https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/01/guatemala-withdraw-backed-anti-corruption-body-190107232649418.html Guatemala City, Guatemala – The government of Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales has said it is withdrawing from a UN-backed anti-corruption commission and is giving the body’s staff 24 hours to leave the country, in a move that drew criticism from human rights groups and constitutional lawyers. Speaking to reporters on Monday, Morales accused the International Commission Against Impunity in… Read more »
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-46639187?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/c77jz3mdm3rt/argentina&link_location=live-reporting-storyArgentina’s former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is to go on trial for corruption, a federal court has ruled. She is accused of accepting millions of dollars in bribes over a 12-year period in what has become known as the “corruption notebooks” scandal. Ms Fernández, who is now a senator, denies any wrongdoing and claims the charges are politically motivated…. Read more »
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/cuba-internet-access-mobile-cell-phones-wifi-3g-connection-telecoms-a8667771.html People in Cuba will soon be able to access the internet from their mobile phones for the first time after the government announced it would launch a 3G service. The president of the state telecoms company, Mayra Arevich, announced on television on Tuesday evening that the long-awaited service would begin on Thursday. Cuba is one of the last countries… Read more »
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/cuba-sonic-attacks-crickets-diplomats-havana-ill-scientisits-research-stubbs-montealegrez-a8715071.html In November 2016, US diplomats in Cuba complained of persistent, high-pitched sounds followed by a range of symptoms, including headaches, nausea and hearing loss. Exams of nearly two dozen of them eventually revealed signs of concussions or other brain injuries, and speculation about the cause turned to weapons that blast sound or microwaves. Amid an international uproar, a recording… Read more »
A former Venezuelan Supreme Court justice has fled to the U.S. and denounced the results of an election last year that will keep President Nicolas Maduro in power. Judge Christian Zerpa’s renunciation of the Venezuelan government comes as Maduro prepares to be sworn in to a second six-year term Thursday, Agence France-Presse reports. Zerpa also reportedly told a Miami-based broadcaster in an… Read more »
Geraldine Chacón, a 24-year-old lawyer from Caracas, went four months without seeing the sun while a prisoner in the Helicoide, the feared hillside prison complex administered by Venezuela’s secret police, where she was denied access to sunlight, water and food. “The guards told me I was a political prisoner, and for that I don’t get anything,” said Chacón, speaking by phone… Read more »
Venezuela Supreme Court judge Christian Zerpa has fled to the US to protest over President Nicolás Maduro’s second term in office. Last year’s election “was not free and competitive”, the former Maduro loyalist told a Florida radio station. And he accused President Maduro of systematically manipulating the affairs of the Supreme Court. In response, the court said Mr Zerpa was… Read more »
The knew President of Brazil has quickly making change. Removing LGBT recognition, repealing climate change agreements, and changing land promised for previously enslaved families. These changes are unsurprising as the leader is a far right one. He draws comparison similar to Trump for some of his beliefs and the way he ran his platform. Running on cleaning the government and… Read more »
Four billion miles from the sun floats Ultima Thule, an icy celestial body that NASA scientists announced Wednesday is aptly shaped like a giant snowman.ADVERTISING The first detailed images beamed back from the US agency’s New Horizons mission allowed scientists to confidently determine the body was formed when two spheres, or “lobes,” slowly gravitated towards each other until they stuck together —… Read more »
Peru Attorney General Pedro Chavarry on Wednesday reappointed two lead prosecutors he had dismissed from a high-profile graft probe after the decision sparked widespread opposition and a threat by President Martin Vizcarra to suspend him.ADVERTISING The prosecutors, Rafael Vela and Jose Domingo Perez, had recently drawn up a plea deal with Odebrecht that committed the Brazilian construction company to providing… Read more »
