Latin America & Caribbean
Latin America named virus epicenter as Trump seeks US reopening
The World Health Organization declared Latin America “a new epicenter” of the coronavirus pandemic as President Donald Trump ramped up pressure on ...Brazil passes 20,000 virus deaths after record 24-hour toll
The novel coronavirus death toll in Brazil surpassed 20,000 on Thursday, after a record number of fatalities in a 24-hour period, the ...Guatemala blasts Trump over virus-infected migrant deportations
Guatemala blasted US President Donald Trump on Thursday over US deportations of migrants infected with coronavirus. President Alejandro Giammattei said the deportations ...Uruguay and Costa Rica: beacons of Latin American virus success
In Latin America, a region experiencing ever-increasing growth in the number of coronavirus infections and deaths, Uruguay and Costa Rica stand out ...As hunger spreads under lockdown, Guatemalans and Salvadorans raise white flag
Strict coronavirus lockdowns in Guatemala and El Salvador have so battered local economies that hundreds of families are flying white flags outside ...Coronavirus infections top 5 million worldwide
Global infections from the novel coronavirus surpassed five million on Thursday as the pandemic played out unevenly across the planet, with China ...Argentina’s second city resumes lockdown after virus cases spike
Argentina’s second city Cordoba has rolled back on the easing of lockdown measures following a sharp spike in coronavirus infections, authorities said ...Virus-hit Brazil lets Cuban doctors resume work
Brazil re-enlisted more than 150 Cuban doctors Monday to help fight a surge in coronavirus cases, a year and a half after ...US faces severe economic downturn as virus tolls fall in hardest-hit Europe
The world’s biggest economy faces a severe downtown but will not suffer another Great Depression, US Fed chief Jerome Powell said on ...Latin America and Caribbean record 500,000 virus cases
Latin America and the Caribbean have recorded more than half a million coronavirus infections, according to an AFP tally based on official ...














