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Barranquilla, Colombia, Jan 27 (EFE).- An explosives attack Saturday morning on a police station in the northern Colombian city of Barranquilla left at least four officers dead and 42 others wounded, officials said. Colombian National Police Director Gen. Jorge Hernando Nieto, who traveled to Barranquilla from Bogota, confirmed that casualty count in a press conference …

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México, 23 ene (EFE).- México incumple “de manera habitual” su obligación de acoger a aquellas personas que necesitan protección internacional, y en la mayoría de las ocasiones no les informa de su derecho a solicitar asilo, de acuerdo con un informe publicado hoy por Amnistía Internacional (AI). El documento, titulado “Ignoradas y sin protección: La …

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By Alberto Peña Asuncion, Jan 22 (EFE).- Inhabitants of Los Bañados, riverside districts on the banks of the Paraguay River in Asuncion, were hurrying Monday to evacuate to higher ground, in order to escape the floods that for a week have submerged hundreds of homes and have forced almost 20,000 residents to seek refuge elsewhere. …

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Lima, Jan 21 (EFE).- Pope Francis headed back to Rome on Sunday, concluding his six-day apostolic visit to Chile and Peru after concelebrating a mass before approximately one million believers in Lima. A LATAM airlines flight took off with Pope Francis on board at 19.11 (00.11 GMT on Monday) from the Air Group No.8, a …

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Trujillo, Peru, Jan 20 (EFE).- On the second day of his visit to Peru, Pope Francis spent some 20 minutes traveling on the only paved highway in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of the northwest Peruvian town of Trujillo, a road that runs close to one of the areas hit hardest by the floods and mudslides …

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