Left-wing candidate Hitler Mussolini Simeón Flores won the mayoral election in Queropalca, a district of just over 730 people in Peru's Huánuco department, by 25 votes, running for the centre-left Ahora Nación party. He is not the first elected Hitler in Peru.
BBC News – World The left-wing candidate won a narrow victory in a remote district in the Peruvian Andes, exit polls show.
BBC News – World The left-wing candidate won a narrow victory in a remote district in the Peruvian Andes, exit polls show.
NYTimes – World The choice drew condemnation from Israel over Ms. Pillay’s role leading a U.N. commission that said the country had committed genocide against Palestinians.
NPR – US The United States on Thursday charged former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores with conspiracy to commit torture, adding to existing drug trafficking and firearms charges. Prosecutors allege detainees, including US citizens, suffered waterboarding, rape and beatings. The revised indictment also cites Venezuela's DGCIM military intelligence agency. The pair remain in US custody.
NYTimes – World Israel removed signs from Britain's consulate general in East Jerusalem and said the consulate had "ceased to function". British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said the building would remain open as an independent UK mission, continuing to serve Palestinians. Israel had said in September it would act after UK sanctions on illegal West Bank settlements.
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