Montevideo (AFP)
Almost six months after it was first detected in Latin America, the coronavirus death toll has reached 250,000 and exacerbated poverty and inequality, threatening to undo a decade of slow social progress.
Among the 620 million people in the region, 6.4 million have been infected.In marginalized neighborhoods the virus has spread alongside financial desperation due to the economic meltdown caused by lockdown measures, with thousands of families facing a stark choice between shielding themselves from the virus and trying to fill their stomachs.In the worst cases, they’ve been unable to do either."Because of this pandemic I was left unemployed. […]
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