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By Dan Fastenberg (Reuters) - Fearing there may only be hours to stave off a capture, a former U.S. army captain who served in the war in Afghanistan is lobbying for the rescue of his former interpreter. Scott Henkel served during Operation Enduring Freedom in 2006 and 2007 as an army Alpha team leader. In an interview, Henkel said he spent the entirety of his time in Afghanistan with his interpreter whom he called Kevin, his nickname, to protect his identity. Henkel also declined to specify the province where the two worked together. Now 46, Henkel lives in Colorado and works as a project manager for a cybersecurity firm. I relied on my interpreter to help me navigate the culture, navigate the protocols and navigate the language barrier, he said. Among the most valued contributions from Kevin, Henkel said, was his ability to spot local leaders who had ties with the Taliban. He could tell that there was a reign of fear that was being implemented, in a particular town, Henkel said. He a ....
Career diplomat Oscar Maurtua was sworn in as Peru's new foreign minister on Friday to replace a leftist professor who resigned just weeks into the job over controversial comments he made before taking the role. ....
BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro raised the stakes in his battle with the country s Supreme Court on Friday, sending the Senate a request for the impeachment of one of its justices, according to the request seen by Reuters. Bolsonaro is seeking to impeach Justice Alexandre de Moraes after he opened an investigation into the president for allegedly leaking to the media a secret federal police report of a hacking that backed up his views that Brazil s electronic voting system was vulnerable to fraud. Moraes has also begun investigating Bolsonaro for his attacks on the Supreme Electoral Court, which has maintained that the electronic system is safe and can be audited. The president of the Senate, Rodrigo Pacheco, told reporters he will look at the request, but said he does not see political or technical grounds to impeach Moraes. The Supreme Court rejected Bolsonaro s request in a statement that it does not tolerate a magistrate being accused for his decisio ....