China Reduces Emissions in Search of Blue Skies
BEIJING – The Chinese government is seeking to improve its air quality by reducing emissions of major polluting gases, according to a report presented by the premier at the opening of the parliament’s
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Trinidad Confirms 6 Cases of Zika Virus
SAN JUAN – The Ministry of Health of Trinidad and Tobago announced Tuesday that six cases of Zika virus have been confirmed on the island of Trinidad. The ministry said in a statement that the sixth
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More Than 200 Million Latin Americans Living in Poverty
SANTIAGO – Some 225 million Latin Americans live below the poverty line, according to a report released Tuesday by the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, or ECLAC. The publication
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19 Forest Fires Remain Active in Chile, Report Says
SANTIAGO – A total of 19 forest fires continue to burn in five Chilean regions, according a statement released Sunday by the National Emergency Office, or Onemi. According to figures compiled by the
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Indigenous Leader Berta Caceres Killed in Honduras
TEGUCIGALPA – Berta Caceres, a Honduran indigenous leader who led demonstrations against hydroelectric projects in her homeland, was killed early Thursday at her residence in the western city of La Esperanza,
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Settlement Reached over Brazil Tailings Dam Disaster
BRASILIA – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s administration, two state governments and mining company Samarco reached an agreement that covers the cost of cleaning up the Doce River basin, which was
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El Niño-Linked Drought Drives Peasants off Their Land in Colombia
BOGOTA – More than 300 peasants from the Caribbean province of Bolivar were driven off their land by the intense drought caused by the El Niño weather phenomenon, in the first evacuation for that reason
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Landslide Injures 25 in Central Peru
LIMA – A landslide injured 25 people and destroyed the dwellings of 100 residents of two remote communities in Pampa Hermosa, a district in the central Peruvian region of Junin, media reports said.
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Peru Declares Water Quality Emergency in Oil Spill-Hit Amazon Districts
LIMA – Peru’s government has declared a 90-day water quality emergency in several northern jungle districts where two oil spills occurred due to ruptures of a pipeline operated by state-owned oil company
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Mexico Fines Volkswagen for Selling Vehicles Lacking Environmental Permits
MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s Profepa environmental protection agency on Monday fined German automaker Volkswagen’s local unit just over 168 million pesos (around $9 million) for selling 2016 model vehicles that
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Peru OKs Repsol’s Environmental Assessment of Gas Project
LIMA – Peru’s Energy and Mines Ministry said it had approved Spanish energy major Repsol’s environmental impact assessment of the Sagari natural gas project, located in the jungles of the southern region