FinnishGovernment, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Bulgaria is scheduled to hold snap Parliamentary elections on April 19th. These elections are scheduled as a result of massive anti-corruption demonstrations, which led to the resignation of Rosen Zhelyazkov’s government, a member of the Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria, also known as GERB, which is... Continue Reading →
Peru’s Prime Minister’s Resignation Unveils Corruption Scandal
Written by Joseph Cain | March 14 2024 Prime Minister Alberto Otarola’s Peru’s political turmoil continues into 2024, with Prime Minister Alberto Otarola’s March 5th announcement of his resignation after audio leaked that implicated him in influencing government contracts for a former love interest. Otarola claims that the recordings were from 2021 when he was... Continue Reading →
New sanctions targeting Zimbabwe’s President, not its people, according to the US government
Written by Mariana Hinojosa Castillo | March 14 2024 On March 4, 2024, President Biden issued an executive order terminating the national emergency declaration on Zimbabwe. Although this implied the removal of a two-decade sanctions program, the order was accompanied by the announcement of new sanctions for Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa, his wife, eleven senior... Continue Reading →