Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Argentina, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Uruguay
Highlights
INTENSE RAINS: Heavy rains have caused flooding and landslides that damaged infrastructure and crops in the capital of Bolivia and in several communities throughout the country.
UN SECRETARY-GENERAL VISIT: Ban Ki-moon is in Honduras and El Salvador this week where to discuss issues of migration and violence, among other topics.
ANNIVERSARY OF EARTHQUAKE: January 12 marks the fifth anniversary of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that devastated Haiti.