In Nicaragua, Latin America’s third poorest country, people who don’t work don’t eat. Three-quarters of jobs are in small businesses or the informal economy. So when its first Covid case was diagnosed on 18 March 2020, Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega …
The country with the world’s strictest lockdown is now the worst for excess deaths
Peru, previously praised for its strict and early lockdown, is now facing economic catastrophe and more than 28,000 deaths CREDIT: GETTY
- Simeon Tegel
27 AUGUST 2020 • 10:17AM
Far below the immaculately tended park perched spectacularly atop Lima’s sea cliffs, …