Latin America

Devastating Wildfires In Brazil’s Sao Paulo State Claim Several Lives

Brazil’s southern Sao Paulo state is grappling with a series of devastating wildfires that have already claimed the lives of at least two people, according to officials on Saturday. The fires, which have placed 36 cities on high alert, continue to spread across the region, fueled by an intense heatwave...

AIDS Conference: New HIV-Prevention Drug Announced To Be A Potential Game Changer

The 25th International AIDS Conference in Berlin brought groundbreaking news in the fight against HIV. A new HIV-prevention drug, requiring only two injections per year, has shown promising results in clinical trials, offering a significant advancement in global health efforts. UNAIDS Regional Director on the Global Fight Against AIDS Eamonn...

22 Dead, 16 Injured in Fatal Bus-Truck Crash on Bolivian Highway

At least 22 people have been killed and 16 others injured in a tragic collision between a bus and a truck on a highway in the Bolivian Andes, Al Jazeera reported on Sunday, citing police sources. Authorities have confirmed the identities of 14 of the deceased, which include a Chilean...

Ecuador Court Claims Pollution Violates Rights of Quito’s Machángara River

An Ecuadorean court has declared that pollution is an ongoing human rights abuse on the Machángara River which supplies the capital city, Quito. Given the fact that unlike most constitutions in Latin America, Ecuador’s constitution recognizes, natural entities in a given article of the Constitution this ruling was a giant...