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A salmon hatchery is destroyed by ash that fell on the region from the erupting Chaiten volcano in southern Chile, May 7, 2008. REUTERS/Antonio de la Jara

Chile gives volcano holdouts ultimatum to flee

Reuters - Friday, May 9 12:15 am

PUERTO MONTT/FUTALEUFU, Chile (Reuters) - Chile on Thursday ordered holdout residents to flee from an erupting volcano in the remote region of Patagonia and vowed to force them out if they refuse to obey. More »

  • A huge cloud of ash spewed from the Chaiten volcano, some 1,300 kms south of Santiago. Ash from the erupting Chaiten volcano in southern Chile spread across a growing swathe of South America on Wednesday, forcing flight cancellations across much of Argentina and threatening to blanket more towns in Argentina and Chile.

    Massive volcanic cloud creeps over Argentina, Chile

    AFP - Wednesday, May 7 11:28 pm

    CHAITEN, Chile (AFP) - A thick cloud of ash from the erupting Chaiten volcano in southern Chile spread across a swathe of South America Wednesday, prompting fears of health crisis for the people caught in its wake. More »

  • Aerial view of the place where the Solimoes and Negro Rivers meet with the Amazon River, Brazil. Brazilian authorities pulled 11 more bodies out of the Solimoes river Wednesday where an overcrowded boat capsized at the weekend, and updated the death toll from the disaster to 45.

    Authorities say 45 died in Amazon boat accident: new toll

    AFP - Thursday, May 8 04:40 am

    RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) - Brazilian authorities pulled 11 more bodies out of the Amazon's Solimoes river Wednesday where an overcrowded boat capsized at the weekend, and updated the death toll from the disaster to 45. More »

  • Brazilian indigenous from different tribes of the Amazon dance outside the National Congress in Brasilia, in 2006 to celebrate the first anniversary of the ownership of their land in Raposa do Sol, Roraima State, Brazil. The creation of the indigenous reserve is creating growing tensions between Indians wanting to protect the territory and white farmers trying to keep existing properties there.

    Farmers, Indians face off in Brazilian native reserve

    AFP - Thursday, May 8 03:09 am

    RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) - The creation of an indigenous reserve in northern Brazil roughly half the size of Belgium is creating growing tensions between Indians wanting to protect the territory and white farmers trying to keep existing properties there. More »

  • A combine harvests soybeans in a field near Buenos Aires in April. Thousands of Argentine farmers resumed a crippling strike Wednesday after one month of talks with the government to roll back a stiff tax hike on soybean exports broke down, a union leader said.

    Argentina farmers back on strike after talks break down

    AFP - Thursday, May 8 02:07 am

    BUENOS AIRES (AFP) - Thousands of Argentine farmers resumed a crippling strike Wednesday after one month of talks with the government to roll back a stiff tax hike on soybean exports broke down, a union leader said. More »

  • Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega delivers a speech in April 2008. Leaders and representatives from South and Central American are preparing to meet in Managua to discuss a regional strategy to avert the food crisis affecting poor nations around the world

    Latin Americans to hold food crisis summit

    AFP - Wednesday, May 7 07:48 am

    MANAGUA (AFP) - Leaders and representatives of several South and Central American nations are preparing to meet here to discuss a regional strategy to avert the food crisis affecting poor nations around the world, officials have said. More »

  • An ash-covered forest in Futaleufu, in the surroundings of the Chaiten volcano. The volcano forced authorities to issue a maximum alert and evacuate the surrounding area, the National Emergency Office said.

    Chile volcano erupts; evacuation ordered

    AFP - Tuesday, May 6 10:10 pm

    PUERTO MONTT, Chile (AFP) - A volcano in southern Chile erupted with renewed vigor Tuesday, raining ash and lava over its surroundings and forcing a total evacuation in a 30-kilometer (19-mile) radius, the National Emergency Office said. More »

  • Children laugh in a village along the edge of the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve, by the Maranon river in the Amazon jungle part in Peru March 29, 2008. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo

    Philippines and Peru lauded for child health progress

    Reuters - Tuesday, May 6 06:22 am

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Philippines and Peru are doing the best job of vaccinating children and treating them for critical diseases compared to other developing nations, Save the Children reported on Tuesday. More »

  • Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori is seen before the Special Court of the Peruvian Supreme Court in February. Fujimori went into a laughing fit during his trial for human rights abuses, when he heard Monday that his former military aides used to spy on him through the keyhole to see what he was wearing.

    Fujimori has a laughing fit at trial

    AFP - Tuesday, May 6 01:59 am

    LIMA (AFP) - Former president Alberto Fujimori went into a laughing fit during his trial for human rights abuses, when he heard Monday that his former military aides used to spy on him through the keyhole to see what he was wearing. More »

  • Mexican police patrol Tepito neighborhood after clashes with peddlers in April 2008. Sixty gunmen stormed a ranch, killing 10 people, as a surge of organized crime across Mexico left at least 21 dead.

    Wave of organised crime kills 21 in Mexico

    AFP - Monday, May 5 11:39 am

    MEXICO CITY (AFP) - Sixty gunmen stormed a ranch, killing 10 people, as a surge of organized crime across Mexico left at least 21 dead. More »

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