Latin America provides a unique perspective on our relationship with screens, echoing concerns of the Global North while also adding a distinct perspective. Screens, beyond being mere technological artifacts, also represent cultural and artistic forms with which we interact, create, and experience our world. Shaped by historical legacies like colonialism and the process of mestizaje, as well as the shared experience of Spanish as a predominant language, Latin America’s cultural awareness is intricate and specific in relation to other geographies, while still being very nuanced. Yet, what remains as a shared condition at large is how its socio-political history is marked by tensions and contradictions, largely due to a constant struggle for autonomy against imperialism.
Susana Madera Zamora Chinchipe, Ecuador, Sept 26 (EFE). – Ecuador is on the trail of a few lonely “giants,” the Andean bears (Tremarctos ornatus) that live in the lush Condor mountain range, about which there is very little information. The Andean bear is listed as vulnerable on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) …
QUITO, Ecuador - A third nursery used by scalloped hammerhead sharks to raise their pups has been discovered off the Galapagos Islands, a boon for a species in critical danger of extinction, the Ecuadoran national park said Friday.
Handout picture released by Parque Nacional Galapagos on December 1
To help solve a lack of testing by Berkeley and the community, Jennifer Doudna’s laboratory at University of California, Berkeley developed a SARS-CoV-2 pop-up testing laboratory. Only a few weeks after the first lockdown, the laboratory processed their first COVID-19 samples in the first week of April. The lab went on to partner with university health services and provided free testing to symptomatic students, with a 24-hour turnaround time. With the on-campus testing being a s