Costa Rica requests $1.75 billion in assistance from the IMF

Costa Rica requests $1.75 billion in assistance from the IMF

https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/08/29/world/americas/29reuters-costa-rica-imf.html

Panama cancels order for diesel buses, to buy electric instead

https://cleantechnica.com/2020/08/29/panama-cancels-order-for-diesel-buses-will-purchase-195-electric-buses-instead/

Some Panama businesses 'will fold with a week' unless reopening delayed

https://www.newsroompanama.com/business/some-businesses-ampquotwill-fail-in-a-weekampquot-if-reopening-delayed-1

Mexico courts vaccine allies across ideological spectrum

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-vaccine/covid-19-vaccine-diplomacy-mexico-courts-allies-across-ideological-spectrum-idUSKBN25Q0H9