In Pics: Chile lockdown leaves Venezuelan migrants stranded amid virus fears
SANTIAGO – Hundreds of Venezuelans in Chile are forced to live in makeshift tents outside their country’s embassy in Santiago amid the coronavirus outbreak. These…
Latin America
Brazil: Leader of Amazonian Peoples dies of coronavirus
SAO PAULO – The coronavirus pandemic has hit 38 indigenous groups in Brazil, raising fears for populations that have a history of being decimated by…
COVID-19 cases surpass 84,000 in Peru
LIMA – Peru’s Health Ministry on Saturday said 3,891 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in the past 24 hours, bringing the country’s total number…
COVID19: Chile begins special lockdown in 32 districts
Brazilian health minister resigns amid record surge in COVID-19 cases
BRASILIA – Less than a month after taking office, Brazilian Minister of Health Nelson Teich presented his resignation to President Jair Bolsonaro, the ministry said…
COVID-19: Brazil reports over 11,000 deaths and 163,510 positive cases
SAO PAULO – Brazil, the hardest-hit Latin American country in the coronavirus pandemic, has surpassed 11,000 deaths, according to figures released on Monday by the…
COVID-19: Face masks mandatory in Buenos Aires as of next Wednesday
BUENOS AIRES – Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires authorities on Monday announced it was stepping up measures to curb the COVID-19 outbreak by making face masks…
Argentina needs to get back on its feet first, says new President
BUENOS AIRES – Argentina’s new president Alberto Fernández has said his country needs to get back on its feet before anything else after four years…
Mexico pulls ambassador from Buenos Aires over ‘book store shoplifting’
MEXICO CITY – This week Mexico’s Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard ordered the prompt return of Ambassador Oscar Ricardo Valero Recio Becerra from his Argentina commission…
Evo Morales steps down as Bolivian president following ‘electoral fraud’
LA PAZ – Bolivian President Evo Morales, the first indigenous ruler of the country, announced his resignation in a televised address on Sunday after weeks…