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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

Farage called for release of Sean Diddy' Combs and praised effort to free drug trafficker

Nigel Farage recorded paid Cameo videos commending efforts to free a drug-trafficking-convicted former Honduran president and calling for rapper Sean Diddy Combs' release.
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World news
fromAP News
2 months ago

After capture and removal, Venezuela's Maduro is being held at notorious Brooklyn jail

Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center houses about 1,300 inmates, including high-profile detainees, and has troubled conditions that led some judges to refuse transfers.
US politics
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

The war on drugs, Trump's double standard in Latin America

U.S. drug policy in Latin America shows contradictions: Maduro's arrest contrasts with Trump’s pardon of convicted Honduran ex-president Juan Orlando Hernandez.
fromFortune
2 months ago

Notorious crypto conman Sam Bankman-Fried has a prison passion project: giving legal advice to other inmates | Fortune

Bankman-Fried is currently serving 25 years in prison for misappropriating funds at the crypto exchange he founded, FTX, which was once valued at over $30 billion. The company's collapse stands as the largest fraud in the crypto industry, and led to an extended period of stagnation for the sector. While in prison, Bankman-Fried has crossed paths with several celebrity inmates and is giving them his two cents on what they should do in court.
Business
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US politics
fromwww.esquire.com
3 months ago

Trump Just Completed the Most Legally Indefensible and Politically Stupid Act of His Career

The president's pardon of Juan Orlando Hernandez undermines rule of law, appears driven by corrupt political influence, and destroys credibility of U.S. anti-drug efforts.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 months ago

Why Would We Pardon This Guy?' GOP Senator Trashes Trump's Pardon of Former Honduran President

President Trump pardoned Juan Orlando Hernandez, a convicted leader in large-scale drug trafficking, prompting bipartisan criticism over inconsistency with anti-drug enforcement.
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World news
fromenglish.elpais.com
3 months ago

Honduras reacts with mixed feelings to the release of Juan Orlando Hernandez

Extortion by gangs forces Honduran small business owners to pay criminal groups to operate amid violence and polarized political responses.
US politics
fromThe New Yorker
3 months ago

Olivia Nuzzi's Didion Pastiche

Olivia Nuzzi's American Canto is overshadowed by its scandalous publicity and reveals a performative view of political and media figures, including her own complicity.
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#honduras-election
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

Trump's pardon of Honduras's ex-president shows counter-drug effort is based on lies and hypocrisy'

He was a Latin American president accused of colluding with some of the region's most ruthless narco bosses to flood the United States with cocaine. [Let's] stuff the drugs right up the noses of the gringos, the double-dealing politician once allegedly bragged as he lined his pockets with millions of dollars in bribes and turned his country into what many called a narco-state.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 months ago

Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura leads Honduras race, early trends show

Nasry Asfura leads the Honduran presidential vote narrowly with about 41% to Salvador Nasralla's 39% as roughly 40% of ballots are counted.
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