International

Cartagena, Colombia, Jul 14 (EFE).- The director of the Colombian Anthropology and History Institute (ICAHN) announced Friday from Cartagena that the Colombian government hopes the subaquatic work for recovering the remains of the early 18th century San Jose galleon from the bottom of the sea will get underway by the end of this year. ICAHN …

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Caracas, Jul 8 (EFE).- Venezuela’s imprisoned opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez was freed early Saturday morning from the Ramo Verde military prison and is now under house arrest, defense attorney Javier Cremades told EFE. Venezuelan Foreign Minister Samuel Moncada visited Lopez Friday night in prison, and the next morning he was moved to his home in …

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Lima, Jul 7 (EFE).- Thousands of people marched in the streets of the historic center of Lima on Friday to oppose the possibility of a pardon being granted to former president Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000), who was sentenced to 25 years in prison for crimes against humanity. The protesters, including members of social and political organizations, …

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Ciudad del Vaticano, 7 jul (EFE).- El Papa Francisco beatificará durante el viaje que realizará a Colombia, del 6 al 10 de septiembre, a los sacerdotes Jesús Emilio Jaramillo, asesinado en 1989 por la guerrilla del Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN), y a Pedro María Ramírez Ramos, más conocido como el “Mártir de Armero”. La …

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Cartagena, Colombia, Jul 5 (EFE).- President Juan Manuel Santos on Wednesday announced that a Spanish galleon that sank off the Colombian coast in the early 1700s will be recovered, in conjunction with a private firm. “Today, I can announced to Colombia and the world that, after more than two years of structuring, we’ve gotten a …

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Santiago, July 3 (EFE).- The president of Chile inaugurated Monday the high level “Every Woman, Every Child (EWEC) meeting, whose purpose is to discuss a new strategy for protecting the health of women, children and adolescents in the region from now until 2030. In a speech at La Moneda Palace, President Michelle Bachelet said, “We …

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