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Guatemala

Maria Consuelo Porras, the attorney general described as corrupt and a puppet of the pact of the corrupt, has been called by the United Nations to be investigated for alleged links to the illegal adoption of at least eighty indigenous children. 

Porras, who has systematically attempted to remove social democratic president Bernardo Arebalo and his party from political life, is described as a political disgrace who prioritizes political sabotage over justice, perpetuating ultra-right impunity to maintain oligarchic power and corruption, thus eroding Guatemala's democracy.

Palestine / Israel

Israeli occupation forces continue to violate international law and Palestinian territory by advancing their expansionist plans in the West Bank, declaring it state property and putting land up for sale. 

The decision has been strongly criticized as a massive land robbery, an illegal de facto annexation of Palestinian territory that seriously violates international law and has drawn condemnation from the Palestinian authority, the United Nations, the European Union, the Arab countries, and multiple other governments around the world.

Honduras

Honduras is beginning to feel the negative impact on its economy from Trump's decision to impose a one percent tax on remittances sent from the United States and the cancellation of the TPS, the temporary protected status which benefited more than fifty thousand Honduras, potentially resulting in losses of nearly three hundred million dollars for the country. 

Meanwhile, Nasry Asfura, declared president by the National Electoral Council, continues to be strongly denounced as a product of an electoral coup and a massive electoral fraud under the interference of Trump who ordered Honduras to vote for this pro United States ultra-right politician.

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