?? Venezuela. Despite a desert of reliable information and not a single Covid-19 death since April, President Nicolás Maduro has decided to loosen quarantine rules in Venezuela. (Clarín, in Spanish)
?? Panama. The country begins to relax isolation measures, entering its second stage of reopening. (U.S News)
?? Colombia. Two city mayors were arrested and eight more were targeted by anti-corruption investigations linked to fraudulent health contracts (Colombia Reports). The Brazilian Report explains how the pandemic creates the perfect conditions for corruption to sprout.
?? Haiti. The country’s top police chief tests positive for Covid-19, one of the first authorities to be infected in a country with little to no data on the pandemic. (Prensa Latina)
?? El Salvador. President Nayib Bukele said he uses chloroquine and criticizes the World Health Organization’s decision to suspend all Covid-19 trials with the controversial antimalarial drug. (EFE, in Spanish)
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