Prologue Journal – Page 32498 – Understanding current events through the lenses of the past and future.

As Protesters Die, Peru’s Security Forces Face Little Scrutiny

New York Times In Peru, investigations into the killing of protesters by security forces are often closed without any charges, undermining people’s faith in their government. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/world/americas/peru-protests-killings.html

Finding Climate Solutions in a Spanish Village With Technology

New York Times Behind its rural facade, La Almunia de Doña Godina is doing its part to use technology to address climate change. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/climate/spanish-village-climate-change.html

A Year After the Uvalde Massacre: Did Anything Change?

New York Times After a failed police response to the shooting deaths of 19 students and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas, there were calls for accountability and new gun laws. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/us/uvalde-shooting-fallout.html

The Battle for Bakhmut Is Over. What’s Next for Russia?

New York Times Seizing the city took 10 months and untold lives. Most likely, analysts say, Russia’s exhausted forces will settle into a defensive crouch, preparing for Ukraine’s counteroffensive. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/world/europe/russia-bakhmut-war-what-next.html

Pegasus spyware reaches into Mexican president’s inner circle

Washington Post The surveillance technology was found on the cellphones of officials investigating the 2014 disappearance of 43 college students and victims of the 20th-century “Dirty War” against a left-wing insurgency. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/24/pegasus-spyware-ayotzinapa-mexico/

What Do ‘Productive’ Debt Ceiling Negotiations Look Like in Washington?

New York Times A debt crisis could be only a week away — practically an eternity in a town governed by the threat of catastrophic deadlines. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/us/politics/debt-ceiling-deadline-talks.html

These Are ‘Productive’ Negotiations on Debt Ceiling in Washington

Papadopoulos speaks out after Durham report, slams FBI’s ‘pre-determined plan to sabotage the Trump campaign’

Fox News Former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos is speaking out after the long-anticipated report from Special Counsel John Durham revealed he repeatedly denied any possible collusion well before the FBI opened its doomed Trump-Russia investigation. Durham’s report last week determined that the FBI opened its years-long “Crossfire Hurricane” investigation into alleged collusion between former President Trump and…

Hong Kong patients to get priority for locally donated organs under cross-border scheme, medic says

Hong Kong Free Press Organ transplant waiting lists will not be shared between Hong Kong and China, and only organs which cannot be allocated locally will undergo cross-border matching, an expert said on Wednesday after the government announced local hospitals would be integrated into the national China Organ Transplant Response System. After consulting mainland experts,…

Greek pesident to appoint caretaker prime minister ahead of new election

Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-744063