Los Ángeles, 29 jun (EFE).- Un juez federal paralizó hoy una ley estatal de California que obligaba a los ciudadanos de este estado a deshacerse antes del 1 de julio de los cargadores de armas con una alta capacidad de albergar munición que tuvieran en su poder. Según informó hoy el diario Los Ángeles Times, …
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Washington, Jun 29 (EFE).- The House of Representatives on Thursday approved two bills designed to toughen measures against undocumented immigrants, a victory for President Donald Trump, who had promised during his campaign to take these actions, although neither one has yet been approved by the Senate. The first of the measures, approved in a 228-195 …
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Washington, Jun 29 (EFE).- A prominent actress said in a complaint filed here Thursday with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights that the Mexican government has violated her rights in its probe of her ties to Joaquin “El Chapo” (Shorty) Guzman, a notorious drug lord currently in pre-trial detention in the United States. In the …
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Washington, Jun 28 (EFE).- President Donald Trump met at the White House on Wednesday with victims of crimes committed by undocumented immigrants, and he urged Congress to approve a law increasing penalties for criminals who have been deported but have illegally reentered the country. In brief remarks delivered before journalists, Trump emphasized that “countless … …
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Washington, Jun 28 (EFE).- Democratic senators held an event here Wednesday to blast Republicans’ proposed replacement for Obamacare as a “death sentence” for more than 6 million US Latinos who stand to lose insurance coverage. Sens. Bob Menendez of New Jersey, Tim Kaine of Virginia, and Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada were joined by representatives …
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Lima, Jun 28 (EFE).- The head of Peru’s Popular Force party, Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of imprisoned former President Alberto Fujimori, testified for more than three hours on Wednesday before the prosecutor investigating alleged securities laundering to finance her 2011 presidential election campaign. Fujimori appeared before prosecutor Sara Vidal to “cooperate with the investigation,” as …
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New York, Jun 28 (EFE).- Blacks have not been the only minority group to suffer racial discrimination in the United States, according to a Hispanic civil rights attorney, who said Latinos also were victims of Jim Crow laws in place between 1876 and 1965 and continue to experience unjust treatment today through the criminal justice …
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México, 27 jun (EFE).- El poeta y ensayista mexicano Alberto Blanco definió a la poesía como “un misterio” y “una verdad evidente” al recibir hoy el Premio Xavier Villaurrutia de Escritores para Escritores 2016 en el Palacio de Bellas Artes de Ciudad de México. “La poesía es un misterio. He aquí una sencilla frase que …
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Miami, 27 jun (EFEUSA).- A pocos meses de cerrar la segunda etapa de su aventura como dúo, el grupo Sin Bandera hace balance de lo que significaron para ellos los dos últimos años y valoran la posibilidad de “escribir un libro” sobre su reunión debido a los éxitos que han sumado por todo el continente. …
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Mesetas, Colombia, Jun 27 (EFE).- The war that the Colombian government and FARC rebels have waged against each other for more than 50 years is over, President Juan Manuel Santos said here Tuesday at a ceremony to mark the guerrillas’ disarmament. “Today, June 27, is – for me and I believe for the immense majority …
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