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.
Officials of the Panama City Police said a search warrant resulted in four arrests on Friday. They conducted the warrant at a residence in Panama City's Glenwood area after developing a possible cause while on a narcotics investigation.
Ecuador's Amazon is slowly being destroyed by an oil spill that took away the safe drinking water, food sources, and homes from the indigenous people living inside the rainforest. With coronavirus raging across the nation, the members are now at greater risk of being infected.
Brazil had surpassed the 100,000 COVID-19 mark days ago. Recently, it had reported an all-time high of 730 COVID-19 cases in one day. Read on to know more.
