The repression in Venezuela was particularly severe, with the Nicolás Maduro government’s security forces committing crimes under international law and grave human rights violations, including extrajudicial executions, arbitrary detentions and excessive use of force, that could amount to crimes against humanity. In Chile, the army and police also set out to deliberately injure protesters to discourage dissent, killing at least four people and seriously wounding thousands more. Full text-> Amnesty International.

The visa-free applicants were mostly from Venezuela, Colombia, El Salvador and Honduras. Venezuelans lodged 45,000 applications, more than twice as many as in 2018. by Lorne Cook. Full text -> Democrat Gazette

Most of these claims are from Central and South American countries, such as Venezuela and Colombia. The Iberian country received 118,000 applications in 2019 and 3,500 weekly so far in 2020. By Dimitris Kouimtsidis. Full text-> The Olive Press