Road blocked during Indigenous strike over diesel subsidy cuts in Ecuador
Indigenous protesters block part of the Pan-American Highway during a nationwide strike to protest cuts to the diesel subsidy, which raised fuel prices by 56%. IMAGES
For the first time in almost 40 years, the world's largest active volcano, Mauna Loa in the US state of Hawaii, has erupted. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) sees no danger to communities in the region.
Indigenous protesters block part of the Pan-American Highway during a nationwide strike to protest cuts to the diesel subsidy, which raised fuel prices by 56%. IMAGES
US President Donald Trump demands that European allies immediately stop buying oil from Russia. "They have to immediately cease all energy purchases from Russia. Otherwise we're all wasting a lot of time," Trump says of Europe in an address at the UN General Assembly. SOUNDBITE
The polling stations for the presidential election in Chile start closing in Santiago, and the vote counting begin to elect the successor of the leftist Gabriel Boric. The favorites, according to surveys conducted before the blackout period, are the leftist Jeannette Jara, affiliated with the Communist Party, and the far-right José Antonio Kast, closely followed by the libertarian Johannes Kaiser. IMAGES
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