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'Once again, Latin America has been completely ignored'

Government
Danny Callaghan
20 September 2021

I’ve just spent the weekend avoiding every news channel and website for fear of catching sight of Friday’s travel update (17 September) and having to accept that it did really happen.

Chile is performing better than many other nations on Covid but remains red-listed (Credit: Peter Winckler / Unsplash)

Once again, Latin America has been completely ignored and – for the most part – still languishes on the red list. Only those few countries that were never on the red list have managed to hold onto their amber status, as it is currently.


Comparing countries that have managed to come off the red list with destinations in Latin America makes the disparity in the grading system very apparent.


The best performing country in Latin America from a Covid point of view is Chile, so I’ll focus on that one. It’s not the only one doing really well, but is surely the most likely candidate for a red list regrade.