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US company, Fruit of the Loom, is closing two unionized factories in Honduras - breaking historic deal on workers rights in garment industry Fruit of Loom was union-buster, but after protests agreed in 2009 to respect unions in all its factories in Honduras wsr-network.org/fruit-of-the...

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Companies from Canada, UK, Australia control the most critical minerals abroad. US is lagging behind. Global North companies are racing to control key minerals in Global South This chart shows heavy UK/Canadian/Australian investment in critical metals in Chile @criordor.bsky.social

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Mexico's congress bans planting of GM corn in Mexico Mexican president wants the GM ban in the constitution Comes after US, launched trade dispute with Mexico for refusing to import GM corn from USA www.reuters.com/markets/comm...

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Big soya producer Adecoagro accused of fumigating crops with pesticides next to schools Adecoagro is an Argentine firm, with big international shareholders including Route One, Santander, Helikon Investments, PGGM Investments It owns large tracts of land in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay

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BP scraps renewables target and goes back to focus on fossil fuels.

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Brazilian supreme court judge proposes critical mineral extraction on indigenous lands - without prior consultation -using energy transition as a justification for weaking indigenous rights It's part of controversial 'Marco Temporal' proposals which would drastically weaken indigenous land rights

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"We're helping our powerful economic brother in the north, because if (the U.S.) imposes a tax on our export zones, we're screwed," - Costa Rican President US pressures Costa Rica into migration deal - CR to take hundreds of foreign nationals deported from US www.reuters.com/world/americ...

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US keeps pressure on Panama Commander of US military Southern Command visited Panama yesterday - to discuss security of the Panama Canal in the face of 'possible foreign influences' - according to Panamanian foreign ministry newsroompanama.com/2025/02/19/s... www.prensa.com/politica/acu...

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'Panama should not become the Guantanamo of Central America' Anger in Panama that their govt is keeping secret the migration deal they've done with Trump Hundreds of foreign nationals are -illegally- being detained in a hotel in Panama, having been deported from US www.prensa.com/politica/acu...

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Migrants deported from US & detained in Panama hold up signs saying ‘help’ & ‘we are not safe in our country’ Panama is not allowing the 300 people to leave the hotel. It wants international authorities to send them to their home countries www.bbc.com/mundo/articl...

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Encyclopædia Britannica will continue to use ‘Gulf of Mexico’ for a few reasons: -We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S. -The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous. 🧵⬇️

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Latin America is the deadliest place for environmental defenders Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, Honduras accounted for 70% of all killings in 2023 - Colombia by far the most deadly, with 79 killings - @globalwitness.bsky.social thinklandscape.globallandscapesforum.org/71968/deadli...

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Important talk on green colonialism by by Josefa Sanchez & @albertomataran.bsky.social arguing that Global North’s green energy transition is leading to dispossession of indigenous lands in Latin America They’re speaking again at UCL tomorrow

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Great article on UK science benefitting from indigenous botany Brazilian historian Raphael Uchoa also researches this how indigenous knowledge of Amazonian plants was appropriated by European/US scientists for universities & corporations in Global North journalofsocialontology.org/index.php/js...

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Massive forest fires in Patagonia, southern Argentina 1000s of people evacuated buenosairesherald.com/environment/...

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🚨 New restrictive immigration policies under Trump are already taking effect. In just 14 days, a humanitarian crisis has emerged at the U.S.-Mexico border. Swipe through to see what’s happening on the ground. ⬇️ #BorderCrisis #ImmigrationPolicy #HumanRights

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@adamisacson.com reports: 'USAID’s public “historical memory” is gone, and because it was a searchable database, the Internet Archive doesn’t work. If it doesn’t reappear, it’s a huge act of theft and I hope someone who has it will post the whole thing as a torrent.'

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Good article rebutting Trump's lies about the Panama Canal one by one @rnoriega1968.bsky.social www.prensa.com/blogs/blogot...

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BREAKING: The Trump administration started sending migrants to the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo, Cuba, on Tuesday as part of a crackdown on undocumented immigration, the White House said.

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Formerly Top Secret Records Shed Light on True History of Panama Canal Negotiations Bipartisan Effort Spanned Four Presidencies Kissinger Warning: “This is no issue to face the world on. It looks like pure colonialism.” nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...

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The April 2024 report cited here, by @ernestolpv.bsky.social and his colleagues at #Mexico's IBERO University, is an important resource about the steps that #Mexico has already taken to militarize its migration policy: prami.ibero.mx/informes-y-i...

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Any news outlet reporting Mexico conceded anything to Trump to get him to delay tariffs has not done its homework. Trump boasts he got Mexico to commit to stationing 10K troops at our border. Apparently he didn't realize Mexico already has 15K troops deployed there prami.ibero.mx/informes-y-i...

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Unsurprisingly that Trump has backed off tarriffs on Mexico since they are against the interests of most big US businesses But credit to Mexico’s President Claudia Scheinbaum who played this is a very cool and calm way

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March against hate, discrimination and violence Hundreds of thousands march against ultra-right populist president of Argentina, Javier Milei Marches in Buenos Aires and in cities around the world yesterday www.washingtonblade.com/2025/02/03/m...

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Against extremism. 250,000 people march against the far right in Berlin

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Environmental defenders who led a 13-year grass-roots campaign against metal mining face a re-trial - after being exonerated Their campaign led to a historic ban on metal mining in El Salvador But the mining ban was recently overturned by the rightwing Bukele govt

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Solar panel mega-projects are being installed in Latin America, Africa & Asia Will these be 'sacrifice zones' for Global North's green transition This UN chart shows most solar projects announced 2014-2022 are for Latin America, Africa & other Asia Pacific (not China) @criordor.bsky.social 1/2

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Amazing how far behind US businesses are in global race to make wind turbines & solar panels Trump is unlikely to help them catch up

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Even on Trump's terms of helping US business, tariffs don't make sense eg car manufacturing- auto parts go back & forth across border before vehicle is assembled US corps & multinationals see US/Mexico as one big production site, taking advantage of cheapest labour www.cato.org/blog/seven-c...

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Launch of an important book Eleonora Natale spoke to the perpetrators of violence during the Argentine dictatorship Seeking to understand the mindset of the military officers who committed human rights abuses - and how to prevent such horror in future link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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Is Global South paying the price for richer countries' green transition? Worrying report on environmental & social impact of 'green' energy projects in Atacama desert, Chile EU, UK & US companies investing @gcabana.bsky.social @criordor.bsky.social www.fundaciontanti.org/2024/12/30/z...

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Great article on post-growth by leaders in the field, reviewing recent work on post-growth, degrowth, donut economics @jksteinberger.bsky.social @kateraworth.bsky.social @jasonhickel.bsky.social @julietschor.bsky.social @dianaurge.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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Concern that AES mega-project in Atacama desert Chile, will obscure view of the stars ESO observatory, which is building the world's largest telescope, says the megaproject could 'irreparably' obstruct their observations AES plan is to make 'green' fuel www.elciudadano.com/actualidad/c... 1/2

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Why Trump’s fight with Colombia over deportation flights has likely just begun www.csmonitor.com/World/Americ...

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🌎 What do Trump’s executive orders mean for Latin America? From migration policies to foreign aid cuts, what will these changes mean across the region? Learn more about their potential impact in WOLA’s latest analysis: www.wola.org/analysis/tru... #LatinAmerica #executiveorders

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UK upholds ban on bee-killing pesticide at home, but continues to export them This transfers environmental costs of production to Global South EU exports UK-made thiamethoxam to Brazil, Argentina, Chile - where there's been mass bee die-offs www.publiceye.ch/en/topics/pe... @publiceye.ch 1/2

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UK upholds ban on bee-killing pesticide in Britain But exports billions of tonnes of it for use in developing countries www.hse.gov.uk/pic/export-r... In 2022, UK sold 14bn tonnes of thiamethoxam to EU (where it's banned) for re-sale to countries such as Chile, Argentina, Mali, Kenya, Nigeria

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