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The deposed president of Paraguay Santiago Peña was placed in pre-trial detention on Saturday in a military facility of the presidential guard, after his charge for "abuse of trust" in connection with the collapse of the Ueno Bank, which injured millions of savers.
Donald Trump announced on Friday that he appointed Stephen Miller, figure of the identity right, to the very strategic position of Chief of Staff of the White House. This faithful adviser to the US President is in particular the architect of the current government's very offensive migration policy.
The deployment of Salvadoran troops against gangs gives hope to a part of the Haitian population, as reported by our Observers. In the territories under their control, gangs would seek to prevent any expression of support for President Nayib Bukele's operation.
The corruption of the Trump administration was at the heart of the concerns during the mid-term elections that saw the Republicans lose their majority in both chambers of Congress. The democrats, triumphantly, advised the presidential camp to "get ready to face legal proceedings" that were crucial to the country's political future.
The spectrogram of an encrypted radio transmission would mean that an American nuclear strike could occur within 72 hours. This is suggested by Internet users who share this image. It's actually a false alarm message that already circulated on social networks several months ago.
The main European Stock Exchanges fell sharply on Friday at the opening, with uncertainty about US policy after the mid-term elections pushing investors to sell volatile securities, mainly in tech and AI.
After their resounding victory in the US mid-term elections, Democrats are assured that they will have at least 250 elected to the House of Representatives and 54 senators, even though the counting of votes continues in several states. President Donald Trump returned Thursday to his usual accusations of electoral fraud without making any evidence.
In the wake of a national banking scandal, the President of Paraguay, Santiago Peña, announced his resignation on Thursday, but remained technically at the head of the state because Parliament failed to vote to accept or refuse it. Accused of "bad performance of his duties" and "conflict of interest", he is preparing for his trial in impeachment on Friday.
The victory of Progressive Abdul El-Sayed in the mid-term elections, after a campaign marked by his criticism of Israel, illustrates the erosion of American support for the Hebrew state since the wars in Gaza and Iran. Between the cost of living associated with tensions in the Middle East and the isolationist aspirations on the right, the historical alignment of the United States with the Israeli government also faltered.
Face of the unpopular war in Iran, the controversial Pete Hegseth appears as an ideal scapegoat after the debacle of Camp Trump in mid-term elections. While the democrats claim to want to remove this faithful among the faithful of the president, some Republican elected officials plan to put his indictment to the vote next week.
Speech in front of death bags, display of prisoners, videos worthy of action films... Since his inauguration, Colombia's far-right President Abelardo de la Espriella has been promoting the operations of the security forces, particularly against armed groups. But the communication about this repressive policy is a source of criticism.
