International

Ginebra, 19 jun (EFE).- Unicef denunció hoy la práctica estadounidense de separar niños inmigrantes de sus padres en la frontera con México y recordó que bajo cualquier circunstancia los menores de edad deben estar siempre junto a sus familias. La directora ejecutiva del Fondo de las Naciones Unidas para la Infancia (Unicef), Henrietta Fore, dijo …

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Bogota, June 17 (EFE).- The Common Alternative Revolutionary Force (FARC), a left-wing political party founded after the country’s guerrilla movement disarmed, Sunday expressed its willingness to meet with the president-elect of Colombia and celebrated the elections that were held peacefully without any incident. “The FARC expresses its willingness to meet with the president-elect to present …

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Bogota, Jun 17 (EFE).- The president-elect of Colombia, Ivan Duque, said Sunday that “a new generation” comes to power following his victory in the presidential elections, and stressed his intention to unite the country. “With humility and with honor I want to tell the Colombian people that I will give all my energies to unite …

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Managua, Jun 16 (EFE).- Unidentified assailants killed two men in Managua on Saturday, not far from where a fire left at least seven people dead, including three children, Nicaragua’s National Police said in a statement. The two men who were shot dead have been identified as Francisco Ramon Arauz Pineda and Antonio Fernandez, the National …

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Guatemala, 16 jun (EFE).- Un nuevo lahar, de 35 metros de ancho y 2 de alto, desciende hoy por las faldas del volcán de Fuego de Guatemala debido a las intensas lluvias. Según el último boletín del Instituto Nacional de Sismología, Vulcanología, Meteorología e Hidrología, el material volcánico, derivado de la erupción que el pasado …

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Bogota, Jun 16 (EFE).- Gustavo Petro, Colombia’s left-wing presidential candidate, who does not belong to any of the traditional parties, has defied his country’s status quo by reaching the second round of the election, set to take place on Sunday. Some 4.8 million Colombians voted for Petro in the election’s first round in late May, …

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Shanghai, China, Jun 16 (EFE).- China said on Saturday it will impose new import tariffs on about $50 billion worth of products from the United States, in response to the latest announcement by the US imposing new tariffs on goods from China, The Chinese State Council decided to impose 25 percent additional tariffs on 659 …

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Guatemala City, June 15 (EFE).- Tourists from a Japanese cruise ship that docked in Guatemala this week have raised more than $11,000 for those affected by the eruption of the Fuego volcano in the Central American country, the Japanese embassy said Friday. The ship, Asuka II, arrived in Puerto Quetzal on the country’s Pacific coast …

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