A large number of displaced people poses a serious health concern, WHO warns. On Wednesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that 28 attacks have been recorded on Lebanese health facilities, leaving 30 dead, and another 20 attacks on Iranian health facilities, causing 9 fatalities. RELATED: Iranians Participate in the Funeral Procession of Larijani and […]

Bolivia’s main labor union declared a “state of emergency” against President Rodrigo Paz’s recent measures, denouncing labor law reforms, rising debt, and fuel price hikes as threats to workers’ rights and national sovereignty. The Bolivian Workers’ Central (COB, in Spanish), the country’s main labor union, declared a state of emergency on Wednesday, February 25, in […]

The State of Economic, Social and Ecological Emergency is applied in Córdoba, Antioquia, La Guajira, Sucre, Bolívar, Cesar, Magdalena and Chocó

Chile confirmed 19 deaths and 1,500 people affected as large-scale wildfires continue across the country’s south, triggering curfews and emergency measures.

The measure seeks to address protests violence and will be announced in the coming hours. On Thursday, Prime Minister Ernesto Alvarez announced that the Peruvian government is preparing to declare a state of emergency in Lima in the coming hours. RELATED: Peruvian Police Kill Protester During Rally in Lima Justified as a measure to curb […]

The law in question, designed to protect one of society’s most vulnerable sectors, updates state payments to healthcare providers, creates a new non-contributory pension, and guarantees access to a medical care program. On Wednesday, Argentina’s Chamber of Deputies overturned President Javier Milei’s veto of a law declaring an Emergency in Disability. RELATED: Argentine Lower House […]

Haiti’s transitional government has declared a three-month state of emergency across its central departments in response to escalating gang violence and a deepening food crisis. The measure, announced Saturday, covers the West, Artibonite, and Center departments, including the country’s vital agricultural heartland known as the “rice basket”. According to the United Nations, more than 1,000 […]

The local Emergency Operations Committee (COE) of Ecuador declared a state of emergency this Sunday in the municipality of Playas (southwest) following the murder of at least nine people in an armed attack on a premises perpetrated on Saturday. RELATED: Ecuadorian Communities Resist State-Backed Mining Project Tied to Presidential Family The resolution of the declaration […]

The measure is expected to enable the federal government to crank up energy production by tapping emergency powers. On Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump declared a national energy emergency in an executive order with an eye on driving down energy costs. RELATED: Redefining Energy Transitions Inadequate energy supply and infrastructure in the country causes and […]

The general commander of the National Police, Víctor Zárate, indicated that entry to this area of the capital is restricted and added that they will be able to ‘repel any aggression with the legitimate use of force’. On Thursday, Ecuador’s interior minister, Monica Palencia, recalled that a state of emergency is in force in the […]