Vlado Mirosevic, a representative in Chile’s Chamber of Deputies, accused the Senate of not supporting the proposal to reduce congress members’ salaries.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, there has been a stark contrast between the national and local governments.

El Salvador has the highest approval rating by its constituents for how the government is handling the Coronavirus crisis.

After Argentine President Alberto Fernández mandated that quarantined citizens would be allowed to go outside to walk for a maximum of one hour a day, governors of several provinces implemented measures superseding the president’s declaration, prohibiting residents of large cities from going out.

Both the Chilean opposition and some sectors of the coalition in power, Chile Vamos, reject the possibility of further postponing the plebiscite, unless by sanitary necessity.

In January 2020, Peru held early parliamentary elections to fill all 130 congressional seats after president Martín Vizcarra dissolved the congress in December 2019.

–Written by Samantha Lee— Members of the opposition to Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega commemorated the two-year anniversary of protests rebelling against Ortega on April 18, while many Nicaraguans continue to suffer from harassment and threats from police in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. The government refuses to take measures to shut down the country

While the World Health Organization was assuring that the worst is yet to come, the Executive announced a short-term plan to move toward a “new normality” with a gradual return to in-person work and classes starting this week.

Senator Mario Bergara spoke with Montevideo’s República Radio to air his concerns about how the government is handling the Coronavirus crisis.

The economic crisis caused by COVID-19 has led the government to design mechanisms to guarantee the supply of basic goods and services, and to protect activities whose suspension would have negative effects on society.