Various human rights organizations expressed their concern for the dozens of political prisoners at risk of contracting Covid-19 in prison.

Guatemalan president Alejandro Giammattei challenged the official narrative in El Salvador that cases of Covid-19 are coming from people infected in Guatemala.

Bolivia’s Director of Migration, Marcel Rivas, accused former Minister of the Presidency, Juan Ramón Quintana, of organizing the protests that led to the violent repression of Bolivians attempting to cross the Bolivia-Chile border by military forces stationed there.

In Latin America, strong stigma and discrimination towards the trans community still exists, translating into violence and harassment, and positions trans peoples at the margins of school, home, family, work, and access to healthcare.

Olga Sánchez Cordero, Secretary of the Interior of Mexico, stated the Mexican Air Force will support the federal government in efforts to return Central American migrants to their native country as the Coronavirus pandemic continues.

Costa Rica has closed its borders during the current Covid-19 pandemic.

Relations between the bordering countries were already strained, however recently tensions have been heightened by the uncertainty of Covid-19 and the US allegations against Venezuelan President Maduro.

Colombian authorities have struggled with managing Venezuelan migration and the Covid-19 pandemic has further intensified this issue.

Venezuelan civil society organizations have proposed further measures that Maduro’s administration should implement to better navigate the current international health crisis.

–Written by Samantha Lee— On the day Bolivia observes the loss of its access to the Pacific Ocean through armed conflict with Chile 141 years ago, the Bolivian President Jeanine Áñez announced that the government would be taking new steps to regain territory at the coast when the Covid-19 crisis is resolved.