Undocumented New Yorkers left out of COVID-19 relief
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-04-19
New York, NY – While many people across the country have received the first wave of federal stimulus checks meant to provide immediate relief related to COVID-19, the undocumented community continues to be left out in the cold. Not only are undocumented families excluded from the stimulus package, but now New York governor Andrew Cuomo is blocking efforts to provide even limited financial aid to the immigrant community. | One of the largest myths about undocumented workers in the United States is that they do not pay taxes. This falsehood is used to justify the fact that undocumented families have little or no ac…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/4/18/undocumented-new-yorkers-left-out-covid-19-relief

'Shut up and hug me': Maradona admits he REFUSED to come clean to his teammates after 'Hand of God' World Cup goal against England
rt.com | 2020-04-18
Argentina legend Diego Maradona has revealed that he refused to answer when teammate Sergio Batista immediately asked the striker if he had handled the ball when he scored his infamous goal against England at the 1986 World Cup. | Defender Batista, known as Checho, asked Maradona for the truth after seeing England's outraged players appeal wildly for an infringement when Maradona used his hand to score in an impudent act of trickery that gave Argentina the lead in the quarter-final in Mexico City. | As England's nemesis wheeled away to celebrate the first of his two goals in the 2-1 win, he was forced to diver…
rt.com/sport/486228-diego-maradona-relives-handball-goal-england-mexico-world-cup-1986/

Mexico Prohibits Cremation of People Killed by COVID-19
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-18
Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador administration Friday prohibited the cremation of unclaimed bodies who died because of COVID-19. | RELATED: | Protests Follow Deaths at US Factories in Mexican Border Town | This decision obeys the Law on the Forced Disappearance and Search of Persons, which establishes that "corpses or remains of persons…
telesurenglish.net/news/Mexico-Prohibits-Cremation-of-People-Killed-by-COVID-19-20200418-0002.html

Washington D.C. legislature endorses limited rent relief, bars assistance to undocumented immigrants
wsws.org | 2020-04-18
The city's government left it up to representatives of the city's tourist industry to provide assistance to undocumented workers.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/18/rent-a18.html

Texas students fight for Dreamer Center
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-04-18
Arlington, TX

The Self-Centered Rich Country Response to Pandemics and Crises is Wrecking Poor Countries
Tamara Pearson | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-17
I'm squatting on a round piece of concrete, and a 72-year-old man is sitting in the gutter, his walking stick beside him. He tells me that after being deported from the United States, he has been hiking the streets of Mexico City trying to find somewhere to stay. But all the refuges are closed due to the pandemic, including the one we're sitting outside of, where I volunteer. He has run out of insulin for his diabetes and says he can't walk any more.
counterpunch.org/2020/04/17/the-self-centered-rich-country-response-to-pandemics-and-crises-is-wrecking-poor-countries/

Guatemala: Social Organizations Dennounces Massive Layoffs
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-17
Guatemalan Civil organizations and lawmakers denounced massive layoffs during the labor stoppage due to COVID-19. The complainants claim that these suspensions occurred without any action or sanctions by the Ministry of Labor. | RELATED: | US Deportations Risk Spreading COVID-19 in Guatemala | Labor sector authorities published decree 140-2020 entitled "Electronic procedure for registration, control, and authorization of suspension of employment contracts," which protects contractors in…
telesurenglish.net/news/guatemala-social-organizations-dennounces-massive-layoffs-20200417-0009.html

S.D. Gov. Noem has blood on her hands after Smithfield outbreak
John Wojcik | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-17
SIOUX FALLS, S.D.–Augustín Rodríguez, 64, arrived on time for every one of his shifts, never absent a day at Smithfield Foods here, where he labored for 20 years. Rodríguez, who came from El Salvador, continued to go to work at the UFCW-organized plant after he developed a fever and cough because he had to work to …
peoplesworld.org/article/south-dakota-gov-noem-has-blood-on-her-hands-after-smithfield-outbreak/

S.D. Gov. Noem has blood on her hands after Smithfield outbreak
John Wojcik | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-17
SIOUX FALLS, S.D.–Augustín Rodríguez, 64, arrived on time for every one of his shifts, never absent a day at Smithfield Foods here, where he labored for 20 years. Rodríguez, who came from El Salvador, continued to go to work at the UFCW-organized plant after he developed a fever and cough because he had to work to …
peoplesworld.org/article/south-dakota-gov-noem-has-blood-on-her-hands-after-smithfield-outbreak/

Latam: COVID-19 Puts Imprisoned Environmental Defenders at Risk
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-17
The Spanish NGO Alliance for Solidarity reported that hundreds of Latin American environmental defenders who remain incarcerated are at high risk due to the pandemic. | RELATED: | Chile's Mapuche People Mourn the Death of Camillo Catrillanca | On the occasion of the International Day of the Farmer's Struggle on April 17, human rights defenders recalled that, in countries such as El Salvador, Colombia, and Guatemala, there are hundreds of social leaders imprisoned for defending th…
telesurenglish.net/news/Latam-COVID-19-Puts-Imprisoned-Environmental-Defenders-at-Risk-20200417-0006.html

"Terrified to Go to Work": Hundreds of Workers in Meat & Poultry Plants Test Positive for COVID-19
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-14
We look at the spike in coronavirus infections at meatpacking plants. In just one case, Smithfield Foods shut down a plant responsible for 5% of U.S. pork production after more than 350 workers at the facility tested positive for COVID-19. Meanwhile, deaths of slaughterhouse workers have been reported in Pennsylvania, Georgia and Colorado. Many meat processing facilities employ large numbers of immigrants, including undocumented workers. We speak with Wenonah Hauter, executive director and founder of Food & Water Watch, and with Magaly Licolli, executive director of Venceremos, an advocacy group for poultry plant…
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/14/us_meatpacking_facilities_coronavirus

As Nicaragua confronts Covid, its US-backed opposition exploits the pandemic to create chaos
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-04-13
Nicaragua's right-wing opposition is waging an information warfare campaign to undermine the elected Sandinista government, spreading fake news on coronavirus,…
thegrayzone.com/2020/04/13/regime-change-coronavirus-nicaragua/

Billionaire-backed Human Rights Watch lobbies for lethal US sanctions on leftist governments as Covid crisis rages
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-04-08
Regime change-hungry HRW is proudly taking credit for crushing new US sanctions on Nicaragua while pushing to escalate Washington's economic…
thegrayzone.com/2020/04/08/billionaire-human-rights-watch-sanctions-nicaragua-venezuela/

Millions of Women in Mexico Join "Day Without Us" Strike to Protest Gender-Based Violence
Jessica Corbett | zcomm.org | 2020-04-04
"In Mexico it's like we're in a state of war; we're in a humanitarian crisis because of the quantity of women that have disappeared or been killed"
zcomm.org/zmagazine/millions-of-women-in-mexico-join-day-without-us-strike-to-protest-gender-based-violence/