AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoClimate Watch: A potentially powerful 2026–27 El Niño could bring major shifts in rainfall and drought; Brazil is among the areas experts expect to be affected, though local impacts remain uncertain. Papal Visit: Recovering from lung surgery, Pope Leo XIV is set to begin a 12-day tour of Uruguay, Argentina and Peru, with economic injustice, Indigenous communities and the Amazon among expected themes. Peru’s Past: New fossils from the Talara tar pit—including ground sloth, dire wolf, bat and snake remains—suggest the coastal desert was once a forest-fringed wetland. Regional Health: A Bahamas workshop has brought Caribbean specialists together to improve the maintenance and safe use of diagnostic radiation equipment for cancer care. Jamaica’s Health System: A World Bank review found public funding now covers 68% of current health spending, while household out-of-pocket costs have fallen to 15%.
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