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Argentine canoeist Sebastian Rossi trains in his girlfriend's pool, due to the coronavirus outbreak, as he prepares for the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, in Buenos Aires, Argentina June 8, 2020. The photo shows the canoeist rowing furiously in a swimming pool. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian

Argentina's Quarantine—The Long View

by Carlos Javier Regazzoni

To build on the country's early success against COVID-19, we should envision an overall Latin American pandemic response

Trade
Soldiers guard the Ecuadoran side of a border with Colombia in Tufino, Ecuador on March 15, 2020, after country leaders announced the closure of its borders to all foreign travelers due to COVID-19. The photo shows a simple border crossing through a small town with a big sign reading "Ecuador" above the street. The crossing is closed with metal barricades, and a soldier stands out front. REUTERS/Daniel Tapia

Coronavirus in Latin America

by Carlos Javier Regazzoni

How will the region cope with COVID-19 pressure on health care systems, weak economies, and unstable politics

The graph shows cumulative confirmed cases of COVID-19 over time for all countries with confirmed cases as of April 6. The x-axis show days since the first travel restrictions were implemented. For all travel restriction imposing countries, data has been indexed to start from their respective day zero of travel restriction implementation. CFR/Samantha Kiernan
Governance

Tracking Coronavirus in Countries With and Without Travel Bans

by Samantha Kiernan, Madeleine DeVita, Thomas J. Bollyky

Travel restrictions have neither stopped the spread of this novel coronavirus nor prevented it from becoming a pandemic

The image is a map of the world showing different countries colored different hues based on four levels of travel restrictions.
Migration

Travel Restrictions on China due to COVID-19

by Samantha Kiernan, Madeleine DeVita

A new global tracker mapping the impact of the new coronavirus on movement around the world

A bundle of the original Pandemic board game boxes. Photo a large armful-sized package neatly wrapped in brown paper. The paper is slightly torn open, revealing eight new boxes of the game Pandemic. Photo courtesy of Matt Leacock
Urbanization

Pandemic, a Game Gone Viral

An interview with Matt Leacock, creator of the popular 10-year-old board game, on the art of designing cooperative play