The South China Sea and the conflict in Myanmar are high on the agenda of the 10-member bloc
A Mexican mountaineer has spent 32 days living at 5,636 meters (18,491 feet) above sea level on North America's tallest volcano, known as the "roof of Mexico."
Perla Tijerina, 31, left the summit on Thursday and began descending Pico de Orizaba, the country's highest peak, according to a video posted on her Instagram account.
The feat was a "personal challenge" to show that women can "do extraordinary things," Tijerina said in messages to AFP hours before going down the volcano, which is also known as Citlaltepetl.
Tijerina documented the challenge on her social media accounts using her cellphone, solar chargers and batteries brought up the peak by other climbers.
She posted majestic images of the snow-covered summit, sunrise on a clear day, the moonlit night, as well as her difficulties cooking and her tent shaking in a storm.
"I've been with nature, with God, with myself. This place is magical," she said.
Before attacking the summit of Pico de Orizaba, Tijerina spent a week acclimatizing at altitudes of 3,000 and 5,000 meters.
The world of mountaineering is dominated by those who climbed a peak first, fastest, the most times or found a new route up, but records of staying at height are scarce.
According to specialized publications, Spanish mountaineer Fernando Garrido holds the world record for spending 62 days at 6,961 meters on Argentina's Aconcagua, the highest mountain in the Americas, in 1986.
Tijerina is now planning training expeditions in Bolivia, Peru and Chile later this year.
Her dream is to summit one of the world's 14 mountains taller than 8,000 meters without supplementary oxygen.
Pakistan's 8,611-meter K2, the world's second-highest mountain, "is my biggest dream," Tijerina said.
She spent eight months in Ecuador preparing to climb the 8,201-meter Cho Oyu in the Himalayas, but hypoxia -- low blood oxygen levels -- forced her to return home.
Mexico has a history of producing great mountaineers.
Carlos Carsolio was the fourth person -- and first non-European -- to climb the 14 eight-thousand-meter peaks between 1985 and 1996, while Elsa Avila became the first Latin American woman to summit Everest in 1999.
The South China Sea and the conflict in Myanmar are high on the agenda of the 10-member bloc
Volker Turk calls for an impartial, independent and transparent investigation
Since late 2023, we have observed a rise in human cases and the virus spreading to new animal species, says FAO official
Musk, who has endorsed Trump, earlier this week said he did not pledge $45 million to Trump, following a
Von der Leyen gives EU capitals until August 30 to put forward 'a man and a woman as candidate' so she could interview them mid-August and make her pick
Fighting has rocked the town of Lashio, home to the military's northeastern command, since July 3 when an alliance of ethnic armed groups renewed an offensive against junta troops
In both countries in recent years, schemes were introduced for family allowances that were smaller for some groups of workers than for others
At least 20 people were killed in Manila and surrounding provinces as the heavy rain triggered floods and landslides