Ibero-American news: Pedro Sánchez publishes letter and could resign, university protest in Argentina, IMF reaches credit deal with Ecuador

Pedro Sánchez publishes a letter to the public and considers resignation

The Spanish Prime Minister made his position known after an investigation was opened against his wife, Begoña Gómez, for alleged influence peddling and corruption.

The secretary general of the PSOE (Socialist) party rejected this accusation and described the situation as a "harassment strategy" and "an outrage as serious as it is crude". In addition, he pointed against the right and ultra-right for the complaint filed by Manos Limpias and wrote in his text that he wonders whether he should continue in office or not.

Sánchez announced that he will cancel his public agenda for a few days and that on Monday, April 29, he will announce his final decision to the press.

Hundreds of thousands march for public universities in Argentina

This Tuesday, April 23 a federal protest in favor of free public university education took place in Argentina. It was a massive demostration against the economic cuts of Javier Milei’s government.

Official figures from the Ministry of Security indicate that there were between 100,000 and 150,000 in Plaza de Mayo, in front of the seat of the Argentine government in Buenos Aires.

There were also protests in Córdoba, Rosario and Mendoza, among other major cities.

IMF and Ecuador reach agreement on a new credit

The International Monetary Fund and the government of Daniel Noboa agreed on the delivery of a credit of approximately 4,000 million dollars, as informed by the entity in an official statement this Thursday, April 25.

Noboa’s administration began negotiating with the fund to obtain money to combat the scourge of organized crime and drug trafficking. The agreement comes after the meeting in Washington between the Minister of Economy of Ecuador, Juan Carlos Vega, and the head of the IMF, Kristalina Georgieva.

The agreement must be approved by the board of directors of the financial institution.

Author: Marina Vanni