Latin America, COVID-19 and forced migration: perspectives on movements, epidemiological walls, and gloomy images

• Autor(a) principal: Pinheiro de Araujo, Rafael
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Sarmiento da Silva, Erica
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Estudos Históricos (Rio de Janeiro)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.fgv.br/reh/article/view/82982
• topic: América Latina. COVID-19. Migrações.; Artigo submetido ao nº 73 Tempos de Pandemia; Latin America; COVID-19; Migrations

Latin America became one of the epicenters of the pandemic in June 2020. Although concentrating approximately8% of the world population, it comprises around 20% of cases and 30% of deaths caused byCOVID-19. One of the serious problems faced by Latin American populations is forced migration, which, likeeverything that concerns vulnerable populations, has increased during the pandemic. The cases of CentralAmerica and Mexico, a country considered one of the largest human corridors in the world, reached unthinkablelevels of human rights violations, as demonstrated. This article addressed the political and socioeconomiceffects of the pandemic resulting from the SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19) in Latin America. Likewise, the pressand the reports of civil organizations present how, in the middle of the pandemic, the criminalization andblaming of migrants in the speeches of the American government agencies has been accentuated.