(2021-08-10). Inauguration Speech of Peru President Pedro Castillo. orinocotribune.com Madam President of the Congress of the Republic Ladies and Gentlemen Congressmen of the Republic, | Presidents of the sister republics of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, His Highness the King of Spain. | Members of the honorable diplomatic corps. Authorities present. | Women and men of my beloved Peruvian people. | I begin by greeting my brothers and sisters, descendants of the original peoples of pre-Hispanic Peru, my Quechua, Aymara and Amazonian brothers and sisters, Afro-Peruvians and the various communities of migrant descendants, as well as all the dispossessed minorities of the countr…
(2021-08-10). Taliban Claimed Control Over Capital Of Farah Province. southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | On August 10, the Taliban claimed control over the city of Farah, the capital of the province of the same name located in western Afghanistan. | Farah is located on the Farah River, close to the border with Iran and is one of the largest cities of western Afghanistan with the population of 54,000."The Mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate also captured the center of Farah during Operation Conquest. The governor's office and all its attachments in the memorial center were cleansed of the ene…
(2021-08-10). Headlines for August 10, 2021. democracynow.org Pentagon Will Require All Military Personnel to Get Vaccinated Against COVID-19, Florida Reopens Schools, with Masks Optional, as State Becomes Coronavirus Epicenter, Canada Reopens Border to Vaccinated U.S. Travelers, California Officials Warn Record-Shattering Wildfire Could Burn for Weeks, Greek Prime Minister Apologizes Amid Protests over Government's Handling of Wildfires, Germany Sets Up 30 Million Euro Recovery Fund After Devastating Floods, Small Island States Warn Climate Crisis Threatens "Our Very Future", Sixth Afghan Provincial Capital Falls to Taliban , Indigenous Brazilians Seek Genocide Charges Aga…
(2021-08-10). Whistleblowers Step Forward With New Complaints Of Abuses At Site For Immigrant Children. popularresistance.org Today, Government Accountability Project, filed its second complaint with federal oversight agencies detailing abuses at the Fort Bliss, Texas Emergency Intake Site (EIS) for unaccompanied immigrant children. Government Accountability Project's first complaint, dated July 7, 2021, is attached as an exhibit to this second complaint. | The Fort Bliss EIS is run by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS's) Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR). The children are in the custody of ORR. Fort Bliss is one of several EISs holding them, ostensibly on a temporary basis. | The information disclosed in the sec…
(2021-08-10). Thursday 8/26: Defending the Displaced: Border Justice & Migrant Rights. indybay.org Online event (FREE)…
(2021-08-10). UK: Johnson government wages dirty war on migrants and asylum seekers. wsws.org The Tory government is advancing an anti-immigration agenda as its flagship policy.
(2021-08-10). Biden Must Reverse Immigration Rule. progressive.org Biden must end the cruel policies of his predecessors.
(2021-08-10). Jackson Browne still asking questions on Downhill from Everywhere. wsws.org Jackson Browne has released a new album written and recorded before the pandemic where he looks back on his career and asks questions about immigration, the environment, poverty, inequality and the future of democracy.
(2021-08-10). Ethiopia At The Crossroads. Or Is It The End Of The Road? southfront.org 
Members of Amhara region militias ride on their truck as they head to face the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), in Sanja, Amhara region near a border with Tigray, Ethiopia November 9, 2020. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri | Written by Daniel Edgar exclusively for South Front | In the absence of an extraordinary event in Ethiopian politics or international diplomacy, both of which appear unlikely in the current circumstances, battlefield developments will determine whether the western area of Tigray Regio…
(2021-08-10). Police Raid The Hub For Fairy Creek Blockaders. popularresistance.org In a major advancement of police activity in the old growth blockades around Fairy Creek on Southern Vancouver Island, RCMP raided the gate to the blockaders' headquarters on Monday. It was the first time police had carried out arrests at the site identified as a communal hub for the movement. | It also signals the likelihood of more confrontation ahead in the biggest direct action fight to protect B.C.'s old growth forests in decades. | "The frontline has been brought to us," Willow, a forest defender who is stationed at blockade headquarters, told The Tyee. | The escalation occurred as blockaders were preparing…
(2021-08-10). Miles de campesinos exigen renuncia del presidente de Guatemala. telesurtv.net La demanda de los campesinos es parte de la ola de protestas contra la corrupción que sacude Guatemala hace varios días.
(2021-08-09). Panama, Colombia Agree to Restrict Flow of Migrants. latinorebels.com SAN VICENTE, Panama (AP) — Officials of Panama and Colombia agreed Friday to restrict the growing flow of migrants, mainly Cubans and Haitians, who have been crossing the Darien Gap that marks the border between the two countries.
(2021-08-09). People's Action and Coalition on Human Needs Launch National "Shared Prosperity" Week of Action to Win Immigrant Justice. peoplesaction.org Days Before Anniversary of DACA, Advocates to Urge Congress to Include Citizenship in Next Recovery Bill Contact: Johanna Kichton, press@peoplesaction.org, 202.660.0605 WASHINGTON, D.C.—People's Action and the Coalition on Human Needs today launched a national week of action to urge Congress to include a pathway to citizenship for young Dreamers, Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders, essential …
(2021-08-09). Overview: Illegal Rwandan Immigrant Killed French Priest. southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | On August 10, a Rwandan national murdered a Catholic priest in western France a year after he caused a major fire that ravaged the cathedral in the French city of Nantes last year. | The suspect named as Emmanuel A. came to police in the town of Mortagne-sur-Sevre in the Vendée region and declared he had killed the local priest. | The victim, a 60 ears old priest, was identified as Olivier Maire. He had been welcoming a Rwandan national into his church for several months. | #svpol
(2021-08-09). The Anti-Asian Roots of Today's Anti-Immigrant Politics. thenation.com The Anti-Asian Roots of Today's Anti-Immigrant Politics…
(2021-08-09). Tigray: Intensified fighting across borders 'disastrous' for children. news.un.org UN agencies continue to sound the alarm over the growing "humanitarian catastrophe" in northern Ethiopia, sparked by the conflict in the Tigray region, now in its ninth month.
(2021-08-09). Is a United World Possible? counterpunch.org What if . . . ? I get lost — tangled in doubt and cynicism — when I try to pose the question in a more specific way. What if . . . a collective human voice could be heard, crying out across the borders as the pandemic surges, as the fires rage, as the
(2021-08-09). Border Patrol Must Stop Holding People in an Inhumane Outside Pen Under a Highway in South Texas. aclu.org Still wet from the river and held outdoors under the Anzalduas International Bridge overnight, the mother of a 6 year old pleaded with Border Patrol agents to help her sick child and others. "They're not going to die," replied one agent, according to But children have
(2021-08-09). Ukrainian president inspects war games near Russian border. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Zelensky observes major exercises in Mykolaiv region During a working trip to Mykolaiv region, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky attended a command and staff training with the participation of the command of the Joint Forces and other military command and control agencies of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the involvement of military units and …
(2021-08-09). Belarus: Western interference could have triggered global conflict. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Lukashenko: Belarus averted a new world war "Belarus is located at the crossroads. Had we showed weakness during the protests, we would have been ripped apart. As a result, a new world war would have erupted. I realized that bayonets were being sharpened on the other side of the border, so I put the army …
(2021-08-09). The Media's Lies, and Lies by Omission, About Migration Out of Nicaragua. counterpunch.org On July 29, an Associated Press (AP) article appeared online titled With turmoil at home, more Nicaraguans flee to the U.S. As is so often the case with media reports these days, the article starts off with a melodramatic anecdote that sets the tone and argumentative thrust for the rest of the piece. Emotionally manipulative rhetoric is, after all, more viscerally effective in pulling at the heart strings than facts and figures could ever hope to be.