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LATIN AMERICA

Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 31, 2020
Mapping environmental crime seen as key to slowing Amazon forest losses
One group has estimated that 90 percent of all forest loss in the Amazon basin is illegal.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jul 23, 2020
China to give $1 billion loan for Latin America vaccine access
China will provide a $1 billion loan for Latin American and Caribbean countries to have access to its COVID-19 vaccine, Foreign Minister Wang Yi told top regional diplomats in a meeting, according to the Mexican government.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
May 27, 2020
Couples hold first same-sex marriages in Costa Rica
Marco Castillo and his boyfriend, Rodrigo Campos, waited just a few hours to take advantage of a new law in Costa Rica that made the country the first in Central America to allow same-sex marriage.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 15, 2020
U.S. may restore Cuba to list of sponsors of terrorism, source says
The United States is considering returning Cuba to its list of state sponsors of terrorism, a senior Trump administration official told Reuters on Thursday, a move that would mark another major blow to increasingly tense relations between Washington and Havana.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 1, 2020
Peru's Keiko Fujimori to be freed from prison during graft investigation
Former Peruvian presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori will be released from prison while she is under investigation for money laundering, her lawyer said on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 30, 2020
Amazon city resorts to mass graves as Brazil COVID-19 deaths soar
Deaths from the coronavirus outbreak have piled up so fast in the Amazon rainforest's biggest city that the main cemetery is burying five coffins at a time in collective graves.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 23, 2020
From Peru coca farmers to Paris pushers, coronavirus upends drug trade
Countries around the world have spent billions of dollars bailing out firms affected by COVID-19. Peru's coca farmers, who grow the bushy plant used to make cocaine, say they want help, too.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 4, 2020
Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro isolated and weakened by coronavirus denial
At a tense Cabinet meeting on Saturday in the Brazilian president's official residence, Jair Bolsonaro found himself isolated.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 27, 2020
South America's indigenous people lock down as coronavirus takes hold
For decades, indigenous groups from Colombia to Brazil have been fighting the threat to their lives posed by oil exploration, deforestation and illegal logging.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 16, 2020
SoftBank plans to invest $1 billion from Latin America fund, with eyes on 650 firms
SoftBank Group Corp. will continue to invest in Latin America this year, focusing on industries including e-commerce, health care and fintech.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 15, 2020
World's second-largest reef, Mesoamerican Reef, now in decline
The condition of the world's second-largest coral system, the Mesoamerican Reef stretching from Mexico to Central America, has taken a turn for the worse and faces further threats from climate change, according to a report by a group of scientists.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 13, 2020
Fossils of 1-ton fighting turtle found in South America
One of the largest turtles that ever lived prowled the lakes and rivers of northern South America from about 13 million years ago to 7 million years ago — and this car-size freshwater beast was built for battle.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jan 17, 2020
Over 1,000 migrants enter Guatemala as U.S.-bound caravan heads toward Mexico
At least 1,300 people have entered Guatemala in a new U.S.-bound caravan from Honduras, authorities said on Thursday, putting pressure on the region to satisfy Trump administration demands to contain northbound illegal immigration.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 14, 2020
Panama Canal reduces slots for ships due to droughts and levies 'freshwater' charge
The Panama Canal said on Monday it will cut its daily slot reservations due to droughts, and impose a "freshwater" charge on ships to maintain the thoroughfare's levels, tightening access to one of the world's most important trading routes.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 30, 2019
Christmas is over, but the 'quinceaneras' just roll on
A dazed parent ponders a Latin American coming-of-age ritual that knows no bounds.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 3, 2019
Latin America's chaos is an opportunity for the U.S.
The U.S. needs to refocus on its own crisis-ridden hemisphere.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Dec 2, 2019
Protests in Colombia spark backlash against Venezuelan migrants
Daniels Herrera kept quiet on his long walk home from work following violent protests in the Colombian capital Bogota last week, fearful his Venezuelan accent would give him away.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 29, 2019
East Asia's political vulnerability
To avoid Latin America-style political crises, East Asian governments must ensure that their economic policies support equitable growth.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Nov 14, 2019
Venezuelan migrants will cost host nations $1.35 billion in 2020, U.N. says
Health care, education, nutrition and other services will cost countries hosting Venezuelan migrants $1.35 billion next year, nongovernmental organizations said on Wednesday, as they called for increased donations from the international community.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 11, 2019
Resignation of Bolivia's Evo Morales, last of 'pink tide,' polarizes Latin America
The resignation of Bolivian President Evo Morales, the last serving member of the 'pink tide' of leftist leaders that swept Latin America two decades ago, polarized governments across the region Sunday, with presidents from Venezuela to Argentina denouncing a "coup" and others cheering his exit.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
A peek inside the brains of ‘super-agers’
For a little more than a decade, scientists have been studying a subset of people they call "super-agers.” These individuals are age 80 and older, but they have the memory ability of a person 20 to 30 years younger.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.

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