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April 1, 2020 > Mayara Paixão
Attacks on Brazilian Press Increase Under Bolsonaro
SÃO PAULO— The coronavirus outbreak in Brazil has already claimed 201 lives. But as the pandemic intensifies in Latin America’s most populous country, President Jair Bolsonaro discredits the journalists working […] Read More >
March 30, 2020 > Nicolas Bedoya
Paramilitary Offensives Persist in Antioquia, Colombia
ITUANGO, Colombia– “When I was in the FARC-EP, I would see displaced people,” Wilmer said, drinking coffee in a cafeteria near an improvised refugee shelter. “I would have to go […] Read More >
March 27, 2020 > Marina Guimaraes
Favela Residents Brace for Coronavirus Impacts
RIO DE JANEIRO- Two of the most important steps to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus are washing your hands and practicing social distancing. But for Brazil’s poorest, following […] Read More >
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April 2, 2020 > Staff
Ecuadorian Authorities Slow to Remove the Deceased from Homes
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA ECUADOR: The country faces a public health crisis as medical facilities run out of space for COVID-19 patients and families have to wait for days for morgues […] Read More >
April 1, 2020 > Staff
Trump Administration Proposes Transitional Government in Venezuela
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA UNITED STATES-VENEZUELA: The Trump administration announced that it is willing to lift sanctions against Venezuela if President Nicolás Maduro and opposition leader Juan Guaidó step aside […] Read More >
March 31, 2020 > Staff
Caribbean Countries Adopt Measures to Stop Coronavirus
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA REGION: Caribbean countries are seeing an increase in cases and implementing stricter quarantine regulations. The highest death toll in the Caribbean is in the Dominican Republic, […] Read More >