SAN JOSE, Oct 21 (NNN-TELESUR) — Costa Rica’s National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC) and the Canadian Forest Fire Interagency Center (CIFFC) signed a plan to strengthen their partnership in forest fire management. “It is of the utmost importance for Costa Rica to have established this agreement with Canada, which…

BRIDGETOWN, Oct 21 (NNN-TELESUR) — Barbados’ Parliament on Wednesday unanimously voted Governor Sandra Mason to be declared as first Barbadian president and formally end their country’s association to the British Crown on Nov 30. “I am convinced that Mason will play a good role as president for her tireless work on behalf of the Barbadian people…

Colombia‘s President Ivan Duque (L) and his Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro said their countries will carry “an unequivocal message of protecting” the Amazon BRASILIA, Oct 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro and his Colombia counterpart Ivan Duque said they would head to the next UN climate summit “united” in defence of the Amazon. The COP26…

Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso speaks to supporters who gathered outside Carondelet presidential palace in Quito QUITO, Oct 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ecuador President Guillermo Lasso refused to testify to a parliamentary committee that is investigating revelations about the 65-year-old in the Pandora Papers leaks. The committee was convened by the opposition-dominated…

Migrants are seen at a temporary shelter in the village of La Penita, Panama PANAMA CITY, Oct 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The presidents of Panama, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic called on the United States to take “concrete measures” to curb the migration of Haitians across Latin America headed for…

PARKLAND (Florida, US), Oct 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Florida man has pleaded guilty to murdering 17 people in a 2018 mass shooting at a high school campus in Parkland, Florida. Nikolas Cruz, 23, also pleaded guilty to 17 counts of attempted murder for those he injured in the attack on…