Mary Andrade

Iquitos, Peru, Mar 6 (EFE).- A small, garnet-colored boat has begun navigating parts of Peru’s Amazon region as part of a crucial mission: to halt the worrying spread of HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) among the local indigenous population. Launched Tuesday by Los Angeles-based non-profit AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) in Iquitos, a hot and bustling northern …

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Roma, 6 mar (EFE).- Italia devolvió hoy oficialmente a México 594 pinturas ex voto sustraídas ilegalmente al patrimonio cultural mexicano y exportadas al país europeo, en una ceremonia celebrada en la Sala della Crociera del Ministerio para los Bienes y Actividades Culturales de Roma. “Es un símbolo extraordinario del respeto a la cultura de otro …

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Caracas, Mar 5 (EFE).- Juan Guaido, the head of Venezuela’s opposition-controlled Parliament and self-proclaimed interim president, met on Tuesday with union representatives and announced that he will launch a staggered strike within the public administration to continue exerting pressure to leave office on President Nicolas Maduro, whose government the opposition considers illegitimate. “We’re definitively moving …

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Quito, Mar 5 (EFE).- A study involving several institutions will soon begin monitoring newborn specimens of two shark species that breed in waters of Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands. Twelve acoustic transmitters in the waters off San Cristobal Island’s Puerto Grande Beach will be in charge of gathering information about how the marine reserve protects them during …

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