Year: 2017
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LIFE
Curbing the tobacco epidemic in the Americas
Tobacco epidemic disproportionately affect low and middle-income countries, where more than 80% of the world’s smokers now live
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Travel
Animals and architecture make Guayaquil’s Parque Histórico worth the trip
As the largest city in Ecuador, Guayaquil is an important hub for business and transportation. It’s also home to an…
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
The web goes native
“Mozilla Nativo” an initiative that seeks the incorporation of the indigenous languages to the digital world. In particular, it will…
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UK scientists to solve whales’ deaths in Argentinian coast
A two-year project aims to learn why hundreds of baby southern right whales washed up on the coast.
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AMERICAS
Colombia’s Urabeños recruiting dissidents from FARC peace process
Recent reports warn that one of Colombia's biggest criminal groups may be recruiting dissident guerrilla fighters, another indication that new…
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AMERICAS
Colombian Government and FARC begin drug-crop substitution program
Colombia’s government and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels announced Friday that they had launched a program aimed at…
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Environment
UK scientists to solve whales’ deaths in Argentinian coast
A two-year project aims to learn why hundreds of baby southern right whales washed up on the coast.
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AMERICAS
Doomsday clock is 2:30 minutes to midnight
Nuclear weapons, climate change and Donald Trump’s election make the world closer to catastrophe.
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AMERICAS
Colombian Government and FARC begin drug-crop substitution program
Point four of the peace agreement, signed by the government and the FARC on Nov. 24 in Bogota, calls for…
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ANALYSIS
Trump’s Wall: A Wasteful, Foolish Boondoggle
Not only would the wall be needlessly expensive -- Trump says it will cost $8 billion, engineers have said at…
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