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Local Photographers Provide Emergency Aid in Rio de Janeiro Favelas

Favelagrafia is a community-led initiative harnesses power of social media to provide emergency aid in Rio’s favelas during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Who’s Afraid of Coronavirus?

The policy of fear seems to be a fundamental part of the governmental strategy of President Nayib Bukele, in El Salvador.

Covid-19 Summary from Several Latin American Countries

The following are alarming reports on the Coronavirus situation from Ecuador, Brazil, Peru, Mexico and El Salvador.

At Odds with Bolsonaro, Brazil’s Star Justice Minister Steps Down

Brazil’s popular Justice Minister Sergio Moro said on Friday that he had stepped down due to differences of opinion with far-right President Jair Bolsonaro.

Cuba Sends Doctors to Honduras; Mexico Forces Deportees to Traverse “Disinfection Tunnels”

In Honduras, Cuba has dispatched another medical brigade to help the country’s fragile health system cope with the coronavirus outbreak.

Brazil’s Health Minister Wants to Relax Coronavirus Restrictions

Brazil’s health minister Nelson Teich on Wednesday proposed easing restrictions on movement currently in place to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

NYC Immigrants Fight Hunger, Exploitation & Invisibility Through Mutual Aid (video)

We look at how the coronavirus pandemic is impacting undocumented people here in New York City, where the coronavirus has hit immigrant communities hard.

Coronavirus, New Threat for Mexican Migrant Workers in the US

This population group has no health services and no medical insurance. If they fall ill in a remote area, what help can they get?

Venezuelan Journalist Eduardo Galindo and Family Detained over Reporting

Galindo, his wife, and his brother are detained at the National Guard regional headquarters.

Government Supporters in Brazil Call for Military Intervention over Virus

The protests on Sunday in the capital Brasilia were directed against the exit restrictions imposed by several provincial governors to contain the disease.