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Doctor Carolina Moreira, right, prepares to check the body temperature of COVID-19 patient Irma Llanes, 82, at her home in Montevideo, Uruguay, Monday, May 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)
With recent surge, Uruguay battles to contain coronavirus

By Guillermo Garat May. 31, 2021 08:22 AM EDT

A Conmebol worker, wearing protective gear due to COVID-19, stands guard on the pitch inside "Defensores del Chaco" Stadium before the start of a Copa Libertadores soccer match between Brazil's Gremio and Ecuador's Independiente del Valle in Asuncion, Paraguay, Friday, April 9, 2021. (Natalia Aguilar/Pool via AP)
South American soccer to receive 50,000 doses of vaccine

By Mauricio Savarese Apr. 13, 2021 02:55 PM EDT

Guillermo Lasso, presidential candidate of Creating Opportunities party, CREO, celebrates after a presidential runoff election at his campaign headquarters in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Sunday, April 11, 2021. With most of the votes counted Lasso, a former banker, had a lead over economist Andres Arauz, a protege of former President Rafael Correa.(AP Photo/Angel Dejesus)
Ecuador goes with conservative banker in presidential vote

By Regina Garcia Cano And Gonzalo Solano Apr. 11, 2021 12:00 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2020 file photo, Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez speaks at a press conference in Berlin, Germany. On Wednesday, April 29, 2020, an Argentine court granted house arrest to several hundred detainees in jails as a measure to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, including one convicted of crimes against humanity and one accused of raping a girl, generating outrage among the victims. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer, File)
As virus cases surge, Brazil starts to worry its neighbors

By Almudena Calatrava And Michael Weissenstein Apr. 30, 2020 12:00 AM EDT