20 May, 2010

Ecuadorian President call as an “historical ingratitude” the european migration policies

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Comunicas.- The President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, regarded here as terrible the migration policies applied by the 27 member countries of the European Union (EU) with the Latin American emigrants in his Wednesday intervention at the EU-Latin American and Caribbean Summit. "I find it a historical ingratitude," Correa expressed, and wondered what effect it had [...]

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19 May, 2010

Uruguay will host next GEF assembly

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Comunicas.- Uruguay will organize the 4th Global Environment Fund (GEF) assembly, informed an official source. The web page of the presidency informed that the event will take place in the Punta del Este resort about 87 miles from the capital and is the first Latin American headquarters for the event in the history of the [...]

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14 May, 2010

Thousands of social activist to participate in the “LatAm-Europe people’s summit” in Spain

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Comunicas.- Spain will host as of May 14 the Fourth Peoples Summit, to claim the role of social movements faced with capitalism, immerse in a severe crisis. The forum, denominated "Linking Alternatives IV," will gather until May 18 in Madrid thousands of activists from some 400 political, social, union youth and women organizations from Latin [...]

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12 May, 2010

More than 100 dead and one survivor in lybian plane crash

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Comunicas.- A Lybian commercial plane crashed on Wednesday killing all but one of the 104 passengers and crew, 61 of them Dutch tourists, Lybian security sources reported. The aircraft, an A330-200 flying from Johannesburg, South Africa, was approaching Tripoli's international airport to land when it suddenly plummeted leaving a field scattered with smoldering debris. Afriqiyah [...]

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16 June, 2010

Cuban singer Silvio Rodriguez on US tour

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Comunicas.- After a concert in Oakland, California, Cuban singer Silvio Rodríguez will continue his US tour with stops in Los Angeles and then in Washington and Orlando, Florida. As he posted on his blog, Segundacita, "I continue travelling long distances, rehearsing with my friends whenever we find a place, and trying to respond to the [...]

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11 June, 2010

FIFA World Cup begins in South Africa

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Comunicas.- The 2010 World Cup in South Africa got under way with a spectacular and vibrant opening ceremony at the 94,000-capacity Soccer City in Johannesburg. The ceremony was followed by the first game of the tournament between the hosts and Mexico, which ended 1-1. Africa is staging the World Cup for the first time, with [...]

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4 June, 2010

“Sex and the City”: Asian women exist to serve, black woman love a good neck roll, and Latinas don’t exist

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Comunicas.- The latest addition to the "Sex and the City" franchise, Sex and the City 2, is a film that's nearly universally hated. Nearly every reviewer — from The New York Times to The Stranger.com to Roger Ebert — calls it at least mildly racist, given its backwards and shallow portrayal of women in the [...]

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26 May, 2010

Oliver Stone to present “South of the border” in Bolivia next week

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Comunicas.- US filmmaker Oliver Stone will present next June 1 his latest documentary in Bolivia, organizers of the event reported on Tuesday. Bolivian Former Culture Minister Pablo Groux confirmed Stone arrival to present "South of the Border" in the city of Cochabamba. Groux explained the documentary screening will take place in a sports center with [...]

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25 May, 2010

Hugo Chavez opened his personal Blog: chavez.org.ve

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Comunicas.- Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez is opening on Tuesday his official blog www.chavez.org.ve, after his recent Twitter account success, becoming the Venezuelan with more followers in the so-called network of networks. The page, which allows people to post comments, will guarantee personal data privacy, the statesman said during a meeting with the United Socialist Party [...]

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21 May, 2010

“There’s only two ways: the death of capitalism or the death of Mother Earth”, Evo Morales said

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Comunicas.- Bolivian President Evo Morales called indigenous people worldwide to face capitalism, as a single option to save the planet from the devastating impact of climate change. During a speech at the Parliament of the Sami minority in Karasjok, northern Norway, Morales stated that "there is only two ways: the death of capitalism or the [...]

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