Washington, Aug 21 (EFE).- US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson telephoned his counterparts in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India on Monday to brief them ahead of President Donald Trump’s speech outlining a new approach to the Afghan conflict. The calls were made hours before Trump was scheduled to make a nationally televised address on the war …
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Punta del Este, Uruguay, Aug 18 (EFE).- The first undersea fiber-optic cable connecting the United States with Uruguay, which reached the Uruguayan city of Punta del Este this Friday to complete the final stage of its installation, assures the South American country of its telecom sovereignty and makes it an international Internet provider. Uruguayan authorities …
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Seoul, Aug 18 (EFE).- The United states and South Korea are set to go ahead with annual joint military drills next week despite rising tension between Washington and Pyongyang, according to a South Korean military source. The two allies will be carrying out the annual military drills Ulchi Freedom Guardian – the world’s largest computerized …
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Los Ángeles (EE.UU.), 17 ago (EFE).- Estrellas de Hollywood y del mundo del espectáculo en Estados Unidos se solidarizaron hoy en las redes sociales con las víctimas del atentado terrorista de Barcelona, en el que fallecieron 13 personas y 88 resultaron heridas. El grupo yihadista Estado Islámico, a través de su agencia afín, Amaq, reivindicó …
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Cocorna, Colombia, Aug 17 (EFE).- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Thursday expressed his hope that the country will have cleared half its territory of landmines by the end of his mandate – Aug. 7, 2018 – and will be completely free of such explosives by 2021. “We have a roadmap from here to the …
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Miami, 16 ago (EFE).- Los miembros de la Junta de Administración del estado de Florida (SBA) aprobaron hoy por unanimidad una propuesta del gobernador Rick Scott para prohibir que el estado haga negocios con grupos que apoyen al Gobierno de Venezuela, que “brutalmente sigue oprimiendo a su pueblo”. En un comunicado, Scott se declaró “orgulloso” …
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Caracas, Aug 14 (EFE).- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday called for international support for a presidential summit to deal with the issue of the “threat” of military action issued by his US counterpart, Donald Trump. Maduro made the request before the ambassadors of Spain, France, Japan, Syria, Vietnam and Guatemala, who presented their diplomatic …
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Bangkok Desk, Aug 14 (EFE).- Guam Governor Eddie Calvo said Monday that local authorities were prepared for the worst scenario, in case North Korea carries out its threat to launch missiles into the sea near Guam. Calvo said there were no changes in the security level and asked both locals and tourists to go ahead …
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Washington, 11 ago (EFE).- El presidente Donald Trump amagó hoy por primera vez con utilizar a las fuerzas armadas como “opción” en Venezuela, contra cuyo Gobierno había liderado una ofensiva diplomática desde que llegó en enero a la Casa Blanca. “Tenemos muchas opciones para Venezuela, incluida una posible opción militar si es necesario”, dijo Trump, …
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Lima, Aug 10 (EFE).- The President of Peru Thursday met with leaders of an ongoing teacher’s strike and agreed to increase their salaries to 2,000 soles ($615) from the current 1,500 soles. Pedro Pablo Kuczynski agreed to talk to representatives of the Single Union of Workers in Education (SUTER) and the National Executive Committee of …
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