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Mexican photojournalist was shot dead in the city of Tijuana
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Mexican photojournalist was shot dead in the city of Tijuana

It is the first recorded death of a Mexican journalist in 2022. Photo: Guillermo Arias / AFP / Getty Images TIJUANA (Mexico) – Mexican photojournalist Margarito Martínez Esquivel was shot to death on Monday outside his home in the city of Tijuana. The photojournalist known as "the 4-4", who collaborated with different local print and digital media, had entered the Protection Protocol for Journalists after a man accused them on social networks and without foundation, of collaborating with some portals that do apology to organized crime. According to the first reports, Martínez Esquivel was next to a vehicle outside his home when a person shot him several times, then flee to an unknown direction. Due to the shots, paramedics from the...
What you should know about the “nuclear option” in the US Senate
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What you should know about the “nuclear option” in the US Senate

Biden's defense of the right to vote coincides with that of Luther King Jr. 2:07 (CNN) -- The United States Senate will debate on Tuesday a voting rights legislation, despite the great obstacles that seem to have blocked the way for the Democrats to achieve the changes they promote. As part of this discussion, there has been talk of using a process known as the "nuclear option." It's a phrase that boils down to changing the rules of the Senate to pass laws with a simple majority. Senators need 60 votes to do anything in the Senate except change the rules: that takes just 51 votes. Nuclear? That sounds pretty serious for something as simple as a rule change. Senators consider themselves to be part of the "gre...
Spain, at the top of the countries that love strong leaders and value democracy less
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Spain, at the top of the countries that love strong leaders and value democracy less

PABLO PARDO Correspondent Washington Updated Tuesday, January 18, 2022 - 02:01 One in ten Spaniards rejects the idea that "democracy is the best form of government"Poster with the image of Pedro Sánchez.Bernat ArmangueWORLDSpain is one of the countries in the world in which citizens have experienced a greater drop in their satisfaction with democracy during the Covid-19 pandemic. This is determined by an analysis of Center for the Future of Democracy at the University of Cambridge which is based on 6,852 opinion polls conducted in 169 countries, to which a total of 8 million people have responded. The study also claims that Spain is one of the countries in which support has risen the most for the government to be led by a strong leader that you don't have to worry about electio...
The Jewish community in the United States is on alert after the taking of hostages
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The Jewish community in the United States is on alert after the taking of hostages

Synagogue hostage situation reported 0:30 (CNN) -- Jewish communities in the United States are once again on alert after a new attack on worshipers at a synagogue, this time at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, where a man interrupted Shabbat services on Saturday and held four people hostage. during hours. None of the hostages were killed, and the suspect is dead., according to the authorities. But after other high-profile attacks at other synagogues, Saturday's incident serves as the latest reminder for Jewish congregations and organizations to be vigilant, step up their security measures and have tough conversations about staying safe. “All of a sudden, we have to become security experts,” sai...
Tribute from the Eucocamara to its late president, Sassoli, who made kindness a force
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Tribute from the Eucocamara to its late president, Sassoli, who made kindness a force

The hemicycle and the guest stands of the European Parliament in Strasbourg were filled to practically the last chair to say goodbye to its president David Sassoli, who died suddenly last Tuesday at the age of 65.The leaders of the community institutions and the French president, as well as the prime ministers of Italy, Luxembourg, Greece, Croatia and Malta and the presidents of several European national parliaments, including the Spanish Meritxell Batet, clothed the widow and her two children of Sassoli in this ceremony.Kindness is a strength and never a weaknessThe President of the European Council, Charles Michel, shared his memories."Of our cooperation, of the moments we spent together, I keep, dear David, precious memories. Moments that show that kindness is a strength and never a ...
Fight without quarter of Junts for the mayors of the PDECat for 2023
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Fight without quarter of Junts for the mayors of the PDECat for 2023

In May 2023, Spaniards will be able to vote in the municipal elections. Until then, the internal war in the parties and between some formations and others will focus on the signing of the candidates. In Catalonia, the great battle is already being waged in the ranks of what was CiU in its day and still bears the seal of the PDECat, led until a few weeks ago by Àngels Chacón. From Junts, an electoral platform, first, organized around Carles Puigdemont and with the structure of the PDECat, and a radical pro-independence political party registered and under construction, now, they have set themselves the goal of annulling the reinvention of nationalism under the acronym of Centrem. municipal elections. At stake, the 947 Catalan mayors; and the county positions and in the four councils...
Yemen war spreads to Emirates with rebel drone attack
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Yemen war spreads to Emirates with rebel drone attack

Mikel AyestaranFOLLOW, CONTINUEJerusalem Updated:01/18/2022 01:37h Keep Related newsThe war that lives Yemen since 2015 enters a new phase after the attack of the Houthi rebels against the United Arab Emirates (UAE). At least three people died after an explosion that affected three trucks with oil in a drone attack in the Musaffah industrial area, next to the international airport of Abu Dhabi. A small fire was also recorded at the aerodrome and the official WAM agency collected the Police statement that assured that the explosions were caused by "small flying targets, possibly drones, that fell in two different areas." The Emirates cried out for revenge and late at night the planes of the international coalition led by Saudi Arabia began to bomb Sana. T...
A former espionage chief of Maduro denounces Russian bases in Venezuela
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A former espionage chief of Maduro denounces Russian bases in Venezuela

David AlandeteFOLLOW, CONTINUE Updated:01/18/2022 01:36h Keep Related newsright in full crisis between Russia and the United States On account of the possible invasion of Ukraine, the man who was the head of Venezuelan espionage until his defection in 2019 has circulated a statement from his North American exile to affirm that the Kremlin already operates comfortably in America under the wing of Chavismo with two bases already installed in Venezuelan territory. These revelations, from someone who began to cooperate with the US government when he went into exile, come just a few days after the Russian government itself implicitly warned of the possibility of a Russian deployment in Caracas and Havana aimed at Washington as a response to the growing US support for the Ukraini...
Texas synagogue hostages escape after throwing chair at kidnapper
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Texas synagogue hostages escape after throwing chair at kidnapper

The hostages managed to escape after the rabbi threw a chair at the kidnapper. Photo: Faruk Tokluoglu / Pexels The hostages who were held Saturday for almost 11 hours in a Texas synagogue escaped unharmed after temple rabbi threw chair at kidnapper, who was later shot dead by the authorities. This was revealed this Monday by the rabbi of the synagogue of the Beth Israel congregation, Charlie Cytron-Walker, who he was kidnapped along with three other hostages in an event that US President Joe Biden has described as an “act of terrorism”. “It was terrifying. It was overwhelming and we're still processing it," Cytron-Walker said in an interview with CBS News. The rabbi claimed that he himself let the suspect, identified by the FBI as Br...
Tonga’s volcanic eruption was the most explosive in 30 years
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Tonga’s volcanic eruption was the most explosive in 30 years

Laura Beutista Updated:01/18/2022 01:22h Keep Related newsThe island of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haapai volcano has almost completely disappeared. The eruption recorded on Saturday in the Pacific Ring of Fire has destroyed the land that before showed above sea level. It was not just any eruption. Scientists already consider it the most explosive of the last 30 years, according to the first estimates, after that of Pinatubo, in the Philippines, in 1991. The force of the event sent tsunami waves across the Pacific Ocean and heard at about 2,300 km away in New Zealand. It has also left Tonga practically incommunicado, where the first death was confirmed this Monday. Meanwhile, scientists struggle to obtain data from the volcano."The concern right now it is the little informa...