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Mexico’s Coronavirus Fight Has Just Begun. Doctors Say They’re Already Running out of Masks
By: Katie Linthicum ~ Los Angeles Times ~ March 25, 2020
As the novel coronavirus spreads in Mexico, doctors and nurses at public hospitals have begun protesting a shortage of personnel and basic supplies such as masks and gloves.
Medical staff held strikes and walkouts across the country this week, warning that a lack of resources increases the risk for them and their families as well as for patients.
“We can’t work without equipment,” implored a nurse in Tabasco state in a widely viewed video on Twitter. “We also have families — children and parents.”
The federal government says that $150 million in additional medical supplies is on the way and that it is rushing to fill roughly 42,000 job openings for doctors, nurses and other medical professionals that predate the coronavirus crisis. Read Full Article Here
Watch the following Stanford Medicine’s animated video on Coronavirus pandemia and prevention:
In Memory of Archbishop Oscar Romero from San Salvador
On March 24, 1980, Oscar Romero, the archbishop of San Salvador, was assassinated, sparking El Salvador’s 12-year civil war.
Romero was appointed San Salvador’s archbishop three years before, in 1977, at a time when violence in El Salvador was rapidly escalating. The conflict was largely one of class warfare: the landed wealthy — who were aligned with the rightist government and paramilitary death squads (supported by the u.s.) — against the impoverished farm workers and other laborers who had begun to ally themselves with leftist guerrilla groups looking to overthrow the government… Read Full Article Here
The Core Values of Cesar Chavez
“The California Cesar Chavez Day celebration is critically important to keep alive and deserving of a renaissance, as a day of service and teaching at all levels of education about his 10 Core Values, the principles required to be taught in schools by the law that established March 31 as a holiday to recognize his legacy”
– Profe Armando Vazquez-Ramos
Recordando a Benito Juarez
Por: Juan Carlos Mendoza Sanchez
Hace 214 años, el 21 de marzo de 1806, nació en el pueblo de Guelatao, en el Virreinato de la Nueva España, Benito Juárez García; un indio zapoteca quien se convertiría en el más grande estadista que ha tenido México, un país que no existía cuando Juárez nació y al que él ayudó a forjar como nación.
Ese muchacho zapoteca que a los 12 años aprendió español, pudo a base de esfuerzo personal, convertirse en un hombre ilustrado. Se graduó de abogado en 1834, a la edad de 28 años. Fue diputado, juez de lo civil, gobernador de Oaxaca, Ministro y Presidente de la Suprema Corte de Justicia y finalmente Presidente de México… Leer Artículo Completo.
Contribuyentes indocumentados no recibirán el cheque de ayuda federal por el coronavirus
Por: Ana B. Nieto La Opinión ~ 26 de Marzo 2020
El histórico programa de ayudas para paliar los efectos económicos en la economía del coronavirus deja fuera a millones de inmigrantes indocumentados, familias con estatus mixtos además de beneficiados por el TPS y DACA que carecen de los recursos que esta ley pone a disposición del resto de los contribuyentes.
El paquete de ayudas Cares Act, valorado en $2 billones ($2,000,000,000,000), que debe ser aprobado el viernes por la Cámara de Representantes, contempla, entre otras medidas, un envío de dinero a casi todos los contribuyentes del país. Se quedan fuera quienes no hayan presentado sus taxes con un número válido de Seguro Social.
Gobierno de AMLO pide a Mexicanos en EEUU no volver a su país de origen durante la pandemia
Por: Joel Cazorla ~ La Opinion ~ March 25, 2020
El Gobierno mexicano presentó este miércoles medidas extraordinarias para frenar el aumento de los casos de coronavirus en México, que ya han alcanzado las 475 infecciones y seis muertes. El subsecretario de salud, Hugo López-Gatell Ramírez pidió que los mexicanos que residen en Estados Unidos no vuelvan a México durante el tiempo que dure la pandemia.
Una medida drástica que ya tomó el Gobierno federal es suspender toda su actividad no fundamental a partir de este mismo jueves. Del mismo modo, instó al sector privado a optar por el teletrabajo siempre que sea posible y anunció medidas extraordinaria en el seguro social, que permitirá a enfermos quedarse en casa y cobrar la “incapacidad temporal”…
Beyond the Economic Chaos of Coronavirus is a Global War Economy
By: William Robinson ~ Latin American Perspectives ~ March 23, 2020
What does a virus have to do with war and repression? The coronavirus has disrupted global supply networks and spread panic throughout the world’s stock markets. The pandemic will pass, not without a heavy toll. But in the larger picture, the fallout from the virus exposes the fragility of a global economy that never fully recovered from the 2008 financial collapse and has been teetering on the brink of renewed crisis for years…
Immigrants Important Role During COVID-19 Crisis
By: David Bier ~ CATO Institute ~ March 23, 2020
As the COVID-19 spreads through the United States, the government has closed its borders to foreigners. Yet millions of immigrants already here are working every day to defeat the contagion or mitigate its economic effects. From cleaning away germs to developing cures for them to delivering needed supplies, immigrants are disproportionately engaged in the effort to defeat COVID-19. Indeed, immigrants are overrepresented in nearly every job that is critical during this pandemic… Read Full Article Here.
California Today: How to Apply for Unemployment Benefits
By: Sona Patel and Jill Cowan ~ The New York Times ~ March 25, 2020
If you’ve lost work as a result of the coronavirus outbreak in California, here’s what to know
California hit grim milestones on Tuesday, as the number of cases in the Bay Area topped 1,000 and Los Angeles County officials said that a teenager’s death was linked to the virus; if the cause of death is confirmed as the coronavirus, he would be one of the youngest victims of the outbreak in the country… Read Full Article Here
CMSC initiative to provide mental health services to all immigrant communities
The CMSC’s initiative to create awareness about the need for immigrants’ mental health services is more critical than ever !!! This initiative intends to inform and educate the public regarding the psychological crisis affecting the immigrant population throughout the U.S., due to a pervasive state of fear generated by the Trump administration since coming into office in 2017, the targeted acts of violence as the August 3, 2019 El Paso, Texas mass shooting at a Walt Mart store, and the hate-crimes aimed against immigrants, Mexicans and Latinos.
Please watch this short explainer video about our initiative, available in English and Spanish.
Learn more about this initiative here
COVID-19 Resources for Undocumented Californians
As COVID-19, more commonly referred to as the “coronavirus,” begins to make its impact in the United States, we want to take this moment to remind undocumented youth and their families to prioritize their health to the best of their abilities.
Given that not all of us can take paid time off, and that we have limited health access for undocumented people, especially those detained, we are sharing the following resources:
Read more about all resources available
Nationwide Resources for Undocumented immigrants in time of COVID-19 (Google Sheet)
Where There’s Love, There Should Be Care
Families of all forms should be able to be there for each other in times of need, and no one should have to risk their job or financial stability to care for themselves or their loved ones.
Especially in this urgent time of COVID-19, it’s imperative that everyone – workers at every level of our society – has access to Paid Family and Medical Leave.
The Opportunity Agenda can help you achieve this with our new messaging memo, Telling a Story About Families and Opportunity, which lays out a foundation for communicating about the importance of Paid Family and Medical Leave policies for all shapes and types of families in our country…. Read More
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