Link to article: https://nypost.com/2020/11/09/pfizers-covid-19-vaccine-is-more-than-90-percent-effective-company/ “Today is a great day for science and humanity”, says the Manhattan-based drugmaker, Pfizer. As the world has been waiting axiously for some good news, Pfizer and the German biotech firm, BioNTech, announced on Monday, the development of a coronavirus vaccine that is more than 90% effective. Along with this announcement, BioNTech and Pfizer released their… Read more »
Article Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-54687090 Last year protests erupted in Chile after a spike in metro fare prices. Although the protests were sparked by the rise in prices, they were sustained by the frustration of economic inequality and elitism within Chile. Although Chile is the richest country in South America (per capita), it’s wealth is not equally distributed. In fact, it’s one… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-54849765 Storm Eta, a category 4 hurricane, hit Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala, and is currently projected by the U.S National Hurricane Center to hit the Caribbean Sea, Cuba and Florida. The effects of hurricanes such as Storm Eta, leave LDCs for instance, these South American countries, poverty-ridden, who look to the international community for help. A state… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/6/central-america-still-on-high-alert-as-hurricane-eta-kills-dozens Heavy rains continue across the region creating major floods and mudslides. Hurricane Eta has brought copious amounts of rain, flooding communities from Panama to Guatemala. The death toll across Central America has risen to about 57 people. The storm started off in Nicaragua as a Category-4 hurricane and by the next Tuesday had become more of… Read more »
