COVID-19 in Latin America
Channel: UBC Latin American Studies
Date: 01/12/2020

Even during the pandemic, Latin Americans have taken to the streets to protest against racism, political corruption, femicide, among other issues. 

The atmosphere in the region remains largely uncertain given that there are no clear plans as to the economic and social measures that will be taken by the governments to deal with the impact of the pandemic.

Nevertheless, we would like to emphasize that thousands of lives were lost which could have been avoided with improved state capacity and detailed planning. A lot of questions are left unanswered such as how will these deaths impact future elections? 

Latin America as suggested by Calle 13 is “un pueblo sin piernas, pero que camina” and given the resilience of our people the only certainty left is that we will keep on walking.

Video made by Ana Laura, Maiya, and Mirella for the University of British Columbia class, "LAST100: Introduction to Latin American Studies" (http://last100.arts.ubc.ca).

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