Venezuela had six glaciers spanning 10 square km in the Sierra Nevada de Mérida mountain range but lost five of them by 2011. Climate scientists found that the last Humboldt glacier shrunk to an area of less than 2 hectares, thus downgrading it from a glacier to an ice field.
Mexico has joined Latin American countries of Colombia, Cuba, Uruguay and Argentina, who have legalised abortion practices.
Trump’s decision to skip the South America trip marks the first time an American president has not attended the summit. Vice President Mike Pence will travel in Trump’s place, attending the summit in Lima but not traveling to Colombia.
he bloc on Tuesday also said the Venezuelan National Constituent Assembly convened by President Nicolas Maduro and tasked with drafting a new Constitution was "illegitimate"
Beijing: As soon as she landed in Beijing this week, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner began lauding new deals with what she called the world's "No. 1 economy," ranging from two proposed nuclear power
Washington: India has emerged as the brightest spot in the Asia Pacific region as reform has picked up pace in the country in recent months, a top credit rating agency has said."India has been the
Mexico City: Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto praised President Barack Obama on Friday for his executive orders granting new rights to millions of people living illegally in the United States, calling it “an act of
Tel Aviv: Responding favourably to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ‘Make in India' initiative, his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu has told visiting Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh that his country is keen to take advantage of
New Delhi: Royal Enfield, the motorcycle division of Eicher Motors, is looking to enter new markets in Latin America and South East Asia in the next three years as it seeks to expand its presence
NEW DELHI: Infosys, India's second largest software services exporter, and software giantIBM have won a 300 million euro (about Rs 2,535 crore) contract to develop the computer system for the UK-based bank Williams & Glyn's.
Caracas, Mar 10: Venezuelans will vote on April 14 to choose a successor to Hugo Chavez, the elections commission announced as increasingly strident political rhetoric begins to roil this polarised country.The constitution mandated the election
Santiago, (Chile), Mar 12: Islanders and coastal residents along Latin America's Pacific seaboard moved to higher ground Friday as a precaution against possible tsunami following the superquake that bashed northeastern Japan with huge waves.Officials, however,
A book on the life of Congress president Sonia Gandhi named El Sari Rojo (The Red Saree) is selling briskly in bookshops in Spain, Italy and Latin America, reports Hindustan Times. Written by Spanish writer-
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