Tag Archives: SOUTH AMERICA
New 6.2 magnitude earthquake strikes southern Mexico
:: The US Geological Survey says a new earthquake has struck Mexico with a magnitude of 6.2 and was centered in the southern state of Oaxaca. That’s the region most shaken by a magnitude 8.1 quake that hit last week.
Death toll from Ecuador earthquake surpasses 650
The death toll from Ecuador’s devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake last week has risen to 654 people, the country’s emergency management authority said on Saturday. Last Saturday’s quake, the worst in nearly seven decades, injured around 16,600 people and left 58
Rapprochement with Latin America ‘isolates Iran’
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said Arab countries’ rapprochement with South American countries will increase Iran’s isolation in the world ahead of a Latin America-Arab world summit in Riyadh on Tuesday. Prior to the Summit of the Arab and South
King Salman calls for Arab-South American summit
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz has called on Arab leaders to attend he Fourth Summit of Arab-South American countries set to be held in Riyadh next month. The king sent invitations to Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah,
Venezuelan opposition leader gets 14 years in jail for ‘inciting violence’
Jailed Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez was convicted and sentenced on Thursday to almost 14 years in prison, the maximum allowed, for inciting violence as leader of protests last year in which several dozen people died. About 200 Lopez supporters
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