Daily Archives: June 16, 2021

2021-06-16: News Headlines

The Associated Press (2021-06-16). Report Blames Poor Welds for Mexico City Subway Collapse. latinorebels.com MEXICO CITY (AP) — A preliminary report by experts into the collapse of a Mexico City elevated subway line that killed 26 people placed much of the blame Wednesday on poor welds in studs that joined steel support beams to a concrete layer supporting the track bed.

Free Commander X (2021-06-16). Commander X taken from Mexico by the United States government. indybay.org On Friday June 11th, 2021 between 3: 30 P.M. and 4: 00 P.M. (Mexico City hours), Christopher Doyon was illegally detained. Known Worldwide as Commander X, this Hactivist has the quality of refugee recognized by the Mexican government, and even so he was handed over to the United States government, in violation of his human rights. We demand the Mexican government to act in benefit of the rights of Commander X and manage his urgent release.

The Associated Press (2021-06-16). US and Mexico Seek Ways to Do More on Irregular Immigration. latinorebels.com MEXICO CITY (AP) — In consecutive visits this month, Vice President Kamala Harris and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas have conveyed to the most important U.S. partner that the Biden administration is taking a more nuanced approach to immigration than its predecessor, but still asking what more Mexico can do.

_____ (2021-06-16). Nicaragua: CIA Attempting A Coup Through US Agencies And Foundations. popularresistance.org Since the Sandinistas won the 2006 election their anti-poverty policies have had enormous success. | The country is 90% self-sufficient in food. 99% of the population have electricity in their homes that is now generated with 70+% green energy; International financial Institutions including the World Bank, the International Development Bank and The Central American Bank for Economic Integration praise Nicaragua for its excellent, efficient project execution. it has one of the best health systems in Latin America praised by the International Monetary Fund, with 20 new state of the art hospitals since 2007 achievin…

The Associated Press (2021-06-16). Banker Arrested as Nicaragua Crackdown Expands. latinorebels.com MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Nicaragua's police have arrested a prominent banker in a sign the government's pursuit of opponents is expanding beyond political leaders and potential challengers to President Daniel Ortega.

Nan McCurdy (2021-06-16). The CIA Attempts Coups in Nicaragua with Tax Dollars Through US Agencies and Corporate Foundations: USAID Does Not Provide Aid — It Carries Out Coups. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @

Editor2 (2021-06-16). Operation Danto — Breaking the Yankee Propaganda Apparatus in Nicaragua. orinocotribune.com By William Grigsby — Jun 13, 2021 | The following is a transcript of the speech by William Grigsby on a recent episode of the program Sin Fronteras of Nicaragua's Radio La Primerísima. Listen to the speech here: | What was the US instrument to overthrow the "Sandinista Dictatorship" in the 1980s? The armed counter-revolution—the Contra. The US gave approximately 2 billion dollars to create it, train it, equip it, and maintain it. That was the instrument to defeat the "Dictatorship"—Ronald Reagan's freedom fighters against the "Sandino-communist horrible dictatorship" there in Nicaragua. [The C…

Martha Grevatt (2021-06-16). Author of Berta Cáceres' assassination on trial in Honduras. workers.org Berta Cáceres, beloved leader of the Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH), was assassinated March 3, 2016. COPINH was engaged in a battle with the DESA company, whose plans to construct a hydroelectric dam threatened the water supply of the Lenca Indigenous community. March demands "immediate halt . . . |

Staff (2021-06-15). VIDEO: Growing Mexican sinkhole. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 15 (MNA) — A gigantic sinkhole that popped up in Mexico last month continues to grow and has now swallowed up a nearby house.

Free Commander X (2021-06-15). Commander X taken from Mexico by the United States government. indybay.org On Friday June 11th, 2021 between 3: 30 P.M. and 4: 00 P.M. (Mexico City hours), Christopher Doyon was illegally detained. Known Worldwide as Commander X, this Hactivist has the quality of refugee recognized by the Mexican government, and even so he was handed over to the United States government, in violation of his human rights. We demand the Mexican government to act in benefit of the rights of Commander X and manage his urgent release.

WSWS (2021-06-15). Morenoites aid Washington's "democratic union" operation in Mexico. wsws.org La Izquierda Diario has provided a left cover for a US imperialist operation aimed at subjecting Mexican workers to Washington's hegemonic interests.

Ryan Devereaux (2021-06-15). The Biden Admin Is Routinely Sending Mexican Children Back to Danger. zcomm.org While the administration vowed to end Trump's practice of expelling unaccompanied minors, the practice persists for children from Mexico…

Steve Sweeney (2021-06-15). Nicaragua warns of election interference, hits out at U.S. sanctions. peoplesworld.org Nicaragua has demanded an end to "all illegal and coercive measures," including U.S. sanctions, as it warned of a dirty tricks campaign ahead of November's presidential and parliamentary elections. "An unprecedented and relentless attack is unfolding against Nicaragua's government and people are driven by false narratives advanced by right-wing, U.S.-financed media outlets and 'opposition' figures," …

teleSUR (2021-06-15). Former Nicaraguan President Enrique Bolanos Dies at 93. telesurenglish.net The Ortega administration announced three days of mourning for Bolanos, who was president from 2002-2007. | "With great sadness the family of engineer Enrique Bolanos Geyer, former president of the Republic of Nicaragua, announces the passing of their beloved father, grandfather and great-grandfather," his relatives said in a statement. | RELATED: | An engineer, Bolanos led Nicaragua's main business lobby in the 1980s. His properties…

_____ (2021-06-15). Truthful Accounts — A View From Nicaragua. popularresistance.org Efforts to depict journalism as if it ever existed in the idealized form of its propagandists have become increasingly ridiculous. Journalism, like accountancy, is just another sub-category of reporting. Like accountancy and other reporting activities, journalistic reporting can be good or bad, exceptional or mediocre, honest or criminal. Among the most insidious fables people in the West tell themselves is that European and North American countries promote honest reporting and freedom of expression. However, countries from Libya, Iran and Syria to Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela offer undeniable examples of how ab…

teleSUR (2021-06-15). Guatemala: Mayans Reclaiming Their Land Remain in Detention. telesurenglish.net Guatemala's Center for Legal Action on Human Rights (CALDH) demanded the immediate release of 21 people from the Chicoyoguito community. | Related: | They were arrested a week ago at Coban Penal Center in the Alta Veraz department when they began a peaceful demonstration in defense of their territory. | The Mayan leaders demanded that Guatemala's state give them back ancestral lands stripped by the National Army 53 years ago for the installation of a military zone…

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