Politics

Why will the passport office no longer be in Turbaco? This is the reason for the move

Recently, the Government of Bolívar announced that the department's passport office will change location in the coming days, so citizens will now have to travel to Cartagena to process said document.

Which of the polls is right?

In this edition of Mesa Central, we analyze a week full of political activity, polls, and warning signs: Iván Cepeda leads the first round...

Rapper D4vd allegedly mutilated 14-year-old Celeste Rivas

In the last few hours, the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office, in a document, revealed new details of the terrifying femicide case of a 14-year-old teenager who was found in the trunk of the artist's vehicle.

Images of garbage in Managua causing indignation

Despite the main complaints being that citizens do not throw garbage in the appropriate places, several have taken the opportunity to respond to the municipality about the deficient garbage collection system.

Paola Vargas: 'I had to hide' after reporting case with Ricardo Orrego at Caracol

Journalist Paola Vargas Sosa once again shook the Colombian media landscape after expanding her complaint about an alleged abuse case that occurred in 2012 within Caracol Televisión, involving sports journalist Ricardo Orrego.

First direct commercial flight from the US lands in Venezuela after seven years of suspension

The first direct commercial flight between the United States and Venezuela landed this Thursday at the Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetía, which serves Caracas, after seven years of suspended connections and under the operation of American Airlines. The plane, coming from Miami, arrived at 13:16 local time (17:16 GMT), and was received with the traditional water arch, welcoming this US airline, the last to operate in Venezuela in 2019, when air connections were suspended amid tensions between the governments of both countries.

María Corina Machado backs workers' salary demands: 'This regime destroyed formal employment in Venezuela'

The leader of the Venezuelan opposition, María Corina Machado, denounced this Thursday that the country's economic model has collapsed formal employment and plunged workers into precarious salary conditions that she described as 'starvation wages'. 'The regime destroyed formal employment in Venezuela, subjected Venezuelans to starvation wages that today are not enough for anything,' stated Machado, in a message in which she held the Government responsible for the deterioration of labor conditions and the purchasing power of the population.

Twenty-five people linked to Tren de Aragua detained in large operation in Peru

Peruvian authorities arrested twenty-five people on Thursday, allegedly linked to two factions of the transnational criminal organization Tren de Aragua, in a major operation conducted across eight regions of the country, official sources reported. The Public Ministry of the Andean country indicated that the Second Specialized Supraprovincial Prosecutor's Office against Organized Crime achieved the preliminary judicial detention of the accused allegedly linked to the human trafficking and sexual exploitation networks Hijos de Dios and Tren del Llano. The authorities emphasized that the aforementioned groups are factions of the Venezuelan-origin transnational criminal organization Tren de Aragua. According to investigations, both networks operated in the country since June 2023 and were responsible for the transfer of Venezuelan and Colombian women to Peru, who were taken to hostels, nightclubs, and night clubs, and charged between 15,000 and 20,000 soles (4,250 and 5,665 dollars, respectively) for travel, accommodation, and consolidation of 'slots' before being sexually exploited.

US on reactivation of flights to Venezuela: 'This would not be possible without the brave leadership of President Trump'

The White House celebrated the reestablishment of air connection between Venezuela and the United States, coinciding with the arrival of the direct Miami-Caracas flight, the first after seven years of suspension. 'American Airlines is resuming direct flights from the US to Venezuela for the first time in seven years. This would not be possible without the brave leadership of President Trump in Operation Absolute Resolution,' it expressed via its X account.

Nicaragua dissolves 12 organizations, including five from the US and two from Canada

The Nicaraguan government canceled the legal status of 12 organizations, including NGOs from the United States and Canada, in a move that brings the total number of dissolved associations to more than 5,700 since 2018 amid the country's political crisis.

Juan Pablo Guanipa Met with María Corina Machado in the US: "Soon We Will Be Together in the Streets"

Primero Justicia leader Juan Pablo Guanipa met with Venezuelan leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado in the United States, in a meeting they described as a prelude to their return to Venezuela to lead the final phase of the struggle for democracy. "Although meeting after so much time and so many crises is special, it is just a taste of what is to come. Soon we will be together in the streets working for Venezuela's definitive victory over the dictatorship," Guanipa wrote in a message posted on his social media.

Police blockade prevents workers' march towards Miraflores: they reaffirm they will continue in the streets for dignified wages

Unions and workers in Venezuela denounced this Thursday that the Police installed barriers and vehicles to prevent the planned march to the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas to demand salary increases, despite having permits from the authorities and amid the Chavista pilgrimage against sanctions that arrives in the city today.