On March 22 of each year marks the international day of water, unfortunately in our country this year not much to celebrate, since according to the Annual Survey of Water Quality for the Defence of the people and based on 2010 data indicates that only 30% of Colombians receive drinking water in the country. Following […]
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Two years after the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, Mexico’s state oil company is about to test its hand at drilling at extraordinary depths in the Gulf of Mexico. If all goes as planned, Petroleos de Mexico, known as Pemex, will deploy two state-of-the-art drilling platforms in May to an area just south […]
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A fire at the Malecón de la Reserva, in Miraflores , caused the shock of several neighbors especially the large amount of smoke that spread into 15 blocks. The Fire Brigade Brigadier Luis Paredes, said the fire was caused by the dryness of the grass on the cliff, Radio Programs. Although the flames spread to […]
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LACK OF POWER/WATER CAUSING DISTRUBANCES The aftermath of the storm that swept Buenos Aires last Wednesday that killed 14 people, and wounding 18 others – has left heavy damage to infrastructure and a malaise that has caused law enforcement problems. As reported by the Argentine daily Clarin, the neighborhood of Pompeii, disgusted by the lack […]
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Firefighters found the bodies buried in the mud that moved in Teresópolis. By the constant rains in the mountain region there are 500 evacuees. They foresee any new precipitation. he balance of deaths of heavy rain on Friday in the town of Teresopolis, mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro, rose to five. The authorities indicated […]
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INSIDE COSTA RICA reported – The Comision Nacional de Emergencias (CNE) – Costa Rica’s National Emergency Commission is asking visitors to volcanoes to observe safety precautions to prevent accidents and ensure a safe stay. Some volcanoes are currently under watch by authorities, with the Rincón de la Vieja, Arenal, Poás, Irazú and Turrialba considered the […]
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Acapulco, Gro., April 6 (El Universal). – During this holiday season of Easter, the Developer and Administrator of beaches in the port has collected a total of 300 tons of garbage left by tourists and natural spas Acapulqueños different, same as reported crowded by the massive arrival of visitors. The director of the department, Rogelio […]
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The National Emergency Office (Onemi) declared a Red Alert for the town of Valparaiso by the active fire that develops in the Fundo Pajonal Ramaditas Hill. The incident is currently affecting an area of 40 hectares of grassland, scrub and eucalyptus forest. Read Article
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In the first three months of this year lost 388 km2 of Amazon deforestation, nearly triple the same period last year (135 km2), according to official figures released today by the government. The National Institute for Space Research (INPE) reported that were cleared in January 21.89 km2, 306 km2 and 59.6 km2 in February in […]
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The director of the National Disaster Unit, Carlos Ivan Marquez, Neiva said that more than 700 000 people assigned to the various relief agencies in the country in readiness to attend events caused by the rainy season. Read Article
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About 17,236 volunteers, technical and professional Red Cross, Civil Defense and Fire in Caldas, Tolima, Antioquia, Cundinamarca, Risaralda, Quindio and Valle del Cauca are ready to act against a possible eruption of Nevado del Ruiz volcano, still on alert orange for his constant earthquakes. This was reported on the morning of Holy Thursday the National […]
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Residents and workers in the mining company Doe Run blocked several stretches of the Central Highway to begin an indefinite strike that began today from 00:00 hours demanding the resumption of operation at the La Oroya metallurgical complex. As indicated by RPP News, protesters suspended in whole traffic through this area and twelve other places […]
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Ecological Movement of Venezuela requires responsible for the misfortune of Guarapiche Maturin (RDTV) – After oil spills occurred in the city of Maturin, specifically in the towns of La Pica and more recently in Jusepin, the Ecological Movement of Venezuela, affiliated to the Federation of Green Parties of the Americas sought from the Environmental Commission […]
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At 5:00 p.m. on Monday a Pdvsa pipeline burst and oil poured in Punta de Mata, in La Orchila sector, state of Monagas. Technicians and workers of the state-run oil company Petróleos de Venezuela (Pdvsa) collected the oil in that area of El Tejero-Maturín national highway. The spill occurred near the Amana oil operation center, […]
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Caution. This is currently the most repeated recommendation when traveling through the country’s roads. By force of winter damage are presented of various sizes in most of the road network. Drivers, police, security guards and the Ministry of Transport and Public Works (MTOP) warn of these problems. In some ways it is convenient to travel […]
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The volcano Nevado del Ruiz continues Tuesday in degree of instability, said the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Manizales, which maintains the alert for a possible eruption. The volcano Nevado del Ruiz “continues in the same behavior observed since the dawn of Saturday 31 March,” said the coordinator of the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of […]
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According to information provided by CONAF, the region of Maule maintains three active fires that have consumed 28 hectares of dense vegetation, especially native forest. In the town of Linares, “The high point” is observed with an allocation of 20 hectares, while the fire “Oxen Estuary”, in the commune of Romeral is active, but content, […]
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A forest fire struck on Sunday about half a hectare in area adjacent to the Cross Island Tenglo, opposite the city of Puerto Montt. Conaf reported the incident which originated at about 16.00 hours was totally controlled and consumed about 0.5 acres northeast sector of the island territory. Read Article
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Rescue teams searching for missing athletes competing Maule Adventure The duo made up of athletes and Lorraine Corner Edwin Ramos, was last seen at 6 am on Saturday at the Guamparo industry in the Altos de Lircay Reserve. by Paula Riquelme – 01/04/2012 – 16:46 The Andean Rescue Brigade Maule, BRAMA, along with police and […]
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Magnitude 4.9 – COQUIMBO, CHILE 2012 April 01 19:10:00 UTC Versión en Español Details Summary Maps Scientific & Technical Earthquake Details This event has been reviewed by a seismologist. Magnitude 4.9 Date-Time Sunday, April 01, 2012 at 19:10:00 UTC Sunday, April 01, 2012 at 03:10:00 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones […]
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The Government of Colombia on Monday ordered the indefinite closure of the National Park of Los Nevados to changing activity of the volcano Nevado del Ruiz at orange, meaning an eruption likely in coming days or weeks. The closure of the park, which coincides with the beginning of Holy Week, it was reported on the […]
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Colombia: Alvaro Sarmiento, director of Civil Defense in the Amazon, told National Radio that since the flooding of the Amazon River reached a height of 13, 10 meters it was decided to declare red alert in the city and evacuated several families who were settled on the headwaters of the tributary. Read Article
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A Brazilian federal prosecutor plans to expand his investigation of a November offshore oil spill in a field run by Chevron to areas operated by other companies in the country’s main oil region. Read Article
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Magnitude 4.7 – ECUADOR 2012 March 29 23:57:20 UTC Earthquake Details This event has been reviewed by a seismologist. Magnitude 4.7 Date-Time Thursday, March 29, 2012 at 23:57:20 UTC Thursday, March 29, 2012 at 06:57:20 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 1.983°S, 78.466°W Depth 72.9 km (45.3 miles) Region ECUADOR […]
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The president, Rafael Correa, announced this morning signed the decree which declares state of emergency in the province of Azuay. Correa visited this afternoon several sections of the city of Cuenca, which have been badly affected by the rains. He indicated that citizens affected by the winter in Metro Manila will be part of a […]
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At any time, the ground can give way and drag with the towers that connect the wiring that goes to the city of Esmeraldas. The chief executive of the National Electricity Esmeraldas, Raymont Castillo requested the emergency declaration electric power pop intervene. The application was referred to the general manager, Tito Torres. The two electrical […]
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Some 27 dead and thousands of evacuees left the winter to hit with force to country, where six provinces have been hardest hit, sources said today of the National Secretariat for Risk Management, SNGR. The source told Efe that there have been 58 people injured and have evacuated more than 6,000, while 261 houses have […]
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Protesters demand the rescheduling of the hearing where he presented an environmental impact study of Lagunas Punta gas project. Violence in the province of Sechura kills one | RPP Chaos, destruction and abuse in Sechura | RPP One person dead and 36 wounded was the balance left in the confrontation Sechura (Piura) during the strike […]
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One person died, three were seriously injured and over a hundred homes were flooded by the collapse of sewers, streams, creeks and rivers overflowed in over seven areas of southern basin, after a torrential downpour with hail and lightning storm that recorded from 16:00 on Tuesday. At 20 minutes into the rain Fire Basin on […]
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Around midnight tonight was finally controlled the huge fire reported Tuesday in the factory located in Huechuraba Wenco, north of Santiago, after more than five hours of work undertaken by more than 900 volunteer firefighters. This was confirmed by the regional governor of the Metropolitan Region, Cecilia Perez, who coordinated overnight evacuation activities of 88 […]
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Rainfall started in January and still not stop. The government of Rafael Correa declared a state of emergency in six provinces. There millions in losses. About three thousand of the victims and survivors living in shelters, 1,554 houses and other relatives, said the National Risk Management (SNGR, Civil Defense) in a report provided to the […]
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Humberto Cholango, president of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), expressed its solidarity with all the equipment that accompanies and leads the case against the company Chewron-Texaco and claims that the acts of violence, intimidation, espionage that have occurred in recent days will not stop their actions until justice is done in this […]
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A trail across contaminated and sterile clay mark the passage of corruption and illegal mining in the Amazon rainforest was once the Madre de Dios, in southeastern Peru. Over tens of kilometers between the new Interoceanic Highway that links Brazil and Peru, and Manuani river, a tributary of Malinowski that marks the boundary of the […]
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Scores of millionaires spend weekends and vacations in homes built in violation of state and federal environmental rules on some of Brazil’s most beautiful — and public — land, the government says. Others receive government permission to build small houses in a nature preserve — and instead build gigantic compounds. Read Article
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he leaders of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) do not share or even to their bases. They say that to prevent information from leaking to the Government held in reserve the time and route taken to end their march in the park the tree. This mobilization, which started last March 8 from […]
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The Tungurahua volcano in the last hours recorded an increase of eruptive activity characterized by strong explosions and ejection of ash and incandescent blocks, after weeks of relative calm, said Tuesday the Geophysical Institute. The eruptive activity began in late Monday and continued during the early hours of Tuesday when he dropped a rain of […]
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Brazil gets new antennas to extend the protection of the Legal Amazon satellite The System of Protection of the Amazon (SIPAM), organ of the Ministry of Defense has invested R $ 8.2 million (4.73 million approximately) in the acquisition of three antennas with their respective equipment reception of satellite data, installed in the center of […]
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The leader of the protests mining in the Peruvian region of Madre de Dios, Luis Otzuka yesterday announced a truce to bury the three dead in clashes on Wednesday and on Monday to negotiate with the government. Otzuka told the TV channel that will keep America “calm to find a viable solution in Lima”, which […]
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The Regional Government of Cusco emergency declared in this jurisdiction for 60 days due to damage caused by the rains and the threat these pose to the safety of the population. The regional president of Cusco, Jorge Tito Acurio , request the Central Government to declare a state of emergency through a supreme decree, in […]
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A factory has been shuttered due to manufacturing items with illegally harvested pine wood. The factory was using the illegal wood to build crates for fruit.
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The facilities of the company, which provides potable water service and sewer service to Machala, Passage and The Guabo, awoke yesterday militarized. The national government declared a state of emergency in these cantone. The company’s facilities in Machala awoke yesterday TripleOro militarized after the Government declared a state of emergency in the capital of El […]
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A further blow to illegal loggers. The three kilometer Yurimaguas-Tarapoto highway, environmental police officers, prosecutors and staff of the sub program address forest management and wildlife resources, managed to seize about three thousand feet of lumber worked with chainsaw. Read Article
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In a joint operation conducted, the Regional Program Management of Forest Resources and Wildlife – home Nauta, in coordination with the Provincial Prosecutor, Hernan Perez Martinez, and the National Police of Peru, was operated a sawmill in the town of St. Regis , immobilizing 112 wooden logs screw species, making a total of 2 000 […]
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For quite some time Ecuador has struggled with the issue of migration of Ecuadorians from the mainland to the Galapagos Islands. Much of this migration has been for the purpose of benefiting from the fact that the Galapagos is a cash cow the earning dollars from tourism. Below you will see a video regarding 32 […]
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At the headquarters of the Superintendent of the Federal District, which includes Brasilia and 29 satellite towns surrounding, the architect and superintendent [Administrator] Alfredo Gastal discussed with a group of people their illegal status, dating back more than 40 years ago when they occupied the land where they live. The land ownership, land speculation and […]
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In one month there have been 62 casualties due to fire, having hit 495 hectares of grass and shrubs in the municipalities of Guachochi, Guadalupe y Calvo and Urique, mostly, said Oscar Estrada, Director of Forest Development, the Ministry of Rural Development. Read Article
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The Ecuadorian cities of Porto Viejo and Guayaquil support the rainiest season in 40 years, the amount of rainfall has increased by 121% in relation to normal and this will continue as outlined by the Institute of Meteorology of the country. teleSUR
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The Naval Oceanographic Institute informs citizens on 9, 10 and March 11 will present a new period of watering place. In relation to sea conditions, we see the arrival on our shores for waves of moderate intensity, with heights between 1.5 and 2.5 meters on 8 and 9 of this month, while 10 and 11 […]
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Increase of dengue cases in El Oro In most rural districts of Machala remains stagnant water causing the appearance of mosquitoes carrying dengue and other diseases. Residents say there are many mosquitoes and some children have symptoms such as fever, malaise, headache and sectors where they live have not been fumigated. Across the province, in […]
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Earthquake of 4.0 degrees was recorded in Gauteng An earthquake of 4.0 magnitude on the Richter scale was recorded Thursday in the province of Manabi, according to preliminary report of the Geophysical Institute (GI) of the National Polytechnic School. The IG stated in its website that the tremor occurred at 00:18 (05:18 GMT) and was […]
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The Chinese government said today that China is cooperating with Ecuador on the basis of mutual benefit and respect its laws, including environmental, in response to the protest that took place this week in Quito against the start of a major mining project in the Andean country with investment china. Read Article
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Strong winds and low cloud Chirripo National Park prevented the two helicopters available for fire fighting flew over the area yesterday. As reported by the National Meteorological Institute (IMN), the gusts were up to 60 km / h, so the pilots maneuvered their aircraft as a precaution. The Guatemalan helicopter arrived in the country since […]
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The electricity supply in the country is regularized only this Monday, when completion of the maintenance of the Mantaro hydroelectric plant, said Cesar Butron, Chairman of the Economic Operation of Interconnected System (COES). Thus, the energy reserve return to a level of between 8% and 10%. The plant handles 800 megawatts of power, and increased […]
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The expected moment came just as no one could see it. Between 3:30 and 4 am, the Perito Moreno glacier, which was visited yesterday by almost five thousand people, completed its breakup. Amid a storm, the Channel tunnel in the Iceberg Lake Argentino, closed last October, fell this morning. “The sound was great and it […]
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About thirty men yesterday morning trying in vain to stem the fury of The Red River, overflowed in the Los Sauces, between the exhibition The Canton Red Daule (Guayas), and the main regional town of Nitro. They tried to put bags of sand to form a wall, but the strength of the current task impossible. […]
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It is not a condition but the water quality of four rivers that cross through Cuenca is in good condition. This is the report that has the Surveillance Program Water Quality of tributaries Cuenca. The Environmental Management Unit, City Stage Company, has a water monitoring system of Tomebamba Yanuncay Machángara and Tarqui. In 1984 started […]
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The prefect said that Gauteng Jairala Jimmy asked the government to declare a state of emergency in the province “to establish the emergency and get the resources to cope with the ravages of winter.” “The alerts are declared on serve to organize evacuation shelters or have ready, but not to access resources,” said Jairala. Indeed, […]
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Huichol Indians believe the sun was born in a spot high in the arid Sierra de Catorce mountain range of northern Mexico. For them, that spot — the Cerro del Quemado, or the Burned Mountain — is the center of the universe, a sacred ground. It’s also part of a mining concession Mexico’s government granted […]
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The ecological zone “The Cabildo-Amatal ‘, located south of this city, is at high risk for pollution levels, there is even illegal dumping, said Manuel Vazquez Moreno conservationist. In an interview, explained that an extension of two thousand 832 hectares in the area, the program integrated within the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, no deposit of […]
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Consumption of food contaminated with water and oil has a high risk to health. If now restored assortment Guarapiche after oil spill in Jusepín February 4, residents of the eastern state could face the consequences of gastrointestinal exposure to the chemical, reports The National . Antonio Machado, of the National Academy of Physical Sciences, Mathematics […]
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This Monday afternoon marked the beginning of the signing of agreements between the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the Republic of China, carried out in PDVSA La Campina. The People’s Minister for Petroleum and Mining, Rafael Ramirez, executive vice president, Elias Jaua, the Minister of Popular Power for Commerce, Edmee Betancourt, among others, and the […]
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A new oil spill occurred in eastern Venezuela. This time, crude oil fell into the river Guanipa Anzoategui state, so Freites municipality communities remain on alert, as it benefited from a tributary to irrigate their crops. Read Article
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DUE TO LANDMINES WASHING AWAY BECAUSE OF OVERFLOWING WATERS – BORDER WAS CLOSED – NOW REOPENED BUT MANY STRANDED. The Defence Ministry yesterday afternoon established an air bridge between Tacna and Arica after the transfer of antipersonnel mines in the border by the overflowing of the creek Writers. About 100 Chileans were transferred to his […]
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The defense minister, Ruben Saavedra, reported today that the Government declared a national emergency by rains that have caused havoc in the nine departments, and said that there are about 1,000 homeless families in Pando. He explained that backed the 2140 law was declared national emergency, a move that will allow municipalities and governorates to […]
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Ecuador’s government yesterday declared a yellow alert in the coastal provinces of the country and populations who are in the foothills of the western mountains due to heavy rains that have occurred in recent weeks and have resulted in 18 deaths. Manabi, Esmeraldas, Guayas, Santa Elena, El Oro, Los Rios, Santo Domingo, Galapagos, Canar, Azuay, […]
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ABC Digital Readers complained, through the fan page, some images posted on the profile of Jonathan Elias Fernandez where he exhibited as a trophy the body of various animals that were killed, including some banned as the case of goldfish. Law No. 3191/07 Fishing, mining, harvesting and storage for later sale, for terms of five […]
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At least twenty people suffered minor injuries in the toes and hands when attacked by a river cadumen de palometas (of the family of the piranha), a South American Southern Cone fish, when taking bath in South Brazil, firefighters reported. The attack occurred late on Sunday in two bathing areas Toropí River, which crosses the […]
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Staff of the border Beta Group started an information campaign among migrants to avoid crossing the desert in Yuma, Arizona, to the low temperatures. The Beta Group, in a statement, said its entirety go to the places where they meet our fellow citizens to alert them to the risk of hypothermia. ” It warns migrants […]
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The hours that remained closed Tungurahua Volcano Observatory (OVT) let it be known economic problem facing the monitoring system in the country.} For Hugo Yepes, director of the Geophysical Institute (IG), not only disadvantages are the need to renew some teams, community and the watchers also scientists require more care and better wages. Although that […]
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The Coordinator for Disaster Reduction Guatemala-Conrad-and-Institute of Volcanology Insivumeh-called take precautions before the eruption of volcanoes Fuego and Pacaya Guatemalans, who last Saturday led to problems of visibility on flights operated around in the central south. In a statement addressed to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, DGCA, both entities maintain precautions recommended in the […]
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Earthquake Details This event has been reviewed by a seismologist. Magnitude 5.6 Date-Time Wednesday, February 08, 2012 at 10:54:43 UTC Wednesday, February 08, 2012 at 05:54:43 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 0.682°N, 79.187°W Depth 69.8 km (43.4 miles) Region NEAR THE COAST OF ECUADOR Distances 65 km (40 miles) […]
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The National Emergency Office of Chile announced today that at least 6 counties in south central of the country, remains on red alert by the magnitude of forest fires in these places. The drought has affected Chile in the last 3 years and the heat wave currently being registered fosters a situation of extreme vulnerability […]
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The arrival in La Paz for a second indigenous march in just over three months on Monday revived a dispute over a road in the jungle of Bolivia, whose construction was halted after a similar protest from other indigenous groups, and revealed the division of the basis of government support. The new protest calls the […]
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he sudden building collapse kills 17 people in the Olympic City. A sewer explodes and seriously burning a couple of American tourists. Another explosion destroyed a downtown restaurant and fly through the air makes three workers. A tram is one of the main attractions for tourists is derailed, killing five people and wounding dozens. A […]
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27% of the farms where the educational institutions of Cali is high-risk areas. That is, 93 of the 342 sites where the public schools in the city are in such a situation. According to the Interactive System Consultation Educational Infrastructure, SICI, 46 of these properties are in flood zones, 31 are from slipping, 6 are […]
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It is the fifth animal that comes from parents in captivity His habitat is the primary humid forests of the Ecuadorian Amazon With a weight of 6.8 kilos born Tonita, on Tuesday 17 Historical Park, located on the road to Samborondón. It is an Amazonian Tapir found in the red list of threatened species in […]
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Statements reiterate the need to find permanent solutions to flooding in a city like Guayaquil, located 4 meters above sea level and difficult to evacuate quickly. “People tend to throw garbage to sewage systems, and the city is prone to fill with invasions, where the works are almost always slow in coming, causing waterlogging annual […]
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Councilman Santa Cruz, Marcelo Serafini reported that the third time that the company is in charge of the complex Manantial Espejo, commits a serious accident. The protest in opposition to the megaminería which began in La Rioja and Catamarca rubbed off within days, arrived yesterday to the province of Santa Cruz, where the councilman Marcelo […]
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People in the 50 and 60 were exposed to high levels of arsenic in drinking water in Chile, they still retain a high risk of developing bladder cancer, says a new study. This shows the importance to continue to monitor the population, according to said lead author Dr. Fernando Coz, professor of urology at the […]
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Large-scale social mobilisation, including street protests and parallel activities, is the only thing can save the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) from ending in nothing but frustration, according to activists and analysts. A repeat of the failure of recent conferences to negotiate an international climate change pact seems inevitable, said Cândido Grzybowski, the […]
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Thousands of people in the northwest Argentine province of La Rioja are mobilising to stop an open-cast gold mining project in the Nevados de Famatina, a snowy peak that is the semi-arid area’s sole source of drinking water. La Rioja “is a dry province and we have just enough clean water to live on, but […]
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The governor of La Rioja came to defend the mining The governor of La Rioja, Luis Beder Herrera, again defended yesterday the arrival of a Canadian mining company to exploit the Famatina, and promised that “there will be no contamination” with cyanide. The governor of La Rioja, Luis Beder Herrera, again defended yesterday the arrival […]
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Among the debtors are 140 municipalities nationwide, as explained Mark Fortin, president of the autonomous region. The National Administration of Aqueducts and Sewers (ANDA) provide seven days deadline for paying or delinquent customers come to solve their situation, would otherwise be experiencing disconnections, said today, Mark Fortin, president of the autonomous, during a conference Press […]
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Sixty technical and risk management meteorology met yesterday in Cuenca, the so-called First National Climate Forum, and agreed to implement a culture for reporting weather and prevent the drawbacks of climate change. At that meeting it was reported that, according to studies by the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (INAMHI), the winter season this […]
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Central fight the profitable business of removing shark fins with a regional regulation aimed at protecting the species in its 5570 km of coastline in the Caribbean and the Pacific, a source said Monday the fishing industry. “First of wrongdoing, this month of January began to prohibit the practice of shark finning is to prevent […]
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Grain carriers across the country are in alarm while the losses are accounted for so far caused the drought that hit agricultural and livestock regions in Argentina. While claim against the price of oil which impacts on their costs, truckers move agricultural goods anticipate another front in crisis by falling demand, if the drought persists. […]
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The Grupo Pão de Açúcar, the largest retailer in South America, has selected the SAP Carbon Impact OnDemand solution to monitor and manage carbon emissions and energy consumption in each of its 1,832 stores. The solution from SAP AG will help the group, long recognized as a sustainability leader for retailers both in Latin America […]
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The National Directorate of Meteorology, DNM, Uruguay declared a yellow alert yesterday due to a heat wave affecting the West, with temperatures around 40 degrees Celsius. DNM while making recommendations to the population of the departments of Artigas, Salto, Paysandu and Black River, bordering the River Uruguay, to avoid dehydration and skin lesions due to […]
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diarioopinion.com reported so far this winter season kills 12 and 1 293 victims in nine of the 24 provinces of Ecuador. As reported by the Department of Risk Management (SNGR) at least 724 homes have been destroyed. As part of the winter season, the Ministry of Health (MOH) is taking action to confront an outbreak […]
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The incident occurred around 1.15 am in the company’s packing Nobles, in the O’Higgins Region, while working at the site 150 employees. The only victim was inside a cold room. One worker died and another in critical condition, in addition to 163 people evacuated, was the result of a leak of ammonia recorded this morning […]
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Ecuador will culminate today the destruction of eleven U.S. bombs from World War II, most of them of more than 200 kilos, which were found in 2010 by fishermen in the Galapagos Islands, the Ministry of Defence. The delegate of the Minister of Defense to destroy Galapagos pumps, Xavier Drouet, told Efe that exploded yesterday […]
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Before the Turrialba Volcano back to a state of relative normality, according to technical and scientific centers, the National Emergency Commission (CNE) today lifted the state of yellow alert. The CNE left a green alert status (prevention) for the National Park area and the cantons of Turrialba, Alvarado, Jiménez and Oreamuno, due to the colossal […]
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In the remainder of January, is expected to dry weather prevails in the Caribbean region where high temperatures will cause fires could plant cover, especially at the end of the month. In just two weeks in the country there have been 14 fires and this could continue to increase. Today’s alert is on mainly in […]
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Epidemiological alert in the province of Ucayali confirmed seven cases of dengue in the first month of the year. The Regional Health Deputy Loreto, Cristian Angeles Carey, who is in Contamana since last Wednesday, confirmed that the province of Ucayali in dengue epidemic alert, having been detected in this first month of 7 cases of […]
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Solar radiation affects the entire southern region Puno is also seriously affected In Arequipa sunlight are strongest at Plaza Mayor The excessive solar radiation received by Arequipa Puno is also affecting, to a greater percentage of Arequipa, and evil beyond the neighboring Moquegua and Tacna. The head of the Department of Ecology, Environmental Protection and […]
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According to elcomercio.com, on January 16, 2012 at least one indigenous inhabitant of Colombia is dead while 10 others are hospitalized after drinking a fermented beer mix made from bananas. Apparently a banana plantation located in the southern department of Guaviare was accidentally sprayed with glyphosate, an element used to exterminate illegal harvests. According to […]
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The frontal system will intensify over the Gulf slope faith Mexico in the Central Plateau and the Valley of Mexico Mexico .- The entry of new, intense cold front number 23 in the early hours of Sunday will generate moderate wind with some gusts, increasing clouds with showers and storms along the Gulf slope faith […]
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The adquisisón belongs to the project to strengthen the response capacity of the service of mechanical equipment to meet emergencies rainy season. More than three dozen heavy equipment acquired by the Regional Government of Ayacucho in order to meet the emergency situation in the road network, were given to district mayors as a preventive measure […]
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