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Brazil’s US Ambassador To Take COVID-19 Test After Positive Announcement By...

News Americas, SAO PAULO/BRASILIA, Brazil, Weds. July 8, 2020: – On the heels of the Trump of Latin America, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's announcement...
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Woman Held As A Slave For Years At A Latin America...

By Fabio Teixeira RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Tues. July 7, 2020: (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The discovery of a domestic worker kept as a slave...
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Coronavirus Cases In This Latin America Nation Tops 300,000

By Marco Aquino LIMA, Peru, Mon. July 6, 2020 (Reuters) - Peru on Sunday jumped past 300,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, the fifth-highest in the...
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Over 1,300 Killed By Security Officials In This Latin American Nation...

CARACAS, Venezuela, Fri. July 3, 2020 (Reuters) - Venezuelan security operations killed at least 1,324 people in the first five months of 2020, the...
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More Than 100 Colombian Soldiers Implicated In Sex Abuse Of Minors

By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA, Colombia, Thurs. July 2, 2020 (Reuters) - At least 118 members of the Colombian army have been investigated since 2016...
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In Brazil’s Amazon, A Growing Fear Of COVID-19 By The Indigenous...

By Mauricio Angelo BRASILIA, Brazil, Weds. July 1, 2020 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Dozens of indigenous people in the Brazilian Amazon's Javari Valley - an...
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Latin America Sees 19,000 New COVID-19 Cases In One Day

News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Tues. June 30, 2020: There’s no letting up when it comes to the novel coronavirus in Latin America. On...
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Gay, Trans Brazilians Among Economic Victims Of Coronavirus

By Oscar Lopez and Fabio Teixeira MEXICO CITY/RIO DE JANEIRO, Mon. June 29, 2020 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - One in four unemployed gay and trans...
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Brazilians Of African Heritage Falling Under The Radar As Coronavirus Numbers...

By Fabio Teixeira RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Fri. June 26, 2020 (Thomson Reuters Foundation): Raimundo Magno Nascimento lost two cousins to the coronavirus and another...
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This Latin American Central Bank Has Cut Its 2020 GDP Forecast

By Jamie McGeever BRASILIA, Brazil, Fri. June 26, 2020: (Reuters) - Brazil's central bank on Thursday slashed its 2020 economic growth forecast to minus 6.4%...