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Snowden Submits Request for Temporary Asylum in Russia, Says Lawyer

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Moscow, Jul 16 (Prensa Latina) Former U.S. Intelligence agent Edward Snowden has officially requested temporary asylum in Russia, said lawyer Anatoli Kucherena today after meeting with Snowden at the airport in this capital. “He filled the application for temporary asylum with my help because he needs advise in juridical and legislative terms. Due to his condition, I met with him for a consultation,” said the lawyer.

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Cuban Parlmt’s Committees to Open Session

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Havana, Jul 3 (Prensa Latina) The ten standing working commissions of the Cuban People’s Power National Assembly will meet in this capital July 4-5, offical source announced. These meetings are part of the activities that precede the First Ordinary Session of the 8th Legislature, scheduled for Saturday, July 6, at Havana’s Conference Center.

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Evo Morales: Cancel Flight Permit Seeks to Silence Social Struggles

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La Paz, Jul 3 (Prensa Latina) Bolivian President Evo Morales today considered that the cancellation of the fight permit to his airplane by various European countries constitutes a pretext to silence the socialist governments social struggles. In a press conference from Vienna’s Schwechat airport, the president said that Spain, Portugal, Italy, and France’s decision to prohibit Bolivian presidential airplane to fly over their territories is part of a policy aimed at causing fear.

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FARC-EP Presented in Havana Proposals for State Restructuring

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Havana, Jul 3 (Prensa Latina) The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army (FARC-EP) presented today in Cuba about 11 minimum proposals for the democratic restructuring of the State and political reform in the South American country. Prior to the beginning of another day of peace talks with the government of Juan Manuel Santos, the guerrilla

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Ecuadorian Gov’t Rules out to Study Snowden’s Asylum Request

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London, Jul 2 (Prensa Latina) Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa has ruled out that his government studies the asylum request made by former US intelligence agent Edward Snowden, in an interview with the British The Guardian daily released today.

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Raul Castro Welcomes North Korean Military Delegation

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Havana, July 2 (Prensa Latina) President Raul Castro welcomed in this capital Kim Kyok Sik, Chief of General Staff of the Army of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Both leaders talked about the historic ties between their countries, and expressed the common will to continue the relations, Cuba’s nightly TV news program reported yesterday.DPRK ambassador to Havana Jon Yong Jin, and Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) of Cuba, Army Corps General Leopoldo Cintra Frias participated in the meeting.

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New President Makes Paraguay Return to MERCOSUR Conditional

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Asuncion, Jun 27 (Prensa Latina) President elect Horacio Cartes maintained his position today of making conditional Paraguay’s return to MERCOSUR, from which it was suspended after the parliamentarian coup last year. In a brief note issued in Madrid and published here, Cartes, who is returning today to this capital, reiterated his request to be granted the presidency of MERCOSUR in order to return.

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Venezuela and Belarus Strengthen Cooperation Ties

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Caracas, Jun 27 (Prensa Latina) Venezuela and Belarus today built strong ties of cooperation, said the chancellor of this South American nation, Elias Jaua, at the end of the Sixth Meeting of the High Level Joint Commission between the two countries. Speaking to the press, Jaua said that this event is the result of geopolitical effort

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Dilma Rousseff Notes Need for Political Reform in Brazil

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Brasilia, Jun 24 (Prensa Latina) Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Monday noted the need to implement a broad and in-depth political reform in the country with citizens’ participation. Speaking on her Monday radio program “Coffee with the President”, Rousseff ratified that her government will take measures to meet the demands from millions of demonstrators who have taken to the streets over the past two weeks to demand high-quality education, health and public transportation, less corruption and more safety.

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Evo Morales Asks COB to Defend Majority of Workers

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Evo Morales Asks COB to Defend Majority of WorkersLa Paz, May 16 (Prensa Latina) Bolivian President Evo Morales on Friday urged the leaders of the Workers Central (COB) to defend the majority of workers rather than a specific sector. Morales participated in the celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the founding of the town of Mineros, in the eastern department of Santa Cruz, and used the occasion to talk about the COB strike meant to force the government to change the current Law of Retirement.