News from March 2019
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
Release: Equatorial Guinea is nominally a multiparty constitutional republic. Since a military coup in 1979, President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has dominated all branches of government in collaboration with his clan and political party, the Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea (PDGE), which he founded in 1991. President Obiang received a claimed 93.7 percent of the vote in an election that many considered neither free nor fair in April 2016.
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Guinea is a constitutional democratic republic in the early stages of a transition from decades of authoritarian rule. In 2015 President Alpha Conde won re-election with 58 percent of the vote. The election was generally regarded as free and fair. The last round of legislative elections was held in 2013...
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
Release: Uzbekistan is a constitutional republic with a political system dominated by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and his supporters. In 2016 former prime minister Shavkat Mirziyoyev won the presidential elections with 88 percent of the vote. The Organization for Security and Cooperation (OSCE) in Europe’s Office...
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Malta is a constitutional republic and parliamentary democracy. The president is the head of state, appointed by a resolution of the unicameral parliament (House of Representatives) for a term of five years. The House of Representatives appointed a new president in 2014. The president names as prime minister the leader of the party winning a majority of seats in parliamentary elections. Early parliamentary elections held in 2017 were considered free and fair.
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
Release: The Principality of Liechtenstein is a multiparty constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government. Prince Hans Adam II is the official head of state, although in 2004 Hereditary Prince Alois assumed the day-to-day duties of head of state, exercising the rights of office on behalf of the reigning ...
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Panama is a multiparty constitutional democracy. In 2014 voters chose Juan Carlos Varela Rodriguez as president in national elections that international and domestic observers considered generally free and fair.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Ranking Member Rodney Davis (R-IL) from today’s Subcommittee hearing entitled, “Aligning Federal Surface Transportation Policy to Meet 21st Century Needs":
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
Release: Haiti is a constitutional republic with a multiparty political system. Voters elected Jovenel Moise as president for a five-year term in national elections held in November 2016, and he took office in February 2017. The most recent national legislative elections were held in January 2017. International election observers considered the elections free and fair.
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
Release: Japan has a parliamentary government with a constitutional monarchy. Shinzo Abe, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, became prime minister in 2012. Lower House elections in October 2017, which Prime Minister Abe’s party won with a large majority, were considered free and fair.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Willie Lee Lewis (47, Ocala) today pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. He faces a minimum mandatory sentence of 15 years, and up to life, in federal prison. Lewis was indicted on Feb. 13, 2019.
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Cameroon is a republic dominated by a strong presidency. The country has a multiparty system of government, but the Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement (CPDM) has remained in power since its creation in 1985. In practice the president retains the power to control legislation. On October 7, citizens...
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
Release: The United States recognizes the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) and Tibetan autonomous prefectures (TAPs) and counties in Sichuan, Qinghai, Yunnan, and Gansu Provinces to be a part of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) Central Committee oversees Tibet policies. As...
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
Release: Cuba is an authoritarian state led by Miguel Diaz-Canel, president of the Council of State and Council of Ministers, with former president Raul Castro serving as the first secretary of the Communist Party (CP). Cuba has a one-party system in which the constitution recognizes the CP as the only legal...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Burlington, VT - The U.S. Marshals Service and the Springfield Police Department arrested a fugitive who had an active Vermont arrest warrant, dating back to December 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Austin Pratt, 30, of Conesus, NY, was charged by criminal complaint with enticement of a minor and production of child pornography. The charges carry a minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX- On March 11, 2019, Rodney Vern Buckinghorse, 38 of Pinon, Ariz., was sentenced by District Judge G. Murray Snow to 48 months’ imprisonment. Buckinghorse had previously pleaded guilty to possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
Release: The Republic of Croatia is a constitutional parliamentary democracy. Legislative authority is vested in the unicameral parliament (Sabor). The president serves as head of state and nominates the prime minister, who leads the government, based on majority support of the Croatian Parliament. The latest ...
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
Release: Slovenia is a parliamentary democracy and constitutional republic. Power is shared among a directly elected president (head of state), a prime minister (head of government), and a bicameral parliament composed of the National Assembly (lower house) and the National Council (upper house). On June 3, the country held parliamentary elections. Observers considered the elections free and fair.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Four individuals, including two from Columbus, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to conspiring to illegally purchase firearms.
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
Release: Guatemala is a multiparty constitutional republic. In January 2016 James Ernesto Morales Cabrera of the National Convergence Front party was sworn into office for a four-year term as president. International observers considered the presidential election held in 2015 as generally free and fair.