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Monterrey, Jun 6 (EFE).- Mexico's mid-term elections on Sunday, considered to be the largest in the country's history, are proceeding "normally" and just 14 of the more than 162,000 polling stations could not be brought online, the head of the National Election Institute (INE), Lorenzo Cordova, said."Of the 162,570 polling stations, it's been confirmed that 81.3 percent have been set up properly. In like manner, we have the report that 14 will not be set up, representing just 0.009 percent of the total," Cordova said in a statement issued shortly after noon.Expectations are that in the coming hours the rest of the polling places will be opened, the INE told EFE.The head of the INE said that "in all states ... the elections are being held normally," noting that on Sunday, Mexico is holding "the largest election in the history of our democracy." (Camera: PEDRO PABLO CORTÉS).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE GATHER AT POLLING STATION IN MONTERREY, MEXICO.
Buenos Aires, Jun 1 (EFE) .- (Camera: EFE) Around 60% of Argentine children began the second wave of covid-19 sunk into poverty, according to official data. A difficult situation to reverse in which high inflation and the restrictions that condition the country's economic rebound are key, after the worsening in 2020, due to the pandemic, of a recession that has lasted for three years.FOOTAGE OF CHILDREN IN THE STREETS OF BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
Panama City, Apr 22 (EFE) .- (Camera: Carlos Lemos, Uriel Gudiel, Renee Ramos and Esteban Biba) Half of the Central American countries are facing a new wave of covid-19, with a record number of people in ICU's in Costa Rica and a growing number of infections in Guatemala and Honduras, at the same time that the entire isthmus cries out for equitable and faster access to vaccines.FOOTAGE FROM THE STREETS OF PANAMA, HONDURAS, NICARAGUA AND GUATEMALA
Panama City, Apr 22 (EFE).- Half the countries of Central America are facing a new Covid-19 wave with record numbers of people in intensive care units in Costa Rica and a growing number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Guatemala and Honduras, at the same time that the entire isthmus is clamoring for equitable and faster access to vaccines.CAMERA: CARLOS LEMOS, PANAMA - URIEL GUDIEL, HONDURAS - RENEE RAMOS, NICARAGUA - ESTEBAN BIBA, GUATEMALA
Panama City, Apr 22 (EFE).- Half the countries of Central America are facing a new Covid-19 wave with record numbers of people in intensive care units in Costa Rica and a growing number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Guatemala and Honduras, at the same time that the entire isthmus is clamoring for equitable and faster access to vaccines.CAMERA: CARLOS LEMOS, PANAMA - URIEL GUDIEL, HONDURAS - RENEE RAMOS, NICARAGUA - ESTEBAN BIBA, GUATEMALA