PERU
Activists videotape the slaughter of dolphins off the coast of Peru. t.co/GRXDLE7mrw
Corruption in Peru Aids Cutting of Rain Forest here.
ARGENTINA
AP finds deadly consequences of pesticide use in rural Argentina, dangerously close to schools here.
BRAZIL
Researchers in São Paulo develop nanoparticles to detect leukemia here.
A fire in Brazil’s largest port burns 180,000 tons of sugar, sends prices up here.
Researchers estimate 16,000 tree species in the Amazon with half of all trees belonging to just 227 species here.
MEXICO
Why Mexico Struggles to Make Science Pay Off by @erikvance here.
“It may soon cost more to get fat in Mexico.” http://lat.ms/1ezAUyb
The bacterium from #cholera patients in Mexico has 95% similarity with the one currently circulating in Haiti, Dominican Rep and Cuba, says the @WHO
COLOMBIA
Colombian farmers risk death to reclaim lost land http://farmlandgrab.org/post/view/22689-colombian-farmers-risk-death-to-reclaim-lost-land …