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The questioned candidacies for the presidency of Bolivia

Among the names of presidential candidates are the chosen one by Evo Morales and the current interim president.

Wellness
Quiz: How to prevent the spread of a virus?

WHO raised the global threat posed by the coronavirus to "high level". Test your knowledge on how to prevent infection

Environment
High air pollution exposure in 1-year-olds linked to structural brain change

Significant early childhood exposure to traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) is associated with structural changes in the brain at the age of 12.

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How is corruption perceived in Latin America?

The citizens of Latin America do not believe that their governments are struggling to combat the problem.

“The Indian is becoming human being like us,” Jair Bolsonaro

The Brazilian president would face a lawsuit for this racist comment against the natives of his country

The first 2020 caravan of migrants arrives to Mexico

One of the biggest challenges that the Mexican president faces, has to do with the migration flow in his country and neighboring countries.

The Anti-Terrorism Conference arrived in Colombia

With the assistance of 25 countries, Colombia began last Monday the III Hemispheric Ministerial Conference to Fight Terrorism

Economics

Business
Women-only business groups marginalize and fail to empower members

Women-only business networks fail to boost female entrepreneurship and instead serve to marginalize further the very people they seek to help

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Macroeconomics
This is how the World Economic Forum ended

The 50th edition of the Davos forum ended after five days in which 3000 attendees gathered to discuss the most important issues of world economy

Business
Sustainability strategies more successful when managers believe in them

Cass research finds sustainability strategies can enhance a firm's mainstream business strategy.

Personal
Faking emotions at work does more harm than good

The study surveyed working adults in a wide variety of industries including education, manufacturing, engineering, and financial services.

Global Issues

Global unemployment is on the rise

The World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2020 (WESO) report, which was released on Monday, revealed some worrying figures

Coronavirus dulls the Lunar New Year

The great Asian country has received the year of the metal rat plunged into one of the most important health crises of recent times

Living

Wellness
Cervical cancer is still a thing

New data suggests that less than three-quarters of women invited to have cervical screening actually take it.

Wellness
E-cigarette popularity on Instagram is still growing despite an FDA anti-vaping campaign

The study of over 200,000 Instagram posts showed that positive vaping hashtags are used 10,000 times more often than an FDA awareness campaign hashtag

Travel
What are the 10 destinations you should visit in 2020?

The New York Times published a list of the 52 places you should visit this year. Here we bring you the top 10.

Wellness
Women at higher risk of heart diseases at a younger age

According to new research, women’s blood vessels age at a faster rate than men’s, meaning it is at higher risk of heart disease while being young.

Sports

Super Bowl LIV: Chiefs the rational favorites, 49ers the sentimental ones

The decisive match for the 19-20 season title will have the appeal of the duel between Patrick Mahomes and Jimmy Garoppolo .

5 sporting events affected by the coronavirus

Neither traditions like the Chinese New Year nor major sporting events were saved from being canceled or postponed in China.

NBA: Goodbye Kobe Bryant

In the morning of Sunday, January 26, one of the legends of American basketball died after a tragic accident

The pre-Olympic promises that sound in Europe

The U-23 South American pre-Olympic is held to find two places to participate in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Katie Sowers: the woman who makes history in the Super Bowl

The NFL final already has its two participants: Kansas City Chiefs against San Francisco 49ers, teams that managed to be crowned as the kings of their respective confederations

Do you know which are the 5 best soccer leagues?

The International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) revealed the results of the best football leagues worldwide.

Environment

Environment
Colombia would plant 180 million trees

President Iván Duque said that by 2022, the coffee nation will have planted 180 million trees to help save the Amazon

Environment
Air pollution in NYC linked to wildfires hundreds of miles away

A new study shows that air pollutants from the smoke of fires from as far as Canada traveled hundreds of miles and several days causing significant increases in pollution concentrations in other places