International

San Salvador, Jun 14 (EFE).- Salvadoran civil society organizations condemned here Thursday the “violent and repressive acts” against university students and professors who sought to enter Congress to deliver a petition opposing water privatization. The Social Initiative for Democracy and the Citizens’ Network for Democracy and Transparency issued a joint statement in which they demand …

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Guatemala City, Jun 12 (EFE).- Guatemalans on Tuesday bid farewell to their relatives and friends who lost their lives during Fuego Volcano’s eruption on Jun. 3, one of the most violent in recent years. Although no search and rescue work was carried out in the area on Tuesday, heavy equipment did enter the affected area …

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Guatemala City, Jun 11 (EFE).- Guatemala’s civil defense officials on Monday urgently evacuated the community of El Rodeo due to lahars, which took the same route as the pyroclastic flows that caused the death of at least 114 people, and about 197 missing, on Jun. 3. The “total evacuation” was carried out by two trucks …

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Guatemala City, Jun 10 (EFE).- The violent eruption of the Volcan del Fuego volcano last weekend, the death toll for which currently stands at 110, is keeping Guatemala on the highest alert level since activity within the fire mountain is not subsiding, while rescue and recovery brigades have resumed scouring the area for more victims. …

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Guatemala City, Jun. 7 (EFE).- The death toll from the eruption of the Fuego volcano in Guatemala on Jun. 3 has risen to 109 after another 10 bodies were found, the National Institute of Forensic Sciences (INACIF) reported Thursday. The INACIF said in a statement that seven of the bodies found were transferred to the …

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Quebec City, Canada, Jun 7 (EFE).- Some 500 people on Thursday protested in Quebec against the G7 summit, which will begin on Friday in La Malbaie, about 140 kilometers east of the Quebec capital. The demonstrators marched around the center of Quebec City from 6pm (22.00 GMT) without violent incident, although security forces arrested at …

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Cuzco, Peru, Jun 6 (EFE).- Largely unknown outside of the Andes, the region’s many multi-colored potato species may aid in preventing malnourishment and cancer, Peruvian researchers told EFE on Wednesday. In their facility in Zurite, in the Andean region of Cuzco, scientists with Peru’s National Institute for Agrarian Innovation (INIA) are doing research on the …

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