No health minister in Brazil as coronavirus infection spreads
Two health ministers have left following clashes with the president.
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South America
Chile turns to controversial ‘immunity passports’ in plan for reopening
Some critics say economic pressure is behind the effort.
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U.S. puts deadline on Chevron’s Venezuelan operations
The last major U.S. oil company in Venezuela must end operations in the country ahead of the December deadline.
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Dictator Maduro faces coronavirus and US drug charges after he calls for Venezuela population boom
Embattled Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro's comments to a woman with six children went viral just as coronavirus arrived to tax the nation's already precarious health system.
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Coronavirus cases in Ecuador rise as health minister departs
Authorities issued a public lockdown this week to help stop the spread of the virus
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Uruguay thought coronavirus had passed it by—until a wealthy socialite came home from Europe
The Uruguay government closed the country's border with Argentina as the country went from no confirmed cases to more than a hundred in a week.
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