Miami, Apr 2 (efe-epa).- The first Central American satellite, manufactured in Costa Rica and known as “Project Irazu,” was sent into orbit on Monday aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s launch center at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The rocket, which is on its second mission into space, lifted off at 4:30 pm for the …
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Washington, 1 abr (EFEUSA).- El presidente de Donald Trump retiró hoy su oferta para negociar sobre el futuro de los miles de jóvenes indocumentados beneficiarios de DACA y amenazó a México con poner fin al Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte (TLCAN) si no incrementa su seguridad fronteriza. “¡NO MÁS ACUERDOS CON DACA! …
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Mexico City, Mar 30 (EFE).- Independent candidate Margarita Zavala and conservative Ricardo Anaya officially launched their campaigns for Mexico’s July 1 presidential election with rallies early Friday in this capital. Zavala is a former first lady, while Anaya is the presidential hopeful of the For Mexico in Front coalition that links his conservative National Action …
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Barinas, Venezuela, Mar 29 (EFE).- Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Henri Falcon on Thursday held a campaign rally in the birthplace of the late former President Hugo Chavez, who governed the country from 1999 until his death in 2013. Falcon strolled among the crowd of hundreds in the capital of the western state of Barinas summarizing …
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Washington, Mar 29 (EFE).- The president of the United States on Thursday morning slammed e-commerce giant Amazon.com, Inc., blaming the company for the closure of large numbers of retail establishments. Donald Trump made the remarks on Twitter a day after several US media outlets reported that the head of state would be targeting the company …
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Caracas, Mar 29 (EFE).- Venezuela’s prosecutor confirmed on Wednesday that at least 68 people died in a fire in the detention facility of Carabobo state police in Valencia in the center of the country, where a riot reportedly broke out early morning. “The Public Prosecutor’s Office informs the public that in the face of the …
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Santiago, Mar 28 (EFE).- Dozens of women protested Wednesday in front of the Chilean Ministry of Health to condemn the decision to modify the “protocols on conscientious objection,” allowing private hospitals to continue to receive state funds despite denying women the possibility to carry out abortions. Protesters chanted several slogans and carried banners reading “Abortion …
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Washington DC, Mar 28 (EFE).- The president of China informed his United States counterpart, Donald Trump, of his historic meeting with Kim Jong-un, the US president said on Wednesday. Xi Jinping secretly met with Kim Jong-un in Beijing this week, the North Korean leader’s first ever meeting with a foreign head of state. The trip …
Washington, Mar 26 (EFE).- The United States on Monday expelled 60 Russian diplomats in response to the attempted murder of former Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripal in the United Kingdom earlier this month, officials said. “With these steps, the United States and our allies and partners make clear to Russia that its actions have consequences,” …
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Washington, Mar 24 (EFE).- A million people, mostly students, poured into the streets Saturday in 800 cities and towns across the US to demand greater control over access to guns in a country that has more shootings in schools than anywhere else in the world. Some thought the fervor shown by the country’s young people …
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