(2020-05-25). Maquiladora workers expose deadly COVID-19 outbreak in Matamoros, Mexico. wsws.org A worker from a US-owned battery charger factory told the WSWS that management is forcing them to work despite a contagion outbreak at the facility.
(2020-05-24). 5 reasons Costa Rica is winning plaudits for fighting COVID-19: a Resident Coordinator's blog. news.un.org Costa Rica is winning plaudits for its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Alice Shackleford, UN Resident Coordinator in Costa Rica, and WHO Representative María Dolores Pérez-Rosales, explain why the small Central American country is managing to keep the number of cases down, and its population healthy.
(2020-05-23). [World Report] Mexican President López Obrador draws doctors' ire. thelancet.com President López Obrador later apologised after his comments were denounced by Mexican medical associations amid the COVID-19 pandemic. David Agren reports from Mexico City.
(2020-05-23). COVID-19 Reveals Viral Discrimination, Higher Ed Should Pay Attention. commondreams.org A sign asking Navajo residents to stay safe and warning of a curfew near the Navajo Nation town of Casamero Lake in New Mexico on May 20, 2020. – The Navajo Nation now has the highest per capita COVID-19 infection rate in the country after surpassing New York. (Photo by MARK RALSTON/AFP via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gettyimages-1214296001.jpg …
(2020-05-25). Mexico may create more jobs as 'biggest factory in the world reduces output' — Lopez Obrador. rt.com 
A slowdown in China's economy this year should allow Mexico to attract more investment and lure companies, Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday. | Lopez Obrador cited forecasters' expectations that China's economy will, in 2020, post its weakest growth in years, amid disruptions caused by the coronavirus outbreak. | "That means this big factory, the biggest factory in the world, will reduce its output," he said, referring to China. "And this gives us the opportunity, Mexico, for more investment to arrive, for companies to set up, for jobs to be created." | Lopez Obrador noted that the…
(2020-05-23). Would you like hypocrisy with that? Boss of 'socialist themed vegan meat company' filmed busting union drive. rt.com 
The CEO of a socialist themed vegan meat company pleaded with workers not to join a union, arguing that it would hamper the firm's efforts to "change the world." Because nothing seasons fake meat quite like a dollop of hypocrisy. | No Evil Foods offers a range of socialist-themed vegan meats with names like Comrade Cluck, the Pit Boss and El Zapatista, a chorizo substitute whose name is a nod to the anarcho-socialist militant group in southern Mexico. | While the company readily embraces left-wing ideals for marketing purposes, that appears to be as far as their values stretch. The boss of the company, Mike Wo…