Peru hit hard by second wave of COVID-19
Peru is reporting more than 7,000 new cases everyday and has the highest per capita death toll in the Latin American and Caribbean region
Right-wing violence against Mapuche people in Chile widely condemned
Social movements are demanding that urgent actions be taken against the Carabineros and that the interior ministers be removed from his position for their complicity in the violence against the Mapuche Indigenous community
Bolivia’s electoral court postpones general elections to October 18
Evo Morales and his party rejected the postponement of elections and highlighted that only the country’s parliament has the authority to approve any change in the date
Crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean will deepen in coming months, experts claim
Several reports by international and regional organizations on the impacts of the global COVID-19 pandemic on Latin America and the Caribbean indicate that the economic, health and social crisis is going to aggravate in the region in the coming months
Indignation in Colombia amid spree of assassinations and the rape of an Indigenous girl by soldiers
The wave of assassinations and acts of sexual violence carried out by security forces and paramilitary groups against Colombian civilians in the past week has shaken the country
The socio-economic crisis is aggravating the health crisis in Peru
The unemployment caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the threat of hunger have forced millions of Peruvians to venture out and risk infection
Healthcare system on the verge of collapse in Chile
Chile is recording nearly 4,000 new cases everyday and about 95% of the ICU beds in the hospitals across the country have already been occupied
Assassination of Indigenous leader Domingo Choc sparks outrage
Domingo Choc, an herbalist and spiritual guide of the Maya Q’eqchi’ Indigenous community, was burned alive by a group of people, who accused him of practicing witchcraft