Lima, Jan 18 (EFE).- Pope Francis arrived on Thursday in Peru on a three-day official and apostolic visit that will take him to the Amazon city of Puerto Maldonado, as well as Trujillo and Lima, where on Sunday he will celebrate a Mass which more than a million people are expected to attend. The Latam …
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Montevideo, Jan 17 (EFE).- Uruguay’s Ministry of Tourism unveiled on Wednesday a series of 31 informative signs on Gorriti island, a key military citadel in 1700s. The aim is to attract more visitors to the island by allowing visitors to roam the site at their own pace without the need for guides, Tourism Minister Carlos …
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Quito, Jan 17 (EFE).- Ecuador has made 3.6 million barrels of Oriente crude available in a “spot” sale, a process in which more than 40 companies are participating, the Andean nation’s hydrocarbons minister said Wednesday. “We’re carrying out the first spot sale of 2018 today. It’s a ‘spot’ sale of 10 shipments of 360,000 barrels, …
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Temuco, Chile, Jan 17 (EFE).- Pope Francis on Wednesday called for respect for all Indian cultures and the end of violence after arriving at Maquehue airport in the southern Chilean region of Araucania, the land of the Mapuche Indians. “A culture of mutual recognition cannot be built upon violence and destruction which take human lives,” …
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Caracas, 16 ene (EFE).- El Gobierno venezolano confirmó hoy que el exagente Oscar Pérez -que había llamado a sacar del poder al presidente Nicolás Maduro- falleció el lunes tras una operación policial que dejó un saldo de nueve muertos, lo que avivó las denuncias sobre la violación de los derechos humanos en el país. El …
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Santiago, Jan 16 (EFE).- Pope Francis praised the Chilean people for their ability to pick themselves and start over, at a crowded Mass on Monday at O’Higgins Park on the first day of his visit to their capital. Before hundreds of thousands of people in this park, where in 1987 Pope John Paul II also …
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Santiago de Chile, 15 ene (EFE).- El Papa Francisco llegó hoy a Chile para realizar una visita de Estado de tres días, durante la cual celebrará misas masivas en las ciudades de Santiago, Temuco e Iquique, y sostendrá encuentros con autoridades y representantes de la Iglesia católica y de la sociedad civil. El avión de …
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Lima, Jan 14 (EFE).- At least two people were killed and 65 were injured after a magnitude-7.1 earthquake hit just off the southern coast of Peru early Sunday, the United States Geological Survey and official sources reported. The head of the National Civil Defense Institute (Indeci), Jorge Chavez, told a radio station that the two …
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Tegucigalpa, Jan 12 (EFE).- More than 20 people, including civilians and security forces personnel, were injured on Friday during protests against the recent alleged electoral fraud in Honduras, officials said. The coalition Opposition Alliance against the Dictatorship, led by Salvador Nasralla, has alleged electoral fraud in the Nov. 26, 2017 presidential elections which saw incumbent …
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Los Angeles, USA, Jan 11 (EFE).- The Facebook social network platform announced Thursday that the News Feed of its users will prioritize posts published by their family and friends over public content from companies or media outlets. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO and founder of Facebook, said in a statement posted on his official Facebook account that …
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