(2024-01-07). President-Elect of Guatemala Promises Radical Changes. orinocotribune.com By Alejandra García and Bill Hackwell — Jan 4, 2024 | Guatemala's president-elect, Bernardo Arévalo de León, will take office on January 14 with high expectations for radical change. It remains to be seen if his ambitious plan will succeed, but for the time being, any of his decisions will be a step forward in a country where 44% of the population of 17 million is Mayan and where more than 50% of the population lives in conditions of extreme poverty. | In statements to foreign press, Arévalo stated that his first action upon assuming power will be to revoke "irresponsible" and "absurd" decrees of the outgoin…
(2024-01-07). Chiapas rebellion 30 years on: The shipwreck of Mexico's Zapatista experiment. wsws.org Despite the dances and music at its headquarters in the Lacandon Jungle, the guerrilla group once glorified as a new beacon of hope by prominent pseudo-lefts manifests all the symptoms of an approaching breakdown.
(2024-01-07). Mexico's State Oil Company Pemex Approaches PDVSA to Strengthen Oil Cooperation. orinocotribune.com The vice president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, met with a high-level delegation of the Mexican national oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) in Caracas. PEMEX will soon start extensive cooperation with the Venezuelan state-owned oil corporation Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA). | The PEMEX delegation was led by the president of the company, Octavio Romero, who was accompanied by the director general of Exploration and Production of PEMEX, àÅngel Cid Munguía, and the director general of Regional and American Organizations and Mechanisms of the Mexican Secretariat of Foreign Affairs, Efraín Guadarrama Pér…
(2024-01-07). 500 migrantes forman una nueva caravana en Tapachula. telesurtv.net Los migrantes formaron parte de la caravana de más de siete mil civiles que se desintegró el pasado martes por el INM que les ofreció transporte para poder tramitar sus documentos migratorios.
(2024-01-07). Al menos cinco muertos y 20 heridos en una balacera en México. telesurtv.net Agentes de cuerpos de seguridad y equipos forenses llegaron al sitio del hecho armado para avanzar en las investigaciones, que permitan esclarecer la balacera.