Santiago, 23, Brazil

Brazil and Chile Lead Latin America’s Green Energy Revolution

While Latin America and the Caribbean have shown the slowest growth in terms of energy transition in the last decade, Brazil and Chile performed extremely well, ranking in the top 20 performers worldwide, according to the World Economic Forum’s 2024 Fostering…

2024-09-14 19:00

A Continent Ablaze: South America Surpasses Record for Fires

South America is being ravaged by fire from Brazil’s Amazon rainforest through the world’s largest wetlands to dry forests in Bolivia, breaking a previous record for the number of blazes seen in a year up to Sept. 11. Satellite data …

2024-09-13 06:56

How Is One Of The Biggest Sources Of Lithium On Earth Sinking?

A team of scientists have discovered that the Salar de Atacama in Chile — which contains a large part of the world's reserves of lithium — is slowly sinking.

2024-09-12 21:37

Gaza Is Causing Diplomatic Rifts in the Western Hemisphere

The Organization of American States’ pro-Israel stance may erode its legitimacy in the region.

2024-09-12 16:21

Effects of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation and seasonal weather conditions on Aedes aegypti infestation in the State of São Paulo (Brazil): A Bayesian spatio-temporal study

Author summary Dengue fever is a dramatically expanding disease transmitted by mosquitoes. Earlier research has demonstrated the susceptibility of dengue-carrying mosquitoes to weather conditions, with rainfall and temperature significantly impacting dengue t…

2024-09-12 14:00

Colombia edges defending champion Argentina 2-1 in South American World Cup qualifiers

James Rodriguez scored a penalty and provided an assist to help Colombia defeat Argentina 2-1 in a South American World Cup qualifier. Yerson Mosquera opened the scoring for Colombia, while Nico Gonzalez equalized for Argentina. Rodriguez's penalty secured th…

2024-09-11 18:37

Colombia beat reigning world champions Argentina by 2-1 in WC qualifiers

James Rodrguez scored from the penalty spot and had an assist to help Colombia edge defending champion Argentina 2-1 on Tuesday in a South American World Cup qualifier. The Argentina attack missed Lionel Messi, who was sidelined because of injury for the betw…

2024-09-11 13:43

Argentina, Brazil lose World Cup 2026 qualifiers without Messi and Neymar

The South American football giants missed their biggest stars as they were handed shock losses away from home.

2024-09-11 09:38

Abundance and Leishmania infection patterns of the sand fly Psathyromyia cratifer in Southern Mexico

Author summary Psathyromyia cratifer is a species of Neotropical dipteran belonging to one of the most medically important groups worldwide wise, the Phlebotomine sand flies. Some sand fly species transmit Leishmania parasites to humans, which leads to one of…

2024-09-10 14:00

Oropouche Fever, Cuba, May 2024

Oropouche Fever, Cuba, May 2024

2024-09-10 04:00