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Compiled by Bob Nixon Africa s Kariba Dam faces disastrous hydroelectric power collapse Big Tech s gig economy foreshadows Uber-like trouble December 30, 2020 ⢠For 11 years, Mexican migrant Jaime Solano worked in the low-wage food service industry in New York City. He delivered takeout for restaurants and worked as kitchen staff. He sent his savings to his family in the poor state of Guerrero in southern Mexico, until he died of COVID-19 over the summer. His death left his wife and family with little means of support. ⢠Africanâs largest man-made dam, the Kariba Dam built by European colonial powers in the 1950s is in trouble. The dam located on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia has been struck by a destructive pattern of seasonal droughts which have cut off its 1,830 megawatt hydroelectric power supply to the region. Aging infrastructure is leading to the dam’s potential collapse. Over six decades of the watersâ rushing through ....
December 17, 2020 Jaime Solano’s family in the courtyard of their house. Emilia, his wife, holds a photograph of him. From left to right, Alicia Solano, Leticia Solano, Emilia Melo, and Verónica Solano. (Armando Vega) Emilia Melo still can’t believe that Jaime Solano is dead. The husband she hadn’t seen in 11 years died from Covid-19 this summer, alone, in a New York City hospital, 2,700 miles from home. When Jaime left his family in the town of Tlapa in the mountainous region of Guerrero in southern Mexico, he was only to be gone a short while. But the reasons he left Tlapa bills to pay, children to support, and the dreams of guaranteeing a better life for his family never disappeared. And so he stayed, over more than a decade, working low-wage jobs in kitchens and delivering food, waiting for the day he could return. Now, Emilia refuses to accept that her healthy husband, just 48 years old, is gone. ....