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The left proposes in France the veteran communist Chassaigne as a candidate to preside over the Assembly

he left-wing coalition of the New Popular Front (NFP), in arduous negotiations to form a Government, managed on Wednesday to agree to present tomorrow, Thursday, a common candidate for the presidency of the French National Assembly, the communist veteran André Chassaigne.

Chassaigne, 74, is the name agreed by La Francia Insumisa (LFI), the Socialist Party (PS), the ecologists and the French Communist Party (PCF) to dispute the fourth hierarchical position of the French State that will be elected this Thursday at the opening of the legislative work.

Deputy since 2002, the politician of Puy-de-Dôme would have about 190 votes, those of the NFP and its partners, ahead of those of the centrist alliance of the French president, Emmanuel Macron, and the National Association (RN) of Marine Le Pen, second and third groups of the Lower House, respectively.

“We have the collective legitimacy to preside over the Assembly,” Chassaigne told the press, who said that he will be “faithful” to the values of the four groups that make up the New Popular Front, which won the legislative elections of June 30 and July 7 by a few dozen seats.

For the deputy from the interior of France, his experienced profile and knowledge of the parliamentary intricays have endorsed him to be chosen by the left.

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The communist will have several rivals in the vote, the first two rounds decided by an absolute majority and, if there is no result, by a simple majority and a third.

On behalf of the macronist Renaissance aspires to repeat the position Yaël Braun-Pivet, president between 2022 and 2024, and the far-right Sébastien Chenu, among others, will also be presented.

Behind the scenes, it is speculated that Chenu may withdraw after the first round of voting, leaving the way free through an eventual abstention of Braun-Pivet, in case it achieves the votes of the classic right and its partners, which would surpass the left.

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Trump urges Putin to reach peace deal

On Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump reiterated his desire for Russian President Vladimir Putin to “reach a deal” to end the war in Ukraine, while also reaffirming his willingness to impose sanctions on Russia.

“I want to see him reach an agreement to prevent Russian, Ukrainian, and other people from dying,” Trump stated during a press conference in the Oval Office at the White House.

“I think he will. I don’t want to have to impose secondary tariffs on Russian oil,” the Republican leader added, recalling that he had already taken similar measures against Venezuela by sanctioning buyers of the South American country’s crude oil.

Trump also reiterated his frustration over Ukraine’s resistance to an agreement that would allow the United States to exploit natural resources in the country—a condition he set in negotiations to end the war.

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Deportation flight lands in Venezuela; government denies criminal gang links

A flight carrying 175 Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States arrived in Caracas on Sunday. This marks the third group to return since repatriation flights resumed a week ago, and among them is an alleged member of a criminal organization, according to Venezuelan authorities.

Unlike previous flights operated by the Venezuelan state airline Conviasa, this time, an aircraft from the U.S. airline Eastern landed at Maiquetía Airport, on the outskirts of Caracas, shortly after 2:00 p.m. with the deportees.

Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello, who welcomed the returnees at the airport, stated that the 175 repatriated individuals were coming back “after being subjected, like all Venezuelans, to persecution” and dismissed claims that they belonged to the criminal organization El Tren de Aragua.

However, Cabello confirmed that “for the first time in these flights we have been carrying out, someone of significance wanted by Venezuelan justice has arrived, and he is not from El Tren de Aragua.” Instead, he belongs to a gang operating in the state of Trujillo. The minister did not disclose the individual’s identity or provide details on where he would be taken.

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Son of journalist José Rubén Zamora condemns father’s return to prison as “illegal”

Guatemalan court decides Wednesday whether to convict journalist José Rubén Zamora

The son of renowned journalist José Rubén Zamora Marroquín, José Carlos Zamora, has denounced as “illegal” the court order that sent his father back to a Guatemalan prison on March 3, after already spending 819 days behind barsover a highly irregular money laundering case.

“My father’s return to prison was based on an arbitrary and illegal ruling. It is also alarming that the judge who had granted him house arrest received threats,” José Carlos Zamora told EFE in an interview on Saturday.

The 67-year-old journalist was sent back to prison inside the Mariscal Zavala military barracks on March 3, when Judge Erick García upheld a Court of Appeals ruling that overturned the house arrest granted to him in October. Zamora had already spent 819 days in prison over an alleged money laundering case.

His son condemned the situation as “unacceptable”, stating that the judge handling the case “cannot do his job in accordance with the law due to threats against his life.”

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