Latin America

• Wednesday, April 8th 2020 - 12:24 UTC

  3M reaches agreement with Trump administration to export masks to Canada and Latin America

  

  Manufacturing giant 3M said it has an agreement with the Trump administration that will allow the company to continue to export N95 protective masks to Canada and Latin America amid the coronavirus pandemic.

• Wednesday, April 8th 2020 - 11:20 UTC

  PAHO Director calls for protection of health workers of the Americas

  

  Warning that cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have more than doubled in a week in the Region of the Americas, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Director Carissa F. Etienne urged countries to take measures that protect health care workers to ensure they have access to the personal protective equipment and supplies they need to care for patients affected by the disease.

• Monday, April 6th 2020 - 11:22 UTC

  “Greg Mortimer” off the coast of Uruguay has 81 passengers tested positive

  

  Eighty-one people on the Greg Mortimer cruise ship, which has been stranded off the coast of Uruguay for almost two weeks and has over 90 Australians on board, have tested positive for coronavirus.

• Saturday, April 4th 2020 - 08:36 UTC

  Ecuador's health system has collapsed: bodies of dead in the streets of Guayaquil

  

  The authorities in Ecuador have collected at least 150 bodies of people who died due to the coronavirus from the streets and homes of Guayaquil, the main port city in the country. The latest data reveals that there have been at least 3,100 have tested positive for COVID-19.

• Saturday, April 4th 2020 - 08:08 UTC

  World Bank US$ 35 million emergency loan for Argentina to combat coronavirus

  

  The World Bank Board of Directors today approved a US$ 35 million emergency loan to support the Argentine government efforts to minimize the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health system through the procurement of medical supplies and equipment. This financing forms part of a World Bank fast track package of up to US$ 14 billion to help countries cope with the health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Friday, April 3rd 2020 - 07:58 UTC

  Australian cruise vessel stranded in Montevideo; following medical checks, healthy passengers could be released

  

  Uruguay's foreign and public health ministers have said that none of the over 200 people on board the cruise vessel Greg Mortimer will be allowed to disembark in Montevideo for the moment since several passengers and crew members seem to have coronavirus symptoms.

• Wednesday, April 1st 2020 - 18:23 UTC

  Guatemala/Belize dispute, a potential second front during the Falklands conflict?

  

  The Falklands War, a 10-week undeclared conflict between Argentina and the United Kingdom, broke out in April 1982 over two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic. However, it appears, the Argentine threat was not the only one that Downing Street had to counter at the time.

• Wednesday, April 1st 2020 - 07:50 UTC

  Mexico on health emergency: fears the system could be overwhelmed by growing cases of coronavirus

  

  Mexico declared a health emergency on Monday and issued stricter rules aimed at containing the fast-spreading coronavirus after its number of cases surged past 1,000 and the death toll rose sharply.

• Tuesday, March 31st 2020 - 11:48 UTC

  The ordeal of the Zaandam: Florida state is rejecting to receive any passengers

  

  United States Senator Rick Scott is calling for protective measures for Floridians ahead of the Holland America’s Zaandam and Rotterdam expected arrival at Port Everglades.

• Monday, March 30th 2020 - 08:29 UTC

  Bolsonaro urges followers in the streets to keep the Brazilian economy going

  

  Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday flouted his government's social distancing guidelines against the spread of the coronavirus by mixing with supporters on the streets of Brasilia and urging them to keep the economy going.