Day: 23 February 2021

Mexico demands $ 500 million from First Majestic Silver Corp
AMLO seeks support from Canada for the mining company to cover its income taxes

Mexico’s president asked Ottawa through its Embassy in Mexico to support the Canadian mining company First Majestic Silver Corp. to cover its tax obligations, which it estimates of $500 million dollars.

Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) said: “Hopefully, the Embassy of Canada in Mexico will make them come to their senses. We cannot allow mining companies not to pay taxes”, and added: “In Canada -as in any country- companies pay for the extraction of minerals. We don’t want to increase taxes; we just want them to pay”. (more…)

México exige $500 mdd a First Majestic Silver Corp
AMLO busca apoyo de Canadá para que la minera pague impuestos

El presidente de México pidió al gobierno canadiense a través de su Embajada en México su apoyo para que la minera canadiense First Majestic Silver Corp cubra sus obligaciones fiscales que calcula en 500 millones de dólares.

Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) dijo: “Ojalá y el Embajador de Canadá en México los convoque a que entren en razón. No podemos permitir que no paguen impuestos”, y agregó: “En Canadá como en cualquier país se paga por la extracción del mineral; nosotros no queremos aumentar los impuestos, sólo queremos que paguen”. (more…)

The two lives
of prisoners of war

[GTranslate]SACCO (Salerno) – There have been men who have lived several lives, despite themselves. Lives that are also radically different from each other. “Jokes” of the war, one would say in the case of Giuseppe Polito, born in Sacco (a town in the province of Salerno) in 1914, Italian until 1941, then Indian and Australian until 1946 and, finally, again Italian for the rest of his days. (more…)

Update of the Covid-19 Landscape

[GTranslate]Globally, there have been over 111 million confirmed cases of Covid-19 according to Johns Hopkins University data.  Since the start of the pandemic, over 88 million people have recovered and more than 2.4 million fatalities were attributable to the virus.

Here we provide a daily update of the data available for select countries and jurisdictions as of February 23, 2021, at 1:15pm (EST).