News of risks

São Paulo homeless face choice between cold and virus risk

13-05-2020 11:52 Brazil's biggest homeless population has begun succumbing to COVID-19, and activists warn the worst is yet to come as colder weather bears down and shelters risk becoming hotbeds for infection.

Coronavirus pandemic

Covid-19 in figures: Two months of the pandemic that paralysed Argentina

12-05-2020 12:59 Sixty days have passed since the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the coronavirus a global pandemic. Since then, Argentines have spent 52 days in isolation, with only a fraction of the population out on the streets every day.

by Darío Silva D'Andrea

Coronavirus pandemic

Costlier food hits Latin America’s poor and adds to unrest risk

11-05-2020 13:03 A jump in food prices across Latin America is bringing added misery to the poorest families hit by the coronavirus pandemic and increasing the chance of social unrest.

Fight against virus

Government likely to issue second 10,000-peso allowance to families in May

29-04-2020 13:14 Government considering a new round of the ‘Ingreso Familiar de Emergencia’ payment in May, the 10,000-peso subsidy that some eight million single-income earners, people on social benefits and informal workers have signed up for.

Coronavirus pandemic

Virus spreads fear through Latin America's unruly prisons

29-04-2020 12:50 The spreading spectre of the new coronavirus is shaking Latin America's notoriously overcrowded, unruly prisons, threatening to turn them into infernos.

Post-quarantine pickle

Lockdowns, immunity, tests... searching for the right virus strategy

27-04-2020 14:56 Governments are facing the urgency of reviving the economy and avoiding an aggravation of the social crisis, but they are also aware that allowing the virus to circulate with a view to achieving collective immunity implies taking on new deaths.

Coronavirus pandemic

Anguish in Brazil's ICU units overwhelmed by Covid-19

24-04-2020 13:29 Doctors sign as many death certificates as release forms in the intensive care unit (ICU) at Emilio Ribas, the state's first public hospital to be pushed to breaking point by the coronavirus pandemic.

Coronavirus pandemic

89% of stranded Argentines have been repatriated, says Foreign Ministry

23-04-2020 14:51 Between March 17 and April 16, 168,140 Argentines or Argentine residents returned home from overseas, according to Foreign Ministry.

Coronavirus pandemic

Lack of virus testing stokes fears in world's refugee camps

23-04-2020 12:40 The rapid spread of the coronavirus has raised fears about the world’s refugees and internally displaced people, many of whom live in war-ravaged countries that are ill-equipped to test for the virus or contain a possible outbreak.

Coronavirus pandemic

Angry relatives complain after virus sweeps through City retirement home

22-04-2020 14:39 At least 19 elderly people were hospitalised via ambulance on Tuesday night from a nursing home in the Belgrano neighbourhood of Buenos Aires.

Bloomberg

Without access to credit, Argentina turns to its Central Bank

21-04-2020 14:27 Money supply is increasing as Argentina grapples with the economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic, stoking inflation fears and increasing the likelihood of a default next month.

Coronavirus impact

LATAM to maintain 95% reduction of its operations until May

20-04-2020 08:00 The Chilean-Brazilian airline LATAM Airlines announced on Friday that the 95% reduction in its passenger operations announced in April will extend into May due to the coronavirus crisis, which will have a deeper impact than expected.

Fight against virus

Coronavirus infection peak in Buenos Aires expected to arrive in June

16-04-2020 15:43 City Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta will not request a loosening of restrictions in the capital, with a peak in infections anticipated for June.

Coronavirus pandemic

‘We want to come home,' say 2,200 Argentines stranded in Andorra

16-04-2020 15:39 Some 2,200 Argentines stranded in Andorra by the coronavirus, most of them temporary workers in ski resorts on the verge of running out of money, are demanding on social networks and the media that the government facilitate their return to the country.

Bloomberg - Long read

Trump’s oil deal: the inside story of how a price war ended

13-04-2020 16:13 After a week-long marathon of calls between world leaders and video conferences featuring dozens of energy ministers, this is how the 2020 oil price war was finally ended.

Coronavirus pandemic

'Complete collapse of economies' ahead as Africa faces up to avirus

08-04-2020 07:50 More than half of Africa's 54 countries have imposed lockdowns, curfews, travel bans or other measures in a bid to prevent local transmission of the virus. Global economic downturn may lead to a ‘complete collapse’ in the region, according to experts.

Virus effect on Latin America

Coronavirus hits rich and poor unequally in Latin America

03-04-2020 08:30 From Mexico City to Port-au-Prince to Santiago, the coronavirus is taking root in the world's most unequal region, where many of Latin America's first cases arrived thanks to the well-off travelling abroad.

Pregnancies at risk

Virus disrupts pregnancy plans, raises anxiety and questions

31-03-2020 19:06 Many pregnant women fear giving birth with no loved ones by their side in the United States. Others worry about getting sick with Covid-19 and not being able to hold their newborns, adding to the overall anxiety and uncertainty.

Coronavirus pandemic

Brazil's Bolsonaro makes life-or-death coronavirus gamble

30-03-2020 15:58 Even as coronavirus cases mount in Latin America’s largest nation, Bolsonaro is calling the pandemic a momentary, minor problem and saying strong measures to contain it are unnecessary.

Coronavirus pandemic

Government to grant 10,000-peso allowance to soften virus impact

24-03-2020 14:30 Officials announce delivery of 10,000 pesos in April in a single payment to self-employed in both A and B categories and to informal workers, benefitting around 3.6 million households.

Coronavirus pandemic

Latin America isn’t ready for the virus onslaught headed its way

20-03-2020 18:33 For weeks, as the world was gripped by panic over the spreading coronavirus, Latin America looked largely unscathed.

Bloomberg

Bolsonaro, AMLO roll the dice with laid-back coronavirus response

17-03-2020 20:37 Brazilian and Mexican leaders stand on opposite sides of the political spectrum, but both have assumed a relatively relaxed approach to the Covid-19 crisis, resisting calls to curb travel or to encourage social distancing.

Coronavirus consequences

Coronavirus throws international competitions into chaos

11-03-2020 16:13 As sporting events in more countries on Wednesday are cancelled or pushed behind doors to avoid spread of coronavirus, problems are mounting up.

Uncertainty in markets

Black Monday: keys to understanding this week's fall in oil prices

09-03-2020 17:21 Trade war between Russia and Saudi Arabia is shaking the oil-dependent countries with prices in the range of US$30 a barrel, while markets are also facing the consequences of the Coronavirus outbreak.

by Lorena Rodríguez

POVERTY & HUNGER

Argentina’s double trouble: reducing poverty and debt

06-02-2020 16:42 President Alberto Fernández launches food coupons as a temporary solution to reduce poverty and hunger among vulnerable populations in Argentina.

CORONAVIRUS

Stock markets retreat as virus death toll surges

30-01-2020 13:08 Coronavirus outbreak in China sparks worldwide concerns as death toll grows; US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell claims virus poses new risk to global growth.

EUROZONE

ECB's Lagarde sees ebbing risks to eurozone, vows climate action

23-01-2020 16:25 European Central Bank (ECB) chief Christine Lagarde on Thursday said risks to the eurozone economy had become "less pronounced" in the wake of a US-China trade truce even as US President Donald Trump reignited a trade spat with Europe.