Europeans prioritize reducing immigration over addressing climate change, and fewer than 15% of respondents worldwide view climate issues as a top three priority for their country’s government, according to a global study released on Wednesday. The report, which evaluated more than 62,950 responses, was published by The Alliance of Democracies Foundation and Latana. It is [...]
The Supreme Court of Justice of Panama on Friday dismissed a constitutional challenge against the candidacy of prominent presidential candidate José Raúl Mulino, resolving a source of uncertainty just two days before the May 5 election. In a press release, the court informed that it found the Second Resolutive Point of Plenary Agreement 11-1 of [...]
The National Court of Justice of Ecuador decided on Friday that former vice president Jorge Glas must remain in jail despite denouncing his arrest at the Mexican Embassy as illegal. The habeas corpus petition filed to request his release stemmed from his detention during the raid at the Mexican Embassy last week and followed a [...]
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The International Court of Justice (ICJ) announced on Thursday that Mexico had initiated proceedings seeking provisional measures against Ecuador over Ecuadorian authorities’ forcible entry into the Mexican embassy in Quito earlier this month. According to the press release, the dispute is related to “legal questions concerning the settlement of international disputes by peaceful means and [...]
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Guyana released a statement on Thursday condemning Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s action to enact “the Organic Law for the Defense of Guyana Esequiba,” which reflects the results of the December referendum in which Venezuelan citizens voted to support a claim of sovereignty over the Essequibo region. In the statement, [...]
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Peruvian Public Ministry and Division of Investigation of High Complexity Crimes (DIVIAC) agents carried out a search operation at President Dina Boluarte’s residence and the Government Palace between Friday night and Saturday morning as part of their investigations into the Rolex Case. On March 18, the Public Prosecutor’s Office initiated preliminary proceedings against the President [...]
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The UN Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) expressed profound concern regarding the systematic occurrence of gross human rights violations against the Papuan people, involving security forces and law enforcement officers in Indonesia. The statement came at the conclusion of its 140th session on Thursday, following the review of reports from Indonesia, Chile, Guyana, Namibia, Serbia, Somalia, and [...]
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The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) conducted the notification of the judgment in the case of Residents of La Oroya v. Peru this Friday, addressing the Peruvian State’s responsibility for the damage suffered by 80 residents of La Oroya and ordered the payment of compensation to the victims for the damage incurred. In December [...]
Venezuela Attorney General Tarek William Saab announced the detention of two members of the Opposition Campaign Command, under opposition presidential candidate María Corina Machado, on accusations that the two are linked to a plan to destabilize the government. The move came on Wednesday, the eve of the registration of presidential candidates for the upcoming July [...]
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A group of protesters broke down a door of Mexico’s National Palace on Wednesday while President Andrés Manuel López Obrador was giving his usual press conference. The protesters voiced opposition to the government’s lack of response to the disappearance of 43 students in 2014 in the “Ayotzinapa Case.” In September 2014, students from the Raúl [...]