Daily Archives: April 4, 2023

2023-04-04: News Headlines

Staff (2023-04-03). The High Price of the Guatemala-Taiwan Relationship. orinocotribune.com By Marco Fernandes — Mar 29, 2023 | Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen is struggling to maintain what little diplomatic support she still has in Latin America | The leader of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen, traveled on Wednesday, March 29, to visit the United States, with stops in Guatemala and Belize, two of the 13 countries in the world that still maintain diplomatic relations with the Chinese island. On Sunday, March 26, Honduras announced that it would sever diplomatic ties with Taiwan, and immediately established relations with the People's Republic of China. It was a hard blow for Tsai, days before a trip that may in…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-04-03). Gracias a Dios: The People's Church in Nicaragua. orinocotribune.com By Becca Renk — Mar 30, 2023 | "We are not typical Catholics," explains Yamil Ríos of the Saint Paul the Apostle Christian Base Community in Managua. "Because we don't have a priest here, thanks be to God." Around the room parishioners chuckle on their folding chairs which are set up in a half circle. At the front of the room, musicians shift their instruments, gearing up for another upbeat number. | In today's Nicaragua, there is a rupture between the Catholic hierarchy and its abandoned base. The politicized official church has long collaborated with U.S. imperialism and, as a consequence, is losing the co…

Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition (2023-04-03). Expertos en derechos humanos piden la retirada de un informe sesgado de la ONU sobre Nicaragua. globalizacion.ca

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-04-04). Detienen a 232 personas en El Salvador por delitos sexuales. telesurtv.net Entre los capturados en el operativo identificado como Valentina hay 222 hombres y 10 mujeres.

teleSUR, rzr, JCM (2023-04-03). Explosión en cohetería deja cuatro muertos en El Salvador. telesurtv.net El siniestro sucedió en horas de la tarde, sin que todavía se conozcan las causas del hecho, aunque trascendió que en el lugar funcionaba una cohetería clandestina.

teleSUR, SH (2023-04-03). Asesinan a tiros a siete personas en el este de Guatemala. telesurtv.net El Ministerio Público del país centroamericano y las autoridades locales no han ofrecido más detalles del ataque armado.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-04-03). Liberation Movement Emerges in the U.S. libya360.wordpress.com Ollantay Itzamná Guatemalan migrants make a call to vote for the MLP in the U.S. Another of the abysmal differences between the MLP and the rest of the neoliberal or conservative parties of the left and right is the attempt to build a plurinational and multi-territorial country project involving the millions of Guatemalans in the…

teleSUR, jaa, MER (2023-04-04). Asciende a 40 cifra de muertos por incendio en estación migratoria de México. telesurtv.net Las autoridades mexicanas contabilizan 27 heridos, de los cuales 23 se mantienen hospitalizados.

The Associated Press (2023-04-03). Activists' Network in Mexico Helps U.S. Women Get Abortions. latinorebels.com A network of groups in Mexico provides virtual guidance as well as shipments of abortion pills for women who want to terminate a pregnancy on their own. Their work has sparked interest in the U.S. and a surge of requests for help, after the Supreme Court moved to eliminate the constitutional right to abortion last year.

Anonymous Contributor (2023-04-03). Letter from Anarchist Prisoner Jorge "Yorch" Esquivel. itsgoingdown.org Letter from anarchist prisoner Jorge "Yorch" Esquivel, showing solidarity with Alfredo Cospito and Miguel Peralta, and announcing his next hearing for April 14, 2023. Hey everyone, I send my greetings from the Reclusorio Oriente (Eastern Prison in Mexico City). My stay here hasn't been that bad because of the support you've all given me. Life…

Francisco Lemus (2023-04-03). México — Morena y la izquierda: Merencia y legado. globalizacion.ca Definir a la izquierda es un reto por sí mismo, pero a grandes rasgos se ha caracterizado por siempre defender el cambio, contrario al conservadurismo, que como su nombre mismo lo dice, toma partido por mantener el statu quo y…

Editor (2023-04-03). America's 'Waste Colonialism' in Mexico. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-04-03). Mexico's AMLO Calls Out US 'Oligarchy' at Biden's Democracy Summit. scheerpost.com Mexico's leftist President Andrés Manuel López Obrador used the US government's "Summit for Democracy" to indirectly call out Washington's hypocrisy: "The oligarchy reigns with the faàßade of democracy", he said, calling for "greater equality" and "separation of economic and political power."

Franc Contreras (2023-04-03). Venezuelan migrant struggles for survival in Mexico. america.cgtn.com Following the migrant detention center fire in Mexico, many families across Latin America are grieving the loss of 39 migrants. Franc Contreras reports the story of one Venezuelan migrant who is struggling for survival in Ciudad Juarez after the fire.

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