CELAC sets goal of eliminating extreme poverty in the region

The eradication of poverty in the region, the lifting of the economic blockade imposed by the United States to Cuba and the economic wars against countries like Venezuela were the main topics discussed yesterday at the Third Summit of the Community of Latin American and the...
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Sweden rejects at the UN the recommendation from Ecuador on Assange´s case

Sweden rejected a recommendation made by Ecuador on the Julian Assange case, according to a document known as the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), to which all UN members must undergo, which was released this Wednesday by the UN in Geneva. Ecuador recommended to Sweden to...
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Government will provide free kitchens for beneficiaries of the bonus

he Deputy Minister for Electricity, Wladimir Gonzalez, announced yesterday that the beneficiaries of the BDH will receive free induction cookers of four burners. He also noted that 500,000 people that receive the subsidy will receive a free cookware set of seven pieces. In...
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Nisman case: Cristina Fernandez is summoned to testify at the request of unique defendant

Diego Lagomarsino, the only defendant for providing the weapon to the prosecutor Alberto Nisman, has requested that the President of Argentina Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner declare as a witness in the case of the official death. “I’m not fine,” Lagomarsino said...
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Raul Castro calls on Obama to use his “executive powers” to lift embargo against Cuba

Cuban President Raul Castro demanded on Wednesday, during the first meeting with colleagues at the CELAC that the US lift the blockade against Cuba to normalize diplomatic relations. “The restoration of diplomatic relations is the beginning of a process towards...
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Fausto Camacho filed a complaint against the members of the Selection Committee of the CNE

Fausto Camacho yesterday filed a criminal complaint in the Attorney General’s Office requesting the investigation of the work of the Selection Committee and the Council of Citizen Participation and Social Control (Cpccs). This, because of the partial renewal of the National...
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Chilean Congress passes law of equality for couples of the same or different gender

Chile yesterday approved a law guaranteeing equal civil rights of couples of the same or different gender, in order to combat discrimination in a society with largely conservative tradition. The project, known as Civil Union (AUC) Agreement had the votes of the ruling party and...
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Kiev and pro-Russian are responsible for civilian deaths in eastern Ukraine according to HRW

The organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) blamed this Thursday in its annual report to both Kiev and the pro-Russian separatists from “a lot of civilians” who have died in eastern Ukraine, which also qualify as “a violation of the right international. ”...
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Payment of tariffs for 160 products from Colombia and Peru will be returned and measure will be excluded

The National Customs Service of Ecuador (Senae for its Spanish acronym) reported on January 28 that the Committee of Foreign Trade (Comex) decided to exclude from the collection of the corrective measure (safeguard) to 160 tariff subheadings. The measure allows to products...
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ILO report will be ready in February 2016

The report about the visit that make the Technical Mission of the International Labour Organization (ILO) would be ready in February 2016. Following the meeting of January 28 with the Officers of Worker Rights of the Assembly, Cleopatra Doumbia, who heads the mission, said that...
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