(2022-09-19). Workers Building New US Embassy in Honduras Strike Over Severed Fingers, Illegal Contracts. orinocotribune.com By Judy Ancel — Sep 12, 2022 | The Biden administration has pledged that "the United States will work with governments to strengthen… the enforcement of labor laws, promote decent work, and support workers in exercising their freedom of association and collective bargaining rights," as one of four pillars of its strategy to address the root causes of migration from Central America. | In Honduras today the US has an opportunity to practice this with the 1,100 workers it has hired to build a new embassy. But it's blowing it. | Instead, police have been called in to bust a strike that's been going on at the…
(2022-09-19). Trump headlines fascist rally in Youngstown, Ohio, calls for mass execution of "drug dealers" wsws.org Campaigning for his endorsed candidates, Trump spent the majority of his speech inciting violence against immigrants, his political enemies and transgender people, while appealing overtly to Q-Anon fascists.
(2022-09-19). How Colombia's "Total Peace" plans could disrupt the global drug trade. colombiareports.com 
The participation of organized crime groups in the "Total Peace" proposal of Colombia's President Gustavo Petro would severely disrupt global drug trafficking. Almost all illegal armed groups that are involved…
(2022-09-19). Iraqi fighter jets target ISIL hideout on Syrian border. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 19 (MNA) — The Air Force of the Iraqi Army targeted the hideouts of ISIL terrorists on the Iraq-Syria border.
(2022-09-19). RMB usage in ASEAN countries continues to grow. ecns.cn The cross-border use of the Chinese currency renminbi in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations has maintained growth momentum, with increasing recognition in ASEAN countries, a recent report showed.
(2022-09-18). NATO's Approach to Russia's Borders Planned Years Ago. telesurenglish.net The alliance revealed plans to increase the number of prepared forces on the eastern flank to more than 300,000 soldiers in the near future. | NATO has officially acknowledged that planning for the current expansion of the alliance's presence near Russia's borders "began several years ago," according to the head of the Alliance's Military Committee, Dutch Admiral Rob Bauer. Sept. 18, 2022.
(2022-09-18). In Armenia, Nancy Pelosi Slams Azerbaijan's 'Illegal' Attack. news.antiwar.com House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) led a congressional delegation to Armenia, from where she slammed on Sunday Azerbaijan's "illegal" attacks on the country. Pelosi's visit came after clashes erupted on the Azeri-Armenian border in the heaviest fighting in the region since the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. A ceasefire has held since Wednesday, but over 200 troops …
(2022-09-18). US-south Korean war games are fuelling the drive towards war in the Pacific. thecommunists.org US imperialism and its minion, the south Korean regime, began large-scale joint military exercises on 22 August 2022 — the first in four years. These exercises, held along the border with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), included joint aircraft carrier strike drills and amphibious landing training, making them the largest-scale drills undertaken since …
(2022-09-18). As Migrants Confirm They Were Misled, Calls for Prosecution of DeSantis and Abbott Grow. commondreams.org More than just a political "stunt," said one critic, this is "about inhumane and illegal conduct toward vulnerable people that is an affront to the values of every decent human being."
(2022-09-18). Venezuelan Ministers Visit Colombia First Time After President Petro's Inauguration (+Poetry). orinocotribune.com A delegation of officials from Venezuela, consisting of the Minister for Communications and Information Freddy àëáñez, Minister for Culture Ernesto Villegas, and the Táchira state Governor Freddy Bernal, arrived on Saturday, September 17 in Cúcuta, Colombia, to participate in the Binational Meeting of Poets from Venezuela and Colombia for Peace. They went to Colombia through the Simón Bolívar Bridge border crossing. | It is the first time that Venezuelan ministers are visiting Colombia since Gustavo Petro took office on August 7, and diplomatic relations were resumed. His predecessor, Iván Duque, did not rec…
(2022-09-18). Fall 2022 National Immigrant Solidarity Network Immigrant Justice News Alert! indybay.org U.S. Political Prisoners Special Report: We Have Hundreds of Political Prisoners, Thousands of Asian-American Hate Victims, Half Million Child Farm Labors!
(2022-09-18). Controversy over Texas migrant busing. america.cgtn.com Another migrants have been dropped at Vice-President Kamala Harris's Washington, D.C. residence on Saturday, the latest in a wave to be bused from Texas to the country's capital. It follows months of efforts by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who has sent more than …
(2022-09-18). Turkish soldier killed on Syrian border: MoD. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 18 (MNA) — Turkish defense ministry says in clashes with "militants" on Syrian border, one Turkish soldier was killed and another soldier was wounded.
(2022-09-18). Two Syrian Soldiers Killed Near Kobane In Turkish Revenge Airstrikes (Videos). southfront.org On September 18, two soldiers of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) were killed in a series of Turkish airstrikes that hit the eastern outskirt of the border town of Kobane in Syria's northeastern region. | Kobane, one of the largest urban centers in northeastern countryside of Aleppo, is a stronghold of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The SAA established a network of positions in the town and its outskirts in the wake of the 2019 Turkish invasion of the northeastern region.