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Dr. Jorge Fusaro drinks mate while residents prepare lamb shanks to cook in a clay oven during celebrations honoring Justo Juez, a representation of Jesus Christ, in Despensa, on the Cerro Chañi, in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Dr. Jorge Fusaro drinks mate while residents prepare lamb shanks to cook in a clay oven during celebrations honoring Justo Juez, a representation of Jesus Christ, in Despensa, on the Cerro Chañi, in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Issac Santos holds his doctor's visits log card after a home visit from Dr. Jorge Fusaro, in Pie de la Cuesta on the Cerro Chañi, in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Friday, May 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Issac Santos holds his doctor's visits log card after a home visit from Dr. Jorge Fusaro, in Pie de la Cuesta on the Cerro Chañi, in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Friday, May 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Public health agent Santos Ramos guides Dr. Jorge Fusaro and their rented mules, along a path of the Cerro Chañi as part of Fusaro's medical tours of the rural communities in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Sunday, May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Public health agent Santos Ramos guides Dr. Jorge Fusaro and their rented mules, along a path of the Cerro Chañi as part of Fusaro's medical tours of the rural communities in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Sunday, May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

An interior of the home where Eduardo Ramos, a patient of Dr. Jorge Fusaro, in Encrucijada on Cerro Chañi, in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Friday, May 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

An interior of the home where Eduardo Ramos, a patient of Dr. Jorge Fusaro, in Encrucijada on Cerro Chañi, in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Friday, May 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Virginia Gutierrez saws off a rack of lamb to prepare for the celebrations honoring Justo Juez, a representation of Jesus Christ, in Despensa, on the Cerro Chañi, in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Virginia Gutierrez saws off a rack of lamb to prepare for the celebrations honoring Justo Juez, a representation of Jesus Christ, in Despensa, on the Cerro Chañi, in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Dr. Jorge Fusaro visits with residents while warming himself by a fire in Despensa on the Cerro Chañi, in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Dr. Jorge Fusaro visits with residents while warming himself by a fire in Despensa on the Cerro Chañi, in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Celebrants take part in the “Cuarteada”, a traditional adoration dance holding and shaking goats' hind quarters until they are ripped apart, during celebrations honoring Justo Juez, a representation of Jesus Christ, in Despensa, on the Cerro Chañi, in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Celebrants take part in the “Cuarteada”, a traditional adoration dance holding and shaking goats' hind quarters until they are ripped apart, during celebrations honoring Justo Juez, a representation of Jesus Christ, in Despensa, on the Cerro Chañi, in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Residents gather in a circle for an Indigenous ceremony to pay tribute to the land and to begin the celebrations honoring Justo Juez, a representation of Jesus Christ, in Despensa, on the Cerro Chañi, in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Residents gather in a circle for an Indigenous ceremony to pay tribute to the land and to begin the celebrations honoring Justo Juez, a representation of Jesus Christ, in Despensa, on the Cerro Chañi, in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Dr. Jorge Fusaro leads his rented mule along a mountain path on his way to treating families scattered across the Cerro Chañi, in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Sunday, May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Dr. Jorge Fusaro leads his rented mule along a mountain path on his way to treating families scattered across the Cerro Chañi, in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Sunday, May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Dr. Jorge Fusaro, wearing a beret, eats lunch with residents during the celebrations honoring Justo Juez, a representation of Jesus Christ, in Despensa, on the Cerro Chañi, in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Dr. Jorge Fusaro, wearing a beret, eats lunch with residents during the celebrations honoring Justo Juez, a representation of Jesus Christ, in Despensa, on the Cerro Chañi, in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Dr. Jorge Fusaro listens to the heart beat of Patricia Lujan, inside a mud wall home serving as a temporary medical clinic, in Despensa on the Cerro Chañi, in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Dr. Jorge Fusaro listens to the heart beat of Patricia Lujan, inside a mud wall home serving as a temporary medical clinic, in Despensa on the Cerro Chañi, in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Public health agent Santos Ramos administers a vaccine to Hector Lopez, accompanied by Dr. Jorge Fusaro, inside a mud wall home serving as a temporary medical clinic, in Despensa on the Cerro Chañi, in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Public health agent Santos Ramos administers a vaccine to Hector Lopez, accompanied by Dr. Jorge Fusaro, inside a mud wall home serving as a temporary medical clinic, in Despensa on the Cerro Chañi, in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Public health agent Santos Ramos guides Dr. Jorge Fusaro on rented mules through the rocky terrain of the Cerro Chañi as part of Fusaro's medical tours of the rural communities in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Friday, May 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Public health agent Santos Ramos guides Dr. Jorge Fusaro on rented mules through the rocky terrain of the Cerro Chañi as part of Fusaro's medical tours of the rural communities in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Friday, May 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Patient Damian Santos holds medication he received from Dr. Jorge Fusaro, during a medical checkup in Despensa on the Cerro Chañi, in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Patient Damian Santos holds medication he received from Dr. Jorge Fusaro, during a medical checkup in Despensa on the Cerro Chañi, in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Dr. Jorge Fusaro examines Issac Santos during a home visit in the rural community of Pie de la Cuesta on the Cerro Chañi, in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Friday, May 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Dr. Jorge Fusaro examines Issac Santos during a home visit in the rural community of Pie de la Cuesta on the Cerro Chañi, in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Friday, May 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Dr. Jorge Fusaro, left, takes part in the annual religious procession honoring Justo Juez, a representation of Jesus Christ, in Despensa on the Cerro Chañi, in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Dr. Jorge Fusaro, left, takes part in the annual religious procession honoring Justo Juez, a representation of Jesus Christ, in Despensa on the Cerro Chañi, in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Residents have a light breakfast prior to the celebrations honoring Justo Juez, a representation of Jesus Christ, in Despensa on Cerro Chani, in Jujuy province, Argentina, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Residents have a light breakfast prior to the celebrations honoring Justo Juez, a representation of Jesus Christ, in Despensa on Cerro Chani, in Jujuy province, Argentina, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Dr. Jorge Fusaro takes a break during a stop along a path of the Cerro Chañi, while making his way to the community of Despensa on the Cerro Chañi as part of his medical tours of the rural communities in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Friday, May 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Dr. Jorge Fusaro takes a break during a stop along a path of the Cerro Chañi, while making his way to the community of Despensa on the Cerro Chañi as part of his medical tours of the rural communities in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Friday, May 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Public health agent Santos Ramos leads rented mules, one packed with medical supplies, along a path of the Cerro Chañi as part of Dr. Jorge Fusaro's medical tours of the rural communities in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Sunday, May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Public health agent Santos Ramos leads rented mules, one packed with medical supplies, along a path of the Cerro Chañi as part of Dr. Jorge Fusaro's medical tours of the rural communities in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Sunday, May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Patrocinia Santos, left, and Cintia pray after taking part in the “Cuarteada”, a traditional adoration dance holding and shaking goats' hind quarters until they are ripped apart, during celebrations honoring Justo Juez, a representation of Jesus Christ, in Despensa, on the Cerro Chañi, in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Patrocinia Santos, left, and Cintia pray after taking part in the “Cuarteada”, a traditional adoration dance holding and shaking goats' hind quarters until they are ripped apart, during celebrations honoring Justo Juez, a representation of Jesus Christ, in Despensa, on the Cerro Chañi, in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Medical supplie belonging to Dr. Jorge Fusaro sit on a table inside a mud wall home serving as a temporary medical clinic, in Despensa on the Cerro Chañi, in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Medical supplie belonging to Dr. Jorge Fusaro sit on a table inside a mud wall home serving as a temporary medical clinic, in Despensa on the Cerro Chañi, in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Dr. Jorge Fusaro, left front, joins in a pick-up game of soccer in Despensa on the Cerro Chañi, in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Dr. Jorge Fusaro, left front, joins in a pick-up game of soccer in Despensa on the Cerro Chañi, in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Residents prepare plates of food to be served to the community during celebrations honoring Justo Juez, a representation of Jesus Christ, in Despensa, on the Cerro Chañi, in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Residents prepare plates of food to be served to the community during celebrations honoring Justo Juez, a representation of Jesus Christ, in Despensa, on the Cerro Chañi, in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Dr. Jorge Fusaro examines Patricia Santos inside a mud wall home serving as a temporary medical clinic, in Despensa on the Cerro Chañi, in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Dr. Jorge Fusaro examines Patricia Santos inside a mud wall home serving as a temporary medical clinic, in Despensa on the Cerro Chañi, in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Eduardo Ramos, who lives alone, holds a bag of medicine delivered by Dr. Jorge Fusaro, who takes time to sit and chew coca leaves with his patient, in Encrucijada on the Cerro Chañi, in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Friday, May 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Eduardo Ramos, who lives alone, holds a bag of medicine delivered by Dr. Jorge Fusaro, who takes time to sit and chew coca leaves with his patient, in Encrucijada on the Cerro Chañi, in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Friday, May 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Dr. Jorge Fusaro cools off by a stream during a rest from descending the Cerro Chañi, after completing his medical tour of the rural communities scattered across the mountain considered scared by the Kolla Indigenous people, in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Sunday, May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Dr. Jorge Fusaro cools off by a stream during a rest from descending the Cerro Chañi, after completing his medical tour of the rural communities scattered across the mountain considered scared by the Kolla Indigenous people, in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Sunday, May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Dr. Jorge Fusaro examines patient Damian Santos inside a mud wall home serving as a temporary medical clinic, in Despensa on the Cerro Chañi, in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Dr. Jorge Fusaro examines patient Damian Santos inside a mud wall home serving as a temporary medical clinic, in Despensa on the Cerro Chañi, in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Dr. Jorge Fusaro visits with residents inside a communal house during celebrations honoring Justo Juez, a representation of Jesus Christ, in Despensa on Cerro Chani, in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Dr. Jorge Fusaro visits with residents inside a communal house during celebrations honoring Justo Juez, a representation of Jesus Christ, in Despensa on Cerro Chani, in the Jujuy province of Argentina, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)