The Colombian police seized a party of more than twelve thousand kilos of cocaine on Wednesday. It is the biggest drug trafficking ever in the years of drug trafficking in the country, so President Juan Manuel Santos described the finding.
One day before the end of the ultimatum made by Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont did not look into the map. Monday before 10:00, he must say whether he or she has declared the independence of Catalonia. During a meeting in Barcelona Puigdemont said no 'yes' and no 'no' but only that it is 'tough but hopeful hours'.
In Norway, Oslo will be announced on Friday who will be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Last year, the prize went to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, who reached a peace agreement with FARC rebel movement.
At the airport of the capital of San Juan in Puerto Rico hundreds of stranded travelers are looking for a way to leave the island. In the waiting room there are long queues waiting for travelers to check in on one of the scarce flights. Per day, only a few aircraft can leave the airport.
Spanish king-emeritus Juan Carlos has become his 79th world champion. He was sailing in Vancouver the world champion on Thursday in the classic 6M class.
The inhabitants in the Rio Guajataca river basin in northwest Puerto Rico were urged to seek a safe return as quickly as possible. The meteorological institute of San Juan, part of the US National Weather Service (NWS), hit a big alarm. A dam in the river can not break and threaten to break the huge influx of water. This leads to life-threatening floods.
President Donald Trump said Thursday that Hurricane Maria Puerto Rico had 'totally destroyed.' He declared the state of emergency.
Hurricane Maria arrived on the American island of Puerto Rico on Wednesday, where about 3.4 million people live. The storm made buildings in the capital of San Juan shake on their foundations. There also flew through the streets.
Hurricane Maria is on his way to St. Croix, part of the American Virgin Islands. After discharging on Dominica and temporarily lowering, wind speeds up to 260 kilometers per hour have been measured again. Those belonging to the heaviest category 5.
The Moroccan authorities have arrested two more people in connection with the investigation into terrorist attacks earlier this month in Catalonia, according to the Spanish Minister of Interior, Juan Ignacio Zoido.
The government of Maduro has undermined the news supply in Venezuela. The controversial leftist regime decided to remove the Colombian radio and television stations Caracol and RCN. On Thursday morning, the channels on all major cable networks in the capital of Caracas went to black.
The former Attorney General of Venezuela Luisa Ortega has traveled to Brazil. That has been announced by the Colombian immigration service on Tuesday. Ortega, a declared opponent of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, fled in friday from her husband via Aruba to Colombia. The prosecutor stated that her life was no longer safe in Venezuela.
In the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, the victims of terrorist attacks have been commemorated on Sunday.
The Spanish government will better protect the various tourist hotspots in the country, says the Interior Minister.
The Spanish government has suspended the arrested football boss Angel Maria Villar.
Whether Spanish ex-Juan Carlos really shared the bed with almost 5,000 women, as claimed in a book that appears shortly, is difficult to retrieve. But there are still men who, in turn, surpass Juan Carlos. At the top of the list of men who claim to have shared the bed with thousands of women, the former dictator of Cuba praises. Fidel Castro would have loved love with as many as 35.0000 women.
The Spanish royal couple attended the solemn assembly in Madrid in the parliament building, Palacio de las Cortes, in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the first democratic elections after the Franco dictatorship.
After fifty years of struggle, the Colombian guerrilla movement FARC has handed all weapons to the United Nations. The 6800 fighters have handed all 7132 registered weapons, let the UN know Monday. For Tuesday, an official ceremony for the termination of the arms transfer in the city of Mesetas is planned in the presence of the FARC and President Juan Manuel Santos.
Four veterans in Aruba will be awarded a war war of the Second World War. Three of them get a war memorial cross. This is special because that cross will no longer be published after 1968, except if there is already a request.
To the great satisfaction of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, the FARC guerrilla movement has handed over 30 percent of its weapons arena to the United Nations. 'An historic day,' Santos responded to the further demilitarization of the rebels.
Panama has joined diplomatic relations with China and at the same time broke with Taiwan. Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela announced China's choice during a television speech Monday (local time).
The repeatedly renowned Spanish writer Juan Goytisolo died in his hometown of Marrakech in Morocco on Sunday. He was 86 years old.
The Mexican police found the bodies of five beheaded men on Friday. The lugubere discovery was made in the coastal state of Veracruz by the drug and smugglers of the Gulf of Mexico.
Julian Assange (45) wants to apply for political asylum in France. That's been said by his lawyer Juan Branco on Friday, France Info. Earlier Friday, justice in Sweden announced that it had suspended an investigation into the Australian. Sweden sought a case in Assange, founder of the whistleblower WikiLeaks.
The United States announced Thursday sanctions against eight members of the Venezuelan Supreme Court. The bankruptcy of the courts in US banks will be frozen, they can not enter the country and they can not trade with US citizens.
Grain company ADM is going to delete jobs in Europe. This means that the competitor of the merchants Bunge, Cargill and Louis Dreyfus must strengthen its profit.
An unknown woman has become the symbol of the violent protests in Venezuela by defying an armored police vehicle. The images strongly reflect those of the Tank Man, who in 1989 alone opposed a column of tanks at the protests at Tiananmen Square.
In Colombia, more than three hundred people still missing since the landslides and floods in the town of Mocoa. The death toll has now risen to 293, said President Juan Manuel Santos on Wednesday.
British marines invaded during an exercise in Gibraltar in 2002 accidentally Spain. This said, the then head of the British Navy Alan West. He spoke following the rising tensions on the position of the British Gibraltar peninsula if London steps out of the European Union. Spain wants Gibraltar back more than three hundred years, and smells of the United Kingdom and Gibraltar European Union membership referendum opportunities.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has extended the emergency for the area hit by landslides and floods. The government decided Monday to declare ' economic, social and environmental state of emergency ''. That should enable faster emergency funding.
