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After four days of nail-biting suspense following Election Day on Nov 3, former US vice-president Joe Biden was declared president-elect Saturday morning, whose immediate challenges would be to lead and...

BUENOS AIRES - Argentine President Alberto Fernandez on Monday urged the public to be "more responsible" in combating the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), warning the pandemic "is not over". "We are...

SAO PAULO - Brazil on Sunday reported 335 more deaths from the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 141,741. Authorities in the southeast states...

BRASILIA -- The Brazilian government has created an inter-ministerial working group to coordinate the procurement and distribution of vaccines against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), according to an announcement published in...

SANTIAGO - Hospital occupancy in Chile for patients diagnosed with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have dropped to the lowest level since May, according to the authorities. Additionally, the number of...

SANTIAGO - Latin America and the Caribbean's foreign trade will see a steep 23 percent drop in 2020 due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, according to the United Nations Economic...

LA PAZ - Jeanine Anez, head of Bolivia's opposition-backed interim government, said Thursday that she has tested positive for COVID-19 and will be in quarantine. "Along with my entire team,...

Bolsonaro himself announced the result, speaking on Brazilian TV channels Tuesday. "Everyone knew that it would reach a considerable part of the population sooner or later. It was positive for...

BUENOS AIRES - Argentine authorities on Tuesday called on the public to "make more of an effort" to contain the COVID-19 pandemic or risk a return to stricter lockdown measures...

GENEVA — World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday said that his organization is especially worried about Central and South America, where many countries are witnessing accelerating...