Monthly Archives: January 2021

2021-01-31: News Headlines

Online News Editor (2021-01-31). Mexican president sick with Covid, Mexico sick of disinformation. laprensalatina.com By Pedro Pablo Cortes Mexico City, Jan 31 (efe-epa).- Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador spent the past week sick with Covid-19, his health status being kept largely secret by the government in the country with the world's third-largest death toll from the disease. "The government has not handled the information about the president's health …

teleSUR (2021-01-30). Canadian Government Cancels Flights to Mexico and the Caribbean. telesurenglish.net Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday at a press conference that major Canadian airlines AirCanada, WestJet, Sunwing and Air Transat will cancel travel to destinations in the Caribbean and Mexico until Friday, April 30. | RELATED: | According to the president, the government increased restrictions and testing of Covid-19, while Canadian airlines have agreed to cancel all flights to sunbelt destinations. | Trudeau al…

Amy Booth (2021-01-30). [World Report] Honduras changes constitution to ban abortion. thelancet.com Abortion is already illegal in Honduras, but the constitutional change makes any future reform almost impossible. Amy Booth reports.

teleSUR (2021-01-29). Guatemala: Indigenous Leaders Denounce Illegal Mining. telesurenglish.net Indigenous leaders and mayors gathered on Thursday at Guatemala's Congress to denounce the illegal mining of gold, silver, and jade in their territories. | RELATED: | The delegation included representatives from Ipala, Concepcion Las Minas, Jocotan, Camotan, San Juan, Quetzaltepeque, Esquipulas, and Olopa territories. | Mayan Indigenous leaders called on Energy Minister Alberto Pimentel to address the illegal min…

teleSUR (2021-01-29). Mexico: Epidemiological Alert Over COVID-19 Maternal Mortality. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Mexico's Ministry of Health issued a COVID-19 epidemiological alert for pregnant women after maternal mortality increased by 40 cases during the firsts two weeks of January. | RELATED: | Authorities reported that 16 expecting mothers died during the firsts seven days of 2021, an unprecedented figure for this period since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Overall, 10,504 pregnant women have tested positive for the SARS-CoV-…

Site Administrator (2021-01-29). DOJ Rescinds "Zero Tolerance" Immigration Rule. laprensalatina.com WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department rescinded a Trump-era memo that established a "zero tolerance" enforcement policy for immigrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, which resulted in thousands of family separations. Acting Attorney General Monty Wilkinson issued the new memo to federal prosecutors across the nation on Tuesday, January 26, saying the department would return …

teleSUR (2021-01-29). Brazil: At Least 175 Transgender Women Were Killed in 2020. telesurenglish.net Brazil's National Association of Transvestites and Transsexuals (ANTRA) on Thursday reported that at least 175 transgender women were murdered in 2020. | RELATED: | The death toll makes Brazil the third most violent country for LGBTI groups worldwide, following Mexico and the U.S. | The number of murders, however, could be higher. ANTRA data is based only on studies conducted by LGTBI organizations due to the lack of official figu…

teleSUR (2021-01-29). Mexico to Investigate a Gunshot Murder in Guerrero State. telesurenglish.net Guerrero State Prosecutor's Office on Thursday launched an investigation into the murder of six men in Iguala city at the hands of an armed group. | RELATED: | The victims died of gunshot wounds after unidentified men broke into a car wash at midday and fired indiscriminately. Five of the six men died on the premises, while the sixth was hit 300 meters from the place. | Police officers and troops from the State Public Secur…

Marlee Kokotovic (2021-01-29). Mexico City enacts ban on single-use plastics and straws. nationofchange.org "To be effective, the measure requires the support of citizens … to transform our consumption habits and strive towards more sustainable lifestyles."

teleSUR (2021-01-28). El Salvador: 42 Elderly Died from COVID-19 in Nursing Home. telesurenglish.net El Salvador's Human Rights Ombudsman (PDDH) Apolonio Tobar on Wednesday denounced before Congress' Health Commission the death of 42 elderly from COVID-19 in a state-run nursing home. | RELATED: | The deaths were registered in the Sara Zaldivar nursing home, in the Costa Rica neighborhood of the San Salvador Department, from March to September 2020. | "The elderly died from COVID-19 because they did not receive the r…

teleSUR (2021-01-28). Mexico To Host Phase 3 of German COVID-19 Vaccine. telesurenglish.net Mexico's Foreign Affairs Minister Marcelo Ebrard on Wednesday announced the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines produced by the German company CureVac to conduct phase three of clinical trials with 8,000 volunteers. | RELATED: | CureVac's clinical trials will observe 36,500 volunteers worldwide, including patients from Argentina, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Panama, and Peru. | Highlighting that the Mexican overnmen…

teleSUR (2021-01-28). Mexico: 60 Percent of Oxygen Tanks Robberies are Prosecuted. telesurenglish.net Mexican authorities reported on Wednesday that the responsible of 60 percent of the robberies of oxygen tanks had been prosecuted, as the Ministry of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC) tries to contain an emerging practice amid the COVID-19 pandemic. | RELATED: | "It is not that big, it is not that widespread so far, there have been three, four places where they have had this phenomenon, but it is absolutely like other crimes that occu…

splcenter (2021-01-28). 'Remain in Mexico': Biden administration must keep promise to end policy that forces migrants to wait in dangerous Mexican border towns. splcenter.org &nbsp…

sputniknews (2021-01-28). Colombia Suspends Flights to Brazil for Month Over New COVID-19 Strain. sputniknews.com MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) — Colombia has suspended air traffic with Brazil for a month over the spread of a new strain of the coronavirus, Colombian President Ivan Duque announced.

WSWS (2021-01-28). Biden administration renews agreement with Mexico and Guatemala to crack down on migrant workers. wsws.org The promises of US President Joseph Biden to pull away from Trump's fascistic migration policies have quickly become exposed, as the Democratic Party administration doubles down on the war on immigrants and asylum seekers.

2021-01-30: News Headlines

Amy Booth (2021-01-30). [World Report] Honduras changes constitution to ban abortion. thelancet.com Abortion is already illegal in Honduras, but the constitutional change makes any future reform almost impossible. Amy Booth reports.

teleSUR (2021-01-29). Mexico: Epidemiological Alert Over COVID-19 Maternal Mortality. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Mexico's Ministry of Health issued a COVID-19 epidemiological alert for pregnant women after maternal mortality increased by 40 cases during the firsts two weeks of January. | RELATED: | Authorities reported that 16 expecting mothers died during the firsts seven days of 2021, an unprecedented figure for this period since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Overall, 10,504 pregnant women have tested positive for the SARS-CoV-…

teleSUR (2021-01-29). Guatemala: Indigenous Leaders Denounce Illegal Mining. telesurenglish.net Indigenous leaders and mayors gathered on Thursday at Guatemala's Congress to denounce the illegal mining of gold, silver, and jade in their territories. | RELATED: | The delegation included representatives from Ipala, Concepcion Las Minas, Jocotan, Camotan, San Juan, Quetzaltepeque, Esquipulas, and Olopa territories. | Mayan Indigenous leaders called on Energy Minister Alberto Pimentel to address the illegal min…

Site Administrator (2021-01-29). DOJ Rescinds "Zero Tolerance" Immigration Rule. laprensalatina.com WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department rescinded a Trump-era memo that established a "zero tolerance" enforcement policy for immigrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, which resulted in thousands of family separations. Acting Attorney General Monty Wilkinson issued the new memo to federal prosecutors across the nation on Tuesday, January 26, saying the department would return …

teleSUR (2021-01-29). Brazil: At Least 175 Transgender Women Were Killed in 2020. telesurenglish.net Brazil's National Association of Transvestites and Transsexuals (ANTRA) on Thursday reported that at least 175 transgender women were murdered in 2020. | RELATED: | The death toll makes Brazil the third most violent country for LGBTI groups worldwide, following Mexico and the U.S. | The number of murders, however, could be higher. ANTRA data is based only on studies conducted by LGTBI organizations due to the lack of official figu…

teleSUR (2021-01-29). Mexico to Investigate a Gunshot Murder in Guerrero State. telesurenglish.net Guerrero State Prosecutor's Office on Thursday launched an investigation into the murder of six men in Iguala city at the hands of an armed group. | RELATED: | The victims died of gunshot wounds after unidentified men broke into a car wash at midday and fired indiscriminately. Five of the six men died on the premises, while the sixth was hit 300 meters from the place. | Police officers and troops from the State Public Secur…

Marlee Kokotovic (2021-01-29). Mexico City enacts ban on single-use plastics and straws. nationofchange.org "To be effective, the measure requires the support of citizens … to transform our consumption habits and strive towards more sustainable lifestyles."

teleSUR (2021-01-28). El Salvador: 42 Elderly Died from COVID-19 in Nursing Home. telesurenglish.net El Salvador's Human Rights Ombudsman (PDDH) Apolonio Tobar on Wednesday denounced before Congress' Health Commission the death of 42 elderly from COVID-19 in a state-run nursing home. | RELATED: | The deaths were registered in the Sara Zaldivar nursing home, in the Costa Rica neighborhood of the San Salvador Department, from March to September 2020. | "The elderly died from COVID-19 because they did not receive the r…

teleSUR (2021-01-28). Mexico: 60 Percent of Oxygen Tanks Robberies are Prosecuted. telesurenglish.net Mexican authorities reported on Wednesday that the responsible of 60 percent of the robberies of oxygen tanks had been prosecuted, as the Ministry of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC) tries to contain an emerging practice amid the COVID-19 pandemic. | RELATED: | "It is not that big, it is not that widespread so far, there have been three, four places where they have had this phenomenon, but it is absolutely like other crimes that occu…

teleSUR (2021-01-28). Mexico To Host Phase 3 of German COVID-19 Vaccine. telesurenglish.net Mexico's Foreign Affairs Minister Marcelo Ebrard on Wednesday announced the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines produced by the German company CureVac to conduct phase three of clinical trials with 8,000 volunteers. | RELATED: | CureVac's clinical trials will observe 36,500 volunteers worldwide, including patients from Argentina, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Panama, and Peru. | Highlighting that the Mexican overnmen…

splcenter (2021-01-28). 'Remain in Mexico': Biden administration must keep promise to end policy that forces migrants to wait in dangerous Mexican border towns. splcenter.org &nbsp…

sputniknews (2021-01-28). Colombia Suspends Flights to Brazil for Month Over New COVID-19 Strain. sputniknews.com MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) — Colombia has suspended air traffic with Brazil for a month over the spread of a new strain of the coronavirus, Colombian President Ivan Duque announced.

WSWS (2021-01-28). Biden administration renews agreement with Mexico and Guatemala to crack down on migrant workers. wsws.org The promises of US President Joseph Biden to pull away from Trump's fascistic migration policies have quickly become exposed, as the Democratic Party administration doubles down on the war on immigrants and asylum seekers.

Online News Editor (2021-01-28). Jaguar cubs rescued in Nicaragua after being offered for sale online. laprensalatina.com Managua, Jan 27 (efe-epa).- Two jaguar cubs were rescued from a house in the North Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua after being offered for illegal sale on social media when their mother was killed by residents, the Nicaragua Zoo reported on Wednesday. The male and female jaguars, just three-and-a-half months old, were underweight when they were …