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Photo: cnbc.com By Isaac Cohen* In contrast with high inflation, stock market volatility and rising interest rates, the job market in the United States remains a bright spot in the economy. The Bureau of Labor Statistics informed that 428,000 new jobs were created in April, almost the same as in…

Photo: courtesy of Democracy Now! In Mexico, police freed 280 asylum seekers locked inside a tractor-trailer that was abandoned Friday on a roadside in the southern state of Veracruz. A Red Cross worker said the migrants were lucky to be alive, after local residents responded to their pleas for help.…

Photo courtesy of CISPES Last week, we wrote to you about El Salvador’s Minister of Labor threatening arrest against popular movement leaders if they moved forward with their plans to march on International Workers’ Day. Here’s a short re-cap of what happened (and thankfully, what didn’t) In scenes that were…

Photo: fool.com By Isaac Cohen* In the middle of concerns about inflation, war in Eastern Europe and city lockdowns in China, last week, the Department of Commerce revealed a contraction of 1.4 percent in the US economy, during this year’s first quarter. But, since the contraction has come when the…

Photo: courtesy of Democracy Now! Hundreds of May Day protesters marched in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in support of immigrant workers. Protesters organized two “Days Without Latinxs and Immigrants,” calling on Republican lawmakers to stop blocking immigration reform, and demanding President Biden use his executive powers to protect all immigrants.  

Foto: colatino Take Action to Denounce Salvadoran Labor Minister's Threats of Arrest on May 1. Hello everyone: I hope this message finds you well and hope to see you in DC for one of the many May 1 activities (I write again tonight or tomorrow with more info about that).…

By Isaac Cohen* The Chinese government adopted a “Zero-COVID” policy which includes a set of strict measures, such as stay at home orders, transfer of infected persons and their close contacts to quarantine centers, together with mass testing and contact tracing, restricting drastically traffic into and within the lockdown cities.…

Photo: courtesy of Democracy Now! U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is visiting Ramstein Air Base in Germany today, joining officials from more than 40 countries for U.S.-hosted talks on providing military support to Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov responded by accusing NATO of fighting a proxy war against Russia.…

Photo: courtesy of Democracy Now! French President Emmanuel Macron and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen are making their final appeals to voters ahead of Sunday’s runoff presidential election. Several polls show Macron in the lead. This is Le Pen’s third attempt at the presidency. Le Pen is a nationalist running…

Honduras police conduct JOH to DEA's airplane on Thursday. Photo: laprensa.hn Hernández Allegedly Partnered with Some of the Largest Cocaine Traffickers in the World to Transport Tons of Cocaine through Honduras to the United States. WASHINGTON.– Juan Orlando Hernández, aka JOH, 53, the former President of Honduras, will make his…