Brazil

The death of Colombia's defense minister, plus a presidential infection in Mexico and a ministerial investigation in Brazil deepen the region's gloom.

A Minneapolis-area resident contracted a new variant of the coronavirus after traveling to Brazil. The strain is believed to be more transmissible.

Another surge in coronavirus cases has collapsed Manaus' health system, leading hospitals to run out of beds and oxygen for patients. It's also having a deadly fallout in nearby communities.

As if the region's coronavirus catastrophe wasn't enough, 2020 heaped human rights crises and historic hurricanes on Latin America and the Caribbean too.

As if the region's coronavirus catastrophe wasn't enough, 2020 heaped human rights crises and historic hurricanes on Latin America and the Caribbean too.

The jungle metropolis of Manaus had a terrible pandemic spring. A study estimates 76% of residents were exposed to the coronavirus. Researchers thought there couldn't be another surge. And yet...

COMMENTARY Few regions need an effective COVID vaccine campaign more urgently than Latin America. So far, in Brazil and elsewhere, that's not happening.

A couple months ago Brazil's coronavirus curve began to flatten. But it's spiking again — just as Brazilians are being far less vigilant than before.

COMMENTARY Our hemisphere has one-eighth of the world's population but half the world's COVID cases and deaths. Its two most important leaders led the way.

After Joe Biden proposes "economic consequences" for Brazil's Amazon destruction, Jair Bolsonaro bashes Biden for "coward threats."

COMMENTARY Armando Salguero's controversial remarks point to a larger racial problem in South Florida's Latino community

"She is in a state of good health and will follow all established protocols," the Planalto Palace says. The news comes as Brazil — with record high infection rates — lifts its air travel ban.