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March 28, 2021

Mexico admits that the COVID-19 death toll is actually 60 percent higher than originally reported

Yesterday, Mexico's government issued a report acknowledging that the number of deaths due to COVID-19 was above 321,000, instead of the previously reported figure which was [...]
March 25, 2021

Mexico’s COVID-19 death toll surpasses 200,000

The country has launched its vaccination campaign but there is fear that the near Easter holidays may fuel a 3rd wave.
March 24, 2021

Guatemala’s Pacaya volcano after 48 days erupting, still very active

Yesterday, the Pacaya sprayed gases and ashes upwards up to 4,500 metres above sea level and covered every town and city, including Guatemala City, in a [...]
March 15, 2021

Mexico’s lower house approves legalization of marijuana

It only allows recreational use of the drug for those 18 and over, with a permit, and would make Mexico one of the largest markets for [...]
March 14, 2021

Regional economic commission details ramping up of financial needs and indebtedness in Latin America

The Covid-19 pandemic has scaled up the structural gaps and expanded the financial needs of Latin American and Caribbean countries to face up such an emergency [...]
February 25, 2021

Honduran president warns of “collapse” of U.S. anti-drug cooperation amid claims of cooperating with traffickers

Hernandez called testimony by witnesses in U.S. drug prosecutions — one of which convicted his brother – “false;” he has never been charged. Several Democratic U.S. [...]
February 2, 2021

PAHO: Cancer is 2nd leading cause of death in The Americas

Director Carissa F. Etienne called for ensuring diagnosis and treatment of cancer in the Americas, where services have been seriously disrupted during the COVID19 pandemic.
January 31, 2021

Guatemalan immigrants among those massacred in northern Mexico

The victims' bodies were found piled up and burned in a truck on January 22. Forensics revealed that the truck had 113 bullet holes.