Apartado, Colombia, Mar 21 (EFE).- Growing along with the bunches of bananas in the plantations of Uraba in northwestern Colombia are the hopes of a region that is working to erase once and for all the stigma of violence by raising the brand image of its bananas to the status of Colombian coffee. The Banana …
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Washington, 21 mar (EFE).- Los dirigentes republicanos de la Cámara de Representantes de Estados Unidos introdujeron en la noche del lunes algunas enmiendas a la propuesta de ley sanitaria destinada a reemplazar a “Obamacare”, para convencer así a sus congresistas díscolos. El paquete de enmiendas pretende satisfacer tanto al sector ultraconservador, que considera insuficientes los …
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Lima, Mar 20 (EFE).- The intense rains in recent days have increased the water flow in the Amazon River, which passes through Peru’s northern jungle, to a critical level which will probably cause flooding in the city of Iquitos and several districts in Maynas province, according to Peru’s Senamhi national weather service. Given the weather …
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Washington, Mar 20 (EFE).- The FBI director confirmed Monday that his agency is investigating possible collusion between the United States President’s campaign and the Russian government to influence the 2016 US presidential election. During his opening statement at the first public hearing held in Congress on the matter, James Comey said he had received authorization …
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Washington, Mar 20 (EFE).- Democratic senators on Monday during a congressional hearing launched their campaign against Judge Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump’s nominee for the vacant Supreme Court seat, and who has promised, if he is confirmed by the Republican-controlled Congress, that he will be an independent justice “faithful” to the laws and the Constitution. …
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Washington, Mar 19 (EFE).- US President Donald Trump plans to nominate George Conway, the husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, to head the Justice Department’s Civil Division, media reports said Sunday. George Conway, a partner in the litigation department at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, will be appointed to the post, overseeing about 1,000 …
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El Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores del Perú ha tomado una serie de medidas para hacer llegar ayuda del exterior a los damnificados por las lluvias de “El Niño Costero” en nuestro país. A continuación, cómo apoyar desde otras partes del mundo. “El Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores ha dispuesto que nuestras Embajadas y Consulados, distribuidos en todos los …
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Mérida (México), 19 mar (EFE).- Entre los proyectos para revitalizar la lengua maya en el estado mexicano de Yucatán, la música y el canto tienen la virtud de volver a hacernos “sentir pueblo”, aseguró a Efe Yazmín Novelo Montejo. “La música me parece muy importante porque trabaja no solamente con la difusión del discurso, sino …
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Miami, Mar 19 (EFE).- President Donald Trump on the weekend discussed the Venezuelan situation by telephone with Brazilian President Michel Temer and is expected to do the same on Sunday with his Chilean counterpart, Michelle Bachelet. Trump, who is spending the weekend at Mar-a-Lago, his exclusive Florida country club and resort, is scheduled to speak …
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Washington, Mar 18 (EFE).- Chuck Berry, one of the great icons and founders of rock and roll, from the time he released “Maybellene” in 1955, died Saturday at his home at age 90, according to the County Police Of St. Charles, in Missouri, USA. In a message on their Facebook account, St. Charles County Police …
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