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A magnitude 7.3 earthquake strikes off the coast of Venezuela, prompting building evacuations in Caracas. Buildings shake across Caribbean and South America's North coast. Several buildings are destroyed.
2018-08-21

Ecuador declares a state of emergency over increases in migrant entry from Venezuela.
2018-08-9

Searches continue for possible survivors of the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that hit central Mexico yesterday. By mid-afternoon, 52 people are rescued while at least 226 people have been killed and another 800 injured.
2017-09-20

Protests erupt in various cities of Venezuela as the country faces increased food and power shortages, forcing the government to ration them, leading to widespread looting and violence. According to the opposition, who control the National Assembly, over a million people support its bid to start a referendum on ousting President Nicolás Maduro.
2016-04-29

Thursday's flooding and devastating mudslides at the BHP-Vale mine in Minas Gerais involved two dams, not one as initially reported. Brazilian officials report the mud flow is eight kilometers (five miles) long and 2.5 meters deep. Those rescued – and emergency services – are being decontaminated; mining spoils being treated as toxic. There is no official information on the number of casualties or the cause of the incident. The company that runs the mine says it detected seismic activity right before the breach. Both BHP and Vale shares declined over five percent. Brazilian prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation.
2015-11-6

A 7.4 magnitude earthquake occurs off the coast of El Salvador with a tsunami warning issued for the Pacific Ocean coasts of El Salvador, Nicaragua and Honduras.
2014-10-13

A magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes Balochistan in western Pakistan with at least 40 people dead.
2013-09-24

President of Venezuela Hugo Chávez returns home after undergoing cancer surgery in Cuba.
2013-02-18

A Venezuelan state legislator Juan Carlos Figarella dies after being shot in an apparent robbery on Monday.
2012-04-4

Two earthquakes occur off the coast of West Papua in Indonesia of 6.2 and 7.2 in magnitude.
2010-09-30