Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement In this dry stretch of northwestern Arizona, Trump campaign signs dot the desert landscape, and Trump flags fly from the backs of dusty pickup trucks. Last fall, an event called Trumpstock outside the town of Kingman featured a President Trump impersonator, a pro-Trump rapper and a menu of “MAGA Subs.” Last month, thousands of people blasted classic rock and circled Lake Havasu in a Trump-themed “This whole area is based around people who have the same thing in common,” said Alan Morris, a 36-year-old who participated in the parade....…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement In this dry stretch of northwestern Arizona, Trump campaign signs dot the desert landscape, and Trump flags fly from the backs of dusty pickup trucks. Last fall, an event called Trumpstock outside the town of Kingman featured a President Trump impersonator, a pro-Trump rapper and a menu of “MAGA Subs.” Last month, thousands of people blasted classic rock and circled Lake Havasu in a Trump-themed “This whole area is based around people who have the same thing in common,” said Alan Morris, a 36-year-old who participated in the parade....WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement After a string of gruesome killings of women, feminist activists here began wondering: What if we all just disappeared?Mexico is about to find out. Women across the country are being urged to skip work next Monday, stay off the streets and purchase nothing for 24 hours.The March 9 national strike, which is being promoted as #UNDIASINMUJERES, or “a day without women,” is meant to deliver an economic punch to cast light on what activists describe as a crisis of violence.“We want to make visible the violence that women suffer in every...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement After a string of gruesome killings of women, feminist activists here began wondering: What if we all just disappeared?Mexico is about to find out. Women across the country are being urged to skip work next Monday, stay off the streets and purchase nothing for 24 hours.The March 9 national strike, which is being promoted as #UNDIASINMUJERES, or “a day without women,” is meant to deliver an economic punch to cast light on what activists describe as a crisis of violence.“We want to make visible the violence that women suffer in every...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Each winter, some of Mexico’s wealthiest residents flock to the snowy slopes of Colorado to ski, shop and socialize.This year, at least 14 — and probably many more — came home infected with the coronavirus.In a country that has not yet been hard hit by , the travelers have become a focal point of efforts to prevent the virus from spreading widely.Several of Mexico’s most prominent business leaders — including a banking executive, the chairman of Mexico’s stock exchange and the chief executive of the company that makes Jose Cuervo...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Each winter, some of Mexico’s wealthiest residents flock to the snowy slopes of Colorado to ski, shop and socialize.This year, at least 14 — and probably many more — came home infected with the coronavirus.In a country that has not yet been hard hit by , the travelers have become a focal point of efforts to prevent the virus from spreading widely.Several of Mexico’s most prominent business leaders — including a banking executive, the chairman of Mexico’s stock exchange and the chief executive of the company that makes Jose Cuervo...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Throughout March, even as business and manufacturing slowed to a halt across much of the world in an effort to contain the new , work in foreign-owned factories in northern Mexico carried on as usual. Hundreds of thousands of workers continued to toil side by side in Juarez, Tijuana and other border cities, churning out electronics, medical equipment and auto parts. Meanwhile, the virus was spreading. At a plant owned by Michigan-based Lear Corp. that makes textiles for automobile seats, workers began turning up at the on-site...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Throughout March, even as business and manufacturing slowed to a halt across much of the world in an effort to contain the new , work in foreign-owned factories in northern Mexico carried on as usual. Hundreds of thousands of workers continued to toil side by side in Juarez, Tijuana and other border cities, churning out electronics, medical equipment and auto parts. Meanwhile, the virus was spreading. At a plant owned by Michigan-based Lear Corp. that makes textiles for automobile seats, workers began turning up at the on-site...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Even as deaths soar at factories in Mexico, the United States is sending a clear message: It’s time for plants that have stopped production to get back to work.The U.S. government has mounted a campaign to persuade Mexico to reopen many factories that were closed because of the country’s social distancing guidelines, warning that the supply chain of the North American free-trade zone could be permanently crippled if factories don’t resume production soon.“The destruction of the economy is also a health threat,” Christopher Landau,...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Even as deaths soar at factories in Mexico, the United States is sending a clear message: It’s time for plants that have stopped production to get back to work.The U.S. government has mounted a campaign to persuade Mexico to reopen many factories that were closed because of the country’s social distancing guidelines, warning that the supply chain of the North American free-trade zone could be permanently crippled if factories don’t resume production soon.“The destruction of the economy is also a health threat,” Christopher Landau,...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | It seemed like Silvanah Lima was finally getting ahead. Born and raised in Brazil’s drought-ridden northeast, she moved with her partner to Rio de Janeiro in 2018, in search of work. He was hired as a janitor; she began selling meals on the street, and soon they were bringing in $280 a month — enough to start saving to one day build a house back home.The novel coronavirus pushed that dream out of reach. Lima, who has diabetes and heart problems, putting her at higher risk of dying if she contracts the virus, stopped working once the pandemic took...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | It seemed like Silvanah Lima was finally getting ahead. Born and raised in Brazil’s drought-ridden northeast, she moved with her partner to Rio de Janeiro in 2018, in search of work. He was hired as a janitor; she began selling meals on the street, and soon they were bringing in $280 a month — enough to start saving to one day build a house back home.The novel coronavirus pushed that dream out of reach. Lima, who has diabetes and heart problems, putting her at higher risk of dying if she contracts the virus, stopped working once the pandemic took...WW…