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Fuerzas Armadas

World

Straight to... Washington and criticism of the decision to retransmit the Hasan shooting

In 2009, Nidal Hasan, a former United States Army psychiatrist, killed 13 people in a shooting at the Fort Hood military base. Hasan was sentenced to death in 2013 and will be the first person executed by a U.S. Armed Forces firing squad since 1945. The controversy now revolves around the Pentagon's decision to live broadcast its execution. To expand the issue, we talk to our correspondent in Washington, Carolina Valladares.

Politics

Drones and snipers: Trump announces a "military complex" in the arch of Washington's triumph

American President Donald Trump revealed that the bow of the triumph he plans to build in Washington D.C. will serve as a "first-class military complex," with the capacity to house drones and snipers, as well as to store ammunition. The transformation of the monument was decided "at the express request of the Armed Forces" and for reasons of national security, added the Republican, which pursues a controversial reform of the urban landscape of the American capital.