Health & Science

Wednesday, February 7th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Weather anomalies strike the Andean region

A heat wave is causing a string of forest fires in Colombia, in the Andes glaciers are melting, in Bolivia rainfall is double the average and in the whole Andean region climatic anomalies are forcing drastic measures to contain further damage.
Wednesday, February 7th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Dengue alert issued in S America

A health alert has been declared in Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia after an outbreak of dengue fever.
Thursday, February 1st 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Global warming 'very likely' man-made

The world's leading climate scientists, in their most powerful language ever used on the issue, said global warming is “very likely” man-made, according to a new report obtained Friday by The Associated Press.
Tuesday, January 30th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Southern Chile's tremors traced to submarine fissure

The weeks' long tremors that have residents of Chilean Patagonia fearsome of a major earthquake can be traced to a submarine fissure and not the tectonic plaques, according to a group of scientists working in the area.
Sunday, January 28th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Case of foot and mouth disease confirmed in Bolivia

A case of foot and mouth disease, FAM, was confirmed this week in the east of Bolivia, the first in the country in the last three years and a half. Bolivia has since banned all exports of beef to the Andean countries, reports the press in La Paz.
Sunday, January 28th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Seism “psychosis” as earth trembles in southern Chile

Viviana Betancour governor of Chile's Southern Region of Aysen, which is living in a state of almost panic because of several days persistent telluric trembling, called on residents to be calm and trust that the best possible technical assistance is already working in the area.
Sunday, January 28th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Argentina among top ten with “greatest quality of life”

France offers the greatest quality of life in the world, according to the latest ranking from International Living magazine, a leading resource for helping people live, travel, and prosper overseas, while war-torn Iraq remains in last place.
Wednesday, January 24th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Hudson volcano rumbling and fears of an eruption

Chilean authorities in the XI Region of Aysén are closely monitoring the repeated tremors in the area and are prepared for the event of a major seism or the eruption of the Hudson volcano.
Monday, January 8th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Outbreak of brucellosis in southern Chile

An outbreak of bovine brucellosis has been confirmed in the Chilean province of Osorno, according to the Minister of Agriculture Alvaro Rojas.
Monday, January 1st 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Tobacco advertising banned in Buenos Aires City

Public advertising of tobacco in Buenos Aires City has been banned as from the first day of 2007, under municipal law 1799 passed in late 2005, amid a drive to curb smoking-related illnesses in Argentina that according the national government kill 40,000 people a year.