U.S. Bans Flights From Brazil, Where Pandemic Is Raging
BRASÍLIA — The United States, citing Brazil’s surging coronavirus crisis, has banned flights from the nation, delivering a blow to its embattled leader, who has...
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What’s Lost and Gained When We Put In 9-to-5 From Home?
On Thursday, Tobi Lütke, the founder and chief executive of Ottawa-based Shopify, announced on Twitter that most of his company’s 5,000 employees had permanently become...
El Salvador Supreme Court Orders State of Emergency Suspended
SAN SALVADOR — El Salvador’s Supreme Court said on Monday that it had ordered the immediate suspension of the state of emergency that President Nayib...
‘License to Kill’: Inside Rio’s Record Year of Police Killings
RIO DE JANEIRO — Rodrigo dos Santos, 16, was speeding downhill on a motorcycle in Rio de Janeiro, a knapsack packed with marijuana, cocaine and...
Brazil, Once a Leader, Struggles to Contain Virus Amid Political Turmoil
Thronged banks. Packed subway cars. Buses full of President Jair Bolsonaro’s fervent supporters, heading to rallies that call on Brazilians to brush aside stay-at-home orders...
Another Health Minister in Brazil Exits Amid Chaotic Coronavirus Response
RIO DE JANEIRO — The Brazilian government’s chaotic response to the coronavirus pandemic worsened Friday as its latest health minister quit barely a month into...
At Least 70 Dead in Mexico From Drinking Tainted Alcohol
MEXICO CITY — At least 70 people have died across Mexico since late April after drinking tainted alcohol, including at least 20 residents of a...
Coronavirus Outbreak in Latin America Now Rivals Europe’s. But Its Options Are Worse.
Deaths doubled in Lima, rivaling the worst month of the pandemic in Paris. They tripled in Manaus, a metropolis tucked deep in Brazil’s Amazon —...
Doing the Bump With the Belugas
Beneath the waves, two smoldering coals for eyes watched me with an intense, unyielding stare. Pristine white bodies floated up elegantly from the depths, one...
Overlooked No More: June Almeida, Scientist Who Identified the First Coronavirus
Overlooked is a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times. With no money to pay for...