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Growing trade between UE and Latin America

The commercial Exchange between Latin America and the Caribbean with the countries of Central and Eastern Europe experiences an upward growth worldwide, according to a study commissioned by the EU-LAC Foundation, presented yesterday in Warsaw. Despite the many obstacles that...
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Argentina and Chile retake bilateral relations

The Argentina and Chile presidents have given on Monday in Buenos Aires a new step in their bilateral relations with the announcement of two major infrastructure projects, and their commitment to expedite the resolution of outstanding issues. Michelle Bachelet and Cristina...
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Brahimi resigns as international mediator for Syria

This Tuesday at a press conference with the secretary general of the United Nations (UN), Ban Ki-moon , the special representative of the UN and the Arab League to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi announced his resignation at the lack of progress in the negotiations to end the conflict. On...
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Real-estate companies and users will be able to assume the Biess credit process

The legal procedures, such as the review of documents or contracts, which were only made by the IESS Bank (Biess) through law firms, may also be performed by real-estate companies or users .  This measure, announced by President Rafael Correa on his weekly address, aims to reduce...
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Parts of induction cookers will not pay tariffs

Parts of imported induction cookers will pay zero tariffs. This measure is only for the assembly plants that are registered in the Ministry of Industry and Productivity (MIPRO). This group of companies are supporting the change from using gas to consume electricity for food...
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Syrian Government is accused of using chemical weapons

According to a statement by Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued this Tuesday in Beirut, on last April the Syrian military bombed three cities in Syria with barrels of chlorine. “The evidence suggests quite clearly that the Syrian government helicopters dropped barrels of...
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Russia plans to renounce the use of the International Space Station in 2020

Dmitri Rogozin, Russia’s deputy prime minister, today announced that the country has no intention of extend the use of the International Space Station (ISS) after 2020 as proposed the United States. “Currently we only need the ISS to 2020. After 2020 we would like to...
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The CNE raises potential solutions after the death of Muisne´s Mayor

The National Electoral Council (CNE) yesterday began the first meetings to find a solution to the legal vacuum that followed the death of the elected Mayor of Muisne, Walquer Vera, from the political movement Alianza PAÍS (AP).  The Counselor Juan Pablo Pozo, who noted that this...
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Dialogues between Venezuela’s government and opposition are suspended

The Venezuelan opposition suspended the technical meetings of the dialogue process that were scheduled to be held with government representatives. The measure was taken as a rejection of the recent actions from the authorities against a march of university students and by the...
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U.S. sends spy planes to find the kidnapped girls in Nigeria

According to news agency AFP, this Tuesday several U.S. spy planes flew above northern Nigeria to help find the more than 200 teenagers abducted in mid-April by the Nigerian Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram. “We have shared commercial satellite imagery with Nigerians and...
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