Latin America

File Photo: Gravediggers carry a coffin during a collective burial of people that have passed away due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), at the Parque Taruma cemetery in Manaus, Brazil April 28, 2020. Picture taken April 28, 2020/ Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Several Latin American countries reporting new peaks of infections, deaths

Both Uruguay and Paraguay continue to have very low infection rates

File Photo: Gravediggers carry a coffin during a collective burial of people that have passed away due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), at the Parque Taruma cemetery in Manaus, Brazil April 28, 2020. Picture taken April 28, 2020/ Reuters
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Study projects 388,300 Covid-19 deaths in Latin America and the Caribbean by October

Medical personnel board a bus from a hospital, arranged for their personal safety, after finishing their shifts, as the Mexican government declared a health emergency and issued stricter regulations to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Mexico City, Mexico April 14, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Romero - RC2N4G9VZ7FP
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'It's Covid! Stay away!' Latin America's health workers face rising hostility

Soldiers control the access to the Gamarra textile market after Peru's government deployed military personnel to block major roads, as the country rolled out a 15-day state of emergency to slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Lima, Peru March 16, 2020/ Reuters
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Military roadblocks, curfews: Latin America tightens coronavirus controls

File Photo: Women protest against gender violence and femicides at Angel de la Independencia monument in Mexico City, Mexico, February 22, 2020. Reuters/Gustavo Graf
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Latin American women prepare for record feminist marches

A woman wearing a face mask is seen on a street in downtown Shanghai, China, as the country is hit by an outbreak of a new coronavirus, February 26, 2020. Reuters/Aly Song
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US warns of coronavirus pandemic as Latin America reports first case