President Martín Vizcarra acknowledged that the country is going through the largest crisis in its history, and its effect on the economy can only be compared to that of the War of the Pacific, more than 100 years ago

The new CNE directive is ad hoc and its functions will end on January 5, 2021, the date on which a new National Assembly should be installed

A study revealed that 262 indigenous leaders were assassinated after the signing of the Peace Agreement and 167 during the presidency of the uribista ruler of the Democratic Center

In the South American country there are more than 17 million people, but only 0.8% of the population has had access to a coronavirus screening test

At the end of May, the then Minister of Mining, Fernando Vásquez, had to be removed because of his racist expressions in a radio interview

According to information from ONUMujeres El Salvador, in the Central American country more women are dying from violence than from COVID-19

In the midst of the pandemic, there have been isolated protests for different reasons that generate the blockade of the country, and these cannot be politically channeled by Guaidó

An article published by the American newspaper The New York Times described how the relationship has deteriorated between the President and the military

The lethality of the coronavirus in the region has not been as shocking as in Western Europe, where in percentage terms the figures continue to be more alarming on the old continent

President Dwight Eisenhower employed the military in 1957 to escort nine African American teenagers - Little Rock Nine - to a public school that opted for segregation