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Covid in Latin America
Covid-19 in Latin America: one year on
The Covid-19 pandemic has been a catastrophe for the world, not least for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).... Read More
All countries are at risk of disaster and should do what they can to prepare.... Read More
The first known case of Covid-19 infection in Latin America was detected in Sao Paulo in Brazil on 26 February last year.... Read More
Brazil stands out as one of the world’s major epicentres of the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as a country where the political and policy response to the virus has been notoriously poor.... Read More
The first known Covid-19 case was detected in Mexico on 28 February 2020: the carrier was a locally based Italian citizen who had recently returned from a European trip.... Read More
One year on, Argentina can be classified among the countries that were harder hit by the virus, reporting over 2m confirmed cases and 50,000 deaths.... Read More
Colombia’s first known Covid-19 case was detected on 6 March 2020; the virus spread rapidly from that point onwards.... Read More
Some analysts believe the first year of Covid-19 in Peru has also brought with it the most intense ‘perfect storm’ of problems experienced by the country in at least the last two decades.... Read More
One of the features of the global pandemic has been that government responses have been erratic, confounding predictions, with both unexpected successes and unexpected failures in the different phases of the crisis.... Read More
Uruguay stands out as one of the countries in the region where the virus arrived late and had a comparatively smaller impact.... Read More
A review of the first year of the pandemic in LAC suggests various conclusions.... Read More
It’s not over yet.... Read More
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- An epicentre of the global pandemic
- Weakness before the black swan
- How the outbreak hit the region
- Brazil: The ‘little flu’ takes over
- Mexico re-opens too soon
- Argentina’s vaccine jumpers
- Colombia counts the cost of lockdown
- Peru’s perfect storm
- Chile bets on mass vaccination
- Uruguay tests the limits of ‘responsible freedom’
- Looking back: Some lessons from the pandemic
- Looking forward: What will happen next?