(2020-03-21). New York, California ordered locked down in response to COVID-19. wsws.org US President Trump closed the border to Mexico as the World Health Organization continues to call for urgent action to overcome the coronavirus pandemic.
(2020-03-21). New York, California order locked down in response to COVID-19. wsws.org US President Trump closed the border to Mexico as the World Health Organization continued to call for urgent action to overcome the coronavirus pandemic.
(2020-03-20). US to close border with Mexico for 'non-essential' travel in effort to stem coronavirus spread. rt.com 
Starting Saturday, the US-Mexico border will be closed to nonessential travel in order to help slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, US President Donald Trump announced Friday. | The closure is open-ended and "will last as long as necessary," Secretary of State Mike Pompeo added. | Trade is exempt from the restriction, which will focus on curbing tourism and recreational activities. President Trump said that Mexico is also suspending air travel from Europe. The Mexican government, however, has not yet announced a European travel ban. | "As we did with Canada, we're also working with Mexico to implement new…
(2020-03-20). Mexico: One in Three Violent Attacks Are Against Land Defenders. telesurenglish.net In Mexico, one out of every three violent attacks is directed against environmental and land defenders, mainly those who oppose energy projects, according to study. | RELATED: | Between 2012 and 2019, 83 environmental defenders died, while hundreds more were beaten and threatened. | Most of those killed were from rural and Indigenous communities affected by renewable energy mega-projects, the Mexican Center f…
(2020-03-13). EEUU y la OEA hacen lobby para liberar a 'presos políticos' en Nicaragua que apuñalan a muerte a sus parejas embarazadas. thegrayzone.com Benjamín Norton reporta desde Nicaragua, donde la embajada de los Estados Unidos y la OEA han cabildeado con éxito por…
(2020-03-12). US House rams through Nicaragua regime-change bill with zero opposition. thegrayzone.com Not one member of the House of Representatives spoke up against a bipartisan bill sponsored by hardliners that ramps up…
(2019-12-20). [Comment] Balancing sensitivity and specificity of Zika virus case definitions. thelancet.com In a study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Raquel Burger-Calderon and colleagues1 characterise the clinical profile of Zika virus infection and assess the performance of WHO and Pan American Health Organization case definitions in a large paediatric cohort from Nicaragua. They show that Zika disease primarily manifests with undifferentiated fever or afebrile rash, and that the occurrence of symptoms increases with age. As a result, Zika in children is likely to be missed by recommended case definitions more frequently than in adults.