Amazon Rainforest Forests in Brazil recorded 74,155 fires since January 2019

According to the latest date by Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (Inpe), the Amazon Rainforest Forests in Brazil has recorded 74,155 fires since January 2019. Its satellite data showed an 84% increase as compared to the same period in ..

Tags: Amazon biome • Amazon rainforest • Amazon rainforest wildfires • Americas • Climate forcing agents

Nayib Bukele sworn-in as new president of El Salvador

Conservative businessman Nayib Bukele has been sworn-in as the new President of El Salvador. His presidency breaks three decades of bipartisanship between the conservative Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) and the outgoing Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN). Hence, Bukele is ..

Tags: Americas • El Salvador • Ernesto Muyshondt • Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front • Grand Alliance for National Unity

Laurentino Cortizo elected as new President of Panama

Laurentino Cortizo has been declared the winner of 2019 presidential election of Panama. The 2019 elections have been dominated by pledges to fight corruption and to tackle Panama’s image as a money-laundering country. Cortizo is the candidate for Panama’s Democratic ..

Tags: Americas • Democratic Revolutionary Party • Forms of government • Laurentino Cortizo • Mireya Moscoso

Sharjah declared as 2019 World Book Capital (WBC)

The World Book and Copyright Day (WBCD) is celebrated worldwide on 23rd April to pay tribute to the veteran literary figures like William Shakespeare, Miguel Cervantes and Inca Garcilaso De La Vega. It is a symbolic date in world literature. ..

Tags: Americas • Emirate of Sharjah • Garcilaso de la Vega • Inca Empire • Miguel de Cervantes

2019 World Book and Copyright Day (WBCD)

The World Book and Copyright Day (WBCD) is observed every year on April 23 to recognise the scope of books which are seen as a link between the past and the future, a bridge between cultures and generations. It is ..

Tags: Americas • Garcilaso de la Vega • Inca Empire • Miguel de Cervantes • Reading

2019 International Day of Remembrance of Victims of Slavery and Transatlantic Slave Trade

The International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and Transatlantic Slave Trade is observed every year on 25th of March to honour and remember those who suffered and died at the hands of the transatlantic slavery system. The ..

Tags: African slave trade • Americas • Atlantic slave trade • Black British history • Continents