Brazil’s recovering democracy, Peru’s fight for justice, and Colombia’s journey to peace – LAB Newsletter 30 Jan 2023
Read More News from the region Although the year has just begun, there have already been important and worrying shifts…
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Root causes of Peru’s political unrest: An interview with a protest leader
Read More Lima, Peru — Almost immediately after former President Pedro Castillo was ousted from power and jailed for his…
Bolivia dengue cases top 2,000, MOH mobilizes thousands in Santa Cruz
Read More NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Bolivia Ministry of Health and Sports reported Sunday an additional 353 dengue fever cases, bringing the…
Paraguay reports average of 300 leprosy cases annually in recent years
Read More NewsDesk @bactiman63 On the last Sunday of January, the World Day for the Fight against Leprosy is remembered. The purpose…
Bolivia dengue fever cases continue rise in 2023
Read More NewsDesk @bactiman63 Health officials in Bolivia reported 228 new dengue fever cases Saturday, bringing the cumulative total for the…
Argentina: Trichinosis outbreak reported in Santa Fe province
Read More NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Ministry of Health of the province of Santa Fe, issued an alert to a recent outbreak of…
Brazil reports 17,000 leprosy cases in 2022
Read More NewsDesk @bactiman63 Preliminary data from the Ministry of Health indicate that, in 2022, more than 17,000 new cases of…
“I haven’t felt soccer this way in a long time” — Brazil’s female fans react to historic all-male ban at matches
Read More São Paulo – When Brazilian professional soccer teams Coritiba and Athletico Paranaense kicked off their season in mid…
Paraguay reports first measles case in decades
Read More NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up report from September 2022, Paraguay health officials say the report from the Centers for…
Paraguay: Chikungunya cases total 5,625 in the last three weeks
Read More NewsDesk @bactiman63 The latest report from the General Directorate of Health Surveillance in Paraguay indicates a progressive increase in…
Uruguay warns of traveler’s diarrhea risk in some tourist destinations in Brazil
Read More NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Uruguay Ministry of Public Health received information of an increase in cases of diarrhea in some…
Bolivia reports 255 pertussis cases, Dengue fever update
Read More NewsDesk @bactiman63 Whooping cough The Ministry of Health and Sports in Bolivia reported Wednesday the total accumulated cases of…
Mexican VC Dila Capital Closed its Fourth Fund: US$115 Million
Read More Alejandro Diez Barroso, who leads the fund with Eduardo Clavé, celebrated the closing of this fund which, he…
Bolivia dengue cases top 1,000, Santa Cruz reports most cases
Read More NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the dengue fever outbreak in Bolivia in early 2023, the Ministry of Health…
“A new phase is beginning”: Brazil and Argentina remend ties during state visit
Read More Buenos Aires, Argentina — Argentina’s President Alberto Fernández met with his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva,…
Brazil’s return to CELAC and the Latin American stage
Read More São Paulo, Brazil – On his first international trip since taking office on January 1, President Luiz Inácio…
Drug trafficking trial begins for Mexico’s “supercop” Genaro García Luna
Read More Mexico City, Mexico — Opening arguments began on Monday in the trial against Mexico’s former security chief, Genaro…
Brazil declares health emergency in Yanomami indigenous territory, 570 children have died in past four years
Read More São Paulo, Brazil – Brazil’s Health Ministry declared a public health emergency in the Yanomami indigenous territory, in…