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Investors buys Pacific National Bank shares

Four private investors bought 100% shares of the Pacific National Bank (PNB) in Miami. This was announced on Monday,November 3 by Efraín Vieira, Executive President of Banco del Pacifico. The four investors are Stephen H. Deckoff, Leslie A. Meier, Mounir Nahas and Michael P....
Posted On 04 Nov 2014
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Chief negotiator states that the FARC will leave arms if peace agreement materializes

  The chief negotiator of the Government of Colombia in dialogues with FARC, Humberto de la Calle, said today that the surrender of arms by the guerrillas if a final agreement is reached “is an imperative” for that there is not “armed peace.”...
Posted On 03 Nov 2014
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Nearly 2,000 dead in Syrian prisons according to Human Rights Observatory

Nearly 2,000 people died in 10 months in prisons and detention centers of Syrian intelligence services, where more than 200,000 prisoners are crammed, an NGO affirmed on Sunday. According to the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights (OSDH), between January 1 and October 31, 2014,...
Posted On 03 Nov 2014
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US Officer arrives to Ecuador to strengthen bilateral relations

Roberta S. Jacobson, Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs of U.S.A, will mantain between November 3 and 4 a series of meetings with representatives politics, economy and media sectors. The meetings will also be specified for commercial and civil society to discuss...
Posted On 03 Nov 2014
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Israel closed the crossings into the Gaza Strip

The Israeli authorities closed the two steps into Gaza, three months after the beginning of military assault that killed 2,200 civilians. The crossing points for people and goods of Erez and Kerem Shalom were closed until further notice, according to an announcement released by a...
Posted On 03 Nov 2014
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Ebola: isolation of Spanish nurse finishes

The Spanish nurse Teresa Romero, who is recovering fromthe Ebola infection was transferred to a regular room after withdrawing her from an isolation unit of the hospital Carlos III de Madrid. Romero tested positive for Ebola on October 6, but was declared free of the virus two...
Posted On 03 Nov 2014
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Pro-Russian separatist leader wins presidential election in Donetsk

The main leader of the largest pro-Russian separatist region of eastern Ukraine, Alexandre Zajarchenko, won a crushing victory in elections on Sunday, according to an exit poll survey released by the local election commission. The Prime Minister of the self-proclaimed...
Posted On 03 Nov 2014
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Pre-legislative consultation will depend on the CAL

The Administrative Board of the Legislature (CAL for its Spanish acronym) will determine whether the Organic Law on Cooperation and Coordination between systems of indigenous and ordinary justice are subjected to pre-legislative consultation before being approved on second...
Posted On 03 Nov 2014
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The FARC admits liability for damages caused by the armed conflict

The FARC yesterday acknowledged the harm caused to civilians and to the Colombian army by the existing armed conflict since 50 years. “We explicitly recognize that our actions have affected civilians in different times and circumstances throughout of the (armed)...
Posted On 31 Oct 2014
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CC starts discussions of the Constitution draft amendments

Members of the Constitutional Court (CC) began on October 30 the discussion of the draft amendments to the Constitution, based on the draftopinion of Judge Wendy Molina. Molina, rapporteur of the case No. CR-0001-14, made a 150-page report, confirmed her colleague Alfredo Ruiz,...
Posted On 31 Oct 2014
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