The Coronavirus is known to have taken a toll on all economies; thus, as expected, many Latin American countries have been affected as well.

Central American countries’ economies have been hit hard by COVID-19, where around half of the population lives in poverty.

There is high demand in Ecuador for electronic and technological equipment, particularly laptops for teleworking and virtual classes, prior to the 2020-2021 school year in the pandemic.

The business sector raised the urgent need for “a reopening without restrictions.”

Of all the private health facilities in Mexico, over 50% are concentrated in just seven of the thirty-two Mexican states.

Sergio Clavijo and Germán Vargas Lleras recently published two opinion pieces in the Colombian newspaper El Tiempo, strongly criticizing several proposed tax reforms presented by Congress.

Multiple private health clinics in Peru are growing to supplement the state-funded insurance and health care system.

Santo Domingo’s state-subsidized canteens are plagued by irregularities between food suppliers and canteen operators, leading to inflated food costs.

In the last two years of President Macri’s administration in Argentina, manufacturing, or the “Industrial Production Index” (IPI), fell by 14%.

According to a recent survey, some 41% of businesses in the Dominican Republic have adapted to teleworking during the coronavirus pandemic, in contrast to 14% of businesses that have either completely or partially reopened in person.