Examples of using Were refusing in English and their translations into Spanish
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And people in the Rio Grande Valley were refusing to sell.
At that time, were refusing to sacrifice their children to the Chitauli.
Returnees were impatient andlocal people were refusing dialogue.
The donors, however, were refusing to participate in that process.
Countries that normally sold oil to the United States were refusing to do so.
Los países que normalmente vendían petróleo a los Estados Unidos dejaron de hacerlo.Evidently the police were refusing to give the letter up.
On 7 May 1996, Chinese security personnel had opened fire at the Monastery of Gaden, firing on monks who were refusing to obey the order.
El 7 de mayo de 1996 las fuerzas de seguridad chinas abrieron fuego en el monasterio de Gaden contra monjes que se negaban a acatar esa orden.However, he indicated that Palestinians were refusing the offer. Jerusalem Post, 23 July 1993.
Carloman was sent against Great Moravia, Louis the Younger against the Obodrites and Linones, andThachulf against the Sorbs, who were refusing to obey him.
Carlomán fue enviado contra la Gran Moravia, Luis el Joven contra los obodritas y linones, yTachulfo contra los sorbio, quienes rechazaban obedecerle.A few weeks ago, taxi drivers in Brussels were refusing to take Austrian passengers.
Zoo employees were refusing to clean the ornery beast's cage after several recent close calls.
Los trabajadores del zoológico se rehúsan a limpiar la jaula de esta bestia después de varios encuentros cercanos con la muerte.Not only had there been long-time oppression of the people,the Indian authorities were refusing to hold the plebiscite mandated by the United Nations.
En ese país no sólo The people of Jammu and Kashmir were refusing the sham elections offered to them and were continuing to demand the withdrawal of the Indian occupation forces.
El pueblo de Jammu y Cachemira rechaza la parodia de elecciones que le proponen y sigue exigiendo la retirada de las fuerzas indias de ocupación.In Norway in 1983, a small group of total objectors organised in the group"Campaign against Conscription",(KMV in Norwegian) were refusing both military and alternative service.
En Noruega en 1983, un pequeño grupo de objetores totales organizados en el grupo"Campaña contra el servicio militar obligatorio",(KMV en noruego) rechazaban tanto el servicio militar como el servicio sustitutorio.So we felt very much in solidarity with other GIs who were refusing to participate, particularly people refusing to fly B-52s over the North.
Así que nos sentimos solidarios con los otros soldados que se negaban a participar, especialmente los que Many victims were refusing money from civilian donations and demanding State compensation, since it was the State that had been responsible for the crimes committed against them.
Muchas víctimas rechazan dinero de donativos civiles y exigen una compensación estatal, dado que fue el Estado el culpable de los crímenes cometidos contra ellas.Obsessed by the Palestinian issue,the leaders of the Arab League were refusing to support the Maghrebi issue, whose problems deepened with a financial crisis.
Centrados en la cuestión palestina,los dirigentes de la Liga Árabe se niegan a apoyar a los nacionalistas del Mágreb, cuyos problemas Some countries were refusing any dialogue with the international monitoring mechanisms on the grounds that those mechanisms jeopardized international cooperation for the promotion of human rights.
Ciertos países se niegan a dialogar con los mecanismos de seguimiento de los instrumentos internacionales so pretexto de que este procedimiento resulta nocivo para la cooperación internacional en materia de promoción de los derechos humanos.On the contrary, it was ready to sign immediately a tripartite agreement with Eritrea and UNHCR,especially as the Eritrean refugees were refusing to repatriate without security guarantees.
Por el contrario, está dispuesto a firmar en el acto un acuerdo tripartito con Eritrea y con el ACNUR, tanto más cuanto quelos refugiados de Eritrea rehúsan la repatriación si no hay garantía de seguridad.The United States authorities were refusing to allow the American Indian, Mr. Leonard Peltier, to be transferred for an operation on his seriously diseased jaw.
Las autoridades de los Estados Unidos se niegan a permitir que el Sr. Leonard Peltier, indio americano, sea trasladado para que Although Fannin, Dimmitt, and Linn continued to push for an attack on Goliad, Texian attention soon shifted towards Gonzales,where a small group of Texians were refusing to obey orders from Ugartechea.
A pesar de que Fannin, Dimmitt y Linn continuaron presionando para realizar un ataque contra Goliad, la atención texana pronto Moreover, the Japanese courts and Government were refusing to compensate Koreans who had undergone forced labour during the War and who, in some cases, had lost one or more limbs.
Por otra parte, la justicia y el Gobierno del Japón se niegan a indemnizar a los coreanos sometidos a trabajo forzoso durante la guerra, alguno de los cuales tuvieron que sufrir la amputación de uno o varios miembros.While the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Republic of Serbia were making efforts to institute a meaningful dialogue,the leaders of some Albanian political parties in Kosovo and Metohija were refusing or delaying the dialogue under various pretexts.
Mientras que la República Federativa de Yugoslavia y la República de Serbia realizan esfuerzos para establecer un diálogo constructivo,los dirigentes de ciertos partidos políticos de los albaneses de Kosovo y Metohija rechazan o retrasan el diálogo bajo diversos pretextos.However, Mahathir alleged that some EC officers were refusing to sign Form 14 in their respective constituencies, which is required for the results to be announced.
Sin embargo, Mahathir alegó que algunos oficiales de la Comisión Electoral se rehusaban a firmar el Formulario 14 en sus respectivos distritos electorales, lo cual es necesario para que Those responsible for the continuation of the conflict were not the Kurds, who were merely asserting their legitimate rights to self-determination and to be educated in their own language, butthe Turkish authorities, which were refusing any peaceful political solution.
Los culpables de la continuación del conflicto no son los curdos, que no hacen sino reivindicar su legítimo derecho a la libre determinación y el derecho a ser educados en su propio idioma, sinolas autoridades turcas, que rechazan toda solución política pacífica.In the countries of the European Union,small farmers were refusing to give intensive production priority over employment and the environment, and were opting for alternative, people-oriented agriculture.
En los países de la Unión Europea,los campesinos se niegan a dar prioridad a la producción intensiva en detrimento del empleo y del medio ambiente y optan por una agricultura alternativa al servicio de los hombres.The intifada was a simple demonstration of frustration and anger against the continuation of the Israeli occupation andthe fact that the Israeli authorities were refusing to recognize the right of the Palestinian people to live in peace in an independent State and the Palestinian refugees' right of return.
Esta intifada es una simple manifestación de la frustración y de la cólera debido a la continuación de la ocupación israelí y a quelas autoridades israelíes se niegan a reconocer al pueblo palestino su derecho a vivir en paz en un Estado independiente y a los refugiados palestinos, el derecho a regresar a sus hogares.Some of the political players were refusing to participate in the negotiations because the National Council for the Defence of Democracy(CNDD), which some had accused of committing genocide, had been invited to participate.
Algunos de los actores políticos se niegan a participar en las negociaciones, por haberse invitado al Consejo Nacional para la Defensa de la Democracia(CNDD), acusado por algunos de cometer genocidio.The fact that certain past injustices had still not been redressed and that their perpetrators were refusing to assume legal responsibility for their actions represented not only an injustice, but also the perpetuation of crimes against humanity.
El hecho de que todavía no According to another source of information, a number of companies manufacturing andimporting medicines were refusing to supply them to hospitals, as they had not been paid for earlier shipments or were uncertain that they would be paid for ordered medicines.
De acuerdo con otra fuente de información, algunas empresas que fabricaban eimportaban medicamentos se negaban a suministrarlos a los hospitales, pues no 
