The region of Latin America and the Caribbean has been the most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the most harmed in economic and social terms. This is due to longstanding structural factors that have portended its dysfunctional development pattern. That is why the economic reactivation must pursue, at the same time, significant productive, fiscal and institutional structural reforms, in order to move forward on configuring a new, inclusive and sustainable development pattern.
So stated Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and Mario Cimoli, Deputy Executive Secretary of that United Nations regional organization, in a joint article published in the latest edition of the
With the aim of contributing to broadening and deepening discussions regarding the global crisis and its effects on and prospects for recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean, the
CEPAL Review has edited a special issue on the COVID-19 pandemic, which will be unveiled next Thursday, April 29, during a webinar that will include a virtual dialogue with authors of the articles to be published in this distinctive edition.
The event entitled “COVID-19 and the socioeconomic crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean” will take place at 10 a.m. local time in Chile (GMT -4) and will be led by the United Nations regional organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena. It will feature the participation of prominent scholars and specialists, among them Mario Cimoli, ECLAC’s Deputy Executive Secretary; José Antonio Ocampo, Professor at the School of International and Public Affairs of Columbia University and Chair of the Committee for Development Policy of the United Nations E
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The Presidency issued the following statement explaining why it believes the measure is necessary:
Given the accelerated increase in Covid-19 cases, the high rate of reproduction of the virus, the limited hospital capacity and the circulation of new variants of the virus, this Thursday authorities announced the new application of the sanitary vehicle restriction by plates at the end of week, starting this Saturday, April 17 and Sunday, April 18.
In a month, infections and the number of hospitalized people doubled, while the number of deceased people has also increased, an upward trend that is evidenced in this week’s data and that this growth is projected to continue. Today there were more than 1,100 new positives for COVID-19 and 498 hospitalized people.
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