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Thursday, August 13, 2026
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HEALTH-ARGENTINA: Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever Is Here
While the authorities squabble over what or whom to blame, Argentina is suffering its worst epidemic of dengue fever since 1998 in terms of the number of people and the size of the area affected. And on top of that, the most dangerous form of the illness, never recorded here before, has made its appearance.ARGENTINA-BRAZIL: Planned Dam Above Famous Falls Draws Fire
While a dispute between Argentina and Uruguay over a pulp mill simmers on, a new environmental conflict over a border river is taking shape, this time involving a hydroelectric dam between Argentina and Brazil.MEDIA: Fashion Advice and Info for HIV-Positive Women
The colourful new magazine of the International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW) in Latin America and the Caribbean has a modern look and provides not only information but articles on fashion and entertainment. It is also the perfect size to carry in a purse.LATIN AMERICA: Movement for Basic Income for All
The global financial crisis could present an opportunity to move towards the creation of a universal basic income for all citizens, say advocates of the system in Latin America.ARGENTINA: Bold New Law on Violence Against Women
Argentina now has an ambitious new law to prevent, punish and eradicate physical, psychological and economic violence against women, in both the private and public spheres. But the big challenge, say experts, will be to put it into practice.LATIN AMERICA: Everyone Pays for Domestic Violence
After 26 years raising three children in an economically comfortable marriage, Dora finally understood that staying with her husband meant "choosing death." "I had to lock myself into my daughter’s room at night for fear that he would hit me with a baseball bat while I slept," she told IPS.ARGENTINA: Countryside No Longer Synonymous with Healthy Living
Once a serene refuge from urban pollution and chaos, the Argentine countryside has now become a place fraught with risks for many local residents. The massive use of pesticides on fields of soy, the country’s top export, is creating a "health catastrophe" in the rural sector, environmentalists warn.
Q&A: “Environmental Key Lies with Young People”
The road to sustainable development begins with the participation of children and young people, says Argentine environmental expert and activist Cecilia Iglesias.
“Environmental Key Lies with Young People”
Civil society members gathered in Nairobi, hosted by UNEP, called for involving young people in the official delegations that negotiate environmental agreements, like the climate change treaty, says Argentine activist Cecilia Iglesias in this Tierramérica interview.ARGENTINA: Two Drivers at the Wheel?
Former president Nestor Kirchner, while having no official government post, calls and receives ministers and governors, confidently choosing staff and distributing funds for public works projects.
SOUTH AMERICA: Tenacious Drought Puzzles Climate Experts
For months now, yellowed pastures, cracked soil and dead livestock have been the landscape of what otherwise are the most productive farming areas of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Scientists say it is so far impossible to determine if the drought is a manifestation of climate change processes.
Tenacious Drought Puzzles Climate Experts
Climatologists and meteorologists have not yet established a reason for the lack of rainfall on the normally fertile and productive plains of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.AGRICULTURE-ARGENTINA: Worst Drought in 100 Years
Severe drought, which is many parts of Argentina is considered the worst in 100 years, has hit the country’s most agriculturally productive region and is expected to cause a sharp decline in grain and meat output.ARGENTINA: Ecoclubs Draw Youngsters into Environmental Leadership
Ecoclubs, an international social movement of teenagers and young people who work with their communities to enhance quality of life through environmentally-related initiatives, while developing their own potential for leadership and action, were born in Argentina 16 years ago and have since expanded to 30 countries in Latin America, Europe and Africa.AIDS-LATIN AMERICA: Neglect, Ageism Put Older People at Risk
AIDS prevention campaigns tend to target the young, who make up a large percentage of those infected with the disease. But experts in Latin America say that people in older age ranges with an increasingly active sex life are being neglected, and are at risk because of lack of information.RELIGION: Liberal and Conservative Anglicans Fall Out – and Apart?
On the brink of a split in the global Anglican Communion that no one is eager to enlarge on, the Province of the Southern Cone of South America has become a temporary refuge for conservative bishops from the United States who refuse to countenance the liberal positions taken by the Church in their country.ARGENTINA: Controversy Over Court Order to Release Rights Abusers
An Argentine court order to release on bail nearly 20 officers accused of committing human rights abuses during the 1976-1983 dictatorship shows the slow-moving justice system’s limitations in dealing with cases against those prosecuted for crimes against humanity, say activists.ARGENTINA: Bringing Films and Filmmaking to Indigenous Communities
With the assistance of experts from Bolivia, indigenous communities in the northeastern Argentine province of Chaco are learning how to make films, as a means of helping the rest of the world understand their way of life and the problems they face.ARGENTINA: Gun Swap Wildly Successful
As a disarmament campaign launched 17 months ago in Argentina nears its end, the government and civil society groups involved in the initiative announced that it has far exceeded even the most optimistic projections, despite the lack of publicity.SOUTH AMERICA: Still Time to Save the Patagonian Sea
It is not too late to save the area of the South Atlantic known as the Patagonian Sea, one of the richest marine ecosystems in the southern hemisphere, says the report of an international alliance of environmental groups.ARGENTINA-URUGUAY: Dispute Still Simmering Below the Surface
Although things have settled down, the dispute between Argentina and Uruguay over a paper pulp mill on a border river that has marred the fraternal relations between the two countries for the past four years continues to simmer.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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