Mexico City, Apr 5 (EFE).- Presidents of the more than 200 institutions represented by the Association of Universities of Latin America and the Caribbean (UDUAL) on Thursday urged greater emphasis on social development. During the inauguration of the UDUAL’s 7th Extraordinary General Assembly in Mexico City, the chancellor of Spain’s University of Salamanca, Ricardo Rivero, …
Washington DC, Apr 5 (EFE).- The President of the United States announced Thursday that he is considering to impose a new set of tariffs worth $100 billion on Chinese products after the Asian giant decided to apply extra duties on US products in response to the $50 billion of taxes Washington levied on Chinese imports. …
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Caracas, Apr 4 (EFE).- A dozen or so Venezuelan children suffering from cancer on Wednesday staged a protest in front of the JM de los Rios Children’s Hospital in Caracas to denounce the scarcity of medicines and the lack of medical care available at the public health facility, which is one of the country’s key …
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Bogota, Apr 2 (EFE).- The reconstruction of Mocoa, a city in southern Colombia that was devastated a year ago by an avalanche that left 335 people dead, took a step back toward normal with the delivery of 28 new houses to families left homeless. Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos was scheduled to inspect the constructions …
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La Paz, Apr 2 (EFE).- A magnitude-6.6 earthquake rocked southeastern Bolivia on Monday, but there are no reports of injuries or serious damage, seismologists at the San Calixto Observatory said. The US Geological Survey (USGS) estimated the magnitude at 6.8 and located the epicenter at 562.4 kilometers (349.4 miles) in depth in the area of …
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San Jose, Apr 1 (EFE).- The presidential candidate of the National Restoration Party, Fabricio Alvarado, Sunday acknowledged his loss in the second round presidential run-off vote, and congratulated his rival, Carlos Alvarado, for his overwhelming victory. “I congratulate Carlos Alvarado, once I was given the results from the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, I called him, I …
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Quito, Apr 1 (EFE).- Ecuadorian Tourism Minister Enrique Ponce de Leon said in an interview with EFE that the level of both local and foreign tourism to the Galapagos Islands should be raised. “We all call them the ‘crown jewels,’ but let’s be real: I don’t think we’re treating them as such,” the minister said, …
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Roma, 30 mar (EFE).- El Papa Francisco lamentó hoy la “vergüenza” de que los jóvenes hereden en el futuro “un mundo fracturado por las divisiones y las guerras” de la generación actual, en la oración que pronunció en el Via Crucis de Viernes Santo ante el Coliseo romano. El pontífice, como es tradición, asistió a …
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Barinas, Venezuela, Mar 29 (EFE).- Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Henri Falcon on Thursday held a campaign rally in the birthplace of the late former President Hugo Chavez, who governed the country from 1999 until his death in 2013. Falcon strolled among the crowd of hundreds in the capital of the western state of Barinas summarizing …
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Caracas, Mar 29 (EFE).- Venezuela’s prosecutor confirmed on Wednesday that at least 68 people died in a fire in the detention facility of Carabobo state police in Valencia in the center of the country, where a riot reportedly broke out early morning. “The Public Prosecutor’s Office informs the public that in the face of the …
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