Timely diagnosis, access to treatments and legislation are the main challenges to address the rare diseases that Latin American countries face, according to a study carried out in eight countries in the region and published this Wednesday by MIT Technology Review. “We were able to conclude that two countries, Chili and Ecuadorare still in what […]
Tag: Colombia
AMLO to Milei: I still understand how Argentines voted for someone who despises the people
The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obradorresponded this Thursday that he still does not understand how Argentina voted for its current president, Javier Mileiwho called him “ignorant” in an interview with CNN en Español. Milei claimed that I am ‘ignorant’ because I called him a ‘conservative faco’. You are right: I still do not […]
Colombian minister asks Milei for explanations for insults to Gustavo Petro
The Minister of the Interior of Colombia, Luis Fernando Velasco, accused the Argentine president this Thursday, Javier Mileiof being wrong “in serious matters” with his insults to his Colombian counterpart, Gustavo Petroand demanded an excuse for his statements. “Mr. Javier Milei, you were wrong on a serious matter and you owe an excuse to the […]
Milei shows the “aggressions” she has received from Gustavo Petro and López Obrador
The Argentine president, Javier Mileijustified this Thursday his offensive expressions against his Colombian counterparts, Gustavo Petro, and Mexican, Andrés Manuel López Obradoron the CNN en Español channel, for the “aggressions” he previously received from them. ”Here are some things he told me. [Gustavo] Petro” and “some of AMLO’s many attacks” are the two messages with […]
Mexico signs agreement with Ecuador and Colombia to pay returned migrants
The government of Mexico signed an agreement with Colombia and Ecuador to, as is already happening with Venezuela, pay US$110 per month to migrants returned to those countries under a professional internship program, the Mexican president announced this Tuesday. Andrés Manuel López Obrador. “Yes, this support will be provided. I don’t know exactly the amount, […]
Stuffed dogs, cats and hummingbirds, the art of preserving pets opens in Colombia
Dogs, cats, hummingbirds and even a small hammerhead shark are some of the animals that, stuffed, decorate the walls of the studio of Miguel Vargas, who claims to be the only taxidermist who practices this profession in Bogota. At only 33 years old, with a self-taught education and a Biology diploma from the National University […]
Petro says he will not promote a constituent assembly to get re-elected in Colombia
The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petroassured this Monday that he did not make the proposal of a national constituent assembly to be re-elected or extend his mandate, which ends on August 7, 2026. “I am not seeking presidential re-election. “I have no intention of re-electing myself and I will not promote reforms or a constituent […]
Colombia: female miners on the hunt for the coveted emerald that will change their lives
Hundreds of meters deep, in tunnels dug into the earth that reach where water is scarce. oxygen and the heat is so stifling that it is nauseating, the hammers drill in search of something green that shines. The hands that hold those tools are those of a group of 200 women Colombian women who make […]
“Even if it’s just a fingernail”: clothes, bones and DNA to identify missing people in Colombia
After searching for her son Apolinar for 24 years, Soledad Ruiz received the bones in a small coffin. A sweater and technology genetics were key to identifying it in a Colombia that searches for more than 100,000 missing people from the armed conflict. With a haggard face from crying so much, the woman remembers that […]
Food insecurity in Colombia was reduced from 30% to 25% in 2023, according to the WFP
The food insecurity in Colombia was reduced in 2023 from 30% to 25%, according to the report presented this Tuesday by the World Food Program (WFP) of the UNwhich points out that there are still 13 million people in the South American country who are in moderate or severe food insecurity. This is a reduction […]