Observers highlight the growing trend of internal migration in Latin America and the Caribbean due to climate events. This phenomenon follows disasters like 1998’s Hurricane Mitch, which devastated Central America, notably Honduras and Nicaragua, causing over 10,000 deaths. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration rated it as the second deadliest Atlantic hurricane since 1780. From […]
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