Latin America News Dispatch

The Dominican Republic has the highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Caribbean.

The deal aims to bring up oil prices after a crash brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.

The estimates announced this week are eight times higher than the number of confirmed cases of the disease in the country.

President Juan Orlando Hernández warned of tougher days to come, saying “this is only the beginning” of the coronavirus crisis in Honduras.

Correa and others faced accusations that between 2012 and 2016, they accepted $8 million in bribes from companies seeking government contracts.

Trump invoked the Defense Production Act to block 3M from exporting the masks last week, arguing they should be reserved for U.S. medical care. 

During a press conference, Mexico’s president said the government had estimated a 120,000 person deficit in medical staff

The move came a week after the United States charged Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and other members of the government with “narco-terrorism.”

Ecuador is facing an ongoing public health crisis as medical facilities run out of space for COVID-19 victims.

The “Democratic Transition Framework for Venezuela,” presented by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, proposes a five-person governing council and a new election cycle

The highest death toll in the Caribbean is in the Dominican Republic, where 51 people have died as of Tuesday morning.

Three years after the FARC disarmed to the United Nations, the Colombian government is still unable to establish a presence in much of the remote countryside.

“Some will die. I’m sorry. That’s life,” Bolsonaro reportedly said.

The threat of the coronavirus to Brazil’s low-income communities has hit home in recent days.

U.S. Attorney General William Barr announced an indictment of President Nicolás Maduro.

Brazilian Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta warned that Brazil’s public health system will likely collapse by the end of April.

The decision is a preventative step to stop the spread of the coronavirus, but advocates say it will place migrants at further risk.

Due to the coronavirus,  this year is the first time since 1983 that the Abuelas and Madres of Plaza de Mayo won’t march on the anniversary of Argentina’s military dictatorship. In this story, reporter Lucía Cholakian Herrera checks in with one of the reunited families.

The U.S. has come under repeated criticism for unsanitary conditions in its immigration facilities.

Colombia is scheduled to begin a nationwide lockdown to stem the spread of COVID-19 on Tuesday.

Advocates and officials are concerned that the steady arrival of deportees from the U.S. and Mexico to Central America could complicate the region’s ability to contain the coronavirus.