RIO DE JANEIRO—Brazil’s economy, the largest in Latin America, returned to its pre-pandemic level with stronger-than-expected growth of 1.2 percent in the first quarter...
MONTEVIDEO—Latin America and the Caribbean passed one million coronavirus deaths on Friday as the IMF proposed a $50 billion plan to end the pandemic,...
Brazil recently approved CoronaVac, the vaccine made by Beijing-based pharmaceutical firm Sinovac, thereby enabling Latin America’s largest nation to begin its immunization program.
CoronaVac has...
Facing a major slump in printed newspaper sales and advertising revenue, Latin America's press is fighting for survival—and increasingly betting on paid digital subscriptions...
Argentina on Thursday became one of just a handful of Latin American countries to allow elective abortion, as neighboring Chile initiated its own debate...
Mexico on Wednesday became the first Latin American country to receive coronavirus vaccines for mass immunization against a disease that has had a devastating...
Costa Rica received its first batch of coronavirus vaccines late Wednesday and planned to start vaccinations the following day, joining Mexico among the first...
By Lucia Lacurcia
Montevideo, Uruguay—Almost six months after it was first detected in Latin America, the coronavirus death toll has reached 250,000 and exacerbated poverty...
