VOA60: December 8, 2022

U.S. President Joe Biden says Russia has freed American basketball star Brittney Griner in exchange for the release of Russian arms seller Viktor Bout.

United Nations investigators say the rebel group M23 killed 131 villagers last month in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

In Peru, Vice President Dina Boluarte is sworn in following the removal of former President Pedro Castillo after he attempted to dismiss Congress.

And in Guatemala, a court sentences former President Otto Perez and Vice President Roxana Baldetti to 16 years in prison for corruption.

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I applaud that different countries stop idiots who carry their "personal dose of marijuana or cocaine" in their luggage. Hopefully they spend a long time in jail, see if this serves as medicine against drug addiction.