Monthly Archives: June 2023

2023-06-28: News Headlines

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are fighting back against privatization and foreign exploitation after Honduran President Xiomara Castro and Congress repealed a law that established so-called Economic Development and Employment Zones, where private companies have "functional and administrative autonomy" from the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…

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are fighting back against privatization and foreign exploitation after Honduran President Xiomara Castro and Congress repealed a law that established so-called Economic Development and Employment Zones, where private companies have "functional and administrative autonomy" from the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…

teleSUR, DRL (2023-06-28). Policía Militar toma control de cárceles hondureñas. telesurtv.net Las imágenes muestran a centenares de reos con sus cabezas rapadas, en pantalones cortos y sin camisas, y muchos de ellos tatuados, sentados en el piso, muy pegados, en filas.

kwjorinoco (2023-06-27). Not-so-soft Coups and the Use of Blackouts in Honduras. orinocotribune.com By Ricardo Salgado — Jun 26, 2023 | These days, we are entering a new phase in Honduras in the attempt of the right to provoke a color revolution. | This time, the issue seems more organized: power stations that turn off their generators, constant blackouts, people who become enraged, go out to protest in various parts of the country, and even enter frenzies by firing at electrical power transformers. | Faced with allegations of commercial sabotage made by the progressive government, and while the president completed a successful tour of the People's Republic of China, the Honduran fascist right wing notes t…


teleSUR (2023-06-28). Nicaraguan FM Denis Moncada Says US Must Pay "Historical Debt" telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Denis Moncada said that United States (U.S.) has the legal obligation to pay a historical debt to Nicaragua due to an international court ruling over 30 years ago | Related: | On Tuesday, Moncada handed a letter, signed by Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, to the UN Secretary-General António Guterres, requesting that the UN chief circulate a document about Nicaragua's position on the U.S. obligation to t…

teleSUR, MER (2023-06-28). Nicaragua conmemora aniversario de histórica sentencia de CIJ. telesurtv.net El jefe de Estado indicó que retan a EE.UU. a que cumplan con lo que manda el derecho internacional.

teleSUR, MER (2023-06-28). Nicaragua conmemora el 37 ∞ aniversario de histórica sentencia de la CIJ. telesurtv.net El jefe de Estado indicó que retan a EE.UU. a que cumplan con lo que manda el derecho internacional.

teleSUR, nama, YSM (2023-06-28). Nicaragua reclama ante la ONU deuda histórica de EE.UU. telesurtv.net La carta de Nicaragua recuerda que el valor estimado de los daños se estimaba en 12.000 millones USD en marzo de 1988.

teleSUR (2023-06-27). Guatemalan Next President Will Face a Fragmented Congress. telesurenglish.net The results of the general elections held on Sunday indicate the existence of an upcoming legislature in which there will not be clear majorities for whoever becomes the next Guatemalan president. | RELATED: | The ruling party Vamos will have 39 out of 160 lawmakers, followed by the National Unity of Hope (UNE) with 28 legislators, and the Semilla Movement with 23 representatives. | Among the list of candidates who did not sec…


Alasdair Baverstock (2023-06-27). New Mexico desert town goes days without water due to old pipes. america.cgtn.com Leaky pipes in Truth Or Consequences, New Mexico lost more than 40% of the town's water supply last year, nearly 760 million liters of water in a region coping with worsening drought. See more.

Franc Contreras (2023-06-27). Mexico's ban on genetically modified corn creates trade tensions with the U.S. america.cgtn.com Trade tensions are rising in North America due to conflicting views on genetically modified corn. Find out more.

krish-rad_ind (2023-06-27). Mexico's AMLO Government Refuses to Bow to US Sanction Threats, Ups Ante in Fight Over GM Corn. nakedcapitalism.com

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-06-28). Panama Canal seeks new routes due to water shortage. plenglish.com Panama City, Jun 28 ( Prensa Latina) The extended dry season forced the Panama Canal Administration (ACP) to search for new routes due to the lack of water, its authorities confirmed.

Alasdair Baverstock (2023-06-27). New Mexico desert town goes days without water due to old pipes. america.cgtn.com Leaky pipes in Truth Or Consequences, New Mexico lost more than 40% of the town's water supply last year, nearly 760 million liters of water in a region coping with worsening drought. See more.

Franc Contreras (2023-06-27). Mexico's ban on genetically modified corn creates trade tensions with the U.S. america.cgtn.com Trade tensions are rising in North America due to conflicting views on genetically modified corn. Find out more.

krish-rad_ind (2023-06-27). Mexico's AMLO Government Refuses to Bow to US Sanction Threats, Ups Ante in Fight Over GM Corn. nakedcapitalism.com

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-06-28). Panama Canal seeks new routes due to water shortage. plenglish.com Panama City, Jun 28 ( Prensa Latina) The extended dry season forced the Panama Canal Administration (ACP) to search for new routes due to the lack of water, its authorities confirmed.

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2023-06-27: News Headlines

kwjorinoco (2023-06-27). Not-so-soft Coups and the Use of Blackouts in Honduras. orinocotribune.com By Ricardo Salgado — Jun 26, 2023 | These days, we are entering a new phase in Honduras in the attempt of the right to provoke a color revolution. | This time, the issue seems more organized: power stations that turn off their generators, constant blackouts, people who become enraged, go out to protest in various parts of the country, and even enter frenzies by firing at electrical power transformers. | Faced with allegations of commercial sabotage made by the progressive government, and while the president completed a successful tour of the People's Republic of China, the Honduran fascist right wing notes t…

teleSUR, DRL (2023-06-27). Policía Militar toma control de cárceles hondureñas. telesurtv.net Las imágenes muestran a centenares de reos con sus cabezas rapadas, en pantalones cortos y sin camisas, y muchos de ellos tatuados, sentados en el piso, muy pegados, en filas.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-06-27). Honduras declara alerta en 13 departamentos por onda tropical. telesurtv.net Las mayores precipitaciones serán en las zonas noroccidental, occidental oriental, central y sur, según la institución de protección civil.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-06-27). Cuban swimmer Gámez wins another gold at Central Caribbean Games. plenglish.com San Salvador, Jun 27 (Prensa Latina) Motivated by the achievement of her first gold medal at the Central American and Caribbean Games, Cuban swimmer Elisbet Gámez repeated that result to reign in the 100-meter freestyle competition on Monday.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-06-27). Elecciones dejan un Congreso fragmentado en Guatemala. telesurtv.net El hasta ahora partido oficial, Vamos, será la primera fuerza del Congreso en la próxima Legislatura, seguido por UNE y Movimiento Semilla.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-06-27). Guatemala heads to run-off elections elections amid record levels of abstention. peoplesdispatch.org


teleSUR (2023-06-27). Guatemalan Next President Will Face a Fragmented Congress. telesurenglish.net The results of the general elections held on Sunday indicate the existence of an upcoming legislature in which there will not be clear majorities for whoever becomes the next Guatemalan president. | RELATED: | The ruling party Vamos will have 39 out of 160 lawmakers, followed by the National Unity of Hope (UNE) with 28 legislators, and the Semilla Movement with 23 representatives. | Among the list of candidates who did not sec…

teleSUR (2023-06-27). Mexico: 130 Guatemalan Migrants in Cargo Truck Rescued. telesurenglish.net On Monday, in Veracruz, Mexican authorities rescued 130 Guatemalan migrants crammed inside an extremely overcrowded cargo truck. | Related: | According to the National Migration Institute (INM), among the rescued were 19 unaccompanied minors, 12 families consisting of 28 individuals, and 67 men and 16 women who were traveling on their own. | Official reports show that the authorities rescued the migrants in the city…

Staff (2023-06-26). Null and Blank Votes Lead to Runoff Elections in Guatemala. orinocotribune.com Caracas ( Approximately 9.3 million Guatemalans have been summoned to partake in the upcoming elections to sele…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-06-26). Guatemala: Beaten, but not Defeated. libya360.wordpress.com Ollantay Itzamná Mam. woman Community meeting The results of the general elections 2023 in Guatemala position the country, for the second round of the presidential elections next August 20, between two options: fighting corruption (Bernardo Arévalo, of the Semilla party) or the "obsession for corrupt power" (Sandra Torres, of the UNE party). The popular indigenous…

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-06-27). Panama Lava Jato case witnesses testify in hearing. plenglish.com Panama City, Jun 27 (Prensa Latina) The second day of hearings for money laundering in the case of the Brazilian firm Lava Jato continues today in Panama with the appearance of witnesses.


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