Earlier in 2021, nearly 8,000 migrants from Honduras tried to cross into Guatemala to join more Central Americans in a caravan attempting to reach the United States. They were escaping the economic effects of a lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But that was only made worse when twin hurricanes, Eta and Lola, hit the region within weeks of each other. The United Nations estimates that 5.5 million people were affected by the two hurricanes. And international organizations warn the UN that the situation could turn into a humanitarian nightmare. Harris Whitbeck takes a look at the towns they attempted to leave.
The accumulation of plastic debris on our oceans and rivers has led to the formation on garbage patches and floating islands non-biodegradable waste in open waters. In the Americas one of the worst cases happens out of the coast of Guatemala and Honduras. Harris Whitbeck reports.
As the pandemic continues to rage around the world, nature, it seems, hasn’t noticed much of a difference.
While human society lives through the upheaval of the global COVID-19 pandemic, nature has continued here unperturbed.
And when it comes to massive migrations, perhaps none is more impressi...
Some of the poorest communities in the Western hemisphere are located in Central America. For years, severe droughts have been causing widespread hunger. The COVID-19 pandemic made things worse when shutdowns severely cut back on economic growth. It's a situation that's repeated across Latin Amer...
