WSWS (2021-06-26). Kamala Harris stages photo op at Mexican border to defend mass incarceration of immigrant children. wsws.org Kamala Harris visited the US-Mexico border for the first time in the midst of mounting exposures of the Biden administration's inhumane and illegal treatment of immigrants.

Angel Guerra Cabrera (2021-06-25). Another Vile Lie from the United States. orinocotribune.com By Angel Guerra Cabrera — Jun 18, 2021 | The fondness of the rulers of the United States for the use of lies to justify their actions in the world, constituting, as a general rule, flagrant violations of international law and elementary humanist principles, is well known. | But rarely have the hypocrisy and cynicism of the empire of the North gone as far as when its spokesmen claim that the unduly named economic "sanctions" against countries such as Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Syria, Iran and North Korea seek to punish their leaders and not their populations. | I corroborate this when I read the very well do…

Stephen Sefton (2021-06-25). Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for the Defense of Organized Crime in Nicaragua. globalresearch.ca

Stephen Sefton (2021-06-25). Bachelet, High Commissioner for the Defense of Organized Crime. telesurenglish.net Recent remarks by United Nations Human Rights High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet make clear she now openly supports organized crime in Nicaragua financed by the United States and European Union countries. That she does so comes as no surprise to anyone who has followed her earlier record of bad faith reporting on Venezuela and Nicaragua. | RELATED: | Her latest remarks derive directly from false reports on Nicaragua produced by the…

Stephen Sefton (2021-06-25). Nicaragua's Benedict Arnolds: Political Opposition as Organized Crime. globalresearch.ca Ever since they lost badly in the 2011 elections to the Frente Sandinista, Nicaragua's political opposition has divided into conventional political parties working in the country's legislature and an extra-parliamentary opposition based in local NGOs. |

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Stephen Sefton (2021-06-25). Michelle Bachelet, Alto Comisionado de la ONU para la defensa del crimen organizado. globalizacion.ca Las recientes declaraciones de la Alta Comisionada de la ONU para los Derechos Humanos, Michelle Bachelet, dejan claro que ella apoya abiertamente el crimen organizado en Nicaragua financiado por los gobiernos de Estados Unidos y la Unión Europea. Que lo…

Stephen Sefton (2021-06-25). Los Benedict Arnold de Nicaragua: Oposición política como crimen organizado. globalizacion.ca Después de perder las elecciones de 2011 estrepitosamente al Frente Sandinista, la oposición política de Nicaragua se dividió entre partidos políticos convencionales dispuestos a seguir trabajando en la legislatura del país y una oposición extraparlamentaria basada principalmente en ONGs locales….

James Phillips (2021-06-25). Nicaragua, July 4, 1986: Field Notes From a "Secret" War. counterpunch.org Most of the following is taken from my field journal, written while I was in Nicaragua (1985-87) as part of the Witness for Peace longterm team documenting the Contra War. Unfortunately, my government's intervention in Nicaragua did not end with the Contra War. Today, the U.S. continues its efforts to remove the current Nicaraguan government

Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (2021-06-25). Laura Carlsen on Biden's Central America Policy, Greg LeRoy on Texas Corporate Subsidies. fair.org Protest in Union Square, New York (cc photo: Jim Naureckas) | This week on CounterSpin: "Biden Administration Ousts Trump's Border Patrol Chief,"

David Swanson (2021-06-25). Remember to Forget the Alamo. zcomm.org Mexico once had a problem with a local provincial government promoting illegal immigration from the United States into Mexico in order to engage in the illegal slavery of illegally trafficked people…

Brett Heinz (2021-06-25). Turning Memes to Money in El Salvador. cepr.net On June 5, President Nayib Bukele announced his plans to make El Salvador the world's first country to accept Bitcoin, a popular digital cryptocurrency, as a form of legal tender. The nation's legislative assembly, under the majority control of Bukele's New Ideas party, passed the bill just three days later. Under the new legislation, Bitcoin …

The Associated Press (2021-06-25). On Border Tour, Harris Cites 'Progress' in 'Tough' Situation. latinorebels.com EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris asserted Friday that the Biden administration had made progress tackling a migration spike that's drawn fire from Republicans and made fellow Democrats uncomfortable. Her first trip to the U.S.-Mexico border as head of the Biden administration's response is being closely watched on all sides.