In this March 17, 2020 photo, Otilia Olivera, left, serves cold "mate," known as "teretere," for her friends Lidia Silva, center, and Rosa Benitez at Mercado 4 in Asuncion, Paraguay. The friends said they plan to continue drinking mate together, as is social custom. In Uruguay, Paraguay and Argentina, drinking and sharing the herb "mate" is a tradition among family members, office colleagues and schoolmates, who share the straw as they pass the…
March 20, 2020
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March 20, 2020 1:47 p.m.
Virus fears curb old mate custom in parts of South America
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Sharing the mate beverage is an old tradition in parts of South America. The new coronavirus is changing that.