Cattle burn as ‘monster’ wildfires rage in Argentina ranchlands
Capilla del Monte, Argentina Reuters Wildfires have burned through 40,000 hectares of Argentina’s central farming region of Cordoba, according to officials, leaving charred cattle, houses, forests and fields in their wake. Images from the hard-hit town of Capilla del Monte in the key ranching region showed cows completely burned and blackened amid scenes of decimated […]
Colombia cartel shuts down towns over leader’s extradition
Bogota, Colombia AP The Gulf Clan drug cartel shut down dozens of towns in northern Colombia for four days in reaction to its leader being extradited to the US for trial. It warned that anyone who disobeyed the stay-at-home order risked being shot or having their vehicle burned. Businesses closed, schools stayed shut, intercity bus […]
“We’re drowning”: Argentines struggle under COVID-19 as death toll hits 100,000
Cordoba/Buenos Aires, Argentina Reuters In the San Vicente cemetery in the central Argentine city of Cordoba, Sandra del Valle Pereyra, 50, has come to visit the graves of her parents who both died from COVID-19 that has ripped through the South American nation. “I have been left alone,” Valle Pereyra told Reuters, saying that she […]