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Northwest of US continues under the cold and snow

The northeast of US remains under the arctic cold, while a new storm of snow threatens the nation’s capital, Washington, and several southern states. Cities like Boston, in Massachusetts, have suffered four snowstorms in just three weeks. In fact, according to The Boston...
Posted On 17 Feb 2015
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Negotiations between Greece and the eurozone ended without agreement

The negotiations between Greece and its partners in the eurozone ended this February 16th without agreement and an ultimatum to Athens this week to ask for an extension of its bailout program. “It is very clear that the next step should come from the Greek authorities...
Posted On 17 Feb 2015
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Prosecutor and judge in charge of Nisman complaint are guarded

 The Argentine government reported that they ordered custody for the prosecutor and the judge that are investigating the complaint of prosecutor Alberto Nisman, who appeared dead after his indictment of Argentina President of covering up Iran the case of the attack on the AMIA...
Posted On 17 Feb 2015
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British comedian John Oliver responded to Correa tweets

The British comedian John Oliver responded to President Rafael Correa, who reacted in his Twitter account to his taunts in the show Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, broadcasted by HBO. Oliver referred to comments from Correa, who said that the English comedian was...
Posted On 17 Feb 2015
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El Universo newspaper apologizes for Bonil cartoon

El Universo newspaper apologized on Monday with the Afro groups by order of the Superintendent of Communication (SuperCom), which considered “discriminatory” one cartoon done by Xavier Bonilla, mostly known as ‘Bonil.’ On Friday, February 13, the SuperCom...
Posted On 17 Feb 2015
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Dhruv case: FAE received the helicopters despite warnings of failure

Despite “discrepancies in the short and medium term” encountered by the technical commission of five helicopters Dhruv reception, it was recommended that these devices become operational “as soon as possible,” according to a “aide memoire”...
Posted On 17 Feb 2015
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Multilateral measures to replace safeguards would be defined this week

The government would define this week the multilateral measures that would replace exchange safeguards that are currently applied  to imported products from Colombia and Peru. The Minister of Production, Richard Espinosa, said: “we will go from bilateral to multilateral...
Posted On 16 Feb 2015
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Leopoldo López suffers attack in Ramo Verde prison according to his wife

Lilian Tintori, wife of the Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, told EFE that on Saturday a military command melted with torches the cell bars of politician and former mayor Daniel Ceballos in Ramo Verde prison and destroyed the interior thereof. “The military came...
Posted On 16 Feb 2015
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Thick layer of ice in the south of Quito

The hail that fell on February 14 blocked one of the main roads of southern Quito. From the Atahualpa Avenue to the northern boundary of La Magdalena a white imprint of hail was observed. The Teniente Hugo Ortiz Avenue blocked the intersection with the Cabo Iturralde street...
Posted On 16 Feb 2015
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Ceasefire is respected in eastern Ukraine with some incidents

The presidents of France, Russia and Ukraine, François Hollande, Petro Poroshenko and Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel held a teleconference in which they greeted the fact that the ceasefire is being respected mostly in eastern Ukraine. The ceasefire took effect...
Posted On 16 Feb 2015
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