1.Colombia's Supreme Court this week called for President Gustavo Petro to send in written statements in a corruption case.
The case involves alleged fund misuse at the agency for disaster and emergency management.
Petro has been summoned to testify because one of the people allegedly involved was Ricardo Bonilla, who until last night was Petro's finance minister.
Petro has said he had no involvement and that, while he didn't think Bonilla was guilty, it was better for Bonilla to step down to avoid "attacks" against Petro's government.
2. Cuba's electric gridwent fully offline yesterday for the third time since late October, and until today only 50% had been re-established.
The island has been suffering from more acute outages in the past few months due to a lack of fuel, which authorities blame on the U.S. embargo and on wear and tear on the grid.
Yesterday's mass blackout was caused by power failures at the Antonio Guiteras plant, similar to October's blackout, while one in November was mostly caused by Hurricane Rafael.
