The victim was identified by German police authorities last Thursday as Utila Wittweno Volker (51).The stranger was in the country as a tourist and decided to explore with his wife and a couple of friends known as a sea cave UPCO. Being inside the cave, Wittweno was caught between the rocks and could not get out in time to the surface and his colleagues and wife had to leave the place looking for help, because they failed to get him out of the cave. Read Article
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58-year-old Denis Ian Levy was shot dead in El Tamarindo hostel in the city’s El Poblado district shortly after midnight Wednesday. In a hostel in the neighborhood Provence, in the village, unknown assailants killed yesterday in the morning, the American tourist Denis Ian Levy. The New Yorker, 49, received a shot in the chest and […]
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Via O Globo: Rio tem mais de 30 mil casos de dengue. [Rio has over 30,000 dengue cases] And that’s the good news. Excerpt, with my translation: A cidade do Rio já tem 31.176 casos de dengue este ano, conforme o boletim semanal divulgado na segunda-feira pela Secretaria municipal de Saúde. São 3.317 casos a […]
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According to EFE, the co-pilot of a Peruvian police helicopter was killed and three other persons aboard the chopper injured on Thursday (April 12) wounded when unknown assailants fired on the chopper, causing it to land in the Alto Kepashiato. When it took on ground fire, the helicopter was searching for 43 employees of Coga […]
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Travel within Chile is generally safe, however, demonstrations occur regularly in Santiago and Valparaiso, and occasionally elsewhere in the country. Canadians in or travelling to Chile should monitor local news reports and avoid large crowds and demonstrations, as some may turn violent without warning. Demarcated landmine fields are a danger in remote areas of the […]
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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Police are investigating the death of a tourist who was killed on Sunday when she fell from an airborne paraglider above São Conrado beach, in the city’s Zona Sul (South Zone). The victim was 24-year-old Brazilian woman, Priscilla Boliveira, sister of the actor Boliveira Fabricio, who starred in Tropa de […]
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Most Canadian visitors to Panama do not experience problems. However, Canadians should exercise a high degree of caution when travelling in certain parts of the country, including Colón and some areas of Panama City, where high crime rates exist. There are reports of road closures on the Pan-American Highway near San Felix, Pacora, Horconcitos, Tole, […]
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| FORTALEZA, Brazil – A 23-year-old Romanian was caught red-handed on Saturday by Federal Police (PF) carrying cocaine at the international airport in Fortaleza. The man, who was about to board a flight to Lisbon, was carrying 3.9 kg (8.6 lbs) of pure cocaine hidden in his suitcase. According to the PF, the arrest occurred […]
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Carnivorous fish attacked bathers in a river in southern Brazil, leaving about 20 of them with bite wounds on their hands and feet, a news website said Monday, citing lifeguards. The unusual attack occurred Sunday when a school of palometas, a species of piranhas, surprised hundreds of tourists bathing at a beach in Toropi, in […]
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Peruvian authorities are struggling to keep outsiders away from a clan of previously isolated Amazon Indians who began appearing on the banks of a jungle river popular with environmental tourists last year. The behaviour of the small group of Mashco-Piro Indians has puzzled scientists, who say it may be related to the encroachment of loggers […]
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