Madrid, December 11 (EFE).- (Updates with Tegucigalpa and Santo Domingo)
Ashgabat (Turkmenistan).- The Presidents of Russia Vladimir Putin; Iran, Masoud Pezeshkian; the Turk, Recep Tayyip Erdogan; and Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif, are meeting in Turkmenistan, a country known as the “Gas Republic” for its enormous energy resources and which is celebrating the 30th anniversary of its declaration of neutrality with an international forum this Friday.
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Rome.- Italy is experiencing a day of general strike called by the main trade union in protest against the 2026 general budget project approved by the government of Giorgia Meloni.
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Rome.- Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni meets in Rome with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
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Rome.- The Pope celebrates Mass for the Virgin of Guadalupe in St. Peter’s Basilica.
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Rome.- The secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, Colombian Bishop Luis Manuel Alí Herrera, recognizes that victims of clergy abuse complain of “lack of speed”, as he explained in an interview with EFE, in which he assures that cases such as that of the Bishop of Cadiz, Rafael Zornoza, are closely followed to find out the deficiencies that appeared in the process.
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Brussels.- European Union (EU) Fisheries Ministers will meet this Friday in Brussels for a meeting where they will have to agree on fishing opportunities for 2026 and for which the European Commission (EC) has presented a proposal for catches in the Mediterranean that Spain considers “unacceptable”.
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Brussels.- The economic and finance ministers of the European Union (EU) will meet this Friday in Brussels to advance the process of creating the digital euro and find a solution that will allow taxation of packages of less than 150 euros that reach the twenty-seven from 2026.
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Bethlehem.- Israel is considering demolishing the iconic football pitch at the Palestinian refugee camp Aida (Bethlehem), which is entirely attached to a section of the separation wall in the occupied West Bank, saying the facility is located on military land, leaving the hopes of 250 children in limbo.
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Bangkok.- Clashes between Thailand and Cambodia now exceed by days the previous episode of violence in July, as part of a historic territorial dispute that has flared intermittently and now coincides with nationalist campaigns by both countries.
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Mexico City.- The Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City welcomes millions of pilgrims from different parts of the country who celebrate the Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe.
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Quito.- The Presidents of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, and Peru, José Jerí, lead the sixteenth national cabinet of both countries in Quito, where the heads of state and government and ministers of both countries meet to discuss common issues and advance the bilateral agenda of the two countries.
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Miami. – One in three Latinos who voted for U.S. President Donald Trump in the last election express regret or disappointment with the president’s policies and blame the Republican Party for the cost increase, according to a survey by civic groups.
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Guatemala City. – The President of Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo de León, publicly apologizes in the Pérez Lucas et al. The case follows a November 2024 ruling by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IDC) holding the state internationally responsible for the enforced disappearance of four human rights defenders in 1989 as part of the internal armed conflict.
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Tegucigalpa .- Honduras awaits confirmation of the start of the recount of more than 2,700 minutes of the November 30 general elections that showed “inconsistencies” and that could decide the presidency of one of the two conservative candidates, which was very close in a recount with numerous allegations of irregularities.
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Santo Domingo.- The drowning death of a Haitian girl is fueling complaints of discrimination in the Dominican Republic.
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