Peru: looks like at last the Congress is going to impeach Dina Boluarte, the most incompetent president the country has had in a very long time. The question is whether anyone better will replace her.

Por más que resulte impopular decirlo, el Congreso tiene que permitir derecho de defensa y garantías mínimas antes de proceder a vacar a la presidenta.

“Oh my god… I have no words.” Listen to the emotional moment this year’s laureate Maria Corina Machado finds out she has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Kristian Berg Harpviken, Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, shared the news with her directly before it was

No Nobel Prize in any field has ever been given to a more deserving candidate than this one. María Corina Machado is the most impressive leader I have ever met. She has had to face injustice and despotism, all while inspiring and leading a nation. Bravissima!

Congratulations to 2025 Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado! In 2024, the European Parliament awarded the leader of Venezuela's democratic forces its Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.

I’ve never met anyone more brave than Maria Corina Machado. Even with a Nobel prize I’m not sure the world will understand the sacrifices she has made, all in the hope for a free Venezuela

My sister and comrade in the struggle for freedom, María Corina Machado now a #NobelPeacePrize laureate. Even when they threatened you, banned you, and forced you into hiding, you refused to kneel. You stood tall and turned your voice into the heartbeat of millions of

¡Buenos días 📰! Hoy en "Las noticias con Augusto Townsend K.": - El Congreso aprobó la moción para vacar a Dina Boluarte con 124 votos  - El presidente del Congreso José Jerí fue nombrado como nuevo presidente de la República ⁠ Escúchalo aquí 🔗: open.spotify.com/episode/5z7xos…

The Nobel Peace Prize for María Corina Machado is well deserved of course, but she and the people of Venezuela deserve so much more. Freedom, support, and a future without the Maduro dictatorship. ¡Felicidades y adelante!

An impeachment and a Nobel Prize, just another day in LatAm 👍

I congratulate María Corina Machado on being awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize. Today’s prize is a tribute to all those working to preserve democracy, freedom and political rights around the world, and a stirring reminder of the resilience and power of the democratic spirit.

María Corina Machado’s Nobel prize will be widely welcomed by those committed to democracy and human rights in Latin America, where autocracies have lately advanced econ.st/4h8VBXN Illustration: Getty Images / The Economist

This is an important recognition to María Corina Machado, but also to the people of Venezuela who, for years, have endured repression and persecution for daring to think differently and challenging authorities over human rights violations.

“El Premio Nobel de la Paz otorgado este viernes a la líder opositora venezolana María Corina Machado es un reconocimiento a la lucha por la democracia incluso cuando los caminos para lograrla parecen más cerrados que nunca”. - elpais.com/opinion/2025-1…

“I want to be remembered as someone who served her country, who was useful in achieving the liberation of Venezuela.” - María Corina Machado washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/…

La sucesión constitucional en la presidencia requiere del nombramiento inmediato de un gabinete ministerial. José Jerí no puede actuar como presidente si no tiene todavía ministros que refrenden sus actos.

Buen artículo de Ricardo Sifuentes sobre el tribalismo y la polarización afectiva. larepublica.pe/opinion/2025/1…

“El cobro de la TUUA es correcto desde el punto de vista económico. Un pasajero en tránsito usa las instalaciones del aeropuerto tanto como los demás (…) Lo que está mal es obligarlo a hacer un trámite innecesario”. - ivanalonso elcomercio.pe/opinion/column…

Hasta el día de hoy José Jerí no nombra un gabinete o un premier, pese a que todos sus actos como presidente son nulos si carecen de refrendo ministerial Entérate de esto y más con el podcast de Augusto Townsend K. en: -Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7Mr5A2… -YouTube: youtu.be/DbcYpYu0Y2Q

La invitación por X del presidente interino José Jeri, a los alcaldes de Lima quizá sea moderna, pero no es seria. Menos serio aún es que un gobierno sin ministro del interior nos cite para consensuar acciones contra la delincuencia.