Latin America - Page 71

June 5, 2020

Mexico records more coronavirus deaths in a day than in United States

Mexican authorities are seeking calm after the country reported its highest number of coronavirus deaths on Thursday which doubled the previous daily record and for the first time surpassed the single-day total in the United States. 

June 4, 2020

Fears for Brazil's indigenous tribes as coronavirus death toll continues to climb

Brazil’s coronavirus numbers have skyrocketed, with a record number of cases and deaths almost every day.

May 27, 2020

Latin America becomes new epicenter of coronavirus pandemic, as corruption surges with mismanaged relief funds

Latin America has become the new epicenter of the global coronavirus outbreak, as the region has seen more than 2.4 million cases and more than 143,000 deaths, a health official announced Tuesday.

May 24, 2020

White House bars entry of non-US citizens traveling from Brazil, citing coronavirus concerns

The White House on Sunday announced that the U.S. would bar entry of non-citizens traveling from Brazil, which has seen a sharp rise in coronavirus cases in previous weeks.

May 23, 2020

Experts find bones of dozens of mammoths in Mexico City

An already promising discovery has exploded into a wealth of potential information.

May 21, 2020

Peruvian mayor poses as corpse to avoid arrest for flouting coronavirus lockdown, reports say

The mayor of a town in Peru posed as a dead coronavirus victim — by lying in a coffin while wearing a face mask — to avoid being arrested for violating lockdown rules that he should have been helping enforce, according to reports.

May 21, 2020

Mexican nurses on coronavirus front lines targeted in 'virtual kidnapping,' extortion plot: officials

Fourteen health care workers who had come to Mexico City, the worst-hit part of the country by the coronavirus pandemic, suffered a so-called “virtual kidnapping” last week, forcing authorities to respond to the hotels where they were staying in order to ensure their safety, Mexican officials said Wednesday.

May 20, 2020

Ali Pardo: Trump supports freedom for Cuban people, while Biden would abandon US commitment to freedom

For over 60 years, May 20 – the original Cuban Independence Day – has served as a reminder of what was lost in Cuba: liberties that many paid the ultimate sacrifice trying to regain. To this day, the Cuban people remain censored and abused by their own government, while much of the world tragically turns a blind eye.

May 18, 2020

Brazil's Bolsonaro flouts social distancing, poses for pics with kids as São Paulo health system reaches near collapse

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro disregarded public health advice amid the coronavirus pandemic Sunday to snap photos with supporters, as the country’s largest city of São Paulo struggles to keep its healthcare system afloat with public hospitals at 90 percent capacity.

May 18, 2020

First coronavirus case discovered in Ecuador's indigenous Amazon tribe: report

A member of one of Ecuador's indigenous Amazon tribes has become the first person tribesperson in the country to be infected with the coronavirus, health officials announced on Sunday.