United States

• Thursday, May 28th 2020 - 08:10 UTC

  US surpasses the milestone of 100,000 coronavirus deaths

  

  Unthinkable just four months ago, the United States on Wednesday surpassed the grim milestone of 100,000 coronavirus deaths, as the pandemic tightened its grip on Latin America.

• Thursday, May 28th 2020 - 08:07 UTC

  American Airlines plan to reduce management and support staff by 30%

  

  American Airlines Group Inc must reduce its management and support staff by about 30% and may have to cut frontline employees as it downsizes due to the coronavirus outbreak, showed a letter to employees made public on Wednesday.

• Wednesday, May 27th 2020 - 08:19 UTC

  LATAM Airlines files for bankruptcy in US; Brazil and Argentina subsidiaries out of the request

  

  LATAM Airlines Group, the continent's largest carrier, filed for U.S. bankruptcy protection, Chapter 11, on Tuesday, becoming the world's largest carrier so far to seek an emergency reorganization due to the coronavirus pandemic. The filing includes Latam Peru, Chile, Ecuador, and Colombia, but leaves out Latam Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay.

• Wednesday, May 27th 2020 - 08:14 UTC

  New York Stock Exchange reopened its floor after a two month closure

  

  The New York Stock Exchange, the symbolic heart of Wall Street, reopened its floor on Tuesday after a two-month closure due to the coronavirus, with traders donning masks and separated by plexiglass.

• Wednesday, May 27th 2020 - 08:08 UTC

  Mexican auto industry picks up with approved safety measures

  

  Mexico's auto industry reopening picked up the pace on Tuesday, with Fiat, Chrysler, and BMW AG joining peers in gradually dusting off operations even as the wait for approvals slowed the return of Ford Motor Co and other companies.

• Wednesday, May 27th 2020 - 07:50 UTC

  WHO promises a “swift review” data on hydroxychloroquine

  

  The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday promised a swift review of data on hydroxychloroquine, probably by mid-June, after safety concerns prompted the group to suspend the malaria drug's use in a trial on COVID-19 patients.

• Tuesday, May 26th 2020 - 07:51 UTC

  White House brings forward two days restrictions on travel to the US from Brazil

  

  The White House on Monday brought forward by two days restrictions on travel to the United States from Brazil that were announced after the Latin American country became the world's No 2 coronavirus hotspot.

• Tuesday, May 26th 2020 - 07:45 UTC

  Iranian tankers unloading much needed gasoline in Venezuela

  

  The first of five Iranian tankers carrying much-needed gasoline and oil derivatives docked in Venezuela on Monday, Caracas announced amid concern in Washington over the burgeoning relationship between countries it sees as international pariahs.

• Monday, May 25th 2020 - 20:52 UTC

  China open to the identification of the source of coronavirus, but “free of political interference”

  

  China is “open” to international cooperation to identify the source of the novel coronavirus but any investigation must be “free of political interference”, China's foreign minister said on Sunday. Wang Yi blasted what he called efforts by US politicians to “fabricate rumors” about the pathogen's origins and “stigmatize China”.

• Monday, May 25th 2020 - 08:53 UTC

  Non US passenger traveling from Brazil banned from entering United States

  

  The White House on Sunday (May 24) said it was prohibiting most non-US citizens from traveling to the United States if they had been in Brazil in the last two weeks, two days after the South American nation became the world No. 2 hot spot for coronavirus cases.