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Lightning caused a fire at refinery in Venezuela

Yesterday, the Refinery of Puerto La Cruz in Venezuela suffered a fire that was the product of a lightning  during a storm, reported  the State Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), and pointed out that damages did not occurred in the rest of the plant. Asdrúbal Chávez, Vice President...
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Teen pregnancy, a problem that plagues Latin America

Babatunde Osotimehin, executive director of the Population Fund (UNFPA), said yesterday that gender inequality and the high number of teen pregnancies are two major problems faced by Latin America and the Caribbean in regards to population. “Teen pregnancy continues to be...
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CNE begins campaign on districts awareness

This week begins a campaign of information made by the National Electoral Council (CNE) to grant knowledge on the new electoral constituencies, to both political organizations and citizens. CNE Vice President, Paul Salazar, plans to work first with the political leaders on the...
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Monteverde’s Gas reservoir on land will be inaugurated on September

The liquefied gas storage facility of the Monteverde-El Chorrillo project, will start on September 15, so said Romel Tapia, Petroecuador technician. The complex, with an investment of $ 547 million, will have the capacity to store 60,000 tons of imported Liquefied Petroleum Gas...
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Criminal involved in death of El Telegrafo’s former director, was arrested in Peru

After five years on the run, Francisco Javier Jurado Mosquera, allegedly involved in the assassination of former director of El Telegrafo newspaper, Carlos Navarrete Castillo, was arrested and taken to the Social Rehabilitation Center for Men in Guayaquil. According to a...
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Massa beats ruling party in Buenos Aires

The mayor of the city of Tigre, Sergio Massa, defeated at the polls the official candidate in the province of Buenos Aires. The Government also lost in the four other districts, facing the worst electoral defeat in the decade that has been in power. The party “Frente para...
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Spain will request that Colombian and Peruvian people may enter the EU without a visa

Spanish President Mariano Rajoy, will request the European Commission and the other Member States of the Schengen area, which allows free movement of people between 26 European countries, that Colombia and Peru may join the group of Latin American states that have free trade...
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Fidel will turn 87 and his revolution keeps on

Born in Biran, Cuba, one August 13, 1926, the socialist revolutionary Fidel Castro Ruz, who has cultivated a communist vision in all human affairs, has become the most important rival of the U.S. Government, which blocked all connections with the country in January 1959 by...
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Strong earthquakes in Peru and Indonesia

According to the seismological service of the United States, the strong earthquake which hit early this morning  the coasts of Peru, had a magnitude of 6.2 in the scale of Richter, and was registered at 16.7 kilometers deep. The earthquake was located 94 kilometers of the city of...
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The Tungurahua volcano accumulates pressure

According to studies of the Geophysical Institute (GI) of the observatory of Guadalupe, the Tungurahua’s   main crater would be tapped, which would be causing a decrease in the ejection of pyroclastic material, which may be accumulating. “We just had a swarm of...
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