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Members of Argentine government rejected accusations against President Fernández

Members of the Argentine government rejected this Saturday, February 14 criminal charges against President Cristina Fernandez of covering up anti-Semitic Iranian suspects (former officials) of the 1994 bombing. “It’s a real nonsense,” said Minister of Interior...
Posted On 15 Feb 2015
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The creator of Nutella and Ferrero Rocher chocolates passed away

Michele Ferrero, the candy maker and creator of the chocolate and hazelnut Nutella, who helped to raise several generations of Italians and define the Italian sweets, died at 89 years old, authorities said, as reports the AP agency. The president of Italy Sergio Mattarella...
Posted On 15 Feb 2015
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Denmark: shooting in Islamism and freedom of expression forum left 1 dead and 3 injured

A civilian killed and 3 policemen wounded were registered on February 14 after a shooting perpetrated by 2 guys in Copenhagen (Denmark). The attack occurred during a hearing of the Ambassador of France, François Zimeray, and illustrator of Muhammad, Lars Vilks, where they spoke...
Posted On 15 Feb 2015
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USA. authorizes private imports of Cuban entrepreneurs

On Friday the US government adopted the flexibilation of its commercial rules to allow the importation of goods and services produced by Cuban private entrepreneurs, a modest but priority sector of the new US policy towards La Havana. According to the new rules, which come into...
Posted On 14 Feb 2015
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Bonil: “I will keep drawing” against complaints to his cartoons

Cartoonist Xavier Bonilla ‘Bonil’ who on Friday, February 13 received a second admonition in a year for his cartoons, will continue drawing cartoons that bother the ones in power, and especially the government of Rafael Correa, as he advanced in an interview with the...
Posted On 14 Feb 2015
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CNE denies popular consultation proposal of Compromiso Ecuador due to constitutional issues

Two days after the collective Compromiso Ecuador requested to the National Electoral Council (CNE for its Spanish acronym) the approvation of delivery forms for a popular consultation on indefinite reelection, the electoral organism denied the request, arguing that its content...
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Ecuadorian hacker will deliver information about plot in peace process with the FARC

A Colombian judge upheld this February 13 the preliminary agreement in which the Ecuadorian hacker Andres Sepulveda is committed to deliver information to the Prosecutor’s office on a plot against the peace process with the FARC in exchange for a sentence of 10 years...
Posted On 14 Feb 2015
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Pacifico and Pichincha banks join state strategy for controlling the financial system in the country

Pacifico and Pichincha banks are part of a strategic alliance with the General Attorney whose purpose is to prevent the entry of money from illicit transactions (money laundering or legitimization of illegal capital) to the national financial system. Experts from both...
Posted On 14 Feb 2015
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Russia, Venezuela and Ecuador address drop in oil prices

The Russian Energy Minister Alexandre Novak said that Russia, Venezuela and Ecuador met yesterday in Moscow to discuss how to stabilize the price of oil, whose fall is currently affecting their economies. According to international information, the meeting would have included...
Posted On 13 Feb 2015
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Poroshenko still doubts that the ceasefire agreement be fulfilled in eastern Ukraine

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, said this Friday that the country was still far from peace and there were no guarantees that the cease-fire agreed yesterday at the Minsk summit take effect. “I do not want anyone illusions. And I seem a naive,” Poroshenko said...
Posted On 13 Feb 2015
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