Havana, Feb 21 (EFE).- Democratic members of the US Congress said here Wednesday that the Trump administration’s decision to reverse the thawing of relations with Cuba was a mistake. Since taking office, Trump has tightened the US embargo against Cuba and withdrawn most staff from the American embassy in Havana in reaction to alleged “health …
Miami, 20 feb (EFE).- La cámara baja del Congreso de Florida desoyó hoy las peticiones en favor de restringir la venta de armas de fuego surgidas tras la matanza en una escuela secundaria del estado, al negarse a debatir un proyecto de ley para prohibir las armas semiautomáticas. Setenta y un representantes votaron en contra …
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Caracas, Feb 20 (EFE).- The president of Venezuela on Tuesday issued an order to the state-owned oil company Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) to conduct parts of its buying and selling of products in “petro,” the national cryptocurrency whose presale started shortly after midnight on Monday. “I have given the order to the companies PDVSA, Pequiven …
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Lima, Feb 19 (EFE).- The pardon that allowed disgraced former President Alberto Fujimori to walk out of prison last December does not shield him from prosecution for the torture and murder of six people in 1992, a Peruvian court ruled Monday. Judges accepted a motion brought by families of the victims of what is known …
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Washington, Feb 20 (EFE).- US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he has ordered steps taken to implement a ban on “bump stocks” and other devices capable of transforming legal firearms into automatic weapons. The man who killed 58 people and wounded nearly 500 others last October in Las Vegas used a bump stock that …
Washington, Feb 20 (EFE).- Attorney Alex Van Der Zwaan pleaded guilty of lying to the FBI about the contacts he had with members of the electoral campaign of now-US President Donald Trump, about a report he prepared on former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Van Der Zwaan, 33, of Dutch nationality, appeared Tuesday before Judge …
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Mexico City, Feb 18 (EFE).- Mexico’s political parties on Sunday officially nominated their presidential candidates, who will face off in the July 1 election to succeed President Enrique Peña Nieto. Before some 18,000 delegates gathered at Mexico City’s Foro Sol, Jose Antonio Meade was officially declared to be the presidential candidate of the Institutional Revolutionary …
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Los Angeles, United States, Feb 16 (EFE).- Serb Bogdan Bogdanovic and his teammates stacked up three-pointers as the World Team beat the United States 155-124 in the NBA Rising Star challenge. The Sacramento Kings player was declared the Most Valuable Player of the match with 26 points (7/10 three-pointers) and six assists in 22 minutes …
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Miami, Feb 16 (EFE).– President Donald Trump arrived Friday at a South Florida hospital where some of those wounded in this week’s massacre at a high school northwest of Fort Lauderdale are being treated. Area television stations broadcast images of the president and first lady Melania Trump walking down a corridor at Broward Health North …
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Mexico City, Feb 16 (EFE).- At least 570,000 people in 112 colonies were left without electricity by a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck Mexico City on Friday, although no casualties were reported, city mayor Miguel Angel Mancera said. The power cut was the biggest problem caused by the earthquake in the capital, which remains “normal”, Mancera …
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