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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 13 May 2020
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On 12 May, the executive director of humanitarian NGO Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) for Brazil, Ana de Lemos, warned that Latin America could become the next epicentre of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.... Read More
* Brazil’s national statistics institute (Ibge) has released the latest figures for the services sector, according to which the level of activity fell by a monthly 6.9% in March 2020, and recorded a 2.7% drop year-on-year.... Read More
On 12 May Chile’s Health Minister Jaime Mañalich said that the country’s health system has “approached the limit” of its available beds and ventilators to treat critical coronavirus (Covid-19) patients.... Read More
* Chile has submitted a request to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a two-year flexible credit line (FCL) amounting to some US$23.8bn to help the country cope with the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.... Read More
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