Global Struggles

High levels of inequality and weak public health and safety net systems make the region extremely vulnerable to the ravages of the pandemic.

With virtually no government assistance, laid-off Honduran factory workers have had no choice but to defy extreme lockdown measures and take to the streets.

The Malaysian economist was one of the world's leading advocates of policies to reduce economic disparities within and between nations.

 “I think this moment global pandemic is showing us very clearly that all human life is interrelated, which means that none of us is safe until all of us are safe.”