Latin America

• Monday, May 25th 2020 - 20:59 UTC

  Mexico anticipates the loss of a million jobs because of the Covid-19 pandemic

  

  Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Sunday that the novel coronavirus could cost as many as a million jobs in the country as many industries considered not essential remain shut.

• Saturday, May 23rd 2020 - 09:58 UTC

  South America becomes a new epicenter of Covid-19 pandemic

  

  South America has become “a new epicenter” of the deadly coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, following a surge in the number of Covid-19 infections.

• Saturday, May 23rd 2020 - 09:56 UTC

  Overwhelmed by Covid-19, Peru extends nationwide lockdown until end of June

  

  Peru on Friday extended its state of emergency and a nationwide lockdown to fight the coronavirus pandemic until the end of June, marking one of the longest periods of mandatory isolation in the world.

• Saturday, May 23rd 2020 - 09:23 UTC

  Peruvian city prays to the Virgin of Socorro, flown in a police helicopter, for the end of coronavirus

  

  Every five years, a statue of the Virgin of Socorro is paraded through the streets of Peru’s third-largest city, Trujillo. But this year, the coronavirus lockdown meant the city’s patron saint could not make her rounds as usual.

• Thursday, May 21st 2020 - 10:01 UTC

  Bolivian health minister and IDB officials involved in corrupt purchase of ventilators

  

  Bolivia's interim president, Jeanine Anez, on Wednesday fired Health Minister Marcelo Navajas for his alleged role in a kickback scheme involving the purchase of 170 Spanish-made ventilators at inflated prices for COVID-19 patients.

• Thursday, May 21st 2020 - 08:56 UTC

  Latin America surpasses the US and Europe with the largest percentage of daily Covid-19 cases

  

  Global coronavirus cases surpassed 5 million on Wednesday, with Latin America overtaking the United States and Europe in the past week to report the largest portion of new daily cases globally.

• Thursday, May 21st 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  Peru and the virus: crematoriums working on 24/7 shifts and queues of funeral cars outside hospitals

  

  Peru has become the second Latin American country after Brazil to reach 100,000 coronavirus cases, according to Health Ministry figures out on Wednesday. The number of dead from Covid-19 has also passed 3,000, with only Brazil and Mexico have suffered more. Both cases and deaths have tripled since April 30.

• Wednesday, May 20th 2020 - 08:54 UTC

  Trump threatening with a travel halt from Latin America because of worsening coronavirus outbreaks in the region

  

  US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he is considering imposing a halt on all travel coming from Latin America amid worsening coronavirus outbreaks in the region.

• Tuesday, May 19th 2020 - 15:34 UTC

  Costa Rica becomes 38th member of OECD

  

  OECD countries unanimously decided last Friday to invite Costa Rica to become a member of the Organization. Costa Rican President Carlos Alvarado Quesada and OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría will sign an Accession Agreement in the coming days.

• Tuesday, May 19th 2020 - 08:47 UTC

  Latin American stocks and currencies rise on hopes of global economic recovery

  

  Latin American stocks and currencies roared higher on Monday, with Brazil shares rising 3.5% as commodity prices surged on hopes of economic recovery as countries eased pandemic-induced lockdowns.