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Father of gunned down in Ferguson calls day of silence

The father of the African-American of 18 years old who died after being shot by a white police in Ferguson, urged on Sunday, August 24, to save a “day of silence” while his son is buried on Monday. “Tomorrow all I want is peace,” said Mr. Michael Brown to...
Posted On 25 Aug 2014
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Petroamazonas terminates oil contract with Ivanhoe

The contract of Specific Services of the Canadian oil company Ivanhoe for exploration and exploitation of Pungarayacu field will be terminated in Ecuador after more than five years of work in block 20. The announcement was made by Petroamazonas Manager, Oswaldo Madrid, in an...
Posted On 25 Aug 2014
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Political parties members may be part of the CNE

A former executive of a party that does not militate for two years in his organization may be nominated to be a member of the National Electoral Council (CNE for its Spanish acronym). The call to renovate two delegationships was posted on August 23, by the Council of Citizen...
Posted On 25 Aug 2014
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Pharmaceutical company tests “successful” experimental vaccine against Ebola

Four monkeys received today an experimental vaccine against Ebola, developed by the Canadian pharmaceutical Immunovaccine, and survived after being exposed to a lethal dose of the virus. Immunovaccine added that two monkeys which were exposed to Ebola but not did not receive the...
Posted On 25 Aug 2014
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Santos: Revelations of hacker Sepulveda must be thoroughly investigated

The president of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, on Monday requested the authorities a thorough investigation into allegations Andres Sepulveda hacker, who is arrested for his involvement in the case. “This is extremely delicate and all authorities should be there very...
Posted On 25 Aug 2014
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Fernando Alvarado shares experiences and views on the media in a forum

During the `II Conference of Freedom of Expression and Media Law’ of the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso (PUCV) in Chile, the Secretary of Communication of the Presidency Fernando Alvarado, shared the “experiences” that some officials lived with...
Posted On 25 Aug 2014
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YPF announces discovery of new oil and gas reserves in Argentina

Argentina’s oil company YPF announced this Saturday the discovery of new oil and gas fields in the province of Santa Cruz, located in Argentina´s Patagonia. The new reserves consist of potential daily production of 200,000 cubic meters of gas and 370 barrels of oil, YPF...
Posted On 25 Aug 2014
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Fintech Fund accepts debt swap under Argentine legislation

Fintech Advisory, one of the creditors in the case by the argentine debt, is willing to accept a swap of its restructured bonds under foreign law by other issued under Argentine legislation. David Martinez Guzman, head of the fund, said that the intention of the South American...
Posted On 25 Aug 2014
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California suffers the worst earthquake after 25 years

Yesterday in the morning, California suffered the worst earthquake in 25 years. This left about 120 injured and widespread damage, mostly in the Napa region. The magnitude of the quake was 6.1 degrees, at 3:20 am (10:20 GMT), about ten kilometers from the city of Napa, north of...
Posted On 25 Aug 2014
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Electricity subsidy for 100,000 users in August

Last Friday, the Minister of Electricity, Esteban Albornoz, announced that about 100,000 users across the country could benefit from the subsidy to the first 80 kilowatts per hour of energy, this August. This subsidy corresponding to between USD 6 and USD 8 in the electricity...
Posted On 25 Aug 2014
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