5 things for this December 19: Trump, the third president facing political trial

Trump is officially the third president of the United States facing a political trial. Evo Morales reacts to the arrest warrant against him. Is there a great international conflict in 2020? This is what you should know to start the day. First the truth. Subscribe to the newsletter

1. Officially there is political judgment

President Donald Trump is the third president in the history of the United States to face a political trial. The House of Representatives approved the charges and now the Senate will hold a trial to consider whether the president should be removed from office. However, there is increasing evidence that the political trial procedures against Trump may actually be helping him politically and that is why there is alarm among the Democrats.

2. Order of apprehension against Evo Morales

The Public Ministry of Bolivia, through the Departmental Prosecutor's Office of La Paz, issued an arrest warrant on Wednesday against former President Evo Morales to respond to the alleged commission of the crimes of sedition, terrorism and terrorist financing. The ex-president said it is an "unfair, illegal and unconstitutional arrest warrant."

3. Bachelet presents a plan to guarantee respect for human rights in Venezuela

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, offered an oral update on the human rights situation in Venezuela on Wednesday and presented the commission's support plans.

4. Dog puppies would be making people sick

Puppies: cute hairballs. But, according to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), they are also linked to an outbreak of a multi-state infection that is resistant to multiple drugs. A strain of the Campylobacter jejuni bacteria has so far infected 30 people in 30 states, the CDC said.

5. Is there a great international conflict in 2020?

Of course, believe columnist Carlos Alberto Montaner. "The great irony is that Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are doomed to face each other, despite the good personal relationship that both leaders have," says the Cuban writer and analyst. “One of the reasons lies in the expansion of NATO. As it is an alliance of 29 countries, with great popular and institutional support, Trump cannot prevent other European nations from joining. ”

At coffee time

They find two anchors deep in the sea that could belong to Hernán Cortés boats

Two iron anchors, one of 3.68 meters long and another of 2.6 meters, which rested for about five centuries at the bottom of the sea, were found by researchers from the National Institute of Anthropology and History of Mexico.

A solution to plastic sorbets may be herbs

A young Vietnamese businessman has found an ecological way to taste drinks by transforming the hollow herb into reusable and biodegradable sorbets.

Soccer, more than a tradition in the land of Carlos Vives

Carlos Vives loves football and in his hometown of Santa Marta, in Colombia, the tradition of that sport is breathed in every corner.

The day's figure

$ 100,000 million

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, commonly known as the Mormon Church, responded Tuesday to a complaint recently filed in which he is accused of accumulating US $ 100,000 million in accounts destined for charities, deceiving members and avoid paying taxes.

The date of the day

"I forced her out because she is corrupt"

Rudy Giuliani , the personal lawyer of President Donald Trump, acknowledges that he sought the removal of the former US ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch. Giuliani believed that he would intervene in the investigation he was driving against former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter.

And to finish…

NASA discovers a new type of magnetic explosion in the Sun

The NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory identified a new type of magnetic explosion in the Sun. The finding can help scientists understand the mystery about the Sun's atmosphere.