Major oil spill along the Brazilian coastline of eight states, 3.000 kilometers

BRASILIA, Oct 1 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — An oil spill has contaminated beaches and coastline across eight Brazilian states, the country’s environment agency said, although authorities are still stumped as to its origin. Environmental agency Ibama said that beaches along a 3,000-kilometer coastline of Brazil’s Northeast region had been hit by the…

Some 15.8 million Argentines living in poverty according to the latest data

BUENOS AIRES, Oct 1 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Poverty in Argentina rose to 35.4% of the population in the first half of the year, the highest officially recorded level since 2001, the INDEC national statistics bureau reported. This means that some 15.8 million Argentines are now considered poor, INDEC’s data indicates. At…

Haiti: Journalist shot in wrist in latest round of protests

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Oct 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A journalist was wounded by gunfire in Haiti as police fired live ammunition to disperse protesters, his employer, Haitian broadcaster Radio Sans Fin (RSF) said, amid mounting anger over an escalating economic and political crisis. Television images from the scene showed RSF video journalist Edmond…

Warning that migrants are taking increased risks to reach US: media reports

WASHINGTON. Oct 1 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — A growing number of migrants stuck on the border with Mexico because of the policies of President Donald Trump are using riskier tactics to enter the United States, The New York Times warned Monday. The newspaper noted that thousands of Central American migrants have…

Cuba starts process for parliament to elect new government

National Assembly of People’s Power HAVANA, Oct 1 (NNN-Xinhua) — Cuba’s National Assembly of People’s Power, or the parliament, is set to elect its president and other key positions during an extraordinary session on Oct 10, local media reported on Monday. Since Sept 18, members of the National Candidacy Commission…

Peruvian President Vizcarra dissolves opposition-run Congress

Demonstrators celebrating after President Martín Vizcarra dissolved the legislature in Lima LIMA, Oct 1 (NNN-Xinhua) — Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra dissolved the nation’s opposition-run Congress to clear way for his anti-corruption efforts. The disbandment after lawmakers proceeded with holding a controversial vote to replace almost all the members of the…

Guatemalan president says some US$800 million in coca plants destroyed

GUATEMALA CITY, Oct 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Guatemalan government has destroyed around 1.5 million coca plants with an estimated street value of some US$800 million, President Jimmy Morales said as his government targets organised crime and the cocaine industry. Morales told reporters at a news conference that officials had dismantled…

Venezuela’s Pres Maduro says US Pres Trump merits ‘a thousand impeachments’

CARACAS, Oct 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro exulted on Monday in the impeachment inquiry against US President Donald Trump, though he did not expect the White House to let up against him. Trump is under fire over his request to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for an investigation into…

US: New vaccination law could bar thousands of Washington students from school

WASHINGTON, Oct 1 (NNN-XINHUA) — Thousands of public school students in U.S. state of Washington could soon be barred from classes for not complying with vaccination requirements under a new law that took effect two months ago. A few weeks into the school years, school districts in the state are scrambling to process updated…

Iran Welcomes Dialogue With Saudi Arabia, Regional States

TEHRAN, Oct 1 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran announced that, it welcomes dialogue with Saudi Arabia, to settle mutual issues, and talks with regional states, to set up a coalition for the security of the region. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Abbas Mousavi, said, “There has always been a chance to solve these…
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