Iran revives hostage diplomacy in key year for nuclear talks
Tehran uses the arbitrary imprisonment of Westerners as a foreign policy tool. The latest case is that of Italian journalist Cecilia Sala
Tehran uses the arbitrary imprisonment of Westerners as a foreign policy tool. The latest case is that of Italian journalist Cecilia Sala

The immigration policy of the Democrat’s two administrations was the harshest in the last 15 years, while the Republican’s administration, in its first term, returned the fewest number of Mexican citizens

The inauguration speech of the new U.S. president has already provided a colossal shock, a stress test for American democracy and the international liberal order

The law approved by Congress allows for the expulsion of immigrants accused of minor offenses without the requirement for trial

Less than 4% of undocumented immigrants have a criminal record, and almost eight out of 10 have been in the United States for more than five years

The president of the United States granted his first interview after his inauguration to Fox News

Experts argue that the executive order ending naturalization for the children of undocumented immigrants violates the 14th Amendment. In response, 22 states and two cities have filed lawsuits challenging the order in court

Thousands of people are in limbo as the CBP One asylum application is shut down on the first day of the Donald Trump administration

The president withdraws the US from the Paris Agreement, pardons those convicted of the assault on the Capitol and renames the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, but has not yet imposed tariffs on imports

The Republican president announced dozens of executive orders on immigration. Requirements for obtaining residency are raised from five years to 14

The Republican assured that the country’s “Golden Age begins right now” and announced some of his first measures, such as the declaration of a national emergency on the border with Mexico

The decision to move the inauguration ceremony inside the Capitol due to the cold weather left a multitude of people outside the stadium where the Republican was scheduled to speak

Republican declares national emergency on the border with Mexico, says he will send troops, announces massive deportations to ‘repel invasion’ and designates cartels as terrorist organizations

This Venezuelan teacher obtained a date to request asylum in the US after a year of waiting in Mexico. Her children are already on American soil, but she worries the president-elect could cancel the program

EL PAÍS looks back at the swearing-in ceremony, which is held every four years at the Capitol in Washington

The first lady has revealed little about this new chapter: she will primarily live in Washington, her main cause will continue to be addressing cyberbullying of children, and her son Barron remains her top priority

The Republican wants to exercise power from day one, with promises of political revenge and plans for mass deportations. His return to the White House on Monday represents a test of strength for US democracy and a blow to the geopolitical chessboard

While Trump has increasingly behaved as though he were already the sitting president during the transition, the Democrat has focused his efforts on safeguarding as much of his political legacy as possible

Former presidents, businessmen and celebrities are on the list of potential inauguration day attendees

The nine justices support the law forcing the platform to divest from its parent company, China-based ByteDance

The president defends his legacy while warning about the ‘tech-industrial complex,’ with veiled references to Donald Trump, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg

The new president will follow a ceremony that has been held 58 times in U.S. history
The Netanyahu government plans to discuss and vote on the terms of the deal on Thursday. In the first of three phases of the plan, Hamas must hand over 33 hostages and Israel must begin a phased withdrawal of its troops in the northern Strip and start releasing Palestinian prisoners

Havana announced the decision after Washington said that it was removing Cuba from its list of state sponsors of terrorism

The measure is being adopted, among other things, to facilitate dialogue between Havana and the Catholic Church for the release of political prisoners

The report by Jack Smith, who resigned last week, claims that the president-elect participated in an ‘unprecedented criminal effort to overturn the legitimate results of the election in order to retain power’

The bill seeks to expel from the country any undocumented migrant who is arrested or charged with minor crimes, even if they have not been convicted