Workers Struggles: The Americas
wsws.org | 2020-04-21
Medical workers from the October 1 hospital in Mexico City set up a blockade to protest the lack of protective equipment and other supplies needed to confront COVID-19.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/21/wrkr-a21.html

Refugees in the Time of Covid-19
Arun Gupta, Michelle Fawcett | thenation.com | 2020-04-21
Refugees in the Time of Covid-19…
thenation.com/article/society/refugees-asylum-coronavirus-mexico/

Striking against death: Maquiladora workers walk out across northern Mexico
wsws.org | 2020-04-21
Companies are locking workers in their plants as the death toll rises. New strikes and protests reveal the immense power of an international working class response to the crisis.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/21/mexi-a21.html

COVID-19: UN Calls for Equitable Access to Vaccines
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-21
A resolution adopted on Monday by the United Nations General Assembly seeks to ensure equal access to vaccines, medicines and medical equipment in the fight against COVID-19. | RELATED: | 8 Nations Address Letter to UN Chief Urging Sanctions Be Lifted | The Government of Mexico submitted resolution 74/247 with the aim of ensuring that the essential inputs in the battle against the new coronavirus are distributed in a fair and equitable manner. | The 193 member countries of t…
telesurenglish.net/news/covid19-un-calls-for-equitable-access-to-vaccines-20200421-0001.html

How the Nicaraguan Opposition Distorted the Government's Response to COVID-19
John Perry | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-21
Masaya, Nicaragua. The right-wing opposition in Nicaragua, having failed in their attempted coup in 2018, still looks at any potential crisis as a new opportunity to attack the Sandinista government. Their latest chance, of course, arrived with the coronavirus pandemic. Even though the virus has barely hit the country yet, the government is under attack.
counterpunch.org/2020/04/21/how-the-nicaraguan-opposition-distorted-the-governments-response-to-covid-19/

NYC Immigrant Communities Fight Hunger, Exploitation & Invisibility Through Mutual Aid
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-21
We look at how the coronavirus pandemic is impacting undocumented people here in New York City, where the coronavirus has hit immigrant communities the hardest, even as the numbers of daily deaths statewide has declined in recent days. As reports of widespread poverty and hunger continue in the immigrant communities, people are also organizing and helping each other through mutual aid despite extraordinarily difficult circumstances. We are joined by Juan Carlos Ruiz, Lutheran pastor at Good Shepherd Church in Brooklyn and co-founder of the national New Sanctuary Movement and the New Sanctuary Coalition here in Ne…
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/21/migrants_in_queens

US Deports COVID-19 Positive Migrant, Infects 14 in Mexico
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-20
At least 15 migrants from several countries tested positive for coronavirus at a shelter in northern Mexico, Tamaulipas state authorities said Monday, adding a man carrying the virus and deported from Houston, Texas had infected most of the others. | RELATED: | Migrants Workers Demand Indian Govt Trains to Go Back Home | A Mexican man deported at the McAllen-Reynosa border has also tested positive, the Tamaulipas state health department said in a statement. | Guatemala…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Deports-COVID-19-Positive-Migrant-Infects-14-in-Mexico-20200420-0014.html

Argentina to Soon Welcome 200 Cuban Doctors for COVID-19 Fight
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-20
Argentina's government confirmed Sunday night that a contingent of 202 Cuban doctors will arrive in the South American nation to help local health professionals with the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. | RELATED: | Cuban Doctors Arrive in Honduras to Fight COVID-19 | "The idea is for them to contribute and join medical resources. They won't be at the front line," Argentina's Minister of Health Gines Gonzalez said, adding that the Cuban specialists won't be making important decisions but w…
telesurenglish.net/news/Argentina-to-Soon-Welcome-200-Cuban-Doctors-for-COVID-19-Fight-20200420-0012.html

Putting Food on the Table During a Pandemic
Arlene Mejorado | thenation.com | 2020-04-20
Photos from the grassroots food distribution networks that are keeping Los Angeles's undocumented communities afloat.
thenation.com/article/society/undocumented-food-coronavirus-photos/

Love Thy Neighbor: One Woman's Fight for Her Husband
Paul Haeder | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-19
Aspire not to have more, but to be more.

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

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

"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/

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/

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/

Human Rights Watch cabildea por sanciones letales contra Nicaragua y Venezuela, mientras arrecia la crisis de Covid-19
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-04-20
Human Rights Watch está orgullosamente asumiendo el crédito por sanciones devastadoras contra Nicaragua, mientras busca escalar la guerra económica en…
thegrayzone.com/2020/04/20/human-rights-watch-sanciones-nicaragua-venezuela/

Strong dollar won't survive pandemic, says Investment guru
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-21
The U.S. dollar will not continue its current strength as both the government deficit and its monetary policies pose great dangers to the currency, a prominent international investor warned on Tuesday."So far the dollar has been very strong against some currencies, up more than 20% this year, against the Brazilian real and Mexican pesos, but if you look at the fiscal deficit of the U.S. and all the money printing, I just can't believe that it will continue to be strong," Marc Faber, a Swiss investor, told Anadolu Agency.The dollar could be strong for another 10 days or so, but in the long run, the U.S. monetary p…
yenisafak.com/en/economy/strong-dollar-wont-survive-pandemic-says-investment-guru-3517545