#national-sovereignty

#national-sovereignty

The state's former security minister, Gerardo Merida Sanchez, crossed the border into Arizona last week and was taken into custody by US marshals, Mexico's security ministry said. Sinaloa's former finance minister, Enrique Diaz Vega, was taken into custody in New York. Both Merida and Diaz were charged last month as part of the indictment of 10 Sinaloa officials including Governor Ruben Rocha Moya for alleged ties to the powerful Sinaloa cartel, accusing them of aiding in the massive importation of illicit drugs into the United States.

The crew of the violating speedboat opened fire on the Cuban personnel, resulting in the injury of the commander of the Cuban vessel, the statement said. As of the time of this report, four aggressors on the foreign vessel were killed, and six were injured.

Asked by the Guardian in November in Tehran what cost benefit analysis could possibly conclude that the nuclear programme was a worthwhile project, the foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, referred to Iran's sovereign right under the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, the medical benefits, and the blood of past assassinated Iranian nuclear scientists. He suggested a compromise whereby a consortium including possibly the US could enrich uranium in Iran, but insisted the principle that uranium would be enriched inside Iran remained sacrosanct.

Fico's veto stance was portrayed as a question of national sovereignty and national pride, claiming the sanctions would harm Slovakia's economy and energy supplies.

The protesters, led by civic groups and nationalist parties, articulated their opposition to the euro adoption, suggesting it represents a loss of national sovereignty for Bulgaria.

Orban celebrated the chaos wrought by the 'Trump tornado' and called on 'conservatives' to seize the opportunity it offers: "We have to go home, and everyone has to win their own election."