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On Wednesday, New York City numbers showed that 34% of those who have died from the virus have been Hispanic. 

NEW YORK (AP) — New data shows New York City’s death toll from COVID-19 has been disproportionately high in black and Hispanic communities. And deaths continue to rise statewide at a record pace.

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

“I mean, if you aren’t healthy, you can’t work. And if you can’t work because you get sick and have no protections, you can’t get paid and send that money back to your family in Mexico,” Misael said.

ICE has started to report COVID-19 cases at their detention facilities. Latino USA speaks with two people who have been following the story.

With its biggest one-day jump yet, New York City’s death toll from the coronavirus officially eclipsed the number of those killed at the World Trade Center on 9/11.

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. 

Most of these workers are employed seasonally to perform the hard manual labor of cultivating and harvesting crops. One-half to three-quarters of them were born outside of the United States, with the majority holding Mexican citizenship.

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.”

Many Indigenous groups are now blockading access to their communities, fearing COVID-19 infection.

The face of Masks for America is La Borinqueña, a Puerto Rican comic book superhero created by award-winning graphic novelist Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez.

Fearing widespread coronavirus outbreaks in federal detention facilities, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus this week called for the release of thousands of immigrant detainees nationwide.

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

MIAMI (AP) — The Trump administration will soon announce that the U.S. is moving naval ships toward Venezuela as it enhances counter-narcotic operations in the Caribbean following a U.S. drug indictment against Nicolás Maduro, according to three people familiar with the situation.

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 27-year-old singer is rising in the R&B and hip-hop scene.

Cuba has sent more than 400,000 healthcare professionals to work in 164 countries, according to statistics published by the state media.

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

The fierce tribalism that has characterized debates over immigration, taxes and health care is now coloring policy-making during a coronavirus outbreak that threatens countless lives and local economies across nation.

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.