Browsing: South America

A public health emergency was declared in Peru last month, where authorities have constructed emergency field ward tents on sports pitches to deal with a deluge of cases in the country’s northwestern region of Piura. The outbreaks have been linked to climate change, the El Nino weather phenomenon and urbanisation, plus the lifting of restrictions and

The slope was wide and the gradient no steeper than an Alpine red run. I gained confidence with every turn, trying to take it all in as I descended, hearing the whoops of enjoyment from the group behind me. I laughed out loud in disbelief and the sound echoed off the surrounding mountains. I was

Footage captures the moment a woman stole a gun from a security guard detaining her and opened fire on those around her in Chile.The incident, which took place at Lo Valledor market in Santiago, left three people injured after the detainee slipped the gun from a guard’s holster and began shooting at anyone in close

People once kept foxes as domestic pets, an Oxford study has found.An extinct species of fox, a Dusicyon avus, was kept by humans 1,500 years ago in Patagonia, according to the scientists, who studied a grave site which had been accidentally unearthed by miners.While the researchers pointed out they were not necessarily “pets”, the historical

“However, our data show that the complication rates are very small,” said Dr Vissoci. “Thus the tradeoff of having the policy [that] targets just high complexity centres is creating an access barrier.“[My co-authors] are part of a working group that is discussing this policy now, engaging with local and federal authorities,” he said, adding that

Javier Milei, Argentina’s president, has dismantled a team of historians whose research has led to the convictions of numerous officers for serious human rights abuses during the 1976-1983 dictatorship.Since 2010, the Team of Investigation and Research has pored over military archives, scouring more than 17,000 documents, including cabinet minutes of the military junta that routinely

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Today, things look very different. Thanks to their ownership of the fishing rights in the waters around them, the Falklands are now extremely prosperous. A small fleet of twin-propellor Britten-Norman Islanders connect the far-flung settlements by air.  Roads have cut the distances to a few hours instead of days of low-speed driving driving across trackless boggy

A baby and a woman were rescued from a car moments before it was swept away by heavy flooding as a rare tropical storm hit Brazil. In video posted online, a man can be seen leaning out of a coach and reaching towards a car submerged beneath floodwater in Nova Iguaçu, near Rio de Janeiro.The man

“We won’t back down, we’re going to keep pushing forward,” Mr Milei said. “Whether that’s by law, presidential decree or by modifying regulations.”Mr Milei’s proposals include slashing government spending on politicians, including benefits such as private jets. He would also cut federally-provided perks for politicians convicted of corruption a second time, he said.Mr Milei has frequently