"We have information that a new caravan is forming in Honduras, that they're calling `the mother of all caravans,' and they are thinking it could have more than 20,000 people," [MX Interior Secretary Olga] Sanchez Cordero said Wednesday. But a WhatsApp [?!] group calling for people to gather Saturday in El Salvador to set off for Guatemala only has about 206 members.

Activist Irineo Mujica, who has accompanied several caravans in Mexico, said reports about "the mother of all caravans" were false, claiming "this is information that (U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen) Nielsen is using to create fear."

"We are going to do everything we can to help. We don't in any way want a confrontation with the U.S. government," he said. "It is legitimate that they are displeased and they voice these concerns."

Sanchez Cordero has pledged to form a police line of "containment" around Mexico's narrow Tehuantepec Isthmus to stop migrants from continuing north to the U.S. border. The containment belt would consist of federal police and immigration agents, but such highway blockades and checkpoints have not stopped large and determined groups of migrants in the past.

The rise of shareholder activism signaled by Cho Yang-ho's fall
"'In South Korea, activist funds have had a strongly negative image, with associations of foreign funds hijacking domestic companies,'explained Shinhan Investment Corp. analyst Kim Sang-ho."
Moon and Trump to hold summit 10-11 April
"The next question is whether the summit will serve as a catalyst for reigniting North Korea-US negotiations after the collapse of the Hanoi summit."
Japan downplays its responsibility for forced labor and forced adoption of Japanese names
Korean press critiques 2019 juvenile textbooks approved for publication by Abe's regime (not quite TEXASS but close enough).
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Hankyoreh continues to be a vital resource for anglo-merican readers' queries of multi-lateral politics.


Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

Venezuela's Oil Production Plummets in February Due to New US Sanctions
Weisbrot/CEPR presents data

China, Russia Defy US Threats Over Venezuela Oil, Military Support, A/V, transcript
(under the radar: Mi-* flight training center accelerated)

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

Sefcovic ["backed by Slovakia's ruling political party"] called his rival, liberal lawyer Zuzana Caputova, 45, to congratulate her on her victory, Reuters reports.