2023-12-31 03:27:06
This is the top 10 news that impacted the world in 2023. Photo: composition by Jazmin Ceras/La República/EFE/BBC/El País/C5N – Video: La República
Year 2023 comes to an end. Over the course of these 12 months, different events impacted the political, historical, economic and social landscape at a global level. Since the implosion of the Titan submersible, which sought to see the remains of the Titanicuntil the presidential inauguration of Javier Milei in Argentina. In this note, La Repúblicaa he brings you top 10 of the most shocking news in the worldwhich defined the course of 2023.
1. Conflict between Israel and Hamas
He October 7, 2023the radical Palestinian militant group Hamas launched an attack on Israel, which left more than 1,400 dead and 230 civilians kidnapped. To date, the Israeli country has carried out a series of bombings on the Gaza Stripcausing more than 18,000 deaths and thousands of missing and displaced people.
Hamas attacked Israel on October 7 and kidnapped civilians near the border area. Photo: composition by Jazmin Ceras/LR/EFE
Israeli authorities noted that the Hamas attack and incursion caused one of the worst civil massacres in the history of the country. However, some of Israel’s military actions in Palestinian territory have been criticized by the international community for constituting violations of international humanitarian law, qualifying as war crimes.
2. Javier Milei assumes the presidency of Argentina
He November 19, 2023, Javier Mileythe ‘libertarian’ economist, defeated the official candidate Sergio Massa. He assumed the presidency of Argentina on December 10, the date on which, during his speech, he launched a phrase that has remained recorded: “There is no money.”
Javier Milei assumed the presidency on Sunday, December 10, 2023. Photo: LR/EFE composition
mercy takes the reins of a country that has more than 150% year-on-year inflation, 40% poverty in the population and 10% destitution, a shortage of foreign exchange reserves and a 150% exchange gap between the official dollar and the parallel dollar. Given the crisis facing ArgentinaMinister Luis Caputo announced 10 economic measures, known as “paquetazo”.
3. Turkey and Syria earthquake
He February 6, 2023the world witnessed one of the deadliest and most devastating earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria. Two powerful earthquakes were recorded: the first was of magnitude 7.8, west of the city of Gaziatep, but panic took over the inhabitants, since 9 hours later the second earthquake, measuring 7.5, occurred.
The poor condition of buildings in Turkey and Syria has generated such a level of catastrophe. Photo: EFE
Until March 10, 2023, More than 59,000 deaths were reported in total, of which 51,000 were counted in Türkiye and 8,000 in Syria. In terms of material losses, authorities estimated that the earthquake caused damage worth US$84.1 billion, making it the fourth costliest earthquake on record.
4. The implosion of the Titan that sought to see the remains of the Titanic
He June 18, 2023he Titan submersible accident operated by the company OceanGate It shocked the entire world. The capsule descended into the deep waters of the North Atlantic, more than 740 km off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. Each crew member of the Titan He paid $250,000 for the sole purpose of seeing the sunken remains of the Titanic.
Five people died on the Titan submarine. Photo: LR composition
The world hoped that Shahzada y Suleman Dawood, Hamish Harding, Paul-Henry Nargeolet y Stockton Rush, who were traveling in the submersible, were rescued alive following learning of the shipwreck. After a nearly 80-hour search, another remotely operated submarine discovered a debris field containing parts of the Titanapproximately 488 meters from the bow of the Titanic. All five crew members died in the implosion..
5. The discovery of the heaviest animal that inhabited the Earth
He August 2, 2023, the discovery of voluminous bones found a decade ago in the Ocucaje desert, in Ica, was revealed. They were actually vertebrae of the heaviest animal that has ever existed on Earth: el Perucetus Colossus. This creature, which would have measured more than 20 meters and weighed nearly 200 tons, was an ancient relative of whales that lived 39 million years ago and navigated the shallow waters of the Peruvian coast.
Artistic reconstruction of Perucetus colossus. Photo: LR composition/Alberto Gennari
Scientists from all over the world were impressed by the weight of this prehistoric beast, since it exceeds those of the blue whale and the largest dinosaur discovered, estimated at 150 and 100 tons at most. For this reason, its discoverer, paleontologist Mario Urbina, described the discovery “like having found Godzilla.”
6. Crisis and challenges in the presidential elections of Ecuador
He May 17, 2023, the former president of Ecuador Guillermo Lasso dissolved Congress to avoid being removed from office. The former president made a drastic decision to stop a process once morest him and, for the first time in the history of that country, the dissolution of Parliament was decreed. He alleged that the trial, which might have ended in his dismissal for having tolerated an alleged case of corruption, had caused a “serious political crisis.”
Businessman Daniel Noboa became the youngest president of Ecuador on Thursday, November 23. Photo: LR/EFE composition – Video: France24
Subsequently, early elections were called and in the middle of the electoral campaign, candidate Fernando Villavicencio was assassinated during a rally in Quito. Given this fact, the electoral agenda was proceeded with. On October 15, 2023, Daniel Noboa was elected president of the Republic of Ecuador for a period of 18 months, following defeating Correista candidate Luisa González.
7. María Corina Machado is elected unitary candidate in Venezuela
He October 22, 2023the primary election of the opposition was held in Venezuela with the purpose of choosing the only candidate who will face Nicolas Maduro in the 2024 presidential elections. María Corina Machado won overwhelmingly with 2,253,825 votes, 92% of the total.
María Corina Machado was elected as the representative of the opposition and would face Nicolás Maduro in the General Elections. Photo: LR composition / Freepik / Sdarc
The self-managed process was carried out in 29 countries and 77 cities. The government of Nicolas Maduro did not recognize the will of millions of Venezuelans and insisted that the candidate Maria Corina Machado is disqualified from holding elected office.
8. Territorial conflict over the Essequibo between Venezuela and Guyana
He December 3, 2023the government of Nicolas Maduro promoted the Consultative Referendum to annex Essequibo to Venezuela, territory that is in dispute with Guyana. The Chavista leader alleged that the oil-rich region of Essequibo in Guyana is part of Venezuela.
Controversy was present in the consultation with the results offered by the National Electoral Council at the end of the voting. The organization reported that more than 10 million votes were registered, despite the fact that many of the centers had little attendance throughout the day.
9. Alberto Fujimori is released from prison
He December 6, 2023he Former president of Peru Alberto Fujimori left prison maximum security prison in Barbadillo, on the outskirts of Lima, where, since 2009, he was serving a 25-year prison sentence for the crimes of aggravated homicide, serious injuries, and kidnapping aggravated by cruel treatment, among other crimes. This came following Peru’s Constitutional Court ordered his “immediate” release.
Former President Alberto Fujimori left the Barbadillo prison shortly following 6:20 pm, in a wheelchair. Photo: composition by Jazmin Ceras/La República
Fujimori, 85, left the prison in a vehicle in which his daughter Keiko and son Kenji were also traveling. It should be remembered that, in March 2022, the Peruvian Constitutional Court ruled in favor of Fujimori’s release, but A subsequent resolution of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (Inter-American Court) stopped his release..
The Constitutional Court denied the jurisdiction of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to establish the controversial ruling as unenforceable.
10. The one-in-a-million comet
He February 1 and 2, 2023, a peculiar cometwhich visits us every 50,000 years, reached its closest proximity to the Tierra when it passed 42 million kilometers from our planet. At that distance, the bright object became visible in the darkest, clearest skies in all countries.
Green comet ZTF captured at the end of January. Photo: Twitter / @Komet123Jager | Video: Twitter / @ChasinSpin
Because it was a million-dollar opportunity, astronomy fans managed to capture it with their cameras or binoculars and marveled at its unique green color, an effect that was due to the contact of the object with the ultraviolet light emitted by the Sun. After The comet moved away from the Tierra and returned to his place of origin at the limits of the solar system.
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