Latin America

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — At least six Guatemalans deported from the United States on June 9 tested positive for COVID-19, according to an official in Guatemala’s Health Ministry.

MIAMI (AP) — Venezuela’s socialist government tried to recruit then-Congressman Pete Sessions to broker a meeting with the CEO of Exxon Mobil at the same time it was secretly paying a close former House colleague $50 million to keep U.S. sanctions at bay, The Associated Press has learned.

Experts say the actual number could be seven times higher.

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Nicolás Bergerie’s family has been making coffins for four generations, with barely any alteration. But when he saw the coronavirus ravaging Europe, he decided to roll out a new product.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The planned next stage of reopening of businesses in Mexico appeared to be put off once again Friday, as new confirmed cases and deaths continued at near-record levels.

The measure affects more than 700,000 DACA recipients, also known as DREAMers.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — When Rafaela Matos saw police helicopters over her favela and heard gunshots, she fell to her knees and asked God to protect her son, João Pedro. Then she called the boy to make sure he was OK.

At least 50 public hospitals in Ecuador are under investigation after allegations arose that provinces where National Assembly members live were allocated more supplies to combat COVID-19 than others.

“We seek to fill the void left by media coverage of Cuba by investigating the impact of U.S. policy towards the island and the money and interests driving that policy,” the founders told Latino Rebels.

The OAS and CARICOM both stated that the recount was accurate, despite some irregularities.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández and his wife have tested positive for COVID-19, the Central American leader said late Tuesday in a television message.

The COVID-19 figures in Haiti don’t reflect the reality on the ground.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico began more reopenings of businesses shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic, even as deaths and new cases continued at an unbroken pace.

President Iván Duque has said that he will not resume peace talks until all hostages are released and kidnappings end.

Jaime Mañalich faced criticism for his methods of counting cases and deaths.

Mexico’s tourism income crashed in April, when it was only 6.3% of what it was one year ago. Hundreds of thousands of hotel rooms were closed.

MIAMI (AP) — Venezuela on Saturday demanded the release of a government-connected businessman who was detained in Cape Verde on U.S. corruption charges, calling his arrest an illegal act of aggression by the Trump administration aimed at piling new hardships on the crisis-wracked oil nation.

Archbishop Carlos Castillo on Sunday had his church filled with more than 5,000 portraits of those who have died in the pandemic that is burning across Peru and South America as a whole/

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican judge on Saturday ordered a police officer who fatally shot a 16-year-old Mexican-American boy to be held in preventive detention while he is investigated for alleged murder.

HAVANA (AP) — A week and a half ago, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued a strongly worded announcement that the Trump administration was prohibiting business with Fincimex, a Cuban state corporation that works with foreign credit card and money transfer businesses, among others.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — As they wait out quarantine in a cramped, windowless room, Natividad Benítez brings her six children all of their meals from the soup kitchen where she earns $133 a month, barely enough to cover her rent and a few extra monthly costs.