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.
A report by Mexicos agricultural agency said that more than 50% of the countrys 4.3 million acres of unharvested irrigated crops were at risk due to drought and resulting water shortage as of the end of March.
Port workers across Brazil are planning to go on a 24-hour strike in order to pressurize the government to release a schedule for their COVID-19 vaccinations.
London's Court of Appeal has agreed to hold an oral hearing of a petition to revive a £5 billion ($6.95 billion) lawsuit against Anglo-Australian miner BHP Group Ltd. over Brazils Fundao dam collapse in 2015.
The Sindipetro-NF oil labor union has announced an indefinite strike from May 3 to protest against the state-owned Brazilian oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SAs handling of COVID-19 outbreaks aboard its offshore production platforms.
Specialty Lloyd's of London reinsurance broker MNK Re Ltd. has appointed Nicolas Montoya as chief executive, Latin America and Caribbean, and has opened a new office in Miami.
Heavy rain caused severe flooding in the municipality of Dabeiba in Antioquia, Colombia, on March 22, damaging 237 buildings.
Lightning bolts were seen over Guatemalas Pacaya volcano on March 21 with a column of ash up to 1.24 miles high.
Mexicos National Seismological Institute said that a 5.7-magnitude jolted Mexico City on March 19 and also caused tremors in Oaxaca.
Canadian miner McEwen Mining Inc. temporarily suspended operations at its Sinaloa, Mexico-based El Gallo mine as members of the nearby communities illegally blocked main access to the site on March 15.
A survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP found that 67% of chief executives in the Caribbean see cyber risk as their top threat, followed by pandemics and health crises.
A series of fires blazing in several parts of Patagonia in Argentina has damaged around 250 homes and injured nearly seven people.
U.S.-based pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc. and the Dominican Republic have signed a vaccine supply contract that offers an extensive indemnity to the company and covers legal action at any step of its supply chain including negligence.
The San Cristobal volcano in Nicaragua erupted on March 9, covering the city of Chinandega and surrounding communities with massive ash deposits that lasted about 30 minutes.
Jamaica-based IronRock Insurance Co. Ltd. saw a 600% year-on-year growth in profit to $35.6 million in 2020.
General Motors Co. has extended production cuts at its three North American plants and plans to idle its Brazilian factory amid the global semiconductor chips shortage.