Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/12/biden-to-broaden-us-mexico-relations-keep-immigration-at-top Analysis: US foreign relations with Mexico were much simpler under former President Donald Trump: Mexico stopped the flow of Central American migrants from reaching the US Mexico border and the two nations largely overlooked just about every other aspect of their bilateral relationship. Now President Joe Biden, who recently took office two months ago, plans on… Read more »
The United States and South Korea agreed on a cost-sharing deal that will include a “meaningful increase” in payments for U.S. troops on the Korean peninsula in a partial reset between the two nations. This is President Biden’s attempt at showing that the United States is committed to our allies and military defense agreements. During his campaigning, Biden swore to… Read more »
Anti-poverty and justice organization Oxfam accused the British government of prolonging the war in Yemen by allowing the export of air-to-air refuelling equipment to the Saudis. Oxfam fears this equipment would allow the Saudi air force conduct indiscriminate bombing in Yemen. The technology was licensed to the Saudi capital Riyadh last summer when arms restrictions were removed, alongside £1.4 billion… Read more »
Article Link: The upcoming elections in El Salvador may completely change the political field in the country. For nearly three decades there had been frustration with the government, and this frustration led to Bukele being elected president in 2019. Throughout his campaign and presidency, he has promised to control criminal activity in El Salvador, and now this year he has… Read more »
China’s head diplomat has called on the US to drop the sanctions and restrictions introduced by Donald Trump and warned against international “hegemony and bullying” and interference in what Beijing considers internal affairs, including Taiwan, Hong Kong, Xinjiang and the South China Sea. “We hope the United States will move in the same direction and remove all its unreasonable restrictions… Read more »
Article Link: In the late 1800s and early 1900s in Mexico, the indigenous Yaqui group were almost completely eliminated by the Mexican government. Throughout the 1900s they were moved off their land. The Yaqui group has endured the most persecution in Mexico, and recently the government has continued to build on their land and setting up railway lines, water pipelines,… Read more »
Article Link: As global warming gets worse, catastrophic events like floods and hurricanes are predicted to get worse. Island nations have been projected to receive the worst hits. Haiti is one of the poorest nations in the Western Hemisphere, and unfortunately, it makes it one of the most vulnerable nations to climate change. To combat the already existing damaged infrastructure… Read more »
The U.N. high commissioner for human rights, Michelle Bachelet, is warning that new laws adopted by Nicaragua’s government are undermining fundamental freedoms and leading to a further withering of the rule of law in Nicaragua. In a report submitted to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, high commissioner Bachelet said that damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and hurricanes… Read more »
The Iranian foreign ministry announced that it is not willing to attend EU-brokered talks with the US over the future of the Iran nuclear deal because Washington has not done enough to lift restrictions against Tehran. Explaining the Iranian refusal to attend talks, the foreign ministry spokesperson, Saeed Khatibzadeh, said on February 21: “Considering the recent positions and actions of… Read more »
The US state department refuses to say whether the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is one of the Saudi officials subject to US visa restrictions under the new “Khashoggi ban”. The ban got its name from the Saudi dissident and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered and dismembered in 2018. A US intelligence assessment was declassified and reported… Read more »
