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Colombia: Ingrid Betancourt presidential candidate. The Franco-Colombian Ingrid Betancourt, who for six years was the hostage of the Farc guerrillas, announced on Tuesday her candidacy for the centrist primary, in view of the presidential election next spring, reports Time. Ms. Betancourt, 59, was kidnapped in 2002, when she was already campaigning for the presidency. “We are going to relearn how to be free citizens. I will work from morning to night to be your president”, she promised her supporters on Tuesday.

Hong Kong: release of pro-democracy activist Edward Leung. After four years behind bars, Hong Kong activist Edward Leung was released early Wednesday from Shek Pik prison, announce the site Hong Kong Free Press. Arrested and jailed in 2018 for rioting and assaulting police, Mr Leung, 30, coined the slogan “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our time”, omnipresent during the pro-democracy demonstrations of 2019. “After four years, I want to take advantage of this precious time I have with my family and return to a normal life”, he wrote on Facebook shortly following his release.

Assault on the Capitol: Giuliani summoned by the parliamentarians. Rudy Giuliani, ex-mayor of New York and former lawyer for Donald Trump, will have to testify before the congressional committee in charge of investigating the assault on the Capitol, according to Washington Post. Mr. Giuliani and three other lawyers for the former president will have to answer for their role in “the dissemination of unfounded allegations of massive electoral fraud”, and their determination to want “cancel the election results”, explains the American daily.

Spain: death of the dean of humanity. The oldest man in the world – according to the Guinness Book of Records – died Tuesday at the age of 112 years and 341 days, reports The country. Spaniard Saturnino de la Fuente García was due to celebrate his 113th birthday next month. “The oldest living person in the world remains a Japanese woman, who has just celebrated her 119th birthday”, specifies the Spanish daily. The absolute record for longevity remains held by the Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment, who lived 122 years and 164 days before dying in 1997.

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