Day: February 24, 2017
Wildfires in Chile force some 3,000 evacuations
Fresh wildfires in the center of Chile have consumed some 3,500 hectares (8,648 acres) of land, causing at least 3,000 people to be evacuated, authorities confirmed on Wednesday (February 22), continuing the nation’s worst period […]
Dutch ‘abortion ship’ due in Guatemala
The Hague: A Dutch “abortion ship” was Thursday due to arrive in a Guatemalan port to provide free help to women to end unwanted pregnancies, aiming to circumvent the country’s strict laws. Abortion is only […]
Brazil’s sexy Carnival puts Pentecostal mayor in tight spot
RIO DE JANEIRO – While campaigning last year to become Rio de Janeiro’s mayor, Marcelo Crivella, a retired Pentecostal bishop, insisted his faith would not get in the way of governing the nation’s most famous […]