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New York (AFP) - Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's posthumous memoir will be released in October, chronicling his 2020 nerve agent poisoning and life in a brutal Russian prison camp, the US publisher of the book said Thursday. The key opponent of Russian leader Vladimir Putin died in February in a penal colony, where he had been held in harsh conditions, sparking worldwide condemnation. Titled "Patriot," the book will be released on October 22, publisher Knopf said in a statement, while his widow confirmed the book would also be issued in Russian. "It is the full story of his life: his youth, h...
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Washington (AFP) - Washington voiced concern Friday after Venezuela's leftist authorities issued an arrest warrant for leading opposition figure Juan Guaido, who lives in exile in the United States. "The United States remains deeply concerned about political persecution against members of the democratic opposition," a State Department spokesperson said. The United States recalled an August 2021 agreement signed in Mexico between President Nicolas Maduro's government and the opposition, which used to consider Guaido the interim president. Under that agreement, "both parties agree to work toward...
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Bogotá (AFP) - Colombia's President Gustavo Petro on Tuesday denied expelling leading Venezuelan opposition figure Juan Guaido, but accused him of entering the country illegally. On Monday, Guaido claimed to have been kicked out of Colombia, hours after he arrived in Bogota ahead of a conference on his crisis-torn country hosted by Petro. "Mr. Guaido was not expelled and it is better that this lie does not appear in politics," wrote Petro on Twitter. Petro said Guaido had been allowed to travel to Miami, where he arrived on Tuesday, "for humanitarian reasons despite the illegal entry into the ...
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Paris (AFP) - From the Arab Spring uprisings to the MeToo movement in which women spoke up about sexual assaults, Twitter has proven itself a formidable ally for political activists and opposition groups, one whose reach and impact would be difficult to replace. Other social media platforms may have more users, but the network now owned by the billionaire Elon Musk dominates the global conversation -- even as Twitter's future is being called into doubt. "Twitter is clearly very influential in getting the media and officials to pay attention. So it has a very special and unique place in that wa...
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