(2023-08-28). Presidente Arce felicita a boliviano ganador del maratón de Ciudad de México. telesurtv.net "Bolivia celebra tu triunfo. ¡Felicidades campeón, orgullo boliviano!", resaltó el gobernante de la nación suramericana.
(2023-08-28). Presidente de Colombia realiza visita oficial a Costa Rica. telesurtv.net Gustavo Petro recibirá el título de Doctor Honoris Causa en la Universidad para la Paz, institución académica perteneciente al Sistema de Naciones Unidas.
(2023-08-28). Argentina's Indigenous Peoples Continue Demonstration in Buenos Aires. orinocotribune.com Members of indigenous communities in Argentina continue their demonstration in front of the Palace of Courts in Buenos Aires denouncing the violence and irregularities of the government of the province of Jujuy. | On July 25th, hundreds of members of the Atacama, Quechua, Humahuaca, Ocloya, and Guaraní peoples, among others, left the province in a march known as the "Malón de la Paz". | On August 18, representatives of the Malón were received by President Alberto Fernández; an agreement was reached to create a commission to investigate what happened in Jujuy and guarantee the safety of the aboriginal peoples. | T…
(2023-08-28). Argentine Indigenous Peoples Continue Demonstration in Buenos Aires. orinocotribune.com Members of indigenous communities in Argentina continue their demonstration in front of the Palace of Courts in Buenos Aires denouncing the violence and irregularities of the government of the province of Jujuy. | On July 25th, hundreds of members of the Atacama, Quechua, Humahuaca, Ocloya, and Guaraní peoples, among others, left the province in a march known as the "Malón de la Paz". | On August 18, representatives of the Malón were received by President Alberto Fernández; an agreement was reached to create a commission to investigate what happened in Jujuy and guarantee the safety of the aboriginal peoples. | T…
(2023-08-29). Accountability Is Not a Pseudonym for a Cage: Chesa Boudin on Decarceration in our Lifetimes. inthesetimes.com
(2023-08-28). Chesa Boudin On Decarceration In Our Lifetimes. popularresistance.org San Francisco joined the short list of cities with reform-oriented prosecutors in 2019 with the election of Chesa Boudin, a rising star in the progressive prosecutor movement. The child of two parents incarcerated for their involvement with the leftist group Weather Underground, Boudin campaigned on ending cash bail, decarceration, and police accountability. The city saw many real results as he followed through on several of these promises his first year in the role. Boudin forbade his staff from requesting money bail under any circumstances, San Francisco's jail population dropped by 25%, and law enforcement off…
(2023-08-28). Ed Poindexter has been a political prisoner for 52 years. His family just wants him to come home. therealnews.com 
After 52 years of incarceration, Edward Alan Poindexter is among the longest-serving political prisoners in US and world history. Originally part of the "Omaha Two," Poindexter and Mondo we Langa, both leaders of the Omaha Black Panthers, were convicted of the murder of Omaha police officer Larry Minard in 1971. Poindexter and we Langa's case has long been a subject of scrutiny, with Amnesty International recommending a retrial for both men in 1999. We Lenga passed away in 2016 after years of poor health, and now Poindexter's family members fear he could face a similar fate unless he's released on medical a…
(2023-08-28). Judge Allows Gender-Affirming Care Ban to Go Into Effect in Missouri. truthout.org On Friday, a St. Louis judge denied a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit, brought by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Lambda Legal, seeking to block Missouri's ban on gender-affirming care. As of Monday, transgender youth in the state will no longer have access to gender-affirming care and transgender people who are incarcerated or on Medicaid will be forced to medically detransition. |
(2023-08-29). Is Latin America's Progressive Tide Growing? Guatemala's Watershed Election. thealtworld.com In a landslide victory, Bernardo Arévalo de León of the center left Movimiento Semilla won a runoff election for Guatemala's presidency on Sunday against the right-wing establishment party. | Marco Castillo, Co-Director of Global Exchange, explains why Arévalo's win is a watershed moment in Guatemala and what his presidency will mean for further Latin American integration.