México, 16 feb (EFE).- El presidente de México, Enrique Peña Nieto, ordenó hoy la instalación por “protocolo” del Comité Nacional de Emergencias en el Centro Nacional de Prevención de Desastres, tras el sismo de magnitud 7,2 que sacudió hoy el centro y sur del país. A través de Twitter, el mandatario indicó que por tratarse …
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Parkland, United States, Feb 15 (EFE).- Thousands of people gathered Thursday at an open-air amphitheater in Pine Trails Park to remember the 17 victims of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. The mourners were moved to tears when the father of a 14-year-old girl, Jamie Guttenberg, one of the …
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Pereira, Colombia, Feb 15 (EFE).- Colombian authorities arrested Thursday a member of the ELN guerrilla group suspected of organizing a Jan. 27 attack on police in Barranquilla that left six officers dead and 40 wounded. President Juan Manuel Santos announced the arrest of Rafael Antonio Botero Restrepo during his closing statement at the VI Colombia-Ecuador …
Washington, Feb 15 (EFE).– President Donald Trump said in an address to the nation Thursday that the United States was in mourning following the mass shooting at a school in Florida and vowed to work to prevent similar incidents in the future. “No child, no teacher should ever be in danger in an American school,” …
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Miami, Feb 14 (EFE).- A shooting Wednesday at a high school in Parkland, Florida, resulted in 17 deaths, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said. “Seventeen people lost their lives,” Sheriff Scott Israel told reporters outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. He said that the fatalities included one person who was shot on at an intersection near …
Washington, Feb 12 (EFE).- US President Donald Trump presented Monday his plant to rebuild damaged US infrastructure, on which he proposes spending as much as $1.5 trillion over the next 10 years with a plan that combines federal and state funds with incentives for the private sector. At a meeting with governors and mayors at …
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Washington, Feb 12 (EFE).- Former President Barack Obama described as “pretty sharp” his colorful portrait by painter Kehinde Wiley, unveiled Monday at the National Portrait Gallery, where it will join the likenesses of his 43 predecessors in the White House. At the same ceremony, a portrait of former first lady Michelle Obama, painted by Amy …
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Rio de Janeiro, Feb 11 (EFE).- Samba school Imperio Serrano opened Sunday the highly anticipated parades of the Rio Carnival with a homage to China, its culture, inventions and traditions. Imperio Serrano, one of Rio de Janeiro’s most traditional samba schools, on its return to the top tier Special Group this year, decided to put …
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Manizales, Colombia, Feb 11 (EFE).- Climber Egan Bernal won the first Colombia Oro y Paz race, which ended with Dayer Quintana’s triumph in the last stage, along the 187.7 kilometers (116.6 miles) of the route between Armenia and Manizales. Recent Colombian National Time Trial Championship and 2017 Tour de l’Avenir winner Bernal, 21, completed the …
Washington, Feb 9 (EFE).- The president of the United States on Friday morning signed a combined funding and budget bill that was passed by Congress hours earlier and will increase federal spending by hundreds of billions of dollars, bringing an end to the second government shutdown this year. Friday’s shutdown lasted just a few hours, …
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