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As Bogotá grapples with air quality alerts given large forest fires that blazed out of control last week, Mayor Carlos Fernando Galán is being praised for his management of the crisis and environmental protection efforts.

Quito, Sep 7 (EFE).- The Ecuadorian capital, Quito, recorded 22 forest fires in the last 24 hours, one in Tababela, near the international airport “Mariscal Sucre,” whose operations are developing normally. The mayor of Quito, Pabel Muñoz, activated the Metropolitan Emergency Operations Committee (COE) to coordinate actions to control the forest fires. As of 06:00 …

Bogota, Jul 31 (Prensa Latina) Yesterday, the Colombian Army delivered to the community a temporary bridge that will help restore mobility between the departments of Meta and Cundinamarca, obstructed after an avalanche.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro called on the Red Cross to provide humanitarian assistance to 79 policemen held hostage by the Indigenous Guard in San Vicente del Caguán.

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Ecuadorian Interior Minister Juan Zapata said that at least 28 people have been arrested after a series of attacks rocked the two coastal provinces of Guayas and Esmeraldas earlier this week, which left five policemen dead.The arrests were made ...

At least five police officials were killed in gang wars that rocked the Ecuadorian coastal provinces of Guayas and Esmeraldas prompting President Guillermo Lasso to declare a state of emergency in two provinces, El Telegrafo, Spanish-language daily newspaper in Ecuador, reported.

In addition to the declaration of a State of Exception, the president also announced that he, in person, will lead the Unified Command Post that will be installed in Guayaquil. He also confirmed that the curfew will start at 9:00 pm, reported El Telegrafo. Ecuador Gang War: State of Emergency in Guayas and Esmeraldas After Five Police Officials Killed in Gang Violence.

Police arrest at least 28 persons after attacks in two Ecuadorian provinces-

“What the figures show us today is that President [Iván] Duque’s government is closing out its term by breaking the rising trend of deforestation in Colombia, which had reached its peak in the year 2017 with 219,552 hectares [542,524 acres],” Carlos Correa, the environment minister under Duque, said this past in July, a month before […]