Havana, May 24 (EFE).- The second black box of Cubana de Aviacion flight DMJ-972 that crashed in Havana on May 18 was retrieved, official sources reported Thursday. The second black box found was the flight data recorder, president of Cuba’s Institute of Civil Aviation (IACC) Armando Daniel Lopez, who heads the investigation committee into the …
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Caracas, May 24 (EFE).- The Venezuelan President Thursday ordered the armed forces to sign a “loyalty” document after several soldiers were found to have allegedly tried to engage in a conspiracy to hinder the presidential elections on May 20. “I have ordered (the military) to take the oath and turn it into a document to …
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Seoul, May 24 (EFE).- North Korea said Thursday that the future of the summit with the United States is “entirely dependent” upon Washington, after both countries threatened to cancel or delay the historic encounter scheduled for Jun. 12 in Singapore. “Whether the US will meet us at a meeting room or encounter us at nuclear-to-nuclear …
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Naciones Unidas, 23 may (EFEUSA).- La ONU reclamó hoy acciones urgentes para aliviar la situación en Gaza y evitar una nueva guerra, mientras las potencias del Consejo de Seguridad discuten posibles medidas tras la violencia de las últimas semanas. “Necesitamos un enfoque unificado para cambiar la actual realidad sobre el terreno en Gaza”, dijo al …
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Holguin, Cuba, May 23 (EFE). In mourning over the tragedy that took the lives of 67 of its residents in one of Cuba’s worst air disasters, the eastern city of Holguin continues weeping for its dead while its seeks strength in unity to mitigate the pain of a wound that will take years to heal. …
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Washington, May 23 (EFE).– An American college on Wednesday announced its list of the 10 most important species of lifeforms discovered last year, which includes an extinct marsupial lion from Australia and a majestic tree found in Brazil. The State University of New York’s College of Environmental Science and Forestry published the list, compiled by …
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Caracas, May 20 (EFE).- The president of the National Electoral Council of Venezuela, Tibisay Lucena, announced Sunday that the head of state, Nicolas Maduro, was re-elected with 5,823,728 votes. The main opponent, Henri Falcon, received 1,820,552 votes, while the candidate Javier Bertucci received 925,042 votes and Reinaldo Quijada 34,614. Lucena said that these results have …
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Isla La Amargura, Colombia, May 18 (EFE).- The small town of Isla La Amargura, home to 753 farmers and Zenu indigenous people, risks being wiped out as water has started overflowing from the under-construction Ituango hydroelectric dam on the Cauca river, in northwest Colombia. The townspeople, accustomed to living in harmony with the Cauca river, …
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Caracas, May 18 (EFE).- A prison riot in the northwestern Venezuelan state of Lara left 10 dead and 25 injured, a military spokesperson told EFE Friday. The violence, which erupted Thursday afternoon, was sparked by the inmates’ displeasure with a new prison regime inside the Fenix Community Penitentiary, the spokesperson said. Some of the prisoners …
Quito, May 18 (EFE).- “The Evil Lady Visa,” a story by Chilean author Ana Carlota Gonzalez, is being told in Quito this Friday in the 12th Storybook Marathon, which will continue until next Sunday, and which this year has migration as its central theme. According to Gonzalez, president of the Ecuadorian Association of Children’s Books …
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