International

Four Palestinians die in an attack with an Israeli drone in Tulkarem, West Bank

Four Palestinians died in an Israeli attack with a drone in the Nur Shams refugee camp, in Tulkarem, northern occupied West Bank, confirmed by the Palestinian Ministry of Health.

“A plane of the Israel Defense Forces attacked a terrorist cell in the Nur Shams area while they were placing an explosive device,” the Israeli Army said in a statement.

According to the Palestinian media, one of the deceased is Nimr Hamarsha, identified as a militiaman.

Israeli attacks are not frequent, but they have normalized in the occupied West Bank in the last year, especially since Israel intensified its raids in parallel with the war in Gaza, where it has carried out more than 4,100 “suspected” arrests, including more than 1,700 with alleged links to Hamas.

Yenin is the main focus of violence, but in recent months Tulkarem has become another scene of the Israeli rads against local militias.

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The occupied West Bank is experiencing its largest spiral of violence since the Second Intifada (2000-05), and so far in 2024 at least 226 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire, most of them alleged militiamen or attackers, but also civilians, including about 45 minors, according to the EFE count, after closing 2023 as the deadliest year in two decades with more than 520 deaths.

On the Israeli side, 16 Israelis have died this year, ten uniformed personnel and six civilians, five of them settlers.

The Israeli Army intensified its already frequent incursions into the occupied West Bank after the attack in Hamas on October 7 and, since then, at least 556 Palestinians have been killed in violent incidents with Israel, mainly with troops and a dozen of them at the hands of settlers.

Central America

Nicaragua revokes legal status of 10 more NGOs, bringing total to over 5,600

The Nicaraguan government canceled the legal status of 10 more non-profit organizations on Friday (March 28, 2025), including the Swiss Foundation for Development Cooperation, bringing the total number of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) shut down since December 2018 to over 5,600.

According to the Ministry of the Interior, the Swiss Foundation for Development Cooperation, which had been registered since March 9, 2002, was found to be in non-compliance for failing to report its financial status for 2024 and for having an expired board of directors.

Among the 10 NGOs whose legal status was revoked were religious organizations, educational groups, consumer associations, and aquaculture organizations, all dissolved “voluntarily” or closed under similar reasons.

As of today, more than 5,600 NGOs have been dismantled following the popular protests that erupted in April 2018 in Nicaragua. In most cases, the assets of these organizations have been ordered to be transferred to the state.

International

Marco Rubio warns Venezuela against military action against Guyana

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Venezuela on Thursday that a military attack on Guyana would be “a big mistake” and “a very bad day for them,” expressing his support for Georgetown in its territorial dispute with Caracas.

“It would be a very bad day for the Venezuelan regime if they attacked Guyana or ExxonMobil. It would be a very bad day, a very bad week for them, and it would not end well,” Rubio emphasized during a press conference in Georgetown alongside Guyanese President Irfaan Ali.

International

Ecuador oil spill worsens as containment dam collapses

The collapse of a containment dam holding back part of the 25,000+ barrels of oil spilled from a pipeline rupture nearly two weeks ago has worsened the environmental crisis in northwestern Ecuador, contaminating rivers and Pacific beaches.

The Ecuadorian government attributed the March 13 pipeline rupture—which led to the spill of 25,116 barrels of crude—to an act of sabotage. The spill affected three rivers and disrupted water supplies for several communities, according to authorities.

On Tuesday, due to heavy rains that have been falling since January, a containment dam on the Caple River collapsed. The Caple connects to other waterways in Esmeraldas Province, a coastal region bordering Colombia, state-owned Petroecuador said in a statement on Wednesday.

Seven containment barriers were installed in the Viche River, where crews worked to remove oil-contaminated debris. Additional absorbent materials were deployed in Caple, Viche, and Esmeraldas Rivers, which flow into the Pacific Ocean.

Authorities are also working to protect a wildlife refuge home to more than 250 species, including otters, howler monkeys, armadillos, frigatebirds, and pelicans.

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“This has been a total disaster,” said Ronald Ruiz, a leader in the Cube community, where the dam was located. He explained that the harsh winter rains caused river levels to rise, bringing debris that broke the containment barriersthat were holding the accumulated oil for extraction.