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Added on the 29/09/2021 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Panama City, May 8 (EFE).-Melquis Amador, a robust young man of 32 years, arrived sweaty at his house in an impoverished indigenous community of Panama, loaded up with aluminum bars and a bag full of cans that he collected after searching for two hours in the garbage from the capital’s main landfill. Since COVID-19 arrived, he has not found work, but he said "we have to move forward."The bag he carried on his shoulders was accompanied by a cloud of flies and a smell characteristic of residue that has spent too many hours in the burning Panama sun."Today was not a good day," Amador told EFE Friday as he separated the materials to sell. Around him play his children, including Andrés, who has a disability."There are up to 150 people searching the garbage," said Amador, who survived with informal work before the pandemic, a sector that employs about 50 percent of the population of the Central American country.This Friday, he could not find food to feed his family. He also could not find copper, the most precious material among the inhabitants of Guna Nega, an indigenous community of 141 houses located on the slopes of Cerro Patacón, the main landfill in the Panamanian capital.(Camera: CARLOS LEMOS).SHOT LIST: B-ROLLS OF GUNA NEGA, AN IMPOVERISHED INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY IN PANAMA CITY, MELQUIS AMADOR COLLECTING CANS AND GARBAGE ALONG WITH HIS THREE CHILDREN; AND GUNA NEGA FAMILIES WASHING CLOTHES IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD'S RIVER.
San Francisco, Apr 23 (EFE/EPA).- San Francisco city hall on Thursday lit up in red, white and blue to honor first responders working during the COVID-19 crisis.San Francisco was the first US city to issue a 'shelter-in-place' order in an effort to reduce the spread of coronavirus and COVID-19. (Camera: JOHN MABANGLO). SHOT LIST: CITY HALL ILLUMINATED IN RED, WHITE AND BLUE, TO HONOR FIRST RESPONDERS WORKING DURING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, US.
Panama City, Oct 13 (EFE).- Panama began Wednesday to administer the third booster shot of the Pfizer vaccine to citizens over 55 years of age, who have already received the first two doses of Covid vaccine .Panama has so far recorded a total of 469,440 Covid-19 cases and 7,275 deaths since the beginning of pandemic. (Camera: CARLOS LEMOS).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE RECEIVE THE THIRD BOOSTER SHOT OF COVID-19 VACCINE IN PANAMA CITY, PANAMA.
New York City, Sep 24 (EFE).- Several former Latin American presidents highlighted Friday during the second day of the Global Forum on Latin America and the Caribbean the lack of unity among the leaders of the region and advocated for unity and independence to face the problems that Covid-19 has left them. (Camera: EFE).B-ROLL OF THE GLOBAL FORUM ON LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN IN NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, US.
Colombo, Sep 15 (EFE/EPA).- Sri Lanka continued Wednesday under the state of food emergency with a shortage of essential food items across the country amid tight COVID-19 lockdown.The Sri Lankan government imposed emergency regulations under the Public Security Ordinance on Aug. 31 to curtail sky rocketing prices of essential food items.The Island’s Consumer Affairs Authority launched raids on black market retailers and acquired some food stocks by traders and food importers. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE AWAIT THEIR TURN TO PURCHASE ESSENTIAL PRODUCTS IN SHORT SUPPLY INCLUDING RICE AND SUGAR FROM THE STATE-RUN RETAIL SALES OUTLET IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA AND OFFICIALS FROM SRI LANKA’S CONSUMER AFFAIRS AUTHORITY (CAA) INSPECTS SAMPLE OF RICE AND SUGAR AT WHOLESALE CENTER AND WAREHOUSE IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
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