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Paraguayan President announces anti-corruption plan to fight corruption
November 25 |
On his 100th day in office, Paraguayan President Santiago Peña signed on Thursday at the Government Palace with other authorities a document called “National Strategy to Combat Corruption”.
It is a 68-page “road map” with deadlines for the execution of various projects and its content was revealed in the middle of a ceremony held at the Government Palace, where other authorities of the three branches of government participated in the signing of the strategy.
The document was signed by President Santiago Peña, Vice President Pedro Alliana, Comptroller General Camilo Benítez, Attorney General Emiliano Rolón, the President of the Court, César Diesel, the head of Congress, Senator Silvio Ovelar, and the head of the Chamber of Deputies, Raúl Latorre.
According to the Paraguayan president, “we are seeking for this strategy to be a road map with measurable tasks, commitments and objectives that involve and involve society for execution and control”.
The President thanked the signatory authorities for fighting against corruption, respecting what he called the balance of powers. “All the authorities agree that corruption is a scourge that requires a coordinated, multidisciplinary and transversal action by the State in order to defeat its institutions”, he said.
He insisted that through this strategy a dialogue table is installed in the fight against this scourge, in “search of a better future”.
He also described that “the strategy contains four axes, 16 sub-themes and 42 initiatives. It is the most complete strategy I have ever seen in my life”.
He added that the plan “covers a series of issues that are transcendental” for the country, in relation to public health and education.
On the other hand, he announced the processing of the bill that establishes the “National Regime of Integrity, Transparency and Prevention of Corruption in Paraguay”. The norm foresees “to establish a new regime for the prevention of corruption in our country, assigning this relevant function to a constitutional body with functional autonomy and independence such as the Comptroller General of the Republic”.
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Seven bodies found with signs of torture in Sinaloa
Mexican authorities discovered seven lifeless bodies on Wednesday, showing clear signs of torture, in the rural area of Culiacán, Sinaloa, just one day after the same number of bodies was found in several municipalities in the western state of Mexico.
Six of these seven victims were found along the side of the highway that connects Culiacán to Mazatlán, near Laguna de Canachi, according to local media reports, which also noted that messages addressed to a criminal group were found near the bodies.
This brings the total number of violent deaths in the region to seven within just 24 hours. On Tuesday, authorities reported more victims found in the municipalities of Culiacán, Elota, and Mazatlán.
Among the victims identified was a local cattle rancher named Ramón Velázquez Ontiveros, as well as a police officer from Mazatlán, who was killed by a motorcyclist outside his home in San Marcos.
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Málaga paralyzed by new storm as torrential rains hit Spain
Thousands of people were evacuated and trains were suspended as torrential rains once again struck Spain on Wednesday, following the devastating floods that killed at least 223 people two weeks ago, most of them in the Valencia region.
The national meteorological agency (Aemet) issued a maximum, red-level alert for the Andalusian province of Málaga in the south, and for Tarragona in the northeast, due to the new DANA (isolated depression at high levels), also known as a cold drop.
The city of Málaga appeared to be the hardest hit by the rains, with more than 3,000 people evacuated from 1,000 homes near rivers, flooded streets, and the suspension of urban transport and train services to Madrid.
“Today Málaga is paralyzed,” said Andalusia’s regional president, Juan Manuel Moreno, to reporters. “I know it is a problem for citizens not being able to take their children to school or go to work, but after what we saw in Valencia, we need to ‘prevent’ and minimize the impact in terms of loss of life,” he added.
The storm also led to the postponement of a match between Spain and Poland in the Billie Jean King Cup women’s tennis competition, which was scheduled for Wednesday afternoon in Málaga.
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Hezbollah launches explosive drone strike on Israel’s defense headquarters
The Lebanese Islamist movement Hezbollah claimed on Wednesday that it launched an attack with explosive drones against the Israeli army’s headquarters in Tel Aviv.
The Iran-backed organization reported in a statement that it had carried out “an aerial attack with a squadron of explosive drones” targeting the site that houses Israel’s main defense institutions.
Hezbollah later stated that it also fired a barrage of rockets at the Glilot military intelligence base in the suburbs of Tel Aviv.
The Israeli military indicated that “sirens sounded in several areas of northern and central Israel following the launch of projectiles from Lebanon.”
It later clarified that “five projectiles were identified over the territory, and some were intercepted.”
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