MercoPress of Montevideo reported that Uruguay, Ecuador and Malta were named the best three countries in the world when it comes to climate.  Their temperate weather throughout the year, moderate rainfall and little risk of natural disaster saw them rise to the top of the Climate category, one of eight categories in the Index, which

The Buenos Aires Herald reported another wave of piranha attacks near Rosario in the Paraná River. 

Jorge A. Pérez wrote in La Jornada of Mexico City that corporations engaged in the production of tequila and mezcal in Oaxaca are following unsustainable practices

Inside Costa Rica of San José wrote that Panama will try to control a dengue outbreak that has claimed six lives this year by releasing transgenic mosquitoes to render infertile female transmitters of the disease, officials said. 

Inside Costa Rica of San José reported that three quarters of raw sewage in Latin America is dumped completely untreated into rivers and other water sources,

MercoPress of Montevideo reported that a labor appeals court in north-central Argentina ruled that the construction of a Monsanto plant is unconstitutional, halting work on the site.

El Espectador of Bogotá wrote that the CBERS -3, the satellite that China and Brazil recently launched, has cameras for remote monitoring that can significantly improve observation of the deforestation process in the Amazon. 

In Colombia Reports of Medellín Andrew Wight reported that the European Union has pledged $410,000 for a biodiversity project promoting a Colombian “natural treasure.” 

Inside Costa Rica of San José wrote that the peccary, a pig-like mammal known locally as a “chancho de monte,” is a species that lives in Costa Rica and which,

Maria López Conde wrote in The Rio Times of Rio de Janeiro of torrential rains that have “wreaked havoc in the city and state of Rio de Janeiro, flooding streets, metro stations and closing airports.