FPT Industrial, the Iveco Group brand dedicated to the design, production, and sale of low-environmental-impact powertrains, reached a significant milestone at its plant in Cordoba...
*This report is part of a journalistic collaboration between Mongabay Latam and Vorágine, a Colombian news source. Juana* seems nostalgic when she talks about the work she used to do in the illegal mines of the Yapacana Hill (or Cerro Yapacana in Spanish). These were times of abundance and prosperity for her. She was never […]
A Colombian national park reveals its natural secrets through camera traps
Forty-four camera traps have recorded various species in El Tuparro National Natural Park in Colombia’s Orinoco region, from jaguars and pumas, to deer, tapirs and peccaries, reflecting the park’s healthy ecosystems.
A separate survey also recorded a Guianan white-eared opossum (Didelphis imperfecta), a species never before recorded in Colombia.
The protected area has just turned 40 years old, and although it represents a rare conservation success story, rangers and researchers say it continues to face pressures from fires, sport and commercial fishing, and hunting.
Compounding the problem is the growing human presence in and around the park, as the economic and political crises in neighboring Venezuela drives an influx of people across the border in search of food.
>> all right, alex perez again tonight from minneapolis. alex, thank you. we're going to turn next here tonight to the new allegation and new calls for new york governor andrew cuomo to step down. a sixth accuser has now come forward with the most serious allegation yet. the governor's office referring her claim to police. here's abc's stephanie ramos tonight. >> reporter: tonight, embattled new york governor andrew cuomo facing his most damaging accusation yet. "the albany times union" reporting an aide alleges cuomo groped her in the governor's mansion late last year. she is the sixth woman to accuse him of inappropriate behavior. the paper reports she made her caim after cuomo declared this -- >> i want you to know this from me directly. i never touched anyone inappropriately. >> reporter: that denial reportedly prompted the aide, a young woman who was not identified, to tell a coworker that cuomo had summoned her to the governor's mansion to help with his cell phone and while they were alone, he reached