AMERICAS
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Paraguay fears dictatorship as president moves to amend constitution
After months of behind-the-scenes preparations, a senator steamrolled through the changes that could allow Horacio Cartes to be re-elected in…
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El Salvador the first nation to impose blanket ban on metal mining
Campaigners celebrate victory for ‘water over gold’ after country unaninmously ushers through historic bill to end all forms of metal…
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Venezuelan supreme court annuls act of Congress
Venzuela‘s Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) reported that it will begin a process of control that will define the limits…
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Trump changes US approach to climate change
President Trump signed an executive order intended to roll back most of Barack Obama’s climate change legacy.
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1 in 4 children will face water scarcity by 2040
UNICEF warned that as many as 600 million children will be threatened by depleted sources of safe water.
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UK triggers Article 50 to end EU membership
Prime Minister Theresa May signed on March 28 the historic letter that will launch Brexit when it is delivered to…
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Trump changes US approach to climate change
President Trump signed an executive order intended to roll back most of Barack Obama’s climate change legacy.
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Coca leaf, Not coffee, may be Colombia’s favourite cash crop
For 35 years, the international cocaine trade has made drug cartels rich and helped fund and expand the activities of…
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Colombian town votes against gold minning
The AngloGold Ashanti project is still in the exploratory phase, but could unearth 28-million ounces of gold
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The largest páramo in the world under threat
The Sumapaz páramo is threatened by fracking as exploration areas have been delimited close by.
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