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A worker digs a grave in the San Juan Bautista cemetery in Iquitos, Peru, amid the coronavirus pandemic. On May 31, 2021, Peru announced a sharp increase in its COVID-19 death toll, saying there have been more than 180,000 fatalities since the pandemic hit the country early last year.

Peruvian Officials More Than Double COVID Death Toll, Saying They Undercounted

Jaclyn Diaz

"Glaring gaps" in access to COVID-19 vaccines are partially to blame for increasing infection rates in Peru, Argentina, Brazil and many other Latin American and Caribbean countries .

VACUNAGATE Elizabeth Astete, who was forced to resign as Peru's Foreign Minister last week after saying she took COVID-19 vaccine doses reserved for others because she 'couldn't afford the luxury' of getting sick.

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America's Vaccine Rollout May Be Dysfunctional, But Latin America's Is Disastrous

Tim Padgett

Due to limited resources, delayed startups, chronic shortages — and official scandals — only a fraction of Latin America and the Caribbean has been inoculated.

COVID CRISIS A healthworker helps an elderly COVID-19 patient in an intensive care unit at a hospital in Lima, Peru.

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Why Is Coronavirus Now Exploding In Latin America? It's The Informal Economy, Stupid

Tim Padgett

COMMENTARY We know one likely reason Brazil’s coronavirus emergency is in full meltdown. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro calls the pandemic a “media...