A 23-year-old Mexican man who was brought to the US illegally at the age of seven has been arrested and detained, despite having a valid work permit. Daniel Ramirez Medina was protected from deportation under one of President Barack Obama’s policies. He has a job, a young son and no criminal record. Mr Ramirez was taken into custody on Friday… Read more »
I think this is another example of the unpredictable nature of Trump’s presidency. I disagree that NATO is “obsolete”- it is important both now—in the fight against terrorism—and in the future— stabilizing geopolitical hot spots such as the Arctic. It acts as a unifying part of the global security network. I am glad that the US is putting more pressure… Read more »
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his country’s Ceta trade deal with the EU will help middle-class families and set the standard for future trade deals globally. Addressing the European Parliament, he called Ceta “a comprehensive blueprint for responsible economic co-operation”.
The US ambassador to the UN has said her country “absolutely” supports the idea of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian dispute. But Nikki Haley also said the Trump administration was “thinking outside the box as well”, suggesting it was open to other possible solutions.
President Donald Trump opened the doors of the White House Wednesday to Liliana Tintori, the wife of the most visible faces of the Venezuelan opposition, Leopoldo Lopez. In a later tweet President Trump called for Lopez’s immediate release and openly confronted the socialist government of Nicolas Maduro by calling him a “political prisoner.” Lopez is serving a 14-year sentence in… Read more »
The vice-president of Venezuela has accused the US of “imperialist aggression” after it slapped sanctions on him for allegedly trafficking drugs. Tareck El Aissami was described by the US treasury as a drug “kingpin” who worked with traffickers in Mexico and Colombia to ship drugs to America. Hitting back, he accused the US of “defamatory aggression”. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro… Read more »
A high court judge in Brazil has overturned a ruling that banned the media from publishing information about blackmail attempts against President Michel Temer’s wife. Two leading newspapers had been forced to remove reports of messages exchanged between Marcela Temer and a man convicted of hacking her mobile phone. The hacker demanded money for withholding information. The judge said the… Read more »
Peruvian authorities moved quickly to detain a former president tied to a region-wide graft scandal, offering a $30,000 (£24,000) reward for his capture and alerting Interpol that he may be in the U.S. or Israel. Peru’s government said Friday that it has information that Alejandro Toledo is in San Francisco. Toledo, who governed Peru from 2001 to 2006, is a… Read more »
The National Liberation Army (ELN), Colombia’s second-largest rebel group, has entered into formal peace talks with Colombian government negotiators. The talks are aimed at ending more than five decades of armed conflict. Here, we take a closer look at the discussions ahead.
The new US defence secretary has told Nato members that Washington will “moderate its commitment” to the alliance if they do not increase their spending on defence. James Mattis’s comments repeat President Donald Trump’s demand that members raise their spending to meet a target of 2% of their GDP.