Pfizer says Covid pill 89% effective against severe disease
by Lucie AUBOURG Pfizer said Friday that a clinical trial of its pill to treat Covid-19 had shown it is highly effective, hailing it is
Damaged Amazon rainforest teetering on the brink
Holed up in her lab, Brazilian atmospheric chemist Luciana Gatti crunches her numbers again and again, thinking there is a mistake. But the same bleak
South America’s second longest river is drying up, baffling experts
South America’s second longest river, the Parana, has dropped to its lowest level since the 1940s, leaving environmentalists and experts worried that climate change is to blame.
In Argentina, giant rodents vie with the rich for top real estate
Families of a giant rodent native to South America have been invading a luxury gated community in Argentina, highlighting the country’s controversial environmental and social policies.
Sailing boats and cycle rickshaws in oil-rich, fuel-light Venezuela region
Maracaibo is known as the center of Venezuela’s oil industry, but a chronic fuel shortage has left fisherman Franklin Romero using a sailing boat, and bus driver Manuel working in a cycle rickshaw.
Brought in by humans, beavers threaten Patagonia forest
The Karukinka natural park on Chile’s side of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago guards a treasure trove of ancient beech trees saved from the chainsaws of loggers.
First Covid vaccine shot alone not protective: Chile study
A study in Chile, which has one of the furthest-advanced vaccination campaigns in South America — mainly with China’s Coronavac, has found that a first dose alone does not protect against coronavirus infection.
LATAM Airlines says cutting 1,400 jobs in South America
LATAM Airlines said Friday it would lay off 1,400 employees in South America, blaming a drastic slump in business due to the coronavirus pandemic
Friend of billionaires Epstein abused young girls as recently as 2019, lawsuit says
The late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abused and trafficked girls as young as 12 on his private Caribbean island until as recently as last year, a new lawsuit alleged Wednesday.
ICTSI unit serves largest ever vessel to enter Colombia
The largest vessel to ever call in Colombia arrived at Puerto Aguadulce, which is owned by two of the world’s leading port operators International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) and PSA of Singapore.
