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- 13 September 2024 – War on drugs in Ecuador
- Maria Daniela Icaza, director of the Litoral Penitentiary in Guayaquil, the largest prison in Ecuador and the site of the country's deadliest prison riot in 2021, is fatally shot in her vehicle by suspected drug gang gunmen. (CBS News)
- 9 September 2024 – 2024 Brazil wildfires, 2023–2024 South American drought
- Fifty-nine percent of Brazil's area suffers from significant drought conditions, the worst national drought recorded. These conditions cause historically low Amazon basin levels and are contributing to at least 160,000 wildfires in 2024 that are causing widespread air pollution. (AP)
- 1 September 2024 – 2024 Brazil wildfires
- The number of wildfires in the Amazon rainforest reaches its highest number in fourteen years at 38,266 fire hotspots as a result of an ongoing drought in South America. (Reuters)
- 24 August 2024 – 2024 Brazil wildfires, 2023–2024 South American drought
- At least two people are killed at an industrial plant in Urupês after trying to control widespread wildfires impacting at least 30 cities in São Paulo state, Brazil. (Reuters)
- 22 August 2024 – 2024 Canada railway shutdown
- Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Kansas City lock out roughly 10,000 unionized railroad workers in Canada, leading to a railway stoppage that impacts many North American supply chains and may cost the economy of Canada C$341 million per day. (Reuters)
- 22 August 2024 – 2023–2024 South American drought
- 2024 Brazil wildfires