Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/10/brazil-halts-trials-of-chinese-covid-19-vaccine Vaccine trials in Brazil come to a halt after an ‘adverse’ incident occurs leaving the situation more controversial than ever before. Brazil’s health regulator had suspended trials of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine after an incident involving one of the volunteers. The setback for “CoronaVac” came on the same day US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer said its vaccine… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2020/11/10/enslaved-people-rescued-from-illegal-brazilian-gold-mine Authorities rescue 39 enslaved workers from an illegal Brazilian gold mine run by Raimunda Oliveira Nunes, who is on Brazil’s ‘dirty list’ of people using slave labor. The team that raided the mine said workers lived in open sheds and without drinking water. This was the third raid on grounds run by Oliveira Nunes. The Thomson… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/6/central-america-still-on-high-alert-as-hurricane-eta-kills-dozens Heavy rains continue across the region creating major floods and mudslides. Hurricane Eta has brought copious amounts of rain, flooding communities from Panama to Guatemala. The death toll across Central America has risen to about 57 people. The storm started off in Nicaragua as a Category-4 hurricane and by the next Tuesday had become more of… Read more »
Link to article: https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/us-election-spells-more-uncertainty-for-mexican-economy/ Last Monday, due to the pause in the U.S. Congress between Democrats and Republicans regarding the pandemic, the Mexican peso lost its lead up against the US dollar. Predictions surrounding the fate of the Mexican economy after this upcoming U.S. election doesn’t look great. With Joe Biden polling ahead, the forecasted political stability after a victory… Read more »
Link to article: https://en.mercopress.com/2020/10/13/coronavirus-cases-and-deaths-keep-growing-despite-some-200-days-of-quarantine-in-argentina Argentina just passed 900,000 Corona Virus cases this week. The cases are a lot higher in denser populated areas and cities like Buenos Aires. Argentina is almost breaking records with a positive rate of 72.5% as of Sunday (one of the highest levels in the world). Last week Argentina registered almost 100,000 new cases. Last week… Read more »
link to the article: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/01/brazil-amazon-rainforest-worst-fires-in-decade The Amazon Rainforest in Brazil forest fire rates has increased by 13% in the past four months compared to this time last year. Data from space research agency Inpe has shown that these fires have been the worst of the decade. Satellites in this past September recorded 32,017 hotspots in the Amazon, a 61% increase… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/07/in-colombia-climate-smart-villages-could-show-future-of-farming.html Colombia is known for its fertile land and the major products it produces like coffee, sugarcane, bananas, cocoa, and rice. In Cauca, Southwest Columbia, farming practices are working to develop a sustainable plan for the future. Global policy research at the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security is working on a Cauca Climate-Smart… Read more »
