Hundreds of thousands of jobs and millions of dollars to public coffers: the Amazon’s economic power
In a study presented Tuesday, more than 70 researchers quantify the economic value of conserving Brazil’s Amazon rainforest without deforestation and with low emissions.
From the Amazon to the World: what the Region’s bioeconomy should look like
More than 300 leaders met in Belém, Brazil, to discuss how to move away from an economy that degrades the forest. The recommendations will be delivered to the governments of the nine countries in the zone.
Latin America and the Caribbean is no longer a leader in childhood immunization: how did we get here?
With one of the best childhood immunization records, Latin America and the Caribbean has no excuses to recover from setbacks and reach 95% routine vaccination coverage to keep us all safe.
Four out of five children under 10 cannot read this headline
Latin America and the Caribbean are failing to educate their children. Leaving the majority of its children unable to read and write has a social and economic cost that the region cannot afford.
Post-pandemic schooling in Latin America: millions of children without schooling and more digital
This was the region that took the longest time to reopen its classrooms. Three years after the onset of the health crisis, eight experts analyze the situation: school dropouts and the digital divide have increased.
Asphyxiated: Peru, Chile, Mexico, Guatemala and Colombia, the most polluted countries in Latin America
The organizations IQAir and Greenpeace have measured the concentration of particulate matter in the air of several countries around the world.
Peru, Cyclone Yaku and the never-ending disaster
A recurrent failure in the prevention systems and a scarce attention to the pre-Hispanic heritage submerge this country once again in water and chaos.
Children from Alto Perú ask Tacna authorities not to forget about them
Demand. In a poetry and singing contest, a schoolchild asked for heating service due to low temperatures and internet.
When school becomes a ghetto: Latin America has the world’s most segregated elementary schools
Eight of the ten countries with the highest school isolation rates are in the region. Cuba and the Dominican Republic are the only ones with figures similar to or below the OECD average.
Trujillo: the lack of water burdens more than 400,000 people.
Districts of La Libertad have been without drinking water for a week due to a service outage. The authorities do not provide any information nor do they know when the service will be resumed.