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Otis weakens to low pressure over Michoacan, Mexico

October 26 |
Mexico’s National Meteorological Service (SMN) said that Hurricane Otis weakened to low pressure after impacting the state of Michoacán, neighboring the southern state of Guerrero.
“Otis has weakened to remnant low pressure, its center is located on land over Michoacán. Its wide circulation causes heavy to occasionally heavy rains in southern and central states of the country, with occasional torrential rains in Guerrero,” states the most recent report.
The meteorological phenomenon impacted Michoacán, 75 kilometers (km) southeast of Morelia, and 260 km north-northwest of Acapulco, Guerrero, and is considered one of the most powerful cyclones in the history of the Mexican Pacific.
In its report, the SMN mentioned that, due to its wide circulation, it causes heavy rains (from 150 to 250 millimeters) in Guerrero and intense rains (from 75 to 150 millimeters) in the east of Michoacán and Puebla.
In the southwest of the state of Mexico, Morelos and the west of Oaxaca, very heavy rains (from 50 to 75 mm) and heavy rains (from 25 to 50 mm) in Mexico City (capital city), in addition to reinforcing heavy to punctual intense rains in states of the Central Table.
It also informed that “the surveillance zones were discontinued and due to the weakening of the system, this is the last warning, however, the effects generated by the remnants of Otis will be followed up”.
The SMN warned that the precipitation could generate landslides, increase in river and stream levels, as well as overflows and floods, so the population, tourists and maritime navigation are urged to be attentive to the warnings.
Otis arrived early in the morning to the state of Guerrero with category five, and damages were reported in the main highways, overflowing of the Papagayo River and falling rocks in route 95 that caused the isolation of the southern coast of the state.
The Ministry of Infrastructure, Communications and Transport (SICT) deployed more than 900 workers, 50 engineers, 60 vehicles and more than 200 pieces of heavy equipment, including tractors, backhoes, motor graders, among others, to reestablish the road as soon as possible.
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Erik Prince Backs Ecuador’s Daniel Noboa in Fight Against Crime and “Narcoterrorism”

Erik Prince, the founder of the private security firm Blackwater (now called Academi), expressed his support for Daniel Noboa, the president and re-election candidate in Ecuador, and stated that he hopes to continue working together in the fight against crime.
“I hope Ecuador chooses law and order. We are here to help, to combat gangs, and to provide the tools for the government to restore law and order, peace, and prosperity,” said the former U.S. military member, who arrived in Guayaquil to participate in an operation alongside the Ministers of the Interior, John Reimberg, and Defense, Gian Carlo Loffredo.
Prince did not hold back in his criticism of left-wing governments, such as Venezuela, which he described as a “narco-state with mass drug processing,” while also linking the party Revolución Ciudadana, of which the Correista Luisa González is a member (and who faces Noboa in the second electoral round), as an “ally of Nicolás Maduro.”
Minister Loffredo had already announced on Tuesday that a team from Prince would arrive in the country in the coming days to provide “advisory and training” to security forces, as part of the “strategic alliance” that President Noboa agreed upon with the Blackwater founder to fight against “narcoterrorism,” details of which have not been disclosed.
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Cuban Supreme Court Confirms Successful Completion of Prisoner Release

The People’s Supreme Court of Cuba announced on Monday that it has successfully completed the release of 553 prisoners, a process first announced on January 14. Among those freed were political prisoners, including opposition figures José Daniel Ferrer and Félix Navarro.
The announcement came shortly after Washington, in the final days of the Biden administration, decided to remove Cuba from its list of state sponsors of terrorism.
While Havana has insisted that the releases were a unilateral and sovereign decision, the United States maintains that the measure was part of an agreement mediated by the Vatican. According to U.S. sources, many of those released were participants in the July 11, 2021, anti-government protests, the largest demonstrations Cuba has seen in decades.
Cuban authorities have not provided a list of the released prisoners or a timeline for the implementation of the measure, despite multiple requests for information from EFE.
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Russia calls Zelensky’s Washington visit a “complete failure” after altercation with Trump

Russia stated on Saturday that Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to Washington was a “complete failure” following the altercation with Donald Trump, accusing the Ukrainian leader of being “obsessed with continuing the war” with Moscow.
The visit “was a complete political and diplomatic failure of the Kiev regime,” said Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova in a statement. Zakharova accused Zelensky of being “incapable of demonstrating a sense of responsibility,” of “rejecting peace,” and of using “lies and manipulations to justify the continuation of hostilities and the reception of military and financial aid from the West.”
Zelensky’s visit to Washington on Friday turned into a verbal brawl before cameras worldwide, when his counterpart, Donald Trump, and Vice President J.D. Vance accused the Ukrainian leader of being ungrateful for U.S. aid and rejecting peace talks. Zelensky was prematurely escorted out of the White House without signing the agreement he had gone to Washington for, which involved giving up the exploitation of Ukraine’s mineral resources in exchange for security guarantees.
“With his excessively rude behavior during his visit to Washington, Zelensky confirmed that he is the most dangerous threat to the international community as an irresponsible warmonger,” Zakharova stated.
She also accused European leaders of “political weakness” and “baseness” for backing Zelensky after the “moral lesson” he received in Washington.
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