2022-05-10: News Headlines

Editor2 (2022-05-10). 'It's Time for Our America': ALBA Movements Assembly Concludes in Argentina. orinocotribune.com The III Continental Assembly of ALBA Movements held in Argentina from April 27-30 concluded with a panel highlighting proposals and initiatives of people's movements to transform the world. | After four days of debates and reflection, the III Continental Assembly of ALBA Movements came to an end on Saturday, April 30. 300 delegates from 23 countries had gathered in Buenos Aires, Argentina to debate, discuss, and make concrete work plans for the next period. | In the closing panel of the Assembly, leaders from across the region talked about the experiences of people's movements and organizations in achieving the r…

Amy Goodman (2022-05-09). Alabama Ban on Trans Youth Health Care Is Part of Attack on Bodily Autonomy. truthout.org Image Credit: Facebook: ACLU | Alabama has become the first U.S. state to make it a felony to provide gender-affirming medical care to trans youth. A law went into effect Sunday that bans the use of puberty blockers and hormones, which can be lifesaving for trans children and teens. Doctors and others who are found in violation of the law could face up to 10 years in prison. The Alabama law is the latest in a series of escalating conservative attacks on LGBTQ people in the United States. "This is all happening in the same context that we're seeing the criminalization of abortion care, that we're continuing to see…

Jaime Taylor (2022-05-09). Attacks on Libraries Are Attacks on Labor. truthout.org When Emily Drabinski was elected president of the American Library Association (ALA) in mid-April, she tweeted her excitement that someone like her, a self-proclaimed Marxist lesbian, could garner enough votes to head the oldest and largest association of library workers in the United States. The ALA was founded in 1876

Staff (2022-05-09). Venezuela and Bolivia Sign New Bilateral Agreement. orinocotribune.com With the signing of a joint declaration between the ministers of foreign affairs of both countries, the working agenda held by Venezuela's Foreign Affairs Minister Félix Plasencia, with high authorities of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, was culminated. | This was reported by the Venezuelan Foreign Minister, through a post on his official Twitter account, after the working agenda that took place on May 5 and 6, in which the diplomat representing President Nicolás Maduro, met with Minister of Foreign Affairs Rogelio Mayta and the Bolivian president himself, Luis Arce. | "The foreign minister of Venezuela expre…

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2022-05-09). Pdte. Díaz-Canel agradece apoyo tras explosión en La Habana. telesurtv.net El jefe de Estado cubano señaló en su cuenta oficial de Twitter que: "En medio del dolor, la solidaridad alivia".

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