Written by Jillian Shaw | March 25, 2024 Aid Trucks at the Rafah border crossing U.N. Secretary-General Anónio Guterres called for an influx of aid access and an immediate ceasefire while standing near the Egyptian border with Gaza on Saturday. In a press conference surrounded by stalled aid trucks, Guterres proclaimed that it is necessary... Continue Reading →
Written by Jose Aguilar | March 14 2024 Juan Orlando Hernándes Alvarado On Friday, March 8th, a jury in a Southern District of New York found Juan Orlando Hernandez guilty on all counts. The former president of Honduras faces a minimum sentence of 40 years. The brother of Hernandez, Antonio “Tony” Hernandez was also convicted... Continue Reading →
Written by Sophie Ritzenthaler | March 14 2024 Katalin Novak Earlier this year the president of Hungary, Katalin Novak, resigned after a scandal involving the pardon of a man implicated in assisting in covering up a sexual abuse case in a children’s home. Novak has been president since 2022 and in her largely ceremonial role... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
Written by James Kessler | March 4, 2024 /// Mahamat Idriss Deby /// This week, Chadian interim leader and military chief, Mahamat Idriss Deby, has formally declared his candidacy for the country’s presidential elections. Elections are set to take place on May 6th. Deby came to power in 2021 after his father, Idriss Deby Itno,... Continue Reading →
Written by Joseph Cain | March 4, 2024 ELN forces training The National Liberation Army of Colombia (Ejército de Liberación Nacional or ELN) is Latin America’s last-and-longest-standing insurgency. It has been engaged in intermittent peace talks with the Colombian government for decades. However, the Gustavo Petro administration has made peace with the group a cornerstone... Continue Reading →
Written by Connor Foster | March 4, 2024 Signing of the Instruments of Ratification approving Finland and Sweden’s membership in NATO. NATO secured a win this past Monday when Hungary officially approved Sweden’s bid to join the alliance. After nearly 200 years of remaining neutral, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 decisively pushed Sweden towards... Continue Reading →
Written by Connor Foster | February 18, 2024 German farmers protesting on the side of the road Farmers across Europe are sparking protests in response to restrictive national and European Union environmental policies. Protestors are demonstrating by blockading roads with tractors, blocking ports, and throwing eggs at the European Parliament. The European Green Deal has... Continue Reading →
Written by James Kessler | February 17, 2024 President Macky Sall On February 3rd Senegalese President Macky Sall canceled the upcoming elections just weeks before they were to take place on the 25th. The ballot was postponed by Sall after citing a dispute between the legislative and judicial bodies concerning potential candidates who have been... Continue Reading →
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