Latin America and Caribbean

Honduras Gender Based Violence increases, more people in need of humanitarian aid.

Published

8 months ago

January 29, 2024

Shanieka

Rashaed Esson

Staff Writer

#Honduras#GBV, January 29th, 2024 – Honduras is currently seeing an increase in gender based violence according to a January 26th report from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Human Affairs (OCHA). It says, femicides, the killing of women and girls, increased by 48 percent between January and June 2023. Also, Honduras’ Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan (HNRP), the report informs, revealed that 1 in 4 Hondurans are in need of humanitarian assistance. It says the HNRP needs US$203 million to help 1.3 million of the most vulnerable among the 2.8 million people in need.

Latin America and Caribbean

Brazil Floods leaves some dead

Published

4 months ago

May 11, 2024

Shanieka

Rashaed Esson

Staff Writer

Severe rainfall has led to the declaration of a state of emergency in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil after 37 people lost their lives, 74 reported missing and 7,949 displaced, now staying in shelters, as of May 3. Video footage in the media shows the area, nearly fully covered by water. Also, Bridges and roads were left damaged. This was reported in a release by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

Health

Dengue Getting Worst

Published

5 months ago

April 27, 2024

Shanieka

Rashaed Esson

Staff Writer

#Dengue#Caribbean#CentralandSouthAmerica, April 25, 2024 – New data from the Pan American Organisation(PAHO), indicates that dengue in the region may hit an all time high now over 4 million cases, a 260 percent increase from 2023 with over 1700 deaths registered since mid April. In fact, since April, reports say Brazil has reported the most cases. As a result of the surge in cases, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reissued its Level 1 Travel Health Advisory for the Americas on April 18, 2024 and the countries listed include the Turks and Caicos, Guadeloupe and French Guiana, as they have been seeing higher than usual levels of infection.

Latin America and Caribbean

Regional SDGs Update

Published

5 months ago

April 25, 2024

Shanieka

Credit: Library of Congress

Rashaed Esson

Staff Writer

#Latam#SDGs, April 23, 2024 – Twenty two percent of Latin America and the Caribbean’s Sustainable Development Goals are in good standing, with the expectation of being reached by 2030, compared to only 15 percent globally according to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), during the seventh Forum of Latin American and Caribbean Countries on Sustainable Development.

Though this is good news, the organization reports that there is concern as the progress for 46 percent of those targets remain insufficient and 36 percent projected to me missed, due to issues such as poverty and rising food insecurity.