Virus outbreak accelerating across region due to recalcitrant leadership, informal economies, loose borders, inadequate health care; Brazil marks 20,000 dead, 3rd highest globally

Country becomes 3rd-hardest-hit worldwide as COVID-19 sweeps through Latin America; clashes reported in Chile over food shortages; worrying signs in Argentina as well

Brazil emerges as new hotspot for infections as global infections pass 3 million, including 212,000 deaths; world mulls reopening schools

Health experts expect number of infections in country of 211 million to be much higher than reported; medical officials say hospital systems on verge of collapse

Thousands from Jewish communities in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo hold virtual ceremonies to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day

Group of 13 countries calls for global cooperation to lessen economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic

Patients treated with chloroquine developed heart arrhythmia in one trial and migraines and vision loss in another

Jewish group says comment by Allan dos Santos, a Bolsonaro supporter, 'disregards the suffering of the victims'; official calls him a 'scoundrel'

SBT TV network apologizes for comments by Marcao do Povo, says his proposal for treating those with COVID-19 'goes against our principles so deeply'

Daniel Azulay, who was renowned for his children's TV characters and drawings of Jerusalem, dies at 72; had been battling leukemia