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Stories for April 8th 2024

  • Monday, April 8th 2024 - 10:08 UTC

    UNESCO recognizes yet another Brazilian geopark

    Brazil now has six geoparks (geographical areas with geological heritage of international significance, according to UNESCO)

    The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has granted the Terra dos Gigantes (Land of the Giants) geopark in Uberaba, in the Triângulo Mineiro region of Minas Gerais State, the status of “geopark,” Agencia Brasil reported. With this appointment, the South American country now has six archaeological sites of global significance.

  • Monday, April 8th 2024 - 08:25 UTC

    Mexico to bring Quito Embassy case before the ICJ

    Our diplomatic staff returns home with their heads held high, Bárcena posted on X

    After successfully pulling out of Ecuador all 18 members of its diplomatic mission following the breakup after Quito's unlawful actions at the Mexican Embassy in Quito, the government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced Sunday that a case would be filed before the International Court of Justice in The Hague (The Netherlands) first thing Monday.

  • Monday, April 8th 2024 - 07:41 UTC

    Colombia: Rebels demand ceasefire honored, or else...

    “It is necessary to reestablish the bilateral and national ceasefire,” the guerrillas insisted

    A dissident group of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) Sunday asked President Gustavo Pedtro's administration to reestablish a nationwide ceasefire or else Colombian Army facilities would be attacked. The rebel Central General Staff (EMC) also asked civilians to stay away from military and police officers.

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