Venezuela approved legislation this week to annex the Essequibo territory, part of a historic dispute with Guyana. The National Assembly, controlled by Nicolás Maduro, has formally created the state of Guayana Essequiba, which Venezuela’s president had already ordered to be included on the country’s official maps last December. This forest area of approximately 160,000 square … Read more
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The Venezuelan opposition is entering an important week. Chavismo has imposed an electoral agenda and vetoed the participation of Maria Corina Machado, who was disqualified after judicial moves. In a few days, a seven-day period for nomination of candidates to be done online through the National Electoral Council platform will open. Nicolas Maduro has already … Read more
In General Pico, a medium-sized city in central Argentina, police officers in cars, on motorcycles and on foot, called to an attempted robbery a business day earlier, surrounded them. Inside was the suspect: a 13-year-old teen who wanted to steal a box of markers and some pencils. When they took her to the police station … Read more
The Financial Intelligence Unit (UIF) has blocked several accounts of the Faculty of Medicine of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) since December. The federal Treasury Department has opened an investigation into Luis Arturo González Nava, who was the administrative secretary of the faculty. The officials including the director of that school were authorized … Read more
The Gaza war, with approximately 30,000 deaths, has revived the two-state solution as the preferred formula for ending hostilities and resolving the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. A formula that has attracted the attention of the G-20 foreign ministers meeting in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) as “the only possible solution”, the host foreign minister announced after its conclusion … Read more
The Constitutional Court marks a milestone in Ecuador. This Wednesday it ruled in favor of decriminalizing euthanasia, and declaring the constitutional right of those who “because of serious and irreversible physical injury or intense suffering resulting from a serious and incurable disease” to have an assisted death. Request process. The judges’ decision comes into effect … Read more
The Constitutional Court marks a milestone in Ecuador. This Wednesday it ruled in favor of decriminalizing euthanasia, and declaring the constitutional right of those who “because of serious and irreversible physical injury or intense suffering resulting from a serious and incurable disease” to have an assisted death. Request process. The judges’ decision comes into effect … Read more
According to experts, the value of the dollar shows a rising trend against the Peruvian sol. Photo: Creation by Jazmin Serras/L-R/Andina A recent report by Credicorp Capital said that the direction of the dollar in the coming months will respond more to external factors than domestic, for which the monetary policy stance of the United … Read more
The Cuban government dismissed Alejandro Gil this Friday as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Planning, as part of a plan to provide oxygen to a time of crisis and a devastated economy. An official statement confirmed that Gill, 60, has been relieved “of his responsibilities”. The dismissal occurs upon the proposal of … Read more