ABSTRACT
Latin America and the Caribbean: Impact of COVID-19 [Updated December 17, 2020] [open pdf - 483KB]
From the Document: "The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is having widespread economic, social, and political effects on Latin America and the Caribbean, a region with strong congressional interest because of deep U.S. linkages. As of December 15, 2020, the region had over 14.1million confirmed cases(19.4% of cases worldwide) and almost 473,000 deaths(29.2% of deaths worldwide). Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, and Peru have the highest numbers of deaths in the region, and Brazil has the highest death toll worldwide after the United States."
| Report Number: | CRS In Focus, IF11581 |
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| Date: | 2020-12-17 |
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| Copyright: | Public Domain |
| Retrieved From: | Congressional Research Service: https://crsreports.congress.gov/ |
| Format: | pdf |
| Media Type: | application/pdf |
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