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EE.UU. and Cuba hold new round of talks in Havana

United States and Cuba met this Monday in Havana further discussions with a view to restoring diplomatic relations, at a time when both countries have disputes over Venezuela. After two periods of talks in January and February in Havana and Washington, the chief of US diplomat...
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Venezuelan Court of Appeals ratified prison against Leopoldo López

The Court of Appeals of Caracas ratified the order of arrest issued against the opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez to keep him confined in the Ramo Verde prison, near Caracas. The court ruled out on Sunday the release of López after declaring “out of place” the appeal...
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Boundaries between La Libertad and Salinas will be defined by the Commission

The Arbitration Commission, which will solve two disputes between La Libertad and Salinas counties, un the Santa Elena province, was established last Monday. Arbitration is referred in the law as one of the options of the “institutional resolution.” The committee is...
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Government seeks to reduce the down payment to buy a home

Government authorities insist in launching the social housing program this year, the proposal is to reduce the percentage of the down payment to acquire houses of up to $ 65,000. Ramiro Gonzalez, Minister of Industries, said that the amount is not defined, but the intention is to...
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EU: Annexation of Crimea to Russia is condemned and its “growing militarization” raises concern

The European Union (EU) on Monday reaffirmed its condemnation of the “illegal annexation” of Crimea by Russia, on the first anniversary of its secession from Ukraine, and expressed concern about the “growing militarization” of the peninsula. “One...
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Cordicom will impose fines for ‘sexual content’

The Regulatory Council of Communication (Cordicom) reformed for the second time the rules for the treatment of administrative violations of the media, by which modified its power to sanction posting sexually explicit content. The legislation was approved by the plenary of the...
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Pedro Delgado is declared guilty in the Cofiec case by the Court of the CNJ

Judge Luis Enriquez, of the Criminal Division of the National Court, yesterday issued the decision in the granting of a credit to Argentine businessman Gaston Duzac. Eight people were convicted of bank embezzlement, six of them as authors and two as accomplices. The Court,...
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INEN starts issue of hallmarks in products of Peru

The Ecuadorian Institute of Standardization (INEN for its Spanish acronym) began its first internationalization process that allows it to cast its hallmarks to foreign industries in their country of origin, informed the director of the entity, Agustin Ortiz . The first process...
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Truckers strike in Colombia is affecting the trade with Ecuador

The strike of truck drivers continues in Colombia, where the reduction of fuel prices, the non existence of tolls on Colombian roads and the replacement of new vehicles based on a process of scrapping is demanded. This March 15, 19 days of strike, decreed in the neighboring...
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Venezuelan Assembly granted special powers to Maduro until late 2015

The Venezuelan legislature passed on Sunday “anti-imperialist” superpowers requested by leftist President Nicolas Maduro to rule by decree until the end of 2015 on security and defense affairs, amid the growing tension with the United States. “This Assembly...
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