The alert represents intensified measures to combat the Aedes aegypti mosquito. 

There are 3,904 kilotons of E-Waste produced in the region and that figure is expected to reach 4,800 by 2018. 

The annual deforestation in Latin America was reduced to less than half since 1990.  While every year Latin America and the Caribbean lose 2 million hectares of forests, the rate of loss is slowing. 

Floods in Southern Brazil forced thousands from their homes. The climate phenomenon El Niño that is affecting the region is one of the strongest in recorded history. 

Bolivian President Evo Morales called for the end of capitalism at a conference on bringing an end to climate change in Europe. 

Years of unsuccessful regulation of a Peruvian mining hot spot has led to a chaotic modernization for the Madre de Dios Rainforest. 

Uruguay continuously puts greater importance on renewable energy sources such as wind and biomass energy. 

The United Nations’ World Food Program (WFP) says 2.3 million people across Central America potentially face severe hunger due to drought compounded by a particularly punishing El Niño weather cycle. 

Investors continued to dump shares in mining giant BHP Billiton Ltd. following the deadly dam burst at its jointly owned iron-ore mine in Brazil, even as the company sought to clarify responsibility for the disaster that claimed at least three lives. 

Brazilians are the most concerned about the environment according to a recent poll conducted in 40 countries worldwide.