Bogotá —where the popular neighborhoods massively voted for the leftist candidate Iván Cepeda— woke up yesterday to the reality of the new politics of heart-stopping surprises, “ultra” presidential candidates emerging out of nowhere, and snowballs driven by social networks.
A deathly silence has taken over the Sant Roc neighborhood of Badalona. On Sunday afternoon, a vehicle stopped without turning off the engine at number 19 Còrdova Street, next to a square where drug buying and selling is common. An individual armed with an automatic pistol emptied the magazine, eight shots, aiming, according to some witnesses, at the place where two minors were playing. A ten-year-old girl received a clean shot in the elbow, with an entry and exit wound, and a bone fracture.
In view of the speech he gave yesterday at the Cercle d’Economia, it would seem that Salvador Illa simply wanted to paint a radiant picture of current economic growth and a bright future but without talking about the problems. New budgets and future model of…
The first witnesses deflated the accusations against David Sánchez yesterday. “I don’t remember,” “I have no evidence,” or “there were no irregularities” were the main statements during the long court session. The brother of the Prime Minister sits in the dock at the Badajoz Court accused of separate crimes of malfeasance and influence peddling for allegedly having been given a job at the Badajoz Provincial Council in 2017.
Alberto Núñez Feijóo is in Barcelona this Tuesday, where he will speak to Catalan entrepreneurs at the Cercle d’Economia sessions at a time of maximum political pressure for Junts to support an instrumental motion of no confidence to accelerate the calling of elections. According to sources from Feijóo’s team, the PP leader will deliver a “brave” speech during the dialogue he will have with economist Teresa García-Milà. The meeting in Barcelona takes place 24 hours after Feijóo himself expressed being “optimistic” about the possibility of a change of Government through the vote of no confidence because “184 deputies” in Congress “are demanding early and immediate elections.” “If those who say it are consistent and do it, we can find a solution in a short time,” he added yesterday.
In the midst of confusion this Monday over Iran’s announcement to leave negotiations with the United States due to Israel’s attacks in Lebanon, U.S. President Donald Trump later claimed to have had “a productive conversation” with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that had helped to unblock the situation. “Negotiations continue at a rapid pace,” he proclaimed.
Israel has not ceased its offensive against Hizbullah in Lebanon, despite the peace negotiations underway between Iran and the United States to end the war in the region. Benjamin Netanyahu has ignored Donald Trump’s recommendations and has continued his offensive, which is…
Donald Trump sought to exit the war with Iran with a pact before the midterm elections, but his unruly ally, Israel, threatens to blow the agreement apart. Benjamin Netanyahu announced early Sunday a new wave of bombings in the southern neighborhoods of Beirut, one of the red lines that the United States had set in the ceasefire signed between the Lebanese and Israeli governments last April 17.
Europe confirms its new tough migration policy. While the European Parliament and the European Council have just given their green light to the final EU return regulation that endorses the creation of migrant deportation centers in third countries, some European countries do not want to waste any more time on bureaucratic processes and have gotten to work. Following the lessons of the Italian Giorgia Meloni in Albania, several capitals are grouping into small teams within the Twenty-Seven to probe other countries in Africa, the Balkans, or Central Asia where similar agreements to the one between Rome and Tirana can be created.
Donald Trump sought to exit the war with Iran with a pact before the midterm elections, but his unruly ally, Israel, threatens to blow the agreement to pieces. Benjamin Netanyahu announced early Sunday a new wave of bombings in the southern neighborhoods of Beirut, one of the red lines that the United States had set in the ceasefire signed between the Lebanese and Israeli governments last April 17.