Hurricanes and Covid heap misery on impoverished Central America
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19/05/2021 - 04:34
Orlando Chavez walks through his kitchen after performing back-breaking work collecting African palm bunches, in El Progreso, Honduras Orlando SIERRA AFP
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Quejá (Guatemala) (AFP)
Orlando Chavez tucks into his lunch of five corn tortillas and a piece of cheese but admits that "some days I don't eat."
The 71-year-old lives in El Progreso, a region of Honduras that has been devastated recently by two hurricanes and the pandemic.
The area is emblematic of a trifecta of issues affecting many Central Americans -- environmental degradation, the coronavirus and profound poverty.