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February 6, 2019 (Wednesday)

Disasters and accidents

2018 Anchorage earthquake
- Two aftershocks strike Anchorage, Alaska, the first a magnitude 4.1, and the second a magnitude 3.7, occurring 23 minutes later. (Anchorage Daily News)
Heavy rain hits Rio de Janeiro, leaving three people dead and two missing. (G1)
Fourteen people were killed, and fourteen others are injured when an eight-story apartment building collapsed in Istanbul, Turkey. (BBC News)

Health and environment

2019 Philippines measles outbreak
- The Philippines Department of Health declares a measles outbreak attributed to the drop in trust in vaccines due to the Dengvaxia controversy. (The Philippine Star)

International relations

Accession of Macedonia to NATO
- In Brussels, an accession protocol for joining NATO is signed between Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of NATO, and Nikola Dimitrov, foreign minister of the Republic of Macedonia. (The Washington Post)
2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis, Colombia–Venezuela relations
- The Venezuelan National Guard blocks off a bridge on the Colombia–Venezuela border with a tanker truck. The Venezuelan opposition had been planning to use the bridge to bring humanitarian aid into the country, while President Nicolás Maduro has rejected foreign aid, saying "we're not a nation of beggars". (BBC News) (Daily Star)

Law and crime

Game law
- In a landmark decision, the Constitutional Court of Colombia rules to ban recreational hunting, citing environmental protection concerns. (El Tiempo)

Politics and elections

2019 Guatemalan general election
- The Attorney General files a request to withdraw immunity to the presidential candidate of National Unity of Hope, former First Lady Sandra Torres, for alleged crimes of illicit electoral financing. Torres said it was a political persecution of the former Attorney General and presidential candidate Thelma Aldana. (The Washington Post)

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+;Disasters and accidents
+*[[2018 Anchorage earthquake]]
+**Two aftershocks strike [[Anchorage, Alaska]], the first a magnitude 4.1, and the second a magnitude 3.7, occurring 23 minutes later. [https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2019/02/06/2-more-aftershocks-strike-anchorage-within-a-half-hour/ (''Anchorage Daily News'')]
+*Heavy rain hits [[Rio de Janeiro]], leaving three people dead and two missing. [https://g1.globo.com/rj/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/2019/02/06/chuva-volta-ao-rio-na-noite-desta-quarta-e-deve-ficar-ate-domingo.ghtml (''G1'')]
+*Fourteen people were killed, and fourteen others are injured when an eight-story apartment building collapsed in [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]]. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47175709 (BBC News)]
+;Health and environment
+*[[2019 Philippines measles outbreak]]
+**The Philippines [[Department of Health (Philippines)|Department of Health]] declares a [[measles]] outbreak attributed to the drop in trust in vaccines due to the [[Dengvaxia controversy]]. [https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2019/02/07/1891623/measles-outbreak-declared-metro-manila-central-luzon (''The Philippine Star'')]
 ;International relations
 *[[Accession of Macedonia to NATO]]
-**In [[Brussels]], an accession protocol for joining [[NATO]] was signed between [[Jens Stoltenberg]], [[Secretary General of NATO]] and [[Nikola Dimitrov]], foreign minister of the [[Republic of Macedonia]]. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/world/europe/nato-allies-sign-key-macedonia-membership-protocol/2019/02/06/58a1bca8-29fa-11e9-906e-9d55b6451eb4_story.html?noredirect=on (The Washington Post)]
+**In [[Brussels]], an accession protocol for joining [[NATO]] is signed between [[Jens Stoltenberg]], [[Secretary General of NATO]], and [[Nikola Dimitrov]], foreign minister of the [[Republic of Macedonia]]. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/world/europe/nato-allies-sign-key-macedonia-membership-protocol/2019/02/06/58a1bca8-29fa-11e9-906e-9d55b6451eb4_story.html?noredirect=on (''The Washington Post'')]
+*[[2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis]], [[Colombia–Venezuela relations]]
+**The [[Venezuelan National Guard]] blocks off a bridge on the [[Colombia–Venezuela border]] with a [[Tank truck|tanker truck]]. The Venezuelan opposition had been planning to use the bridge to bring [[humanitarian aid]] into the country, while President [[Nicolás Maduro]] has rejected foreign aid, saying "we're not a nation of beggars". [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-47143492 (BBC News)] [http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/World/2019/Feb-06/475999-us-sends-food-medical-aid-to-venezuela-border.ashx (''Daily Star'')]
+;Law and crime
+* [[Game law]]
+** In a landmark decision, the [[Constitutional Court of Colombia]] rules to ban [[trophy hunting|recreational hunting]], citing [[environmental protection]] concerns. [https://www.eltiempo.com/justicia/investigacion/corte-constitucional-prohibe-a-caza-deportiva-en-colombia-323858# (''El Tiempo'')]
+;Politics and elections
+*[[2019 Guatemalan general election]]
+**The [[Attorney General of Guatemala|Attorney General]] files a request to withdraw immunity to the presidential candidate of [[National Unity of Hope]], former [[First Lady of Guatemala|First Lady]] [[Sandra Torres (politician)|Sandra Torres]], for alleged crimes of illicit electoral financing. Torres said it was a political persecution of the former Attorney General and presidential candidate [[Thelma Aldana]]. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/guatemala-presidential-candidate-targeted-over-financing/2019/02/06/22b5a934-2a62-11e9-906e-9d55b6451eb4_story.html (''The Washington Post'')]
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