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Mexican Militia Group Threatens Proceso Reporter Ezequiel Flores

“That a group can post on its social media what amounts to a plan to abduct a reporter shows how far out of control the violence is in Guerrero state,”

Brazilian President Bolsonaro Sacks Health Minister

Health Minister Mandetta and Bolsonaro have butted heads over what action to take as the country deals with the novel coronavirus.

Mexico Faces Shortage of Medical Workers as COVID-19 Spreads

In Mexico, a massive campaign to recruit more medical staff has been launched as the country faces an alarming shortage of healthcare workers.

Journalist Dayanna Monroy on covering the COVID-19 Crisis in Ecuador

Dayanna Monroy reports for the Teleamazonas television station in the port city of Guayaquil, the epicenter of Ecuador’s COVID-19 outbreak.

Rio de Janeiro governor tests positive for coronavirus

Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro Gov. Wilson Witzel has tested positive for the new coronavirus. “I haven’t felt well since Friday, “Today I got the results.”

Essential or Expendable? Farmworkers Condemn Lack of Protection & Economic Help

As the coronavirus sweeps through the US, 2.5 million farmworkers are continuing to go to work every day, often facing crowded and unsanitary conditions…

Protests Mount for Release of Migrants from Prisons in Arizona y California

In Arizona, over 700 people joined a car rally Friday outside the privately owned Eloy Detention Center and La Palma Correctional Facility near Phoenix.