Before I forget…
Ecuadorean authorities arrested former Vice President Jorge Glas, seizing him from the Mexican embassy and prompting Mexico to suspend bilateral relations.
Suriname’s ex-president Dési Bouterse was convicted five years ago for his role in the murders of 15 government critics in 1982 and sentenced to 20 years in prison. Authorities can’t find him.
The trial of a former government minister charged with beating his wife to death has gripped public attention in Kazakhstan and presents a test of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s promise to build a fairer society.
Turkey’s nationwide elections nearly tripled the number of female mayors to 11 out of 81 provinces. “The election took place between two sharp lines. One was the mentality that saw women as second class, and the other defended women’s freedom,” said pro-Kurdish DEM party member Gülistan Sönük. “The public chose the latter.”
It’s time to reread Os Lusíadas: Portugal’s government isn’t buying its predecessor’s decision to remove symbols of the nation’s colonial and martial history from the flag. An early seafaring device, shields representing defeated Muslim kings and castles seized from the Moors are returning to the standard.
Support is building among African and Caribbean nations for a tribunal on atrocities dating to the transatlantic trade of enslaved people, and the United States backs a U.N. panel at the heart of the effort.
