Daily Archives: December 20, 2020

2020-12-20: News Headlines

Online News Editor (2020-12-20). A Christmas crisis in Mexico City as Covid red alert declared. laprensalatina.com Mexico City, Dec 19 (efe-epa).- A Covid-19 red alert was re-imposed on Saturday in Mexico City, which is facing its worst moment of the pandemic and now also a Christmas crisis with all non-essential shops closed until Jan. 10 . "This could have been done a month or two ago. Unfortunately it is happening right …

Hanh Nguyen (2020-12-19). Challenging patriarchal practices makes "House of Ho" more than just a Vietnamese Kardashians clone. salon.com Judy Ho spoke to Salon about abiding by her immigrant parents' expectations until a reality show let her break free…

Juan Cole (2020-12-19). Pence, Who Backed Muslim Visa Ban, Gets Vaccine Invented by Muslim Immigrants. commondreams.org Pence also praised far right-wing evangelical leader John Hagee. Hagee has said that Muslim Americans are not real Americans. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/pence_vaccine.jpg

Prensa Latina (2020-12-19). Cuba sends medical brigade to Mexico to fight COVID-19. mronline.org The second group of a Cuban medical brigade to contribute to the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic traveled to Mexico City on Thursday.

Daisy Maldonado (2020-12-19). Martha Stewart's Mexican hot chocolate cookies are the right mix of spicy and sweet. salon.com Tell your tastebuds to get ready for this flavorful rollercoaster. One bite, and you'll be hooked…

news.un (2020-12-18). Integral to societies, migrants are central to COVID-19 recovery: Guterres. news.un.org The UN marks International Migrants Day on Friday, highlighting their essential contribution to societies everywhere, and underlining migrants' central role in recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.

WSWS (2020-12-18). Brazil and Mexico report spikes in COVID-19 deaths as pandemic ravages Latin America. wsws.org The two largest countries in Latin America are reporting an accelerated growth of COVID-19 cases and deaths, and are close to surpassing the peaks from earlier this year.

Lorena Ríos (2020-12-17). Women in Mexico Reckon With the High Cost of Migration. thenation.com Women in Mexico Reckon With the High Cost of Migration…