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#Mexico says the two US CIA agents killed after a cartel drug operation were not officially authorized by anyone to participate in any operation
“The role of the two CIA agents who were returning from destroying a clandestine drug lab in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua remains unclear.
Local government officials have said they were part of a convoy when their car drove off a ravine last weekend and the vehicle exploded.
Two Mexican officers also were killed.”
The leaders of Mexico, Brazil and Spain are calling for Cuba’s sovereignty to be respected amid President Trump’s continual pressure campaign, which includes overtures of removing the island nation’s President Miguel Diaz-Canel. @AlJazeera has more:
#News #WorldNews #USA #Cuba #Politics #Mexico #Brazil #Spain
Mexico, Spain and Brazil call for Cuba’s sovereignty to be protected
The three countries pledge more aid to Cuba and say Cubans must decide their own future amid a US pressure campaign.Al Jazeera Staff (Al Jazeera)
Wow! President Claudia Sheinbaum has declared the intention to create universal #healthcare in #Mexico. Her proposal has some significant hurdles for implementation, but I won't be a naysayer. More power to her for setting this noble goal. I mean, that's where it starts. A lot of people opposed Medicare, too.
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Mexico's President Sheinbaum Decrees Universal Healthcare for 120 Million | the deep dive
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum has issued a landmark decree to establish a Universal Health Service, initiating a process to ensure all 120 million citizens can access any public medical institution.Johnathan Wall (The Deep Dive)
"The #US crackdown on #migration from #Mexico has destroyed a sacred site shared by both countries. According to reports from residents in #BajaCalifornia... explosions were heard last weekend on #CuchumáHill as part of construction work on the #borderWall. The explosives were used by US personnel. According to the reports, a 35-meter-tall monolith, carved and considered sacred by #Indigenous people in the region, has been damaged"
Two #seas, same place, same time, two futures:
The Gulf of #Mexico - Ecologically rich, teeming with endangered life
The Gulf of #America - Dead zone where the only things moving are oil pumps
Guess which I prefer.
Guess which evil corporations prefer.
Full #oil ahead!
Why can't it simply stay like this? "...the government must protect an endangered species “whatever the cost.”
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…
This is not just a #US thing, corps are doing this, with much less #news coverage, worldwide!
Trump convenes "God Squad" to override Endangered Species Act, up oil production
Administration wants to exempt all federally regulated offshore oil from protections.Inside Climate News (Ars Technica)
