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Snowden seeks renewal of temporary political asylum in Russia

Anatoli Kucherena, legal advisor to former CIA analyst Edward Snowden, today announced that he has applied for renewal of the temporary political asylum for his client in Russia, where Snowden arrived on June 23, 2013 from Hong Kong. “Edward still remains in Russia and we have...
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Unasur proposed a scholarship program

The Union of South American Nations (Unasur for its Spanish acronym) will launch a scholarship and recognition to the scientific merit program, to promote regional integration in education and reward work in the area of new technologies, renewable energy and bio-knowledge. The...
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Conelec approves subsidy for induction cookers

Last July 15, the National Electricity Council (Conelec for its Spanish acronym) approved the resolution 058-14, which modifies the tariff schedule for utilities and authorizes the coming in force of the grant for the Efficient Cooking Program (PEC for its Spanish acronym) from...
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Israel strengthens its offensive against Gaza with 16,000 more soldiers

On Thursday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the Israeli Army will “finish its work,” which is why he ensured that 16,000 more soldiers were moved to the Gaza Strip and that the U.S. Army was to replenish the army with ammunition. “We are...
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CC determines that indigenous justice will not be used in homicide

The Constitutional Court (CC) recognized the jurisdiction of the ordinary courts for judging and punishing crimes against life (murder, manslaughter or rape) in which are involved members of an indigenous community. This was determined by the plenary of the organism in a...
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People close to Putin are included in the list of sanctioned by the EU

The European Union (EU) has included in its blacklist of Russian and Ukrainian, people close to the Russian President Vladimir Putin, who are sanctioned for threatening the sovereignty and stability of Ukraine. In the list, which was published yesterday in the Official Journal of...
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Chevron must pay $ 9,500 million for environmental damage in Ecuador

The Minister of Environment Lorena Tapia said yesterday, July 30, that the oil company Chevron is condemned to grant $ 9,500 million for environmental damage in 5 million cubic meters of land in Ecuador. “We talk about a lot of territory, two provinces, Orellana and...
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International experts arrive to the area where flight MH17 was shot down

The group of international experts has arrived this Thursday to the area controlled by the pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, where it was shot down the Malaysia Airlines MH17 flight with 298 passengers on board two weeks ago. According to a statement of the OSCE via...
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Latin American countries reject violence between Israel and Palestine

After Ecuador condemned the violence of the conflict between Israel and Palestine; countries like Brazil, Peru, Chile and El Salvador followed this line forcing a public statement by the Foreign Ministry of the Government of Benjamin Netanyahu. Israel yesterday issued a statement...
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Standard & Poor’s puts Argentina in selective default

Standard & Poor’s, a rating agency, declared Argentina today in “selective default”, after beating yesterday the deadline for the payment of the debt with creditors of restructured bonds for 539 million dollars. The agreed value with creditors who accepted...
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