Migration pact to cap Americas summit buffeted by discord
Los Angeles, USReuters US President Joe Biden and fellow leaders of the Americas are set to pitch a plan designed to stem illegal migration and manage record migrant numbers as a regional summit roiled by diplomatic squabbling draws to a close on Friday. Dubbed the “Los Angeles Declaration” and described by Biden as “ground-breaking”, the […]
An Argentine libertarian channels inner Trump to “blow up” political status quo
Buenos Aires Reuters Javier Milei, an ebullient Argentine economist with wild hair and an avid fan base, was once known for his theatrical and acerbic televised takedowns of the country’s political elite. Now he has a shot of taking them down at the ballot box. The admirer of former US President Donald Trump, who was […]
Coronavirus spreading like never before in Americas, health agency says
Brasilia, BrazilReuters COVID-19 infections are reaching new peaks in the Americas with 7.2 million new cases and more than 15,000 COVID-related deaths in the last week, the Pan American Health Organization said on Wednesday. “The virus is spreading more actively than ever before,” PAHO Director Carissa Etienne told a briefing. Healthcare workers are pictured at […]
Argentine towns sizzle amid “hottest days in history”
Buenos Aires, ArgentinaReuters Cities and towns in Argentina and neighbouring countries in South America have been setting record high temperatures as the region swelters during a historic heat wave. “Practically all of Argentina and also neighboring countries such as Uruguay, southern Brazil and Paraguay are experiencing the hottest days in history,” said Cindy Fernandez, meteorologist […]
Some nations look to shorten isolation rules as Omicron races around the world
Rome, Italy/Washington DC, USReuters Global COVID-19 infections hit a record high over the past seven-day period, Reuters data showed on Wednesday, as the Omicron variant raced out of control and governments wrestled with how to contain its spread without paralysing fragile economies. Almost 900,000 cases were detected on average each day around the world between […]
South America, battered by COVID-19, now winning global vaccination race
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil/Buenos Aires, ArgentinaReuters Throughout much of 2020 and early 2021, South America was ground zero in the global fight against COVID-19. Oxygen ran low in Peru. Gravediggers worked through the night in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Bodies were stuffed into shipping containers in Guayaquil, Ecuador. A healthcare worker takes a swab sample from […]
Mighty river to muddy trickle: South America’s Parana rings climate alarm
LUCILA SIGAL and DANIELA DESANTIS, of Reuters, report on the decline of the Parana, South America’s second-largest river behind the Amazon…
Global COVID-19 deaths hit five million as Delta variant sweeps the world
Reuters Worldwide deaths related to COVID-19 surpassed five million on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, with unvaccinated people particularly exposed to the virulent Delta strain. The variant has exposed the wide disparities in vaccination rates between rich and poor nations, and the upshot of vaccine hesitancy in some western nations. Grave diggers bury a […]
Changing climate: As Amazon destruction continues, Brazil faces future of floods, drought
FABIO ZUKER, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how heating planet and surging deforestation are altering long-standing weather patterns throughout Brazil and South America…
‘Mega-drought’ in Andes from climate change leaves some peaks without snow
Buenos Aires, ArgentinaReuters The Andes Mountain range, which draws skiers to South America, is facing historically low snowfall this year during a decade-long drought that scientists link to global warming. Scant rain and snowfall are leaving many of the majestic mountains between Ecuador and Argentina with patchy snow cover or no snow at all as […]