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Buenos Aires (Argentina), Jul 24(EFE), (Camera: Alberto Caratozzolo).- Buenos Aires' Chinatown is struggling financially due to the coronavirus crisis and, as a result, several restaurants were forced to closed. SOUNDBITES OF LIN WEN CHEN "CARLITOS LIN", RADIO PRESENTER:"In January when nothing was happening in Argentine and any Chinese person working here had travelled to China, people started saying 'we are not going to Chinatown just in case because the coronavirus is in Wuhan. So being Chinese meant to be suspected of being infected. That's why the crisis is deeper. Here restaurants' losses started in January."
San Juan Chamula, Feb 16 (EFE).- The indigenous people of Tzotzil and Tzeltal on Tuesday took part in the carnival celebrations in the Mexican city of San Juan Chamula amid the COVID-19 pandemic. SHOT LIST: THE INDIGENOUS CARNIVAL CELEBRATIONS IN SAN JUAN CHAMULA, CHIAPAS STATE, MEXICO.SOUND BITE: ISMAEL HERNÁNDR “KOLEMAL MAX” (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATION: It's such an honor to see that the tradition is being conserved, that the tradition is still alive and does not get lost (in time). It's a gift from God that we have here in San Juan Chamula. And I'd say again that it's such an honor for me.
Mainz (Germany), Feb 15 (EFE/EPA), (Camera: Ronald Wittek).- A few people dressed in costumes could be seen in the streets of the German city of Mainz, which is experiencing an atypical carnival due to restrictions against covid-19 that have led to the cancellation of the famous Rose Monday parade.FOOTAGE OF THE STREETS OF MAINZ.
La Paz, Feb 12 (EFE).- (Camera: Gina Baldivieso) The Bolivian carnival, traditionally full of parties and mass parades, has had to reinvent itself amid the second wave of Covid-19 in the country, with virtual events and other smaller ones equally full of colour, although without crowding people.FOOTAGE OF THE EXHIBITION OF COSTUMES OF CARNIVALS IN LA PAZ, THE ANCIENT COSTUMES OF CH'UTA AND CHOLITA, THE MINIATURES OF THE CHARACTERS OF THE PACEÑO CARNIVAL AND SCULPTURES.
Stores reopen in an open-air shopping zone in Buenos Aires as Argentina eases quarantine despite still struggling with COVID-19 and registering more than 320,000 cases. Argentina's state statistics institute said its economy contracted by almost 13 percent in the first quarter of 2020 compared to the same period last year. IMAGES
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