Reporter Barbara Figueroa Rosa on Covering Puerto Rico’s Coronavirus Outbreak
Journalists in Puerto Rico already mistrust the local and federal authorities, after the botched response to the devastating 2017 hurricane.
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Latin America
Containers Arrive in Ecuadorian City Struggling to Collect the Dead
The mayor of Ecuador’s most populous city said on Wednesday that the first of four refrigerated containers had arrived for the storage of bodies,
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Staying Home Overwhelms Data Transmission in Latin America
Data usage in Latin America increased 20-30%, according to estimates, and the experts are wondering if the region is prepared for teleworking.
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Protesters in US Demand Release of Nonviolent & Immigrant Prisoners
In Philadelphia, at least 100 protesters shut down traffic to demand the release of nonviolent prisoners and immigrant prisoners in light of the coronavirus crisis.
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Russia’s Rosneft Withdraws from Venezuela
Rosneft, Russia’s largest oil company, is to withdraw from Venezuela, and will sell its subsidiary there and stop all operations.
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Cuba Sees its Covid-19 Positives Up nearly 50% in One Day
Granma daily reports Saturday that the number of Covid-19 positive cases on the island increased by 48.75% in the last 24-hours to 119 patients.
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Brazil’s President Exempts Churches from Lockdown as COVID-19 Surges
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has exempted churches from coronavirus-related lockdowns by classifying religious gatherings as “essential services”…
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US Indicts Venezuela’s Maduro on Narco-Terrorism Crimes
The United States has charged Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and other top officials with narco-terrorism crimes, said the US Attorney General.
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US Immigration Agencies Quarantine Asylum Seekers
The Nation magazine show ICE has quarantined nine prisoners and is monitoring at least 24 others across 10 immigration jails for symptoms of COVID-19.
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Zero Hour: Our Region in the Face of the Pandemic
It is true that history recounts the devastating impact of past pandemics, but none of them broke out in such a populated world…
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