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(Reuters) -Forest fires raging in central Chile have killed at least 51 people and the death toll is likely to keep climbing, authorities said on Saturday, as emergency services battled to snuff out flames threatening urban areas.

At least 19 people were killed by forest fires in the coastal tourist city of Vina del Mar and the death toll could rise in the coming hours as rescue teams reach more affected areas, Interior... -February 03, 2024 at 12:23 pm EST - MarketScreener

Black smoke billowed into the sky over many parts of the Valparaiso region, home to nearly one million inhabitants in central Chile, while firefighters using helicopters and trucks struggled to quell the flames in the area. Throughout the country there were 92 active fires, leaving more than 43,000 hectares affected by the incident, Interior Minister Toha said. Wildfires are not uncommon in Chile over summer months and last year, on the back of a record heat wave, some 27 people died and more ...

At least 46 people have died from forest fires raging in central Chile, President Gabriel Boric said on Saturday, warning that the death toll is likely to rise.

At least 46 people have died from forest fires raging in central Chile, President Gabriel Boric said on Saturday, warning that the death toll is likely to rise.... -February 03, 2024 at 05:42 pm EST - MarketScreener

Black smoke billowed into the sky over many parts of the Valparaiso region, home to nearly one million inhabitants in central Chile, while firefighters using helicopters and trucks struggled to quell the fires. Areas around the coastal tourist city of Vina del Mar have been some of the hardest hit and rescue teams were struggling to reach all the affected areas, Chilean authorities said.

BERLIN, El Salvador (Reuters) - James and Nicki Malcolm moved to El Salvador from New Zealand to be part of a bitcoin dream sold by President Nayib Bukele in 2021 when he made the Central American nation the first in the world to accept the cryptocurrency as legal tender.

Bitcoin will remain legal tender in El Salvador during the second term of President Nayib Bukele, his vice president said on Wednesday. Days before an election Bukele is expected to... -February 31, 2024 at 10:43 pm EST - MarketScreener

In June 2019, a week after taking office as El Salvador's youngest president in modern history, Nayib Bukele wrote on his Twitter account: "I am officially the coolest president in the world." Bukele's self-congratulatory tweet came after he had used the same social network - now known as X - to fire around 400 officials, some accused of nepotism or with links to his leftist predecessor. Tired of decades of corruption and traditional parties' ineffectiveness in the fac...

Guatemalan President-elect Bernardo Arevalo is due to be sworn in Sunday for a four-year term, pledging to banish deep-rooted corruption, though he will come up against a divided Congress and string of judicial attempts to block him from wielding power. Vowing to restore democracy in Guatemala, the most populous country in Central America with 17.1 million people, Arevalo, 65, won the August presidential run-off in a sweeping victory. In the months after, Guatamala's attorney general - se...