Latin America

Latin America

A gravedigger wearing protective suit digs a grave to bury the coffin of a person who died from the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), at Vila Formosa cemetery, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 16, 2020. Photo:Reuters

Latin America leads world in coronavirus cases

The quickly growing number of cases make Latin America the region most impacted by the pandemic globally

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China plans $1 billion loan to ease Latam access to virus vaccine: Mexico

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Latin America now second-worst region for virus deaths

UN chief Antonio Guterres. File Photo: Collected

Latin America, the Caribbean now ‘hotspot of the pandemic’: UN Chief

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

Several Latin American countries reporting new peaks of infections, deaths

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

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

'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

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

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

US warns of coronavirus pandemic as Latin America reports first case