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2022-12-17: News Headlines

JANET (2022-12-17). Perú, Argentina, México: lessons of coups and 'lawfare' in Latin America. iacenter.org By John Catalinotto December 13, 2022 Dec. 12, 2022 — Coup in Perú Dec. 7. "Lawfare" in Argentina Dec. 6. Confrontation in Mexico Nov. 27. In the past few weeks, Latin America's reactionary elites, junior partners of U.S. and world imperialism, have challenged leftist elected officials in these three countries. These events illustrate what Karl Marx and V. I. Lenin taught long ago about how the ruling class uses the state apparatus it controls — police, courts, jails, army, corporate media — to attack popular governments and prevent social progress. Opponents of the coup, or "golpista," against…

_____ (2022-12-17). ILWU Leaders And Members On Ukraine: Stop The Ukraine War—Refuse To Handle Military Cargo. popularresistance.org We, members and retirees of the ILWU, are very concerned about the Coast Committee's public statement of March 3, 2022 on the war in Ukraine. It diverges from the many anti-war positions that our union has taken even when it was unpopular to do so. The ILWU has always criticized NATO's war moves. Since the end of World War II we've opposed U.S. wars and coups in Korea, Vietnam, Angola, Serbia (former Yugoslavia), Cuba (Bay of Pigs Invasion), Chile (coup), El Salvador and Nicaragua. | On May Day 2008, ILWU shutdown all West Coast ports to oppose the "imperialist wars in Iraq and Afghanistan" (as the Caucus resolut…

teleSUR, rzr, YSM (2022-12-17). Presidente de México se solidariza con periodista tras atentado. telesurtv.net El mandatario condenó, en su habitual conferencia de prensa, el atentado contra el periodista Ciro Gómez Leyva.

Editor (2022-12-16). Mexico, Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia back Peru's President Castillo, condemn 'anti-democratic harassment'. mronline.org Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, and Bolivia released a joint statement supporting Peru's elected President Pedro Castillo, saying he is the victim of "anti-democratic harassment," following a U.S.-backed right-wing coup.

teleSUR, JDO (2022-12-16). El Salvador sin daños ni víctimas tras sismo de magnitud 5.9. telesurtv.net El epicentro del temblor se situó en aguas del océano Pacífico, a 29 km de profundidad. Hay reportes de perceptibilidad en el centro y oriente del país.

teleSUR, gao, SH (2022-12-16). Panamá ordena el cese de operaciones de minera canadiense. telesurtv.net El Gobierno dijo que la empresa canadiense no cumplió su compromiso con el pueblo panameño.

teleSUR, gao, SH (2022-12-16). Ascienden a 25 las muertes por meningitis en México. telesurtv.net Los casos iniciales se sometieron a procedimientos quirúrgicos con anestesia en cuatro hospitales privados de Durango.

teleSUR, SH (2022-12-16). Periodista mexicano denuncia haber sufrido un ataque armado. telesurtv.net Tras el ataque, el canciller mexicano Marcelo Ebrard expresó "solidaridad, aprecio y respaldo" al periodista Ciro Gómez Leyva.

teleSUR, JDO (2022-12-16). Gobierno de Panamá extiende trabajos de Comisión 20 de Diciembre. telesurtv.net Está encargada de cuantificar e identificar a quienes murieron durante la agresión estadounidense a Panamá en diciembre de 1989.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-12-16). I Witnessed the Truth about Nicaragua. libya360.wordpress.com Wawen Ewimbi Contextual History of Struggle in Nicaragua 1909 — 1933: The US is cementing itself as the world's police in the 20th century; the marines invaded Nicaragua in 1909 "to help stabilize the country". The US occupied the land until 1933. In 1927, revolutionary political leader Augusto Nicolas Sandino began leading a tiny, fervent guerrilla army,…

Franc Contreras (2022-12-15). Chinese company helps build Mexico's Maya Train. america.cgtn.com Mexico's Maya Train, scheduled for unveiling in late 2023, is one of the most ambitious large-scale infrastructure projects in the Americas.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2022-12-15). Guatemala da seguimiento a actividad eruptiva del volcán de Fuego. telesurtv.net El Insivumeh puntualizó que se elevan cortinas de ceniza generadas por el viento en la zona.

Fight Back (2022-12-15). Padre José Landaverde: Presente! fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – Chicago lost a well-known fighter for immigrant rights on December 11. José Sigfredo Landaverde was a priest at Our Lady of Guadalupe Anglican Catholic Church in Little Village. Padre Landaverde was also a friend of Freedom Road Socialist Organization. He died after a long battle with illness. | Born in Chalatenango, El Salvador in 1971, he was orphaned when the Salvadoran military killed his family. At 17 years of age, and at great risk to himself, José became a scout for the FMLN (Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, or Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front). His job was to camp…

teleSUR, gao, DRL (2022-12-15). Anuncian acuerdo para comisión anticorrupción a Honduras. telesurtv.net La Cicih es una promesa de campaña de la presidenta Xiomara Castro para enfrentar la corrupción heredada.

teleSUR, gao, SH (2022-12-15). El Salvador aprueba novena prórroga del régimen de excepción. telesurtv.net Ahora el estado de excepción viene acompañado de nuevos delitos asociados a encubridores y víctimas de extorsión.

teleSUR, MER (2022-12-15). Nicaragua destaca impacto de ALBA-TCP en pueblos latinoamericanos. telesurtv.net El mandatario explicó la importancia de continuar abriendo espacios pues consideró que "indiscutiblemente la batalla es gigantesca".

teleSUR, SH (2022-12-15). Senado mexicano aprueba llamado Plan B de reforma electoral. telesurtv.net La propuesta fue aprobada con los votos del partido Morena y sus aliados de los partidos del Trabajo (PT) y el Verde Ecologista de México.

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