Pereira, Colombia, Feb 15 (EFE).- Colombian authorities arrested Thursday a member of the ELN guerrilla group suspected of organizing a Jan. 27 attack on police in Barranquilla that left six officers dead and 40 wounded. President Juan Manuel Santos announced the arrest of Rafael Antonio Botero Restrepo during his closing statement at the VI Colombia-Ecuador …
Lima, Feb 15 (EFE).- Producers of Peru’s “superfoods,” native and highly nutritious products such as quinoa, Hass avocados and blueberries, have emerged as big winners in the first five years of the Andean nation’s free-trade agreement with the European Union. To mark the anniversary of the EU’s trade accord with Colombia and Peru, a delegation …
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Lima, Feb 13 (EFE).- The Colombian Foreign Minister on Tuesday urged Venezuela to open a humanitarian channel to tackle the migration crisis and to help its citizens receive medicines and food. “We should once again call on the government of Venezuela to open a humanitarian channel, to allow its citizens the possibility of receiving medicines …
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Washington, 12 feb (EFE).- La Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) urgió hoy al Gobierno venezolano a dejar de negar las “graves” violaciones de derechos humanos en el país, tras publicar un informe muy crítico con su actuación y la del poder judicial. “Todavía hay un estado de negación de las violaciones de los derechos …
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Rio de Janeiro, Feb 11 (EFE).- Samba school Imperio Serrano opened Sunday the highly anticipated parades of the Rio Carnival with a homage to China, its culture, inventions and traditions. Imperio Serrano, one of Rio de Janeiro’s most traditional samba schools, on its return to the top tier Special Group this year, decided to put …
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Manizales, Colombia, Feb 11 (EFE).- Climber Egan Bernal won the first Colombia Oro y Paz race, which ended with Dayer Quintana’s triumph in the last stage, along the 187.7 kilometers (116.6 miles) of the route between Armenia and Manizales. Recent Colombian National Time Trial Championship and 2017 Tour de l’Avenir winner Bernal, 21, completed the …
Mexico City, Feb 7 (EFE).- A Mexican engineering student has designed a prototype for “smart lenses” that will help people with vision problems identify faces, read and translate texts, as well as improve their overall quality of life. “Smart lenses (occurred to me) after at work there was someone with weak eyesight and I became …
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Bogota, Feb 6 (EFE).– The Colombian President on Tuesday urged the restoration of democracy in Venezuela at a joint press conference with the US Secretary of State after their meeting in Bogota. Juan Manuel Santos and Rex Tillerson agreed that removing Nicolas Maduro’s “dictatorial regime” was fundamental in order to restore democracy in Venezuela, which …
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Sao Paulo, Feb 5 (EFE).- Not to be kissed by force, not to be cuddled up to from behind and not to be grabbed around the waist without prior consent: Brazilian women have mobilized more than ever this year around the “No means no” movement to put an end to the frequent instances of sexual …
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By Zoilo Carrillo Mexico City, Feb 5 (EFE).- The fight against cancer is medicine’s greatest challenge and requires a rapid transition from traditional diagnoses to a personalization that depends on molecular genetic testing, Horacio Astudillo, a molecular oncology and genomics expert, told EFE. “Medical systems worldwide are already overcome by their traditional forms of patient …
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