Latin America home to majority of children that lost an entire school year
Across the world, about 60 percent of the children who lost an entire school year due to the pandemic…
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Krumholtz
Michael has been a reporter covering Latin America since 2014. He has lived and worked in Costa Rica, Colombia and Mexico. His work from the region has appeared in The Guardian, The Associated Press and Vice.
Latin American COVID-19 cases rise with vaccines still scarce
Around Latin America, a number of countries are experiencing an increase in COVID-19 cases as another…
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Puerto Rican startup accelerator is leading a wave of innovation on the island
Puerto Rico may not be the first place that comes to mind when thinking of tech hubs in Latin America.…
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Brazil daily COVID deaths reach 4,000 for first time as variant takes hold
For the first time since the pandemic began, Brazil has registered more than 4,000 deaths in a 24-hour…
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Indigenous groups are the most vital protectors of Latin American forests, per UN report
Indigenous peoples may be the best protectors of the Amazon and other Latin American forests, according…
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Q&A with Costa Rican entrepreneur Cynthia Castro: “The best strategy to avoid economic exclusion in the world is to give economic power to women”
Cynthia Castro is on a mission to empower women in Latin American workplaces, ridding offices of unequal…
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Chile among the world’s best in vaccination efforts
After high death and infection tolls from COVID-19 last summer, Chile has responded with one of the…
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Latin America’s economy could be set back a decade by rising inequality
The coronavirus pandemic is expected to set economies in Latin America back by a decade due to rising…
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Rising hunger rates in Central America present parallel crisis
Hunger is on the rise in Central America as locals try to cope with dueling crises stemming from the…
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Chinese loans to Latin America run dry
After years of billions of dollars in loans to the region, China stopped lending to Latin America in…
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