Associate Professor in History. Views my Own. Books: Solidarity and Pressure: The Story of the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement and Paving the Path to Peace
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Paraguay's corrupt right-wing President Santiago Peña was a close US ally.
He oversaw the creation of a digital bank called Ueno Bank, which his government heavily promoted. Two-thirds of Paraguayans used the bank.
It turned out to be a massive scheme. The bank gave out many fraudulent loans and is probably insolvent.
When this scandal was exposed, the bank froze access to customer funds, paralyzing the country's economy.
Peña resigned mere minutes before lawmakers voted to impeach him.
Arrest orders have been issued for the bank executives.
Breaking News: Paraguay’s president resigned after a bank with ties to his administration went under, leaving half the country without access to their money. nyti.ms/4kzsDUy
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JUST IN: 🇮🇱 Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay calls for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be prosecuted over Gaza war.
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Colom had the best campaign ads that I have seen in a long time. Witty, interesting, poignant and effective.
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If you find yourself outraged by a Senator putting his hands on a Sky News journalist, wait till you hear about what Israel does to journalists.
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🔵 Results - Scott Colom wins the Senate seat in Mississippi, defeating incumbent Hyde-Smith
2024 results - Trump +25
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People who didn't say a word about the Islamophobic & racist abuse @AbdulElSayed faced are now feigning outrage that he was too aggressive with a reporter. The journalist has been trolling El Sayed for a while and his commentary here should give you a sense of his politics.
BREAKING: Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed has won the Michigan Senate race, NBC News projects.
@jamesmatthewsky reports from Detroit.
Watch our live coverage ➡️ trib.al/g387SDC
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Every QT I've seen of this is a British journalist crying about it like they're not vermin who deserve to be treated with contempt.
Michigan's Democratic candidate for Senate Abdul El-Sayed confronted @jamesmatthewsky, telling him he wouldn't answer his questions as he wants "zero" votes in the UK.
Watch the heated exchange between the two.
Watch our live coverage of the US midterms➡️ trib.al/BikRSb2
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Egyptian-American surgeon Adam Hamawy has won New Jersey’s 12th Congressional District, becoming the state’s first Muslim member of Congress.
A former US Army combat surgeon, he volunteered in Gaza and says what he witnessed there pushed him into politics.
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Police say explosive devices found in Belfast are linked to ‘rightwing terrorism’
Shocking, yet wholly unsurprising. Just last month, MI5 warned that rightwing extremists ‘are tipping into terrorist intent’.
The far-right terror threat is here and now.
theguardian.com/world/2026/n…
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BREAKING: In a stunning moment, Senator re-elect Jon Ossoff slams Trump after a major win:
“In sweeping and decisive victories, the American people have rebuked the depravity, corruption, and incompetence of the failed, lame duck president Donald Trump.”
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‘Tonight we can turn that inshallah into alhamdulillah’.
Democrat Abdul El-Sayed gave an impassioned victory speech as he beat Republican Mike Rogers in the Michigan senate race.
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Abdul El-Sayed: "We are being actively bullied by the dumbest people in the room"
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Trump Says He Will Move to Israel to Become Prime Minister If U.S. Turns on Him tmz.me/4Aap1wW
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🚨 NEW: The leader of Reform UK in Hampshire has been charged with 35 offences, including 12 counts of rape and making indecent images of a child
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.@jonstewart on Haley Stevens's surprise switcharoo across party lines to endorse her "nightmare," Mike Rogers