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☆ Fire in Panama's Largest Landfill Blows Toxic Smoke Over Capital
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Jan. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

(Reuters) - A large blaze at a garbage dump outside Panama City blew a toxic smoke in the country's capital on Friday, forcing evacuations as firefighters battled to put out the flames that authorities said were likely caused by arson the night before. "Everything points to the fire being started deliberately," firefighter chief Ernesto de Leon told a press conference. Health Minister Luis Francisco Sucre told reporters evacuations were being effected to protect residents from the flames and toxic gases. Videos on social media showed a helicopter flying above the thick gray smoke spraying down water as birds scatter overhead. Since 6 a.m. some 7,360 gallons (around 28,000 liters) of water have been sprayed over the area, authorities told reporters, saying some 60% of the blaze was controlled and this could reach 90% by Saturday.

Persons: Firefighers, Ernesto de Leon, Luis Francisco Sucre, Sucre, Angel Delgado, Laurentino Cortizo, Sarah Morland, Valentine Hilaire, Sandra Maler Organizations: Reuters, Panama City, Health, La Prensa, Saturday, La, Cerro Patacon Locations: Panama, Cerro

☆ Venezuelans to vote in referendum on disputed territory with Guyana
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/4] Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro shows his ballot during a referendum over Venezuela's rights to the potentially oil-rich region of Esequiba in Guyana, in Caracas, Venezuela, December 3, 2023. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria Acquire Licensing RightsCARACAS/GEORGETOWN, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Venezuelans will vote on Sunday in a referendum backed by President Nicolas Maduro's government over a potentially oil-rich territory that is the subject of a long-running border dispute with Guyana. The five-question referendum includes a question rejecting International Court of Justice (ICJ) jurisdiction to decide to which country the territory around the Esequibo river belongs. On Friday, the court responded to a request from Guyana to halt the referendum, ordering Venezuela to refrain from taking any action that would alter the status quo, without expressly forbidding the vote. The Sunday vote has caused anxiety in Guyana, with the government urging citizens to keep calm.

Persons: Nicolas Maduro, Leonardo Fernandez Viloria, Nicolas Maduro's, Maduro, Ricardo Sucre, Benigno Alarcon, Andres, Rocio San, Kim Rampersaud, Vivian Sequera, Julia Symmes Cobb, Will Dunham Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, of Justice, Central University of Venezuela, Center for Political Studies, Andres Bello Catholic University, Kiana, Thomson Locations: Esequiba, Guyana, Caracas, Venezuela, Rights CARACAS, GEORGETOWN, Sucre, Rocio San Miguel, Georgetown, Brazil

☆ Exclusive: Suedzucker unit drops plan to lift French sugar output, citing Ukraine imports
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Sybille De La Hamaide | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

European sugar prices have hit record highs, well above soaring global markets, due to a sugar deficit in the bloc, linked notably to falling output in France where farmers have been deterred by poor harvests in recent years. High sugar prices at a time when grain prices have fallen could make farmers favour beets in their rotations, sugar beet growers said. The French sugar beet crop area fell to a 14-year low this year. "We must be careful not to fall into the opposite extreme," Franck Sander, chairman of French sugar beet union CGB, told Reuters, warning that a rise in area could make EU prices slump. Saint Louis Sucre closed two factories in 2019 as part of a wider restructuring plan at Suedzucker, Europe’s largest sugar refiner.

Persons: Saint Louis Sucre, Germany's Suedzucker, Saint, Louis Sucre, rapeseed sowings, Franck Sander, Sybille de La, Nigel Hunt, Michael Hogan, Sharon Singleton Organizations: Reuters, European Union, Thomson Locations: France, Ukraine, Suedzucker, Poland, London, Hamburg

☆ Son of Colombia's president admits illegal money entered election campaign -prosecutor
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Carlos Vargas | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Nicolas Petro, son of Colombian President Gustavo Petro, speaks at the Atlantic Assembly in Barranquilla, Colombia on March 14, 2023, in this screengrab taken from a handout video. Asamblea del Atlantico / Handout via REUTERS/File PhotoBOGOTA, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Nicolas Petro, the eldest son of Colombian President Gustavo Petro, on Thursday admitted that illegal money entered his father's election campaign last year, the prosecutor handling the case said on Thursday. The president insisted he will remain in office until 2026, citing the mandate of his election victory. "No one but the people can end this government," Petro said during a speech in Sincelejo, in Colombia's Sucre province. According to the charges, Nicolas Petro, a lawmaker in Atlantico province, received money from accused drug traffickers in exchange for including them in the president's peace plans.

Persons: Nicolas Petro, Gustavo Petro, Daysuris del Carmen Vasquez, Mr, Nicolas Fernando Petro Burgos, Gustavo Petro Urrego, Mario Burgos, Vasquez, Petro, Carlos Vargas, Nelson Bocanegra, Julia Symmes Cobb, Oliver Griffin, Gerry Doyle, Leslie Adler Organizations: Atlantic Assembly, REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Barranquilla, Colombia, del Atlantico, Handout, BOGOTA, Burgos, Sincelejo, Colombia's Sucre, Atlantico province

☆ Travel news: When to book airline flights and why you shouldn’t check your bag
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-29 | by ( Maureen O'Hare | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Editor’s Note: Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. Read tips on how you can make your next trip greener and then check out the rest of the news from the world of travel this week. Lost bags are partly why luggage trackers have become the hottest travel accessory of 2023. If it’s the largest mirror-covered building in the world you’re looking for, though, the place to head is Saudi Arabia. If you’re a camping novice, our explainer tells you everything you need to know before you set out.

Persons: Read, Keen, Barry Sherry, “, ”, Scott Keyes, we’re, There’ll, They’ve, Bon, New Englanders, Le Bec Sucre Organizations: CNN, Discovery Channel, Warner Bros, San Locations: Europe, That’s, California, Oklahoma, Las Vegas, Saudi Arabia, Rhode Island, France, New, San Francisco, Spain, Japan, Mexico, Tokyo

☆ Weird and wonderful trains that break the rules
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Ben Jones | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

Here’s a selection of unusual railways that break the rules in order to reach the places other trains can’t roll. The single rails carrying the trains are supported by a series of 486 steel portals weighing almost 20,000 tonnes in total. It is the oldest continuously operating pier railway in the world. Six miles of the route are along a rural railway line, with the rest in bus mode. Katoomba Scenic Railway, AustraliaNot far from the wonderful city of Sydney is a railway experience unlike anything else in the world.

☆ Argentina and Brazil are discussing plans for a common currency — analysts can scarcely believe it
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-24 | by ( Sam Meredith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Argentina President Alberto Fernandez (R) and Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (L) greet each other after signing a series of agreements during a news conference in Buenos Aires. Argentina and Brazil, the two largest economies in South America, are in early talks to create a common currency, as part of a coordinated bid to reduce reliance on the U.S. dollar. Speaking on his first international visit since taking office, Lula said that the currency would initially be designed for trade and transactions between Brazil and Argentina. Brazil's Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said that the adoption of a common currency was not designed to replace the Brazilian real and the Argentine peso. "Developing and implementing a common South American currency is, therefore, pie in the sky."

☆ Venezuelans describe dangers and desperation amid U.S. asylum changes
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-18 | by ( Albinson Linares | Noticias Telemundo | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +11 min

MEXICO CITY — Mariantonela Orellana spent nine days in the dangerous Darien Gap jungle in the Colombia-Panama border, and she described her nightmarish ordeal. Now back in Mexico, migrants wrestle with whether to try to stay in Mexico, keep trying to seek asylum in the U.S. or return to Venezuela. According to Department of Homeland Security data, the flow of Venezuelan migrants to the U.S. increased by almost four times compared to the year prior. Mexican authorities approved 61% of asylum applications from January to November, including at least 90% of approvals for Hondurans and Venezuelans. “I left Venezuela because the discrimination against the LGBT community is terrible; we are trampled on and attacked every day.

PARIS, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Senalia, operator of France's largest grain export terminal, aims to load 4.6 million tonnes of cereals in the 2022/23 season to June 30, up nearly 14% from 2021/22, supported by Chinese demand and war disruption to Black Sea trade, it said on Friday. France is the European Union's biggest grain supplier and its brisk wheat shipments have contributed to higher overall EU wheat exports so far this season. Flows from Russia and Ukraine have since recovered, though, helped by the creation of a wartime grain corridor from Ukrainian ports. Senalia loaded 4.05 million tonnes of cereals in the previous 2021/22 season, it said. Tonnage was more than halved in 2021/22 after Saint Louis Sucre, a unit of Germany's Suedzucker (SZUG.DE), ended a partnership.

☆ Abandoned Greek airport to be transformed into a 600-acre coastal park
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Nell Lewis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

Tegel Projekt GmbH/Atelier Loidl Kai Tak International Airport, Hong Kong -- With a runway that protruded into the sea, Kai Tak International Airport in Hong Kong once had one of the most arresting approaches in the world. PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/AFP via Getty Images Hellinikon International Airport, Athens, Greece -- Hellinikon was once the only international airport in Athens, Greece, before Hellinikon was once the only international airport in Athens, Greece, before closing down in 2001 . Developer LAMDA is looking to complete the first phase of construction in 2025 courtesy LAMDA Development Stapleton International Airport, Denver, Colorado -- A photo of Stapleton International Airport from 1963. The grounds of the old airport became the 125-hectare (309-acre) Quito replaced its main airport with another bearing the same name. RODRIGO BUENDIA/AFP/AFP via Getty Images Downsview Airport, Toronto -- Downsview Airport in north Toronto was once a Canadian Air Force base.

Persons: Sasaki, ”, Michael Grove, Eero Saarinen, Kai, Kok, FREDERIC J . BROWN, Kai Tak, PHILIPPE LOPEZ, Hellinikon, Milos Bicanski, Ken Tillis, Lisa Martine, Sean Gallup, Maja Hitij, RODRIGO BUENDIA, Eleni Myrivilli, …, Aleksandra Kazmierczak, it’s, we’re Organizations: CNN, Ellinikon International, Games, Charleston Waterfront Park, Newcastle University, Tegel Airport, Tegel Projekt, Kai Tak International Airport, Kai Tak International, Getty, Foster + Partners, AFP, Stapleton International Airport, Denver International Airport, Denver, Getty Images, Airport, CNN Galeville Army, Galeville, United States Military Academy, West, Wildlife Refuge, Fish and Wildlife, Wildlife, Nazi, Maja, Mariscal Sucre International Airport, Old Mariscal Sucre International, Downsview, Canadian Air Force, Downsview Airport, City, Resilience, European Environment Agency, Development, Ellinikon Locations: Athens, Greece, Ellinikon, Boston, Charleston, Beijing, American, Grove, Berlin, Hong Kong, AFP, Europe, Hellinikon, Denver , Colorado, Central, New York, Ulster County , New York, Germany, Quito, Ecuador, Toronto, Downsview Park, Canada, Downsview, City of Athens, ”

☆ Insurance Broker Arthur J. Gallagher Subpoenaed by Justice Department’s Foreign Bribery Unit
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Dylan Tokar | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +3 min

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. said it received a subpoena from the Justice Department’s foreign bribery unit, making it the latest company to become ensnared in a sprawling investigation into corruption at state-owned companies in Ecuador. The information request, which the company said it received in its third quarter, was from the Justice Department’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act unit, Arthur J. Gallagher said. Prosecutors from that unit have asked Arthur J. Gallagher for information related to its insurance business with public entities in Ecuador, the company said in its Nov. 2 report. The law is enforced by the Justice Department and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. A spokesperson for Arthur J. Gallagher didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

[1/5] An oil pump jack is seen in an oil field near Lake Maracaibo, in Cabimas, Venezuela October 14, 2022. "Among those remaining in the partnerships, few hope to ever recoup pending dividends or commercial debts from PDVSA." Since TotalEnergies and Equinor in 2021 exited one of Venezuela's flagship oil upgrading projects, Petrocedeno, smaller firms have followed. With companies and workers leaving almost en masse, the abandonment of oilfields is visible near Maracaibo Lake, among Venezuela's oldest producing region. Between 2019 and 2021, PDVSA delivered oil cargoes to partners to reduce outstanding debt.

☆ (VIDEO) Casele bolnavilor de COVID marcate cu simboluri roșii într-un oraș din Venezuela. Primarul susține că își „protejează oamenii”
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-08 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Un primar din Venezuela a început să marcheze cu simboluri de avertizare de culoare roșie casele persoanelor bolnave de COVID-19. „Ne protejăm oamenii”, a spus Luis Duque, primarul din Sucre, Yaracuy, în timp ce prezenta marcajul cu un cerc roșu pe o hârtie albă. Duque a spus că administrația sa îi va amenda pe cei care nu respectă carantina cu echivalentul a 9 dolari, adică salariul minim pe câteva luni din Venezuela hiperinflaționistă. Ministerul informației din Venezuela și Duque nu au comentat pentru Reuters aceste decizii. În schimb, primarul a mai spus pentru presa locală că, dacă cineva consideră că măsurile sunt neconstituționale, le poate contesta în instanță.

Persons: Luis Duque, Duque, Nicolas Maduro, Miercuri, Yaracuy Organizations: Saab, Venezuela hiperinflaționistă Locations: Venezuela, Venezuelei, Sucre, Yaracuy

☆ De ce sunt marcate cu simboluri roșii casele bolnavilor de COVID dintr-un oraș din Venezuela: Decizia a stârnit revoltă
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-08 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: captură videoDe ce sunt marcate cu simboluri roșii casele bolnavilor de COVID dintr-un oraș din Venezuela: Decizia a stârnit revoltăUn primar din Venezuela a început să marcheze cu simboluri de avertizare de culoare roșie casele persoanelor bolnave de COVID-19. Miercuri, într-o postare pe Twitter, Saab a spus că măsurile luate sunt de „segregare” și a mai precizat că Duque a acționat fără să se consulte, adăugând că biroul său și biroul avocatului poporului au început să înlăture semnele. Yaracuy a raportat 186 de cazuri noi, fiind al patrulea cel mai afectat stat. Duque a spus că administrația sa îi va amenda pe cei care nu respectă carantina cu echivalentul a 9 dolari, adică salariul minim pe câteva luni din Venezuela hiperinflaționistă. Ministerul informației din Venezuela și Duque nu au comentat pentru Reuters aceste decizii.

Persons: Luis Duque, Adrián Duque, comenzó, Duque, Nicolas Maduro, Miercuri, Yaracuy Organizations: Saab, Venezuela hiperinflaționistă Locations: Venezuela, Venezuelei, Sucre, Yaracuy, alcalde del

☆ Cel puţin patru oameni au murit în urma inundaţiilor abundente din Bolivia
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-06 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: 1 min

Cel puţin patru oameni au murit în urma inundaţiilor abundente din Bolivia. Ploaia cu grindină, care a durat o jumătate de oră, a făcut prăpăd în oraşul Sucre. Apele au spălat totul în cale, iar cel puţin 10 maşini au fost distruse de viitură. Cel mai grav a fost afectată piaţa agricolă din localitate, unde gunoaiele au blocat canalul de scurgere. Inundaţiile şi alunecările de teren sunt frecvente în Bolivia în perioada noiembrie-martie.

Persons: hipotermie Locations: Bolivia, Sucre

☆ Ţara în care bărbaţii şi femeile vor merge în zile separate la cumpărături de Sărbători, ca măsură anti COVID-19
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-19 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: 1 min

Bărbaţii şi femeile din Panama vor trebui să meargă la cumpărături în zile diferite în perioada Sărbătorilor, a anunţat ministrul Sănătăţii din această ţară, ca urmare a reimpunerii restricţiilor de deplasare la nivel naţional pentru stoparea răspândirii COVID-19, informează Agerpres. „Începând de luni, 21 decembrie, cu scopul de a reduce deplasările, cumpărăturile vor fi făcute în funcţie de gen”, a declarat ministrul panamez al Sănătăţii, Luis Sucre, într-un mesaj televizat. De Crăciun şi Anul Nou va fi instituită carantină totală pentru ambele sexe. Autorităţile din Panama au raportat joi 3.348 de cazuri noi de coronavirus şi 42 de decese, un record zilnic de cazuri atât în ceea ce priveşte contaminările cât şi decesele.

Persons: Luis Sucre, Crăciun Organizations: Agerpres Locations: Panama

☆ Restricții anti-COVID în Panama: Femeile şi bărbaţii, obligați să facă cumpărături în zile diferite
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-19 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: 1 min

Panama va reimpune săptămâna viitoare restricţii de deplasare la nivel naţional pentru stoparea răspândirii COVID-19 şi le va cere bărbaţilor şi femeilor să meargă la cumpărăturile de sărbători în zile diferite, a anunţat ministrul Sănătăţii, Luis Sucre, relatează sâmbătă Reuters, citat de agerpres.ro. Restricţiile sunt similare cu cele impuse de ţara din America Centrală în zonele ţării cele mai afectate de pandemie în luna iunie. "Începând de luni, 21 decembrie, cu scopul de a reduce deplasările, cumpărăturile vor fi făcute în funcţie de gen", a declarat Luis Sucre, într-un mesaj televizat. De Crăciun şi Anul Nou va fi instituită carantină totală pentru ambele sexe. Autorităţile din Panama au raportat joi 3.348 de cazuri noi de coronavirus şi 42 de decese, un record zilnic de cazuri atât în ceea ce priveşte contaminările cât şi decesele.

Persons: Luis Sucre, Crăciun Locations: Panama, America Centrală

☆ Ţara în care bărbaţii şi femeile vor merge în zile separate la cumpărături de Sărbători, ca măsură anti-Covid
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-19 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: 1 min

„Începând de luni, 21 decembrie, cu scopul de a reduce deplasările, cumpărăturile vor fi făcute în funcţie de gen”, a declarat ministrul panamez al Sănătăţii, Luis Sucre, într-un mesaj televizat. De Crăciun şi Anul Nou va fi instituită carantină totală pentru ambele sexe. Autorităţile din Panama au raportat joi 3.348 de cazuri noi de coronavirus şi 42 de decese, un record zilnic de cazuri atât în ceea ce priveşte contaminările cât şi decesele.

Persons: Luis Sucre, Crăciun Locations: Panama

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