Category: The Americas,

Montreal becomes ‘sanctuary city’ after unanimous vote – Montreal 

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The City of Montreal unanimously approved a motion on Monday declaring itself a “sanctuary city” for unauthorized immigrants, promising undocumented people will be able to obtain services without fear of deportation.

Montreal becomes ‘sanctuary city’ after unanimous vote – Montreal – CBC News

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Crossing the border: US migrants seek refugee status in Canada 

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“We’ve always had people jumping the borders, for, I don’t know, 30, 40, 50 years. Back then, it was people running away from something – usually the law,” says town official Greg Janzen.

But in recent years it has been mostly asylum seekers, hailing mainly from Somalia but also Ghana, Djibouti, and Ethiopia, who are finding their way across. Community workers say most have been denied refugee status in the US.

Many have been met with generosity.

….Mohammed says he once viewed the US as a beacon for human rights and a place that welcomed newcomers but “when we came, we didn’t see that”.

 

Crossing the border: US migrants seek refugee status in Canada – BBC News

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Malia Obama went on secret trip to South America 

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Mamani told the New York Times he had no idea who Malia was during the mountain excursion, instead thinking it was one of the other hikers who prompted the security — which came at the behest of President Obama, who called Bolivian President Evo Morales to request the extra personnel.“

There was a blond girl and we assumed she was the important one,” Mamani said.

Malia Obama went on secret trip to South America | New York Post

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Chapecoense plane crash: Colombia blames human error 

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A recording had already indicated the aircraft had run out of fuel.

The plane, operated by Bolivian company LaMia, plunged into a mountainside near Medellin. Only six people survived.

Preliminary results of the Colombian investigation said the pilot failed to refuel en route and was too late in reporting engine failures caused by the lack of fuel.

Chapecoense plane crash: Colombia blames human error – BBC News

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Law enforcement at Standing Rock backs away from bridge 

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Cass County Sheriff Paul Laney, in a briefing Sunday, Dec. 4, said law enforcers will back away from a contested bridge near the camp of protesters opposing the Dakota Access

Law enforcement backs away from bridge | North Dakota News | bismarcktribune.com

Unless we under martial law and no one told me they shouldn’t have blockaded it in the first place.

So yeah, badge-ys, step the f’ back!

Trump advisors aim to privatize oil-rich Indian reservations

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Native American reservations cover just 2 percent of the United States, but they may contain about a fifth of the nation’s oil and gas, along with vast coal reserves. Now, a group of advisors to President-elect Donald Trump on Native American issues wants to free those resources from what they call a suffocating federal bureaucracy that holds title to 56 million acres of tribal lands, two chairmen of the coalition told Reuters in exclusive interviews.

Trump advisors aim to privatize oil-rich Indian reservations

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How Indigenous Activists in Norway Got the First Bank to Pull Out of the Dakota Access Pipeline

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The story of how the Sámi received a report documenting human rights abuses at Standing Rock — and used it to pressure Norway’s largest bank to divest from the Dakota Access pipeline — illustrates how international networks of Indigenous people are challenging the power structure behind the oppression of Indigenous people all around the world.

How Indigenous Activists in Norway Got the First Bank to Pull Out of the Dakota Access Pipeline

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Veterans arriving to support Dakota pipeline protesters 

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Throngs of veterans from the group “Veterans Stand for Standing Rock” were arriving at the freezing Dakota Access Pipeline protest site on Sunday — one day before authorities are expected to remove protesters.

With a Monday showdown looming, the veterans will add a new dimension to the protest, which up to now has pitted members of the Sioux tribe and their supporters against local law enforcement officers.

The veterans Facebook page also said US Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, will arrive to show support.

Veterans arriving to support Dakota pipeline protesters – CNN.com

Yay, Veterans!
Yay, first peoples!
Yay!

Army will deny easement, halting work on Dakota Access Pipeline 

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Rhea Suh, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, said the outcome was a reminder of the power of individuals to “demand environmental justice.” She said, “Today, the voices of indigenous people were heard.”

In the Dakota language, the word “oahe” signifies “a place to stand on.”The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and its allies in the environmental and activist movements had said they were doing just that: using Lake Oahe in North Dakota as a place to take a stand by setting up camps and obstructing roads to block the $3.8 billion Dakota Access Pipeline.

Army will deny easement, halting work on Dakota Access Pipeline – The Washington Post

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Army Blocks Drilling of Dakota Access Oil Pipeline 

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Though the Army’s decision calls for an environmental study of alternative routes, the Trump administration could ultimately decide to allow the original, contested route. Representatives for Mr. Trump’s transition team did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Mr. Trump owns stock in the company building the pipeline, Energy Transfer Partners, but he has said that his support has nothing to do with his investment.

Army Blocks Drilling of Dakota Access Oil Pipeline – The New York Times

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