' Weaponized Migration '
'Weaponized Migration' - A Coordinated Effort Playing Out Deep In The Panama Jungle Authored by Darlene McCormick Sanchez via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The ripe smell of garbage baking in the tropical sun mixed with the stench of human waste is one of the first things visitors notice at…#epochtimes #bajochiquito #costarica #colombia #panamanian #unitednations #josephhumire #migrantpawns #panama #lajasblancas (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Suicide and medical practices: assessing the way of life among Colombian coffee-growing rural men in mental health care - Nieto-Betancurt L, Mosquera-Becerra J, Fandi ño-Losada A, Suárez Guava LA.
The aim was to understand the way of life and self-care practices in mental health among adult male farmers living in a municipality in the Risaralda department, located in the coffee axis of Colombia, marked by a high incidence of suicides. An ethnographi... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 4, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news
Armed gangs storm Haiti's main prison in latest escalation of violent conflict with police
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Hundreds of inmates fled Haiti’s main prison after armed gangs stormed the facility in an overnight explosion of violence that engulfed much of the capital. At least five people were dead Sunday. The jailbreak marked a new low in Haiti’s downward spiral of violence and…#haiti #portauprince #arielhenry #unitednations #haitian #nationalpolice #arnelremy #colombian #jovenelmoïse #colombians (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Prediction: This Will Be the Best-Performing Warren Buffett Stock Over the Next 5 Years
Berkshire Hathaway bought and sold several stocks in the 2023 fourth quarter, completely selling out of four positions. As usual, Chief Executive Officer Warren Buffett extolled his favorites, American Express and Coca-Cola, and he added Occidental Petroleum to that list as a stock he'd probably…#warrenbuffett #americanexpress #cocacola #occidentalpetroleum #nuholdings #nubank #brazil #mexico #colombia #latinamerican (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Clean your coffee machine with 35p supermarket staple to avoid this health risk
Many Brits can't function if they don't start their day with a much-needed cup of caffeine. But your beloved Americano may be riddled with bacteria that could tarnish the taste of your fancy Colombian coffee beans. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - March 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Karol G ’s Private Plane Makes Emergency Landing in Los Angeles
Karol G’s private plane made an emergency landing at Van Nuys Airport in Los Angeles, according to multiple published reports. According to the news first reported early this morning by KABC in Los Angeles, Karol G’s jet had taken off from Hollywood Burbank Airport Thursday evening, with 16 people…#karolgs #vannuysairport #kabc #air7 #karol #latinamerica #billboard #colombian #serábonito #spanish (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
For a Few Days, Flow of Migrants to U.S. Halted in Key Jungle Corridor
A crackdown by Colombia’s government on boats carrying migrants only briefly stopped migration through the Darién Gap.#colombia #dariéngap (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
On speed management, public health, and risky behaviors: examining the side effects of automated speed-enforcement cameras on traffic crashes in Bogot á, Colombia - Valderrama SL, Palacios MS, Botello VP, Perez-Barbosa D, Arrieta JV, Kisner J, Adriazola-Steil C.
Automatic speed-enforcement cameras are considered a highly reliable technology that produces returns on investment through reduced social and economic costs associated with traffic crashes. Drawing from open data and behavioral theory, we test whether fix... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 1, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
The effect of conflict-related violence intensity and alcohol use on mental health: the case of Colombia - Salas-Ortiz A, Moreno-Serra R, Kreif N, Suhrcke M, Casas G.
We investigated the causal impact of conflict-related violence on individual mental health and its potential pathways in Colombia. Using data from before and after the 2016 peace accord between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 1, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Transport policy: empowering local community for poverty alleviation in a deprived neighborhood in Colombia - Moreno CA.
Social exclusion is directly related, amongst others, to a lack of educational opportunities, transport accessibility or poor transport policies. Socialcapital can deliver a solution to reduce inequity by providing community transport (CT) to an underprivi... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 27, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
The Week contest: Culture fraud
This week's question: The head of culture in the Colombian city of Medellín was forced to resign after publicly confessing he had "no idea" how to do his job — or even what a library was. If Hollywood were to make a farce about Manuel Córdoba's cultural misadventures, what would it be titled?…#colombian #medellín #hollywood #manuelcórdoba #easterntime #puzzlepage #weekfreenewsletters #goodnewsnewsletter (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Understanding the differences between car and motorcycle ownership. The case of Bogot á, Colombia - Rodriguez-Valencia A, Ortuzar JD, Mesa-Garcia S.
Motorcycle and car ownership are rapidly growing in the Global South. However, little research has been conducted to understand the factors influencing motorcycle ownership and whether they differ from those affecting car ownership. In this paper, we explo... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
Expedition to 300-year-old shipwreck that could hold Spanish treasure of gold and emeralds worth $20 billion
The San Jose galleon was believed to have been carrying billions worth of treasure when it was sunk in 1708. ARMADA DE COLOMBIA Colombia sending a deep-water expedition to explore the 300-year-old San José shipwreck. The Spanish galleon, discovered in 2015, is believed to hold treasures worth up…#sanjose #armadadecolombia #colombia #sanjosé #spanish #caribbean #spain #colonies #southamerica #oceanographer (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
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Indigenous and Western scientists team up to reconstruct the history of North American horses
Established in 1923, the Newcomb Cleveland Prize is AAAS’s oldest prize, awarded annually to the authors of an “outstanding”
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Source: ScienceNOW - February 23, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
Poised to be first widely consumed gene-edited animals, virus-resistant pigs trot toward market
Pigs, cattle, and other livestock with edited genes are still far from most dinner plates, but a U.K. company has taken a big step toward the supermarket by engineering several commercial breeds of pigs to be resistant to a virus that devastates the swine industry. The firm, Genus plc, hopes that by year’s end the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will formally approve the pigs for widespread human consumption, a first for a gene-edited animal.
Alison Van Eenennaam, an animal geneticist at the University of California, Davis, is cheering the news. “There’s no point having a pig getting sick and dying if t...
Source: ScienceNOW - February 23, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
