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Gain complimentary access to the Editor’s Summary for free Roula Khalaf, the FT’s Editor, handpicks her preferred articles for this weekly bulletin. Yoon Suk Yeol, the previous South Korean president, has received a life sentence for rebellion stemming from his unsuccessful bid to enforce martial law, which propelled the nation into disarray. On Thursday, a three-judge tribunal at Seoul Central…

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández have both been indicted by the U.S. government on federal drug trafficking charges; Hernández, last year, was convicted. But as President Donald Trump wages an “armed conflict” with drug cartels in the Caribbean, he has taken very different approaches in his relationships with the two men—threatening to…

Then-Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez gives an speech in San Salvador, El Salvador. Marlon Gomez/CON/LatinContent/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Marlon Gomez/CON/LatinContent/Getty Images Then-Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez gives an speech in San Salvador, El Salvador. Marlon Gomez/CON/LatinContent/Getty Images President Trump has officially pardoned former…

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was released from a U.S. prison after being pardoned by President Trump for a drug trafficking conviction.

He was a Latin American president accused of colluding with some of the region’s most ruthless narco bosses to flood the United States with cocaine. “[Let’s] stuff the drugs right up the noses of the gringos,” the double-dealing politician once allegedly bragged as he lined his pockets with millions of dollars in bribes and turned his country into what many called a narco-state. The description…

Sofia Ferreira Santos and Alex Smith Reuters/Adriano Machado Jair Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after being determined a “concrete flight risk” while under house arrest. The right-wing former Brazilian president was found guilty of plotting a military coup in September and sentenced to more than 27 years in prison, but remains under house arrest pending appeals. Brazilian Supreme Court…

In an interview with FRANCE 24, Ukraine’s former president Petro Poroshenko described the ongoing corruption scandal as “the biggest danger for Ukraine”. His comments come as President Volodymyr Zelensky visits Paris. The scandal, which involves an estimated $100 million allegedly laundered through the energy sector, is reported to implicate Timur Mindich, a close ally of Zelensky. “This is the…