UN: Pandemic threatens Latin America’s next generation

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The U.N. children’s agency UNICEF says an estimated 97% of children in Latin America and the Caribbean aren’t in school seven months after the continent’s first cases of coronavirus were discovered. The organization released its findings on Monday. It warns of a “generational catastrophe” if steps aren’t taken. An estimated 137 million children are missing out on education as a vast number of the region’s schools closed wi