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"Where is the silver?": Javier Panza analyses the political crisis in Paraguay

The lawyers of the President of Paraguay, Santiago Peña, presented themselves to the House of Senators to assume the technical defence of the president, after the Senate rejected the request for a 72-hour extension. The defence clarified that, for the time being, only the legal team will appear, not the president, who will be waiting for the Senate to enable a court to exercise his defence in a personal way. The lawyer also questioned the conditions imposed by Congress and stated that they limit the scope of the defence. How did Paraguay get to this crisis? We analyzed it.

The algorithm government? How technology transforms Western democracy

In Carrousel de las Artes, we analyze the new threats faced by democracy in the digital age, based on the reflections of French polytologist Agathe Cagé, co-author, together with Fabienne Brugère, of the essay Le vol de la démocratie. The author warns about the weakening of institutions, the distance between rulers and citizens and the growing power of the major technological platforms, whose algorithms can influence public opinion and electoral decisions.

American half-elections: How do world markets interact with election results?

In the Economic Week Programme, we speak of the Democrats, their victory in the mid-American elections and the control of the Houses of Representatives, the Senate and the economic followers. In the second part of our programme, we will stop declaring President Donald Trump to stop Israel ' s support by $4 billion at the end of the current year. What's the truth about this decision? What are the effects on the Israeli economy if implemented? And could the Israeli economy last without American aid? In the latter section, we are talking about Saudi Aramco ' s profits, which increased by 35 per cent in the third financial quarter despite the Hawaii attacks on Saudi oil installations. How fucked up.

Yusuf continued in unrestricted: the party and Trump were responsible.

Mr. Yusuf, a member of the Republican Party, continued that the right to use the veto and the right to make decisive sovereign decisions would remain with President Donald Trump, which might put the Democratic Party in a dilemma both if it accepted or rejected its decision.

Wounded French protesters to sue interior minister over police brutality

Around ten demonstrators wounded at recent protests in France on Friday said they will sue Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez over police brutality. Student and cost-of-living protests in recent weeks have been marred by violence, including reports of police inflicting serious and lifechanging injuries on protesters – many of whom are minors.

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US midterms mark 'the beginning of the end' for Trump, John Bolton says

In an interview with FRANCE 24, John Bolton, who served as national security adviser to Donald Trump during his first term, called the US midterm results "the beginning of the end" for Trump's stranglehold on the Republican Party. Democrats regained control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate earlier this week, marking the Republicans' worst performance since the 1974 elections in the wake of the Watergate scandal.

Disarming an iliberal democracy

The Constitutional crisis in Poland shows the obstacles to returning to the rule of law after an extremist government

Total crisis in Paraguay: how did Santiago Peña help Ueno Bank grow?

How did Ueno Bank grow in Paraguay and what role did President Santiago Peña's business links play with the group behind the entity? The financial scandal that shook the country raised questions about the relationship between political power, public resources and the banking system. We analyzed it in The France Debate 24.

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Pressure mounts on US Defence chief Hegseth after Republican election rout

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth is under growing pressure, with victorious Democrats planning to target him in Congress and Republicans blaming the Iran war he championed for their election losses. President Donald Trump has stood by Hegseth so far, insisting he's doing "a very good job". But Trump and Vice President JD Vance have both blamed midterm election losses on the Iran war, for which Hegseth is a key advocate and spokesman.