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11 migrants found dead off of Venezuela’s eastern coast

CARACAS (Reuters) - Eleven people believed to have traveled from Venezuela to Trinidad and Tobago were found dead in waters near the South American...

Covid-19 breaks record of infections in Panama

Covid-19 broke its own record of infections in Panama for the third time in a week, after 2,447 new cases were reported in the...

Brazil state gets 1 mln doses of China candidate vaccine

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Butantan Institute biomedical centre today received 1 million doses of a Chinese vaccine developed by Sinovac Biotech that...

Venezuelan official: 112 disappeared so far fleeing to Trinidad and other islands

Carlos Valero, a member of Venezuela's National Assembly yesterday reported that 112 Venezuelans have disappeared in the Caribbean Sea while attempting to flee Venezuela...

Widow of murdered LGBT+ politician in Brazil vows to combat hate with election win

(Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Two years after the murder of popular Brazilian councilwoman Marielle Franco, her partner Monica Benicio has also won a council...

Brazil registers 376 coronavirus deaths on Saturday

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Brazil has registered 32,622 additional coronavirus cases over the last 24 hours and 376 deaths, the health ministry...

Storm death toll rises in Central America as Honduran leader pleads for help

TEGUCIGALPA/MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Authorities in Central America recovered more bodies yesterday from landslides triggered by hurricane Iota, which battered the impoverished region...

Black councilwoman elected in Brazil receives death threats

Brazilian professor Ana Lucia Martins, first black councilwoman elected in Joinville municipality, in southern Santa Catarina state, received death threats due to the color...

Three footballers from Ecuador's national team sick of Covid-19

Ecuador's national soccer team has temporary losses today, as three players who tested positive for Covid-19 are in the required quarantine. Enner Valencia, Alan Franco...

Dozens wounded in Peru as protesters and police clash amid political crisis

LIMA,  (Reuters) – At least 27 people have been wounded in clashes between police and protestors as thousands of Peruvians took to the streets...

Slow road to jobs recovery for Latin America and the Caribbean

The labour market in Latin America and the Caribbean faces a slow recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting the need for “active macro policies”...

Brazil suspends trials of China’s Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine due to ‘adverse effect’

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil’s health regulator said yesterday it had suspended clinical trials for China’s Sinovac coronavirus vaccine, due to a “severe adverse...
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Barbados recorded 37 new COVID-19 cases

There were 37 new positive COVID-19 cases on Sunday, out of the 1,436 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. They comprised both...

A Visitor form UK died in Jamaica of COVID-19

Jamaica on Monday recorded one more COVID-19 death, pushing the tally to 305. The deceased is a 77-year-old male from the United Kingdom. Meanwhile, there were...

Sandals founder Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart dies aged 79 following ‘short battle with illness’

Travel pioneer Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart, who founded Jamaica's Sandals resort, has died. Stewart was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1941. He grew up on...

Barbados Confirms 161 New COVID-19 Cases

Barbados has announced 161 cases of COVID-19 at the Island’s Dodds prison. The discovery has prompted a massive contact tracing exercise. Authorities say the cases relate...