Brazil’s environmental and indigenous agencies have launched an enforcement operation in the Amazon rainforest to expel thousands of illegal gold miners blamed for causing a humanitarian crisis among the Yanomami people, officials said on Wednesday. Armed agents of the government’s environmental protection agency Ibama, deployed by helicopter and …
France’s foreign minister, Catherine Colonna, met with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday in a visit resetting relations following a feud between the two countries’ presidents in 2019. It was the first French ministerial visit to Brazil since 2019 when Lula’s far-right predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, angered by President …
The death toll from a massive landslide that struck southern Peru rose to at least 15 on Tuesday, according to a government tally, after dozens of homes were swallowed up by dirt and mud following heavy rainfall last weekend. Another 20 people were injured after the landslide struck on Sunday …
A delegation from the Economy Ministry will travel to Brasilia to move forward with the fine print of the bilateral agenda with Brazil, following President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s visit to Argentina. A key issue will be added to the agenda of purchasing electricity and financing the …
Argentina will reopen its embassy in Bangladesh on February 27, Foreign Minister Santiago has announced. The minister will travel to Bangladesh to inaugurate Argentina’s embassy in the capital, Dhaka, and develop a trade promotion and investment agenda in the country. Cafiero confirmed this decision to Sadia Faizunnesa, the …
Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso on Monday accepted defeat in a referendum on allowing extradition for organized crime, among other reforms, but added he would continue to fight drug trafficking and keep working to improve social conditions. The results from Sunday’s voting worsened the political difficulties of Lasso, who …
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will this month restart the federal housing program “Minha Casa, Minha Vida” for lower income people, his chief of staff said on Sunday. Rui Costa said on TV GloboNews that the announcement will be made on February 14 in Bahia state …
Dozens of wildfires blazing though Chile caused the government to extend an emergency order to another region on Saturday, as a scorching summer heat wave complicates efforts to control fires that have claimed at least 23 lives so far. More than 1,100 people have sought refuge in shelters …
Chile’s government widened areas under a state of emergency Friday amid wildfires that have consumed some 8,000 hectares (19,700 acres) as the South American nation endures a summer heat wave across southern and central swathes of the country. Interior Minister Carolina Toha said Friday morning the government had …
