Cautious Optimism: Fewer New Covid-19 Cases in Cuba
The authorities maintain that the containment measures for the new coronavirus have not yet been eliminated.
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Features
With Covid-19, We Are Only as Strong as the Weakest of Us
Not only are our globalized economies interdepended, but also we ourselves are one with the environment around us, and with one another.
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Nicaragua’s Ministry of Health Is Covering up Covid-19 Test Results
An inside source says the National Center for Diagnosis and Referral has processed “5,900 Covid-19 tests, of which some 1600, or 27% have been positive.”
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Urgent Recommendations to Support Cuba’s Private Sector
Like elsewhere, the crisis induced in Cuba by Covid-19, transcends health and is challenging politics, society and the economy, like never before.
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Coronavirus Leads to Nosedive in Remittances in Latin America
Remittances that support millions of households in Latin America and the Caribbean have plunged as family members lose jobs and in their host countries
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Life in Nicaragua during the Pandemic: “Everyone for Themselves”
Images of Covid-19 in the country include trucks from the Health Ministry carrying sealed coffins to the cemeteries, and hospitals surrounded by paramilitary.
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A Cuban Woman Describes How She Got Stranded in Guyana
Yiset Lorenzo left Havana for Georgetown on Tuesday March 10th. It was the first time that she had flown abroad, but it didn’t turn out as planned.
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Searching for Solutions in Cuba, Even if Only Small Scale
Many Cuban private businesses are collaborating at the local level to meet needs in the face of the unprecedented circumstances caused by COVID-19.
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Hospital España, a Covid-19 Hot Spot in Chinandega, Nicaragua
About twenty doctors and Health personnel have been infected with the new coronavirus, most of whom were sent to their homes.
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Time for Change in Cuba or More of the Same?
The Cuban government is tweaking its Economics Plan in the face of serious losses as a result of COVID-19, but may also speed up changes to the system.
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