Mexico

(ZH) – Now that President Trump has officially declared his plans to declare a national emergency to authorize an additional $7 billion for his promised border wall, political observers will be waiting to see what Democrats and Republicans in Congress do next to try and block the funding. Democrats in both the House and the Senate unanimously oppose the […]

(TT) – The president looks poised to sign a bill that will avert another government shutdown, then use an emergency declaration to instruct the military to build his wall. From Congress to the border, Texans react. President Trump didn’t get everything he wanted from Congress for his long-promised border wall, so he signaled Thursday that he’s going […]

The decision has set up a standoff between the president and the courts, writes Luis Gómez Romero. López Obrader wants to cut salaries for all government workers in Mexico, including himself. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell0) By Luis Gómez Romero, University of…Read more →

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By Maximilian Forte | Zero Anthropology | February 6, 2019 As discussed in the previous article, the membership of the Organization of American States is in fact not at all united around support for foreign intervention and recognition of an alternative second “president” (Juán Guaidó). Standing opposed to the denial of recognition of Maduro’s legitimacy […]

Hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets of besieged Gaza to show their support of the democratically-elected government of Venezuela and its legitimate leader, President Nicolas Maduro.
Venezuela is struggling to defeat a coup attempt that is supported by the United States, Israel and many Western governments.

MEXICO CITY — The night before Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó declared himself interim president, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence personally called him up and pledged the support of the U.S. government should he try to seize power.

Cifuentes testified that under Peña Nieto's regime, Mexican cartels grew in power as he was unable or unwilling to stop cartel violence, key cartel figures were suspiciously released from prison and Mexican police participated in trafficking, selling the drugs themselves.

Seventeen murders were recorded in Tijuana over a 28-hour period; most of them involving low-level dealers, lookouts, customers, and enforcers in the illegal drug trade. The bloodshed is generally related to turf wars involving Cártel Tijuana Nueva Generación (CTNG) against the Sinaloa Cartel.