–Researched and Written by Ambar Cordero— Since the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America, thousands of Venezuelan migrants, facing economic struggles, decided to return home. Entering their home country has been a lengthy and difficult process with the restrictions in place and the fear of COVID-19. Many have decided to go through clandestine

–Researched and Written by Angelie Singh— Peru has the third-highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Latin America, following Brazil and Mexico. While the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 is quickly rising, Peruvian officials try to implement more ways of social distancing to prevent the spreading of COVID-19. As of July 29, 2020, Peru

“Operation Condor,” a US-backed alliance between Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, and Brazil during the countries’ years of military dictatorships, served to refine the practice of state terror.

Jagan Chapagain, the Secretary General of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC), recently stated that, “in many countries, we increasingly observe the secondary effects of the pandemic on livelihoods and the nutritional situation.”

The annual terrorism report for 2019, published by the U.S. State Department, found that the National Liberation Army (ELN), a Colombian guerrilla group, has expanded in both Colombia and Venezuela.

As in the past, President Alberto Fernández created controversy by displaying graphs that Chile said showed inaccurate data, making their COVID-19 rates seem much worse than they were.

On Friday, June 26, 2020, Iván Duque, the president of Colombia, said that Venezuela is a ticking time bomb for public health and highlights Venezuela is a risk for its inability to contain COVID-19.

Secretary General of the Organization of American States, Luis Almagro, spoke on the state of Nicaraguan elections that have been postponed recently.

Edison Lanza, the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), maintained that the freedoms of press and speech have suffered setbacks in El Salvador during the first year of President Nayib Bukele’s administration.

The economic measures adopted by the Paraguayan government to mitigate the impact of the crisis in the border areas now depend on the approval of Argentina and Brazil.