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Fintech Fund accepts debt swap under Argentine legislation

Fintech Advisory, one of the creditors in the case by the argentine debt, is willing to accept a swap of its restructured bonds under foreign law by other issued under Argentine legislation. David Martinez Guzman, head of the fund, said that the intention of the South American...
Posted On 25 Aug 2014
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Fernando Alvarado shares experiences and views on the media in a forum

During the `II Conference of Freedom of Expression and Media Law’ of the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso (PUCV) in Chile, the Secretary of Communication of the Presidency Fernando Alvarado, shared the “experiences” that some officials lived with...
Posted On 25 Aug 2014
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Santos: Revelations of hacker Sepulveda must be thoroughly investigated

The president of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, on Monday requested the authorities a thorough investigation into allegations Andres Sepulveda hacker, who is arrested for his involvement in the case. “This is extremely delicate and all authorities should be there very...
Posted On 25 Aug 2014
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Pharmaceutical company tests “successful” experimental vaccine against Ebola

Four monkeys received today an experimental vaccine against Ebola, developed by the Canadian pharmaceutical Immunovaccine, and survived after being exposed to a lethal dose of the virus. Immunovaccine added that two monkeys which were exposed to Ebola but not did not receive the...
Posted On 25 Aug 2014
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Political parties members may be part of the CNE

A former executive of a party that does not militate for two years in his organization may be nominated to be a member of the National Electoral Council (CNE for its Spanish acronym). The call to renovate two delegationships was posted on August 23, by the Council of Citizen...
Posted On 25 Aug 2014
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Petroamazonas terminates oil contract with Ivanhoe

The contract of Specific Services of the Canadian oil company Ivanhoe for exploration and exploitation of Pungarayacu field will be terminated in Ecuador after more than five years of work in block 20. The announcement was made by Petroamazonas Manager, Oswaldo Madrid, in an...
Posted On 25 Aug 2014
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Father of gunned down in Ferguson calls day of silence

The father of the African-American of 18 years old who died after being shot by a white police in Ferguson, urged on Sunday, August 24, to save a “day of silence” while his son is buried on Monday. “Tomorrow all I want is peace,” said Mr. Michael Brown to...
Posted On 25 Aug 2014
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Ukraine plans to strengthen its army investing $ 3.000 million

The President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, said that the Ukrainian government will invest about three billion dollars to rearm its military and deal with the “threats” to their sovereignty, referring to the fighting it lives in the east of the country against...
Posted On 25 Aug 2014
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Zoning Law to be debated in September

It is possible that the draft Zoning, Land Use and Management Law begins to be officially discussed in next September by the Committee of Autonomous Governments of the Assembly. For now the commission works with a preliminary draft prepared by consultants of the European Union,...
Posted On 25 Aug 2014
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Ernesto Samper will become general secretary of UNASUR

This Saturday, the Colombian former president Ernesto Samper thanked the leaders of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR for its Spanish acronym) “for their support” by appointing him as new general secretary for a period of two years. “Thank you...
Posted On 24 Aug 2014
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