Offstream
news

Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso declares a state of emergency following the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio in Quito.
2023-08-10

Two years after Myanmar's military overthrew the country's democratically-elected government, the State Administration Council extends the country's state of emergency for another six months, thereby postponing the general election initially scheduled for August 1.
2023-02-1

Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso declares a state of emergency in the provinces of Guayas and Esmeraldas for the next 45 days following the killings of five police officers and the abduction of several prison guards by organized crime members.
2022-11-2

El Salvador declares a state of emergency after 62 people were murdered in the country yesterday, making it the most violent 24-hour period since the end of the civil war in 1992.
2022-03-27

The Spanish Congress of Deputies votes to extend the state of emergency for another six months as the Health Ministry reports a record 23,580 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed infections to 1.16 million.
2020-10-29

Chile has declared a state of emergency and requested international help to help deal with forest fires.
2017-01-22

Chile declares a state of emergency and preliminary evacuation of 16,000 as a forest fire threatens the city of Valparaiso.
2015-03-13

The main airport in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, is shutdown due to smoke from a forest fire.
2013-04-13

President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos declares a state of emergency in Colombia after ongoing floods and landslides kill at least 136 people and the flooding spreads to the capital, Bogotá.
2010-11-18

A state of emergency is declared in parts of Bolivia and rescue efforts continue in Peru amid heavy rain and floods in the region.
2010-01-29