Month: April 2012

Valparaiso ( Chile), 4 Apr ( EFE).-Chilean Senate today rejected the three bills seeking to replace therapeutic abortion, abolished in 1989, in the last days of the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990) who decided to penalise the interruption of the pregnancy in all its Forms in Chile. Despite the discussion, covering in total five legislative sessions, the parliamentarians decided to not give the green light to any of the three projects who wanted to standardize the Chilean legislation in this area with those of the developed countries. After the refusal of the Senate, Health Minister Jaime Mañalich said that “the Senate has risen, it protected the weakest, children who are about to be born, as stated in the policy of the Government of President (Sebastian) Piñera”. As the President of the Senate, the Socialist Camilo Escalona, author of one of the rejected projects, lamented the pronouncement of his peers at the time told to expect that this does not harm the international image of Chile. “I hope that the international community understands that Chilean democracy is still growing,” sentenced. For his part, Senator of the party for democracy, Jaime Quintana, pointed out that “Chile women were as prohibited, because a conservative group encroached the power to decide by them”. First draft resistance therapeutic abortion in case of risk of life for the mother and which was greater viability to...

Valparaiso ( Chile), 4 Apr ( EFE).- The Senate Chilean today rejected the three bills seeking to replace therapeutic abortion, abolished in 1989, in the last days of the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990) who decided to penalise the interruption of the pregnancy in all its Forms in Chile. Despite the discussion, covering in total five legislative sessions, the parliamentarians decided to not give the green light to any of the three projects who wanted to standardize the Chilean legislation in this area with the developed countries. After the refusal of the Senate, Health Minister Jaime Mañalich said that “the Senate has risen, it protected the weakest, children who are about to be born, as stated in the policy of the Government of President (Sebastian) Piñera”. As the President of the Senate, the Socialist Camilo Escalona, author of one of the rejected projects, lamented the pronouncement of his peers at the time told to expect that this does not harm the international image of Chile. “I hope that the international community understands that Chilean democracy is still growing,” sentenced. For his part, Senator of the party for democracy, Jaime Quintana, pointed out that “Chile women were as prohibited, because a conservative group encroached the power to decide by them”. First draft resistance therapeutic abortion in case of risk of life for the mother and which was greater viability to...

CARACAS (Reuters) – the Chairman of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, returned Wednesday to his country after receiving a second session of radiotherapy in Cuba to combat cancer that suffers, but he will soon return to the island to continue with the treatment that keeps you away from the campaign for the elections of October. Clothing with sportswear, Chávez landed in Barinas, his home State in the plains of the southwest of the country. It only fell from the aircraft and with energetic step embraced with parents, daughters and brothers, who were waiting for him at the runway along with Vice President Elias Jaua and several Ministers. “Coming from Barinas.” For the cradle. “With the old, the elder, daughters, brothers, this noble people”, said the representative, slightly swollen but with the strong voice, to praise the virtues of “this Savannah where I was conceived already almost 60 years ago” in a brief address broadcast on national chain. “Today concluded the second cycle of radiotherapy and so far, fortunately, there have been no adverse reaction.” “All the tests have given positive results (and) physical recovery,” commented on his convalescence, which keeps in suspense the Venezuelans with a view to the elections of October 7. The Socialist leader will continue the next few weeks between Caracas and Havana to continue with radiation, though not said when or by how much time will go....

CARACAS (Reuters) – the Chairman of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, returned Wednesday to his country after receiving a second session of radiotherapy in Cuba to combat cancer that suffers, but he will soon return to the island to continue with the treatment that keeps you away from the campaign for the elections of October. Clothing with sportswear, Chávez landed in Barinas, his home State, in the plains of the southwest of the country. It only fell from the aircraft and with energetic step embraced with parents, daughters and brothers, who were waiting for him at the runway along with Vice President Elias Jaua and several Ministers. “Coming from Barinas.” For the cradle. “With the old, the elder, daughters, brothers, this noble people”, said the representative, slightly swollen but with the strong voice, to praise the virtues of “this Savannah where I was conceived already almost 60 years ago” in a brief address broadcast on national chain. “Today concluded the second cycle of radiotherapy and so far, fortunately, there have been no adverse reaction.” “All the tests have given positive results (and) physical recovery,” commented on his convalescence, which keeps in suspense the Venezuelans with a view to the elections of October 7. The Socialist leader will continue the next few weeks between Caracas and Havana to continue with radiation, though not said when or by how much time will go....