MEXICO CITY — A former Sandinista guerrilla leader who once led a raid that helped free then rebel and now President Daniel Ortega from prison has died, his family announced Saturday, eight months after Ortega’s government arrested him and dozens of other Nicaraguan opposition leaders. Hugo Torres died at age 73, relatively said. Torres was … Read more
SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica — A former Costa Rican president took an early lead in Sunday’s national election in what had been a wide-open field of 25 candidates. José María Figueres, who was the country’s president from 1994 to 1998, had 30.3 percent of the vote in preliminary results released by the Supreme Elections Tribunal … Read more
Marc Short, former chief of staff to former Vice President Mike Pence, appears on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” in February 2022.NBC News/”Meet the Press” Pence refused calls to leave the Capitol during the January 6, 2021, riot because it would create bad optics, his former chief of staff said. Marc Short said Secret Service … Read more
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Press play to listen to this article ROME — Italy’s political dream team is staying put, but the supporting cast is threatening to shatter the fantasy. On Thursday, Italian President Sergio Mattarella was sworn in for a second term after being reelected over the weekend — despite his protests. The pitch that won him over: … Read more
ROME — Italian President Sergio Mattarella was pulled away from his impending retirement and reelected Saturday to a second seven-year term as the country’s head of state, ending days of political impasse by party leaders that risked eroding the nation’s credibility. Earlier Saturday, lawmakers entreated Mattarella, 80, who had said repeatedly he didn’t want a … Read more
One day after President Andrés Manuel López Obrador slammed the door on a rescue plan to help Mexican companies overcome the coronavirus pandemic, some Mexicans are afraid that the timid response will strike a fatal blow at the small businesses that run the second largest economy in Latin America. Rather than following the lead of … Read more