US Deportations Add Extra Risk to Global Public Health
Xinhua | telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-01
In the name of protecting U.S. citizens against COVID-19, Washington has recently stepped up the deportation of illegal immigrants from Mexico and Central American nations. | RELATED: | US Deports Thousands of Migrants to COVID-19 Vulnerable Nations | The U.S. authorities seem to have paid no regard that such moves at the time of a ravaging pandemic may overwhelm the often vulnerable public health systems in the recipient countries and thus pose a grave danger to the global an…
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Protests over lack of government aid during lockdown intensify in Panama
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-01
Residents of various parts of the country have denounced that they don't have money to buy food and haven't received any aid from the government…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/01/protests-over-lack-of-government-aid-during-lockdown-intensify-in-panama/

El Salvador's President faces criticism for violating rights of imprisoned gang members
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-01
National and international human rights organizations have condemned the president's actions as the crackdown on inmates comes amid fears over the spread of the novel coronavirus…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/01/el-salvadors-president-faces-criticism-for-violating-rights-of-imprisoned-gang-members/

Oil prices grow as historic OPEC+ production cut deal comes into effect
rt.com | 2020-05-01
The prices for Brent crude and WTI have increased after the hard-fought OPEC+ deal took effect on Friday. The oil market had seen a dramatic crash last month due to global glut and fears of a lack of storage capacity. | The price for Brent crude oil (ICE) has grown by 1.77 percent, reaching nearly $27 per barrel. The price for WTI (Nymex), meanwhile, currently stands at $19.35 per barrel, which is a 2.7 percent increase. | On April 12, the members of OPEC and other oil-producing countries, including Russia and Mexico, agreed to cut production by 9.7 million barrels per day for May and June, marking the biggest…
rt.com/business/487486-oil-prices-opec-deal/

24 hour May Day programing on mayday.pacifica.org
Pacifica COVID-19 Taskforce | indybay.org | 2020-05-01
Pacifica COVID-19 Taskforce is hosting May Day with programing from throughout the world. Live streaming from South Africa, Korea, Turkey, Mexico, Brazil, Chile and other countries.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/30/18832716.php

Protests Mount in Panama Over Hunger Amid COVID-19 Lockdown
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-29
Hunger protests in Panama are increasing as despair grips people who do not have access to food distributed by the government, local media reported Wednesday. | RELATED: | Hunger Protests Grow in Colombia Amid Coronavirus Lockdown | The stay at home measures imposed by Panama's government to curb the spread of the coronavirus has led to layoffs in the Central American country plunging thousands of people into dire economic straits while street vendors and informal workers struggle…
telesurenglish.net/news/Protests-Mount-in-Panama-Over-Hunger-Amid-COVID-19-Lockdown-20200429-0020.html