(2023-08-08). Honduras: Earthquake of Magnitude 3.8 Reported in Colon. telesurenglish.net On Monday, the Secretariat of State in the Offices of Risk Management and National Contingencies of Honduras reported an earthquake of magnitude 3.8 on the Richter scale, the second recorded in less than 24 hours. | Related: | According to official statements, the tremor had its epicenter in the municipality of Santa Fe, Colon, about eight kilometers from Trujillo, one of the tourist spots of the nation. | Accord…
(2023-08-08). Reportan sismo de magnitud 3,8 en Colón, Honduras. telesurtv.net El temblor tuvo su epicentro en el municipio de Santa Fe, Colón, a unos ocho kilómetros de Trujillo, uno de los lares turísticos de la nación.
(2023-08-08). Bolivian ambassador underscores people and Government's achievements. plenglish.com Managua, Aug 8 (Prensa Latina) Bolivian Ambassador to Nicaragua Palmiro León Soria Saucedo underscored the people and government's achievements after the defeat of coup leader Jeanine àÅñez in the 2020 elections.
(2023-08-08). El Salvador's Dangerous Democratic Backslide. fpif.org President Nayib Bukele's regime has arrested nearly 72,000 Salvadorans over the last 16 months for allegedly assisting or belonging to criminal gangs. This includes at least It also includes "Teo" (not his real name), a boatman arrested in May 2022 when he declined to give a ride to members of the armed forces. He explained the boat didn't have sufficient fuel, and his aunt had gone to buy more. | And "Julio" (not his real name), a laborer at a coconut cooperative. In July 2022, a soldier grabbe…
(2023-08-08). Crackdown on gangs will continue in El salvador — Defense Minister. plenglish.com San Salvador, Aug 8 (Prensa Latina) Salvadoran Defense Minister Rene Merino Monroy said on Tuesday that the crackdown on gangs will continue, since around 20% to 30% of gangers are still operating on the streets.
(2023-08-07). The Crime of Fighting 
for a Better Life. progressive.org In El Salvador, environmental defenders and civic leaders opposed to mining are being targeted for arrest.
(2023-08-08). Will Biden Stop Texas from Separating Asylum-Seeking Families at Border Under Operation Lone Star? democracynow.org 
We get an update from the Texas border, where human rights advocates are condemning Republican Governor Greg Abbott's "Operation Lone Star" for its human rights abuses. Texas troopers have reportedly separated over two dozen migrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border in a major change of policy. This comes amid a deadly heat wave and after the first deaths linked to floating barrels wrapped in razor wire that Abbott put in the Rio Grande to block asylum seekers from crossing. "We're calling for an end to the use of all of these detractions that are getting in the way of people being…
(2023-08-08). El legado de la lucha de Emiliano Zapata en América Latina. telesurtv.net Zapata nació en Anenecuilco, en el estado de Morelos, el día 8 de agosto de 1879 y fue asesinado el 10 de abril de 1919, a la edad de 39 años.
(2023-08-07). Obama, Trump, Biden — share blame for Abbott's border horrors. workers.org 
Reports in recent weeks from a whistleblowing Texas Department of Public Safety trooper have laid bare the state-sponsored, inhumane, anti-migrant policies confronting families seeking asylum at the Texas/Mexico border. Migrants trying to enter the U.S. from Mexico are confronted by large razor-wired buoys used as a border barrier along the . . . |