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Quito, 9 jul (Sputnik).- El presidente ecuatoriano Guillermo Lasso destacó el jueves, durante una cumbre de los miembros del Mercado Común del Sur (Mercosur), la necesidad de la integración de los países de la región para alcanzar la recuperación económica. «Estamos convencidos de que el Mercosur es un mecanismo que sustenta de manera sólida nuestros objetivos comunes, necesarios para el desarrollo económico y social de todos los países miembros y asociados (…) La integración sigue siendo el camino y es condición indispensable para lograr la recuperación económica y social»,...

El presidente del Senado de Puerto Rico, José Luis Dalmau-Santiago, envió hoy una carta a Raúl Grijalva titular del Comité de Recursos Naturales de la Cámara de Representantes federal en la que pide se rechacen los dos proyectos sobre la estadidad de la Isla que se analizan en el Congreso de Estados Unidos.   Según Dalmau, “ambas iniciativas contienen serias deficiencias que impiden que el Partido Popular Democrático -la mayoría parlamentaria del gobierno de Puerto Rico- apoye su contenido en estos momentos”.  El líder popular se refirió así...

Discover the Pure Grenada The State of Grenada consists of three islands- Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique which form the southern end of the Windward Islands. Formerly colonized for many years, first by the French and then by the British, the islands of Grenada still retain traces of these European influences in their culture, architecture and place names. The Capital, St. George’s, is located on the south-west coast of Grenada.  It is the seat of government and the main commercial centre. The Grenada dove (Leptotila wellsi), was announced as the country’s national bird in 1991 ...

The End of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico U.S. representatives have introduced two bills that would finally end Puerto Rico’s subordinate Commonwealth status. But continued colonial rule may be the only option Congress seriously considers. (Lorie Shaull / Flickr) The House Committee on Natural Resources held hearings on April 14, 2021, on two bills that propose to end Puerto Rico’s status as an unincorporated territory of the United States: H.R. 1522, the Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Act, and H.R. 2070, the Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act of...

Movement Assistance Over the past 70 years, IOM has facilitated the dignified and safe transportation of millions of migrants around the globe. In 2019, IOM provided movement assistance to more than 225,000 people in 169 countries. Movement assistance encompasses all resettlement and other forms of humanitarian admission; evacuations of vulnerable migrants, internally displaced persons and others; voluntary relocation, return and repatriation; and family reunification, as well as efforts for counter-trafficking and the protection of stranded migrants. Individuals and families are also assiste...