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Local residents fill containers of water after a series of eruptions from La Soufriere volcano covered the area with a thick layer of ash in Biabou, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, April 13, 2021. REUTERS/Robertson S. Henry
Local residents fill containers of water after a series of eruptions from La Soufriere volcano covered the area with a thick layer of ash in Biabou, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, April 13, 2021. REUTERS/Robertson S. Henry

St Vincent tackles water, food shortages after volcano eruption

KINGSTOWN, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,  (Reuters) – The tiny eastern Caribbean island of Saint Vincent was rocked by a fifth day of eruptions from the La Soufriere volcano yesterday as leaders warned of shortages of water and the potential need for hundreds of millions of dollars to rebuild.

Brazil death toll rises by 1,480 as probe pressures Bolsonaro

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Brazil added an additional 1,480 people to its COVID-19 death toll yesterday, as a looming investigation of how the government has handled the world’s second-deadliest coronavirus outbreak puts increased pressure on right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro.

Ash and smoke billow as the La Soufriere volcano erupts in Kingstown on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent April 9, 2021. REUTERS/Robertson S. Henry

Biggest volcano explosion yet rocks St Vincent

KINGSTOWN, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,  (Reuters) – Hot flows of ash, rock fragments and gas tore down the flanks of the La Soufriere volcano on the tiny Caribbean island of Saint Vincent today after its most powerful explosion yet, four days after it first started erupting.

A man carries a container of water in Questelles, St Vincent, on Saturday, during a distribution of water in the area.

Fifty Trinidad soldiers for St Vincent

(Trinidad Guardian) Members of T&T Defence Force sail to St Vincent today on the Galleons Passage vessel to carry supplies and assist the eruption-ravaged island– and the vessel will also bring home T&T nationals who are in St Vincent.

Ecuadorean President
Guillermo Lasso

Ecuador’s Lasso takes presidential runoff vote

QUITO,  (Reuters) – Ecuadorean banker Guillermo Lasso has won yesterday’s presidential runoff vote against leftist economist Andres Arauz, putting the country on track to maintain open market policies rather than return to socialism.

Ash covers palm trees and a church a day after the La Soufriere volcano erupted after decades of inactivity, about 5 miles (8 km) away in Georgetown, St Vincent and the Grenadines April 10, 2021 in a still image from video. REUTERS/Robertson S. Henry/File Photo

Power outages hit Saint Vincent amid volcano tremors

KINGSTOWN, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,  (Reuters) – The Caribbean Saint Vincent island was hit by another explosive event from the La Soufriere volcano early today, triggering power cuts and water outages in some areas, while ash clouds began to blanket parts of the island of Barbados.

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