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Petition to remove movie about the Wasp Network from Netflix

by the El Reportero‘s news services

 

Those who sign this petition are upset that the film has a favorable view of the five Cuban spies who infiltrated anti-Castro organizations in Miami

A group of Cubans devised a petition on the Change platform to request Netflix to remove the film about Red Avispa. According to the petition, “because he defends Castro’s spies sentenced in the United States.”

The tape Wasp Network (Red Avispa), tells the story of the five Cuban security agents infiltrated in anti-Castro organizations in the United States.

The film, directed by French filmmaker Olivier Assayas, was partially shot in Cuba, in selected locations in Varadero, Havana, and Puerto Escondido, and for this purpose some of its leading stars, such as the Spanish Penelope Cruz, stayed on the island for several days. the Mexican Gael García Bernal, the Venezuelan Edgar Ramírez and the Brazilian Wagner Moura.

In addition to those mentioned, the film has the participation of the Cuban actress Ana de Armas, the Argentine Leonardo Sbaraglia, and other famous Cuban interpreters such as Iris Pérez, Omar Alí and René de la Cruz.

Although it is based on the book The Last Soldiers of the Cold War, by the Brazilian writer Fernando Morais, the script of the film corresponds to the director, who preferred a broader approach, in addition to making the history of the spies Gerardo Hernández, Fernando González, Ramón Labañino, Antonio Guerrero and René González, whom the Cuban propaganda baptized as “the Five Heroes”.

The production of the film, the most ambitious assumed by the French director to date, is in charge of RT Features and CG CINEMA, and will compete in Venice together with films by Roy Andersson, Roman Polanski, Noah Baumbach and Steven Soderbergh, among others. .

While international critics agree that it is a loose film and a poorly told story, in Miami and the Cuban exile there were several proposals to boycott the film due to its skewed perspective of painful events for Cubans residing outside the island.

“The movie has a malicious agenda. The characters speak like in a socialist realism movie, ”film critic Alejandro Ríos told The Miami Herald, after attending the screening of the film on September 10, 2019 at the Toronto Film Festival.

As soon as it was released on Netflix, social networks were filled with comments about the film. Most agree that, beyond ideologies, it was a bad movie, with a poor script and mediocre performances. Although it also had its defenders.

An avocado a day helps keep “bad” cholesterol at bay

Sliced avocado on a cutting board

The nutrient-rich superfood also boosts your heart health

 

02/05/2021 / By Brocky Wilson

 

Avocados are a nutritious superfood that boost your overall health in many ways. These oversized berries are extra rich in fiber, antioxidants and healthy fats. Thanks to their impressive fat content, they help your body better absorb fat-soluble nutrients, such as vitamin A, D and E. Studies show that avocados help fight cancer, relieve arthritis symptoms, promote weight loss, preserve good eyesight and make your skin look younger.

A true superfood, avocados can also work wonders for your heart. A study by Pennsylvania State University researchers shows that eating an avocado a day can reduce “bad” cholesterol levels and fight heart disease.

Avocados boost heart health like no other fatty fruit

Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol is often called “bad cholesterol” because it causes disease. The small LDL particles that compose LDL cholesterol are particularly bad. When they become oxidized, they can cause heart disease and stroke by promoting atherosclerosis, or the buildup of plaque in the arteries. Similar to how oxygen can damage food – like a cut apple turning brown – oxidation can also impair the body.

“Oxidation is not good, so if you can help protect the body through the foods that you eat, that could be very beneficial,” said co-author Penny Kris-Etherton.

Past research showed that avocados can help lower LDL cholesterol levels. But it’s still unclear whether these heart-healthy superfoods can also reduce oxidized LDL particles. So the researchers took it upon themselves to investigate. They recruited 45 adult overweight or obese participants who were all eating a two-week average American diet at the beginning of the study.

Each participant then completed five weeks of three different diets assigned in random order. These diets are a low-fat diet, a moderate-fat diet and a moderate-fat diet that included one avocado a day. The moderate-fat diet without avocados was supplemented with extra healthy fats to match the amount of monounsaturated fats obtained from eating the fruit.

The avocado diet alone significantly reduced small LDL particles in the participants, lowered their oxidized LDL cholesterol levels and increased their lutein levels. Lutein is an antioxidant commonly found in avocado and is known to keep the eyes healthy.

The researchers suspected that because the moderate-fat diet without avocados did not have the same effect, avocados likely contain additional compounds that bolstered the health benefits of the avocado diet.

“We were able to show that when people incorporated one avocado a day into their diet, they had fewer small, dense LDL particles than before the diet,” said Kris-Etherton. “Consequently, people should consider adding avocados to their diet in a healthy way, like on whole-wheat toast or as a veggie dip.”

Simple avocado recipes for good heart health

Avocados can be eaten raw, but it’s better enjoyed with other nutritious foods for a more filling, nourishing meal. Check out these two heart-healthy avocado recipes:

Tropical avocado salad

Avocados work well in salads. It provides a thick, creamy texture that combines so well with the fresh tang of fruits and vegetables. Here are the ingredients for this salad recipe:

  • 2 avocados, peeled, pitted and diced
  • 1/2 fresh pineapple, peeled, cored and cut in half lengthwise
  • 1 large carrot, peeled and cut into 2-inch matchsticks
  • 1 cucumber, peeled, halved and thinly sliced
  • 2 cups shredded cabbage
  • 3 tablespoons (tbsp) lime juice
  • 2 cups sugar snap peas, trimmed
  • 1 tbsp chopped fresh jalapeno with seeds
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp honey
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 1/2 teaspoon (tsp) salt
  • 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil

In a bowl, mix the lime juice, jalapeno, soy sauce, honey, garlic and salt to make a dressing. Add the olive oil and whisk slowly. Boil the sugar snap peas for about 15 seconds in a medium pot of water. Transfer the peas to cold ice water, drain and thinly slice into thirds. Thinly slice the pineapple pieces, then in a large bowl, toss together the snap peas, pineapple, carrots, cucumber and cabbage with the dressing. Slice the avocados and add to the salad. Stir to combine and serve.

Avocado egg scramble

Looking for a heart-healthy breakfast? This delicious recipe blends avocado with a breakfast favorite for a nutritious morning meal. Grab the following for this recipe:

  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup chopped tomato
  • 1 tablespoon chopped onion
  • 1 slice whole-wheat toast
  • 1 ounce fresh avocado

Beat the eggs in a bowl and fry over medium heat in a non-stick skillet until cooked thoroughly. Add the tomato and onion and put the scrambled egg on the toast. Top with the avocado and serve.

Avocados are a delicious, nutritious superfood packed with disease-fighting antioxidants and heart-healthy fats. Ward off bad cholesterol with an avocado every day. You can try several recipes to make your meal more exciting and nutrient-rich.

Fania’s co-founder Johnny Pacheco, dies

by Felix Contreras

Johnny Pacheco, one of the founders of the iconic Latin music label Fania Records, died Monday, Feb. 15, at age 85.

Pacheco had been hospitalized in New Jersey for undisclosed reasons, according to Alex Masucci, the brother of Fania cofounder Jerry Masucci. No cause of death was provided.

Fania Records revolutionized the sound of Cuban dance music in the 1970s. During that time, Pacheco was a prolific songwriter and musical arranger whose work helped fuel the careers of Celia Cruz and Ruben Blades. As a producer, his vast musical knowledge of various Latin musical genres helped ignite the rise of the Latin dance genre known as salsa and he became its biggest cheerleader.

The label’s influence extended for several generations, well into the 21st century. DJs and producers have used tracks from the golden age of salsa to create remixed club hits around the world.

Pacheco was born in the Dominican Republic to a musical family in 1935. His father was a band leader that played popular dance music including the Cuban danzón, which would have an influence on the younger Pacheco’s musical career.

In 1963 he partnered with attorney Jerry Masucci to form Fania Records and under Pacheco’s guidance as talent scout, composer, ushered in the international popularity of salsa, a term that encompasses a variety of mostly Cuban dance styles.

Don’t you know what they are doing to us?

Who would have thought that the US would be about to collapse in a so short period of time, suddenly.

That the greatest economic-military power would have been attacked in silence – not with nuclear bombs or military weapons, but with biological weapons, and traitors from within who would have sold themselves for money and power to the enemies of freedom. Who would have said that the Apocalypse that I have known in the Holy Scriptures as a child, which describes an end of times, where a satanic destruction takes over the world and a war between good and evil begins, would be witnessed now, in these moments.

That people without faces, with no direction other than that offered by a corrupt government run by ‘experts,’ a gagged press and social networks that keep the population asleep and unconscious – would be walking without our freedoms guaranteed and protected by the Constitution.

Who would have said that the very rulers chosen by ourselves to protect us from external and domestic enemies, would have contributed to the destruction of the economy, taken away our popular power to govern ourselves, and have overshadowed the divine light that has shone on this blessed land called the United States, while the people did not realized what was being done to us.

Those powerful behind the visible power want to kill us, because they say that we are too many and we hinder them, therefore we must stop the births and convince the women of fertile bellies to kill the unborn and thus reduce our numbers, so that an idle and maliciously elite can take the planet for their own benefit.

If you have not noticed, we are about to lose the freedom and the borders that serve us and each country in the world, that protect our cultures, histories, and ancestral customs while many of us have not realized it… They want to put poison in us to die gently and slowly, making us believe that it is for our own good; however, they do not tell us that with certain vitamins taken no virus can kill us. It is time to wake up.

Stop watching TV and the junk news where they offer us their violence and scandals to keep us scared and exalted. I assure you that they are trying to take God away from you so they can manipulate you and take over your minds more easily. Freedom was given to us by God and not by the government, don’t forget.

T h i s i s j u s t my own opinion.

UFW: U.S. Citinzenship Act the ‘dawn of a new day’

by the El Reportero’s wire services
UFW Foundation Executive Director Diana Tellefson Torres and United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero responded to introduction of the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 by Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-CA) and Rep. Bob Menendez (DNJ), a sweeping immigration bill that would create a path to citizenship for millions of immigrants already in the country including farm workers and Dreamers. “We are encouraged by this important step toward fulfilling the promises President Biden made on Inauguration Day,” said President of the United Farm Workers Teresa Romero. “We look forward to Congress continuing the work to rebuild what is broken and to blaze a path forward.” “It’s the dawn of a new day,” said UFW Foundation Executive Director Diana Tellefson Torres. “The transformative immigration bill put forward by the Biden administration recognizes the humanity and contributions of immigrants — and is the result of decades of determination by immigrants fighting for their right to remain home in the U.S. We are at a promising, turning point in America, making it more important than ever to keep striving forward.” Bolivia returns $350 million to IMF after ‘ir
regular and onerous’ loan LA PAZ — Bolivia´s central bank said on Wednesday it returned a loan of nearly $346.7 million dollars, plus interest, to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to avoid unnecessarily saddling its economy with debt. The loan was approved last year by the interim government of Jeanine Anez, which argued the funds were a necessary shot-in
the-arm following a political crisis that had led to the resignation of longtime leftist leader Evo Morales. “This loan, in addition to being irregular and onerous due to financial conditions, generated … millions in costs to the Bolivian state,” the bank said in a statement. Bolivia is among the poorest nations in Latin America and has been particularly hardhit by the coronavirus crisis in recent months. The central bank returned $351.5 million to the IMF, which included $4.7 million in interest and commissions. The bank also said it would begin administrative, civil and criminal actions against those responsible for negotiating the loan with the IMF. (Reporting by Danny Ramos, writing by Dave Sherwood, editing by Chris Reese)

Talking race and policing: 1960s

Compiled by the El Reportero’s staff

The Los Angeles of the 1960s, which witnessed the Watts uprising, the Chicano Blowouts and Chicano Moratoriums among other movements, will be the topic of the next Conversations on Race and Policing.

The presentation, “Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties,” which takes its title from the book by guest speakers Mike Davis and Jon Wiener, will be livestreamed on Zoom beginning at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17, and can be accessed from a PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android at https://csusb. zoom.us/j/97960458784.

According to the book publisher’s website, “Los Angeles in the sixties was a hotbed of political and social upheaval. The city was a launchpad for Black Power—where Malcolm X and Angela Davis first came to prominence and the Watts uprising shook the nation. The city was home to the Chicano Blowouts and Chicano Moratorium, as well as being the birthplace of ‘Asian American’ as a political identity. It was a locus of the antiwar movement, gay liberation movement, and women’s movement, and, of course, the capital of California counterculture.

Conversations on Race and Policing began in the aftermath of the May 25 death of George Floyd while in the custody of four Minneapolis, Minn., police officers. A video of the incident posted on social media has led to widespread protests, the firing of four police officers, the arrest of one officer on a second-degree murder charge, the other three on charges of aiding and abetting second-degree murder – and a spotlight worldwide on race and policing.

Previous forums also are posted online (more recordings will soon be available for viewing) on the CSUSB History Club Lecture Series YouTube channel.

The ongoing Conversations on Race and Policing series is hosted by CSUSB students Marlo Brooks and Yvette Relles-Powell.

The series is organized by Brooks and Relles-Powell, CSUSB faculty members Mary Texeira (sociology) and Jeremy Murray (history), Robie Madrigal, public affairs/ communication specialist for the CSUSB John M. Pfau Library, and community member Stan Futch, president of the Westside Action Group.

And coming up next in the series schedule on Feb. 24 will be a screening and discussion of the film, “Slavery by Another Name,” which examines the forced labor systems that targeted African Americans in the post-Civil War era. Marc Robinson, CSUSB assistant professor of history, will facilitate the discussion after the screening.

Here’s why eating garlic and onions can prevent diabetes and more

by Evangelyn
Rodríguez Alliums are diseasefighting vegetables widely used as everyday food and traditional medicines. This incredible family of edible medicinal plants is composed of garlic, white and purple onions, leeks, chives, scallions and shallots. According to studies, alliums contain unique compounds called organosulfur compounds and natural antioxidants called polyphenols that are responsible for their disease-fighting activities. In a recent study, researchers at the Federal University of Technology by Evangelyn Rodríguez Alliums are diseasefighting vegetables widely used as everyday food and traditional medicines. This incredible family of edible medicinal plants is composed of garlic, white and purple onions, leeks, chives, scallions and shallots. According to studies, alliums contain unique compounds called organosulfur compounds and natural antioxidants called polyphenols that are responsible for their disease-fighting activities. In a recent study, researchers at the Federal University of Technology and purple onion show antioxidant, antidiabetic and antihypertensive properties Garlic and onions are spices commonly used in cooking. They also serve as ingredients in several traditional delicacies in Nigeria that are known to contain plenty of polyphenols. To assess the beneficial properties of garlic, white onion and pur
ple onion, the researchers first obtained extracts from each and assessed their inhibitory effects on certain enzymes. They also conducted assays to determine the antioxidant capacities of the extracts. ACE is the enzyme responsible for converting angiotensin I into angiotensin II, the hormone that increases blood pressure, as well as body water and sodium content. Angiotensin II elevates
blood pressure by constricting the blood vessels; hence, chemicals that can inhibit the activity of ACE, which is responsible for the production of angiotensin II, are used for the treatment of hypertension. a-Amylase is the enzyme that breaks down starch and glycogen into glucose and maltose (two glucose molecules bound together). In humans, this enzyme is produced by the salivary glands and the pancreas. a-Glucosidase, on the other hand, is responsible for breaking down carbohydrates in the small intestine and facilitating the absorption of glucose. Inhibiting the activity of this enzyme is one of the strategies currently used to prevent the rise of blood sugar levels following a carbohydrate-filled meal. The researchers reported that the garlic, purple onion and white onion extracts inhibited the activities of ACE, a-amylase and a-glucosidase in vitro in a concentrationdependent manner. At a half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) of 0.59 mg / mL, the purple onion extract exhibited a higher inhibitory effect on ACE than the white onion extract (IC50 = 0.66 mg / mL) and the garlic (IC50 = 0.96 mg / mL) extract. Meanwhile, the white onion extract showed a significantly stronger inhibitory effect on a-amylase at an IC50 of 3.93 mg / mL than the garlic extract (IC50 = 8.19 mg / mL) and the purple onion (IC50 = 8.27 mg / mL) extract. The garlic extract, on the other hand, showed a similar inhibitory effect (IC50 = 4.50 mg / mL) on a-glucosidase as the white and purple onion extracts. All three extracts also showed dose-dependent free radical scavenging activity and reducing power in the antioxidant assays. Based on these findings, the researchers concluded that garlic, white onion and purple onion can be used to treat or prevent diabetes and hypertension, thanks to their ability to inhibit ACE, a-amylase and a-glucosidase activity, as well as lipid peroxidation in the pancreas and the heart. (Natural News)

US urges Mexico to heed private sector concerns

US secretary of state to meet with Mexico’s foreign affairs and economy ministers

by Mexico News Daily

The United States has urged Mexico to listen to the concerns of the private sector with regard to the proposed overhaul of the electricity market to favor the state-owned Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) over private companies, many of which have invested in renewable energy.

During a call with reporters on Thursday to outline United States Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken’s “virtual travel” to Mexico and Canada on Friday, acting assistant secretary Julie J. Chung of the State Department’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs was asked whether she expected Blinken to address the proposed changes.

“Yeah, there are a whole host of issues related to USMCA implementation that’s ongoing,” Chung responded.

“In terms of the electricity and energy issues, that’s another area that we’ll be discussing in the medium term and long term because there are many aspects that we’re hearing from the private sector about their concerns. But this is where we encourage Mexico to listen to the stakeholders, to listen to the private sector companies and really provide that culture, the atmosphere of free investment and transparency so that companies will continue to invest in Mexico.

” Several analysts said this week that the proposed reform to the Electricity Industry Law would scare off foreign and domestic investment in the energy sector, especially renewables. The United States Chamber of Commerce warned earlier this month that the bill, which passed the lower house of Congress on Tuesday, contravenes Mexico’s commitments under the USMCA.

The electricity bill appears set to be one of several issues to be examined during bilateral talks on Friday.

Chung indicated that there will be a broad range of topics up for discussion at separate virtual meetings Blinken will attend with Mexico’s Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard and Economy Minister Tatiana Clouthier.

After “traveling” virtually to the border crossing between El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Blinken will speak with Ebrard, Chung said, adding that it will be the third time the two men have spoken since the new United States government took office in January.

“They’re expected to speak about continued collaboration on shared concerns such as migration issues, including the winding down of the MPP, the migration protection protocols,” she said, referring to the the United States policy introduced by the Trump administra tion that forces migrants to remain in Mexico as they await the outcome of their asylum claims in the U.S.

Chung said that Binken and Ebrard are also expected to discuss “Covid-19 security, regional economic competitiveness, climate change, and other issues of mutual interest.”

She said that the secretary of state and Clouthier “are expected to discuss various economic topics, including how to strengthen even further our deep and dynamic trade and investment relationship.”

The State Department said in a statement that the United States and Mexico “enjoy a strong partnership, and this trip reinforces the importance of that relationship under the Biden administration.”

It said the bilateral trade relationship, shared security challenges, regional migration, climate change, and other issues of mutual interest will be on the agenda at Blinken’s meetings.

But the statement made it clear that the United States’ relationship with Canada is the closer one.

It observed that the United States and Canada are “neighbors, friends, and allies” but didn’t refer to Mexico in such glowing terms. Blinken will also meet virtually with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau but President López Obrador, who has a clear preference for domestic issues over international ones, will not be involved in Friday’s talks.

The Mexican president did, however, weigh in on the electricity bill issue on Friday, calling on the United States to respect Mexico’s energy sovereignty. “They believe that we should act in a certain way, that’s OK because freedom has to be guaranteed not just in one country but as a universal principle. But we must respect each other in … the management of electricity policy,” López Obrador told reporters at his regular news conference.

Essential but disposable: how California farmworkers battle COVID-19

POPLAR, CA - 13JULY20 - Farmworkers pick pluots in a field near Poplar, in the San Joaquin Valley, in a crew of Mexican immigrants. Most workers wear facemasks or bandannas as a protection against spreading the coronavirus. Erika picks in the crew. Copyright David Bacon

by Jenny Manrique

 

Study reveals the high degree of exposure to the coronavirus in the fields and the profound impact on the economy and mental health of these families

 

by Jenny Manrique, Ethnic Media Services

 

Feb 4, 2021 – In addition to high risk exposure to COVID-19, farmworkers in California have borne the brunt of setbacks caused by the pandemic: loss of income and employment, sudden childcare costs due to school closings, problems with distance learning due to poor or zero Internet access, food shortages, housing insecurity and even mental health problems.

The dire diagnosis was compiled in the report “Always Essential, Perpetually Disposable: California Farm Workers and the COVID-19 Pandemic,” a research conducted by the California Institute for Rural Studies and several grassroots organizations.

“The study findings show that farmworkers and their families experience a lot of reality and a lot of fear,” said co-author Bonnie Bade, professor of anthropology at California State University in San Marcos, who spoke at a Feb. 3 video press conference.

“The reality is the job loss and loss of income, unsafe and high risk working conditions, lack of health insurance and sick leave, housing insecurity, deportation and death,” she added.

“The fear is of being exposed at work and infecting their children, of not being able to put food on the table, of not having the technological resources to support distance learning … fear of eviction, fear of testing positive and being intubated in a hospital and dying alone.”

The report includes stories collected through 63 in-depth interviews as a follow-up to the statewide COVID-19 Farmworkers Survey (COFS) of 915 people last year, in response to the overwhelming number of indigenous and Latino people in the fields falling sick from COVID. Although the data shared is from California, the complete study tracks workers in the fields of Oregon and Washington.

“The mental health of farmworkers’ families emerges as a primary concern voiced by participants,” Bade said. “Working women sacrifice wages to stay home and navigate an unfamiliar world of computers to keep kids online, while isolated teens contemplate and commit suicide.”

Prevention practices against the coronavirus in the fields are almost nil and some bosses even refuse to give the workers basic resources such as masks, alcohol and soap. Although farmers try to keep physical distance, many should carpool with colleagues or live in shared houses with other families, increasing the risk of infection.

Federal or state aid provided during the pandemic is delayed or directly denied to this population, according to those interviewed.

“We asked them for masks and they (bosses) just laughed. And we asked for soap to wash our hands, and they (bosses) just laughed. Several of my coworkers and I called Cal OSHA (California Division of Occupational Safety and Health Administration), to ask for help before we could get infected. They told us that they were going to send letters and that they were going to talk to our boss but they never did anything.”

Eliseo’s testimony was shared by Erica Fernandez Zamora, a community organizer for the California Central Valley Environmental Justice Network, who interviewed residents in the San Joaquin Valley.

“Barriers for farmworkers to report COVID-19-related complaints should be eased, and they must be protected from retaliation,” Fernandez Zamora said. “Agencies like Cal OSHA should bolster health and safety enforcement for these workers.”

Another concern for the campesinos is that many belong to mixed-status families who were excluded from receiving financial relief in the first round of stimulus checks.. The incoming Biden administration has said that a social security number is not needed to access such relief going forward.

Community based organizations (CBOs) and migrant clinics have taken the state’s place in providing food and rent relief through the few donations they receive. They also distribute sombreros, working gloves and personal protective equipment (PPE), and ensure that information about COVID-19 is available not only in Spanish, but in indigenous and Asian languages.

“Many times public information is shared in academic Spanish format and even that can be inaccessible to Spanish-speaking communities,” said Paola Araceli Illescas, another researcher who works at the Vista community clinic that serves north county in San Diego. For this study, a total of 15 interviews were conducted in other languages than Spanish and English.

“CBOs are often trusted messengers for the community and can be key to dispelling any fears of misunderstandings caused by threats of public charge,” added Araceli, referring to the test to determine whether someone who is applying for permanent residency or some other immigration relief, may become dependent on federal public benefits in the future. This public charge, which Biden has vowed to eliminate, has resulted in farmers’ reluctance to even get tested for COVID-19 and increased vaccine hesitancy.

“I watched on the news that the hospitals are at full capacity and I am very scared because I don’t have health insurance and I feel that my life as an undocumented person is not as valuable as saving the life of a US citizen,” said Rodolfo, 46, one of those interviewed for the report.

“We’re exposing ourselves every day to this virus and we don’t have the good fortune to be able to work from home,” said Martin, concerned about the reduction in his salary. “You can’t harvest from a computer.”

The researchers emphasized the need for the California legislature to pass SB 562, the Healthy California Act, which guarantees access to health for all Californians regardless of their immigration status.

“It’s time to prioritize free access to COVID testing and vaccination for farmworkers and other essential undocumented workers,” said Deysi Merino-González of the Farmworker CARE coalition in San Diego.

“I hope that the next relief package will prioritize their legalization … Farmworkers are the backbone of the nation’s food system, the food they give us supports the immune system attacked by this pandemic,” added Merino González.

The report also includes other recommendations such as investing in broadband internet infrastructure in rural California and including farmworkers in developing response plans for future emergencies.

Clinic and doctors declare themselves conscientious objectors and will not perform abortions in Argentina

by ACI Prensa Editorial

 

The Río Cuarto Medical Institute, located in the Argentine province of Córdoba, announced this Friday that, along with all its gynecologists and obstetricians, they declare themselves as conscientious objectors to the new law 27610 that would force them to provide abortions.

“The Río Cuarto Medical Institute as well as all the professionals that make up the Gynecology and Obstetrics service, in full use of the rights of freedom of conscience and within the framework of National Law No. 27,610, have declared themselves objectionable to awareness regarding the Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy”, says a statement published by the private clinic on Feb. 5.

The institution affirms that its “vision and mission entail respect for the freedom of individual and conscience of the whole”.

“Therefore, our duty is to uphold these convictions and values, by virtue of this, we inform all our patients and the community in general, that the Río Cuarto Medical Institute will not provide services for the implementation of the Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy,” he said. .

The abortion law approved in Argentina on December 30 indicates that women can access abortion up to the 14th week of gestation, without establishing any cause.

Outside of this period, article 4 of the law states, without giving further details, that abortion can be accessed when the pregnancy is the result of rape or “if the life or integral health of the pregnant person is in danger.”

Article 10 of the law establishes that “the health professional who must intervene directly in the interruption of the pregnancy has the right to exercise conscientious objection”, but must “refer the patient in good faith to be treated by another professional in a temporary and timely manner, without delay”.

It also indicates that “health personnel may not refuse to carry out the termination of pregnancy in the event that the life or health of the pregnant person is in danger and requires immediate and urgent care” and “no objection to conscience to refuse to provide postabortion health care”.

Article 11 of the law refers to institutional conscientious objection and establishes that when a health facility avails itself of this right, it has the obligation to refer the pregnant woman to another who does perform the abortion.

In addition, the abortion law incorporates in its article 15 article 85 of the Penal Code, which establishes that “the public official or the prisoner shall be punished with imprisonment from three months to one year and special disqualification for twice the time of the sentence public official or the authority of the health establishment, professional, effector or health personnel that unjustifiably delays, obstructs or refuses, in contravention of current regulations, to perform an abortion in legally authorized cases”.

However, specialists in law and medicine in Argentina explain that doctors have the right to conscientious objection, despite the fact that in practice the new law attempts to deny this power.

 

How to resort to conscientious objection?

Dr. María José Mancino, founder and president of Doctors for Life, explained in January 2021 to ACI Prensa that for 10 years, together with the Universidad Católica Santa Fe and the Civil Association Ojo Ciudadano, an “Objection Protocol of conscience” that can be useful before the approval of the abortion law.

The protocol responded and now responds to the “large number of cases and consultations that have been made to us, throughout this period, about harassment, threats and coercion received towards colleagues who want to exercise their right to conscientious objection and their right to protect their data through the law on the protection of personal data, as tools to avoid being coerced into carrying out such practices”.

Article 2 of the data protection law, approved in 2000, defines sensitive data as “personal data that reveals racial and ethnic origin, political opinions, religious, philosophical or moral convictions, trade union affiliation and information regarding the health or sexual life”.

Likewise, article 7 of that law establishes in subsection 3 the prohibition of “the formation of files, banks or registers that store information that directly or indirectly reveals sensitive data”. In this way, the abortion law collides with the provisions of the data protection law.

Dr. Mancino told ACI Prensa that given the need for doctors to resort to conscientious objection and the wide variety of cases that can arise, “many of the civil organizations specially formed by lawyers (the Association for Promotion of Civil Rights-PRODECI, Abogados por la Vida Argentina, among others), are available to doctors, and all health personnel for whom they are interested in raising their concerns or want more specific advice, confident that participation and the exchange of experiences will benefit everyone ”.

“It could happen that an abortion law includes conscientious objection, but it does so in a restrictive and limited way, like the one recently passed. In this case, the objector may still object to the same law that recognizes the fundamental right to conscientious objection”, the specialist highlighted.

Mancino’s statements recall the words of the jurist Siro de Martini in his work “The doctor against abortion”, published by the faculties of law and medical sciences of the Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA)

“A first and immediate response arises from common sense and the very meaning of things (of which the right can never be ignored): abortion is a crime since its object is to kill a child who knows himself innocent and defenseless”, says the expert.

“No circumstance that the mother goes through modifies the moral and legal species of abortion. No one can kill an innocent and defenseless human being. No one can, therefore, order or demand that another person kill an innocent and defenseless human being. Consequently, any order, rule, demand, suggestion that someone makes in this regard is illegal,” she emphasizes.

To collaborate with the objector physicians, PRODECI offers “a model of manifestation of conscientious objection, to be presented in national, provincial or municipal public hospitals. The institution must sign, stamp and date a duplicate, as proof of receipt”.

It also states that an objector doctor must seek the advice of “a lawyer before acting.”

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