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Young Infected Doctors at Mexico Public Hospital Demand Help
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Interns and resident doctors at a public hospital on the outskirts of Mexico’s capital say that 26 of them have tested positive for the COVID-19 disease and request personal protective equipment and better training for all of the hospital’s staff.
Ecuador Buckles Under Virus, Broken Oil Lines and Old Debt
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador’s President Lenín Moreno unveiled an emergency economic plan Friday aimed at rescuing the South American nation hard hit by the new coronavirus and then dealt a second blow when two large pipelines broke, halting critical crude exports.
Brazil Teen’s Death Raises Virus Alert for Indigenous Groups
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A teenager from the Yanomami indigenous tribe has been killed by the new coronavirus in Brazil, the Health Ministry said Friday, raising alarm about the spread of the virus into protected lands.
US Court Upholds SSI for Puerto Ricans in Key Ruling
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. Court of Appeals issued a key ruling on Friday that allows anyone from Puerto Rico to apply for Supplemental Security Income at a time when the U.S. territory is mired in a 13-year recession.
In Mexico, Beach Towns Block Themselves Off Because of Virus
MEXICO CITY (AP) — In Mexico, beach towns have begun blocking off roads —in some cases, constructing barricades of rubble across roadways— to seal themselves off from the outside world in a bid to stop the new coronavirus from entering.
Activist Dolores Huerta Celebrates 90th Birthday With Fundraiser to Benefit Working Families Hit by Coronavirus
She will celebrate her birthday with a live-stream benefit for communities directly impacted by coronavirus on Saturday, May 16.
Amidst Coronavirus Outbreak, Spanish-Language Television Becomes More Important Than Ever
Providing services and information in Spanish is more important than ever.
‘Et tu, Brute’: The Racist Double Standard in LA County Politics (OPINION)
The latest feud between the Board and the Sheriff proves it.
Latino USA Presents: Intuition
Light your candles and schedule your limpia because today’s Latino USA episode is all about the power of intuition.
One of the Boston Area’s Latino Immigrant Cities Is the Epicenter of the COVID-19 Crisis in Massachusetts
Latino Rebels Radio: April 10, 2020
Mexican Health Ministry Estimates Coronavirus Cases Top 26,000
The estimates announced this week are eight times higher than the number of confirmed cases of the disease in the country.
Groups Used to Serving Desperately Poor Nations Now Help US
In Santa Barbara, forklifts chug through the warehouse of Direct Relief, hustling pallets of much-needed medical supplies into waiting FedEx trucks. Normally those gloves, masks and medicines would go to desperately poor clinics in Haiti or Sudan, but now they’re racing off to Stanford Hospital in Palo Alto, California and the Robert Wood Johnson Hospitals in New Jersey.
Puerto Rico’s Police Forces Can’t Seem to Handle the COVID-19 Crisis and Curfew With Any Clear Direction
The constant changes to executive orders, which have been criticized by lawyers and members of the Justice Department for their unclear language, have caused discord between police officers attempting to uphold the law and citizens who are trying to take care of themselves and their loved ones.
#DignidadLiteraria Calls Flatiron Books’ Hiring of Nadxieli Nieto as Editor-at-Large a ‘Solid Step in the Right Direction’
“A solid step in the right direction for Flatiron to fulfill its commitment to increase fiction, nonfiction, and young adult literature from Latinx and BIPOC authors,” a Thursday media release noted.
Virus Closes Rio’s Copacabana Palace for First Time Ever
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro’s stately Copacabana Palace hotel will close its doors Friday for the first time since its inauguration 96 years ago as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
US Expels Thousands to Mexico After Largely Halting Asylum
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A U.S. Border Patrol agent wouldn’t let Jackeline Reyes explain why she and her 15-year-old daughter needed asylum, pointing to the coronavirus. That confrontation in Texas came just days after the Trump administration quietly shut down the nation’s asylum system for the first time in decades in the name of public health.
Tierra de nadie la compra de pruebas y suplidos para la emergencia del COVID-19
El Departamento de Salud no ha podido precisar cuántas pruebas rápidas ha realizado ni sus resultados. Errores, retrasos, pagos a sobreprecio, intervenciones cuestionables, burocracia, y compras entre funcionarios y suplidores con vínculos partidistas han caracterizado la gestión del Gobierno para enfrentar la epidemia. Esto se suma a una situación que ya era difícil, donde Puerto Rico compite con el resto del mundo por suplidos ante la crisis.
Mexico City Seeks to Help Home-Bound, Homeless in Pandemic
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexico City government is sending out teams to help the home-bound and the homeless during the shutdown declared to combat the coronavirus, officials said Thursday.
A City Under Siege: 24 Hours in the Fight to Save New York
NEW YORK (AP) — Brooklyn is dark except for the streetlamps when Carla Brown’s alarm goes off at 5:15 a.m.—much too early for an average Monday. But with the coronavirus laying siege to New York, today looms as anything but ordinary.
With DACA Hanging in the Balance, Immigrant Families Need Not Be Left Out (OPINION)
The Supreme Court must withhold a decision on DACA while the country —and the world— deals with the pandemic.
Honduras Seeks Land for Mass Graves in Case Coronavirus Deaths Surge
President Juan Orlando Hernández warned of tougher days to come, saying “this is only the beginning” of the coronavirus crisis in Honduras.