Analysis: In Colombia and Brazil, the homicide pandemic strengthens support for anti-crime leaders
Latin America and the Caribbean have struggled for years with an epidemic other than the coronavirus. The high homicide rates...
February 19, 2021Topic
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LATAM airlines bans passengers wearing masks with exhalation valves
LATAM airlines has decided to ban certain types of face masks on its flights, following recommendations from organizations such as...
February 19, 2021
PAHO: Evidence growing that Brazilian coronavirus variant increases contagion
PAHO's general director advocated safety measures as the "best way" to fight the virus in the short-term, before vaccines begin...
February 11, 2021
Long-Haul Air Travel Not Expected to Rebound Before 2023
As coronavirus vaccines started rolling out late last year, there was a palpable sense of excitement.
February 6, 2021
Analysis: Brazil Has Negotiated Vaccine Doses to Achieve Herd Immunity by October
Considering the local production capacity of vaccines and the contracts already signed with pharmaceutical companies worldwide, Brazil should achieve herd...
February 5, 2021
Bolivian City Uses Refrigerated Chicken Truck to Move COVID-19 Vaccines
A Bolivian city has resorted to using a refrigerated chicken truck to keep COVID-19 vaccines cold, a reflection of how...
February 3, 2021
Argentine Province with 18,000 People Cut Off; Chronic Shortages of Water and Food
For almost a year now, the province of Formosa, one of the poorest in Argentina, has been completely isolated from...
January 30, 2021
Cuba Implements New Measures for South African Strain of Covid-19
Dr. Francisco Durán, director of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Public Health of Cuba (Minsap), warned in Havana "that January...
January 25, 2021
Dengue: An Unseen Epidemic within Peru’s Pandemic
While the world is grappling with the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Peru is still dealing with an epidemic...
January 16, 2021