2022-02-04: News Headlines

_____ (2022-02-03). Mexico Has Become A 'Roofless Prison' For Haitian Refugees. popularresistance.org Monterrey, Mexico —Wilson sits, constantly refreshing his phone, waiting for COMAR, the Mexican Commission for Refugee Assistance, to reschedule his appointment, originally set for Oct. 13, 2021. A day prior he received a cancellation through email. "I'm still waiting for the new date," says Wilson, who asked not to use his full name for protection, with his gaze fixed on the phone. | The Casa Indi migrant shelter in Monterrey, in northeastern Mexico, received 1,600 Haitian migrants in September 2021, a month after a tropical storm damaged large swaths of the island and contributed to the destabilization th…

Editor2 (2022-02-03). Pressing for Cancellation of Brazilian President's Visit to Russia, Reports Say. orinocotribune.com MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) — The United States is putting pressure on Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to call off his visit to Moscow in February saying it may be interpreted as taking sides amid tensions on the Russian-Ukrainian border, the Brazilian newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo reported, citing diplomatic sources. | "During a Sunday phone call with Brazilian Foreign Minister Carlos Franca, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed concerns again that the president's visit might be interpreted as a sign that Brazil takes a side in the conflict", sources in the Brazilian Foreign Ministry told the newspape…

Pablo Manríquez (2022-02-03). AOC, Ilhan Omar Support 'Day Without Immigrants' on Feb. 14. latinorebels.com Carlos Eduardo Espina has over 2.4 million followers on TikTok and over 88,000 subscribers to his YouTube channel. Now the 23-year-old is asking immigrants, in Spanish and English, to disrupt Valentine's Day this year by not showing up to work, school, or the stores.

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