Environment
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Peru Continues Watch as Machu Picchu Fire Tests Andes Tourism’s Defenses
A wildfire inside Machu Picchu’s protected sanctuary has burned only 1.5 hectares, yet halted trains and exposed a larger danger:…
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Peru Watches Machu Picchu Wildfire Burn Through Tourism’s Lifeline Again
A wildfire beside the only rail corridor to Machu Picchu has stranded hundreds, halted ten train departures, and exposed how…
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Guatemala Evacuates as Fuego Volcano Roars and Old Wounds Reopen
Guatemala’s Fuego volcano is erupting again, forcing families from vulnerable villages as lava fountains, ash clouds, and pyroclastic flows descend…
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Chile and Peru Face Twin Disasters Across Shaking, Flooded Ground
A deadly earthquake in Peru and a sprawling El Niño storm in Chile have exposed how disaster travels through weak…
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Ecuadorian Vizcacha’s Tiny Refuge Now Faces a Giant Mining Question
In southern Ecuador, a critically endangered Ecuadorean vizcacha survives on a mountain refuge threatened by fire, invasive pines, farming, and…
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Chile Faces El Niño Fury as Deadly Storms Close In
Chile’s first hours under a powerful El Niño-linked storm brought three deaths, mass evacuations and darkness for nearly 500,000 homes.…
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How Peruvian and Ecuadorian Fishermen Named El Niño as Climate Roared
El Niño began as coastal wisdom from Peruvian and Ecuadorian waters, then became a global climate alarm. As the powerful…
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Guatemala’s Pacific Graves Show Climate Crisis Eating Latin America’s Shoreline
Tropical Storm Cristina exposed Guatemala's Pacific coast as a frontline of climate change, where rising seas, violent surf, damaged homes,…
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Brazilian Amazon Satellite Ban Tests Lula’s Green Promise Before Election
Brazil's deputies moved to limit satellite-based environmental enforcement just as Amazon deforestation fell sharply, exposing a fierce struggle over agribusiness…
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Colombia’s Escobar Hippos May Fly East as Old Crimes Resurface
The proposed transfer of 80 Colombian hippos to India turns Pablo Escobar's private zoo into a global conservation trial, testing…
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