Phoenix, Jun 19 (EFE).- After winning a prestigious robotics contest, Dreamer Lorenzo Santillan had the chance to become a scientist, but his immigration status kept him from getting a university scholarship and he had to find an alternative, which turned out to be a traveling food truck that he calls “Neither Here Nor There.” Santillan …
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Washington DC, Jun 19 (EFE).- The president of the United States on Monday criticized federal government technology as “painfully outdated” during a meeting with the heads of major tech companies including Apple, Microsoft and Amazon. “Today, many of our agencies rely on painfully outdated technology, and yet, we have the greatest people in technology that …
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México, 19 jun (EFE).- México cerró hoy la primera fase de la Ronda Dos de licitaciones petroleras, que continúa los esfuerzos de abrir el sector a la iniciativa privada tras casi ocho décadas de monopolio estatal, con un resultado que el Gobierno consideró “muy satisfactorio” pese a los aún bajos precios del crudo. Se adjudicaron …
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Bogota, Jun 17 (EFE).- At least three people, including a 23-year-old French woman, have died in an explosion at a shopping center in the Colombian capital on Saturday, according to Bogota emergency services. The ‘Clínica del Country’ hospital said in a statement that 27-year-old Ana María Gutiérrez and 31-year-old Lady Paola Jaimes “died as a …
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Miami, Jun 16 (EFE).- The President of the United States said that he was revoking his predecessor’s executive orders which eased restrictions on travel to and investment in Cuba. “I am canceling the last administration’s completely one-sided deal with Cuba,” Donald Trump told a largely Cuban-American audience in Miami, vowing to “seek a much better …
Montevideo, June 16 (EFE).- Uruguay sees a future of opportunities, a close present and a common past with the European Union in relation to the 1st European Investment Forum taking place in Montevideo that will see more than 600 businesses gathering there. The executive director of the investment agency Uruguay XXI, Antonio Carámbula, highlighted these …
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Miami, Jun 15 (EFE).- US Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday met with the presidents of Guatemala and Honduras and the vice president of El Salvador within the framework of the economic and security conference on Central America being held in Miami. Pence delivered a speech on the objectives of the summit and later held …
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Washington DC, Jun 14 (EFE).- Republican Congressman Steve Scalise remains in critical condition and will require additional operations after being wounded in a shooting Wednesday outside the United States capital, according to the MedStar Washington Hospital Center. “Congressman Steve Scalise sustained a single rifle shot to the left hip. The bullet traveled across his pelvis, …
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Cali, Colombia, Jun 13 (EFE).- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos described as historic this Tuesday when the nation could witness the FARC guerrilla group turning over a large part of its arms to the United Nations mission. “Today is without doubt a historic day. What we are witnessing on television is something that years ago …
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Washington, Jun 13 (EFE).- US Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in Senate testimony Tuesday that he never met with any Russian government official with the purpose of influencing the outcome of the 2016 presidential election and denied having a third meeting with the Kremlin’s ambassador to Washington. Sessions made those remarks during an appearance before …
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