More than half of global COVID-19 deaths in the Americas: PAHO msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Five of Salvadorean president’s allies are corrupt, US says
AP, MIAMI
Allies of Salvadorean President Nayib Bukele, including his Cabinet chief, have been included in a list of senior officials in Central America deemed corrupt by the US Department of State, according to a copy of a report obtained by The Associated Press.
The emergence of the list of purportedly five corrupt officials is likely to heighten tensions with Bukele, who is facing intense pressure from Washington over the removal of several Supreme Court justices and the attorney general.
The US has made strengthening democracy one of the pillars of its policy toward Central America, saying that rampant corruption is one of the root causes of illegal immigration.
Spain Promises Ambitious Vaccine Diplomacy in Latin America
Voice of America
14 May 2021, 00:05 GMT+10
MADRID - Spain has promised to donate 7.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Latin American and Caribbean countries this summer as its vaccine diplomacy contrasts with the more cautious approach taken by the United States.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez pledged to ship between 5% and 10% of the country s total vaccine supply in an effort to combat a third wave of the pandemic that is raging in a number of Latin American nations.
Spain s leftist government is confident that 70% of its population of 47 million will be inoculated by the end of August.
Spain Promises Ambitious Vaccine Diplomacy in Latin America
Voice of America
14 May 2021, 00:05 GMT+10
MADRID - Spain has promised to donate 7.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Latin American and Caribbean countries this summer as its vaccine diplomacy contrasts with the more cautious approach taken by the United States.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez pledged to ship between 5% and 10% of the country s total vaccine supply in an effort to combat a third wave of the pandemic that is raging in a number of Latin American nations.
Spain s leftist government is confident that 70% of its population of 47 million will be inoculated by the end of August.
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