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In a message broadcast through its official account on social network X, the Cuban Foreign Ministry reaffirmed its determination to continue strengthening the historic ties of brotherhood, solidarity and cooperation between our two peoples.

On February 26, 1976, Spain abandoned the Sahara and on February 27, 1976, the Polisario Front proclaimed the SADR, recognized in November 1984 by most of the countries of the then Organization for African Unity, today the African Union, an organization of which it is a full member.

Cuba and SADR established diplomatic ties in the 1980s, when embassies were opened in both territories, but there was an exchange at a political level between the leadership of the Communist Party of Cuba and members of the Polisario Front.

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Education Minister Camilo Santana announced the initiative during a visit this Thursday to the indigenous community of Sahu-Ape in the Amazonas state, where he presented it as part of the Education, Science, and Technology pillar of the New Growth Acceleration Program (PAC).

The works aim to address a long-standing demand from indigenous peoples for adequate school infrastructure in their territories, with spaces that respect their cultural identity, ways of life, and territorial organization.

Santana acknowledged the logistical challenges of implementing projects in the Amazon rainforest’s remote regions, but reaffirmed the commitment of the Executive, led by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, to strengthen education throughout the country as a tool for reducing inequality.

These 117 centers will guarantee all conditions of a dignified and quality school, affirmed the minister, who underscored that Brazil has a debt to its indigenous peoples and education is fundamental to boosting opportunities and social justice.

The states benefiting from the investment are Amazonas, with 27 schools, Roraima (23), Amapa (17), Maranhao (11), Mato Grosso (eight), Para (seven), Mato Grosso do Sul (six), Bahia (four), Tocantins (three), Acre (two), Ceara (two), Alagoas (one), Pernambuco (one), and Rio Grande do Sul (one).

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The independence movement was led by Juan Pablo Duarte, founder of La Trinitaria, a secret society created by a group of young patriots with the objective of organizing the fight against the Haitian occupation that began in 1822.

The historic night was held at the Puerta del Conde in Santo Domingo, where Matias Ramon Mella (one of the Founding Fathers) fired a shot into the air that formally marked the beginning of independence.

This symbolic act confirmed the patriots’ determination and gave way to the birth of the Dominican Republic as a sovereign nation.

Since then, the “trabucazo” has become one of the most emblematic moments in national history.

Every year, the country commemorates this date with official ceremonies led by the President of the Republic, floral offerings at the Altar of the Fatherland, military and student parades, and cultural activities that highlight the historical significance of the event.

Nearly two centuries after that event, February 27th remains one of the most significant dates on the national calendar.

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In a message posted on the social media platform X, the Iranian Foreign Minister stressed that “both countries should address current issues within the framework of good neighborliness and dialogue during the holy month of Ramadan.”

Araqchi reaffirmed that the Islamic Republic maintains an approach based on resolving disputes through diplomatic channels and expressed Tehran’s readiness to provide all kinds of support to help resolve the disputes between Kabul and Islamabad and strengthen bilateral cooperation.

The Iranian Foreign Minister’s statements come amid escalating tensions on the Afghan-Pakistani border.

The day before, the Afghan government announced the launch of large-scale operations against Pakistani military positions along the shared border, in response to attacks carried out days earlier by Pakistani forces.

Last Sunday, Islamabad reported the bombing of seven sites it described as “terrorist camps” in border territory with Afghanistan, following a series of recent attacks on its territory.

In this context, Afghanistan delivered a note of protest to the Pakistani ambassador in Kabul and stated that it would respond “appropriately and thoughtfully” when it deemed the time appropriate.

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Congolese Finance Minister Doudou Fwamba Likunde Li-Botayi signed the agreement, which will allocate these financial resources to the Ngandajika Agro-Industrial Park Connectivity Strengthening Project, Actualité.CD reported.

The project aims to improve the Lukalaba-Ngandajika and Nkuadi-Ngandajika-Park roads to sustainably open up the area, reduce transportation costs, facilitate trade, and create jobs, especially for young people and women.

Connectivity is considered key to the success of investments already made in governance and value chain development.

The minister stated that this is also crucial for the sustainable development of Congolese agricultural potential and the effective integration of producers into local and regional markets.

The DRC government aims to broaden the national economic base, and the agricultural sector is a strategic lever for this purpose and for food security.

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The day began with a massive protest around the Obelisk, a central landmark in Buenos Aires, starting at 7:00 a.m. local time.

The protest, organized through social media, was met with repression by units of the Buenos Aires City Police.

More demonstrations are expected throughout the day.

The administration of Javier Milei hopes to pass two ambitious laws in the Senate—the labor reform and the Juvenile Criminal Justice System—before the president inaugurates the new legislative session on Sunday with a speech at the National Congress.

This is intended to demonstrate, primarily to the United States and the IMF, that Argentina enjoys the stability necessary to implement its policies.

The Senate thus concludes the extraordinary sessions convened by the Casa Rosada (the presidential palace) with the support of its legislative leaders and allies.

A tense and protracted deliberation is predicted, potentially lasting until the early hours of Saturday.

The debate is scheduled to begin at noon, and it is anticipated that the ruling party and its allies will secure passage of the labor reform bill, as well as the new juvenile criminal justice system.

The Senate already approved the labor reform bill three weeks ago with 42 votes in favor and 30 against, but during the debate in the Chamber of Deputies, legislators introduced modifications, requiring it to return to the Senate.

Regarding the Juvenile Criminal Justice System, the Chamber of Deputies approved it two weeks ago with 149 votes in favor and 100 against.

On Thursday, the executive branch secured Senate approval of the Mercosur-European Union trade agreement with a wide majority of 69 votes in favor and three against.

Then, it secured preliminary approval for the reform to the Law of Minimum Budgets for the Protection of Glaciers and the Periglacial Environment, which still needs to be debated in the Chamber of Deputies.

The General Confederation of Labor (CGT) called for a large demonstration on Monday at the Comodoro Py courthouse, where it will file an injunction against the new Labor Law, which it sees as regressive and curtailing workers’ rights.

Regarding the legal treatment of young people, the proposed system lowers the age of criminal responsibility from 16 to 14, which has generated rejection.

Legal experts agree that this will not solve the problem of juvenile delinquency, which, they argue, can be achieved through socio-economic improvement for adolescents.

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Gokhool stated that Cuba can count, as it has until now, on Mauritius’s support against the sanctions.

Perez Mesa updated the president on the situation arising from the executive order issued by US President Donald Trump to tighten the economic, commercial, and financial siege of more than six decades, with an attempt to block fuel supplies.

The ambassador also expressed her confidence that Port Louis will join the international condemnation of these kinds of actions, which violate International Law and the United Nations Charter and are a threat to all sovereign countries.

During the ceremony, Gokhool and Perez Mesa discussed potential areas of cooperation and joint initiatives, as well as their shared desire to strengthen relations, particularly in the context of this year’s 50th anniversary of bilateral ties.

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Condemning the armed incursion that occurred on the morning of February 25 by a speedboat, registered in Florida, the United States, with registration number FL7726SH, in Cuban territorial waters, LaBash, who is also the co-president of the National Network on Cuba (NNOC), recalled the long history of terrorist actions organized and financed from US territory for decades.

She said, “I encourage everyone traveling to Cuba to visit the Memorial of the Denunciation in Havana to learn how much the Cuban people have suffered from these aggressions, including speedboats with armed individuals that attacked beaches and tourist areas.”

The activist recalled that the 1990s witnessed a series of terrorist attacks in Cuba, perpetrated by counterrevolutionary groups.

One of these violent acts killed a young Italian man, named Fabio di Celmo, in 1997 when a bomb exploded at a hotel in the Cuban capital.

LaBash revealed that, nevertheless, “United States forces have murdered more than 100 Caribbean people in small boats, even killing any survivors.”

She also referred to the executive order issued by President Donald Trump on January 29, which she considered “an open declaration of war against the Cuban people.”

LaBash stated that with this coercive measure, “they are going to impose a collective punishment on the Cuban people, trying to force them to rebel against their government and the socialist programs that have meant so much, not only for Cuba but for the rest of the world.”

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The Ministry affirmed in a statement that these actions are not isolated incidents; “they are part of the illegal machinery of the Israeli occupation and its system based on subjugation, repression, and the denial of the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination.”

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates welcomed a recent report issued by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation in Palestine, including East Jerusalem.

The diplomatic institution noted that the document provides comprehensively, legally, and professionally the scope of the crimes and serious violations committed against the Palestinian people.

It highlighted the report’s conclusions regarding strong evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

The Ministry denounced “the ongoing aggressions against civilians without discrimination, the widespread destruction of homes, forced displacement, and strikes on hospitals, schools, and other facilities.”

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This article originally appeared in the February 25, 2026 edition of Des Informémonos.

Two Haitian girls died inside the “Casa Pato” Migrant Transit Assistance Center, operated by the Oaxaca State DIF in San Raymundo Jalpan, after falling into a septic tank that, according to preliminary reports, was without a protective cover.

According to authorities, the girls were temporarily staying with their mother at the migrant shelter, where they were reported missing and their bodies were later found in the building’s septic tank.

“The loss of their lives in institutional custody cannot be reduced to a preliminary version or an isolated event: it must be investigated with due diligence, a child perspective, a human mobility approach and human rights, exhausting all lines of responsibility, including omissions and structural failures,” the organization Consorcio Oaxaca stated.

The feminist organization demanded punishment for those responsible “both by action and by negligence” and reiterated that the State has the obligation to protect children and migrants under its care.

Finally, Consorcio Oaxaca also reiterated the urgent need to guarantee effective measures to prevent recurrence, including a thorough review of security conditions in institutional shelters, as well as the implementation of independent oversight, clear protection protocols, and accountability mechanisms.

The deaths of the two minors occurred weeks after workers from the same institution reported psychological abuse and labor exploitation against children under the custody of the DIF (National System for Integral Family Development).

The full statement follows:

We demand justice for the deaths of the two Haitian girls inside the “Casa Pato” Migrant Transit Center, operated by the Oaxaca State DIF (System for Integral Family Development) in San Raymundo Jalpan. Their deaths while in institutional custody cannot be dismissed as a preliminary report or an isolated incident: it must be investigated with due diligence, a child-centered perspective, a human mobility approach, and a human rights perspective, exhausting all lines of responsibility, including omissions and structural failures.

We demand punishment for those responsible, whether through action or negligence. The State has a heightened obligation to protect children and migrants under its care.

We reiterate the urgency of ensuring effective measures to prevent recurrence: a thorough review of security conditions in institutional shelters, independent supervision, clear protection protocols, and accountability mechanisms.

The lives and dignity of migrant girls cannot be trapped in impunity!

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  Two Haitian Children Die in Mexican Migrant Custody

  February 27, 2026February 27, 2026

  Consorcio Oaxaca reiterated the urgent need to guarantee effective measures to prevent recurrence, a thorough review of security conditions in institutional shelters, independent oversight, clear protection protocols, and accountability mechanisms.

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  137 Months Since Disappearance of the 43 of Ayotzinapa

  February 27, 2026February 27, 2026

  Parents of the missing students demand the Army hand over 800 files it has it in its possession and complain no new meeting has been scheduled with President Sheinbaum since their last meeting in November.

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  Kimberly-Clark, Pepsi & Truper Charge Truckers for Narco Blockade Delays

  February 27, 2026February 27, 2026

  Corporations stop paying for trips worth 10,000 pesos and others try to charge 1,000 pesos for each hour of delay, even when it’s due to acts of violence.

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Muselli, director of the Primary Health Care Network in the western department of Colonia, stated that the Caribbean island “does not threaten any country” and, on the contrary, spreads solidarity throughout the world.

The Uruguayan doctor mentioned that he graduated in 2011 from the Latin American School of Medicine, “where many young Latin Americans became doctors thanks to Cuban solidarity.”

Far from being a threat, he insisted, the Caribbean island “is a nation of solidarity that has always helped Latin American countries and other parts of the world when they needed it most.”

He said that at a time when the Caribbean nation is in danger, he issued his message to emphasize that “we will do everything possible to help them and they should know that Cuba is not alone.”

Dr. Muselli’s statements join those of other Uruguayans, politicians, legislators, and citizens who, through social media, news outlets, and public letters, are joining the movement in support of the island besieged by the US blockade.

Among the actions of this citizen movement and political and social organizations is a caravan called for February 28, “For Peace and against the imperialist blockade. Solidarity with Cuba.”

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Pakistani sources stated that Islamabad again attacked the Afghan territory in an operation that, according to these sources, resulted in the deaths of 36 members of the neighboring nation’s security forces.

Both countries are exchanging accusations regarding responsibility for the start of the hostilities.

The Pakistani army noted that it continues firing using small arms, heavy weapons, and drones to target Afghan positions across the border, and it has captured five border posts.

Zabihullah Mujahid, the chief spokesman for the Afghan government, confirmed that Pakistani forces bombed areas of Kabul, Kandahar, and Paktia, but said there were no casualties.

Given the continued clashes on Friday, the governments of nations such as China, Russia, and Iran, as well as United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, urged both sides to de-escalate and resolve the issues through dialogue.

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A report specifies that these are 10 individuals, whose names are listed, with serious criminal records, linked in Florida to violent groups that incite a military invasion against Cuba and promote terrorism, and even against other countries in the region.

In a statement, the URCA rejects the media narrative disseminated from Miami that these were ordinary people going to look for their relatives, when the facts show the contrary, it maintains.

“Any incursion into the airspace and territorial waters of a country is considered a violation of the sovereignty of the nation in question. If the incursion is carried out with weapons and explosives on the ship or aircraft used, it is a crime classified as terrorism,” the group emphasizes.

“If, upon being detected by the authorities of the violated territory, firearms or explosives are used, it constitutes armed aggression. The transfer of people from one country to another, circumventing the mechanisms and laws established by each country, constitutes the crime of human trafficking,” the statement continues.

In light of the above, the URCA “expressly rejects the violation of our homeland’s territorial waters by an armed group from the anti-Cuban mafia of the extreme right wing in Miami.”

Likewise, we repudiate all the lies being spread on social media and other platforms. “These fabricated arguments seek to create justifications for a military attack on Cuba,” the group warns.

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This article by Alexia Villaseñor and Jared Laureles originally appeared in the February 27, 2026 edition of La Jornada, Mexico’s premier left wing daily newspaper.

After the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) declared itself unable to form the “Truth Commission for the Iguala Case”, ordered by a collegiate court, the parents of the 43 Ayotzinapa students who disappeared more than 11 years ago criticized the national body, saying that “it is not on the side of the victims”.

Isidoro Vicario, the families’ lawyer, emphasized that the relevance of this truth commission – which stems from a ruling by a collegiate court in Reynosa, Tamaulipas – lies in the fact that it recognizes the parents of Ayotzinapa as victims and establishes that those who carry out the investigations are independent experts from the Attorney General’s Office (FGR).

This represents a new opportunity, since currently the Commission for Truth and Access to Justice (COVAJ and the Special Prosecutor’s Office for the Ayotzinapa case – established by presidential decree – “are not producing results,” they accused.

During a rally held at the Hemiciclo a Juárez, after marching from the Angel of Independence, María de Jesús Tlatempa, mother of José Eduardo Bartolo, insisted that the Army hand over the 800 files it has in its possession because they contain – she considered – relevant information to find the whereabouts of the disappeared.

In an interview, Vicario explained that the commission ordered by the collegiate court would have to be made up of a representative of the FGR; the head of the CNDH; and two parents of the students.

She indicated that since 2018, various entities “have opposed” complying with the sentence issued that year, including the FGR, which argued that the federal judge “overstepped his bounds”.

The CNDH indicated the impossibility of forming it, among other things because, it reported, a new complaint file is currently in the process of being concluded due to the dissatisfaction of the relatives of the disappeared students and surviving normal school students regarding the content of Recommendation 15VG/2018.

The parents stated that, to date, they have not received any further information about the investigations nor have they been notified when they will meet again with President Claudia Sheinbaum. Their last meeting was on November 27, 2025.

In Chilpancingo, residents allege neglect by authorities.

Students from the Ayotzinapa Normal School and the Lupita Rodríguez Collective held a rally yesterday at the anti-monument to the 43, in Chilpancingo, Guerrero, to demand justice and the safe return of their 43 classmates who disappeared in Iguala in 2014, and who have now been missing for 137 months.

One of the speakers pointed out that when rulers want to come to power, “they use the most marginalized population and take advantage of them, but then they forget about the population, as did former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who championed the movement of the 43.”

He recalled that “a few days ago, the government captured a major criminal leader and we ask ourselves: how is it possible that if they were able to find his whereabouts and capture him, they cannot find our 43 companions?”

They emphasized that their movement is not driven by partisan ideologies, but by the demand for justice: “We are neither left nor right, we are the people at the bottom, and we are going after those at the top.” They warned that they will maintain monthly mobilizations until they obtain clear answers and substantial progress in the Ayotzinapa case.

(With information from S. Ocampo Arista, correspondent, Chilpancingo, Guerrero.)

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  Two Haitian Children Die in Mexican Migrant Custody

  February 27, 2026February 27, 2026

  Consorcio Oaxaca reiterated the urgent need to guarantee effective measures to prevent recurrence, a thorough review of security conditions in institutional shelters, independent oversight, clear protection protocols, and accountability mechanisms.

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  137 Months Since Disappearance of the 43 of Ayotzinapa

  February 27, 2026February 27, 2026

  Parents of the missing students demand the Army hand over 800 files it has it in its possession and complain no new meeting has been scheduled with President Sheinbaum since their last meeting in November.

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  Kimberly-Clark, Pepsi & Truper Charge Truckers for Narco Blockade Delays

  February 27, 2026February 27, 2026

  Corporations stop paying for trips worth 10,000 pesos and others try to charge 1,000 pesos for each hour of delay, even when it’s due to acts of violence.

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The Minister of Production, Foreign Trade, and Investment, Luis Alberto Jaramillo, stated that Colombia’s measure to prohibit the entry of 30 Ecuadorian food products across the land border has severely affected exporters of rice, bananas, avocados, potatoes, and seafood.

“This has affected us significantly. There should have been communication, at least, to allow time for a response and prevent the products from being held up at the border,” the Minister said in an interview with Ecuavisa television, where he confirmed the end of the talks.

Although Ecuador’s Foreign Minister, Gabriela Sommerfeld, stated this week that bilateral dialogue was ongoing, the government of President Daniel Noboa announced an increase in tariffs on Colombian imports from 30 to 50%.

The Minister admitted that approximately one-third of Ecuadorian exports will be affected, although he maintained that, in the case of imports, the situation could open opportunities to reduce the trade deficit in the medium term by seeking alternative suppliers.

So far, Colombia has not announced an official response to the new tariff increase, although complaints have been filed with the Andean Community.

The Ecuadorian government’s decision prompted a critical statement from Guayaquil Chamber of Commerce, which warned of negative impacts on formal trade, employment, and consumption, as well as a possible incentive for smuggling and the informal economy.

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This article by Patricia Gutiérrez Rodríguez was originally published on February 27th, 2026 at La Jornada de Oriente, the Puebla edition of La Jornada, Mexico’s premier left wing daily newspaper.

Puebla, Puebla. The delegate of the Mexican Alliance of Transport Organizations AC (AMOTAC) in Puebla, Andy Rossini Martínez, stated that companies such as Kimberly-Clark, Pepsi and Truper are trying to pass on to the trucking industry the losses generated by the drug blockades of last Sunday with penalties for not delivering the merchandise on time and charges for stolen cargo.

In an interview with La Jornada de Oriente, he asserted that these practices have become “intolerable” for the profession and announced that the organization is preparing nationwide actions to demand security and fair treatment.

He explained that several companies penalize carriers by refusing to pay for full trips or by demanding that they absorb the total cost of the cargo when the units are stolen or stranded due to blockades by organized crime.

He explained that although the amounts vary, there are companies that stop paying for trips of 10,000 pesos and others that intend to charge 1,000 pesos for each hour of delay, even when the delay is due to acts of violence on the highways.

“These days, companies want us to pay for the freight; they even want us to pay them just for working with them,” Rossini Martínez complained. He added that sometimes these companies take advantage of the situation to withhold outstanding payments for transportation services provided on credit.

Where others see violence, corporate monopolies see opportunities.

He noted that the sector continues to operate at a loss following the pandemic and now faces a new blow due to insecurity. In addition to losses from robberies, vehicle fires, and damaged cargo, there are unpaid trips and attempts to impose penalties for not delivering merchandise “on time and in the correct manner.”

According to the Amotac delegate in Puebla, the companies are trying to “take advantage of the situation” and are unaware of the real impact of the attacks on the costs and income of the operators.

The organization documented the case of a transporter based on the border between Puebla and Tlaxcala, whose unit was stolen, recovered, stolen a second time and finally set on fire in the recent acts of violence.

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  Two Haitian Children Die in Mexican Migrant Custody

  February 27, 2026February 27, 2026

  Consorcio Oaxaca reiterated the urgent need to guarantee effective measures to prevent recurrence, a thorough review of security conditions in institutional shelters, independent oversight, clear protection protocols, and accountability mechanisms.

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  137 Months Since Disappearance of the 43 of Ayotzinapa

  February 27, 2026February 27, 2026

  Parents of the missing students demand the Army hand over 800 files it has it in its possession and complain no new meeting has been scheduled with President Sheinbaum since their last meeting in November.

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  Kimberly-Clark, Pepsi & Truper Charge Truckers for Narco Blockade Delays

  February 27, 2026February 27, 2026

  Corporations stop paying for trips worth 10,000 pesos and others try to charge 1,000 pesos for each hour of delay, even when it’s due to acts of violence.

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This article by Miguel Ángel Ensástigue originally appeared in the February 27, 2026 edition of El Sol de México.

After eight years of trying to get its finances in order, TV Azteca, owned by Mexican businessman Ricardo Salinas Pliego, will file for voluntary bankruptcy as part of a strategy to reorganize its liabilities and strengthen its financial position.

The company announced in a statement that the decision was approved at its extraordinary general meeting of shareholders and that the application will be submitted in the coming days, with the aim of carrying out a corporate , operational and financial reorganization , both of the company and its subsidiaries.

The statement explained that in recent years he has faced adverse situations such as the evolution of the advertising market and the emergence of the digital ecosystem, in addition to financial pressures derived from the disbursement of more than 3.8 billion pesos for the payment of licenses in 2018 ; also the impact of the pandemic on advertising investment and recently, the total settlement of its tax obligations before the Tax Administration Service (SAT).

José Tamez Villarreal, general director of the firm Global Legal Services ( GLS ), explained to El Sol de México that when a company requests voluntary bankruptcy proceedings, it is acknowledging its insolvency, and therefore requires court protection to stop debt collection and renegotiate its obligations.

“These measures act as a legal shield that allows the company to operate without the constant threat of seizures or service interruptions. Under the judge’s supervision, payment of obligations that were due before the date of admission is prohibited.”

He indicated that “this respite” is fundamental to ensuring the operational continuity of TV Azteca, that is, that it keeps its signals on the air and complies with the payment of payroll and critical suppliers, “which is of vital importance given the public service nature of broadcasting concessions.”

Guadalupe Hinojosa, an expert in bankruptcy proceedings, added that if insolvency is proven, bankruptcy proceedings are initiated and the conciliation phase begins, where debt reductions or restructurings are negotiated. Only if an agreement is not reached can the process lead to bankruptcy and the orderly liquidation of assets.

Hinojosa commented that during the bankruptcy proceedings the company operates under judicial supervision and with clear restrictions to protect the bankruptcy estate, which implies limits on the disposal of assets and greater oversight of its management.

According to Tamez Villarreal, the possibility that another company or group of investors might decide to “save TV Azteca” is one of the most complex dynamics of Mexican bankruptcy law.

“This intervention can manifest itself through various figures, with the ‘White Knight’ being the most emblematic. A White Knight is a friendly investor who, faced with the threat of a hostile takeover or imminent liquidation, offers an acquisition proposal or capital injection that is more favorable to the current management and employees of the bankrupt company.”

Since 2023, the television network has faced an international lawsuit with investment funds in the United States for the non-payment of bonds amounting to almost $63.3 million.

This group of creditors, made up of Plenisfer Investments SICAV-Destination Value Total Return, from Luxembourg; the US-based Cyrus Opportunities Master Fund II Ltd and Sandpiper Limited, from Grand Cayman, also asked the company to declare bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the United States.

Furthermore, in January of this year, the Grupo Salinas conglomerate reached an agreement with the SAT to cover tax debts totaling 32 billion 132 million 897 thousand 658 pesos , after more than two decades of litigation.

In a separate statement, Rafael Rodríguez Sánchez, CEO of TV Azteca, affirmed that the bankruptcy proceedings will allow the company to organize its liabilities without affecting its operations.

According to the executive, this is a last resort tool that seeks to preserve the company’s value, ensure the continuity of its operations, and facilitate the orderly fulfillment of its obligations without interrupting its functioning.

Rodríguez Sánchez added that the company will continue to operate normally and that this measure is part of a strategic decision to strengthen its financial stability.

“Today we are taking a strategic step to strengthen our financial stability and ensure the continuity of operations . This legal recourse allows us to comprehensively restructure the company’s liabilities under judicial supervision, strengthen our financial structure, and preserve operations and assets,” he stated.

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  Two Haitian Children Die in Mexican Migrant Custody

  February 27, 2026February 27, 2026

  Consorcio Oaxaca reiterated the urgent need to guarantee effective measures to prevent recurrence, a thorough review of security conditions in institutional shelters, independent oversight, clear protection protocols, and accountability mechanisms.

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  137 Months Since Disappearance of the 43 of Ayotzinapa

  February 27, 2026February 27, 2026

  Parents of the missing students demand the Army hand over 800 files it has it in its possession and complain no new meeting has been scheduled with President Sheinbaum since their last meeting in November.

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  Kimberly-Clark, Pepsi & Truper Charge Truckers for Narco Blockade Delays

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  Corporations stop paying for trips worth 10,000 pesos and others try to charge 1,000 pesos for each hour of delay, even when it’s due to acts of violence.

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This editorial by Margarita Argüelles Gómez originally appeared in the February 8, 2026 edition of El Sol de Puebla. The views expressed in this article are the authors’* own and do not necessarily reflect those ofMexico Solidarity Mediaor theMexico Solidarity Project.*

Amid scandals surrounding the capture and pretrial detention of the man who claimed to be the mayor of Tequila, Jalisco, accused of working for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, the controversial scene of the staffers cleaning the shoes of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, and the resignation of Adán Augusto López as coordinator of the Morena party in the Senate, the upcoming debate in the Senate of the Republic, which affects the working lives of Mexicans, seems to have faded away.

On February 10th, as Oscar Cantón Zetina, President of the Constitutional Affairs Committee, announced, “The constitutional framework of a single mandatory day of rest will not be modified… it is not necessary, since the proposal is to maintain said day of rest and leave the decision to each productive sector regarding how the 40 hours are distributed. Therefore, this could vary between five days with eight hours, six days with fewer hours worked than currently, or, of course, opting for mixed schemes.” However, it will be the full Congress that must discuss it.

The Senator explained that they expect the “transition to be gradual.” To reach 40 hours in 2023, they will need to go from 48 hours in 2026, 46 in 2027, 44 in 2028, and 42 in 2029, allowing employees to adapt to shorter working hours with the same pay, without affecting productivity, and while maintaining only one mandatory day of rest per week. However, this was not the initial proposal.

Productivity seems to clash with this initiative, which, since its proposal by the president on December 3, 2025, “to ensure a viable transition for the productive sector and the maximum protection of the labour rights of Mexican workers,” has finally resulted in the ruling to modify Article 123, Section A, subsections IV and XI. Given this ruling, who truly values ​​the right to two days of rest?

Overtime, triple pay, and Saturday bonuses are all under scrutiny. Many people, especially day labourers and factory workers, work 48-hour shifts with one-to two-hour commutes that consume their time for rest and family. They are practically never consulted about working overtime; they are simply forced to. Therefore, the reform will fall short for minimum-wage workers.

The debate must focus on the workers who represent the most disadvantaged segment of the population: women and men who have “phantom” families because their time with their children is consumed by the need to maintain their jobs. It is the two days of rest for these sectors that must be debated. A gradual implementation cannot wait for them.

Jobs can be categorized to avoid further labour injustices, those that are currently being championed but which don’t reflect reality. It’s true that some jobs in the bureaucracy, office work, involve no more physical effort than commuting, but there are others that are more physically demanding—including commuting—I’m referring to those who work for large companies, even multinationals.

I recommend a podcast on YouTube, “The 40-Hour Workweek Reform Trap: Reduction or More Exploitation?” which presents diverse realities, with an emphasis on the lives of workers—lives that are often invisible and have even ceased to be represented by unions that have profited from workers’ ignorance and need since revolutionary times, and which continue to remain passive. We shall see.

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By Max Blumenthal and Wyatt Reed

The National Endowment for Democracy’s president, Damon Wilson, bragged to a House committee of his group’s aggressive efforts to spark unrest in Iran, including by smuggling Starlink terminals and fashioning anti-Iran narratives for the media.

Damon Wilson, the head of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), was interrupted by a member of Congress during a House oversight hearing on February 24 after revealing that his agency “began supporting the deployment [and] operation of about 200 Starlinks early on” amid the violence which swept through Iran last month.

Before he could finish the sentence, he was cut off by the ranking member of the House Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, Rep. Lois Franke, who told Wilson: “You know what, I’m going to interrupt you – we’d better not talk about it.”

Wilson’s comments had been prompted by a question from Franke, who requested details of what appears to be a new and apparently secret initiative by the State Department to provide Starlink terminals to Iranians.

Wilson appeared to take credit for both the recent unrest and Iran and subsequent media framing of the chaos. “What we’re seeing today, the Endowment has been making investments over years that have ensured that there have been secure communications, including Starlinks… that allowed information to go both in and out of the country,” he stated.

According to the New York Times, the Elon Musk-produced internet systems had been smuggled into the country by a “ragtag network of activists, developers and engineers pierced Iran’s digital barricades.” It is clear now that the NED was at least partly responsible for funding and coordinating that network.

The National Endowment for Democracy was founded in 1982 under the auspices of then-CIA Director William Casey to topple socialist and independent governments through the direct sponsorship of NGO’s, media organizations and political parties. “A lot of what we do today was done covertly 25 years ago by the CIA,” NED co-founder Allen Weinstein said of the Endowment’s work in 1991.

Despite its mission of promoting transparency and “fundamental freedoms” abroad, the NED is now a dark money group which conceals the names of its local partners under a “duty of care” policy announced in 2025. During his congressional testimony this February, Wilson insisted the policy was necessary for the security of grantees on the ground.

The NED’s work to smuggle Starlink terminals into Iran is therefore a covert operation aimed at promoting unrest. And according to Wilson, it is now a key part of the Endowment’s most aggressive initiative.

Iran “has been a huge priority for the Endowment. Iran has been, since I arrived at the Endowment, our fastest-growing program,” Wilson told Franke.

“It’s now one of our largest programs globally, that involves both direct partners – Iranian groups – as well as our core institutes.”

Wilson said his organization was instrumental in bringing about the 2002 “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement, which saw Iranians initially mobilize against the Islamic Republic’s mandatory hijab law before the protests deteriorated into violent riots.

“If you think about the impact of our work in Iran, the reason the Women, Life, Freedom movement began with a simple headscarf – that story of Mahsa Amini could have been lost as a regional story in Iran. But NED partners helped cover that story, get it out to the world, and get it back into Iran,” Wilson said, referring to the Iranian Kurdish woman who died in police custody from an apparent medical condition after being detained for violating the mandatory hijab law.

Violent regime change riots erupted again this January 8 and 9 across Iran, resulting in the burning of police stations, hundreds of mosques and worship sites, government buildings, marketplaces and lethal mob assaults on unarmed guards as well as police officers. The violence only stopped when Iranian security services imposed an internet blackout and neutralized thousands of Starlink terminals.

Iran to Consider Even ‘Limited Strike’ by US as Act of Aggression – Foreign Ministry

The Iranian government has provided the names and identification numbers of over 3000 citizens who were killed during the two days of rioting. But as The Grayzone reported, the NED-funded NGO, Human Rights Activists in Iran, initially claimed the death toll was over twice as high.

Now, as mainstream outlets like The Guardian cite dubious monarchist sources to exaggerate the death toll even further, the NED’s Wilson has revealed that his organization is working with “human rights networks” to “provide international media and other credible sources of what’s happened.”

According to Wilson, “documenting 17,000 deaths, upwards, potentially of 30,000, remain under review by our partners right now.”

Asked by Franke whether he had any recommendations about “hard power” options for the US against Iran, Wilson insisted that his role was not to provide policy advice. He was much more comfortable boasting about NED’s role in shaping anti-Iran media narratives, such as the one blaming the country’s leadership for persistent drought conditions:

“Part of what we see manifesting is a response that our partners have helped tell the Iranian people the story, that the regime has squandered their own resources on supporting proxies throughout the Middle East, to the point where they cannot manage their own water supplies for Tehran. And these stories have not just emerged, they are ones that have been covered, documented, and shared with the Iranian people consistently through our work.”

Elsewhere in his testimony, Wilson appeared to take credit for the election of a right-wing government in Bolivia – and that his NED did so to ensure US control over the country’s mineral wealth: “In Bolivia,” he declared, “our partners prevented lithium from falling under Moscow’s control.”

Wilson also revealed that NED is funding and training media in Nicaragua with an eye on undermining the country’s socialist-oriented Sandinista government. “We have an incredible suite of Nicaraguan journalists with coverage networks inside the country,” he boasted.

Rep. Frankel closed the session by suggesting that the US government was mirroring many of the repressive tactics with the NED condemned abroad: “Political enemies being imprisoned by autocratic leaders. Masked men going into homes and terrorizing people. Certainly can understand why so many people are fleeing their countries. Unfortunately, it sounds very sad, because it sounds like the story that’s going on here.”

(The Grayzone)

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By Ingrid Chahine – Feb 24, 2026

On February 3, residents reported sightings of low-flying Israeli warplanes spraying an unknown chemical substance over agricultural lands in southern Lebanon, primarily targeting the villages of al-Bustan, Aita al-Shaab, al-Hima, Khallat Warda, and Marwahin. The Border Towns Association condemned this terrorist act, highlighting how this deliberate contamination is designed to “poison the soil and destroy its fertility” and turn the area into a “hyper-securitized uninhabitable zone.” The Agricultural Movement called it a clear “environmental crime,” noting similar attacks with herbicides over agricultural lands, olive groves, and rural border areas in the South in January 2025 and earlier this year in Syria’s Quneitra Governorate, in January 2026.

Chemical substances have long been central to zionism’s settler-colonial logic in the region. In Lebanon, since the early seventies, Israel has used phosphorus weapons targeting civilians and fertile agricultural lands. A United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) post-2006 assessment report also finds evidence of Israel’s use of white phosphorus, noting that many mortars failed to explode, delaying the release of the toxic and extremely flammable compound.

Along the Gaza border, aerial spraying has always been routine practice. Organizationsstarted documenting coordinated attacks in 2014, usually conducted during December-January and again around April. The occupation claims the spraying is for pesticides, usually done on the Israeli side of the border, refusing to disclose the exact locations. It was in 2015when an IOF spokesperson admitted spraying herbicides inside the Gaza Strip and not along its borders, in order to “enable optimal and continuous security operations.” The Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture estimates that between 2014 and 2018, herbicide spraying damaged more than 13,000 dunams (13 square kilometres) of farmland in Gaza. During its 2008-2009 assault on the Strip, IOF used internationally banned US-made white phosphorus shells in areas heavily populated with civilians.

While the occupation army’s use of internationally banned white phosphorus is more common in the region, other chemical substances can be deployed such as Glyphosate, Diuron, and Oxyfluorfen. Glyphosate, the most notorious herbicide, is also known under its trade name “Roundup”. Heavily marketed to this day as a benign weedkiller to promote industrial agriculture, its toxicology profile reveals otherwise. Glyphosate is highly soluble, leaching rapidly into soil, contaminating groundwater, and accumulating into plant tissues, making it even harder to eliminate herbicides on the long run. Studies show that only a fraction of applied glyphosate kills weeds, while the rest remains in the environment, reducing crop yields and the quality of agricultural products, degrading soil fertility, and contributing to water pollution, thus threatening all human and animal life.

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classifies glyphosate as “probably carcinogenic to humans.” Critical research, such as the first in vitro experiment conducted in 2018, found that exposure to a concentration ten times lower than the industrial recommendation (1 µL/mL Roundup, corresponding to a glyphosate concentration of 0.36 µg/mL) crippled human sperm motility and mitochondrial function, which is a direct attack on reproductive health and future generations. In rat studies, prenatal exposure disrupted endocrine and developmental parameters.

The intensive use of glyphosate has led to the contamination of different ecosystems adversely affecting animals, plants, and microorganisms, which further leads to the deterioration of food chains, leading to nutritional deficiencies and chronic disease, crippling communities from within.

The primary manufacturers of white phosphorus, Glyphosate, and other chemical substances are infamous firms that have long served as the empire’s chemical-arms dealers. They are also among the few conglomerates who own about 60% of global food markets.

The US Agency for Toxic Substances listed in 2020 key Glyphosate producers. At the top is Monsanto, a US subsidiary of German pharmaceutical giant Bayer following a $56 billion merger in 2016, consolidated in 2018. Monsanto/Bayer faces a staggering 192,000 Roundup/Glyphosate lawsuits, with thousandsof them being in the US alone. In 2018, for example, a US court ordered Monsanto to pay $289 million to a California resident and cancer patient, when his disease was found to be caused by his exposure to Roundup. Monsanto is also a documented manufacturer of weaponized white phosphorus.

Another top producer of glyphosate is the Israeli company Adama Agan Ltd (ADAMA), formerly Makhteshim Agan Industries, based in occupied Palestinian territories and owned by China’s state-owned ChemChina. ADAMA embeds its operations within illegal settlements and their expansion, employing regional specialists and distributors in illegal colonies in the West Bank and Golan Heights. It also produces other herbicides used in IOF aerial spraying to clear vegetation along the Gaza border wall.

ADAMA also produces the chemical Diuron. While the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) notes its low acute toxicity in its 2003 assessment, the agency confirmed Diuron’s chronic toxicity targets blood, bladder, and kidney, and causes reproductive harm, immune system damage, and cancer.

Oxyfluorfen, widely recognized by its trade name “Goal”, is produced by ADAMA and US-based Dow Chemical, now part of DowDuPont, the world’s largest chemical company. The EPA has classified Oxyfluorfen as a possible human carcinogen since 1992. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) identifies it as a health hazard for handlers and consumers.

Israel’s War on Lebanon’s Trees

A Legacy of Ecocide
The corporate-military infrastructure enabling today’s agroterrorism is built on a century of documented mass ecocide.

DuPont, following its $130 billion merger with Dow, began as a gunpowder supplier, later becoming part of the Manhattan Projectand producing plutonium for the Nagasaki atomic bomb. Dow Chemical also produced napalm. Both Monsanto and Dow, were leading providers of Agent Orange to the US military during the Vietnam War.

Between 1961 and 1971, the US Army sprayed about 80 million liters of the defoliant Agent Orange, containing 366 kilograms of tetrachlorodibenzo-pdioxin (known as TCDD), one of the most poisonous chemicals ever made by man, over 30,000 square miles of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. The chemical caused catastrophic birth defects, cancers, and multi-generational illness. By the end of the US war on Vietnam in 1975, nearly 4.8 million Vietnamese had been exposed, resulting in 400,000 deaths and millions more condemned to a lifetime of suffering. Released documents in 1983 prove that Monsanto and Dow knew of the fatal risks associated with extreme dioxin contamination.

Ultimately, from Vietnam to Gaza, and villages of al-Bustan, Aita al-Shaab, and Marwahin in southern Lebanon, the same logic prevails: the calculated targeting of native agriculture is a direct hit to food sovereignty and communal survival. Most importantly, however, is that the same corporate lineage supplies and enables the slow eradication of heritage and livelihoods to this day.

(al-akhabar)

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The organization denounced in a statement obtained by Prensa Latina that this act falls within the framework of a persistent policy of hostility by the United States against the Caribbean nation, which has been marked for decades by an economic, commercial, and financial blockade that it describes as criminal.

It further stated that these measures have intensified to the point of constituting—according to the Committee—a naval blockade that hinders the delivery of fuel to the people, with devastating and inhumane consequences, comparable to the suffocating practices associated with colonialism and fascism.

The Committee stressed that the current US administration allows groups based in US territory to attempt to violate the island’s sovereignty.

He remembered that the previous day, a speedboat from the state of Florida, United States, illegally entered Cuban territorial waters and opened fire on border security personnel, wounding a commander and forcing the forces to return fire.

The use of high-caliber weaponry and specialized tactical equipment confirms the seriousness of the incident and demonstrates an action that violates international law, national sovereignty, and the principle of non-intervention enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, he denounced.

He warned that this was an act of provocation that not only compromises the security of the State and the people of Cuba, but also threatens regional stability and peace in the Caribbean.

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The party stated that the incident cannot be considered a mere action by Cubans residing in the United States, but rather constitutes an expression of violence resulting from the U.S. government’s increasingly aggressive rhetoric against Cuba in recent weeks.

“The United States bears indirect responsibility for these events, which add to the actions of economic strangulation and political siege against Cuba, its government, and its people,” the party declared.

The statement also emphasized that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s declarations announcing an independent investigation into the events deny Cuba’s sovereignty by ignoring official information regarding the Coast Guard’s response to what the party described as a clear attack on Cuban security.

“Cuba’s sovereignty, integrity, and security are at risk. Solidarity with Cuba is urgent,” the statement stressed.

The Cuban Ministry of the Interior reported the interception of a speedboat carrying 10 armed individuals who intended to carry out a terrorist infiltration.

During the operation, assault rifles, handguns, improvised explosive devices (Molotov cocktails), bulletproof vests, telescopic sights, and camouflage uniforms were found.

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  This extraterritorial embargo directly and structurally impacts the nation’s capacity to access the basic inputs for the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Febles explained in an article published by the Network of Intellectuals and Artists in Defense of Humanity.

  The systematic denial of access to specialized hardware—from high-performance servers to accelerated processing chips—forces Cuban engineering to optimize limited resources and develop alternative computing architectures, the deputy minister pointed out.

  Far from paralyzing technological progress, the US blockade on Cuba has fostered a culture of endogenous innovation from its very foundations, she emphasized.

  Every algorithm developed, every solution implemented in sensitive sectors, represents an act of resistance that transcends the technical to become an exercise of sovereignty, Febles highlighted.

Cuba is forced to build autonomous technological ecosystems from scratch, prioritizing algorithmic efficiency over the excessive consumption of computational resources, and the ethical quality of data over its indiscriminate volume.

This condition of forced isolation thus becomes an advantage, as it does not depend on foreign platforms. Therefore, Cuba avoids the technological subordination and algorithmic colonization that affects numerous countries in the Global South, Febles emphasized.

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Every day, President Claudia Sheinbaum gives a morning presidential press conference and Mexico Solidarity Media posts English language summaries, translated by Mexico Solidarity’s Pedro Gellert Frank. Previous press conference summaries are available here.

Sovereignty and Curbing Arms Trafficking

President Claudia Sheinbaum recalled that since the López Obrador administration, Mexico has demanded that the United States halt the illegal trafficking of firearms. She contrasted this with the administration of Felipe Calderón, when weapons were allowed to enter the country and later ended up in the hands of organized crime. Sheinbaum reiterated that if Washington truly wants to help, it must stop the flow of weapons into Mexico.

Electoral Reform: More Citizen Voting, Less Party Elites

The President clarified that the electoral reform proposal does not eliminate proportional representation nor alter the balance in the Chamber of Deputies. There will still be 500 congressional deputies, 300 elected by majority vote and 200 assigned according to the percentage of votes received by each party. The difference is that proportional representation legislators would be defined by citizens’ vote in each electoral district.

In the Senate, proportional representation seats would be eliminated since it already exists there. She denied that the goal is to create a single-party system and stated that political parties are instruments of the people, not spaces for privilege.

40-Hour Workweek Reform by Consensus

Sheinbaum noted that the reduction of the workweek was the result of agreements. It may include two days of rest or another distribution of the 40 hours and the already regulated overtime. The goal is to avoid negative economic impacts while benefiting workers and advancing toward a better distribution of wealth.

Tourism in Mexico Grows 6%, Surpassing the Global Average

Mexico posted a 6% increase in tourism in relation to 2024, above the global average of 4% and the 1% growth across the Americas.

Between January and December 2025, Mexico received 98.5 million tourists, also representing a 6% increase, bringing the country closer to the top five most visited destinations in the world. It was noted that these numbers reflect the international promotional efforts undertaken by the Mexican government.

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Ecuadorian drug trafficker Wilmer Chavarría, alias Pipo, considered the top leader of the Los Lobos gang, denied his alleged participation in the murder of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, which occurred in August 2023 in Quito, and accused the president of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, of ordering the crime. Chavarría made these claims on Wednesday, February 25, during his appearance at the Prosecutor’s Office of Zaragoza, Spain.

Chavarría appeared in court at the request of the Attorney General’s Office of Ecuador, accompanied by his lawyer and under strong police custody. Three agents of the Spanish National Police and four members of special police forces were present in the stagecoach. Chavarría is detained in Zuera prison, in Zaragoza, while the extradition process requested by Ecuador is going on.

According to sources close to the drug lord’s defense, he answered the questions asked by the prosecutor of the International Cooperation Unit, as well as those of his lawyer, but refused to answer the three questions sent from the Ecuadorian Attorney General’s Office.

In his statement, he said that a person close to Ecuadorian Interior Minister John Reimberg revealed to him that the crime was ordered by current President Noboa, fearing that Villavicencio might outrun him in the presidential elections of 2023.

Chavarría said that the Ecuadorian authorities are trying to manipulate the information so that Spain authorizes his extradition, either to Ecuador or to the United States, a country that also wants him for drug trafficking charges.

“The intention of both Noboa and Reimberg is to deceive the Spanish authorities,” said the detainee, adding that, if sent to Ecuador, he fears for his life, while in case of being extradited to the United States, the authorities of that country “want him to testify against former President Rafael Correa, with whom I am not acquainted.”

The leader of Los Lobos also claimed that he had received threats from Minister Reimberg while he was detained in Málaga. According to his version, the threats occurred in a room with security cameras. “I ask you to review the recordings, because there is evidence of what happened,” he said. He added that both the minister and President Noboa are tring to “take me out of circulation for being a competitor in the drug trafficking market, where the president is playing an important role.”

The detainee said that his statement was motivated by the trust he has in the Spanish authorities, considering that “they will not allow the recording that mentions Noboa’s participation in the murder of Villavicencio to disappear.”

The Ecuadorian Attorney General’s Office recently charged Wilmer Chavarría as an alleged participant in the planning of the assassination, in a process that also involves a group of business owners investigated for corruption cases filed by Villavicencio and former Minister José Serrano. The Ecuadorian authorities maintain that the masterminds of the crime sought to prevent the progress of the investigations initiated by the then candidate.

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Journalist and politician Fernando Villavicencio was murdered on August 9, 2023, at the end of an electoral rally in the north of Quito. The attack was carried out by seven Colombian hitmen, five of whom were convicted as material perpetrators. The others died in prison before giving their testimony. Villavicencio stood out for his allegations of state corruption and links between drug trafficking and political power.

Meanwhile, Wilmer Chavarría was arrested on November 15, 2025 at Málaga airport, the same day that a key referendum promoted by President Noboa was held in Ecuador. The Spanish authorities maintain the pre-trial detention order in force while his extradition request is being evaluated.

(Telesur)

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