End of lockdown could unlock pent-up frustrations in Latin America
May 11, 2021 rome bureau chief
Volunteers from a Catholic charity prepare meals at the Divine Providence food pantry in Cucuta, Colombia, Jan. 31, 2020. The food pantry serves up to 6,000 people per day, mostly Venezuelan migrants. (Credit: Manuel Rueda/CNS.)
CELAM, the conference of bishops from Latin America and the Caribbean, released a 50-page report looking into the social consequences of COVID-19 in Latin America, which sounded the alarm about the worsening situation.
ROME — In 2019, thousands of demonstrators took over the streets of most Latin American capitals, in an outburst that spread from the iconic Plaza Italia in Santiago, Chile, to downtown Bogota in Colombia.