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Coronavirus battleground shifts to Latin America: Live updates
Brazil expected to overtake Russia as the country with second-highest infections as cases in Peru surpass 100,000. Brazil‘s coronavirus outbreak worsened on Wednesday and the…
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Latin America gov'ts using repression in COVID-19 fight: Amnesty
Amnesty International says governments are using arbitrary, punitive, repressive tactics to enforce quarantine orders. Lockdown measures put in place across Latin America to limit the…
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Ecuador woman learns sister is alive after cremating wrong body
Authorities had given the woman a misidentified body, highlighting a health system overwhelmed by the coronavirus. An Ecuadorean woman in coronavirus-ravaged Guayaquil city learned on…
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Latin American countries take varying measures to contain virus
In Latin America, countries have been ramping up their containment measures, some more drastically than others. Strict containment measures such as night-time curfews are in…
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Guatemala suspends all deportation flights from US over COVID-19
Officials say the suspension will last until protocols are created that ensure the health of deported asylum seekers. Guatemala City – Guatemala will temporarily stop…
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Central American countries ramp up measures to fight coronavirus
Leaders and experts worry the countries are doubly vulnerable because of weak, resource-stripped healthcare systems. Countries across Central America have taken drastic steps to brace…
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Pope accepts abuse resignation of Chile Cardinal Ezzati
Archbishop of Santiago, Ricardo Ezzati, is the seventh senior Chilean church official to resign over a scandal. Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal…
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Several killed in Rio de Janeiro storms
Heavy rain and mudslides leave six people dead in southern Brazilian city. At least six people have been confirmed dead after strong storms hit Rio…
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Rival rallies held in Venezuela as political crisis continues
Opposition calls for aid to be allowed in as Maduro accuses US of ‘distorting situation to justify intervention’. Venezuela‘s opposition supporters rallied nationwide on Tuesday…
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Maduro shuts Venezuela's border with Brazil amid aid standoff
Maduro calls opposition leader Guaido’s aid caravan a ‘provocation’, says he may close the border with Colombia as well. President Nicolas Maduro has ordered the closure…
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Mexico worried by ruling over boy’s border killing
The Mexican government says it regrets a ruling by the US Supreme Court that bars the family of a Mexican boy who was killed in…
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Politics and protest at São Paulo’s street parties
São Paulo was always thought of as Rio de Janeiro’s boring cousin during carnival. The city that people used to leave to go and have…
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Racism-denier to defend black rights in Brazil
Jair Bolsonaro isn’t new to controversial hires. When Damares Alves was appointed Minister of Women, Family and Human Rights, she proclaimed that this was a…
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