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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...

RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil reported the highest daily COVID-19 death toll in the world Tuesday with 1,039 people killed, the fifth straight day the country has topped the list....

More young people are dying of COVID-19 in Brazil than other countries, a trend driven partly by demographics -- the overall population is younger -- but also by poverty and...

BRASILIA－Brazil sent thousands of soldiers to protect the Amazon rainforest on Monday, as the government mounts an early response to surging deforestation ahead of the peak season for forest fires....

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday said its managing director plans to approve Chile's request for a $23.8 billion Flexible Credit Line (FCL). "IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva intends...

BOGOTA－Avianca Holdings, Latin America's second-largest airline, filed for bankruptcy on Sunday, after failing to meet a bond payment deadline, while its pleas for coronavirus aid from Colombia's government have so...

The UN food agency, FAO, warns that hunger and fatalities could rise significantly in urban areas, without measures to ensure that poor and vulnerable residents have access to food. In...

A Bolivian air force plane crashed in the Amazonian region shortly after takeoff Saturday afternoon, killing all those on board. The Spaniards were en route to catch a flight back...

An Argentine official has given some on-air sex education for onanistic lovers in the time of the coronavirus, underscoring how the pandemic and lockdown in response to it are shaking...

The government said 6,700 people died in Guayas province in the first two weeks of April, far more than the usual 1,000 deaths there in the same period. Guayas is...