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Ecuador in the U.S.A second Monitoring List for Piracy

On Monday, the Commerce Department of the United States reported that on the priority list to monitor the violation of intellectual property rights are Argentina, Chile and Venezuela. It also includes nine other Latin American nations in the second list: Bolivia, Brazil,...
Posted On 30 Apr 2012
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Dukes of Cambridge Celebrate their First Wedding Anniversary

Yesterday, the Dukes of Cambridge celebrated their first year of marriage. Despite the fact of not having many details on the celebration of this first anniversary, William and Kate, are preparing to proceed with the official agenda. This Wednesday, the Dukes will visit around...
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Juanes Writes for Peace in Colombia

Colombian singer Juanes said yesterday that “important threads are moving” to build peace in his country. In an article he wrote for the Bogota newspaper El Tiempo he recounted his experience with former Colombian guerrillas. The artist said “this is a unique moment...
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Chavez Removes Venezuela from the IACHR

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, announced that his country will sadly retreat itself from the “notorious” Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and called for the creation of State Council to investigate this matter. Chavez stated that “it’s a mechanism used by the...
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“Addicted to you” Sneak Preview video was Released by Shakira

Colombian singer Shakira just uploaded to the web a short preview of what will be the video of her “Addicted To You” song. The full version will be presented on Wednesday May 2. At the moment there is the opportunity to download the track now from iTunes...
Posted On 30 Apr 2012
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Bonil wins World Press Award

Xavier Bonilla, known as Bonil, won the first honorable mention in Humor Free category in the World Press Cartoon 2012. The Ecuadorian cartoonist who collaborates on the editorial pages of El Universo journal, won the award with the work called Virtual Reader, published in...
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Spain Against Healthcare and Education Cuts

Thousands of Spaniards marched the streets nationwide last Sunday to slam Madrid’s austerity program, which will take a $13 billion bite out of the country’s education and healthcare budgets. “It’s a crime to cut healthcare!” read numerous banners across...
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Woman Goes Through Brutal Treatment Protesting Animal Testing For Cosmetics

Jacqueline Traide, 24 years old activist for animal rights, underwent the same interventions that live animals undergo for experimentation and testing of cosmetics. Traide, volunteered to make a public display at Lush cosmetics shop, in London, to make a wake-up call about the...
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A 6 Degrees Quake Affected the Northern Regions of Chile

A six-degree seism in the Richter scale was felt in the regions of Coquimbo and Antofagasta, in the North of Chile. However no damages were reported. According to the Seismology Institute of the University of Chile the tremor was located at 07:39 (GMT) and its epicenter was under...
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Environmental Activists Protest Over the London 2012 “Worst Corporate Sponsors” Choices

Activists are stepping up their campaign against the London 2012 corporate sponsors’ dubious environmental credentials. They accuse the companies of paying for their “green” status. Environmental protesters and human rights activists have launched a new campaign entitled...
Posted On 30 Apr 2012
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