Monthly Archives: April 2021

2021-04-16: News Headlines

_____ (2021-04-16). Pandemic Discrimination Against Asian Americans Has Long Roots. popularresistance.org "I have pepper spray and I hold it every time I'm alone right now in case I see someone that is really frightening," said New York City teacher Annie Tan, who is Chinese American. | By February 2020, friends of hers had already been verbally harassed on the subway. One had been deliberately coughed on. Another was too scared to take the train anymore. | Many Asian Americans and Asian immigrants are experiencing similar incidents. | A neighbor pointed to her and said "China virus," said Ah Ying, a homecare worker in San Francisco who immigrated years ago from Taishan, China. A physical assault on an Asian American…

Kate Wheeling (2021-04-16). Climate Migration Has Come to the United States. thenation.com Climate Migration Has Come to the United States…

WSWS (2021-04-15). Protests erupt in Spanish migrant camps at PSOE-Podemos repression. wsws.org Migrants are protesting appalling living conditions, poor food and the lack of medical treatment amid the escalating global COVID-19 pandemic.

teleSUR (2021-04-15). Mexico: Lower House Approves Reforms to the Hydrocarbons Law. telesurenglish.net Mexico's Lower Chamber on Wednesday approved reforms to the Hydrocarbons Law, which include oil production suspensions and the intervention of facilities that sell stolen or contraband fuels. | RELATED: | The Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) can revoke permits if producers do not comply with storage capacities determined by the Ministry of Energy. | In a bid to fight the smuggling and overcharge to consumers, the Tax…

Román Munguía Huato (2021-04-15). México — Ricos y pobres en la "milagrosa" Cuarta Transformación. globalizacion.ca En pleno Viernes Santo Andrés Manuel López Obrador, acorde a sus creencias religiosas, aprovechó oportunistamente mencionar la preferencia de Jesús por los pobres y la paz. | Dictó su Evangelio (que significa buenas nuevas) diciendo en cuenta de Twitter: "La vida…

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2021-04-15: News Headlines

WSWS (2021-04-15). Protests erupt in Spanish migrant camps at PSOE-Podemos repression. wsws.org Migrants are protesting appalling living conditions, poor food and the lack of medical treatment amid the escalating global COVID-19 pandemic.

Román Munguía Huato (2021-04-15). México — Ricos y pobres en la "milagrosa" Cuarta Transformación. globalizacion.ca En pleno Viernes Santo Andrés Manuel López Obrador, acorde a sus creencias religiosas, aprovechó oportunistamente mencionar la preferencia de Jesús por los pobres y la paz. | Dictó su Evangelio (que significa buenas nuevas) diciendo en cuenta de Twitter: "La vida…

teleSUR (2021-04-14). AMLO Will Travel to Southern Border Over Children Migration. telesurenglish.net Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador said that he would visit the Southern border to address the children migrant crisis as the phenomenon continues to increase. | RELATED: | "To protect children, we are going to reinforce the surveillance, the protection, the care on our southern border because it's to defend human rights," Obrador said at a press conference. | WATCH: Border Patrol agents have once again captured…

Paul Goble (2021-04-14). Russia In Midst Of Worst Demographic Decline Since World War II — OpEd. eurasiareview.com The horrific increase in mortality rates among Russians, only part of which is the product of the coronavirus pandemic, pushed Russia in 2020 into the worst demographic decline since World War II and figures for the first months of this year suggest that that decline is continuing, Aleksandr Zhelenin says. | Indeed, if the rates registered since the start of this year continue, Russia will stand to suffer one million more deaths than births, a figure that there is little or no chance the return of migrant workers will compensate for and that could further accelerate the decline as it will produce a smaller coh…

teleSUR (2021-04-14). Kamala Harris To Visit Mexico, Guatemala Amid Migration Upsurge. telesurenglish.net U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris Wednesday informed that she plans to visit Mexico and Guatemala in the coming days due to the increase of migrants at her country's southern border. | RELATED: | "I will be traveling to these countries to discuss their government's response to the migration crisis," Harris said without specifying dates. | In a meeting with experts in Latin American issues, she said she has no plans to visi…

Jeremy Deaton (2021-04-14). A Tale of Two Climate Migrants. thenation.com A Tale of Two Climate Migrants…

Jeremy Deaton (2021-04-14). A Tale of 2 Climate Migrants. thenation.com A Tale of 2 Climate Migrants…

Abayomi Azikiwe (2021-04-14). Militarize the Southern Border: Joe Biden Strikes Deal with Mexico and Central American States to Curb Migration. globalresearch.ca A crisis of migration into the United States from Mexico, Guatemala …

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