Caracas, Jul 31 (EFE).- Venezuelan Attorney General Luisa Ortega Diaz on Monday said that 121 people have lost their lives and another 1,958 have been injured in the ongoing wave of anti-government protests that began on April 1. “In the last four months, we have a regrettable result: 121 people dead, 121 Venezuelans who have …
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Caracas, Jul 27 (efe-epa).- Two people were found dead Thursday in the western state of Lara and in the eastern state of Anzoategui, respectively, during the demonstrations in Venezuela, with one of them being shot dead in the chest, reported the Public Ministry (MP). One of the victims was identified as Rafael Canache, 29, who …
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México, 24 jul (EFE).- La detección oportuna del cáncer puede evitar en un 75% la mortalidad en el caso del de mama y hasta en un 95% en el de cérvix, pero la desigualdad entre países pobres y ricos no ayudan a que esta situación mejore, estimaron hoy varios especialistas. “Los países en desarrollo acumulan …
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Caracas, Jul 24 (EFE).- Many polling centers, set up for next Sunday’s elections to form the Constituent Assembly (ANC) promoted by the Venezuelan government to rewrite the constitution, were papered Monday by the opposition with signs demanding the suspension of that vote. Slogans against “constituent fraud” and calls for President Nicolas Maduro to resign covered …
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Bogota, Jul 24 (EFE).- The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla group said Monday that it planned to reorganize as a political party effective Sept. 1. “On September 1, we will launch a new political movement,” Carlos Antonio Lozada, a member of the FARC’s military high command, told reporters in Bogota. The new party …
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Lima, Jul 21 (EFE).- Losing their homes is not the only calamity suffered by the thousands of evacuees from Peru’s current massive flooding, which has forced them to flee into unhealthy campsites where, as if this were the Exodus described in the Bible, they are under siege from dengue, zika, anemia, rats and crickets. For …
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San Salvador, Jul 21 (EFE).- The development of a cinema industry in El Salvador would help improve the country’s economy and boost employment, two young filmmakers told EFE. Fabricio Sibrian and Jaime Perla are currently wrapping up work on “Como cazar boas” (How to Hunt for Boas), a film that has received government funding via …
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Bogota, Jul 20 (EFE).- Colombian celebrated Thursday’s 207th anniversary of their country’s independence with military parades involving thousands of troops and police officers in Bogota and other cities. The motto of the parades was “La paz segura” (A Secure Peace) in a reference to the role of the armed forces in keeping order and protecting …
Buenos Aires, Jul 18 (EFE).- Representatives of the Jewish community and of Argentine civil society, political authorities and family members demanded Tuesday the end of impunity for those who attacked the AMIA Argentine Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires 23 years ago and killed 85 people. Some 2,500 people gathered on this cold day of …
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Havana, July 17 (EFE).- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos started Monday an official visit to Cuba with an eye on relaunching bilateral relations, with particular emphasis on economic opportunities. At the inauguration Monday in Havana of a business forum of Cuban and Colombian companies, Santos said that “Colombia is very interested in investing here in …
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