The Buenos Aires Herald reported that during Carnival celebrations in Brazil there were traffic accidents resulting in 155 deaths and 1,823 injured.

In La República of Lima Óscar Flores wrote that La Parada market is no more “after 14 days of stress.”   

Saira Ramos reported in La Hora of Guatemala City that, as part of the commemoration of International Women’s Day, an alliance of over 65 organizations in Guatemala called for action to advance the rights of women to enjoy the good life of society with equality, equity, and justice. 

Carolina Julio wrote in La Tercera of Santiago that three months in the year, when the Bucalemu coast appears white as if it were covered by snow, the salineros appear. 

Carlos Mariano Godoy reported in ABCColor of Asunción that 37% of Paraguayans live without running water, and that the 63% that do have it may not have consistently potable water. 

In La Hora of Guatemala City Marion Castañón examined the outlook for young people in Guatemala, where 69% of the nation’s 15 million inhabitants are under 30 years of age. 

El Heraldo of Tegucigalpa reported that Honduras joined Belize, Costa Rica, and Panama in reducing the portion of its population that suffers from undernourishment to fewer than 10%, according to data provided by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). 

Vistazo Magazine of Quito noted that Ecuador is the Latin American country with the largest number of theft victims, followed by Peru and Bolivia, according to the Human Development Report for the region, 2013-2014, by the United Nations (UNDP). 

El Comercio of Quito observed that despite the widespread “body worship” found in Rio de Janeiro, and its beach culture of “dental floss” bikinis, and the so-called “monokini,” the Brazilian city still retains a good deal of “modesty” and legal “taboos.” 

El Espectador of Bogotá editorialized about attempts to intimidate and control the press in Ecuador, and insisted that Colombia’s media “cannot help but protest the situations faced by our colleagues” there.