Latin America & Caribbean Review | Ambassador Deepak Bhojwani | September 2021
HIGHLIGHTS ● COVID 19● Political Developments● Economic Developments● Focus India-LAC COVID 19 As infections continue to rise, Latin America & the Caribbean appears one of the more threatened regions on the planet. By August, vaccinated populations ranged from 65 percent in Chile and Uruguay to 2 percent in Guatemala and 4 percent in Paraguay and Venezuela. Governments were scrambling […]
Latin America & Caribbean Review | Ambassador Deepak Bhojwani | July 2021
HIGHLIGHTS ● COVID 19● Political Developments● Economic Developments● Focus India-LAC COVID 19 On 21 May Latin America & the Caribbean (LAC) passed the grim milestone of 1 million deaths from the pandemic. Over a third of COVID-19 deaths in the world by June end were in this region, with around 8 percent of the world’s population. Brazil remains the third hardest-hit in the […]
Latin America & Caribbean Review | Ambassador Deepak Bhojwani | May 2021
HIGHLIGHTS ● COVID 19● Political Developments● Economic Developments● Focus India-LAC COVID 19 The region continued to reel from successive – second and third – waves of infection. Brazil had almost 15 million cases, with over 400,000 deaths by end April. Chile was the fastest to vaccinate almost half its population but continued to see case rates cross 1 million (of a population of […]
Latin America & Caribbean Review | Ambassador Deepak Bhojwani | March 2021
HIGHLIGHTS ● COVID 19● Political Developments● Economic Developments● Focus India-LAC COVID 19 The World Health Organisation published the following statistics on the pandemic in Latin America & the Caribbean as on 15 February: Cases : 20,268,965 Deaths : 641,740 (28 per cent of the world total with 8% of world population) Recovered 17,866,730 The region – which has hardly […]
Latin America & Caribbean Review | Ambassador Deepak Bhojwani | January 2021
2020 In Perspective The year ended badly for most of the region. While the COVID pandemic had much to do with the political and economic slide, much of the blame could be laid on the inability of the region’s leaders to maintain political stability and coordinate economic policies. Violent demonstrations in Chile, Colombia, Bolivia, Argentina, […]
Latin America & Caribbean Review | Ambassador Deepak Bhojwani | November 2020
COVID-19 By end October Latin America and the Caribbean had registered close to 11 million cases and 400,000 deaths from the virus. Brazil was the highest, with about 5.4 million and over 160,000 deaths. Other severely affected countries are Argentina, Mexico, Peru, Colombia. States with smaller populations which saw disproportionate rates of infections and deaths include Chile, Ecuador, Bolivia, Dominican Republic and Panama. Some […]
Latin America & Caribbean Review | March 2020
Brazil President Visits India Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro visited India 24-27 January as Chief Guest on Republic Day. This was the third time a Brazilian President had been India’s Chief Guest, after F H Cardoso in 1996 and Lula da Silva in 2004. This was also PM Modi’s third meeting with Bolsonaro in four months, after the G20 […]
Latin America & Caribbean Review | September 2020
COVID-19 The virus continued to ravage the region through July and August. Infections by end August are estimated to have crossed 7 million. Brazil led the pack with around 3.8 million cases and around 120,000 deaths; Mexico followed with around 600,000 infections and over 62,000 deaths. Peru, Chile, Colombia and Ecuador also continued to see infections rise. Apart from tiny Uruguay, […]
Latin America & Caribbean Review | May 2020
Coronavirus in LAC Despite a slow start, infection spread in most of the region through the summer in most parts of South America. COVID-19 panic soon overcame government apathy and denial. Most countries saw sudden spikes in cases and almost all countries shut down their borders temporarily. Central governments scrambled to announce measures to prop […]
Latin America & Caribbean Review | January 2020
Political Developments On 10 November, following two tumultuous weeks of protests, Bolivia’s President Evo Morales, Latin America’s longest serving leader, and the first indigenous president of Bolivia, resigned. The Attorney General alleged that irregularities found by the OAS audit – authorised by Morales – of the results of presidential elections held on 20 October, were crimes […]