Omar Serrano, the Vice Chancellor of Social Outreach of the Central American University of El Salvador (UCA), recently resigned from an emergency committee meant to oversee an extraordinary budget to manage the COVID-19 crisis.

President Jair Bolsonaro faces a “perfect storm.” Not only is he under fire for his response to the coronavirus pandemic, he is now under investigation by the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil after being accused by his ex-Minister of Justice, Sergio Moro, of interfering in police investigations.

Same-sex marriage has been legal in Costa Rica since August 2018.

As a result of the COVID-19 situation, Peru has issued 27 regulations that affect public contracts. Despite this, acquisitions can still be made through public contracts.

In a recent interview conducted by Claudia Álamo, Chilean scientist Ricardo Baeza-Yates expressed concern over the Chilean government’s response to COVID-19.

Democracy must be permanently defended, stated the President of the Supreme Federal Court, Dias Toffoli in an interview.

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.