Chicago, 3 jun (EFE).- Siete de cada diez pacientes con un tipo de cáncer de mama común en fase inicial no necesitan recibir quimioterapia tras la cirugía, lo que evitará a miles de mujeres los efectos secundarios derivados de ese tratamiento. Son los datos de un ensayo clínico en fase III denominado Tailor, que fue …
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La Paz, Jun 1 (EFE).- A new law was signed Friday in Bolivia that provides access to a pension to 84,000 truckers, a group of workers who play a crucial role in the economy but who have long been excluded from the pension system. The law was signed by President Evo Morales before thousands of …
Havana, Jun 1 (EFE).- The United States and Cuba have restored direct postal exchange between the two countries on a permanent basis after a nearly two-year pilot program, the Cuban official news agency said Friday. Cuban postal authorities and the US Postal Service “have agreed to permanently restore the postal exchange with direct flights,” ACN …
Panamá, 30 may (EFE).- Los modelos adoptados sobre ciudades inteligentes por los países de Latinoamérica deben ir acompañados de una difusión educativa relacionada a conceptos de sostenibilidad, inteligencia artificial y unión colaborativa para que funcionen, indicaron hoy expertos durante un evento en la ciudad de Panamá. “Lamentablemente Latinoamérica está incipiente en el concepto de de …
Lima, May 30 (EFE).- The color and magic of the women of the Shawi tribe, a little-known indigenous people in the Peruvian Amazon, are on display in Lima in a photo exposition. The “Shawi Sanapi” (Shawi woman, in their language) exhibit includes portraits of the indigenous women of the village of Balsapuerto taken by Finnish …
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Havana, May 29 (EFE).- Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel attended on Tuesday a meeting to evaluate the damages created by Subtropical Storm Alberto, whose torrential rains have provoked dangerous flooding. The central and western parts of the island have been affected the most, forcing more than 15,000 people to evacuate from the provinces of Sancti Spiritus, …
México, 29 may (EFE).- Fumar y enfrentarse a altos niveles de estrés en la vida cotidiana son dos factores de riesgo para sufrir un infarto al miocardio, dijo hoy Hugo Ricardo Hernández García, director del Hospital de Especialidades del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS) en Jalisco Agregó que en la actualidad este problema se …
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Bogota, May 27 (EFE).- Ivan Duque, of former President Alvaro Uribe’s Democratic Center party, won the first round of the presidential vote held in Colombia on Sunday with just over 39 percent of the ballots, according to the official vote count. With 99.46 percent of the ballots counted, Duque has 7,539,930 votes, or 39.11 percent, …
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Santiago, May 25 (EFE).- Chilean President Sebastian Piñera announced Friday an energy plan than is cleaner, more competitive and more sustainable. This is the “2018-2022 Energy Roadmap: Modernization with the citizens’ stamp of approval,” which the president presented at La Moneda Palace together with Energy Minister Susana Jimenez, and which is the guide to the …
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Asuncion, May 25 (EFE).- Conservative Mario Abdo Benitez was proclaimed president-elect of Paraguay this Friday at a ceremony in which he promised a head-on fight against corruption and impunity, and at which the 45 senators voted into office on April 22 were also proclaimed, including the current president, Horacio Cartes. “I want to unite the …
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