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Mexico has one of the highest rates of childhood overweight and obesity in the world. According to data from the Mexican Ministry of Health, in 2025, 37.3% of the adult population is overweight and 38.9% is considered to be obese. However, this concern is rather recent. In 1988, only 9.5% of the Mexican population was considered obese. What happened?

Gran Colombia is a term used by historians to refer to the Republic of Colombia established between 1819 and 1831. It is used to avoid confusion with the current Republic of Colombia. Gran Colombia was formed by Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Ecuador and Panama.

There are many stereotypes about Latinos, like the one that says that “Latinos are lazy.” In the United States, faced with the mass arrests and deportations of undocumented migrants (mainly Latin Americans) carried out by the ICE several protests were held in Los Angeles to denounce, on the one hand, the unjustified deportations of working immigrants, on the other hand, the far-right rhetoric that too often compares Latin American migrants to drug traffickers or criminals.

The pink tide (or the Left Turn) in Latin America, refers to the wave of victories of left-wing candidates in the presidential elections of several Latin American countries at the beginning of the 21st century. We usually consider that it started in 1998, with the victory of Hugo Chávez in Venezuela. When he was elected, the left was only in power in Cuba in the region.