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BURMA GOLPE – Rangoon (Burma) – Several protesters are injured by alleged shots with live ammunition fired by the police during the bloody repression of protests against the coup junta that has taken power in Burma.
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GERMANY – Berlin – The management of the covid in Germany has an extra variable that adds uncertainty and complexity: the current electoral “super year”, which will culminate in the general elections in September, the first in 15 years without Angela Merkel as a conservative candidate.
PORTUGAL – Lisbon – In a time of travel reduced to a minimum, retired foreigners or teleworkers find in Portugal a refuge to pass the pandemic, attracted by the security that the country awakens in the face of the virus and in accommodations as diverse as five-star resorts or motorhomes. By Paula Fernández
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USA TRUMP – Miami (USA) – Former US President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference held in Orlando (Florida), his first participation in a public act since leaving the White House and was acquitted of the second political trial against him.
RUNITED BUDGET – London – The British Government faces a key week with the presentation of the budget by the Minister of the Economy, Rishi Sunak, which is expected to raise taxes on companies and announce new aid for employment.
EL SALVADOR ELECTIONS – San Salvador – Salvadorans go to vote in legislative and municipal elections supervised by 3,200 national and international observers and in which the performance of President Nayib Bukele is subjected to popular examination.
GOLDEN GLOBES
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CINEMA – Los Angeles (USA) – “Mank”, “The Trial of the Chicago 7” and “Nomadland” are some of the favorite films for the Golden Globes, which celebrate their 78th edition with a very unique and largely virtual due to the pandemic. By David Villafranca.
TELEVISION – Los Angeles (USA) – “The Crown”, “Schitt’s Creek” and “Ozark” lead the nominations for the television Golden Globes, which will be delivered in the midst of a great controversy that discredits these awards by drawing a corrupt organization and dedicated to the traffic of interests. By Javier Romualdo.
INTERVIEW
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RECOVERY FUNDS – Brussels – Spain will see its financial capacity “tripled” with its European budget allocation in 2021-2027 and with the help of the Recovery Fund, which represents a “tsunami of money and responsibility”, said the Commissioner of Cohesión y Reformas, Elisa Ferreira, in an interview with Efe. By Catalina Guerrero.
ANALYSIS
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AFGHANISTAN PEACE – Kabul / Beirut – One year after the historic agreement signed in Doha between the United States and the Taliban as part of the process to end almost two decades of war, Afghanistan has not seen its expectations of an end to violence met. By Baber Khan Sahel and Naomi Jabois.
CHRONICLE
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HOUSING TRENDS – Brussels – Sharing a flat is no longer just a question of young people. At least in Brussels, where he has opened the first luxury home for executives and other well-placed profiles fleeing loneliness; a phenomenon that aspires to become a trend in large cities. By Ricardo Ruiz Varo.
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