At 89-years-old, the former president of Uruguay has beaten cancer. In this interview with EL PAÍS, conducted at his home on the outskirts of Montevideo, where he is still recovering from the after-effects of treatment, he discusses life and death, resentment, happiness and his political legacy
Palestinian filmmaker Dima Hamdan describes the Israeli military’s blackmailing of homosexuals in the West Bank so that they would collaborate with their occupation in a new short film. Theirs was a terrible choice: betrayal or public shaming?
The actress and the Nobel Peace Prize winner have produced a documentary by Afghan director Sahra Mahni featuring testimonies from a half dozen women on how they are being stripped of their rights
Putin reports use of new hypersonic ballistic missile against Ukrainian territory just days after Kyiv fired U.S. and British-made long-range projectiles at targets in Russia
Masako Wada is a member of Nihon Hidankyo, the organization that will be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2024, formed by victims of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The International Criminal Court’s ruling places Israel’s allies in a difficult position, as they will face the dilemma of having to arrest the Israeli prime minister and his former defense minister Yoav Gallant if they travel to their countries
The president has activated her Cabinet, marking territory on one of the crucial fronts of the bilateral relationship and sending messages that challenge the Republican’s proposal to deport a million people each year
The ICC holds them accountable for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza, starting from at least October 8, 2023. The decision also names Hamas’ military leader, Mohamed Deif, who is presumed dead by Israeli authorities
The Bonques Brothers, key operators of the cartel in the state of Nayarit, will lose access to bank accounts in the international financial system. The move is part of Washington’s fight against fentanyl trafficking from Mexico
The weekend attack on a convoy of over 100 trucks — the largest incident of its kind to date — underscores the collapse of public order in the Palestinian territory and the mounting challenges in delivering vital supplies
An armed confrontation in Port-au-Prince left more than 35 suspected gang members dead or wounded on Tuesday. The police is strengthening its presence on the streets, while the population has formed self-defense groups
Arrivals are slowly increasing with an uptick in immigrant caravans, but current immigration policy means that their hopes of being able to legally enter the country are slim
French leader Macron and Germany’s Scholz regretted the lukewarm wording of the final declaration regarding Ukraine, while the host Lula urged members to do more about climate goals
‘Democracy demands respect for the will of the voters,’ said Secretary of State Antony Blinken. ‘This gesture honors the desire for change of our people,’ replied the exiled former diplomat
Around 4,700 people are waiting an average of 285 days in the Tegel shelters for a place to stay. ‘I came here to work. I didn’t think I would be stuck here,’ says a Ukrainian
Ukrainian analysts and media argue Biden’s decision to authorize strikes within Russian territory comes too late, and will have little effect if the weapon cannot be used beyond Kursk
One hundred workers with 36 trucks left Tangier for eastern Spain, where they are providing badly needed assistance clearing clogged pipes that pose a health problem
The president proposes investing $24 billion a year to support six million farmers. ‘The proposal is to stop sowing wars, and instead sow peace and sow life,’ she told the gathering of world leaders
According to the Kremlin, the use of Washington-supplied long-range weapons on Russian soil would mean that NATO countries would come into conflict with Moscow
The outgoing U.S. president is leveraging international forums like the G20 in a bid to safeguard aid to Ukraine and reinforce the network of alliances he has fostered throughout his government
The G20 summit that opens on Monday in Rio de Janeiro is the first test of the new climate generated by the radical change of course expected to take place under the Republican president-elect
In a new book, Chilean researcher Cristóbal Marín describes the exploitation and colonization suffered by the Fuegian ethnic groups, both inside and outside their territory