Latin America and the Caribbean will begin 2021 with an unprecedented unemployment rate of more than 10%, a result of the pandemic that triggered 30 million jobs lost in 2020.

This year alone, $140 billion dollars were raised in international debt markets—representing a 20% increase over the past year.

Public passenger transport operators and merchants have welcomed the latest Covid-19 measures that were announced by the government.

Heavy rains in the village of Iturbide, Vicente Guerrero, in Hopelchén, Campeche, flooded homes and hurt a number of artisans’ businesses, all of which was further complicated by the current pandemic.

Economists believe that tax breaks and investment in projects could help stabilize Panama’s floundering economy.

The dollar economy of Ecuador has been heavily affected since March this year.

After the destruction caused by the tropical storms that hit Honduras, Iota and Eta, it will take 12,000 million lempiras (Honduran currency) to reconstruct the road infrastructure.

Guanacaste was named the most affected region in Costa Rica in terms of unemployment, which prompted various relief groups to come to their aid.

Although the price of the tortilla was supposed to increase in Mexico, the federal government’s close monitoring of the tortilla production chain has revealed that this will not be the case.

Brazil faces numerous human rights violations.