Epidemic will confound Peru’s public responses

The spread of COVID-19 is expanding despite strict measures that are increasingly hitting the economy

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Syria’s Deraa will see chronic instability and poverty

Damascus is bringing in troops after nine policemen were killed in the restive southern province

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The decision to resort to the IMF is only the beginning of a long and painful process

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A push for tax distribution changes will generate anger and is unlikely to succeed

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Estimates of the social and economic impacts of the coronavirus are worsening and will deteriorate further

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The president has said that lockdown restrictions could be further eased soon

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A new study estimates that the poor are 32% more likely to die from COVID-19 compared to their richer cohorts

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Bolivia has begun easing COVID-19 lockdown measures, but public frustration is growing

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As medical personnel and former health ministers warn of major COVID-19 risks, the government continues to downplay them

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Poverty, insecurity and corruption undermine the Northern Triangle’s efforts to manage COVID-19

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