Knockout-stage youth football (Uruguay angle): The Under-20 Women’s World Cup in Poland is moving into the knockout phase, with standout young talents like Argentina’s Annika Paz (who previously scored against Uruguay) drawing attention for their goals and pace. Forests & nutrition: A new FAO report says forests are a major, often overlooked driver of food security and nutrition, urging countries to include forests in agrifood policy. Soybean testing across the Americas: Researchers in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Colombia and Peru are setting up a regional network to test soybean cultivars in 180+ environments, aiming to help producers choose varieties that fit local conditions. Agtech adoption gap: IICA’s Digital Agriculture Week highlights that technology exists, but farmers often can’t adopt it fast enough due to local capacity, policy, and financing barriers. Plastic waste health risks in Latin America: After China’s plastic-waste import ban, studies flag several Latin American “hotspots,” including Paraguay, where waste imports outpaced local handling capacity—raising public health concerns. US pressure on Uruguay’s Cuban medical brigade: Reports say the US is urging Uruguay to end the Cuban Medical Brigade’s presence, including the Cuban Ophthalmology Brigade that has provided large numbers of free eye procedures since 2005.