International
Marco Rubio urges Biden to build on Bukele’s success for El Salvador’s Prosperity
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio has called on President Joe Biden to leverage the “success” of Nayib Bukele’s reelection in El Salvador to strengthen relations and support the Central American country’s “prosperity.”
In an op-ed for Informe Orwell, Rubio reflected on his visit to El Salvador in March 2023. “What I witnessed was remarkable: under President Nayib Bukele, one of the world’s most dangerous countries had transformed into one of the safest and most promising in the region, all within months. Now that Bukele has been reelected, I urge his administration [Biden] to capitalize on this success and lay the groundwork for prosperity that will outlast his term,” Rubio highlighted.
Furthermore, the Florida lawmaker added that, thanks to President Bukele’s leadership, El Salvador has attracted foreign investment, which would have been impossible before, when Salvadorans suffered under the dominance of gangs, which in turn “further spurred migration.”
“It was terrible and tragic, but it was also accepted as the norm,” he said.
The change that El Salvador now enjoys is evident to Rubio. “When I visited El Salvador a year later, the unthinkable had happened: gang rule had been replaced by law and order. Now, gangs ‘do not exist,’ according to Salvadoran media. The end of the gangs has given El Salvador new life,” reiterated the politician of Cuban descent.
President Bukele’s overwhelming victory in the recent February 4th elections was no surprise at all. He added that the diaspora has given him their full trust and support.
International
Colombian Education Minister fails master’s thesis for lack of rigor
Colombia’s Minister of Education, José Daniel Rojas, failed his master’s thesis due to a lack of theoretical rigor, according to the National University, a decision that sparked widespread criticism and mockery on Wednesday.
Local media quickly picked up the news, while social media users flooded platforms with jokes, asking, “What’s the ultimate irony for an Education Minister?”
Rojas’ thesis on “Guaranteed Employment in Colombia” for his Master’s in Economic Sciences was graded as failed due to “theoretical weaknesses and lack of conceptual rigor,” the National University (UNAL), the country’s most prestigious public institution, stated in a press release.
“Additionally, the student’s responses to the questions posed during the defense were not considered satisfactory,” the statement added.
International
Trump announces 25% tariffs on EU products, including cars
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that tariffs on European Union (EU) products will be set at 25% across the board.
“We will announce them very soon, and they will be 25% in general terms, applying to cars and all kinds of things,” he stated during his first cabinet meeting at the White House.
Trump reiterated his grievances against the EU, claiming that the bloc “does not accept [U.S.] cars or [U.S.] agricultural products.”
“They take advantage of us in a different way than Canada or Mexico,” he added. The Republican president once again cited the U.S. trade deficit with Europe at “$300 billion,” a figure the European Commission disputes, estimating it at €150 billion ($157 billion) in goods, and only $50 billion when factoring in the U.S. trade surplus in services.
“The EU was designed to screw the United States. That was the goal, and they succeeded. But now I’m the president,” Trump said, adding that European countries might consider retaliating, but “they won’t.”
International
NASA confirms asteroid 2024 YR4 poses no threat to Earth
NASA has confirmed that asteroid 2024 YR4, initially identified as a potential threat, does not pose a significant danger to Earth in 2032 or beyond.
The near-Earth asteroid, roughly the size of a football field, was first discovered in December last year. Experts initially estimated a 3% chance of impact with our planet, later reducing it to 0.28% last week.
Following new observations, NASA further updated the impact probability for December 22, 2032, lowering it to just 0.004%, according to the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies. The agency also stated that the asteroid does not pose any significant risk to Earth for at least the next century.
However, there remains a 1.7% chance that it could impact the Moon.
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