More than 200,000 Haitians benefiting from the Biden Program risk expulsion
Washington (Haiti Libre): The Trump administration has given immigration authorities permission to revoke the legal status of hundreds of thousands of migrants the Biden administration has allowed to enter the United States and seek their deportation, according to an internal memo from Benjamin Huffman, acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, obtained this week by CBS News and first reported by The New York Times.
Cinco consecuencias para la salud pública de la retirada de EE. UU. de la OMS
Washington (The Conversation): El 20 de enero, el presidente de EE. UU., Donald Trump, firmó una orden para retirar su país de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), alegando pagos desproporcionados, discrepancias políticas y una inadecuada gestión de la pandemia de covid-19. Por su parte, la OMS ha recordado que EE. UU. es uno de sus miembros fundadores y que esta medida impactará no sólo en la salud de la población estadounidense, sino en la de las personas de todo el mundo.
Papa Francisco recibió al presidente panameño José Raúl Mulino
Ciudad del Vaticano (Prensa Latina) El papa Francisco recibió hoy en audiencia al presidente de Panamá, José Raúl Mulino, con quien intercambió criterios en torno a temas bilaterales e internacionales de interés común.
Relevante, abordar ingreso de armas a México desde EU: Sheinbaum
Ciudad de México (La Jornada): Abordar el ingreso de armas a México desde Estados Unidos es un tema “relevante” en la relación entre ambos países “y el trabajo conjunto que se tiene que hacer para la construcción de la paz, siempre en el marco de nuestras soberanías”, afirmó la presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum.
New Institute of Maroon and Indigenous Studies
Georgetown (Caricom): Professor Hilary Beckles, The University of West Indies (UWI) Vice-Chancellor and Chair of the CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC) has welcomed the recommendation from Jamaica’s Maroon community to establish a new institute to research, document and share the rich history, culture and contribution of Maroon and Indigenous people.
Israel demands UNRWA to end operations in Palestine by Jan. 30
New York, (PIC): Israel’s permanent representative to the United Nations Danny Danon has called on the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) to halt its operations in Occupied Jerusalem and evacuate its premises in the city “no later than January 30,” the day an Israeli ban on the organization is due to take effect.
Putin: Trump no aplicará sanciones a Rusia para afectar su economía
Moscú (Prensa Latina): El presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, catalogó como poco probable que su homólogo de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, imponga nuevas sanciones, las cuales podrían provocar un impacto negativo contra la economía norteamericana.
As the US withdraws from the Paris Climate Agreement, Brazil and China may lead COP30 negotiations
Brasilia (Brasil de Fato): Brazil, which will host in November the UN environmental conference, known as COP30, spoke about his concerns regarding Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement, an international treaty to curb climate change.
What Trump didn’t say in his inauguration speech
Washington (The Guardian): I was at the Trump inauguration on Monday, and needless to say, I disagree with almost everything he had to say.
Colombian President Petro apologizes to Haiti
Port au Prince (The Haitian Times): Colombian President Gustavo Petro paid a historic visit to Jacmel in southeastern Haiti, where he offered a formal apology for the involvement of Colombian mercenaries in the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.
