(2021-06-12). How US govt-funded media fueled a violent coup in Nicaragua. thegrayzone.com Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton investigate how the United States funded violent far-right groups and media outlets that published fake news to fuel a 2018 coup attempt against Nicaragua's Sandinista government. (Puede leer o ver este informe en español aquí.) Transcript When the socialist-oriented Sandinista Front returned to power in Nicaragua through democratic elections in 2006, Washington began pouring tens of millions of dollars into the creation, training, and funding of right-wing opposition groups in the Central American nation. Millions …
(2021-06-12). How US govt-funded media incited a violent coup in Nicaragua. thegrayzone.com Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton investigate how the United States funded violent far-right groups and media outlets that published fake news to fuel a 2018 coup attempt against Nicaragua's Sandinista government. (Puede leer o ver este informe en español aquí.) Transcript When the socialist-oriented Sandinista Front returned to power in Nicaragua through democratic elections in 2006, Washington began pouring tens of millions of dollars into the creation, training, and funding of right-wing opposition groups in the Central American nation. Millions …
(2021-06-12). Guatemala: Address Policies That Put Corporations Over People. popularresistance.org Vice President Kamala Harris is traveling to Guatemala this week to discuss solutions to the poverty, violence, and corruption that are among the driving forces of migration. Contributing to these drivers are neoliberal arrangements, such as the Central America—Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR), which have been imposed on Guatemalans. This framework favors the development of large-scale mining and energy projects that are devastating to the well-being of rural communities and Indigenous peoples, while allowing private corporations to sue governments over hard-fought social and environmental…
(2021-06-12). In Guatemala, Harris Should Address U.S. Policies That Put Corporations Over People. zcomm.org As the Vice President seeks to remedy root causes of migration, she should vow to dismantle neoliberal rules that have been devastating for rural and Indigenous peoples…
(2021-06-12). The Root Cause of Central American Migration Is US Imperialism. zcomm.org It would be nice if the US government acknowledged that its imperialist meddling in Central America drove millions to flee to the United States…