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…

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…

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.

news.un (2020-12-18). Integral to societies, migrants are central to COVID-19 recovery: Guterres. news.un.org The United Nations is commemorating International Migrants Day, on Friday, highlighting their contributions to societies globally, and underlining the need to ensure that they remain central to the 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.

teleSUR (2020-12-17). Mexico Will Increase Its Minimum Wage by 15% Starting January. telesurenglish.net The Mexican government announced an increase of 15 percent in the daily minimum wage for Mexican workers beginning January to reach the equivalent of about $7 a day. The new wage will still fall below $1 an hour but is well above the country's current 3.3 percent inflation rate. Minimum wages in the northern part of the country, where the cost of living is higher than in southern regions, will also rise 15 percent to about $10.70 a day. | RELATED: | ILO Praises Mexico for Labor Reforms Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic | President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Thursday the business sector had rejected the 15 pe…

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…

Mehr News Agency (2020-12-16). VIDEO: SA holding migrants in inhuman conditions. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 16 (MNA) — Human Rights Watch has released footage of a detention center for foreigners in Riyadh, proving that Saudi officials have detained and tortured hundreds of foreign workers. As reported, three have lost lives by the present.

Brett Wilkins, staff writer (2020-12-16). Civil Rights Groups Urge Biden to Nominate Attorney General Dedicated to 'Bedrock Principle of Equal Justice'. commondreams.org "We need an attorney general… committed to ending discrimination; addressing white supremacy and hate violence; and advancing racial, gender, disability, ethnic, religious, immigrant, and LGBTQ justice." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/black_lives_matter_solidarity.png …

MEE and agencies (2020-12-16). Bodies of four children wash up on Libyan coast: Red Crescent. middleeasteye.net Bodies of four children wash up on Libyan coast: Red Crescent | Blankets, including those for a baby, lay on shore's rocks near where bodies were found | Wed, 12/16/2020 – 21: 32 | A member of Libyan Red Crescent checks blankets in which bodies of drowned migrant children were wrapped on shore on 16 December (AFP) | The Libyan Red Crescent said the bodies of four children aged between five…

commondreams (2020-12-16). Immigrant Rights Attorneys Sue DHS and ICE for Information on Terror Tactics Used in Arrests. commondreams.org ______________________________…