Corruption, crumbling infrastructure, uncontrolled urbanization and poverty — which afflicts 60 percent of Central America's 50 million inhabitants — all combine to leave more and more people exposed to natural disasters
Sandra Ramos, 22, remains with her children Bryan and Zoy Yamileth Ramos, at an improvised shack she built with the help of the US Agency for the International Development (USAID) on the banks of the Ulua river after the passage of hurricanes Eta and Iota in La Lima, Honduras. Image: Orlando Sierra/ AFP