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La Paz and Santa Cruz (Bolivia), Jun 26 (EFE) .- (Camera: EFE) Venezuelan Adrián Valero and his family are on their feet every day from 8 in the morning to repaint the zebra crossings in the streets of La Paz. In eastern Santa Cruz, Bolivian Ronald López goes out with a mobile cart every day to sell masks, gel alcohol and other biosafety items.FOOTAGE OF THE STREETS IN LA PAZ AND SANTA CRUZ, BOLIVIA
"The Last Dance" is the 2020 documentary about Michael Jordan's time with the Chicago Bulls. CNN reports that Jordan is donating some of the proceeds of the documentary to feed that nation's hungry. Feeding America is the nation's largest hunger-relief outfit. Jordan gave the charity $2 million, which comes as the pandemic is pushing an inordinate number of Americans experiencing hunger. "In these challenging times and in a year of unimaginable difficulty due to Covid-19, it's more important than ever to pause and give thanks."
Vaccinating 20% of the population of Latin America and the Caribbean against covid-19 will cost more than USD 2 billion, according to the Assistant Director of the Pan American Health Organization, Jarbas Barbosa da Silva Jr, during a press briefing regarding Covid-19 crisis. SOUNDBITE
Bogota, Oct 14 (EFE).- The integrity of electoral rights, creating guarantees for voters and not putting people's lives at risk from the coronavirus are some of the challenges facing Latin America, the region hardest hit by the pandemic and which in the coming months must hold a number of elections amid profound political and social polarization.LEANDRO QUERIDO, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ELECTORAL TRANSPARENCY:"This decade is key for Latin America because it is starting in an extremely complex situation, and there are three things at risk.Number one, there is the risk of having another lost decade in terms of the economy. Number two: There is the risk of having devastating decade-long setbacks in human development and in some countries even two decades in terms of poverty, inequality and unemployment. And number three: This entire context could create a deterioration in the quality of democracy and even a setback in democratic terms."
Bogota, Jul 20 (EFE) .- Despite not being the group hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of Latin American youth were still greatly affected in terms of their mental health and opportunities.SHOT LIST: YOUNG PEOPLE DOING OUT OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES IN A PARK IN BOGOTA, COLOMBIA.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).