“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.

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.