Christopher Torchia, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

A volunteer stands on land scorched by wildfires in the Chiquitania Forest near Robore, Bolivia, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019. While global attention has been focused on fires burning across the Brazilian Amazon, neighboring Bolivia is battling its own vast blazes. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

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Respiratory ailments hit in Amazon

by Luis Andres Henao Associated Press, and Christopher Torchia Associated PressAugust 27, 2019

PORTO VELHO, Brazil — Acrimony between Brazil and European countries seeking to help fight Amazon fires deepened on Tuesday, jeopardizing hopes of global unity over how to protect a region seen as vital to the health of the planet.A personal spat…

Opposition leader Juan Guaidó flashes a thumbs up at supporters during a rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, May 1, 2019. Guaidó called for Venezuelans to fill streets around the country Wednesday to demand President Nicolas Maduro's ouster. Maduro is also calling for his supporters to rally. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

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Venezuelans take to streets

by Scott Smith Associated Press, and Christopher Torchia Associated PressMay 1, 2019

An opponent to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro carrying a Venezuelan flag covers his face amid tear gas fired by soldiers loyal to Maduro during an attempted military uprising to oust Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, April 30, 2019. Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó and jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez took to the streets with a small contingent of armed troops early Tuesday in a call for the military to rise up and oust Maduro. (AP Photo/Boris Vergara)

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Clashes rock Venezuela’s capital as opposition leader urges uprising

by Scott Smith Associated Press, and Christopher Torchia Associated PressApril 30, 2019

Mourners carry the body of Feisal Ahmed, who was killed with his colleague Abdalla Dahir in Tuesday’s attack, as they leave a mosque and head to the funerals in Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday.

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Kenya hotel attack kills 14, plus gunmen

by Christopher Torchia Associated PressJanuary 17, 2019

Malawian migrant Jonas smokes marijuana on the rooftop of an abandoned building in downtown Johannesburg, Sept. 18.

South Africa poised for cannabis trade

by Christopher Torchia Associated PressDecember 23, 2018

Activists, protesting the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, hold a candlelight vigil outside Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018. The poster reads in Arabic:' Khashoggi's Friends Around the World'. A group of Arab and international public, political and media figures are establishing a global association called "Khashoggi's Friends Around the World"; "to achieve justice for the freedom martyr". (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

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Story changes on Khashoggi killing

by Aya Batrawy Associated Press, and Christopher Torchia Associated PressOctober 26, 2018

Zimbabwean President elect Emmerson Mnangagwa smiles while addressing a press conference in Harare ,Friday, Aug, 3, 2018. Zimbabwe's president says people are free to approach the courts if they have issues with the results of Monday's election, which he carried with just over 50 percent of the vote. President Emmerson Mnangagwa spoke to journalists shortly after opposition leader Nelson Chamisa called the election results manipulated and said they would be challenged in court. (AP...

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Zimbabwe’s new president talks unity; challenger alleges fraud

by Christopher Torchia Associated PressAugust 3, 2018

A supporter of Zimbabwean's main opposition party MDC, who was arrested following clashes, is seen detained in a police vehicle outside the MDC headquarters, in Harare, Thursday Aug. 2, 2018. Gunfire, tear gas, and burning cars disrupted Harare's streets Wednesday as armed riot police and army troops clashed with rock-throwing opposition supporters after the Electoral Commission announced it would not give the results in July 30 2018 presidential elections today.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

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Mnangagwa takes lead in Zimbabwe’s vote count

by Christopher Torchia Associated Press, and Farai Mutsaka Associated PressAugust 2, 2018

An opposition MDC party supporters hold his hands up after being sprayed with a water canon and in clouds of teargas on a street in Harare during clashes with police Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018. Hundreds of angry opposition supporters outside Zimbabwe's electoral commission were met by riot police firing tear gas as the country awaited the results of Monday's presidential election, the first after the fall of longtime leader Robert Mugabe. (AP Photo/Mujahid Safodien)

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Post-election protests violently quelled in Zimbabwe

by Christopher Torchia Associated Press, and Farai Mutsaka Associated PressAugust 1, 2018

Zimbabweans queue as they wait to vote at the Sherwood Primary School in Kwekwe, Zimbabwe, Monday July 30, 2018. The vote will be a first for the southern African nation following a military takeover and the ousting of former longterm leader Robert Mugabe. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

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Counting starts after Zimbabweans vote in pivotal election

by Christopher Torchia Associated Press, and Farai Mutsaka Associated PressJuly 30, 2018