There are “four pillars of the energy policy” that the Government hopes will lower rates.
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The five nations with superior regional performance, according to a recent report, are Colombia, Peru, Mexico, Chile, and Puerto Rico.
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Latin America must prepare for a phase of economic slowdown and move toward the re-industrialization of the region, said Secretary General of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), Ernesto Samper, former president of Colombia.
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Bachelet made her comments while on tour in Germany.
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A staggering 93% of the foods lost weekly in the Dominican Republic are discarded in the production stage, while the remaining 7% is in marketing and processing, says a study released by the Vice Presidency and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
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There have been calls for truth commissions, for the return of the students alive, and for action against impunity. Commentators have dissected the government “crisis” and “emergency,” as well as the official uses of terror. Mexico has been called before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, witnesses reported that their bodies have been burned, and
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The FARC proposed the creation of a national census of victims; President Santos wants to speed up the process for returning land to peasants who have been displaced by violence and drug traffickers; and “Romaña,” the nom de guerre of Henry Castellanos, was sent by the FARC to negotiate in Havana.
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Threatening gestures were made during the sentencing of dirty warrior Miguel Etchecolatz.
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The “Shining Path” branch, active in the “VAREM area” of Peru, has returned to older, more violent ways, while drug traffickers are terrorizing parts of Paraguay.
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For the twenty-third consecutive year, the General Assembly of the UN presented a resolution asking that the U.S. embargo on Cuba be lifted, while the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) reiterated its condemnation of the blockade, as well.
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