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The Trump administration has added the head of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and one of its senior lawyers to a list of sanctioned individuals. United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio framed the widening sanctions on Tuesday as part of his campaign to “dismantle” the ICC. “The Trump...

Venezuela says it has freed 131 people considered political prisoners, in a sign of progress for national reconciliation following the United States’ removal of former President Nicolas Maduro. Those released had been granted “alternative measures from incarceration” under the Program for Peace and...

Four leading human rights groups have launched a new lawsuit against the Trump administration’s campaign against the International Criminal Court. The new lawsuit filed on Tuesday charges that the administration’s wide-ranging sanctions against the international tribunal and organizations that...

The body that oversees the International Criminal Court has called on Chad and Venezuela to abandon their withdrawals from the institution, warning that their departure risks weakening the global fight against impunity. In a statement issued Friday from The Hague, the Assembly of States Parties said...

Colombia’s outgoing President Gustavo Petro on Monday reiterated claims of fraud in the nation’s June election, which his party lost narrowly to conservative leader Abelardo de la Espriella. In an hourlong presentation to journalists, Petro claimed that results from thousands of tally sheets were...

Former Peruvian President Ollanta Humala has been released from prison after the country’s Constitutional Court overturned his 15-year prison sentence for a case linked to a globe-spanning corruption scandal involving Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht. Humala was serving his sentence at a...

The United Nations human rights chief has condemned Nicaragua’s escalating crackdown on civil and political rights, days after President Daniel Ortega announced a plan to block elections and shut out the opposition. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said on Wednesday that the “latest...

Cuba’s president has accused the United States of carrying out “genocide” against his people and seeking to seize the Caribbean island nation. President Miguel Diaz-Canel lashed out during a rally on Sunday commemorating the start of the Cuban Revolution in 1953. His anger was a reaction to...

A mayor was shot dead on Wednesday in the Mexican state of Morelos after having survived a previous assassination attempt earlier this year. He is the 14th mayor to be murdered since Claudia Sheinbaum became president in October 2024. Valentín Lavín Romero, who was from the Green party, an ally of...

Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega said his country won’t be holding elections anytime soon, a statement underscoring the strongman’s efforts to extend his nearly 20-year rule and dashing hopes by the opposition that he might heed their demands for a democratic vote. The announcement effectively...