Weather emergencies, environmental hazards, civil-defence reporting and recovery governance across Brazil and Latin America. Also covers labour disputes and transport disruption across Latin America. Coverage is presented with clear, restrained, region-aware, evidence-led and explicit about evolving tallies.
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Truckers launched an open-ended protest over diesel costs, disrupting Chilean highways and Iquique freight access as the government proposed a temporary limit on fuel-price rises.
Brazil's civil-defence service recommends supplies for three days, not a countdown to disaster. Here's what to pack and how to tell prevention advice from real weather warnings.
Storms earlier in the week left two reported deaths in Santa Catarina and damaged towns across southern Brazil. Rio Grande do Sul is investigating two further deaths as new warnings emerge.