When the COVID-19 pandemic spread with the Mexican border city of Mexicali, operations initially continued "as normal" at Autolite plant, a US-owned factory.
The Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico announced recently it has approved a $185-million, temporary liquidity facility to aid the 78 municipalities of Puerto Rico so they can operate through the COVID-19 crisis.
Find out here about the top three richest countries in South America. South America host two of the largest countries in the world. Adding to the list of violence and poverty cases, another obstacle that many nations in this region are encountering is the coronavirus pandemic.
According to a study, millions of Latin American students don't have Internet access. More so, below 30 percent of low-income households in the region own a computer which they use for school work
A grim consensus among public health experts seems to be taking shape around Latin America's impending COVID-19 crisis. While the region benefited from weeks of valuable forewarning in relation to the current hotspots in Europe and North America, the disease's rapid spread and the underlying realities of inequality in much of the region mean SARS-CoV-2 will soon be wreaking havoc across the Americas. As of May 10th, Brazil had already confirmed well over 160,000 cases and 11,000 deaths, while neighboring Peru had identified nearly 69,000 cases and Mexico had counted just under 3,500 deaths.
Mexico's government recently allowed the auto, construction, and mining sectors to resume operations on Monday despite record deaths reported the previous day.
The most feared and notorious Mexican Drug Cartel leader, who was responsible for a series of beheadings and massacre, El Gordo May was known to be feared during his time.
Learn about these facts before planning a trip to Colombia after the coronavirus pandemic. The tourism industry of Colombia had improved and it showed a growth of 300 percent since 2006.
The Mexican state of Sonora recently installed 'sanitizing tunnels' along the border in an effort to reduce chances of bringing the coronavirus pandemic over from Arizona.
He was the leader of one of the most feared drug cartels in Mexico. Read on to find out more about Moisés Escamilla May’s death from the coronavirus while in prison.
