https://www.latinamericanpost.com/35288-medicine-carriers-made-from-human-cells-can-cure-lung-infections At Washington State University, there was a study released by the universities Communications Biology. The study involved scientists using human while blood cell membranes to release two drugs- one for anti-inflammation and the other as an antibiotic to target infected lungs. Both of these were tested on mice with ill lungs, and they found that both delivered successful treatment…. Read more »
https://latinamericanpost.com/35590-the-woman-who-makes-up-the-mission-to-return-to-the-moon-in-2024 NASA announces their plan to send another man and a women to the moon by 2024. The team planning this is led by Kathy Lueders, making her the first women to lead NASA’s spaceflights division. Lueders has dedicated her entire life to NASA and has been working for them for decades- being apart of many different missions. Lueders has… Read more »
Article Link: https://latinamericanpost.com/35655-start-your-week-end-informed-with-the-most-important-environmental-news Norway makes a record breaking milestone this week and became the first country in the world to sell more electric cars then gasoline. The article reports a 12% sales increase of electric cars in 2020 from 2019 and expect a 60% increase throughout 2021. The government plans to continue this growth to 100% by 2025 by using… Read more »
Article Link: https://latinamericanpost.com/35596-argentina-the-first-big-one-with-legal-abortion-in-latin-america Argentina Senate passed and approved the ability for women to have an abortion up to 14 weeks, becoming the fourth country in Latin America to do so. Before in Argentina, you were only allowed to have an abortion in pressing situations or situations of forced conception. The law allows for healthcare providers to refuse to do this… Read more »
Article Link: https://latinamericanpost.com/35525-colombia-how-do-you-try-to-regulate-cocaine The obvious war between the world/ governments and narcotics it intense and long. There is currently “212,000 hectares of coca leaf and produces 951 tons of cocaine per year” in Colombia. In considering this fact, 90% of the worlds market of cocaine comes from Colombia. Recently though, a Colombian senator suggested that the state buy all of… Read more »
Link to Article: https://latinamericanpost.com/35627-the-setback-in-the-professional-careers-of-mothers-due-to-the-pandemic In an article written by “The Women’s Post” the question of “Are women going back to the 50’s?” is proposed. According to a study, the claim is that 70% of women do the majority of the childcare at home, the house work or cleaning, cooking, laundry, and taking care of their children one-on-one (just slightly more… Read more »
https://latinamericanpost.com/35133-how-have-other-latinamerican-countries-handled-natural-disasters This article investigates how Latin American governments really come together to help during natural disasters. For the first time ever San Andres and Providencia in Columbia really saw the full on effects of a category five hurricane. The eye of hurricane Iota came in direct contact with this territory completely destroyed the infrastructure of these islands and left many… Read more »
https://latinamericanpost.com/35186-maradona-has-died-at-60 The Argentine soccer legend has passed away this past week in his home. It is said that he died of a heart attacked after fighting an illness the pervious weeks. Maradona is considered to be the greatest soccer player of all time, evident in the mourning that fans all acr4oss the world have been doing since his passing. He… Read more »
https://iwpr.net/global-voices/iwpr-fights-gender-violence-online This article touches on the threats and increase in gender violence online towards Latin American women. It claims that women are 27 times more likely to be harassed, bullied, hacked, and shut down online then men in Latin America. The article talks about the significant increase in hacking, cyber stalking, porn revenge, and having personal information released online in… Read more »
