News and anaylisis from the Leading Light Communist Organization
["For the man with the hammer, every problem looks like a nail." American politicians have decided that the US military should directly intervene in Mexico to counter the drug cartels against the wishes of the Mexican government. US politicians have decided that the Fentanyl crisis in the US is not a result of a lack... Continue Reading →
[The following is an archived article from 2017 that summarizes a Wikileaks report. As was previously touched upon in our case study on Afghanistan, the capitalist class has a vested interest in the drug trade, to which a large percentage of the money-laundering has direct links; most of the generated profits are then placed in... Continue Reading →
(RevolutionNews on facebook) Mexico: University of Mexico site of the shooting earlier this evening of two students and a dog. Riot Police entered UNAM earlier tonight, students have since secured some entrances around the university center and set up barricades to keep cops out. Supposedly the car of one of the officers involved in the... Continue Reading →
[The truth is the the entire Mexican state is guilty. It has been killing the masses for decades.. NP] By Gabriel Stargardter MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A Mexican mayor and his wife were "probable masterminds" behind the disappearance of 43 student-teachers last month in the restive southwest, the country's attorney general said on Wednesday. The... Continue Reading →
Iguala’s Martyrs are Immortal (llco.org) Recently, following violence where six students were killed and 43 went missing in Guerrero, Mexico, burned remains were found in a mass grave in Iguala, about 200 km south of Mexico’s capital. The bodies in the grave reportedly match video images of students who were taken away by police. Several... Continue Reading →
(www.npr.org) In the summer of 1968, Mexico was experiencing the birth of a new student movement. But that movement was short-lived. On Oct. 2, 1968, 10 days before the opening of the Summer Olympics in Mexico City, police officers and military troops shot into a crowd of unarmed students. Thousands of demonstrators fled in panic... Continue Reading →
(ALJeezera) Masked demonstrators on Tuesday marched through the streets of Chilpancingo, capital of Mexico’s Guerrero state, as they hijacked vehicles and smashed congressional building windows — a violent reaction to a recent bout of police-led violence that has left six people dead and 43 students missing. The students, from Ayotzinapa’s Normal School, which trains future... Continue Reading →
[Imperialism seeks control of the border to better control the flow of people and value. The flames of fascism are fanned. - NP] MEXICO CITY (AP) — Texas' decision to deploy National Guard troops along its southwestern border is, in the view of Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, "unpleasant" and "reprehensible." Last month's deployment had... Continue Reading →
Dubbed Terrorists, Mayans Fight Back Against Guatemalan Mining Projects by Pete Guest (Newsweek) The road between the Guatemalan towns of San Miguel Ixtahuacán and Quetzaltenango is guarded by a dozen thin, young, Mayan men in baseball caps and hooded sweatshirts, who mill around a truck parked across the road. “If you are from the mine,”... Continue Reading →
[The USA has bankrolled and trained deathsquads across Latin America, including Mexico --NP] Mexico 'dirty war' crimes alleged (BBC) The Mexican government and military committed "crimes against humanity" in the so-called "dirty war" against left-wing rebels, a leaked report says. The report was prepared for current President Vicente Fox but has not been released. A... Continue Reading →
In Mexico, lopsided death tolls draw suspicion SAN PEDRO LIMON, Mexico (AP) — Bullet marks and blood spatters on the walls inside a grain storage warehouse deep in the mountains of southern Mexico tell a grim story of death involving soldiers and alleged criminals. It may not be the same story officials tell, however. Mexico's... Continue Reading →
[The USA got caught.. Imperialists spying on their comprador allies... -- NP] Mexican president says possible U.S. spying 'totally unacceptable' MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said on Wednesday that if allegations were proven that the United States had spied on its southern neighbor, it would be "totally unacceptable." During a visit... Continue Reading →
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