On Saturday, September 4th, a devastating flood was generated in San Juan de Lurigancho, one of the most populated and impoverished districts in Peru.

Dr. Zully Vera de Molinas, professor and president of the National University of Asunción (UNA), highlighted the importance of incorporating technology, research, and administrative transparency as she urged the deans to consider an alteration to the University Model that would prioritize innovation.

Mexico’s archbishop Carlos Aguiar Retes responded to Mexico’s Supreme Court decision on abortion stating that “an attack against life, is an attack against God.”

According to UNICEF, due to the socio-economic crisis generated by the pandemic, one third of children in Latin America and the Caribbean are overweight.

Celia Sánchez is a Cuban guerrilla and a powerful figure from the 1960s.

In the Dominican Republic, the percentage of babies who are breastfed between zero and five months of age is low, and so is that of newborns who are breastfed within the first hour after birth.

On August 30, President Laurentino Cortizo and the National Assembly approved the legalization of marihuana for medical and therapeutic purposes, making Panama the first Central American country to follow this legal framework.

Prior to the pandemic, Iván Bolaños was known as “el duende de la salsa,” a former lead singer to groups like Explosión and La Solución. But soon, the pandemic shut music down for him and other artists.

In the last few decades, South America’s religious demographic has changed radically, partly its evangelical population—particularly the neo-Pentecostal denomination.

High speed internet is now available to citizens of Buenos Aires, thanks to an agreement between companies Sion and Movistar and a $9.5 billion investment.