Teen pregnancy costs Latin America billions of dollars a year – UN
Bogota, ColombiaThomson Reuters Foundation High rates of teenage pregnancy in Latin America cost governments in the region billions of dollars of year while worsening poverty and inequality, according to research published by the United Nations on Wednesday. Per nation, teenage pregnancy costs on average $US1.2 billion a year in lost of earnings by mothers, tax […]
As the climate shifts, Central America confronts a deadly dengue outbreak
Bogota, ColombiaThomson Reuters Foundation Central America is grappling with its worst outbreak of dengue fever in decades – and scientists say the disease is likely to spread and become more frequent in the future due to climate change. Worst hit is Honduras where about 109 deaths from the mosquito-borne disease have been recorded, many among […]
Indigenous people fighting for land rights
Rio de Janeiro, BrazilThomson Reuters Foundation Up to 2.5 billion people depend on indigenous and community lands, which make up more than half of all land globally, but they legally own just 10 per cent. The right of indigenous people to land and territories is protected by international legal conventions including the United Nations’ Declaration […]
Paraguay declared malaria free amid concerns the disease rising again
Thomson Reuters Foundation Paraguay is officially free of malaria, the World Health Organization said on Monday, making it the first country in the Americas in 45 years to have wiped out the deadly disease which is back on the rise globally. Nearly half a million people – most of them babies and children in Africa […]
HISTORY: MENNONITES SEEK TO COME TO TERMS WITH NAZI COLLABORATION
BEN GOOSSEN, in an article first published by Religion News Service, looks at how Mennonites in Paraguay and beyond are coming to terms with their past…