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United Nations, Apr 14 (EFE).- Russia accused the United States and its allies here Saturday of “trampling” international law by launching strikes against Syria, adding that the legal excuses for the attack were “shameful.” “You are trampling the United Nations Charter and international law,” Russia’s ambassador to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, said while addressing the …
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Quito, Apr 13 (EFE).- Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno said Friday that the three journalists abducted last month near the Colombian border are dead. “It is with great sadness that I announce the expiration of the established 12-hour deadline,” he said at a packed press conference in Quito. “We have not received proof of life and …
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United Nations, Apr 13 (EFE).- The secretary-general of the United Nations said Friday that the Cold War has returned with a vengeance and that the situation in Syria currently poses the biggest threat to international peace and security. Antonio Guterres made his remarks to the UN Security Council during a meeting called by Russia to …
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Lima, Apr 12 (EFE).- Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra on Thursday urged business owners from across the Americas to collaborate with governments to help boost the region’s economic development and to fight corruption. During the third CEO Summit leading up to Friday’s Summit of the Americas, Vizcarra encouraged a “productive dialog to be established between the …
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Quito, Apr 11 (EFE).- Controlling cancer in rural Latin America is deficient due to late diagnoses and lack of care for patients, Central University of Ecuador (UCE) Medical School dean Ramiro Lopez said Wednesday during a health forum in Quito organized by the university and Agencia EFE. “These are, often, also the most impoverished areas …
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United Nations, Apr 10 (EFE).- Russia blocked on Tuesday a United Nations resolution proposed by the United States to investigate chemical attacks in Syria as the possibility of military action by Washington against the Damascus regime appeared to grow. Moscow used its veto right in the Security Council to prevent approval of the text of …
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Bogota, Apr 10 (EFE).- The peace accord between the Colombian government and the FARC rebel group is at “its most critical moment” because of the arrest of a forma guerrilla commander, the deputy leader of the insurgency-turned-political party said Tuesday. “With the arrest of our comrade Jesus Santrich, the peace process is at its most …
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Caracas, Apr 9 (EFE).- Dozens of patients with Parkinson’s disease demanded Monday that Venezuelan health authorities renew the program through which they had received medicines, and which they said has been inoperative since last August, and asked the United Nations representative in the country to intervene in the situation. “We demand that the government immediately …
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Beijing, Apr 9 (EFE).- China said Monday it was impossible to hold negotiations with the United States to prevent a trade war between the two countries because of threats by Washington in the form of tariffs. “Under the current circumstances it is impossible to conduct negotiations on trade and the US is to blame for …
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