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Trump Seeks to Reassure Allies on ISIS Fight as Syria Withdrawal Looms

WASHINGTON — President Trump sought to reassure nervous allies on Wednesday that his administration would continue an unrelenting hunt for Islamic State fighters “for many years to come,” even as the United States prepares to withdraw troops from the war zones of Syria and Afghanistan.

Sobre la situación en México - Compartición del 30 de enero de 2019.

El ejercicio intenta trazar líneas de fuerza sobre lo que caracteriza la situación del país y al nuevo gobierno. A lo largo de los intercambios, intentaremos extraer algunos elementos que alimenten nuestras investigaciones.

Dos ideas sobre la situación del país (R Ornelas):

Artículo de Ana Esther Ceceña y David Barrios Rodríguez, aparecido en la Revista de Estudios Estratégicos Nº 06, editada por el Centro de Investigaciones de Política Internacional de Cuba.

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Trump Asks for Unity, but Presses Hard Line on Immigration

WASHINGTON — President Trump delivered a message of bipartisan unity on Tuesday night in his first address to Congress in the new era of divided government, but signaled that he would continue to wage war for the hard-line immigration policies that have polarized the capital and the nation.

Compartimos la segunda sesión de nuestro seminario de reflexión, celebrada el 16 de octubre de 2018.

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Afghans Go to Taliban Talks, but Government Is Still Left Out

KABUL, Afghanistan — Senior Afghan politicians, including former President Hamid Karzai, began a meeting with Taliban representatives in Moscow on Tuesday, weeks after the insurgents and American diplomats announced progress toward an end to the long war.

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Investors in Former Trump-Branded Hotel in Brazil Charged With Corruption

SÃO PAULO, Brazil — A well-connected businessman in Brazil conceived the idea of a luxurious getaway in Rio de Janeiro bearing a world-famous name: Trump.

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To Slow U.S. Exit, Afghanistan Leader Offers Trump a Cost Reduction

KABUL, Afghanistan — Unnerved by fears of a rushed American deal with Taliban insurgents, President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan sent a letter on Tuesday to President Trump offering him reduced costs for keeping United States troops in the country.

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‘Along the Main Road You See the Graves’: U.N. Says Hundreds Killed in Congo

Fifteen communal burial sites and 43 single graves have been found in a northwest area of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where three days of ethnic strife last month may have left nearly 900 people dead, United Nations officials said Tuesday.

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US gives opposition leader Guaido control over some Venezuelan assets

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has authorized Venezuelan opposition leader and self-declared interim president, Juan Guaido, to take control of US-held assets belonging to the country’s government. The certification, issued on Tuesday, applies to certain Venezuelan government and Central Bank property held by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or any other US insured banks.