MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for February 8th 2019
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Friday, February 8th 2019 - 08:43 UTC
Humanitarian aid arrives to Cucuta, a bridge away from Venezuela
Trucks carrying humanitarian aid for crisis-stricken Venezuela arrived in the Colombian border city of Cucuta on Thursday as diplomatically-isolated President Nicolas Maduro appeared set to block its entry amid an escalating political crisis.
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Friday, February 8th 2019 - 08:38 UTC
South Georgia extends Marine Protected Area legislation to its entire Maritime Zone
The Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI) has announced a range of additional measures for its Marine Protected Area (MPA) which will greatly enhance the protection and conservation of the Territory’s rich marine biodiversity.
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Friday, February 8th 2019 - 08:30 UTC
Fears in Australia that hundreds of thousands of cattle could have died in record floods
Hundreds of thousands of cattle weakened from a severe drought are feared to have died in record-breaking floods in northeastern Australia, authorities said on Friday, as they stepped up efforts to feed surviving livestock.
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Friday, February 8th 2019 - 08:22 UTC
Bolsonaro recovering from intestinal surgery but has caught pneumonia
Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has pneumonia after registering a fever during a hospital stay, but a tweet on the far-right leader’s Twitter profile on Thursday said he was “well.”Bolsonaro had an operation on Jan. 28 to remove a colostomy bag that was put in place after he was stabbed while campaigning ahead of Brazil’s election last year.
