More than 3,000 Venezuelan citizens have been left stranded in Tulcán, Ecuador and Ipiales, Colombia due to restrictions on border crossings put in place to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

With the COVID-19 situation becoming worse, the Pan American Health Organization (OPS/PAHO) has expressed concern over the growing numbers of those testing positive for the virus.

President Mario Abdo Benítez says that Brazil is the biggest threat to spreading the coronavirus in Paraguay.

Over 800 Bolivian residents left Chile on Monday to return to their homes.

Argentina left the bloc’s free trade agreement negotiating table. If the other partners advance, the de facto breakdown will occur.

“Wise government [by the Bolivarian administration], along with the sanitary conditions of the region and instances of discrimination, have driven the return of 18 thousand Venezuelans, and more are expected.”

Because of simpler logistics associated with regional exportation, Paraguayan soy exports have been largely concentrated in Argentina and Brazil this trimester.

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) warned that Covid-19 “has still to hit, with full force,” Latin American and Caribbean countries, where 54 countries and territories have reported virus transmission in their communities.

During the coronavirus pandemic, many Venezuelan migrants are making the journey back to their home country.

Thirteen Colombians and seven Bolivians were sentenced to prison for illegally crossing the border into Bolivia and putting the health of millions of Bolivians at risk.