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Coronavirus today: Brazil records 3rd highest pandemic death toll; São Paulo may decree lockdown

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The media outlet consortium has released a new survey of the coronavirus pandemic situation in Brazil based on data...

Opinion: European and American vaccine selfishness leads Latin America to turn to China, Russia and India

By R. Viswanathan RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Opinion) Latin America is the worst Covid-19-affected region in the world. All its countries need vaccines desperately....

‘Sputnik V-BR’: Ambassador believes Russian vaccine may be fully produced in Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Russia's ambassador to Brazil, Sergey Akopov, is excited about the prospects of producing the Russian vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, the...

How Many Vaccine Doses Will W.H.O. COVAX Facility Supply Each Latin American Country?

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The COVAX facility, launched by the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) to promote equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines, announced on...

Analysis: Cuba Was Trying to Sell Itself as Covid-19-safe Destination – But Is Failing

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Cuba’s high tourist season has taken a new hit with a sharp uptick of Covid-19 cases and the government’s...

Brazil Progresses Little in Corruption Rankings and Scores Below Global Average

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Transparency International released this Thursday, January 28th, the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) it has published since 1995. The index ranges...

Analysis: “Latin America Has Been Sleeping for 200 Years; Progress Key Is Cell Phones.”

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - What will 2021 bring to Latin America? More unemployment, more poverty and perhaps more violence. Is that inevitable? No: the...

How Pandemic Redesigned Crime Map in Latin America: New Methods, New Routes

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Despite the pandemic, most of the region's large criminal organizations survived by rapidly and efficiently adjusting to the new...

Mexico, Central America Link COVID-19 Concerns with Undocumented Migration

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (AP) The Mexican government said Wednesday, January 13th, that it and 10 other countries in North and Central America...

World Bank Raises Latin America’s GDP Growth Projection for 2021 to 3.7%

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The World Bank (WB) reported on Tuesday, January 5th, that it projects an economic growth of 3.7% in Latin...

Argentina’s Progressive Agenda Rekindles Left-wing Hopes in Latin America

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The legal abortion law passed on December 29th in Argentina has mobilized the Latin American left-wing. Having lost the hegemony...

Analysis: Latin America on its Way to Become the World´s Sick Man Again

By Mauricio Cárdenas , Eduardo Levy Yeyati , Andrés Velasco* RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL -  Many regions performed badly when confronted with covid-19, but Latin...

Analysis: Pandemic Deteriorates Latin American Democracies and Adds to Discontent

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A report by IDEA International, an intergovernmental organization that supports sustainable democracy worldwide, alerted to growing inequality, poverty, political...

From Early Purchase to Lack of Infrastructure: Vaccination Plans in Latin America

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Tuesday, December 8th, the same day that 90-year-old Briton Margaret Keenan was officially administered the first coronavirus vaccine...

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