The results of the first round of the presidential election in Colombia, where the far-right outsider Abelardo de la Espriella defeated the leftist Iván Cepeda, have revealed what some are already calling “hyperpolarization.” In fact, a report presented this week by the UN places Latin America as the most polarized region on the planet. Experts consulted by La Tercera address the issue and point to the reasons behind the phenomenon.
The rejection of everything related to the leader of Fuerza Popular, Keiko Fujimori, has been eroding since 2021, although it usually revives when there are presidential elections. This, apparently, has been demonstrated by the upward trend of leftist candidate Roberto Sánchez, who now leads her by 0.6 points in the latest Ipsos poll released to the foreign press. This has generated an atmosphere of uncertainty ahead of this Sunday’s second round.
The most serious incident occurred in the Russian city of Shebekino, where an unmanned aerial vehicle directly impacted a car driving on the road, causing the death of its driver.
The government of Gustavo Petro reported that a National Navy ship sailed from Cartagena de Indias with a cargo of basic supplies, such as food, medicine, and household items.
The President of the United States assured that European leaders must finally resolve their conflict, which, he assured, would never have erupted if he had been in charge of the government in February 2022.
The Chilean artist begins a new era signing with the renowned record label and subsequently prepares for her first US tour which starts from July 7 to 9 in Brooklyn.
The French government will investigate what President Emmanuel Macron described this Friday as a “malfunction” of the judicial system following the murder of Lyhanna, an 11-year-old girl, in the southwest of the nation. The main suspect had been formally accused twice of child rape, but the investigations were shelved or stalled.
Five astronauts remained for about two hours in a SpaceX Dragon capsule prepared for a possible evacuation of the International Space Station (ISS) after an air leak in the Russian segment of the orbital complex worsened. Subsequently, NASA canceled the preventive measure after coordinating a new assessment with Roscosmos.
With visits to Madrid, Barcelona and the Canary Islands, the Pontiff wants to emphasize support for migrants, in addition to honoring Antoni Gaudí on the centenary of his death.
NASA spokeswoman Bethany Stevens reported that the Zvezda service module transfer tunnel, known as PrK, has suffered cracks and leaks for some time, which Roscosmos “has mitigated as much as possible to date”.