Feed MRSS-S Noticias, english.elpais.com, international en-us https://english.elpais.com Sun, 31 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-31/russia-imposes-the-memory-of-stalinisms-executioners-over-that-of-its-victims.html Sun, 31 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-31/russia-imposes-the-memory-of-stalinisms-executioners-over-that-of-its-victims.html Pilar Bonet The banning of Memorial, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate organization, is a qualitative step by the Kremlin to monopolize the interpretation of history The banning of Memorial, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate organization, is a qualitative step by the Kremlin to monopolize the interpretation of history Kremlin Vladimir Putin Josef Stalin KGB Borís Yeltsin KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV (AFP) Supporters of the Russian Communist Party in Red Square, December 2018. Supporters of the Russian Communist Party in Red Square, December 2018. <p>Systematically, Vladimir Putin suppresses and destroys the memory of Stalinist terror and replaces it with an artificial construction of myths, distortions, and selective silences about the past. The manipulation — used to <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-02-24/ukraine-enters-fifth-year-of-war-amid-attrition-and-pressure-from-trump.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-02-24/ukraine-enters-fifth-year-of-war-amid-attrition-and-pressure-from-trump.html">justify the war against Ukraine</a> — has intensified as the conflict drags on.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-31/russia-imposes-the-memory-of-stalinisms-executioners-over-that-of-its-victims.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-31/kim-aris-son-of-imprisoned-burmese-opposition-leader-aung-san-suu-kyi-the-world-seems-to-have-forgotten-her.html Sun, 31 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-31/kim-aris-son-of-imprisoned-burmese-opposition-leader-aung-san-suu-kyi-the-world-seems-to-have-forgotten-her.html Inma Bonet Bailén In an interview with EL PAÍS, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate’s youngest son denounces the lack of credible information about his mother’s whereabouts In an interview with EL PAÍS, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate’s youngest son denounces the lack of credible information about his mother’s whereabouts Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi UN Mahatma Gandhi Emmanuel Macron China Kim Aris poses in front of a portrait of his mother, in a provided photo. Kim Aris poses in front of a portrait of his mother, in a provided photo. <p>On April 17, the government of Myanmar (formerly Burma) announced a reduction in the 27-year prison sentence imposed on <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-08-01/aung-san-suu-kyi-has-some-of-her-prison-sentences-reduced-by-myanmars-military-led-government.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-08-01/aung-san-suu-kyi-has-some-of-her-prison-sentences-reduced-by-myanmars-military-led-government.html">Aung San Suu Kyi</a>, the political leader deposed in the 2021 coup and jailed ever since. After the announcement, rumors began circulating about a possible transfer, so that she could serve the remainder of her sentence under house arrest. </p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-31/kim-aris-son-of-imprisoned-burmese-opposition-leader-aung-san-suu-kyi-the-world-seems-to-have-forgotten-her.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-31/russians-make-mass-cash-withdrawals-amid-internet-shutdowns-and-transfer-controls.html Sun, 31 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-31/russians-make-mass-cash-withdrawals-amid-internet-shutdowns-and-transfer-controls.html Javier González Cuesta Problems with online payments and ATMs have pushed citizens to withdraw record amounts over the past three months Problems with online payments and ATMs have pushed citizens to withdraw record amounts over the past three months Kremlin Vladimir Putin WhatsApp Telegram ALEXEY MALGAVKO (REUTERS) (EL PAÍS) A woman pays in cash in Tara, Russia.  A woman pays in cash in Tara, Russia.  <p>Russians, accustomed to living with constant unpredictability, have been stashing rubles for months in the drawers of their homes. Cash withdrawals have been so massive since the start of the year that the Bank of Russia has carried out a substantial upward revision of the financial system’s liquidity needs through the end of 2026. <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-03-13/the-kremlin-tests-blocking-mobile-internet-in-moscow.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-03-13/the-kremlin-tests-blocking-mobile-internet-in-moscow.html">Internet shutdowns</a> — and, by extension, disruptions to payment systems — ordered by the authorities for alleged “security reasons” have driven Russians to withdraw money from ATMs. Added to this, in a bid to raise revenue to fund the war against Ukraine, is a new bill that would tighten controls on cash payments to businesses.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-31/russians-make-mass-cash-withdrawals-amid-internet-shutdowns-and-transfer-controls.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-31/organized-crime-weaves-a-new-maritime-trafficking-network-between-mexico-and-guatemala.html Sun, 31 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-31/organized-crime-weaves-a-new-maritime-trafficking-network-between-mexico-and-guatemala.html José Torres A series of recent seizures is further evidence of the pressure the US is exerting on the Mexican government and in Central America A series of recent seizures is further evidence of the pressure the US is exerting on the Mexican government and in Central America Sinaloa México Guatemala Chiapas Gustavo Petro Colombia Oaxaca Costa Rica Gladys Serrano (EL PAÍS) Guatemalan troops patrol the border with Chiapas on February 12, 2024. Guatemalan troops patrol the border with Chiapas on February 12, 2024. <img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/XU26GZIDRNFRRD2M6S6XPDG52Y.JPG?auth=49c294813664fc742e20d1544c6d4adf549996a95a1e254c2c8046655e58bf55" width="5889" height="3926" alt="Guatemalan troops patrol the border with Chiapas on February 12, 2024."></img><p>Organized crime has returned to the Pacific route for drug trafficking. Since the start of 2026, at least eight vessels have been detected on the “maritime bridge” between Guatemala and <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-04-23/the-mystery-of-kevin-the-survivor-of-the-mass-disappearances-of-migrants-in-chiapas.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-04-23/the-mystery-of-kevin-the-survivor-of-the-mass-disappearances-of-migrants-in-chiapas.html">Chiapas</a>, Mexico with dozens arrested and several tons of cocaine seized. The detection and interdiction of these speedboats at sea is further evidence of the pressure the United States is exerting on the governments of Mexico and Central America.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-31/organized-crime-weaves-a-new-maritime-trafficking-network-between-mexico-and-guatemala.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/2CLI63GVHNHLDIEXCEFL7CQPMM.JPG?auth=893bf186982d12c392a48b82c2d43cefb08ac9013abfd18a2356a47521b6c5f9" width="4000" height="2250" alt="Guatemalan troops patrol the border with Chiapas."></img> https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-05-31/fear-of-ice-can-be-deadly-the-murdered-migrants-too-scared-to-report-abuse.html Sun, 31 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-05-31/fear-of-ice-can-be-deadly-the-murdered-migrants-too-scared-to-report-abuse.html Carla Gloria Colomé Victims of domestic violence are unprotected in the United States. The fear of being deported keeps them from going to the authorities as was the case for two murdered Cuban women Victims of domestic violence are unprotected in the United States. The fear of being deported keeps them from going to the authorities as was the case for two murdered Cuban women ICE Cuba Las Vegas Barcelona EL PAÍS CUBA - FEMINICIDIOS - EP Acá Yaneicy and Vanesa Rodríguez Valdés in Cuba. Acá Yaneicy and Vanesa Rodríguez Valdés in Cuba. <p>Vanesa Rodríguez Valdés, based in Las Vegas, and her best friend, Liuddibet Calzadilla, in Barcelona, Spain, talked almost daily about their lives and their families back in Cuba, where they were both from. They talked about how much Valdés missed her teenage daughter and the diminutive size of the bedsit in the United States. On Sunday, May 26, Calzadilla wrote to her to ask how she was. She also asked if her husband Roelmer Sánchez Garrido was at home. If he was not, it meant they could talk freely. </p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-05-31/fear-of-ice-can-be-deadly-the-murdered-migrants-too-scared-to-report-abuse.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-30/minab-the-school-massacre-that-shocked-and-united-iranians.html Sat, 30 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-30/minab-the-school-massacre-that-shocked-and-united-iranians.html Aresu Eqbali One hundred and fifty-six people, over 100 of them children, died in the deadliest attack of the war against Iran, which preliminary investigations blame on US missiles One hundred and fifty-six people, over 100 of them children, died in the deadliest attack of the war against Iran, which preliminary investigations blame on US missiles Irán Washington D.C. BRICS Israel Donald Trump Aresu Eqbali (EL PAÍS) Relatives of those killed at the Minab school at the city cemetery last week. Relatives of those killed at the Minab school at the city cemetery last week. <img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/XXLT2HX7LNDPDCM55V2EJGNQ5Q.jpeg?auth=442870850101ddbe9c744c621631a871d76c1fc1d2c0f93d03c1fbde6e59965a" width="810" height="608" alt="Relatives of those killed at the Minab school at the city cemetery last week."></img><p>Three U.S. Tomahawk missiles forever changed the lives of dozens of families who, on a seemingly ordinary morning in late February, sent their children to the Shajarah Tayyebeh school in Minab, a city in southern Iran near the Persian Gulf. What followed was the deadliest attack of the war that, according to preliminary investigations, was conducted by the United States against the Tehran regime, killing 156 people, over 100 of them children. Two and a half months later, <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-03-09/iranian-media-publishes-photos-of-girls-killed-in-airstrike-on-the-minab-school-trump-look-them-in-the-eyes.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-03-09/iranian-media-publishes-photos-of-girls-killed-in-airstrike-on-the-minab-school-trump-look-them-in-the-eyes.html">the wound remains open in Minab</a>.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-30/minab-the-school-massacre-that-shocked-and-united-iranians.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/OYZOHFA66FDPRIQHLP25NSHTXE.jpeg?auth=359c181e94dbe4cd2155f47ab65054993e19bd49ef26b416c2632ad182652678" width="810" height="1080" alt="Mandana Salari's parents, in front of the makeshift altar at home dedicated to their daughter and granddaughter, Liana, in a photo from Wednesday, May 13."></img><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/CEVWTXMSUBAGVKRX7WG5T5SZ5I.jpeg?auth=07c1719b1ef393a69146d8d030f519094f19c84dd3df84defd095bfaa7500c7c" width="810" height="633" alt="A tribute to the children who died in the February 28 attack on the school in Minab, in southern Iran, in a photograph taken on May 13."></img><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/BUMPQ24BINH4DAUCSEICVMYDS4.jpeg?auth=f7d95442fbc2626051b6371e814004d1001a2c71b487dde43acbcc59a8a44a1c" width="810" height="1080" alt="A tribute to the children and teachers who died in the February 28 attack on the school in Minab, in southern Iran. The photo, taken on May 13, shows Fatemeh Fadavi-Hakami, one of the victims of the bombing."></img><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/4YNL2NTC6JGOPKEEQCCHLQLZ7A.jpeg?auth=22ebf8d16600eb9c345c4972eef6740f0d6d83307d5cb6d4282f37b277b09c6a" width="810" height="1080" alt="Tribute to the children and teachers who died in the February 28 attack on the school in Minab, southern Iran, in a photograph from May 13."></img><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/VEE2CVI6PBHMHMKA4EDWYCAKLM.jpeg?auth=5def335f2d0ba69b7a8ab4a209dd171434a12b0869dc2d10b687d25c5a5964e1" width="810" height="1080" alt="Some of the buildings at the school in Minab, in southern Iran, are still standing months after the facility was bombed, as seen in a photograph taken on May 13."></img> https://english.elpais.com/culture/2026-05-30/macondo-york-the-gaze-of-a-garcia-marquez-overwhelmed-by-the-big-apple.html Sat, 30 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2026-05-30/macondo-york-the-gaze-of-a-garcia-marquez-overwhelmed-by-the-big-apple.html Carlos Salinas Maldonado Designer Iván Onatra rescues in a graphic book the turbulent six months the Colombian writer spent in the US city Designer Iván Onatra rescues in a graphic book the turbulent six months the Colombian writer spent in the US city Gabriel García Márquez Colombia Federico García Lorca Daniel Mordzinski IVAN ONATRA Colombian designer Iván Onatra. Colombian designer Iván Onatra. <p>Few associate Gabriel García Márquez with the asphalt jungle of New York. Collective memory places the Nobel Prize-winner in the heat of Mexico, the hustle and bustle of Barranquilla or the elegance of Barcelona. But for Colombian graphic designer and author Iván Onatra, the Big Apple was a crucial — and at times, forgotten — stage in the scribe’s life. García Márquez’s time in the city that never sleeps takes on new life in Onatra’s bilingual design book <i>Macondo York,</i> in which he explores the writer’s love-hate relationship that lasted for six months, while he worked as a journalist for the Prensa Latina news agency.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2026-05-30/macondo-york-the-gaze-of-a-garcia-marquez-overwhelmed-by-the-big-apple.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-30/how-a-group-of-young-italians-created-an-international-scandal-with-their-trip-to-spain-in-1961-to-record-anti-franco-songs.html Sat, 30 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-30/how-a-group-of-young-italians-created-an-international-scandal-with-their-trip-to-spain-in-1961-to-record-anti-franco-songs.html Íñigo Domínguez The Cantacronache group documented the hidden popular resistance to the regime in two albums and a book, unleashing an angry media offensive from the Spanish government that reached Italy and the Vatican The Cantacronache group documented the hidden popular resistance to the regime in two albums and a book, unleashing an angry media offensive from the Spanish government that reached Italy and the Vatican Francisco Franco Italo Calvino Manuel Fraga Iribarne Umberto Eco Miguel Sanchez-Mazas José Agustín Goytisolo Carlo Levi Camilo José Cela Un taxista de Madrid canta una canción sobre el hambre en 1961 Gianna Jona, Giorgio De Maria y Margot Galante, tres de los participantes en el viaje, en la muralla de Ávila el 18 de julio de 1961. Gianna Jona, Giorgio De Maria y Margot Galante, tres de los participantes en el viaje, en la muralla de Ávila el 18 de julio de 1961. <p>Seven young Italians — five men and two women between the ages of 20 and 30, with a spirit of adventure — sparked an international diplomatic conflict with <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-10-13/over-21-of-spaniards-think-the-franco-years-were-good-or-very-good-survey-shows.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-10-13/over-21-of-spaniards-think-the-franco-years-were-good-or-very-good-survey-shows.html">Francisco Franco’s Spain</a> in the early 1960s. They traveled through the country as tourists in 1961, secretly recording popular songs against the regime among the people, and later released two albums and a book. It was primarily the book, <i>Canti della nuova resistenza spagnola: 1939-1961 (Songs of the New Spanish Resistance: 1939-1961) —</i> published in 1962 by the prestigious Turin publishing house Einaudi, where the writer Italo Calvino, a friend of the group, worked — that triggered a major scandal.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-30/how-a-group-of-young-italians-created-an-international-scandal-with-their-trip-to-spain-in-1961-to-record-anti-franco-songs.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-30/miguel-diazcanel-the-steward-of-the-remains-of-the-cuban-revolution.html Sat, 30 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-30/miguel-diazcanel-the-steward-of-the-remains-of-the-cuban-revolution.html Silvia Blanco Valero The president of Cuba, in Raúl Castro’s shadow, has barely been able to push through reforms on the island, which is bordering on collapse The president of Cuba, in Raúl Castro’s shadow, has barely been able to push through reforms on the island, which is bordering on collapse Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel Raúl Castro Donald Trump Barack Obama Nicolás Maduro Delcy Rodríguez Marco Rubio Norlys Perez (REUTERS) Miguel Díaz‑Canel (center) in Havana on May 22. Miguel Díaz‑Canel (center) in Havana on May 22. <p>Miguel Díaz-Canel grows emotional, raising his fist before hundreds of left-wing activists from Europe and Latin America gathered at Havana’s convention center, as seen in a video recorded days before a shipment of humanitarian aid arrived, while they chant, “Cuba is not alone.” On May 22, he is seen giving a military salute amid trumpets and Cuban pennants before thousands gathered at the so-called anti-imperialist platform between the U.S. embassy and the Malecón to show support for 94-year-old Raúl Castro, who has just been charged by a U.S. court for <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-17/raul-castro-the-defining-symbol-of-revolutionary-cuba-is-in-the-crosshairs-of-the-us-government.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-17/raul-castro-the-defining-symbol-of-revolutionary-cuba-is-in-the-crosshairs-of-the-us-government.html">ordering the shooting down of two planes</a> belonging to an anti-Castro organization in 1996, an attack that killed four people.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-30/miguel-diazcanel-the-steward-of-the-remains-of-the-cuban-revolution.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/TGRTBUBSGZARNFLRPU6YWYKFFY.jpg?auth=cd67953aacb3849f9eb1754570d701a479df88d89c04e2c9b84b2ca171bf5e0b" width="2748" height="1832" alt="Miguel Díaz-Canel during a meeting with members of the Nuestra América convoy, which delivered humanitarian aid, on March 20."></img> https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-30/what-will-happen-to-tourism-in-cuba-inside-gaesa-the-military-conglomerate-on-washingtons-radar.html Sat, 30 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-30/what-will-happen-to-tourism-in-cuba-inside-gaesa-the-military-conglomerate-on-washingtons-radar.html Carlos Molina Infante,Luis Sevillano Pires,Sebastián Casse,Juan Carlos Espinosa The Trump administration dreams of taking over the management of the hotels, which are controlled by the giant state‑run company The Trump administration dreams of taking over the management of the hotels, which are controlled by the giant state‑run company Cuba Donald Trump GAESA Marco Rubio Raúl Castro Fidel Castro <p>When a Cuban person on the island wants to refer to “those in charge,” they lightly tap their shoulder with two fingers. The subtle gesture, shaped by nearly seven decades of censorship, is a reference to the epaulet of a military uniform. In Cuba, people do not speak of the government or the party (the Communist Party of Cuba, the only legal one), but rather of the “country’s leadership.” It is a euphemism that points to the real political and economic power: the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR).</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-30/what-will-happen-to-tourism-in-cuba-inside-gaesa-the-military-conglomerate-on-washingtons-radar.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-30/the-desperation-of-cubans-trapped-between-trump-and-the-regime-how-can-you-resist-when-you-have-nothing.html Sat, 30 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-30/the-desperation-of-cubans-trapped-between-trump-and-the-regime-how-can-you-resist-when-you-have-nothing.html Silvia Blanco Valero The Cuban government is digging in its heels in the face of the overwhelming offensive from the United States, becoming increasingly disconnected from its citizens The Cuban government is digging in its heels in the face of the overwhelming offensive from the United States, becoming increasingly disconnected from its citizens Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel Fidel Castro Raúl Castro Donald Trump marcel villa (EL PAÍS) CUBA-REPORTAJE-22MAYO A power outage in the 10 de Octubre municipality in Havana, Cuba, on May 22, 2026.  A power outage in the 10 de Octubre municipality in Havana, Cuba, on May 22, 2026.  <img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/AYRDFUT43JGQDJ3XKRVHUD66R4.jpg?auth=9cee589fa00a437c9b42ab9c91f695c1335370fde77ef8f1d504badf41accf72" width="6081" height="3788" alt="A power outage in the 10 de Octubre municipality in Havana, Cuba, on May 22, 2026. "></img><p>It’s midday and the bread still hasn’t arrived in one of the neighborhoods of central Havana. The open oven reveals empty shelves. Employees give an explanation that all the local residents have already heard: <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-22/cubas-blackout-in-charts-more-hours-without-power-than-with-it-as-trumps-pressure-intensifies.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-22/cubas-blackout-in-charts-more-hours-without-power-than-with-it-as-trumps-pressure-intensifies.html">without electricity</a>, there’s nothing to bake. </p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-30/the-desperation-of-cubans-trapped-between-trump-and-the-regime-how-can-you-resist-when-you-have-nothing.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/E2G3ER3BAFECHGXT7LXYWE7SJQ.jpg?auth=737c8011621448eafb4fce93eee0b278fc68b3ac1f4191102518d92e53903cf5" width="3067" height="2044" alt="A group of people line up to buy bread in a Havana neighborhood, on May 21, 2026."></img><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/B2KI6XYXUBCCLPFYXPH6TI3LRA.jpg?auth=d1cc5bd60065bf4e691808a8145826100d41bfec106e1622a9263f23aa19f31e" width="3480" height="2320" alt="People ride rickshaws in downtown Havana."></img><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/ZZOAWSQVVZHDJPWIZ6JLF54XDY.jpg?auth=3232acae3efa6d92de0577bb7feace0593a364f58b45b38d8b760e6e7657ff7b" width="3312" height="2208" alt="Protesters gather at the José Martí Anti-Imperialist Platform, in Havana, Cuba, on May 22, 2026. "></img><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/2YBYBZVUXND37KD4UILUG3TQKQ.jpg?auth=1b476fec7b0beb14050ea8ef93c558a1429e8815e40ecd743c306a95126c1831" width="4640" height="3094" alt="Garbage that has accumulated in the Cerro borough of Havana."></img> https://english.elpais.com/culture/2026-05-29/alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu-i-know-about-us-culture-they-dont-know-a-damn-thing-about-mexican-culture.html Fri, 29 May 2026 15:32:28 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2026-05-29/alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu-i-know-about-us-culture-they-dont-know-a-damn-thing-about-mexican-culture.html Elena San José The director of ‘Amores perros’ returns to Mexico to join the Colegio Nacional, the first filmmaker to become a member of the prestigious institution The director of ‘Amores perros’ returns to Mexico to join the Colegio Nacional, the first filmmaker to become a member of the prestigious institution México Alejandro González Iñárritu Hollywood Cannes Aggi Garduño (EL PAÍS) MÉXICO - ALEJANDRO GONZÁLEZ IÑÁRRITU - CINEASTA Alejandro González Iñárritu in Mexico City on May 27, 2026. Alejandro González Iñárritu in Mexico City on May 27, 2026. <img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/WZ53ZV7WFNAJ3HQY54II4PNO3M.jpg?auth=b0576698ab43974a07f871f0a6d49ca97741ad5b62cfbd154de98fd8457de1d6" width="6240" height="4160" alt="Alejandro González Iñárritu in Mexico City on May 27, 2026."></img><p>With five <a href="https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2016/02/29/inenglish/1456744568_298560.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2016/02/29/inenglish/1456744568_298560.html">Academy Awards to his name</a>, Alejandro González Iñárritu, 62, had few things left to achieve, and this week he crossed one off. The award-winning Mexican director, who will release his ninth film this fall — the dramedy <i>Digger</i>, starring Tom Cruise — has returned to his native city to join the Colegio Nacional de México, one of the most prestigious academic institutions in the Spanish-speaking world. As its new 38th member and the first filmmaker ever asked to join the honorary academy, his entire craft is also entering the institution: an art that has historically played different roles, he says, from “its use by governments for ideologies and repression” to “poetry and inspiration,” and also “entertainment.”</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2026-05-29/alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu-i-know-about-us-culture-they-dont-know-a-damn-thing-about-mexican-culture.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/QEOOI2QITVBA7IBPZ6RNOLIBQI.jpg?auth=463f0918ee4d4a3f7a7bb0d06ac4e61c9ee49be5338d618b7ffa1126eafaec2b" width="4815" height="3210" alt="Alejandro González Iñárritu filmmaker, screenwriter and Mexican producer."></img> https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-29/shortage-of-troops-in-ukraine-reopens-debate-on-recruiting-women.html Fri, 29 May 2026 13:34:36 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-29/shortage-of-troops-in-ukraine-reopens-debate-on-recruiting-women.html Cristian Segura A social majority rejects an idea that authorities are not officially considering, although an increasing number of female voices raise the issue A social majority rejects an idea that authorities are not officially considering, although an increasing number of female voices raise the issue Kiev Virginia Woolf Kremlin Cristian Segura (EL PAÍS) Daria Dshk Daria Dshk, commander of the Ukrainian Harpies drone unit, May 15. Daria Dshk, commander of the Ukrainian Harpies drone unit, May 15. <img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/K5XV5JA2ARHTBLM7VRIOSQUFEE.jpg?auth=8055ba1c8968a675f3203449143df10fcbab658d1336b04482650daa2006c900" width="2400" height="1600" alt="Daria Dshk, commander of the Ukrainian Harpies drone unit, May 15."></img><p>Ukraine is short of soldiers. It is the main weakness of its army, Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov acknowledged in January, and its commanders have been lamenting since 2024. The <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-04-30/surviving-for-months-in-a-trench-lack-of-reinforcements-pushes-ukrainian-infantry-to-the-limit.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-04-30/surviving-for-months-in-a-trench-lack-of-reinforcements-pushes-ukrainian-infantry-to-the-limit.html">shortage of troops</a> forces thousands of men in the Armed Forces of Ukraine to spend months in combat positions without relief, without rest. Could recruiting women be a solution?</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-29/shortage-of-troops-in-ukraine-reopens-debate-on-recruiting-women.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/GWOJPGMBF5EQHP6DP5LQVFGQIE.jpeg?auth=1549375a563628e2bf2474ecec2bae3a98620ceff8dbee6691a2ecb2fc5ce730" width="1280" height="960" alt="Ukrainian journalist Andriana Kucher, on May 15 in Kharkiv."></img><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/OIMMB3OHYNHSXAN3UWLX76RV6I.jpg?auth=90ec8eba4762c5566ba5877ae4478bf22a303173dfa238c6f014899f37e323d9" width="1920" height="1315" alt="Oksana Grigorieva, the army’s gender affairs officer, during an interview with EL PAÍS on November 5 in Kyiv."></img><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/R5HMMDKMVRFB3LOPMDX77REUGE.JPG?auth=0146456d77725bfbd2fe668198c2b48b3b3a497806462da2c79f8250d460ed0c" width="6000" height="4000" alt="Marina, a soldier in the 93rd Brigade, last March beside one of the positions from which she and her comrades fight Russian drones."></img> https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-29/gustavo-petro-to-travel-to-new-york-to-meet-mayor-zohran-mamdani.html Fri, 29 May 2026 11:44:02 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-29/gustavo-petro-to-travel-to-new-york-to-meet-mayor-zohran-mamdani.html Iker Seisdedos García The progressive leaders will discuss proposals to ‘combat inequality’ and ‘strengthen democracy’. It’ll be Mamdani’s first meeting as a mayor with a head of State The progressive leaders will discuss proposals to ‘combat inequality’ and ‘strengthen democracy’. It’ll be Mamdani’s first meeting as a mayor with a head of State Gustavo Petro Zohran Mamdani Donald Trump Colombia Marco Rubio EFE (EL PAÍS) Gustavo Petro Gustavo Petro (left) and Zohran Mamdani. Gustavo Petro (left) and Zohran Mamdani. <img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/OWO3X7LHNREKZJUKDJYM2J6VWQ.jpg?auth=de1ca4536fc03fef67285e7a91c3770a69847ae84a69428e4c44a3bc7c27a428" width="2000" height="1125" alt="Gustavo Petro (left) and Zohran Mamdani."></img><p>Colombian President Gustavo Petro is scheduled to travel to New York in a couple of weeks to meet with the city’s mayor and a leading figure of the global left, democratic socialist <a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2026-04-22/why-zohran-mamdanis-refusal-to-attend-the-met-gala-is-a-historic-snub-to-anna-wintour.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2026-04-22/why-zohran-mamdanis-refusal-to-attend-the-met-gala-is-a-historic-snub-to-anna-wintour.html">Zohran Mamdani</a>, EL PAÍS has learned. The trip is set for June 12, a little less than two weeks after the <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-28/colombia-goes-to-the-polls-with-the-best-social-indicators-this-century-and-a-deficit-only-exceeded-during-the-pandemic.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-28/colombia-goes-to-the-polls-with-the-best-social-indicators-this-century-and-a-deficit-only-exceeded-during-the-pandemic.html">first round of Colombia’s presidential election</a>, which will be held this coming Sunday. If that vote does not produce a successor to Petro, a runoff will be held on June 21. In any case, the winner will take office on August 7.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-29/gustavo-petro-to-travel-to-new-york-to-meet-mayor-zohran-mamdani.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/5AV52AAH45EQXAYTCXYKVPVIC4.jpeg?auth=108ad78c10f23271dd8c20a170b94dd9afa5367db19131264e8d20064d3ebca2" width="1567" height="1044" alt="Gustavo Petro and Zohran Mamdani in New York, September 2025."></img> https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-29/united-states-designates-two-brazilian-criminal-gangs-as-terrorist-organizations.html Fri, 29 May 2026 10:37:48 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-29/united-states-designates-two-brazilian-criminal-gangs-as-terrorist-organizations.html Macarena Vidal Liy The move against Comando Vermelho and the PCC was announced two days after right-wing candidate Flávio Bolsonaro visited Trump at the White House and despite Lula’s government opposing it The move against Comando Vermelho and the PCC was announced two days after right-wing candidate Flávio Bolsonaro visited Trump at the White House and despite Lula’s government opposing it Donald Trump Comando Vermelho Jair Bolsonaro Lula da Silva Hezbolá Al Qaeda Marco Rubio Nicolás Maduro Antonio Lacerda (EFE) Police operation against Comando Vermelho in Rio de Janeiro, October 2025. Police operation against Comando Vermelho in Rio de Janeiro, October 2025. <p>The United States will add two of Brazil’s most powerful organized crime gangs, <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-01-11/comando-vermelho-the-brazilian-cartel-that-has-penetrated-the-colombian-peruvian-amazon.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-01-11/comando-vermelho-the-brazilian-cartel-that-has-penetrated-the-colombian-peruvian-amazon.html">Comando Vermelho</a> and Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC), to its list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations effective June 5, the State Department announced. In addition, Washington has designated both groups as Specially Designated Global Terrorists as of this Thursday, adding them to a list that includes Al Qaeda, Islamic State, and <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-12/fiber-optic-drones-the-weapon-hezbollah-has-adopted-to-attack-israel-using-them-is-easier-than-playing-a-video-game.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-12/fiber-optic-drones-the-weapon-hezbollah-has-adopted-to-attack-israel-using-them-is-easier-than-playing-a-video-game.html">Hezbollah</a>.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-29/united-states-designates-two-brazilian-criminal-gangs-as-terrorist-organizations.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-29/four-intractable-crises-facing-colombias-next-president.html Fri, 29 May 2026 09:39:50 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-29/four-intractable-crises-facing-colombias-next-president.html María Martín Violence, the deficit, the collapse of the healthcare system, and corruption await the winner of the presidential elections Violence, the deficit, the collapse of the healthcare system, and corruption await the winner of the presidential elections Colombia Iván Cepeda Gustavo Petro Paloma Valencia Abelardo de la Espriella Miguel Uribe Santiago Saldarriaga (AP) Colombia’s next president A soldier walks through an area attacked by FARC dissidents in Buenos Aires (Colombia), in 2025. A soldier walks through an area attacked by FARC dissidents in Buenos Aires (Colombia), in 2025. <p>In Catatumbo, a region on the border with Venezuela, women have been giving birth at home for months. It is not for lack of hospitals but because they are afraid to take the roads and get caught in the crossfire between two guerrilla groups. Babies take months to be registered, farmers fear stepping on mines, and children hide when they see drones flying overhead laden with explosives. Those who stayed do not venture out and live locked up as if during a pandemic. Those who could leave fled, and the region has lost nearly 100,000 residents over the past year. “We are not part of this war, but we are in it,” a community leader told EL PAÍS, fearing he could be killed. This Sunday, <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-25/in-the-final-stretch-of-colombias-presidential-campaign-undecided-voters-are-in-high-demand.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-25/in-the-final-stretch-of-colombias-presidential-campaign-undecided-voters-are-in-high-demand.html">Colombia holds the first round of its presidential elections</a>. It does so with that war in the background, and with three other deep wounds that no candidate has fully explained how they intend to heal. </p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-29/four-intractable-crises-facing-colombias-next-president.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-29/tehran-denies-us-claims-of-extension-to-iran-war-ceasefire.html Fri, 29 May 2026 08:33:13 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-29/tehran-denies-us-claims-of-extension-to-iran-war-ceasefire.html Macarena Vidal Liy White House sources say the draft memorandum, still pending Trump’s approval, would extend the truce for 60 days and would reopen the Strait of Hormuz White House sources say the draft memorandum, still pending Trump’s approval, would extend the truce for 60 days and would reopen the Strait of Hormuz Washington D.C. Irán Teherán Donald Trump Scott Bessent Israel Marco Rubio SAMUEL CORUM / POOL (EFE) Iran war ceasefire Donald Trump during a Cabinet session on Wednesday. Donald Trump during a Cabinet session on Wednesday. <p>In negotiations between the United States and Iran to end the war that began three months ago, uncertainty, denials and — in Washington’s case — an urgent desire to <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-04-13/ceasefire-what-ceasefire.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-04-13/ceasefire-what-ceasefire.html">announce some sort of deal</a> have taken firm hold. A senior White House official speaking on condition of anonymity announced on Thursday a framework agreement that Tehran shortly afterwards denied.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-29/tehran-denies-us-claims-of-extension-to-iran-war-ceasefire.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-28/poland-and-romania-join-the-race-to-produce-drones.html Thu, 28 May 2026 16:12:23 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-28/poland-and-romania-join-the-race-to-produce-drones.html Raúl Sánchez Costa Both countries have become major suppliers of weapons to Ukraine since the Russian invasion began four years ago Both countries have become major suppliers of weapons to Ukraine since the Russian invasion began four years ago Kiev Kremlin Donald Tusk Karol Nawrocki Volodimir Zelenski STR / NurPhoto / Getty Images (EL PAÍS) A drone from the Military Armament Institute on its launch platform in Zielonka, Poland. A drone from the Military Armament Institute on its launch platform in Zielonka, Poland. <p>With a war on their borders, Poland and Romania have set out to revitalize their arms industries. Russia’s offensive in Ukraine has upended plans across the European Union — <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-06-26/eu-seeks-to-strengthen-rearmament-strategy-following-new-nato-spending-agreement.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-06-26/eu-seeks-to-strengthen-rearmament-strategy-following-new-nato-spending-agreement.html">which has launched an €800 billion rearmament process</a> — and has especially affected these two Eastern European countries, each of which shares hundreds of miles of border with the invaded state. Since the conflict began a little over four years ago, Warsaw and Bucharest have become central hubs for supplying weapons and delivering humanitarian aid to support Kyiv in its struggle to defend its sovereignty.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-28/poland-and-romania-join-the-race-to-produce-drones.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-28/a-podcast-against-obscurity-radio-venceremos-once-again-defies-the-silence-in-el-salvador.html Thu, 28 May 2026 15:00:50 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-28/a-podcast-against-obscurity-radio-venceremos-once-again-defies-the-silence-in-el-salvador.html Carlos Salinas Maldonado Director Andrés Torres Checka and Mexican actress Eréndira Ibarra tell the story of the FMLN’s legendary station at a time when Bukele is imposing fierce historical revisionism Director Andrés Torres Checka and Mexican actress Eréndira Ibarra tell the story of the FMLN’s legendary station at a time when Bukele is imposing fierce historical revisionism El Salvador Nayib Bukele Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdamez Ronald Reagan Spotify Mónica González Islas (EL PAÍS) Eréndira Ibarra and Andrés Torres Checka in Mexico City on May 11. Eréndira Ibarra and Andrés Torres Checka in Mexico City on May 11. <img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/IH4E7MD72BDIPL36PRVHRLN36M.jpg?auth=54786626c076ab07ee3ff2a11c3c2a1e68e932fc043e14f4826fdb089f475b2b" width="5379" height="3585" alt="Eréndira Ibarra and Andrés Torres Checka in Mexico City on May 11."></img><p>When the bloodthirsty Atlácatl battalion of the Salvadoran army <a href="https://english.elpais.com/americas/2020-06-08/thirty-years-after-jesuit-killings-in-el-salvador-trial-begins-in-madrid.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/americas/2020-06-08/thirty-years-after-jesuit-killings-in-el-salvador-trial-begins-in-madrid.html">massacred Jesuit Ignacio Ellacuría and seven others</a> on the campus of the Central American University (UCA) in San Salvador on November 16, 1989, the news exploded like a bomb on the clandestine frequency of Radio Venceremos, the military command’s nightmare: “The assassination confirms that the regime has collapsed,” declared the station of the <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-03-11/the-collapse-of-the-fmln-the-former-salvadoran-guerrilla-movement-nayib-bukele-wants-to-eliminate.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-03-11/the-collapse-of-the-fmln-the-former-salvadoran-guerrilla-movement-nayib-bukele-wants-to-eliminate.html">Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front</a> (FMLN). That insurgent echo, which set the tone for a decade of war, became a voice of information and agitation, but it fell silent for decades. Until now, when it has been revived in a podcast that not only recounts its history but also confronts the historical revisionism of <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-03-18/bukele-alters-constitution-to-endorse-life-imprisonment-in-el-salvador.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-03-18/bukele-alters-constitution-to-endorse-life-imprisonment-in-el-salvador.html">Nayib Bukele</a>, the president intent on erasing the scars of the civil conflict that bled the Central American country.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-28/a-podcast-against-obscurity-radio-venceremos-once-again-defies-the-silence-in-el-salvador.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/MS3RWKGURNHBRHT7SDYJIZID64.jpg?auth=d4933ee816fd34c836db5c78dfc991a7a34ec7dd1e89fb5368893b2ab3ee1ddf" width="6000" height="4000" alt="Eréndira Ibarra and Andrés Torres Checka, accompanied by Buna, in Mexico City, on May 11, 2026."></img> https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-28/colombia-goes-to-the-polls-with-the-best-social-indicators-this-century-and-a-deficit-only-exceeded-during-the-pandemic.html Thu, 28 May 2026 14:59:35 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-28/colombia-goes-to-the-polls-with-the-best-social-indicators-this-century-and-a-deficit-only-exceeded-during-the-pandemic.html Juan Pablo Quintero Macías Gustavo Petro, the first leftist president in the country’s contemporary history, leaves the lowest unemployment rate of the century and an increasingly indebted state Gustavo Petro, the first leftist president in the country’s contemporary history, leaves the lowest unemployment rate of the century and an increasingly indebted state Colombia Gustavo Petro UN Iván Duque NATHALIA ANGARITA (EL PAÍS) People at a market in Bucaramanga, December 10, 2025. People at a market in Bucaramanga, December 10, 2025. <img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/22KGVD4P4RCUBEUWEEAKAHCGSU.jpg?auth=c0f24ff77a9c9119ac549d058dd21abf9415a2199cb4d7c225cbb7d2e08d8e5b" width="6115" height="4077" alt="People at a market in Bucaramanga, December 10, 2025."></img><p>The first left-wing government in Colombia’s recent history leaves behind it a legacy of social highlights and fiscal shadows. The unemployment rate is at a 21st-century low and multidimensional poverty fell to single digits for the first time. Tourism expanded and some agricultural sectors experienced a boom. Those achievements coexist with a fiscal threat and weak investment that could jeopardize the future. Profligate public spending, borrowing at high rates, and stable tax revenue have tightened the fiscal envelope. According to the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (<a href="https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2025-01-30/latin-america-draws-up-a-future-of-accelerated-economic-growth-with-equity.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2025-01-30/latin-america-draws-up-a-future-of-accelerated-economic-growth-with-equity.html">ECLAC</a>), Colombia is already the Latin American country with the second-worst fiscal deficit.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-28/colombia-goes-to-the-polls-with-the-best-social-indicators-this-century-and-a-deficit-only-exceeded-during-the-pandemic.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/3JI4PXF3VZC7ZL4D6YTWT6UFSU.jpg?auth=c6b024e4361d2879c2b224db2c544b462786b16b67b46efa8747ad0b6cf8a6ab" width="7438" height="4959" alt="Sign reading Bogotá in the El Mirador neighborhood, Ciudad Bolívar, October 29, 2025."></img> https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-28/sheinbaum-reinforces-the-narrative-of-success-in-her-security-policy-amid-crisis-with-the-us.html Thu, 28 May 2026 14:31:51 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-28/sheinbaum-reinforces-the-narrative-of-success-in-her-security-policy-amid-crisis-with-the-us.html Pablo Ferri The president revealed some tension in last week’s meeting with the Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin over crime: ‘I told him there are state institutions that are coordinated by brave men’ The president revealed some tension in last week’s meeting with the Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin over crime: ‘I told him there are state institutions that are coordinated by brave men’ México Claudia Sheinbaum Rubén Rocha Sinaloa Gobierno de Estados Unidos Markwayne Mullin - Sheinbaum Markwayne Mullin and Claudia Sheinbaum in Mexico City on May 21. Markwayne Mullin and Claudia Sheinbaum in Mexico City on May 21. <p>Mexico is trying to reposition itself after the blow from the United States, which filed criminal charges against the governor of Sinaloa, Rubén Rocha, and nine other local officials nearly a month ago. Caught out of step, <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-27/sheinbaums-approval-ratings-drop-seven-points-after-sinaloa-and-chihuahua-crises.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-27/sheinbaums-approval-ratings-drop-seven-points-after-sinaloa-and-chihuahua-crises.html">Claudia Sheinbaum’s government</a> is trying to seize the initiative, an intention made visible Wednesday at the National Palace with the appearance of the full Security Cabinet at the president’s daily news conference. At root, it is a message to the White House that the constant criticism overlooks the work that has been done by Mexican authorities — and that it is irritating.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-28/sheinbaum-reinforces-the-narrative-of-success-in-her-security-policy-amid-crisis-with-the-us.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-28/university-demands-against-argentinas-milei-escalate-with-student-protests-and-faculty-strikes.html Thu, 28 May 2026 11:20:29 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-28/university-demands-against-argentinas-milei-escalate-with-student-protests-and-faculty-strikes.html Javier Lorca Teachers’ unions stage walkouts all week and students occupy University of Buenos Aires buildings in protest against budget and salary cuts Teachers’ unions stage walkouts all week and students occupy University of Buenos Aires buildings in protest against budget and salary cuts Argentina Javier Milei Buenos Aires América UBA University Milei Classes being held outside the University of Buenos Aires on May 26. Classes being held outside the University of Buenos Aires on May 26. <p>The demand over funding and salaries at public universities in Argentina shows no signs of abating. Protests and strikes resumed this week to demand that <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-26/myriam-bregman-the-trotskyist-who-is-the-argentine-politician-with-the-best-image.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-26/myriam-bregman-the-trotskyist-who-is-the-argentine-politician-with-the-best-image.html">the government of Javier Milei</a> respect the university financing law, while the academic community awaits a ruling from the Supreme Court of Justice on the government’s noncompliance. Since Tuesday, schools affiliated with the country’s largest university, the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), have been occupied by students. And faculty unions are staging strikes across the country all week.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-28/university-demands-against-argentinas-milei-escalate-with-student-protests-and-faculty-strikes.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-28/us-ambassador-to-spain-complains-pm-pedro-sanchez-has-not-received-him-once-yet.html Thu, 28 May 2026 09:52:34 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-28/us-ambassador-to-spain-complains-pm-pedro-sanchez-has-not-received-him-once-yet.html Miguel González López Benjamín León Jr underscored the ‘frustration’ felt by Trump at the fact that the Spanish government is not spending 5% of GDP on defense as agreed by NATO Benjamín León Jr underscored the ‘frustration’ felt by Trump at the fact that the Spanish government is not spending 5% of GDP on defense as agreed by NATO Donald Trump Madrid Pedro Sánchez Santiago Abascal Alberto Núñez Feijóo Vox PP Felipe VI Chema Moya (EFE) US ambassador US Ambassador to Spain Benjamín León Jr. speaking Wednesday in Madrid. US Ambassador to Spain Benjamín León Jr. speaking Wednesday in Madrid. <p>“If the prime minister of Spain hasn’t received me, I don’t think he’s inviting President Trump.” With those words, U.S. Ambassador to Spain Benjamín León Jr. complained that he still has not met <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-03-04/pedro-sanchez-on-the-us-and-israeli-attack-on-iran-no-to-war-we-will-not-support-this-disaster.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-03-04/pedro-sanchez-on-the-us-and-israeli-attack-on-iran-no-to-war-we-will-not-support-this-disaster.html">with Pedro Sánchez</a> once, more than three months after taking up his post. Speaking at an event organized by the debate organization Nueva Economía Fórum in Madrid, León said that the Spanish government has not made any moves to invite the U.S. president.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-28/us-ambassador-to-spain-complains-pm-pedro-sanchez-has-not-received-him-once-yet.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-27/sheinbaums-approval-ratings-drop-seven-points-after-sinaloa-and-chihuahua-crises.html Wed, 27 May 2026 15:57:56 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-27/sheinbaums-approval-ratings-drop-seven-points-after-sinaloa-and-chihuahua-crises.html David Marcial Pérez The Mexican president has seen the sharpest drop in a year and a half and now has 68% approval, according to an Enkoll poll conducted for EL PAÍS and W Radio The Mexican president has seen the sharpest drop in a year and a half and now has 68% approval, according to an Enkoll poll conducted for EL PAÍS and W Radio Claudia Sheinbaum México Sinaloa Rubén Rocha CIA Quetzalli Nicte-Ha (REUTERS) Mexico president Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during her daily conference on May 26, 2026. Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during her daily conference on May 26, 2026. <p>Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, is going through her most delicate moment just as she reaches a year and a half in office. Faced with multiple open fronts, the president is showing signs of wear, with a seven-point drop in approval since last March. It is the steepest fall so far in her term, although approval ratings remain high at 68%, according to an Enkoll poll conducted for EL PAÍS and W Radio. To the crisis triggered by the <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-19/sinaloa-governor-subject-of-us-investigation-stands-alone-under-allegations-of-cartel-ties.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-19/sinaloa-governor-subject-of-us-investigation-stands-alone-under-allegations-of-cartel-ties.html">indictment of the governor of Sinaloa</a>, along with nine other senior officials accused by a New York prosecutor of collaborating with drug traffickers, is added a worrying economic weakness that threatens the viability of social policies—a flagship of the leftist Morena government. Insecurity, corruption and the economy are the president’s main shortcomings and the principal concern of Mexicans, with rates slightly up since the last poll in early March.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-27/sheinbaums-approval-ratings-drop-seven-points-after-sinaloa-and-chihuahua-crises.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p><h3>May 16 to 19, 2026.</h3><p>1,207 interviews with men and women aged 18 and over, with valid voter ID and resident in Mexico.</p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-27/roberto-velasco-mexicos-sovereignty-is-the-first-thing-that-must-always-be-defended.html Wed, 27 May 2026 15:44:40 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-27/roberto-velasco-mexicos-sovereignty-is-the-first-thing-that-must-always-be-defended.html Javier Lafuente ,Beatriz Guillén After just two months in office, the foreign secretary is facing one of the most delicate moments in the US-Mexico relationship. The presence of CIA agents, the indictment of the governor of Sinaloa and the crisis in Cuba shape his horizon After just two months in office, the foreign secretary is facing one of the most delicate moments in the US-Mexico relationship. The presence of CIA agents, the indictment of the governor of Sinaloa and the crisis in Cuba shape his horizon México Roberto Velasco CIA Donald Trump Sinaloa Gladys Serrano (EL PAÍS) MÉXICO-ROBERTO VELASCO-SECRETARIO DE RELACIONES EXTERIORES Roberto Velasco Álvarez on May 25. Roberto Velasco Álvarez on May 25. <img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/TGI7N4THBVFFVF4FGIAJGWTKRM.JPG?auth=41cec65c1c4f84d4b6c6ae19ea45f75c1df2e1c5009a8b3fcbfc80ced1faedf2" width="3936" height="2624" alt="Roberto Velasco Álvarez on May 25."></img><p>Roberto Velasco’s first two months at the helm of Mexico’s foreign ministry have been anything but calm. The 38-year-old chief of the country’s diplomacy — who had already served in the role temporarily during his predecessor José Ramón de la Fuente’s illness — is suddenly facing one of the most delicate moments in bilateral relations with the United States since Donald Trump returned to the White House. <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-26/the-cia-crash-that-opened-a-fraught-month-in-mexicous-relations.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-26/the-cia-crash-that-opened-a-fraught-month-in-mexicous-relations.html">The death of two unaccredited CIA officers</a> in the Sierra Madre of Chihuahua; the U.S. Department of Justice’s charges against Sinaloa’s governor, Rubén Rocha Moya; the renegotiation of the USMCA trade treaty… All of these issues push Velasco to choose his words with surgical precision, or even to steer clear of certain topics to avoid any hint of conflict. That caution runs throughout the entire conversation, held on Monday.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-27/roberto-velasco-mexicos-sovereignty-is-the-first-thing-that-must-always-be-defended.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/BU5BKIDYKBDKPI7YLT7UTCM3HA.JPG?auth=477a3311a0572bac9669b0f23b8de6e28a981c769b7da48415e0a5e22429eef5" width="3936" height="2624" alt="The foreign secretary Roberto Velasco."></img>