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Jimmy Cherizier, a powerful Gang leader, announced Sunday he was lifting a blockade at a key fuel terminal that has affected Haiti’s capital, Port-Au-Prince, for nearly two months.
The announcement followed government claims in efforts to reclaim the terminal, whose control remains unclear.
If fuel can leave, that would ease a crisis that began when Cheriziers G9 Gang Federation seized control of the area on Sept. 12, demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry.
The Gangs blockade cut off access to about 10 million gallons of diesel and gasoline and more than 800,000 gallons of kerosene, forcing hospitals to cut back on critical services and banks and grocery stores to operate on a limited schedule during an island-wide cholera outbreak.
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On Monday, President Miguel Lpez Obrador of Mexico announced he will host a meeting of leaders from Latin America later this month, including most of the recently-elected leftists.
Lopez Obrador said the Presidents of Chile, Argentina, Ecuador, Peru, and Colombia are coming to Mexico City. Lopez Obrador is still waiting for confirmation on whether President-elect Luiz Incio Lula da Silva of Brazil will attend the meeting.
The meeting seeks to advance one of the concerns expressed by the Mexican president, who hopes to reform the Organization of American States. Lpez Obrador said he views the OAS as too subordinated to US interests and has touted other regional bodies, like the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, as a possible alternative.
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Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Lima on Saturday to call for the resignation of Peruvian President Pedro Castillo. Demonstrators marched towards Congress and the government palace until dozens of police fired tear gas to stop them.
Castillo, a former rural school teacher, is under six investigations for corruption and has already survived two impeachment attempts since he took office in July last year.
The demonstration is the latest in Peru’s Presidential instability, as the country has sworn in five Presidents in the past seven years. Castillo, serving a five-year term until 2026, denied committing any crimes and said he is the victim of a campaign to remove him from power.
For more information, visit: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/11/6/castillo-must-leave-thousands-march-for-peru-president-removal
The British law firm Leigh Day is suing Amerisur Resources PLC, an oil company operating in the Putumayo region of Colombia’s Amazon rainforest.
The firm is representing 171 Putumayo farmers for an oil spill that damaged livelihoods and the ecosystem.
Nearby Siona Indigenous people say they reject the oil pumping and will fight it. This region is also covered in Coca production and former rebel groups dispute drug territory, sometimes disrupting the flow of oil.
United Nations reports and an Interfaith non-profit group said the oil company may have worked with Rebels to pressure the Siona and local farmers to cease their opposition, and keep oil flowing.
Yet none of this seemed to deter an $900 million oil and gas firm based in Chile named GeoPark Ltd. from buying Amerisur two years ago. GeoPark successfully lined up a number of banks to help it obtain the Putumayo oilfields.
For more information, visit: https://apnews.com/article/business-colombia-forests-united-nations-fish-a808617eba389d9442e03f71c460a5e5
Puerto Rican table tennis player Adriana Daz defended her title as reigning Champion at the Panamerican Table Tennis Championship held in Chile. She defeated American athlete Lily Zhang 4-1 in the Women’s singles final on Sunday night.
Daz was the individual Champion in the 2017, 2018 and 2021 table tennis Championships and at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games. Daz and her sister Melanie also won the gold medal in the Women’s doubles category at the Pan American Championship last year. This year, the Sisters won Bronze medals after losing to a Brazilian duo in the final.
Adriana Daz, who is the world number 11, comes from competing in the WTT Cup Finals in China where she reached the quarterfinals, a stage in which she fell 3-0 to world number 4 Yidi Wang.
For more information, visit: https://www.elnuevodia.com/deportes/otros-deportes/notas/adriana-diaz-revalida-como-la-reina-panamericana/
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