Stories for 2023

Tuesday, February 7th 2023 - 10:04 UTC
Ecuador's referendum a major setback for President Lasso

Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso Monday admitted defeat in Sunday's referendum through which he intended to garner enough consensus for the remainder of his term after 18 months in office. Citizens were asked, among other issues, to decide whether national offenders could be extradited abroad to face drug-trafficking charges. Lasso favored the idea, a slim majority did not with 47% of the votes counted.
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Tuesday, February 7th 2023 - 09:50 UTC
Garimpo is lethal, Brazilian minister says

Brazil's Minister for Indigenous Peoples Sonia Guajajara described the presence of illegal mining (known locally as “garimpo”) in the Yanomami Indigenous Land as destructive, Agencia Brasil reported Monday.
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Tuesday, February 7th 2023 - 09:20 UTC
Falkland Islands reduced access to Customs and Immigration

The Falkland Islands Customs and Immigration would like to inform the public that due to staff illness, they will be closed to visits from the general public until Thursday 9 February.
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Monday, February 6th 2023 - 10:40 UTC
The Indigenous-led movement shaking a divided Peru

By Eduardo Gamarra (*) – Peru is in the midst of a political and civil crisis. Weeks of protest have culminated in thousands descending on the capital amid violent clashes and running battles with police.
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Monday, February 6th 2023 - 10:35 UTC
Chile's wildfires death toll reaches 24

Chilean authorities spoke Sunday of 24 fatalities, nearly 1,000 people injured, and some 800 houses destroyed in the past five days by wildfires spreading fast in amid a highly-irregular heat wave with strong winds and temperatures above 40°C in areas 500 km south of Santiago.
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Monday, February 6th 2023 - 10:30 UTC
BAS investing to predict future sea-level rise in Antarctica

Researchers at British Antarctic Survey (BAS) will develop new and ambitious ideas to tackle critical global environmental challenges, such as global sea-level rise from Antarctica, thanks to new funding.
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Monday, February 6th 2023 - 10:23 UTC
Ecuador's referendum goes on uneventfully

Ecuador's National Electoral Council (CNE) announced Sunday that turnout for the national referendum called by President Guillermo Lasso seeking endorsement after 18 months in office had reached 80.74 %. Ecuadorians were also voting to elect the members of the Council of Citizen Participation and Social Control (CPCCS), in addition to municipal authorities.
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Monday, February 6th 2023 - 10:12 UTC
State of emergency spread to other Peruvian departments

At least 26 people were arrested, including an underaged suspect, late Saturday in Lima amid new demonstrations against the government of President Dina Boluarte, it was reported. Five people -4 protesters and 1 police officer- also needed to be hospitalized due to the injuries sustained during the street clashes in which law enforcement used pellets and teargas. Several journalists have denounced having been beaten by the Police trying to control peasant unions, private organizations, and student groups.
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Monday, February 6th 2023 - 10:07 UTC
Six people missing after shipwreck off Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro

Wind-chill temperatures in Rio de Janeiro reached 58°C Saturday before a storm broke out, leaving eight people missing following a shipwreck off Guanabara Bay. It was the highest temperature since 2009 when wind-chill measurements started to be taken. By Sunday the temperature dropped to 41.1 °C amid a strong storm. The boat capsized at sea off Paquetá Island in the middle of the storm.
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Monday, February 6th 2023 - 10:02 UTC
Garimpeiros leave Yanomami land before armed forces takeover

Illegal miners known as garimpeiros are beginning to leave the lands of the Yanomami indigenous peoples after a federal raid to evict them was announced by President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, Minister of Indigenous Peoples Sonia Guajajara told reporters Sunday.
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