{"id":118427,"date":"2021-04-12T22:27:58","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T22:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/2021\/04\/12\/amnesty-intl-covid-19-exacerbates-inequality-in-americas-as-u-s-policy-drives-refugees-to-border-2\/"},"modified":"2021-04-12T22:27:58","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T22:27:58","slug":"amnesty-intl-covid-19-exacerbates-inequality-in-americas-as-u-s-policy-drives-refugees-to-border-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/04\/12\/amnesty-intl-covid-19-exacerbates-inequality-in-americas-as-u-s-policy-drives-refugees-to-border-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Amnesty Int\u2019l: COVID-19 Exacerbates Inequality in Americas as U.S. Policy Drives Refugees to Border"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ccb_single_video_player \" data-controls=\"1\" data-autohide=\"1\" data-fs=\"1\" data-theme=\"dark\" data-color=\"red\" data-iv_load_policy=\"3\" data-modestbranding=\"1\" data-rel=\"0\" data-showinfo=\"1\" data-autoplay=\"0\" data-disablekb=\"0\" data-nocookie=\"1\" data-aspect_ratio=\"16x9\" data-width=\"640\" data-video_position=\"above-content\" data-volume=\"100\" data-video_id=\"LNtzNWQB8EA\" style=\"width:640px; height:360px; max-width:100%;\"><!-- player container --><\/div>\n<p>A new Amnesty International report lays out how the pandemic has significantly exacerbated inequality across the Americas over the past year. Over 1.3 million people have died in the region from COVID-19, making the Americas the hardest-hit area in the world. Women, refugees, migrants, underprotected health workers, Indigenous peoples, Black people and other groups historically excluded and neglected by governments have borne the brunt of the pandemic, according to the report, which also points out the rise in gender violence and lethal crackdown on human rights defenders. \u201cIt\u2019s not a surprise that the Americas has been the region worst hit by the pandemic,\u201d says Erika Guevara-Rosas, a human rights lawyer and Americas director for Amnesty International. \u201cGrowing inequality, corruption, violence, environmental degradation and impunity created a fertile ground for the Americas to become the epicenter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>#DemocracyNow<\/p>\n<p>Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on nearly 1,400 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. 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