(2020-04-10). OPEC+ struggle to seal deal to cut output, as 10mn barrel oil curb hinges on Mexico's approval. rt.com 
OPEC+ has said the proposed cut of 10 million barrels per day tentatively agreed after marathon talks would only happen with Mexico's nod. The country, which is hellbent on boosting production, reportedly balked at the idea. | The body of world oil producers called on its members to "contribute to the efforts aimed at stabilizing the oil market" on Thursday night after marathon negotiations earlier in the day. | "The agreement that was reached depends on Mexico's consent to accept the conditions specified in the annex," the OPEC final statement read, as reported by TASS news agency. | Kuwait's oil minister, Dr…
(2020-04-10). G20 Ministers Launch Talks on Stabilising Oil Market Amid COVID-19 Pandemic – Source. sputniknews.com OPEC+ nations previously adopted a declaration of cooperation that stipulates gradual cuts of oil production in three stages from the October 2018 level. Nevertheless, Mexico decided to withdraw from the talks on a new oil output reduction deal.
(2020-04-10). Mexico Says Coordinated 100k bpd Oil Output Cut With Trump, With US Pledging 250k bpd Output Drop. sputniknews.com Earlier, the OPEC+ group of oil producing nations adopted a declaration envisioning a three-stage reduction in crude output which, if implemented, would cut global oil output by a whopping 23 percent, or roughly 10 million barrels per day (pbd).
(2020-04-10). Mexico says US agreed to make extra 250,000 bpd in oil cuts. yenisafak.com The United States agreed on Thursday to make 250,000 barrels per day in additional cuts to oil output to help Mexico make its contribution to global reductions, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday.Speaking at a news conference, Lopez Obrador said U.S. President Donald Trump had spoken to him on Thursday before Mexico said it would cut output by 100,000 barrels per day – less than oil producers had initially wanted it to."President Trump said the United States committed to reducing by 250,000 (barrels), on top of what it was going to do, for Mexico, in order to compensate," he said.
(2020-04-09). Covid-19 to plunge half a billion people into poverty. truepublica.org.uk New research published by UNU-WIDER today warns that the economic fallout from the global pandemic could increase global poverty by as much as half a billion people, or 8% of the total human population. This would be the first time that poverty has increased globally in thirty years, since 1990. The authors of the UNU-WIDER study — Andy Sumner and Eduardo Ortiz-Juarez …
(2020-04-08). Billionaire-backed Human Rights Watch lobbies for lethal US sanctions on leftist governments as Covid crisis rages. thegrayzone.com Regime change-hungry HRW is proudly taking credit for crushing new US sanctions on Nicaragua while pushing to escalate Washington's economic…
(2020-04-07). Deaths of Inequality: AOC on Black and Latinx Communities at Epicenter of Epicenter of the Pandemic. democracynow.org 
As COVID-19 deaths spike in African-American and immigrant communities, almost a third of New York City's infections are in Queens, one of the most diverse places in the world, and many in the hardest-hit neighborhoods are undocumented and working-class. We speak with Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who represents the neighborhoods at the epicenter of the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, about how the Trump administration's response to the pandemic is causing "deaths of incompetence," "deaths of science denial" and "deaths of inequality."
(2020-04-04). Millions of Women in Mexico Join "Day Without Us" Strike to Protest Gender-Based Violence. zcomm.org "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"
(2020-04-03). Protect Immigrant Communities: Fear Mounts of Deadly COVID-19 Outbreak in U.S. Border Camps, ICE Jails. democracynow.org 
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus has joined thousands of medical professionals and immigration rights groups to demand that Immigration and Customs Enforcement release all prisoners from immigration jails as the coronavirus continues to spread. Meanwhile, immigration advocates are working to prepare crowded encampments of asylum seekers across the U.S.-Mexico border for a potentially catastrophic outbreak of COVID-19. Since the implementation of the Trump administration's "Remain in Mexico" policy, tens of thousands of asylum seekers from regions like Central America and Africa have been stranded in Mexican bord…
(2020-03-20). As White House Contemplates Coronavirus Asylum Ban, Hate Groups Urge Trump to Seize the Moment. splcenter.org The Trump administration took steps to block asylum seekers from entering the U.S.-Mexico border amid the COVID-19 pandemic. This nativist policy course has been pushed by anti-immigrant pundits and hate groups from the time the crisis started to unfold.