2020-12-31: News Headlines

teleSUR (2020-12-31). Mexico Is Set to Receive Oxford-AstraZeneca Vaccine in March. telesurenglish.net Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) Wednesday informed that his country will receive the first doses of the anti-COVID-19 vaccine made by the United Kingdom-based AstraZeneca company and the Oxford University. | RELATED: | On Tuesday, the U.K. approved Mexico and Argentina to use the vaccine to immunize their people. Four months ago, British authorities also allowed both countries to produce the drug and distribute it in…

Online News Editor (2020-12-31). Refugee agencies call for provision of shelter to 900 migrants in Bosnia. laprensalatina.com Sarajevo, Dec 31 (efe-epa).- International refugee agencies have called on authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina to provide shelter to 900 migrants forced to survive in freezing temperatures without proper accommodation for over a week after their camp burned to the ground. The International Organization for Migration and the UN's refugee office ACNUR said in a …

Online News Editor (2020-12-31). Lopez Obrador proposes consultation on abortion to avoid taking position. laprensalatina.com Mexico City, Dec 31 (efe-epa).- Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Thursday proposed holding a popular consultation on whether or not to legalize abortion to avoid personally taking a stance on the matter after the Argentine legislature approved legalizing it in that country. "It's a decision for women. My posture is that on these …

WSWS (2020-12-30). AMLO government falsified COVID-19 data to avoid shutdowns in Mexico City. wsws.org With hospitals in the Mexican capital expected to collapse in January, the López Obrador administration is determined to keep the economy open and safeguard profits.

teleSUR (2020-12-30). Mexico Was the Most Dangerous Country for Journalists in 2020. telesurenglish.net Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Tuesday published its annual report on journalists who have been killed while carrying out their work, noting that Mexico ranks first among the most dangerous countries for journalists. | RELATED: | Mexico recorded 8 journalists killed in 2020, thus consolidating an average of 9 journalists murdered each year over the past five years. | The RSF report noted the "savage" deaths of Juli…

news.un (2020-12-29). The virus that shut down the world: The plight of refugees and migrants. news.un.org In part four of our review of the global impact of COVID-19, UN News considers the new challenges faced by refugees and migrants during 2020; from a heightened risk of catching the COVID-19 virus in crowded camps, to being stranded due to travel restrictions, and becoming the targets of criminal gangs.

Eds. (2020-12-29). Anti-Vaxxers are gaining dangerous ground in the Latinx community. mronline.org COVID-19 is a new disease, but many of us from immigrant families know all too well the trauma of having our livelihood threatened and our lives put in imminent danger of death. The pandemic situation is not too dissimilar to our life experiences. It is natural, especially for those who have been politicized, to look …

Staff (2020-12-28). "I Just Felt Like I Had No Control Over My Body": Survivors of Alleged ICE Medical Abuse Speak Out. democracynow.org Dozens of immigrant women detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Irwin County Detention Center in Georgia have joined a class-action lawsuit against ICE over allegations they were subjected to nonconsensual and invasive gynecological procedures and surgeries that were later found to be unnecessary, and in some cases left them unable to have children. The lawsuit cites sworn testimony from at least 35 women about their treatment by Mahendra Amin, a physician in Ocilla, Georgia, and describes retaliation and threats of deportation for speaking out. "We have more than 40 women who filed sworn testimo…

news.un (2020-12-28). Bosnia and Herzegovina: Migrant lives at 'immediate risk', warn UN agencies. news.un.org United Nations agencies and humanitarian partners have called on authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina to act urgently to help hundreds of migrants, stranded and without shelter, amid freezing winter temperatures.

teleSUR (2020-12-28). Mexico Not Not Grant Long-Term Contracts for Oil Import-Exports. telesurenglish.net Mexico's Energy Ministry (Sener) on Monday announced that it will no longer allow 20-year import-export contracts that were granted to oil enterprises. | RELATED: | Contracts will only be granted for up to five years and will be conferred in accordance with policy objectives such as energy security and sovereignty. | Sener's new guidelines establish that a five-year authorization may be extended again for the same…

teleSUR (2020-12-28). Mexico Will Not Grant Long-Term Contracts for Oil Import-Exports. telesurenglish.net Mexico's Energy Ministry (Sener) on Monday announced that it will no longer allow 20-year import-export contracts that were granted to oil enterprises. | RELATED: | Contracts will only be granted for up to five years and will be conferred in accordance with policy objectives such as energy security and sovereignty. | Sener's new guidelines establish that a five-year authorization may be extended again for the same…