Politics
China calls Taiwan’s invitation to the Summit for Democracy a “mistake”
President Biden invited Taiwan to the summit, despite the unofficial relationship between the two countries.
Human Rights
U.S. sanctions 93 Nicaraguan officials with visa restrictions
The sanctioned officials include judges, prosecutors, ministry officials, and members of the Central American country’s national assembly
Terrorism
Iranian Americans, senators, security experts urge Biden to keep Iran's IRGC on terror list
In negotiations to revive nuclear deal, Iran has demanded the U.S. remove the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps from list of foreign terrorist organizations
Human Rights
Exiled Nicaraguan clergy rally behind Pope for calling Ortega regime a "vulgar dictatorship"
"Today he (Pope) has told them what they are: a dictatorship of unbalanced, vulgar and anachronistic, in the Hitlerian and communist style," the influential bishop said on Twitter.
Culture
San Francisco Archbishop excommunicates Nancy Pelosi over abortion support
The move comes amid the Supreme Court's expected overturn of the Roe v. Wade abortion precedent
Immigration
U.S. expands asylum restrictions at the southern border one month before elections
The new changes come in the middle of a fierce election battle campaign in which migration issues have become one of the central points of the debate between the Democratic candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris and her Republican opponent, former President Donald Trump
Immigration
Migrant disappearances in Mexico quadrupled in 2021, foreigners near tripled
The number of missing foreigners in 2021 grew by 292% in 2021 to 349 cases
Human Rights
U.S. State Dept. condemns Cuban military dictatorship for imposing long sentences on protestors
13 protestors were prosecuted and convicted for sedition and sabotage after protesting in 2022 against civil liberties repression and planned power cuts
Health
Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori hospitalized again
Fujimori was sentenced to 25 years in prison for crimes against humanity after being extradited from Chile in 2007
Politics
Daughter of former Peruvian president warns Colombia's Petro to keep socialism out of Peru
Peruvian political leader Keiko Fujimori recalled the guerrilla past of Colombia's leftist president, Gustavo Petro, and asked him to keep his "red nose" out of Peru