In the final presidential debate before the United States election, Democrat Joe Biden acknowledged the…
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In Brazil, Homicides Are Decreasing in Big Cities, Increasing in Smaller Towns
A new Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) study maps changes in homicide rates…
Latin American Women Are Disappearing and Dying Under Lockdown
It’s a pandemic within the pandemic. Across Latin America, gender-based violence has spiked since COVID-19…
Brazil’s Bolsonaro Has COVID-19 – and So Do Thousands of Indigenous People Who Live Days from the Nearest Hospital
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who has denied the severity of the coronavirus pandemic and ridiculed…
Brazilian Startup Seeks to Develop a Wholly Indigenous Covid-19 Diagnostic Test
Researchers at Biolinker, a biotech startup based in São Paulo, Brazil, are developing a low-cost high-performance…
Coronavirus: Narco Gangs Could See Big Popularity Boost from Helping Residents in Latin America
La Loma is an area of the city of Medellin, Colombia, which is divided into…
COVID-19 is Deadlier for Black Brazilians, a Legacy of Structural Racism That Dates Back to Slavery
The United States and Brazil have much in common when it comes to the coronavirus.…
Overcoming Crime in Costa Rica
ta Rica is known around the world over for its rainforests, coffee and beaches. But…
Colombia Hopes for ‘Humanitarian’ Ceasefire During Coronavirus as Violence Resurges
Colombia’s 2016 peace accord was meant to end a half century of conflict with the…
Catholic Church Urges Venezuela to Unite Against Coronavirus
Coronavirus hasn’t yet hit Venezuela as hard as neighboring Brazil and Colombia. But after years…
