Daily Archives: April 22, 2023

2023-04-22: News Headlines

teleSUR, JCM (2023-04-22). Mandataria de Honduras denuncia conspiración contra su Gobierno. telesurtv.net "…solo miremos quiénes son las figuras que están saliendo, las mismas que contribuyeron para un golpe de Estado en 2009", subrayó Xiomara Castro.

Staff (2023-04-22). ALBA Games 2023 Begin in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com The 5th ALBA Games 2023 was inaugurated this Friday, April 21, at the Jorge Luis García Carneiro baseball stadium in La Guaira, Venezuela, where delegations from the 11 participating countries paraded. The event was by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. | Athletes from Antigua and Barbuda, Bolivia, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Nicaragua, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Venezuela, and special guest country Russia, are participating in the Games. | The delegations were sworn in by the minister for Youth and Sports of Venezuela, Mervin Maldonado, who stated that at this moment "in…

Staff (2023-04-22). Daniel Ortega envía mensaje de felicitación a Díaz-Canel. cubadebate.cu El presidente de Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, envió un mensaje de felicitación a su homólogo Miguel Díaz-Canel por la reelección como presidente de la República de Cuba. La misiva, firmada por Ortega y Rosario Murrillo, dice: "Como siempre, te enviamos todo nuestro Cariño, Respeto y Admiración, deseándote a vos y a ese Querido Pueblo de Fidel, de Raúl (…), lo mejor de lo mejor".

Alasdair Baverstock (2023-04-22). Nearshoring boom comes to Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. america.cgtn.com A region inside the North American free trade zone, with inexpensive labor and good maritime connections, the Yucatan Peninsula is fast becoming the logistical center for international corporations operating in South Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-04-22). Mayo Clinic Minute: A tick to blame for the alpha-gal, meat allergy. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org You may have heard about alpha-gal syndrome, also known as the meat allergy illness or tick bite meat allergy. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says most diagnosed cases are in the southern, eastern and central parts of the U.S. It also has been diagnosed in Europe, Australia, Asia, South Africa, and South and Central America. It can be a serious, potentially life-threatening allergic reaction. The American Gastroenterological Association recently added guidance to medical professionals to watch for…

Jeff Abbott (2023-04-21). The Other Americans: Indigenous Guatemalans Raise Awareness of Plastic Pollution. progressive.org A community with one of the first plastic bans in the Central American country does a monthly beach clean up—highlighting how far things have to go.

teleSUR, JGN, JCM (2023-04-22). Volcán Rincón de la Vieja registra erupción en Costa Rica. telesurtv.net La erupción produjo una columna densa de material que llegó hasta 500 metros encima del cráter.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-04-22). Costa Rica reporta 1.231 nuevos casos de Covid-19 en una semana. telesurtv.net La cifra representa un aumento de 149 contagios con respecto a la semana anterior.

teleSUR (2023-04-21). Costa Rica Police Strike Over Days Off Reduction. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Costa Rican Police officers took to the streets to reject President Rodrigo Chaves' decision to reduce their off-duty hours to develop a special operation against organized crime. | RELATED: | Groups of off-duty officers blocked streets in several cities, including San Jose. Other dozens of agents held a demonstration outside the house of Chaves, who seeks to have 9,500 officers on the streets at all times for six months while the speci…

teleSUR, nama -DRL (2023-04-22). Denuncian en El Salvador abusos contra líderes ambientales. telesurtv.net El periodista Leonel Herrera explica que la acusación contra los activistas viola la Ley de Reconciliación Nacional.

teleSUR (2023-04-21). UN Provides $1 Billion To Improve Haiti's Risk Management. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the Haitian External Cooperation Minister Ricard Pierre and the United Nations Special Representative Maria Isabel Salvador signed a cooperation agreement to promote sustainable development in the country for the 2023-2025 term. | RELATED: | "This document will accompany Haitian authorities in its response to the main issues affecting their country," the UN said, explaining that the agreement provides US$1.1 billion in cooperation to i…

Franc Contreras (2023-04-22). Mexico accuses U.S. of spying, escalating tensions. america.cgtn.com Mexican President is accusing the U.S. of spying on Mexico. And he says top U.S. intelligence agencies have been infiltrating powerful drug cartels inside Mexico without the consent of the Mexican government and its armed forces.

trtworld (2023-04-22). Baldwin manslaughter charges formally dropped. trtworld.com A New Mexico court filing stated the case against actor Alec Baldwin are dismissed but investigations will go on into the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. | Baldwin manslaughter charges formally dropped…

Michael Fox (2023-04-21). Wind energy in Mexico is not as clean as you think. therealnews.com In March 2023, U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry met with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in Oaxaca, Mexico, to discuss U.S.-Mexico collaboration over renewable energy. It was announced that the United States would commit to invest in at least 10 new wind and solar parks in the region — already one of Latin America's top wind power hot spots. | But there's a problem. These wind farms there have been largely constructed and run by foreign transnational corporations. Residents say that while on the surface these wind turbines are generating clean energy, they have been disrespecting communal land righ…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-04-21). 'In Mexico a revolution of consciousness is taking place' says Mexican president. peoplesdispatch.org During the daily press conference of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on April 4, Peoples Dispatch co-editor Zoe Alexandra had the opportunity to ask AMLO how he responds to right-wing attacks in Mexico and across the region. | He said that the right-wing is hypocritical and threatened by a government that builds with and for the people.

It's Going Down. (2023-04-21). Building Autonomous Mutual Aid As The Border Continues To Militarize. popularresistance.org In this episode, we speak with someone involved with El Comedor, an autonomous mutual aid hub and organizing center in so-called Tijuana, Mexico, which was founded by anarchists and asylum seekers in 2018. From a previous report: | El Comedor is currently one of the only places, if not the only place, serving hot meals everyday in Tijuana. Though "the caravan" is out of the news, thousands still pass through Tijuana on their way north hoping to escape violence. | During our discussion, we speak about autonomous, mutual aid, and anarchist projects in Tijuana, Mexico as well as the rapidly militarizing borderlands.

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