New York, Mar 22 (EFE).- A “wall of backpacks” abandoned by dozens of migrants who crossed the Sonoran Desert trying to reach the United States is on display – and is still being added to – as an exhibit in New York in answer to the immigration policy of President Donald Trump. Each backpack represents …
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México, 22 mar (EFE).- El Gobierno de México puso en marcha un programa de atención a sus ciudadanos repatriados de Estados Unidos, mediante el convenio “Atención de Mexicanos en Retorno” firmado hoy por las secretarías de Gobernación y de Educación Pública. El objetivo es colaborar en la atención de los mexicanos repatriados, señalaron las dos …
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Mexico City, Mar 22 (EFE).- A Mexican-born actress tied to Joaquin “El Chapo” (Shorty) Guzman said Wednesday that authorities in her homeland were no longer seeking to locate and question her about her connection to the imprisoned drug lord but that that case had not yet been closed and that a new one had been …
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Washington, Mar 21 (EFE).- The United States is requiring electronic devices larger than mobile phones to be placed in checked baggage on direct flights to the US from eight Muslim-majority countries in the Middle East and Africa. Starting Tuesday, passengers on non-stop flights from those countries to the US will not be allowed to take …
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Washington, Mar 21 (EFE).- President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a bill authorizing $19.5 billion in funding for NASA for the current fiscal year and set a target of sending humans to Mars by the 2030s. Trump said he was “delighted” to sign the bill in the Oval Office, where he was accompanied by several …
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Managua, Mar 21 (EFE).- Emergency management chief Rogelio Flores said Tuesday that “thousands of people took part” in the first national multiple-threat drill of the year in Nicaragua. The evacuation and reaction of citizens faced with extreme natural phenomena that could turn into disasters, such as an earthquake, a tsunami, the eruption of a volcano …
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Washington, 21 mar (EFEUSA).- El Consejo Nacional de La Raza (NCLR) anunció hoy una “campaña de acción” a favor de la reforma sanitaria del Gobierno del expresidente Barack Obama, conocida como Obamacare, que la actual Administración de Donald Trump quiere eliminar. La campaña de la mayor organización en defensa de los hispanos tiene como objetivo …
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United Nations, Mar 22 (EFE).- Nearly 600 million children, one in four worldwide, will live in areas with extremely limited water resources by 2040, according to a report released late Tuesday by the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF). UNICEF warned of the threat to children’s lives due to the lack of safe water …
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México, 21 mar (EFE).- El procurador general de México, Raúl Cervantes, concluyó hoy una gira en Estados Unidos que permitió establecer las bases de una “nueva etapa” en la relación bilateral, informó hoy la Procuraduría General de la República (PGR, fiscalía). Del 20 al 21 de marzo Cervantes se reunió con su homólogo estadounidense, Jeff …
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Washington, Mar 21 (EFE).- Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez on Tuesday met in Washington with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and various lawmakers. The Honduran leader is on a three-day visit to the US capital. Tillerson had been scheduled to welcome Hernandez to the State Department at 5 pm, according to the department. A …
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