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Making Things Worse: Mexico’s Economic Decline, Murders, and the COVID-19 Crisis

Mexico has already been suffering from a decline in its economy and an alarming rate of murders. Will the country survive these challenges as the COVID-19 pandemic is making things worse?

Environmental Activist Shot Dead in Mexico, Third This Year

A well-known environmental activist was shot dead earlier this month in Mexico. His death marks the third activist killed in the country this year.
Outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Guayaquil

How Did Ecuador Become the Epicenter of COVID-19 in Latin America?

A small nation surrounded by Colombia and Peru on the Pacific coast recently arisen as the continent's epicenter of the rampaging coronavirus.
Mexico Hit by Heat Wave

Heat Wave Sweeps Across Mexico Putting Essential Workers at Great Risk

Mexico will be living under a heatwave, which could put the health of essential workers at risk as most have to go out amid the Coronavirus pandemic.
Mexican Farmer

More Mexican Farmers Expected to Arrive in Canada Soon

Despite the treaty between the North American nations on restrictions on border entry, Canada allows workers from Mexico to work in Canadian farms.

Highly Guarded Mexican Mines Robbed Amid COVID-19 Crisis, Armed Robbers Escape by Air

Despite the high cost and sophisticated security measures of mining companies, crime gangs find a way to exploit their weaknesses amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Frontliners Protest: Is Their PPE Enough?

What are the strategies being implemented by Mexico to resolve the concerns of healthcare workers involving PPEs and their benefits?

A Game of Pleasing Everyone: How Is Mexico Going to Win?

Mexico’s response to the COVID-19 crisis has received several criticisms. Will Mexico overcome the challenges?
“Dressed” As Doctor, Christ The Redeemer Pays Tribute to Healthcare Workers On Easter

"Dressed" as a Doctor, Brazil's Christ The Redeemer Pays Tribute to Healthcare Workers

As a tribute to doctors and nurses battling the COVID-19 pandemic, Rio de Janeiro illuminated the iconic Christ the Redeemer statue on Sunday in an Easter service.
Gator on the Street

Welcome to the Wild West: Animals Invade Streets Worldwide Amid Coronavirus Lockdowns

As humans hunker down inside their homes, animals have taken over the civilized world, pouring into city streets amid the coronavirus crisis.
A health worker wearing a protective gear tests people for coronavirus disease COVID-19 at a drive-thru testing while the spread of the coronavirus disease COVID-19 continues, in Monterrey

Doctors Caution Against 'Ticking Time Bomb' as People Ignore Social Distancing in Mexico

As doctors describe the gatherings as "large focuses of infection," it seems as there is no current threat to public health at all in Mexico.
Mexico Declares Emergency Due To Severe Drought

Mexico Declares Emergency Due To Severe Drought

Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, Mexico is yet confronted with another crisis: severe drought brought by climate change.
Gina Dal Colleto

Meet Gina Dal Colleto: Brazil’s Oldest COVID-19 Survivor

Just when the entire world suffers from this ongoing pandemic, and almost all people have started to lose hope, here is Gina Dal Colleto, a 97-year-old Brazilian woman breaking all the negativities when she was reported as the oldest COVID-19 survivor ever recorded in Brazil.
Child Writing

The "Sidewalk School" on the US-Mexico Border

One woman's school allows migrant children to get an education in a camp for refugees in Matamoros, Mexico.
COVID-19 Exposé: Nurses At Mexico Hospital Claim They Were Told To Avoid Masks

Infected Nurses at Mexico Hospital Claim They Were Told to Avoid Masks

At this time of the COVID-19 crisis, the health and safety of essential workers, especially in the healthcare sector, must be a top priority, but IMSS General Hospital in Monclova proved otherwise.
Cora people

Fear of the Unknown: Largest Cora Population Outside Mexico, ‘Too Afraid’ to Reach Out?

Gunnison County is believed to house the largest population of the Cora community outside of Mexico. In their hopes of attaining a better economic standing, as well as making a living, they have migrated to the U.S.
Petrobras

Operation Car Wash: A Look at Latin America's Most Controversial Corruption Scandal in History

In 2014, Brazilian authorities uncovered a scandal so massive it led to the country's recession and surge in the unemployment rate.

Caught on Camera: Family Attacks Hospital Staff after Finding out They Can’t See a Patient Who Died of COVID-19

To their distraught, the family of a patient attacked the hospital staff after they were not allowed to see the patient, who died of COVID-19.
N95 respirators

BUSTED! FBI Uncovers International Scam After 39 Million Masks Failed to Reach California

The FBI recently discovered an international COVID-19 fraud scheme involving over 39 million masks. (Photo: REUTERS/Nicholas Pfosi/File Photo) The Federal Bureau of Investigation recently discovered an international COVID-19 fraud scheme.
Health workers wearing protective gear bring a dead body past a refrigerated container outside of Teodoro Maldonado Carbo Hospital amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Guayaquil

The Dead of Ecuador Left on the Streets

As Ecuador is struggling to survive the pandemic with over 7,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases, its densest city, Guayaquil, faces the dilemma of laying their dead to rest.