Last week, Barranquilla, Colombia, saw an 80% increase in occupation of its Intensive Care Units (ICUs).
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Not only has the world been shaken by a global pandemic this year, but it has also been moved by the recent death of George Floyd.
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Although there is vast cultural diversity in Latin America, tolerance and racial equality does not necessarily follow. Every day in Latin America, people of indigenous and African descent suffer from racial discrimination.
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The National Convention for Peruvian Agriculture (Conveagro) is asking the government to create a S/ 5 billion bailout fund that would save more than 660,000 agricultural families from bankruptcy.
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Although the health emergency brought about by COVID-19 has led to a reduction in business for Ecuadorian tattoo artists, many owners of local tattoo parlors have adapted successfully to the new conditions.
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Miguel Barreto, the regional director of Latin America and the Caribbean for the United Nation’s World Food Program (WFP), stated that amid the coronavirus pandemic, a “hunger pandemic” is also being faced in Latin America.
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On June 1, government authorities announced that quarantine restrictions according to gender and ID number would be lifted.
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Health officials indicate that over 3,700 Peruvians have died of the coronavirus.
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The Catholic Church in Costa Rica activated a complaint protocol against priests accused of sexual abuse of minors.
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