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Latin America Braces for Dengue Fever
Surge expected
after outbreak
v a c a tio n se aso n .
E ven
(A P ) — T h e d e a d ly h e m o r­
rh a g ic fo rm o f d e n g u e fe v e r is
in c re a s in g
d ra m a tic a lly
c la s s ic
c o rd in g to th e C e n te rs fo r D is­
dengue —
e a s e C o n tro l an d P re v e n tio n .
k n o w n as " b o n e b re a k fev e r" —
L ik e a p o s te r c h ild f o r th e
c a n c a u s e se v e re H u -lik e s y m p ­
d o w n s id e o f h u m a n ity 's im ­
tom s, ex cru ciatin g jo in t pain, high
p a c t o n th e p la n e t, d e n g u e is
fev e r, n a u s e a a n d rash es.
d r iv e n b y lo n g e r r a i n y s e a s o n s
in
M o re alarm in g is that a d e a d ly
s o m e b la m e o n eli m a te c h a n g e ,
M e x ic o , a n d e x p e rts p re d ic t a
h e m o rrh a g ic fo rm o f th e d is ­
a s w e ll a s d is p o s a b le p la s tic
su rg e th ro u g h o u t L atin A m e ric a
fu e le d by c lim a te c h a n g e , m i­
e a se , w h ic h a d d s in te rn al an d
p a c k a g in g a n d o th e r tr a s h th a t
e x te rn a l b le e d in g to th e sy m p ­
c o lle c ts w a te r. M ig r a n ts a n d
g ra tio n a n d fa lte rin g m o sq u ito
to m s — is b e c o m in g m o re c o m ­
to u r is ts — c a r r y n e w s tr a in s
e ra d ic a tio n e ffo rts.
m o n . It a c c o u n ts fo r o n e in fo u r
o f th e v ir u s a c r o s s n a tio n a l
O v e ra ll d e n g u e c a se s h av e
ca se s in M e x ico , c o m p a re d w ith
b o rd e rs , w h e re m o s q u ito e s c a n
in c re a s e d b y m o re th a n 6 0 0
o n e in 5 0 se v en y e a rs ag o , a c ­
s p r e a d th e d is e a s e .
p e rc e n t in M e x ic o sin c e 2 0 0 1 ,
c o r d in g to M e x ic o 's P u b lic
a n d w o rrie d o ffic ia ls are s e n d ­
H ea lth D e p a rtm e n t.
in g sp e c ia l te a m s to to u rist re ­
W h ile h e m o rrh a g ic d e n g u e is
so rts to s p ra y p e s tic id e s a n d
in c re a sin g a ro u n d th e d e v e lo p ­
re m o v e g a rb a g e a n d sta n d in g
w a te r w h e re m o sq u ito e s b ree d
a h e a d o f th e p e a k E a ste r W e e k
Drugs, Gun
Imports Fuel
Violence
(AP) — M exico's attorney gen­
eral on W ednesday dem anded
U.S. authorities do more to stop
guns and drug money from head­
ing south and fueling the drug
violence in M exico that left more
2,000 dead last year.
Eduardo M edina M ora told a
business forum that the vast m a­
jo rity o f arm s used by the sol­
diers o f drug cartels, including
assault rifles and grenades, are
sm uggled from the United States.
"It's truly absurd that a per­
son can get together 50 to 100
high pow ered arm s, grenade
launchers, fragm entation g re­
nades, and can transport this
cargo to our country," M edina
M ora said. "It's a task that needs
a much more decided and deter­
mined effort from the U.S. gov­
ernm ent, and it's one o f the d e­
m ands we have put on the table."
President Felipe C alderon,
w ho took office on Dec. 1, has
w aged a m ajor offensive against
the cartels, sending more than
24,(XX) troops to regions ravaged
by drug-related beheadings and
execution-style slayings. He also
has extradited several alleged
kingpins to the United States,
w inning the praise o f the U.S.
Drug Enforcem ent Agency.
But drug gangs have hit back,
killing police officers across the
country. Som etim es notes threat­
ening the federal governm ent
have been left near the bodies.
Former
Miss Bolivia
Arrested
(AP) — A form er Miss Bolivia
has been arrested on charges o f
carrying 1.8 poundsofcocaine while
boarding a Hight to the Brazilian
border, Bolivia's second form er
beauty queen to face legal trouble
in less than a week.
Police said that Roxana Arias
Becerra, 32. Miss Bolivia 1993, was
arrested in the Santa C ruz's El
T rom pillo A irport as she boarded a
plane Tuesday.
The form er beauty queen said
she had ju st bought the bag in a
local street market and was unaware
o f the drugs inside, according to
the Bolivian new spaper El Deber.
Last week, form er Miss Bolivia
Sonia Falcone was ordered to leave
the U nited States after pleading
guilty toem ploying four illegal im ­
migrants as household servants at
her $10.5 million mansion in Para­
dise Valley, Ariz.
Falcone, crow ned Miss Bolivia
1988 under her maiden name o f Sonia
M ontero, had also been indicted
on felony charges o f lying on a
citizenship application and engag­
ing in marriage fraud toobtain immi­
gration paperw ork, but the charges
were dropped following her plea
agreement.
T h e C D C say s th e re 's n o d ru g
to tre a t h e m o rrh a g ic d e n g u e ,
b u t p ro p e r tre a tm e n t, in c lu d in g
rest, flu id s a n d p ain re lie f, ca n
in g w o rld , th e p ro b le m is m o st
re d u c e d e a th rate s to a b o u t 1
An anti-dengue brigade, belonging to the municipal health department, walk in the street checking
for standing water or other areas where mosquitoes breed in the resort city o f Cancún, Mexico.
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