Dear members, this year elections must be held to renew the Board of Directors of the Latin American Society of Acarology. To this end, we have asked the delegates of each country to send suggestions for the positions of President, Secretary and Treasurer before May 18. And through this message, we ask all those interested in proposing a name to send it to the delegate of their country, before the aforementioned date, so that he can direct them to the SLA Secretary, and they can be put to the consideration of all at the time of the elections. Below, we remember the list of delegates and their contact email.

Thank you very much for taking part!

Professor Ashley P.G. Dowling inform that Acarology Summer Program 2020 is coming.

All information at:

https://training.uark.edu/_resources/pdf/acarology-financial-assistance.pdf

We gladly inform you that the organization of the IV Latin American Congress of Acarology, to be held in Panama in 2020, has issued its first notice, including the thematic areas and the modalities of presentation. More information in the attached file:

CLAC-PTY, 2020

Dear partners, the “5th Latin American and Caribbean
Symposium of Acarology” (mites and ticks) will be held in Havana, Cuba, in April 20-24, 2020.

More information here:

First Announcement V SIMPOSIO 2020

Dr. Pedro De La Torre, from Cuba, sends this report on the last National Meeting of Acarology for Plant Health:

The National Meeting of Acarology for Plant Health was held in the province of Sancti Spíritus, Cuba, from April 8 to 12, 2019, an event organized by the Unit of Central Laboratories of Agricultural Health (ULCSA), the Health Research Institute Vegetal (INISAV) and the host province. Twenty four specialists from all over the country participated and different aspects related to agricultural acarology were discussed such as new interceptions, work methods, pest problems, quarantine and training among others. In addition, a visit was made to protected cultivation houses where mite problems were discussed at the site. Within the training, the occasion was used to disseminate the post-event course during the IV Latin American and Caribbean Symposium in La Habana, Cuba with the theme: Taxonomy, Biology and Identification of Oribatid Mites, which was given on that occasion by the professors Pablo A. Martínez and Natalia A. Fredes, both from the National University of Mar del Plata, Argentina. It was a propitious moment to present work ideas for the next Acarology event in our country.