Alexander Villegas
Senior Correspondent at Reuters
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6 days ago |
reuters.com | Marco Aquino |Alexander Villegas
CHICLAYO, Peru, May 9 (Reuters) - The small city of Chiclayo in northern Peru was bustling with excitement on Friday, with businesses and locals sharing photos, memories and stories about its most famous former resident: Pope Leo XIV. The new head of the global Roman Catholic Church was born in Chicago, but spent decades in Peru. He first arrived in 1985 as a young missionary in the mostly impoverished north, spending many of his formative years in the area. Sign up here.
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1 week ago |
hartenergy.com | Fabian Cambero |Alexander Villegas
Subsidiaries of energy major TotalEnergies have applied for an environmental permit for a $16 billion green hydrogen and ammonia project in southern Chile, a regulatory filing showed on May 5. The project, run by the Chilean subsidiary TEC H2 MAG, is expected to begin operations in 2030 and includes a wind farm, seven electrolysis centers for green hydrogen, a desalination plant, an ammonia plant, and maritime infrastructure for shipping.
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2 weeks ago |
marketscreener.com | Alexander Villegas |Fabian Cambero
SANTIAGO (Reuters) -A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck off the coast of Chile in the Drake Passage between Cape Horn and Antarctica at a depth of just 10 km (6 miles) on Friday, the United States Geological Survey said, sparking evacuations due to a tsunami threat. Chile's SENAPRED disaster agency said there was no damage to critical infrastructure or people, but called for evacuations along the southern coast due to the risk of a tsunami.
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2 weeks ago |
marketscreener.com | Alexander Villegas |Fabian Cambero
SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Chilean authorities canceled evacuation orders in the far south and Antarctica after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck off the coast of southern Chile Friday morning, prompting evacuations in the region due to tsunami threats. The United States Geological Survey said the quake struck at a depth of just 10 km (6 miles) in the Drake Passage between Cape Horn and Antarctica just after 9 a.m. local time.
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2 weeks ago |
gazette.com | Alexander Villegas |Fabian Cambero
By Alexander Villegas and Fabian CamberoSANTIAGO (Reuters) -Chilean authorities canceled evacuation orders in the far south and Antarctica after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck off the coast of southern Chile Friday morning, prompting evacuations in the region due to tsunami threats. The United States Geological Survey said the quake struck at a depth of just 10 km (6 miles) in the Drake Passage between Cape Horn and Antarctica just after 9 a.m. local time.
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