End of preview - This article contains approximately 676 words.
Subscribers: Log in now to read the full article
Not a Subscriber?
Choose from one of the following options
Back
Security & Strategic Review - February 2024
COLOMBIA: Petro requests international support to tackle wildfires
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro declared a state of disaster on 25 January as he sought to mobilise international support to tackle 31 wildfires burning around the country. Petro has blamed the fires on deforestation-induced climate change, which he says is being worsened by the El Niño weather phenomenon.
- A new era in Guatemala as Arévalo takes over the reins
- ECUADOR: Sweeping security reforms proposed following gang uprising
- PERU: Judicial independence under threat
- COLOMBIA: Petro requests international support to tackle wildfires
- BRAZIL: Capital riots anniversary highlights threats to democracy
- ARGENTINA: New leadership of the armed forces
- ARGENTINA: NGOs warn environmental protection under threat
- CHILE: Global optimism, local concern over marine wildlife
- MEXICO: Searching for Mexico’s disappeared
- MEXICO: Notimex allegations touch Sheinbaum
- MEXICO: Opposition denounces political violence
- MEXICO: Migrant kidnapping on the rise
- HONDURAS: Foot-dragging on CICIH draws concern
- NICARAGUA: Weakening the judiciary
- JAMAICA/THE BAHAMAS: US raises travel warnings amid crime concerns
- REGION: EU presses for changes to CBI programmes
- CARIBBEAN POINTERS