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Monterrey, Jun 6 (EFE).- Mexico's mid-term elections on Sunday, considered to be the largest in the country's history, are proceeding "normally" and just 14 of the more than 162,000 polling stations could not be brought online, the head of the National Election Institute (INE), Lorenzo Cordova, said."Of the 162,570 polling stations, it's been confirmed that 81.3 percent have been set up properly. In like manner, we have the report that 14 will not be set up, representing just 0.009 percent of the total," Cordova said in a statement issued shortly after noon.Expectations are that in the coming hours the rest of the polling places will be opened, the INE told EFE.The head of the INE said that "in all states ... the elections are being held normally," noting that on Sunday, Mexico is holding "the largest election in the history of our democracy." (Camera: PEDRO PABLO CORTÉS).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE GATHER AT POLLING STATION IN MONTERREY, MEXICO.
Linhares da Beira (Portugal), 3 Oct (EFE), (Camera: Carlos García).- Rural tourism in uninhabited villages, where social distancing is imposed by the shortage of neighbors and not by the precautions due to the Covid, has become this year one of the star destinations of the Iberian Peninsula. The Portuguese "Aldeias Históricas", in the Central region of the country, had almost full occupation this summer. This is a network of twelve villages, some barely reaching a hundred inhabitants, which offer a plus in security that is increasingly appreciated by visitors to the big cities.FOOTAGE OF THE AREA AND SOUNDBITES BY PEDRO MACHADO, PRESIDENT OF THE PUBLIC ENTITY TOURISM CENTER, AND DALILA DIAS, MANAGER OF THE HISTORICAL VILLAGES OF PORTUGAL.TRANSLATIONS:Machado:1. "Rural tourism is synonymous of a perception of greater physical distance that guarantees greater security and today is proven a growing and consolidated revaluation of many of our establishments".2. "I guarantee that 2021 many Portuguese and Spanish will return to that experience they discovered in 2020 (village tourism) because of the pandemic. Because they stopped travelling to places that normally go to more distant places abroad and because they stopped going to the beaches that are more crowded".3. "Spain is our main foreign market, representing more than 30% of overnight stays (in the Central Portuguese region)".Dias:4. "When they opened the borders it seems that the Spanish were with the suitcase to go to Portugal. This was notorious and interesting and was feedback for our accommodation. That is, they had just arrived, the border opened at midnight, and that day Spaniards arrived. People perceive that here there is a capacity for distancing and what we ask is that tourists comply with the rules of the General Directorate of Health."
Lisbon (Portugal), Sep 22 (EFE), (Camera: Cynthia de Benito).- The coronavirus may have disrupted the seating capacity, but will not disturb the intensity of the tribute to the centenary of Amália, the great diva of Fado, which hosts the Teatro Real in Madrid next Saturday. It's about making a virtue out of necessity. The event, the X International Fado Festival in Madrid, was intended to be the great commemoration abroad of the so-called "voice of Portugal", which was born 100 years ago.FOOTAGE OF THE FADO MUSEUM IN LISBON AND SOUNDBITES FROM FÁBIA REBORDÃO AND ANA MOURA, FADISTAS.TRANSLATION:REBORDÃO:"I am going to sing "Estranha forma de vida", which is one of the first songs Amália wrote, and therefore I chose that song, I recorded a video clip during the pandemic, at the beginning of the pandemic, I recorded it on my birthday, to offer it to all those who were in the first line, that was my way of paying homage. So I think that is going to be the icing on the cake of the concert, because it has different arrangements than Amália's, because I think we can change the form and not the content, I think the content should be kept. Therefore I am going to sing that song, "Estranha forma de vida" like so many others that I decided to pay homage to her especially in this year that is 100 years old". MOURA:"I think... I can talk about my case, right? I took a look at the box office and you can see that it is already being composed, and therefore, I feel happy to feel that interest from people, and the expectation is... for example, I was in France now and I felt that people were eager to hear music and to feel the comfort that music can give them. And therefore that is my expectation: that people feel related to the music I have to help them, and to the comfort that I can give them through the music that I sing."
Lisbon, 15 Sep (EFE), (Camera: Cynthia de Benito).- Authorities have introduced a series of new measures including capping meetings at 10 people and limits on business hours and alcohol sales. The country has entered a state of contingency as it seeks to tackle fresh outbreaks during the new normality. Health officials have warned people to be extra vigilant as school children resumed their classes and many adults returned to their workplaces. Remote working will continue to be promoted in big cities such as Lisbon and Porto whenever possible.FOOTAGE IN LISBON, PORTUGAL
Singapore, Jul 10 (EFE/EPA).- Singaporeans headed to the polls Friday in a general election held early amid the country's coronavirus epidemic and with the ruling party that has governed since independence as clear favorite.The polling stations, adapted so that physical distancing is respected, opened at 8 am local time (00:00 GMT) and will close at 8 pm (12:00 GMT). Results are expected late Friday or early Saturday.Voters must wear face masks at all times, and also gloves when marking ballots in the voting booths, which will be regularly disinfected. (Camera: WALLACE WOON). SHOT LIST: SINGAPOREANS GO TO THE POLLS TO VOTE IN 2020 GENERAL ELECTION IN SINGAPORE.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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