THREAD - So as the world shuts down and hunkers down to battle the coronavirus, there's been a notable exception in the region: Nicaragua. Instead of canceling mass events, the government has been organizing them. They had one in March called "Love in the Time of Covid-19."

THREAD: Let's recap the current state of affairs in Puerto Rico: There's a lame duck governor whose last day is Friday. (He has four more days to go.) The Secretary of State position -- which would be second in line -- is vacant. [That person had already resigned over the same offensive chats that forced the governor out.]

Accused mail bomber Cesar Sayoc's lawyers say he prefers to have a detention hearing in New York City, rather than in Miami. Lawyers for Cesar Sayoc say they do not know when their client will be sent to New York. It could be today, it could be in a series of van rides through county jails in a transport that takes a month.

THREAD: It was pretty clear in the days after Hurricane Maria that people were getting sick and dying more than usual. I met people whose relatives ran out of oxygen and died, contracted bacteria from rat urine, or couldn't get dialysis. Even when the government said all hospitals were open, General Buchanan, who led U.S. military efforts in Puerto Rico, said to me: "Define open." And he was right: I found hospitals that weren't taking new patients or only taking pregnant women. Or that had no air conditioning.