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by Luis ROBAYO / with Alina DIESTE in Bogota MOCOA, Colombia (AFP) — Rescuers clawed through piles of mud and twisted debris Sunday searching for survivors after violent mudslides destroyed homes in southern Colombia, killing over 200 people and injuring hundreds more. They were the latest victims of deadly floods and mudslides that have struck the Pacific side of South America over recent months, also killing scores of people in Peru and Ecuador. In the […]
ASUNCION, Paraguay (Reuters) — Protesters stormed Paraguay’s Congress building and set it on fire on Friday (March 31) amid violent demonstrations over a secret Senate vote earlier in the day to approve a bill that would allow President Horacio Cartes to run for re-election. The Senate voted earlier on Friday during a special session in a closed office in Congress rather than on the Senate floor. Twenty-five lawmakers voted for the measure, two more than […]
WASHINGTON, D.C., United States (Reuters) — Ivanka Trump said on Wednesday (March 29) she would work in the White House in an unpaid, informal advisory role to the president as she sought to allay ethics concerns about working there. “I have heard the concerns some have with my advising the president in my personal capacity while voluntarily complying with all ethics rules and I will instead serve as an unpaid employee in the White House […]
HUARMEY, Peru (Reuters) — Residents of the flood-ravaged city of Huarmey in central Peru are struggling to tame encroaching waters after lagoons in the city burst their banks, exacerbating a natural disaster that has claimed at least 75 lives nationally. An avalanche of mud has hit homes in the city, forcing residents to lay down sandbags to protect their belongings. Drinking water has also been cut off for many residents, with authorities forced to truck […]
by Damian WROCLAVSKY Agence France-Presse BRASILIA, Brazil -Brazil’s government fought Wednesday to save the country’s meat industry from getting burned in a corruption scandal that has prompted several countries to pull Brazilian beef and chicken from the menu. Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi did not mince his words. “What we are suffering now is a blow, a punch to the stomach,” he told the Senate. “We have to recover, to reorganize our forces, to travel around […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Three California lawmakers have introduced legislation that would penalize firms keen to take part in President Donald Trump’s plan to build a wall along the United States-Mexico border. The legislation announced on Monday calls for California’s two public pension funds — the largest in the nation — to divest from companies involved in the construction of the controversial barrier. “Californians build bridges not walls,” Phil Ting, one of the […]
COLORADO, UNITED STATES (Reuters) — A wildfire near the University of Colorado in Boulder that may be man-made burned about 62 acres (25 hectares) of woodland on Sunday (March 19) and prompted the evacuation of 426 homes in the drought-hit region, authorities said. The fire in Sunshine Canyon, just outside the university town, started before dawn on Sunday, with no injuries or damage to structures reported, said Commander Mike Wagner, a spokesman for the Boulder […]
BOGOTA, Colombia (AFP) — Colombia’s Senate late Monday approved a constitutional reform that creates special war crimes courts, a key component of the historic peace agreement reached with Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia guerrillas ending five decades of warfare. The announcement was made via Twitter by Interior Minister Juan Fernando Cristo, who was in the Senate at the time of the vote. President Juan Manuel Santos won the Nobel Peace Prize in October for his efforts […]
by Lissy DE ABREU / with Florence PANOUSSIAN in San Jose de Oriente Agence France-Presse BOGOTA, Colombia – Colombia’s FARC rebels begin disarming Wednesday under a historic peace deal, beginning the delicate transition from guerrilla army to political party after more than half a century at war. After weeks of mustering its troops at designated disarmament zones, the FARC, or Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, was set to begin an inventory of its weapons and […]
(Reuters) — Mexico’s government apologized on Tuesday (February 21) for the wrongful detention of three indigenous women for alleged kidnapping offences they did not commit. The three women, Jacinta Francisco Maciel, Alberta Alcantara and Teresa Gonzalez were detained on the charges in 2006. Their arrest came after police cleared a market the indigenous women where they reportedly worked at. After initial court proceedings the suspects were sentenced to 21 years in prison. The Miguel […]
BOGATA, Colombia (AFP) — An explosion in Bogota early Sunday injured about 30 people, most of them police guarding a bullring that had been targeted by protests when it reopened last month, officials said. Mayor Enrique Penalosa had said on Twitter that a police officer was killed in the blast, but officials later said that report was a mistake and there were no deaths. The city hall said 31 people were injured, two of them seriously. […]
by Ramon SAHMKOW Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Tensions flared once again Wednesday between the United States and Venezuela as Donald Trump called for the release of a jailed foe of President Nicolas Maduro, who warned the new US leader not to provoke him. Diplomatic rows have become somewhat commonplace over the past 20 years between Venezuela’s leftist leaders and Washington, the “imperialist” power they love to hate. They have not traded ambassadors […]
