Former Peruvian President, Alan Garcia, has asked for an asylum after he entered the Uruguayan embassy Saturday night. This all took place just hours after Garcia was banned from leaving Peru due to his current state of investigation. Alan Garcia is currently under investigation for suspected bribes that were given out during the establishment of the electric train, located in… Read more »
LIMA (Reuters) – Former Peruvian President Alan Garcia entered the Uruguayan embassy and applied for asylum, hours after being banned from leaving the country while under investigation for corruption, the Peruvian foreign ministry said on Sunday. Garcia entered the embassy and home of the Uruguayan ambassador in a residential Lima neighborhood on Saturday night and requested asylum, according to a… Read more »
Rescuers are searching for survivors from a Brazilian landslide that killed 10 people, including at least one child. The incident happened in Rio de Janeiro state in the early hours of Saturday, following two days of heavy downpour. A boulder slid down a slope and hit a group of houses in the city of Niterói, according to the local fire… Read more »
Mexico’s president and his predecessor have rejected allegations of bribe-taking made in the New York trial of drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. Mr Guzmán’s lawyer told the trial that his client was a “scapegoat”. He said the real leader of the Sinaloa Cartel was Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada who was living openly in Mexico and bribing the “entire” government,… Read more »
Cuba is pulling thousands of doctors out of Brazil, after what it called “contemptuous and threatening” remarks by president-elect Jair Bolsonaro. The far-right leader, who takes office on 1 January, had questioned the doctors’ qualifications. He also accused Cuba’s communist government of keeping 75% of their pay, and refusing to let their families join them. The pull-out could disrupt healthcare… Read more »
Recently, Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s president-elect, has considered moving its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. This is a decision supported by Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. Tel Aviv is the second most populous city in Israel following Jerusalem. Its known as the economic and technological center of the country. The ongoing conflict between the Palestinians and Israelis has raised questions… Read more »
Europe has launched a front-line weather satellite into orbit that has components that are over a decade old. The Metop-C spacecraft took off from French Guiana late on Tuesday local time, and will circle the globe, gathering data that will feed into daily forecasts. The satellite was procured at the same time as its two predecessors, but was then stored… Read more »
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has welcomed a decision by Brazil’s president-elect to move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Mr Netanyahu praised it as “historic, [and] correct”. Palestinians called the move “provocative and illegal”. Jair Bolsonaro, a far-right politician, expressed strong support for Israel during his election campaign. Jerusalem’s status is one of the most contentious issues between Israel… Read more »
The European Central Bank has revoked the licence of Malta’s Pilatus Bank after its chairman was arrested in the US on money-laundering charges. Malta’s Financial Services Authority announced the move, saying it had called on the ECB to take action. Journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who was killed by a car-bomb a year ago, accused the bank of processing corrupt payments…. Read more »
British overseas territories hit by natural disasters could get access to foreign aid under plans agreed by the richest nations, the BBC has learned. Some Caribbean islands damaged last year by hurricanes did not get official development assistance because their national incomes were too high. After UK pressure, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has agreed a new mechanism. It… Read more »