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COVID-19 could shrink Latin America's GDP by almost 10% in 2020

People wear protective masks as they walk at a popular shopping street, as the city eases restrictions and allows commerce to open, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil June 29, 2020.

The social and economic cost of COVID-19 for Latin America has been significant. Image: REUTERS/Lucas Landau

Alejandro Werner
Director of the Western Hemisphere Department, International Monetary Fund
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