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Surging dengue cases in Americas cause alarm as potentially worst-ever season looms

Mexico City, Mexico Reuters Dengue cases in the Americas rose in the first three months of this year by three times the number of infections reported in the same period last year, the head of the Pan American Health Organization said on Thursday. Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay are the countries hardest hit by dengue in […]

New lives: Russian war exiles bring banyas and blinis to Buenos Aires

LUCINDA ELLIOTT and MIGUEL LO BIANCO, of Reuters, report on the wave of migrants who have left Russia for Latin American nations after the outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine…

El Nino rains wipe out Paraguay neighbourhoods, with more to come

People ride in a boat in a flooded area after the Parana river overflowed its banks due to heavy rain upstream, in Ayolas, Paraguay, on 8th November, 2023

Ayolas, Paraguay Reuters Heavy rains caused by the El Nino weather phenomenon has sent hundreds to shelters in the town of Ayolas in southern Paraguay, with residents bracing for more flooding on the way. At least five neighbourhoods in the town, about 300 kilometres from capital Asuncion, were left under water after storms last week […]

Climate change drove deadly winter heat wave in South America, study says

Homeless Danilo da Silva uses a fountain to cool off and wash himself, during a heatwave in the Anhangabau Valley, in the centre of Sao Paulo, Brazil, on 22nd September, 2023

Sao Paulo, BrazilReuters Global warming was the main driver of the heat wave that scorched South America for most of August and September and raised temperatures by as much as 4.3 degrees Celsius, according to a study published on Tuesday. Temperatures soared above 40 degrees Celsius across large parts of Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia and Argentina […]

Paraguay’s conservatives score big election win, defusing Taiwan fears

Paraguayan presidential candidate Santiago Pena from the ruling Colorado Party speaks at the party headquarters as he and his running mate Pedro Alliana lead Paraguay's presidential race, according to early results, in Asuncion, Paraguay, on 30th April, 2023.

Updated: 11am (AEST)Asuncion, ParaguayReuters Paraguayan conservative economist Santiago Pena, 44, won the country’s presidential election on Sunday, tightening the ruling Colorado Party’s political grip in the country and defusing fears about the end of diplomatic ties with Taiwan. Pena, who has pledged to maintain Paraguay’s long-standing Taiwan relations, had 42.7 per cent of the vote […]

Paraguay election build-up dominated by corruption and Taiwan

People play checkers in a public square, two days before the presidential election, in Asuncion, Paraguay, on 28th April, 2023.

Asuncion, ParaguayReuters In the heart of Paraguay’s capital Asuncion, a tropical city close to the Argentine border, voters are gearing up for election day on Sunday, with the economy, corruption and Taiwan on their minds. The farming nation of just under seven million people will go to the polls to vote in what is expected […]

StrangeSights: Musicians play Bolivian garbage dump; Turkish soccer fans throw toys for quake survivors; and, Ukraine’s Banksy gets stamp of approval

Women waste pickers from the city of La Paz pose near the musicians of the Paraguayan Cateura Recycled Instruments Orchestra, at the Sak'a Churu landfill in Alpacoma, in La Paz, Bolivia February 27, 2023. REUTERS/Claudia Morales

DAVID ADAMS provides a round-up of some stories on the odder side of life…

Bird flu kills sea lions and thousands of pelicans in Peru’s protected areas

Dead pelicans lie on the shore of the river Camana after Peruvian authorities recorded first cases of bird flu in November 2022, in Camana, Peru, December 2, 2022. REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda

Reuters Bird flu has killed tens of thousands of birds, mostly pelicans, and at least 716 sea lions in protected areas across Peru, the authorities said, as the H5N1 strain spreads throughout the region. Peru recorded its first case of the virus in November in birds in the north of the country. Since then it […]