LATIN AMERICA
Peru declared a 90-day state of emergency on Sept. 24 in the Peruvian Amazon communities of Cuninico and Urarinas after a recent oil spill in nearby rivers.
Around 5,600 tire industry workers went on a strike in Argentina, forcing tire manufacturers, including Bridgestone Corp. and Pirelli & C. SpA, to suspending production,
According to U.S.-based A.M. Best Co. Inc., business interruption claims are expected to drive insured and reinsured losses from Hurricane Fiona higher as companies struggle to restart operations in the wake of the massive storm.
The U.S. Geological Survey said that a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck the Mexican state of Michoacan on Sept. 22, causing landslides and damaging buildings, NPR reported citing The Associated Press. This quake.
Argentina's largest oil and gas industry workers union launched an indefinite strike on Sept. 23 following an explosion at the Argentine company New American Oil SAs refinery in Neuquen province that killed three workers.
Chuck Watson of disaster modeling firm Enki Research expects Hurricane Fiona to inflict around $4 billion worth of damage in Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic, as the strong hurricane threatens the Caribbean islands with catastrophic floods and mudslides.
A part of the Brazilian container company Multiteiner Com Loc de Conteineres Ltda.s warehouse near Sao Paulo collapsed on Sept. 20, killing at least nine people, and injuring over 30 others.
Brazilian low-cost airline Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA has agreed to settle its bribery charges by paying a total of $41.5 million in penalties to U.S. and Brazilian authorities.
The Administrative Council for Economic Defence in Brazil has fined Norway-based marine transportation services provider Hoegh Autoliners AS and one individual $5.47 million for participating in an international cartel and has also settled charges of collusion with other lines.
Torrential rains have caused landslides and flooding in Brazilian city Petropolis and Fluminense Mountain Region in the state of Rio de Janeiro since March 20.
Heavy rains caused a massive landslide in Retamas town of Perus La Libertad region on March 15, affecting 60 buildings, including commercial and residential properties.
Chile's environment watchdog has fined miner BHP Billiton Ltd.-controlled Escondida copper mine $8.2 million for damage caused by its water extraction in the Salar de Atacama salt flat.
The National Institute for Seismology, Vulcanology, Meteorology and Hydrology of Guatemala said that red-hot rock and ash started flowing down the slopes of Volcan de Fuego on March 8 following an eruption.
The U.S. Geological Survey said that a 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck near San Juan Guichicovi in the Mexican state of Oaxaca on March 5, sending tremors to other nearby states including Guerrero, Tabasco, Morelos.
The European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said that a 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck the Mexican city of Veracruz on March 3, briefly triggering earthquake warning alarms in Mexico City.
Brazilian mining firm Vale SA has signed an agreement to pay 236.7 million Brazilian real ($46 million) to the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais for failing to meet a legal deadline to decommission its tailings dams in the state.
Colombia's national mining agency said that an explosion at a coal mine in the countrys Boyaca province on Feb. 26 killed 11 people while four people remain missing.
The Argentine Rural Society estimates $234 million worth of damage from a wildfire burning in the Argentine province of Corrientes that has forced the regions governor to declare the province an "ecological and environmental disaster zone.
The European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said that a 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck near Tiquisate in southwestern Guatemala on Feb. 16, triggering landslides and killing two people.
U.K.-based commercial insurance and reinsurance broker Oneglobal Broking Ltd. has named Ernesto de Lima as chief executive of its Andean region operations, excluding Chile, effective April 1.
A series of storms have triggered floods and landslides in the Brazilian states of Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais, causing heavy damage to infrastructure.
General Motors Co. has decided to suspend production at its Gravatai factory in Brazil from Feb. 21 through March 20 as it struggles with a shortage of electronic components.
Brazilian insurance and reinsurance broker MDS Brasil has acquired Sao Paulo-based credit insurance specialist CredRisk Seguros.