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At least 17 dead, including children, after a military bombing against a school in Burma
At least 17 people died, including several children, after a bombing by the Burmese Army against a school in the Sagaing region on Thursday, according to a civil organization told EFE from the field and denounced independent local media and the democratic opposition.
This source told EFE that “it is likely” that the death toll will increase, while local media such as Myanmar Now raise the death toll to about 30 and the Government of National Unity (NUG), which declares itself the legitimate authority of the country after the 2021 coup, points out that “there are children between the dead and the injured.”
According to independent local media, the bombing occurred today around 10 local time (3.30 GMT) in the municipality of Depeyin, in the Sagaing region (north), epicenter of the earthquake with more than 3,700 deaths on March 28, and for which the military junta declared a ceasefire until May 31.
The Committee of Representatives of the Union Assembly (CRPH) of the area, the Parliament of the NUG, said in its X account that these were two bombings against the school that killed “dozens of students and two teachers and injured many.”
The agency “firmly condemned” the “continuous bombings against civilians” of the junta, which has been in power since the asonada, and called for international cooperation to “put an end to the military regime and its brutal acts.”
Last week the military junta announced a new truce until May 31 in the conflict it has with ethnic and pro-democratic guerrillas with the aim of continuing with reconstruction tasks after the devastating earthquake with epicenter in Sagaing that shook the country at the end of March.
Sagaing is one of the rebel strongholds of Burma (Myanmar), where guerrillas have gained ground from the Army since the military uprising.
The UN, the pro-democracy opposition – which also declared a similar cessation of hostilities after the disaster – and several ethnic minority guerrillas have accused the junta of having perpetrated hundreds of attacks despite the ceasefire.
The coup ended a decade of democratic transition and sharpened the guerrilla war that the country has been experiencing for decades. Amnesty International (AI) says the conflict escalated in Burma in the last year and that the Army is undertaking an “indiscriminate, disproportionate and deadly” offensive against the rebels.
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Armed forces target illegal mines in Northern Ecuador with bombing raids
Ecuador’s Armed Forces carried out an operation on Monday — including airstrikes — against illegal mining in the town of Buenos Aires, in the country’s north, Defense Minister Gian Carlo Loffredo reported.
The mountainous, gold-rich area has been a hotspot for illegal mining since 2017, located in the Andean province of Imbabura.
In 2019, former president Lenín Moreno deployed around 2,400 soldiers to the region in an attempt to curb the illegal activity. “The operation began with mortar fire, followed by gunfire and bombing runs by Supertucano aircraft,” Loffredo said in a video released by the Defense Ministry.
He added that the operation would continue on Tuesday with patrols across the area to locate possible members of “irregular armed groups that may have crossed from the Colombian border.”
The Armed Forces stated on X that the intervention focused on the “complete elimination of multiple illegal mining tunnels” in the areas known as Mina Nueva and Mina Vieja.
The operation coincided with the deployment of a military and police convoy into Imbabura, which has been the epicenter of protests against President Daniel Noboa since September 22, following his decision to scrap the diesel subsidy.
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Caracas shuts embassy in Oslo without explanation following Machado’s Nobel win
Venezuela has announced the closure of its embassy in Norway, just days after opposition leader María Corina Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the Venezuelan diplomatic mission provided no explanation for its decision on Monday.
“It is regrettable,” a ministry spokesperson said. “Despite our differences on several issues, Norway wishes to keep the dialogue with Venezuela open and will continue to work in that direction.” The ministry also emphasized that the Nobel Committee operates entirely independently from the Norwegian government.
In its announcement, the Nobel Committee stated that Machado met the criteria established by Alfred Nobel, “embodying the hope for a different future, where the fundamental rights of Venezuelans are heard.”
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Sheinbaum: Urgent to restore access to towns cut off by heavy rains
Thousands of military personnel and civilians in Mexico worked tirelessly on Tuesday to clear roads blocked by the torrential rains of recent days, which have left more than 300 communities cut off across central and eastern regions of the country. Authorities also launched mass fumigation efforts in several affected areas to prevent the spread of dengue fever.
The official death toll remains at 64, though dozens of people are still missing. President Claudia Sheinbaumacknowledged that the government does not yet know the full situation in many of the isolated villages, which range in population from 500 to 1,000 inhabitants.
“The reopening of roads is one of the greatest urgencies,” Sheinbaum said. “It’s essential to guarantee air bridges, food supplies, clean water, and a proper census of the isolated communities so we can determine the condition of every person living there.”
Private construction companies are also assisting the effort with heavy machinery and technical support to help reopen highways and reconnect rural areas.
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