International

Bogota, Sep 2 (EFE).- The agreement ending more than five decades of war between the Colombian government and leftist FARC guerrillas will be signed on Sept. 26 in Cartagena, President Juan Manuel Santos said Friday. He revealed the date in a speech to the final session of the national congress of chambers of commerce in …

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Brasilia, Sep 1 (efe_epa).- The new Brazilian government on Wednesday consulted with its ambassador in Caracas after Venezuela’s decision to freeze relations in protest of what it called a “parliamentary coup d’etat” in Brazil. Meanwhile, the new government asked for respect from other “Bolivarian” countries that also questioned its political transition. Following the Brazilian Senate’s …

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San Juan, 1 sep (EFEUSA).- La NASA concedió una subvención de 150.000 dólares a un catedrático de la Universidad de Puerto Rico para que trabaje en el proyecto de desarrollo de tecnología que permita a los astronautas respirar aire más puro. El profesor del Departamento de Ingeniería Química de la Universidad de Puerto Rico Arturo …

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Miles de opositores se concentran hoy en varios puntos del este de la capital venezolana para participar en la denominada “Toma de Caracas”, una marcha del antichavismo para demandar a las autoridades una fecha para el referendo revocatorio del presidente del país, Nicolás Maduro. Los participantes respondieron al llamado de la alianza de partidos Mesa …

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Bogota, Aug 30 (EFE).- Relatives of the thousands of people “disappeared” during Colombia’s internal armed conflict on Tuesday asked that their loved ones not be forgotten in a country at peace and that the reconciliation reached with the FARC guerrillas help to preserve the memory of what occurred during the 52-year war so that it …

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Lima, Aug 30 (EFE). Thousands of devotees of St. Rose of Lima, patron saint of Peru, took part Tuesday in celebrations beginning the jubilee year honoring the 400th anniversary of her death with a massively attended Mass and a procession to her sanctuary, where the faithful dropped their prayers in the wishing well. The celebrations, …

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Bogota, Aug 27 (EFE).- The signing ceremony for the peace deal that Colombia’s government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, guerrilla group finalized this week will take place between Sept. 20-26, Defense Minister Luis Carlos Villegas said Saturday. He made the announcement to reporters after a meeting with armed forces commanders. “As …

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México, 24 ago (EFE).- Los presidentes de México, Enrique Peña Nieto, y de Paraguay, Horacio Cartes, atestiguarán el viernes la firma de 12 instrumentos de cooperación, dos de ellos dirigidos a impulsar el comercio, dijo hoy la vicecanciller mexicana para América Latina y el Caribe, Socorro Flores. Los convenios serán suscritos en el marco de …

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Montevideo, Aug 24 (EFE).- Uruguayan education authorities, UNICEF and the Latin American Social Sciences School, or FLACSO, on Wednesday launched the first one-year training course for traveling teacher’s assistants, focusing on academic inclusion to promote equal opportunities for children. Some 250 education professionals have enrolled in the Mandela Network, a program of inclusive schools and …

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