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New York, July 12 (EFE/EPA).- New York bid farewell to 250 Mexican "heroes" in a heartfelt ceremony at the St. Patrick's Cathedral, before the remains of Covid-19 victims in the city were transferred to their native country on a Mexican military plane, marking the largest repatriation in its history."Thanks to these 250 heroes, who are known as front liners, this city continued to function," the Mexican consul in New York, Jorge Islas Lopez, who traveled to Mexico with the urns, said at the ceremony on Saturday."They were workers who were in the first line of defense (...), whether preparing food in restaurant kitchens, working in construction, cleaning hospitals. They were the invisible and anonymous heroes who allowed all New Yorkers to stay home, and that cost us a lot, it cost us lives," he said. (Camera: ALBA VIGARAY). SHOT LIST: A MASS CELEBRATED IN ST PATRICKS CATHEDRAL HONORING THE COVID VICTIMS FROM MEXICO, IN NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, US.SOUND BITE: CARDINAL TIMOTHY DOLAN OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
Brasilia, Oct 15 (EFE) .- An association of victims Friday placed 600 white flags in front of the Brazilian Congress, in Brasilia, in memory of the more than 600,000 Covid-19 related deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.The symbolic act was organized by the Association of Victims and Family Members of Covid Victims (Avico), created in April this year with the aim of putting pressure on the Government of President Jair Bolsonaro, who has consistently diminished the seriousness of the health crisis.(Camera: ALEX MIRKHAN)SHOT LIST: WHITE FLAGS PLACED IN FRONT OF THE BRAZILIAN CONGRESS IN BRASILIA, BRAZIL. SOUND BITES:Antonieta Alves, volunteer:"This act represents a large part of the pain of each of these families and our outrage at the government's contempt for these victims, because today 600,000 have been trivialized. 600,000 no longer means anything, you know? It's as if we hadn't started to die. The government does not take things into consideration and the people trivialize these 600 thousand. The families that lost their relatives and friends felt it. We feel that each one of these exceeds 600 thousand. "Carla Marcia Davi, volunteer:"We could have a health (policy) that would reduce deaths in the country, but unfortunately our government is negligent, it does not contribute with vaccines, to our public health. We are in a very difficult moment in our country, of mourning, abandonment and total poverty. "
Melilla, Sep 17 (EFE).- Melilla celebrated its 524th anniversary as a Spanish city this Friday with a civic act that, according to the Mayor-President of the Spanish exclave of Melilla, Eduardo de Castro, has served as the city's tribute to the victims of the coronavirus pandemic. (Camera: PAQUI SANCHEZ).SHOT LIST: THE CELEBRATIONS OF THE 524TH ANNIVERSARY OF MELILLA AS A SPANISH CITY, IN MELILLA, SPAIN.
Medan, Sep 3 (EFE/EPA).-Relatives of people who died from Covid-19 paid a visit Friday to their loved ones in the cemetery where Covid-19 victims are buried in the Indonesian city of Medan in North Sumatra. Indonesia has recorded over 4,100,000 coronavirus cases with more than 130,000 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.(Camera: DEDI SINUHAJI)SHOT LIST: FAMILIES VISIT TOMBS OF COVID-19 VICTIMS IN MEDAN, INDONESIA.
Buenos Aires, Aug 16 (EFE).- Hundreds of people took part in the "march of the stones" in Argentina on Monday to honor those who had died due to Covid-19 during the past year-and-a-half and protest against President Alberto Fernández's administration for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic.The emotional march was convened on social media by citizens who were unable to say goodbye to loved ones or be with them during their last moments due to health restrictions that prevented them from going near their sick family members, travel within the country or perform funeral ceremonies.The participants placed a stone in front of Casa Rosada, the seat of the government, and at the Olivos presidential residence, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, but also in other iconic spots in the interior of the country. (Camera: ALBERTO CARATOZZOLO). SHOT LIST: PROTESTERS PLACE STONES WITH THE NAMES OF VICTIMS OF COVID-19 DURING A PROTEST AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE HANDLING OF THE PANDEMIC AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO DIED FROM CORONAVIRUS, IN FRONT OF THE CASA ROSADA (EXECUTIVE HEADQUARTERS), IN BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA.
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