Latin America

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Health, Latin America, and the Promise of Artificial Intelligence

Multiple crises burden health systems in the region, but AI offers potential for progress

Sloth Fever: Latin America's Oropouche Epidemic

Without global collaboration and action to address root causes, Oropouche fever is likely to continue spreading

Governance

Russian Cooperation With Venezuela Integrates Health

Russian-Venezuelan relations now involve the health sector, a bid to expand Moscow's influence in Latin America

Food

A Mayan Farming Technique to Fight Guatemala's Food Insecurity

The K'uxu'rum system improves crop yields and enables farmers to adapt to climate extremes

Environment

Guatemala's Ecotourism: Migration Stopgap Meets Sustainability Vision

How remote, indigenous communities have reimagined tourism in Guatemala

Governance

A Neglected Challenge of Mental Health

Latin American and Caribbean countries rank among the world’s happiest, but mental health remains an undiscussed issue

Migration

The Fraught Path from Latin America to the American Dream

The brother of two San Antonio truck tragedy survivors reflects on trauma and hope

Food

When Farmers Can't Put Food on the Table

How the war in Ukraine and climate change are affecting poor farmers in Guatemala

Governance

COVID-19 This Week: On the Brink

The United States is a global outlier—a long way from vaccines or containment, even as we consider reopening schools

Governance

Coronavirus Epidemiology This Week

We won’t stop COVID-19 until we focus on the data that matter

Poverty

Argentina's Quarantine—The Long View

To build on the country's early success against COVID-19, we should envision an overall Latin American pandemic response

Governance

Coronavirus in Ecuador

Pandemic highlights need for a future broad, multidisciplinary, independent commission to inform science-based decisions

Trade

Coronavirus in Latin America

How will the region cope with COVID-19 pressure on health care systems, weak economies, and unstable politics