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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during the launch of National Land Use, Land Cover, and Ecosystems Monitoring System (SIMOCUTE), Wednesday, June 2, 2021, in San Jose, Costa Rica. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool via AP)
US urging Central America to tackle poverty, corruption

By Ben Fox Jun. 02, 2021 10:06 AM EDT

Los trabajadores llevan una caja que contiene las vacunas Pfizer COVID-19 a un helicóptero para su distribución en todo el país en el Aeropuerto Internacional Merino Benítez en Santiago, Chile, el jueves 24 de diciembre de 2020. El primer envío de la vacuna Pfizer contra COVID-19 llegó a Chile el jueves temprano desde Bélgica. (AP Foto/Esteban Felix)
Mexico starts giving first shots of Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine

Dec. 24, 2020 09:57 AM EST

Graphic shows states certified to date
The Latest: Graham: Trump should attend Biden's inauguration

Nov. 30, 2020 08:46 AM EST

The film Aladdin is projected on a screen set up on the roof of a home in the Petare neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, late Monday, June 1, 2020. A neighborhood group called The Download Zone set up the movie as a free entertainment option for families cooped up since mid-March under the COVID-19 quarantine. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Virus forges rare accord among bitter Venezuelan rivals

By Scott Smith Jun. 03, 2020 12:41 PM EDT

The logo and building of the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, 15 April 2020. US President Donald Trump announced that he has instructed his administration to halt funding to the WHO. The American president criticizes the World Health Organization for its mismanagement of the Coronavirus pandemic Covid-19. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)
Costa Rica seeks unity for COVID fight as WHO assembly looms

By Jamey Keaten May. 15, 2020 03:30 PM EDT

People, wearing protective face masks, make their way through a popular market in Managua, Nicaragua, Tuesday, April 7, 2020. Restaurants are empty, there's little traffic in the streets and beach tourists are sparse headed into Holy Week despite the government's encouragement for Nicaraguans to go about their normal lives. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga)
Nicaragua inaction on virus raises fears of regional spread

By Gabriela Selser Apr. 09, 2020 12:00 AM EDT