At this annual festival in Colombia, donkeys play dress up
We look at how one town in Colombia pays homage to the donkey at one of the country's most popular annual festivals.
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Military presence “at the appropriate level to ensure the defense of the Falklands,” UK MoD
Following Argentina's purchase of US-made F-16 jets from Denmark, concerns were raised in Parliament to a Secretary of Defense regarding the UK's defense readiness in the South Atlantic, more precisely the Falkland Islands.
Cases of dengue in mainland Chile are all imported
Chilean health authorities said that dengue fever was on the rise nationwide last week, now totaling 228 confirmed cases, none of them autochthonous (patients with no recent travel history) in Chile's mainland. Nevertheless, local experts underlined that the Aedes Aegyppti
Peru's PM calls for an end to the "political noise" that earned the country bad reviews
Peru's Prime Minister Gustavo Adrianzén urged his countrymen to hush down the "political noise" that erupted following the decision by the credit rating agency Standard 6 Poor (S&P) to downgrade the South American country from BBB to BBB-.
Repair ship RFA Diligence, involved in Falklands and Gulf wars, sold to Turkey
The Portsmouth media has reported that RFA Diligence, a Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship previously involved in the Falklands and Gulf conflicts, has arrived in Turkey after being sold for recycling by the UK Defense Equipment Sales Authority (DESA).
RFA Cardigan Bay in crucial support task to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza civilians
UK Forces.net has reported that a Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessel will provide accommodation to hundreds of American soldiers and sailors in the eastern Mediterranean who are helping to deliver aid to Gaza. The US military has started the construction of a temporary pier off the
Brazil opens insulin-producing plant
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Friday participated in the city of Nova Lima, state of Minas Gerais, in the opening of the Biomm recombinant human insulin-producing plant. The Government will purchase the entire output to make it available free of charge
Venice combats massive tourism: day visitors will be charged a €5 fee
Venice started charging this week €5 (US$ 5.30) fee for day-trippers who are not staying overnight. Despite the launch of the scheme to curb mass tourism was postponed several times, it will now apply until mid July.
British man injured in Tobago shark attack
Peter Smith, 64, was 10 metres off the shore when he was attacked by a bull shark, a local official says.
