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Bogota, Dec 8 (EFE).- The navy seized nearly 1,200 kilos of cocaine hidden around the mouth of the Mira River in Nariño, a province in southwestern Colombia, navy spokesmen told Efe. The cocaine belonged to the Daniel Aldana column of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, one of the rebel units most involved in drug trafficking, the navy said. The ...

By Javier Garcia.Barinas, Venezuela, Dec 8 (EFE).- Venezuela is seeking to improve its image and promote its great natural attractions to make tourism a major source of revenue, second only to oil, Tourism Minister Andres Izarra said.The goal is to increase tourism’s current 4 percent contribution to the gross domestic product (GDP) to 9 percent by 2019, Izarra said during ...

Sydney, Dec 8 (EFE).- Bilateral trade between Australia and Latin American countries do not compete but complement each other, said in an interview with EFE Argentine economist Alexis Esposto, from the Swinburne University in Australia.“The average growth of import and export between Australia and Brazil is 8.3 percent, with Peru 9.2 percent and with Chile 6 percent, which shows that ...

Roseau, Dec 8 (EFE).- Dominicans go to the polls Monday to elect a new Parliament with the ruling Dominica Labor Party facing a formidable challenge from its main rival, the United Workers Party.The UWP, fighting its first election under the new leadership of Lennox Linton, is urging voters to oust the DLP administration of Roosevelt Skerrit, which it has accused ...

San Francisco, Dec 8 (EFE).- Ralph Baer, the engineer popularly known as the “father of video games,” died at home in the city of Manchester, New Hampshire, on the weekend, his family said. He was 92.Baer thought up the idea of designing a “box” that would allow Americans to play games on their televisions in 1966 while he was waiting ...

The 15-nation Caribbean Community (Caricom) is proposing the building of a transportation system with Cuba to maximize trade across the region. The idea was placed on the table of the one-day summit of Cuban President Raoul Castro and his Caricom counterparts. The two sides are examining, among other issues how to make the 14-year old Caricom-Cuba Trade agreement more effective. ...

The Alliance For Change (AFC) on Saturday announced that it was ready to “lead” a broad pro-democracy coalition including A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) to remove the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) from government, but President Donald Ramotar expressed confidence of regaining a parliamentary majority. AFC Leader, Khemraj Ramjattan made the announcement in an address to his party’s delegates’ ...

Guyana’s President Donald Ramotar on Saturday ditched local and international calls to lift the suspension of Parliament and instead opted to call early elections in the New Year, quite possibly before the April 30 deadline for the passage of a National Budget. Addressing a news briefing at State House, his official residence, the Guyanese leader said he opted to decide ...

A top al-Qaida operative, of Guyanese parentage, was killed by Pakistani  soldiers Saturday. He was indicted in the U.S. for his alleged involvement in a plot to bomb New York’s subway system, the military said in a statement. The Associated Press reported that the death of Adnan Shukrijumah is the latest blow to the terror organization still reeling from the ...

The proposed formula by Guyana’s Private Sector Commission (PSC) to break the political deadlock caused by the almost one-month old suspension of Parliament appears set to flop because one of the opposition parties Friday remained adamant that there would be no talks with government. The Alliance For Change (AFC), whose no-confidence motion the government has been dodging to avoid going ...