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Presidential elections are held today in Colombia

Today Colombians exercise their right to vote in order to elect their next president. There are five politicians who aspire to govern Colombia. The latest poll showed a tie between the president – candidate Juan Manuel Santos, from the National Unity Coalition and Oscar...
Posted On 25 May 2014
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Pope Francis starts today his journey to the Holy Land

Pope Francis begins today ,May 24, his journey to the Holy Land where he will visit Jordan, Palestine and Israel. This trip will have many political and religious challenges to the pursuit of dialogue and peace among the people of the Middle East. His trip will last until May 26...
Posted On 24 May 2014
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ITT Project starts work projects in Tiputini and Tambococha

Oswaldo Madrid, Petroamazonas Manager, said that they will first exploit Tiputini and Tambococha, where the oil company has currently an environmental license for intervention. In the future Petroamazonas has plans to make studies on the Ishpingo field to request permission for...
Posted On 24 May 2014
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Foreign Ministers will ask the OAS to evaluate the adherence to the ACHR

Unasur Foreign Ministers decided to send a request to José Miguel Insulza, General Secretary of the Organization of American States (OAS), to consult why some of its member countries have not signed the American Convention on Human Rights (ACHR ) . The document requests that...
Posted On 24 May 2014
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Galo Lara appeals to IACHR for protection

The former legislator Galo Lara announced yesterday that he has resorted to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR ) to request protection from an alleged political persecution against him. This was done after being involved in a triple murder and after the...
Posted On 24 May 2014
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Rafael Correa will discuss today his last year mandate

President Rafael Correa will summarize today his last year management. His report to the nation, that he will present to the National Assembly , this time will replace the Saturday’s weekly address. The president so far has seven years and four months in power, since...
Posted On 24 May 2014
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`Batman Vs Superman’ begins filming

Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice, the new DC Comics superheroes film, directed by Zack Snyder, is being currently shot in Detroit, Michigan. Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill star in the film. Diane Lane, Jesse Eisenberg (Lex Luthor), Gal Gadot,Laurence Fishburne, Amy Adam...
Posted On 23 May 2014
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Salt, sugar and fat tags can go back of the package

Yesterday, the Reform that allows companies to place alerts on fat, salt and sugar contents in the back of food products packages, was published in the Official Gazette.  Last November, The Ministry of Health issued a regulation for the food and beverage industry to put labels...
Posted On 23 May 2014
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Shakira is accused of plagiarism for her music video ‘La, la, la (Brazil 2014)’

Shakira’s new music video, ‘La, la, la,’ featuring the Carioca musician Carlinhos Brown, and which counts with the presence of soccer stars such as Gerard Pique, Lionel Messi, Cesc Fabregas, Abidal Neymar, James Rodriguez, Aguero, Falcao and even Piqué Mebarak...
Posted On 23 May 2014
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SRI reduces taxes by 80% to cars used for work activities

Automobiles of exclusive work use will have an 80% reduction in the Annual Property Tax on Motor Vehicles (IVM for its spanish acronym), this was announced by the Internal Revenue Service (SRI for its spanish acronym).  ” Vehicles of one ton or more, owned by natural...
Posted On 23 May 2014
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