Daily Archives: June 20, 2021

2021-06-20: News Headlines

Kamal Iranidoost (2021-06-20). Gunmen kill at least 15 people at US-Mexico border. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 20 (MNA) — Law enforcement officials say gunmen aboard a number of vehicles have staged attacks in several neighborhoods in the Mexican border city of Reynosa, local media have reported.

Editor2 (2021-06-19). Interview with Nicaraguan Sandinista: Pandemic Recovery, New Elections Follow Defeat of US Coup Attempt. orinocotribune.com Fight Back! interviewed Rosalía Bohórquez, a leader in the youth sector of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN). | Fight Back!: What organization are you a member of? | Rosalía Bohórquez: Sandinista Youth | Fight Back!: How has the experience with COVID-19 been in Nicaragua? | Bohórquez: Nicaragua took a preventive attitude since the very beginning of the global pandemic. Thanks to the public health system, a community model, we succeeded in an awareness campaign by going house to house, neighborhood by neighborhood all over the country. | Alongside this campaign, the government began a health mapping…

Chuck Kaufman (2021-06-19). Which Way Forward for Solidarity? orinocotribune.com By Chuck Kaufman — Jun 17, 2021 | Conversations have been taking place recently about the Nicaraguan government's decision to arrest certain people for money laundering and violations of the Foreign Agents law passed in October 2020 as well as the December 2020 law making treason a crime. The Foreign Agents law, like the Foreign Agent Registration Act in the US requires individuals and organizations to register if they receive foreign funding and submit reports on how that money is spent. One would think that committing treason by calling for a foreign government to overthrow your own democratically-elected…

Eds. (2021-06-19). Nicaragua's political opposition as organized crime. mronline.org Despite numerous reports in international media to the contrary, none of the people arrested had been selected by any of Nicaragua's political alliances or parties as possible candidates for the upcoming general election on November 7th this year. | June 19, 2021…

Eds. (2021-06-19). Volcano vs. volcano. mronline.org On the anniversary of his birth, we recall the volcanic strength Ernesto Guevara carried within, already evident in the young man who met Fidel in Mexico. | June 19, 2021 | Newswire…

teleSUR (2021-06-19). Mexico To Start the Public Campaign on Ex-Presidents' Trials. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Mexico's National Electoral Institute (INE) unanimously approved the campaign on the public consultation to try five former Presidents for acts of corruption. | RELATED: | The campaign on the referendum will take place from July 15 until Aug. 1 and will cost approximately US$44.5 million. | The campaign intends to inform Mexicans about the consultation's goals, the locations for the voting process, the…

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