Haiti
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Environment
Caribbean Development Bank chief says 'no time at all to lose' on climate action
The Caribbean Development Bank's. acting president on Wednesday required immediate action to. fund efforts to protect the area's shorelines and population. from the growing effects of environment modification, ahead of a. possibly severe cyclone season. Environment change is here and now and the Caribbean is on the. cutting edges. We simply don't have at any time to waste, Isaac. Solomon, the acting president, stated at the opening event of. the bank's yearly conference in Ottawa, Canada. Greatly indebted Caribbean countries have actually long called for. rich nations and top worldwide polluters to do more to honor. their pledges to satisfy
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Environment
Uprooted by Brazil floods, foreign refugees 'start all over again'
Tens of countless Haitians and Venezuelans who discovered sanctuary in southern Brazil after escaping hunger, violence and natural disasters are being required once more to reconstruct lives now wrecked by record flooding in Rio Grande do Sul state. Reginald Descilong left Haiti after he lost family and good friends in the terrible 2010 earthquake. He got to Brazil three years later, crossing Central America on foot and by bus. Today, the 39-year-old and his better half and three daughters are in a. public shelter in the swamped state capital Porto Alegre. It appears that disaster is always chasing us. I