Article 565W0 Tsunami of fake news hurts Latin America's effort to fight coronavirus

Tsunami of fake news hurts Latin America's effort to fight coronavirus

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Tom Phillips in São Paulo, David Agren in Mexico
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More than 160,000 people have died but from Mexico to Brazil, social networks are awash with quack cures and conspiracies

For months Gustavo Andrade has been battling to convince his parishioners to take Covid-19 seriously.

Related: Desperate Bolivians seek out toxic bleach falsely touted as Covid-19 cure

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