April 15, 2020 Chile counts people who have died from coronavirus as ‘recovered’ because they can’t infect anyone else Health officials in Chile raised some eyebrows this week when they revealed that the country’s coronavirus death toll tally might be inaccurate because it includes people who have recovered.
April 10, 2020 Teen in remote Amazonian tribe tests positive for coronavirus A 15-year-old male from a remote indigenous tribe in the Amazon rainforest has tested positive for the coronavirus, Brazilian health officials say.
April 8, 2020 El Salvador gangs enforce coronavirus lockdown with threats of violence, report says El Salvador gangs, long known for terrorizing the country’s residents through violence and intimidation, have turned to enforcing the government’s coronavirus lockdown order with threats and, in some cases, baseball bats, according to a report.
April 7, 2020 Third cougar captured amid city's coronavirus lockdown A third cougar has been captured in the Chilean capital Santiago amid the city’s coronavirus lockdown.
April 6, 2020 Amid coronavirus, Panama archbishop gives Palm Sunday blessing from helicopter A Catholic archbishop went to new heights to deliver the traditional Palm Sunday blessing as the coronavirus pandemic forces churches to close their doors.
April 2, 2020 Members of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido's team kidnapped, security forces claim they had coronavirus Five additional members of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido’s team have been kidnapped, according to local reports on Monday – bringing the total to ten who are now languishing behind bars.
April 1, 2020 Mexican president claims rivals would take over if he self-isolated, as experts decry coronavirus response Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has remained steadfast against sweeping restriction measures that could help the spread of the coronavirus in his country.
March 31, 2020 Bolsonaro balks against more coronavirus protections as cases in Brazil near 5,000 Brazil’s president has continued to refuse to extend his country’s protections against the novel coronavirus, claiming more quarantine measures would destroy more jobs and impact the poor disproportionately.
March 31, 2020 Panama to prohibit movement during coronavirus outbreak based on gender Panama is now trying to get its residents to self-quarantine during the coronavirus outbreak by only permitting certain genders to go outside on different days of the week.
March 31, 2020 Mexican drug cartels struggle during coronavirus, hike prices as lab supplies from China dry up The onslaught of the coronavirus has not only sent the global economy tumbling – but it has also hit illicit industries where it hurts the most, and Mexican cartels are no exception.
