Americas – Page 55 – Prologue Journal

In Peru, a Mission To Save the Stingless Bee

New York Times Native to the tropics, these pollinators are taking a lead role in one of the latest efforts to conserve the Amazon rainforest. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/30/science/amazon-stingless-bees-honey.html

Canada Delays Plan to Offer Medically Assisted Death to the Mentally Ill

New York Times A parliamentary panel concluded that there are not enough doctors, particularly psychiatrists, in the country to properly assess patients. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/29/world/canada/medically-assisted-death-mental-illnesses.html

Colombia, Normally a Wet Country, Battles Widespread Wildfires

New York Times Firefighters, many of them volunteers, have been confronting dozens of blazes amid high temperatures this month. The conditions have been linked to climate change. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/29/world/americas/colombia-wildfire-forest.html

Former N.H.L. Player Faces Sexual Assault Charges in Canada

New York Times The accusation, made in London, Ontario, in 2018, has put the country’s hockey organization into turmoil and outraged the public. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/29/world/canada/hockey-sexual-assault-charges.html

After Help From Kenyan Police Is Blocked, Haitians Ask: What Now?

New York Times As Haiti sank into gang-dominated chaos, Kenya promised to send officers to pacify the streets. Now a court has rejected that plan, and there does not seem to be another. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/28/world/americas/haiti-kenya-police.html

Spending More Money on Police Shows No Clear Link to Lower Crime Levels

New York Times A study led by researchers in Toronto found that crime had risen in several cities along with increases in spending. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/27/world/canada/canada-letter-police-spending-crime.html

Venezuela Court Bars Opposition Leader From Running for President

New York Times The move is a crippling blow to a deal in which President Nicolás Maduro’s administration promised a free and fair election in exchange for relief from U.S. sanctions. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/26/world/americas/venezuela-presidential-election-opposition.html

Pet Dragons Linked to Salmonella Cases That Sickened Dozens of Children

New York Times Dozens of people, including babies, were sickened, according to a C.D.C. study that highlighted the risks of snuggling with the strikingly scaly lizards, many of which carry salmonella bacteria in their gut. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/26/health/salmonella-bearded-dragons-pets.html

Haiti Threatened by Armed Environmental Group

New York Times The country’s political crisis grew more volatile this week after an armed environmental brigade allied with a former coup leader began demanding the prime minister’s ouster. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/25/world/americas/haiti-political-instability-bsap.html

She Looked for Her Missing Brother. Now, People Are Looking for Her.

New York Times The violent abduction of volunteer searcher Lorenza Cano is yet another fresh wound for the hundreds of mothers looking for Mexico’s missing. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/25/world/americas/mexico-disappeared-lorenza-cano.html