Indians of the Nasa Wes’x ethnicity in the mountains of central Colombia made peace with the FARC long before the final peace accord that the government is about to sign with that guerrilla group, and this week marks the 20th year they have lived in their post-war era. On July 26, 1996, the Nasa Wes’x, …
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El joven de 18 años que abrió fuego en un abarrotado centro comercial y un restaurante de comida rápida de Múnich fue identificado como Ali David Sonboly, según el diario Bild München. Este joven germano-iraní estaba obsesionado con los tiroteos masivos, según dijo el sábado la policía. El tirador mató a nueve personas e hirió a 16 …
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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange said Silicon Valley companies Google and Facebook now compiled more information than the United States’ National Security Agency (NSA). Speaking via a videoconference Tuesday at the Embassy of Equador in London, where he was granted asylum since 2012, Assange said the new global economic template was what he called Surveillance Capitalism. …
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La ONU apuesta por el liderazgo de las jóvenes para combatir la violencia sexual y conseguir igualdad de acceso a las oportunidades entre mujeres y hombres, con lo que reúne desde hoy y hasta el miércoles a más de 300 de ellas en Washington. Lo que comenzó como una campaña de la Fundación de las …
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The 35,000 Venezuelans who crossed the border Sunday to the Colombian city of Cucuta to buy food and medicines unavailable in their own country returned home without difficulties, the Foreign Ministry said. The Venezuelans’ entry was made possible by the temporary extension of the humanitarian corridor on the common border to facilitate the purchase of …
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Argentine President Mauricio Macri announced Monday in Buenos Aires the expansion of the Procreate Plan, a social housing program launched by the previous administration, with a new line of credit that the government expects will cover the building of decent homes for more than 25,000 families. “We want to resolve an issue that affects millions …
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United States President Barack Obama and Spanish King Felipe VI on Sunday highlighted the close relationship between their two countries during Obama’s first official visit to Spain. The two made statements to the press in the Royal Palace in Madrid before meeting with Foreign Minister José Manuel García Margallo. After thanking Obama for his visit, …
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Astronomers have discovered a planet even more exotic than Tatooine, from the “Star Wars” saga, with its two suns. This new extra-solar world is known as HD 131399Ab and is the first one to be found in a wide orbit around three stars, according to a study published Thursday in Science magazine. This fascinating world …
Brazil’s government warned Wednesday that it will shoot down any unidentified aircraft that violates the protected airspace around facilities of the Olympics Games in Rio de Janeiro this August. “We are not playing,” said Defense minister Raul Jungmann while introducing the Olympics Games security plan at a press conference in Rio de Janeiro. The plan …
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Assorted activities in Chile on Wednesday commemorated the 30th anniversary of the death of photographer Rodrigo Rojas de Negri, who was set on fire by soldiers during a protest against the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship. Rojas died four days after being set on fire, and over the years he has become a symbol of the risks …
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