While pandemic news remains relevant and important, there are several more news items this week, from fields as disparate as contemporary politics and historical slavery. In this week’s digest, we’ll look at COVID-19 updates, the Peruvian impeachment process, and a unique discovery off the coast of Mexico. Despite the ongoing pandemic, many parts of LatinContinue reading “Weekly Digest 9/21/2020”
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Weekly Digest 9/14/2020
Welcome back to the weekly digest of Latin American news! I apologize again for the lack of posts in the last two weeks—I accepted and started a new job and moved halfway across the country, and unfortunately Everything You Never Know about Latin America just sort of slipped through the cracks. This week should markContinue reading “Weekly Digest 9/14/2020”
Weekly Digest 8/24/2020
This week’s digest is another short one, as non-pandemic news is slow in the region. In addition to coverage regarding COVID-19, stories from this week cover a tragedy in a Peru nightclub and additional dangerous weather in the Caribbean. Latin America is still the region most affected by COVID-19. This week, the region passed yetContinue reading “Weekly Digest 8/24/2020”
Weekly Digest 8/17/2020
This week, the digest takes on the ongoing fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, including economic effects and a brain drain in Latin America. In addition, protests in Chile continue, while an investigation into a former Mexican president has kicked off. Latin America remains the hardest-hit region in terms of both COVID-19 positive cases and fatalities.Continue reading “Weekly Digest 8/17/2020”
Weekly Digest 8/10/2020
This week’s digest is a little shorter than previous weeks’ as there is less COVID-19 news than usual. In addition to the light coronavirus coverage, this week’s edition includes information on Mexican tourism and the ongoing fires in the Amazon region. Last week, Latin America passed another unfortunate milestone, becoming the world’s region with theContinue reading “Weekly Digest 8/10/2020”
Weekly Digest 8/3/2020
The coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc in Latin America and the Caribbean, with the disease spreading faster than in any other part of the world. However, other news from the region has also cropped up for this week, with a tropical storm barreling through the Caribbean, and a new study challenging understandings of theContinue reading “Weekly Digest 8/3/2020”
Weekly Digest 7/27/2020
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to dominate headlines in Latin America and throughout most of the world. This week, stories about the public health and economic impact of the pandemic continue, with another natural disaster receiving coverage as well. Latin America has passed a worrying milestone, passing the United States and Canada as the region hardestContinue reading “Weekly Digest 7/27/2020”
Weekly Digest 7/20/2020
Many of this week’s news items relate directly or indirectly to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Economic and public health repercussions remain important, but another newsworthy item from last week is a cartel’s strong challenge to the authority of the Mexican government. In Brazil, COVID-19 infections have crested the two-million mark, cementing the country’s confirmed casesContinue reading “Weekly Digest 7/20/2020”
Weekly Digest 7/13/2020
In what will be a recurring theme, there are plenty of news items from Latin America this week. Below are a few highlights from media coverage throughout the region. COVID-19 was slower to spread to and through Latin America than North America and Europe, but the peoples and countries of the region are now facingContinue reading “Weekly Digest 7/13/2020”
Everything You Never Knew about Latin America 