A list of Latin American senior officials sickened by COVID-19, gathered by Associated Press reporters from official statements across the region.
Argentina:
1. Secretary of National Security Eduardo Villalba.
FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2019 file photo, Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez answers questions from the Associated Press, as he leaves a meeting at the Organization of American States, in Washington. U.S. prosecutors said on Tuesday, March 3, 2020, that Hernandez met with an Honduran drug dealer in 2013 and agreed to facilitate the use of Honduran armed forces personnel as security for the dealer’s drug trafficking activities. In 2013, Hernandez was a congressman. He was elected president at the end of that year. (AP PhotoJacquelyn Martin, File)
2. Conservative opposition leader María Eugenia Vidal
Brazil:
3. President Jair Bolsonaro, in treatment
4. Minister of Institutional Security Augusto Heleno
5. Energy and Mining Minister Bento Albuquerque
6. Communications Ministry Executive Secretary Fábio Wajngarten
7. Rio de Janeiro Gov. Wilson Witzel
8. Para Gov. Hélder Barbalho
9. Santa Catarina Gov. Carlos Moisés
10. Alagoas Gov. Renan Filho
11. Permambuco Gov. Paulo Câmara
12. Mato Grosso Gov. Mauro Mendes
13. Espirito Santo Gov. Renato Casagrande
14. Roraima Gov. Antonio Denarium
15. Sao Paulo Mayor Bruno Covas.
16. Manaus Mayor Arthur Virgilio Neto
Bolivia:
17. Interim President Jeanine Añez.
18. Presidency Minister Yerko Núñez
19. Mining Minister Jorge Fernando Oropeza
20. Health Minister Heidy Roca
21. Armed Forces Commander Gen. Sergio Carlos Orellana
Chile:
22. Public Works Minister Alfredo Moreno
23. Energy Minister Juan Carlos Jobet
24. Social Development Minister Cristian Monkeberg
Ecuador:
25. Secretary of Communication Gabriel Arroba
Guatemala:
26. Culture Minister Silvana Martínez.
Panama;
27. Environment Minister Melciades Concepción
Honduras:
28. President Juan Orlando Hernández
México:
29. Public Administration Secretary Irma Eréndira Sandoval
30. Finance Secretary Arturo Herrera.
31. Social Security chief Zoe Robledo
32. Tamaulipas Gov. Francisco Cabeza de Vaca
33. Hidalgo Gov. Omar Fayad
34. Querétaro Gov. Francisco Domínguez
35. Tabasco Gov. Adán Augusto López
Perú:
36. Production Minister Rocío Barrios
37. Minister of Agriculture Jorge Montenegro
El Salvador:
38. Interior Minister Mario Durán
39. Presidential Secretary Conan Castro
Venezuela:
40. Socialist party chief Diosdado Cabello
41. Zulia Gov. Omar Prieto
42. Oil Minister Tareck El Aissami