2023-06-29: News Headlines

teleSUR, MER (2023-06-29). teleSUR y Canal 8 de Honduras firman acuerdo de cooperación. telesurtv.net Este protocolo tiene como objetivo fortalecer y establecer la cooperación entre las partes, incluyendo el intercambio de contenido informativo.

Staff (2023-06-28). Hondurans Fight Private Cities Run by U.S. Companies as Gov't Sued for Outlawing "Neocolonial Project" democracynow.org In Honduras, communities are fighting back against privatization and foreign exploitation after Honduran President Xiomara Castro and Congress repealed a law that established so-called Economic Development and Employment Zones, where private companies have "functional and administrative autonomy" from the national government. Now a Delaware-based company called Próspera has launched a case to challenge the repeal of the law under the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement and is seeking almost $11 billion, which amounts to nearly two-thirds of the country's entire…

Amy Goodman (2023-06-28). Hondurans Fight Private Cities Run by US Companies Amid Legal Battle. truthout.org In Honduras, communities are fighting back against privatization and foreign exploitation after Honduran President Xiomara Castro and Congress repealed a law that established so-called Economic Development and Employment Zones, where private companies have "functional and administrative autonomy" from the national government. Now a Delaware-based company called Próspera has launched a case to… |

Peoples Dispatch (2023-06-28). How Honduran activist Edwin Espinal won his freedom from JOH's dictatorship. peoplesdispatch.org Five years ago, Honduran activist Edwin Espinal sat in a supermax prison facing trumped up charges of arson, property damage, and use of homemade explosive material. | Espinal was arrested and faced possibly decades of jail time due to his participation in the mass protests in Honduras against the electoral fraud carried out by Juan Orlando Hernández in the November 2017 elections. The blatant fraud had sparked a mass reaction and from the end of November 2017 well into February 2018, the streets and highways across the country were sites of road blockades, marches, rallies, and cultural actions demanding "Out JO…

Ben Norton (2023-06-28). US owes Nicaragua reparations, must implement 1986 Int'l Court of Justice ruling. geopoliticaleconomy.com 37 years after a 1986 International Court of Justice ruling, the United States still refuses to pay Nicaragua the reparations it legally owes. Today, the Nicaraguan government is demanding that the United Nations take action.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-06-28). Letter from President Daniel Ortega to UN Secretary General Regarding ICJ 1986 Ruling. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun News Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega commemorates the 37th anniversary of Nicaragua's historic victory at the International Court of Justice. June 27, 2023. Photo: JP+ Below is the letter from President of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, to United Nations Secretary General António Guterres on the anniversary of the judgement handed down by the International Court of…

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-06-29). Tormenta tropical Adrián evoluciona a huracán en el Pacífico. telesurtv.net El ciclón se ubicó a 575 kilómetros al suroeste de Colima con vientos máximos sostenidos de 120 kilómetros por hora.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-06-29). México entrega presidencia de la Alianza del Pacífico a Chile. telesurtv.net Desde este miércoles Chile ejerce la presidencia pro tempore. Perú la asumirá a partir del 1 de agosto de 2023.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-06-29). México sigue al frente del medallero de los XXIV JCC. telesurtv.net El país latinoamericano cuenta hasta ahora con un total de 136 medallas, de las cuales 52 son de oro, 47 de plata y 37 de bronce.

Alasdair Baverstock (2023-06-28). Massive deposits of lithium discovered in Mexico. america.cgtn.com New deposits of lithium are being discovered in northern Mexico. Lithium is a vital resource that is essential in the production of batteries for electric vehicles. See more.

teleSUR, nama, YSM (2023-06-29). Panamá conquista dos oros en el surf de los Juegos Centroamericanos. telesurtv.net La delegación panameña se mantiene octava en el medallero de la cita multideportiva centrocaribeña con 11 medallas.

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