Daily Archives: August 4, 2023

2023-08-04: News Headlines

teleSUR, dcdc, DRL (2023-08-04). Quedan incomunicadas tras lluvias 60 comunidades en Honduras. telesurtv.net Las lluvias se han registrado desde el fin de semana pasado por lo que la vulnerabilidad de la zona quedó nuevamente al descubierto.

Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. (2023-08-04). Burkina Faso's New President Condemns Imperialism. popularresistance.org The new president of Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traoré, has vowed to fight imperialism and neocolonialism, invoking his country's past revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara and quoting Che Guevara. | The West African nation has also formed close diplomatic ties with the revolutionary governments in Nicaragua, Venezuela, Cuba, and Iran, as well as with NATO's arch-rival Russia. | In January 2022, a group of nationalist military officers in Burkina Faso toppled the president, Roch Kaboré, a wealthy banker who had fostered close ties with the country's former colonizer, France, where he was educated.

Fiona Edwards, Eyes on Latin America. (2023-08-04). Nicaragua Is Standing Firm Against US Imperialism. popularresistance.org The Nicaraguan people have struggled courageously to defend their right to determine their own future in the face of Washington's assaults. From resisting the U.S.'s contra war of the 1980s to opposing the devastating impacts of neo-liberalism in the 1990s and early 2000s, which was imposed on the country following an electoral defeat in 1990 of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) in an election taking place under the direct threat of military attacks by the U.S. armed and backed contras, the Sandinistas have led a relentless struggle to defend Nicaragua's sovereignty and improve the living standards…

Daniel Kovalik (2023-08-04). The Nicaraguan Coup Attempt: How Peace Was Restored and What Has Happened Since. mronline.org This final article, covering the period from mid-July to the present day, shows how the coup was defeated and what happened in the aftermath.

Editor (2023-08-04). Burkina Faso's new president condemns imperialism, quotes Che Guevara, allies with Nicaragua, Venezuela, Cuba. mronline.org Burkina Faso's new President Ibrahim Traoré has vowed to fight imperialism and neocolonialism. Pledging a "refoundation of the nation", invoking revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara, and quoting Che Guevara, his government has allied with Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Cuba.

mforinoco (2023-08-03). Guatemala in Electoral Context 2023. orinocotribune.com By Ollantay Itzamná — Jul 31, 2023 | On August 20, Guatemala will vote for more neoliberalism, more racism, and continued dispossession of indigenous territories. | Last June 25, the general elections were held to elect president and vice-president, 160 deputies to the Congress of the Republic, 20 supranational deputies to the Central American Parliament and 340 municipal governments. | A total of 9.3 million Guatemalans were called to cast their vote both in Guatemala and abroad. Thirty political organizations and 22 presidential candidates participated. Three presidential binomials, under different argumen…


teleSUR- hvh, DRL (2023-08-04). Rechazan extensión de prisión a ambientalistas en El Salvador. telesurtv.net El tribunal salvadoreño postergó la audiencia preliminar hasta febrero del año siguiente a petición de la Fiscalía.

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-08-03). Cracking down on El Salvador's cycle of gang violence. plenglish.com San Salvador, Aug 3 (Prensa Latina) Thousands of Salvadoran soldiers and police officers on Tuesday surrounded the central agricultural region of Cabanas — home to some 150,000 people — as part of President Nayib Bukele's crackdown on gang activity.

Staff (2023-08-04). Headlines for August 4, 2023. democracynow.org Trump Pleads Not Guilty to Charges He Plotted to Overturn 2020 Election, Third Trump Ally Charged over Alleged Plot to Tamper with Michigan Voting Machines, Amnesty Warns of "Rampant" War Crimes Against Civilians in Sudan, Ukraine Says Sea Drones Damaged Russian Warship in Black Sea, Blinken Accuses Russia of Assaulting Global Food System with Attacks on Ukraine's Granaries, Greenpeace Activists Cover U.K. Prime Minister's Home with Anti-Oil Message, Tribunal Finds Mexico Guilty of Ecocide and Ethnocide over Mayan Rail Project, Appeals Court Allows Biden Administration to Continue Blocking…

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-08-04). Encuentran huevo fósil de flamenco del Pleistoceno en México. telesurtv.net El fósil se encontró en perfecto estado de conservación, durante la construcción del Aeropuerto Internacional "Felipe Ángeles".

teleSUR, jaa, JGN (2023-08-04). Accidente de tránsito deja 18 fallecidos en Nayarit, México. telesurtv.net El funcionario refirió que 22 personas quedaron lesionadas y una salió sin una herida.

teleSUR, nama, DRL (2023-08-04). México instalará centro para migrantes en ciudad de Tapachula. telesurtv.net Canciller mexicana, Alicia Bárcena, visita Tapachula para conocer las necesidades de la frontera sur.


teleSUR (2023-08-04). Mexico: Bus Accident Leaves 18 Dead in Nayarit. telesurenglish.net On Thursday morning, a traffic accident occurred when a passenger bus fell into a ravine in the state of Nayarit, in western Mexico, leaving at least 18 people dead. | Related: | According to Jorge Benito Rodríguez, Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection of Nayarit, there are three minors among the dead. | Rodríguez also stated that 22 people were injured and one was left without an injury. | According to local reports, the bus…

GRAIN (2023-08-03). El conflicto del maíz entre Estados Unidos y México: Un juego de espejos. globalizacion.ca Desde que México anunció que prohibiría el uso y el comercio de maíz genéticamente modificado y de glifosato en 2020, ha ido creciendo un diferendo público instigado por Estados Unidos. Hoy devora páginas y horarios televisivos con su disputa entre…

Editor (2023-08-03). Report Details 'Shocking Pattern' of Abuse by US Agents at Mexico Border. scheerpost.com

Sharon Zhang (2023-08-03). 2 Dead Bodies Found Stuck to Buoys Texas Officials Were Ordered to Take Down. truthout.org The Mexican government has reported that officials found two dead bodies stuck to buoys — installed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) to make it more dangerous for asylum seekers to cross the southern border into the U.S. — which the Biden administration ordered to be taken down last month. Mexico Foreign Relations officials said that the Texas Department of Public Safety notified the Mexican… |

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-08-04). Panama warns of increase in irregular child migrants. plenglish.com Panama City, Aug 4 (Prensa Latina) The number of more than 40,000 irregular migrant children who in the first six months of this year transited through the Panamanian Darien jungle is higher than in the whole of 2022, Unicef warned.

teleSUR (2023-08-04). Mexico: Bus Accident Leaves 18 Dead in Nayarit. telesurenglish.net On Thursday morning, a traffic accident occurred when a passenger bus fell into a ravine in the state of Nayarit, in western Mexico, leaving at least 18 people dead. | Related: | According to Jorge Benito Rodríguez, Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection of Nayarit, there are three minors among the dead. | Rodríguez also stated that 22 people were injured and one was left without an injury. | According to local reports, the bus…

GRAIN (2023-08-03). El conflicto del maíz entre Estados Unidos y México: Un juego de espejos. globalizacion.ca Desde que México anunció que prohibiría el uso y el comercio de maíz genéticamente modificado y de glifosato en 2020, ha ido creciendo un diferendo público instigado por Estados Unidos. Hoy devora páginas y horarios televisivos con su disputa entre…

Editor (2023-08-03). Report Details 'Shocking Pattern' of Abuse by US Agents at Mexico Border. scheerpost.com

Sharon Zhang (2023-08-03). 2 Dead Bodies Found Stuck to Buoys Texas Officials Were Ordered to Take Down. truthout.org The Mexican government has reported that officials found two dead bodies stuck to buoys — installed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) to make it more dangerous for asylum seekers to cross the southern border into the U.S. — which the Biden administration ordered to be taken down last month. Mexico Foreign Relations officials said that the Texas Department of Public Safety notified the Mexican… |

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-08-04). Panama warns of increase in irregular child migrants. plenglish.com Panama City, Aug 4 (Prensa Latina) The number of more than 40,000 irregular migrant children who in the first six months of this year transited through the Panamanian Darien jungle is higher than in the whole of 2022, Unicef warned.

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