Honduras Solidarity Network, Popular Resistance. (2024-01-11). Delegation To Honduras Launches Campaign To Indict The US, Canada. popularresistance.org Members of a ten-day US/Canada delegation hosted by the Cross Border Network of Kansas City and the Honduras Solidarity Network of North America have investigated how their two nations prioritize protecting the political, economic, and military interests of their governments and corporations over the rights and interests of the Honduran people. The delegation visited communities affected by mining and land grabbing, met with labor movement activists, and spoke with US, Canadian and Honduran officials and found that the continuing poverty, inequality, and dispossession of the Honduran people result from the crimes…

averyr (2024-01-11). REPORT: El Salvador's State of Deception. ips-dc.org

Caleb Crowder (2024-01-11). New Report from Leading Research and Civil Society Organizations Reveals New Information on the Arrests of Water Defenders and the State of Human Rights in El Salvador under the Bukele Administration. ips-dc.org The new report highlights the full extent of human rights abuses under the Bukele administration, as well as evidence that the Bukele administration would like to bring back mining.

Caleb Crowder (2024-01-11). Nuevo Informe de Organizaciones Líderes en Investigación y de la Sociedad Civil Revela Nueva Información sobre los Arrestos de Defensores del Agua y el Estado de los Derechos Humanos en El Salvador, bajo la Administración de Bukele. ips-dc.org El nuevo informe pone de relieve el alcance de los abusos contra los derechos humanos cometidos bajo el gobierno de Bukele, así como pruebas de que su gobierno pretende reabrir la minería.

Staff (2024-01-11). Noboa planea construir nuevas cárceles en medio de conflicto interno en Ecuador. cubadebate.cu El presidente de Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, anunció que el Gobierno presentará hoy el proyecto de dos nuevas cárceles de máxima seguridad en las provincias de Pastaza y Santa Elena como parte de su plan contra la inseguridad. Noboa explicó que la construcción de esas instalaciones sería al mismo estilo de las edificadas por el gobierno de Nayib Bukele en El Salvador.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2024-01-10). Aprueban nueva prórroga del régimen de excepción en El Salvador. telesurtv.net La nueva extensión entrará en vigencia el viernes próximo, previo a su publicación en el Diario Oficial, y durará hasta el 10 de febrero.

Michael Fox, The Real News Network. (2024-01-11). Guatemala's 'Silent Holocaust' Under The Shadow. popularresistance.org In the third episode of Under the Shadow, host Michael Fox visits a memorial for the disappeared on the outskirts of the Guatemalan town of San Juan Comalapa. Then, he walks back in time to the 1980s, into the country's genocide of Indigenous peoples—and the overwhelming support for the violence that came from the United States and then-President Ronald Reagan in the name of fighting the so-called "communist threat." | Between 1962-1996, 200,000 Guatemalans were killed and 45,000 were forcibly disappeared. For the majority of families, the whereabouts of those lost loved ones are still unknown, even decades…

infobrics (2024-01-11). Is Latin America finally making united stand against US imperialism?>. infobrics.org The very fact that Mexico's demands have more to do with Latin America as a whole rather than Mexico alone shows that they are finally making a united stand against US imperialism. Washington DC would certainly refuse at any other time. However, with less than eleven months left until the 2024 presidential election, the troubled Biden administration needs to act fast.

latintimes (2024-01-11). Three Reasons Why 'The Manny' is One of the Most Watched Shows on Netflix Right Now. latintimes.com From Mexico to New Caledonia, The romcom starring Mexican stars Sandra Echeverría and Iván Amozurrutia is in Netflix's Top 10 in over 30 countries…

Larry Johnson (2024-01-10). War Erupts Between Government of Ecuador and Drug Cartels. sonar21.com Ecuador at War with Drug Gangs | Ecuador, a major gateway for Colombian cocaine that is shipped to Mexico and Europe, is wracked by violence today as the foot soldiers of the traffickers attacked TV stations, prisons and the Presidential Palace. The spreading violence follows the prison escape of the leader of one of the Ecuador's president has declared a state of emergency after one of the country's most notorious gang leaders escaped from prison, followed by a violent uprising with…

latintimes (2024-01-10). Mexico's Heavy-Vehicle Industry Reports Production and Exports Records for 2023. latintimes.com In 2023, Mexico produced 222,541 trucks and buses, 177,541 of which were exported…

Alex S. Vitale, Truthout. (2024-01-10). An Open Border Could Benefit Us All. popularresistance.org Texas Gov. Greg Abbott recently signed two bills into law designed to further harden the southern border. SB 3 provides $1.5 billion for additional wall building and to support more state law enforcement targeting of low-income immigrant neighborhoods, like Houston's Colony Ridge. SB 4 gives local police the power to engage in immigration enforcement, including arresting people for not having the right citizenship papers and deporting people into Mexico, regardless of their country of origin. | The bills, which Abbott signed into law on December 18, represent a dangerous and almost certainly unconstitutional expa…

Alina Ramos Martin (2024-01-10). Díaz-Canel commemorates Julio Antonio Mella's murder in Mexico. plenglish.com Havana, Jan 10 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel commemorated the 95th anniversary of the murder, in Mexico, of student and communist leader Julio Antonio Mella, an act perpetrated by hitmen of dictator Gerardo Machado (1925-1933).

latintimes (2024-01-10). 9 Bodies Found Near Pipeline In Mexico; Authorities Suspect Fuel Theft. latintimes.com The bodies were found in two separate vehicles near a pipeline north of Mexico City. The license plates on both vehicles belonged to the neighboring state of Hidalgo, which is notorious for fuel thefts.

latintimes (2024-01-10). Mexican President Apologizes For Misgendering Federal Lawmaker After Backlash. latintimes.com The apology came soon after the president faced backlash from social media and various LGBT+ community members in Mexico demanded a public apology from the leader.

noemail (2024-01-11). Panama grounds some Copa Boeing 737 MAX 9s after Alaska blowout. devdiscourse.com Panama's civil aviation authority said on Thursday it had temporarily prohibited operations of 21 of Copa Airlines' Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft after a mid-air blowout of a cabin panel on an Alaska Airlines flight last week.

Angela (2024-01-11). Saturday 1/13: San Diego Rally for Gaza. indybay.org Plaza De Panama, Balboa Park | San Diego, CA…

Angela (2024-01-10). Saturday 1/13: San Diego Rally for Gaza. indybay.org Plaza De Panama, Balboa Park | San Diego, CA…

Oraily Madruga Rios (2024-01-10). Panama's minister announces average minimum pay raise. plenglish.com Panama City, Jan 10 (Prensa Latina) Panama's Labor and Labor Development Minister Doris Zapata announced on Wednesday an average minimum pay raise in the country, taking into account several economic variables.