Argentine President Alberto Fernandez held meetings and phone calls Sunday morning as he tried to find a new economy minister, official sources said, following the sudden departure of his ally Martin Guzman. “There is no news,” a government spokesman told Reuters. Guzman, 39, tendered his resignation late Saturday amid growing tensions within the ruling Peronist […]
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Kyrgyzstan: President regains control after serious political crisis
Kyrgyzstan’s President Sooronbay Jeenbekov consolidated his power on Saturday by sacking several senior security officials in the country and re-detaining his main opponent, former President Almazbek Atambayev. Kyrgyzstan, which hosts a Russian military air base and serves as a hub for trade with neighboring China, has been in turmoil since October 4, the date of a […]