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On June 14, Mexico's president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, said in a video posted on his official YouTube page: "We are leaving behind the most difficult stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is not to ring the bells, it is not to sing victory, but I consider that the worst is over."His statement followed a spike in the number of new Mexican coronavirus cases in recent weeks, with a record 5,222 reported on June 12, and almost 3,500 more on June 13, according to official figures. The number of reported deaths neared 1,000 over those two days.López Obrador’s assertion is misleading – but not unusual in Latin America, which on June 1 effectively became the new epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic. Multiple leaders have promoted optimistic projections concerning the virus or underreported the number of cases.Polygraph.info looked at five Latin American countries where a lack of testing, ingrained inequality, corruption and troubled government systems mean the actual number of coronavirus cases is anyone's guess. MexicoLike many leaders, President López Obrador downplayed the severity of the coronavirus threat early on. On Feb. 28, when the country had its first confirmed case, the president said the virus was not even as bad as the flu."In March
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