On December 10 the Spanish diplomacy breakfasted with a major surprise, which had not been informed. Donald Trump announced through social networks the recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara , making the United States the first Western country to recognize the illegal occupation of the former Spanish colony. Although the US decision came as a counterpart to the agreement with the Alawite monarchy to normalize diplomatic relations with Israel , as the United Arab Emirates , Bahrain and Sudan had recently done., its consequences were not long in being noticed on the other side of the Strait. One day…
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90% of those arrested due to the spiral of violence in Israel are Arabs. Only 15 of the 170 arrested by the police are Jewish and the majority of cases are linked to racist attacks. The violence does not stop in Israel . In recent weeks, the spiral of destruction caused by the Israeli aviation bombings has moved to the streets of mixed cities in the country , where there have been scenes of lynching against Arab citizens . However, more than 90% of those arrested by the police for such altercations are Arabs, while a minority are Jews .…
Three weeks after the start of the social outbreak, the Colombian president, Iván Duque , finds himself at a crossroads : a path offers him the possibility of finding a political solution with the leaders of the protest; the other leads him to preserve his loyalty with former President Álvaro Uribe and the sectors more inclined to the right, who demand to recover the streets at any repressive cost. While Duque ponders, the conflict promises more days of fiery intensity. The Central Unitary of Workers (CUT)announced the continuation of the mobilizations, at least until May 28. At the same time,…
The free PCR tests and the possibility that governments can reintroduce restrictions on travel were the two issues that hindered until this Thursday the agreement on the digital certificate , which will be used in the European Union to prove that a person has been vaccinated against covid-19, it is immunized because the disease has passed or has a PCR test with results negative . Finally, after four rounds of negotiations , the European Parliament and the Council have managed to reach an agreement on the document that will facilitate safe mobilitythis summer and boost tourism in the European Union.…
Three directors of the prison in the municipality of Lázaro Cárdenas, in the western Mexican state of Michoacán, were shot to death by alleged hitmen on Wednesday night, authorities reported. The State Attorney General’s Office (FGE) indicated that the attack was perpetrated by a group of armed men around 8:30 p.m. (01:30 GMT on Thursday), on the access avenue to the penitentiary center, located in the town called El Bordonal. The three officers were traveling in the cabin of a van set up as a patrol, in the back of which were two security and custody officers of the prison.…
Tribute in Barcelona to the journalist Ana Alba. The Jerusalem correspondent of EL PERIÓDICO for 9 years passed away on May 6, 2020 after three years of fighting cancer. During the event, the documentary ‘Condenadas en Gaza’ will be screened, co-directed by Alba and Beatriz Lecumberri. This Friday, Barcelona hosts an act of tribute to Ana Alba , EL PERIÓDICO correspondent in Jerusalem who died on May 6, 2020 . During the tribute, the documentary ‘Condenadas en Gaza’ will be screened , co-directed by Alba together with fellow journalist Beatriz Lecumberri . Ana Alba, who covered the Middle East for…
Up to 55 million people have lived as displaced during 2020. This figure represents more than double the number of refugees in the world. “The scale of displacement globally is increasing, and most of it takes place within country borders ,” explains the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center (IDMC). Alexandra Bilak , Director of IDMC, points to several reasons why displacement figures have grown in the last year. “The covid spread rapidly around the world, rising temperatures have caused unprecedented storms and the violence continued despite calls to unite against the virus,” he says. These population movements occur mainly in low-income…
Nicolas Sarkozy’s judicial adventures continue. As of this Thursday, whoever was French head of state between 2007 and 2012 will have to appear before the Judicial Court of Paris accused of illegally financing his frustrated presidential campaign of 2012, a crime whose sanction can amount to one year in prison and 3,750 euros of penalty fee. Using a system of false invoices, the former French president would have doubled the spending ceiling imposed by law: Sarkozy spent 42.8 million euros , compared to the 22.5 million authorized. To hide this significant gap, the ex-president and his team have created a…
Spotify has launched the functionality that allows all users to see the lyrics of the songs globally; you just need to have the latest version of the app. We’ve been waiting for this functionality for a while. Not only are other platforms already offering something similar, but Spotify itself has been testing the feature for almost a year on a limited number of accounts in the United States; initially, the company only confirmed that it was experimenting. Spotify is famous for its slowness to implement new features; in fact, we are still waiting for it to deliver music in high…
The Rental Negotiating Agency (ANA) warns that the uncertainty generated by the new Housing Law is already having an impact on the rental market. Specifically, they warn that apartments for rent are being transferred to the sale and purchase market . ” Between 15% -20% of our clients who are owners of rental housing, when the contract expires, they decide to withdraw it from the market and ask us to sell it, ” explains José Ramón Zurdo, general director of ANA, who assures that the new Regulations, still pending approval, arouses many fears in the sector , which is made…