Hondurans disillusioned with leader amid scandal and end to US extradition treaty

Hondurans disillusioned with leader amid scandal and end to US extradition treaty

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — An incriminating admission by the brother-in-law of Honduras’ president just days after the country announced it would end its longstanding extradition treaty with the U.S. is feeding fears among Hondurans that the country’s legacy of corruption is continuing. President Xiomara Castro had inspired hope when she was elected the Central American

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Tunisia’s electoral authority approves just 2 candidates to challenge Saied. 1 has been detained

Tunisia’s electoral authority approves just 2 candidates to challenge Saied. 1 has been detained

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s electoral authority on Monday definitively approved just two candidates to challenge President Kais Saied in elections next month in the struggling North African country — and one of them was promptly arrested. Businessman candidate Ayachi Zammel was taken into custody Monday in an investigation into allegations relating to falsification of

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Argentine court lets two French rugby players accused of rape fly home as investigation continues

Argentine court lets two French rugby players accused of rape fly home as investigation continues

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentine prosecutors said Monday they would let two French rugby players accused of violently raping a woman fly home, even as the explosive case remained under investigation. A judge in Argentina’s western city of Mendoza, where the alleged assault took place, still must sign off on the decision, which clears

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Real estate magnate who came close to winning Colombia’s presidential election dies from cancer

Real estate magnate who came close to winning Colombia’s presidential election dies from cancer

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Rodolfo Hernández, a controversial real estate magnate and anti-corruption crusader who came close to winning Colombia’s presidential election two years ago, has died from colon cancer at a hospital near the city of Bucaramanga, his doctors said Monday in a statement. He was 79. Hernández, a civil engineer and former mayor

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