Aritz Parra, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

Ash covers the graves at the La Palma cemetery as volcano continues to erupt on this Canary island, Spain, Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. An erupting volcano in the Spanish island of La Palma continued to emit vast amounts of magma, gases and ash, after days of intense seismic activity and more than five weeks since it erupted. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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Volcanic ash blankets La Palma

by Emilio Morenatti Associated Press, and Aritz Parra Associated PressOctober 31, 2021

LOS LLANOS DE ARIDANE, Canary Islands — A volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma that has been erupting for six weeks spewed greater quantities of ash from its main mouth Sunday, a day after producing its strongest earthquake to date.Lava flows…

Lava from a volcano eruption flows on the island of La Palma in the Canaries, Spain, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. The volcano on a small Spanish island in the Atlantic Ocean erupted on Sunday, forcing the evacuation of thousands of people. Experts say the volcanic eruption and its aftermath on a Spanish island could last for up to 84 days. The Canary Island Volcanology Institute said Wednesday it based its calculation on the length of previous eruptions on the archipelago. (AP...

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Islanders flee volcanic eruption

by Aritz Parra Associated PressSeptember 22, 2021

FILE - In this Dec 12, 2012 file photo, anti-virus software founder John McAfee talks on his mobile phone as he walks on Ocean Drive in the South Beach area of Miami Beach, Fla. John McAfee, the creator of the antivirus named after him, has been found dead in a cell of a jail near Barcelona, a government source told The Associated Press on Wednesday June 23, 2021 on the same day that a Spanish court issued a preliminary ruling in favor of his extradition to the United States to face...

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Antivirus pioneer McAfee found dead in Spanish prison

by Aritz Parra Associated Press, Renata Brito Associated Press, and Barry Hatton Associated PressJune 23, 2021

Spanish Guardia Civil officers try to stop people from Morocco entering into the Spanish territory at the border of Morocco and Spain, at the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on Monday, May 17, 2021. Authorities in Spain say that around 1,000 Moroccan migrants have crossed into Spanish territory (Antonio Sempere/Europa Press via AP)

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Spain, Morocco square off after 8,000 migrants arrive by sea

by Renata Brito Associated Press, and Aritz Parra Associated PressMay 18, 2021

Commuters wearing face masks to protect against coronavirus at Atocha train station in Madrid, Spain, Monday, April 13, 2020. Confronting both a public health emergency and long-term economic injury, Spain is cautiously re-starting some business activity to emerge from the nationwide near-total freeze that helped slow the country's grim coronavirus outbreak. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with...

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NY death toll passes 10,000

by Eric Tucker Associated Press, Aritz Parra Associated Press, and Joseph Wilson Associated PressApril 13, 2020

A Covid-19 patient wears a ventilated respiratory device over his head as he lies in a hospital bed at Bergamo's Papa Giovanni XXIII hospital, northern Italy, Friday, April 3, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.(Claudio Furlan/LaPresse via AP)

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Cuomo will seize medical gear as COVID-19 cases surge

by Marina Villenueve Associated Press, John Leicester Associated Press, and Aritz Parra Associated PressApril 3, 2020

Spanish Army soldiers mount a tent to be used by hospital patients during the coronavirus outbreak in Madrid, Spain, Monday, March 30, 2020. Bells tolled in Madrid's deserted central square and flags were lowered in a day of mourning Monday as Spain raced to build field hospitals to treat an onslaught of coronavirus patients. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause...

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Spain’s hospitals at breaking point; Navy hospital ship arrives in NYC

by Aritz Parra Associated Press, and David Rising Associated PressMarch 30, 2020

A member of the Brazil delegation during the closing plenary at the COP25 summit in Madrid, Sunday Dec. 15, 2019. Negotiators from almost 200 nations planned to gather for a final time at the U.N. climate meeting in Madrid early Sunday to pass declarations calling for greater ambition in cutting planet-heating greenhouse gases and in helping poor countries suffering the effects of climate change. But one of the key issues at the talks, an agreement on international carbon markets,...

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UN climate talks end with slim deal

by Frank Jordans Associated Press, and Aritz Parra Associated PressDecember 15, 2019

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks during a press conference at the COP25 climate talks summit in Madrid, Monday.

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UN chief: No surrender on climate fight

by Aritz Parra Associated Press, and Frank Jordans Associated PressDecember 2, 2019

The Open Arms rescue ship arrives on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, southern Italy, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019. An Italian prosecutor ordered the seizure of a rescue ship and the immediate evacuation of more than 80 migrants still aboard, capping a drama Tuesday that saw 15 people jump overboard in a desperate bid to escape deteriorating conditions on the vessel and Spain dispatch a naval ship to try to resolve the crisis. (AP Photo/Salvatore Cavalli)

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Migrants exit rescue ship in Italy after 19-day standoff

by Colleen Barry Associated Press, and Aritz Parra Associated PressAugust 20, 2019