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General Rubén Alzate and his two companions are released by FARC

The communist guerrilla FARC released this Sunday in Colombia an Army general and two other captives, allowing to restart the development of the peace process, suspended by the government after the catch. Brigadier General Dario Alzate, Corporal Jorge Rodriguez and lawyer Gloria...
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Hong Kong: pro-democracy Protestants and police face again

The pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong were reactivated after a night of clashes in which fifty people were arrested and forty wounded. The protesters, wearing helmets, tried to force the police cordon deployed around the seat of government of Leung Chun-ying, during a meeting...
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Israel tightens laws against illegal immigrants

The Israeli government approved on Sunday a new draft law against illegal immigrants after the Supreme Court overturned a previous more repressive legislation, said the Ministry of Interior. The new text, to be submitted in Parliament for a vote, foresees that illegal immigrants...
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Minor disappeared four years ago is found behind a false wall

A 13-year-old boy, who had disappeared four years ago, has been found by the police hidden behind a a false wall in his father’s house in Georgia, according to local media. The Clayton County police initially came to the house but its owners denied that the child was found...
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Tax for higher wages is defended by Argentine Government

The Argentine government on Monday defended the need to charge a tax on the highest salaries, despite the growing opposition claims from unions that reject the measure. “Many do not agree that it must be collected. We consider it philosophically and ideologically necessary...
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Expectations of entrepreneurs at draft Law on Production Incentives

After the Executive branch sent to the Assembly on Friday, November 28, as a matter of economic emergency, the draft Law on Production Incentives; the expectations of entrepreneurs began to be generated. The President of the Chamber of Industries of Pichincha, Richa...
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Tabaré Vázquez wins the presidency in Uruguay

The leftist candidate of the Frente Amplio party, Tabaré Vázquez won the presidential election held on Sunday, November 30 in Uruguay with 1,226,105 votes, nearly 300,000 more than his rival from the National or “White” Party, Luis Lacalle Pou, who achieved 939,074...
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Snowden is awarded “Alternative Nobel” for his revelations

The former analyst for the US National Security Agency Edward Snowden today defended an “open” and “liberal” society when accepting the so-called “Alternative Nobel.” “All this has to do with making our society safer, the freedoms that we...
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Constitutional amendments will affect existing laws

At least fourteen laws would be directly related with the first draft constitutional amendments submitted by Alianza PAIS (AP),which would require reforms. Among the issues addressed are: lowering the age to be a presidential candidate, from 35 to 30 years old and the indefinite...
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Authorities control the use of the nutritional traffic light in foods

From December 1, the authorities will intensify the controls in all processed foods that must be labeled with the nutritional traffic light. Where it is indicated by colors the amount of fat, salt and sugar the product contains. Red means high; yellow, medium; and green low....
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