What's mold situation in South American countries?

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Most of the Sickbuildings members are from USA. One might get an

impression that toxic mold is an issue mostly in USA and nowhere else.

This is usually explained by the fact that newer buildings (built from

1970s onwards) were built to conserve energy, with cheap materials

susceptible to mold growth (e.g. sheetrock).

Has anyone recently been in any of the South American countries -

Mexico, Argentina, Peru, Brazil etc? Do their building practices

differ (I would expect so)? How do they maintain their AC units? Do a

lot of their houses and air conditioning units have toxic mold? If so,

how do they deal with the problem?

I am considering to move there if finances and health permit, but I

wouldn't want to just exchange one problem with another...