Daily Archives: January 23, 2021

2021-01-23: News Headlines

WSWS (2021-01-22). Metalworkers carry out wildcat strike in Matamoros, Mexico, for higher wages. wsws.org The workers at a maquiladora factory owned by the Texas-based multinational Cypress Industries struck to demand a 15 percent wage increase, following wildcat strikes by workers in the city last April against unsafe conditions caused by the pandemic.

teleSUR (2021-01-22). Children in Caravan Were Injured and Traumatized, UNICEF Warns. telesurenglish.net The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Thursday warned that most of the Honduran children who were in the caravan that left for Guatemala last week returned to their country injured, extremely tired, or with psychological trauma. | RELATED: | Until January 20, about 3,854 adults and 108 children from the 7,000 caravan migrants returned to Honduras after Guatemala blocked their advance towards the U.S.-Mexico…

teleSUR (2021-01-22). Mexico Outlooks Good Economic Ties with Biden's Administration. telesurenglish.net Mexico's Employers' Confederation (COPARMEX) President Jose Medina assured that the arrival of a new U.S. presidential administration opens the way to a "promising" scenario in economic ties between both countries if the right decisions are made. | RELATED: | He commented that actions should be targeted on the strengthening of the Mexico, the U.S., and Canada Treaty (T-MEC), and the advance in security issues, inc…

teleSUR (2021-01-22). AMLO: Those Seeking Conflict With the US "Will Be Left Waiting" telesurenglish.net Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador said on Friday that those hoping for confrontations between his government and Biden's administration "will be left waiting" as the new U.S. president poses "no threats against Mexico." | RELATED: | AMLO welcomed Biden's decision to cancel the Mexico – U.S. border wall and his new immigration policy. Both presidents had a phone conversation on December 19, and their rep…

Amanda Mills (2021-01-21). Mexico contemplates use of GMO corn in animal feed. nationofchange.org Mexico is currently the biggest foreign market for U.S. GMO yellow corn.