Hispanic Community April 2020

Update On Guatemalan Deportees

Earlier this month, Hispanic Outlook ran a story about the impact of U.S. deportees on Guatemala’s COVID-19 cases. The article below is a follow up to that story.

Hispanic Community April 2020

Coffins In The Parking Lot

At a Barcelona funeral home, an underground parking garage has been turned morgue currently housing more than 500 bodies of those either confirmed or suspected of dying from COVID-19.

Hispanic Community April 2020

How Are US Deportations Impacting Pandemic?

According to Guatemala’s health minister, U.S. deportees are driving up the Guatemala’s COVID-19 cases. The U.S. has deported nearly 12,000 Guatemalans since January.

Hispanic Community April 2020

Spain's Elderly Suffer

The following is an Associated Press account of Spain’s elderly who are home bound and the health care workers and emergency medical personnel trying to help them during the pandemic.

Hispanic Community April 2020

NYC Hispanic Communities Hit Hard By COVID-19

As novel coronavirus deaths continue to rise in New York, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said the virus is hitting black and Hispanic communities in the city hard.

Hispanic Community April 2020

‘I Could Not Be Happier’

Previously, The Hispanic Outlook reported on a U.S. woman running out of life-saving medication and unable to leave Peru. The following is the update to that story.

Hispanic Community April 2020

Hunt For Food By Peru’s Poor During Pandemic

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Peru’s poorest citizens are struggling to find food. Peru has had more than 2,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and more than 80 virus-related deaths.

Hispanic Community April 2020

Campaign To Help Hispanic Owned-Businesses

Hispanic Owned-Businesses have a nationwide campaign to help them during the COVID-19 pandemic courtesy of NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises and the USHCC.

Hispanic Community April 2020

Deadly Riot Breaks Out Over Virus Fears

A 42-year-old Guatemalan man died of smoke inhalation during a riot in a Mexico detention center, during which 27 migrants escaped. The riot was because of fears surrounding COVID-19.

Hispanic Community March 2020

US Outlines Plan For Venezuela Transition

The U.S.’s plan for Venezuela requires Nicolas Maduro and Juan Guaidó to hand power to a council of state to govern until presidential and parliamentary elections can be held.

Hispanic Community March 2020

Spain Sees Record Virus Deaths

Novel coronavirus-related deaths in Spain rose overnight by 849, bringing the death total for the country to more than 8,000. The worldwide infection number is more than 800,000.

Hispanic Community March 2020

Venezuela’s Maduro Threatens Trump

Following the U.S. putting a $15 million bounty on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Maduro said he would fight both the U.S. and Colombia if they tried to invade his country.