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The US, Japan and South Korea renew their intention to maintain peace in the Indo-Pacific

The leaders of Japan, the United States, Japan and South Korea renew their intention to maintain peace in the Indo-Pacific and South Korea renewed this Sunday their determination to maintain peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific, one year since their meeting in Camp David, near Washington.

Highlighting “the tremendous progress” in the trilateral efforts, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, US President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said that cooperation “is indispensable to face the current challenges,” according to a joint statement published today.

“We are determined to maintain peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific, remain aligned in our shared vision and be ready to face global challenges,” the statement states.

The statement comes after last year, on this same date, the three leaders agreed to strengthen their military cooperation in the face of North Korea’s arms race and China’s military boom in the Pacific.

The thorny issues addressed contrasted with the setting of the summit: the serene presidential residence of Camp David, anchored in the mountains of the state of Maryland and known for having hosted some of the most emblematic agreements of American diplomacy.

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One of the greatest results was the signing of a regional security agreement that includes a clause known as “consultation obligation”, an understanding that establishes that the three nations will consider any security threat against one of them as a threat to all, which would imply a mutual discussion about how to respond.

Another important result of the summit is the annual realization of joint military exercises between the three countries.

In addition, the leaders agreed to create a hotline to communicate more quickly in the face of any type of crisis that may affect the Asia-Pacific region.

Although the three nations agreed to hold a trilateral summit at least once a year, Kishida has announced that he will not run for the race for the leadership of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (PLD), while Biden has announced his withdrawal from the November U.S. presidential election.

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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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