State of Emergency

Hi Global Recap readers,

I didn’t think my weekend would start with a State of Emergency, but here we are. The announcement is barely an hour old, and I have more questions than answers:

1. What are the actual numbers of people crossing the border?

2. Why is the Peruvian government’s official X account tagged as an NGO?

3. And how on earth has this important post only gotten 81 views?

🇵🇪 PERU
Emergency
at the Border

Peru has declared a state of emergency as a new wave of Venezuelan migrants heads north from Chile. It will remain in effect for 60 days, during which the national police will "strengthen order and surveillance."

• Shift: President Jose Jerí ordered more armed forces to Peru’s southern border after a spike in crossings near the Chilean frontier.

• Pressure: Many migrants are leaving Chile without legal status after hardline candidate Jose Antonio Kast warned they had "111 days" to leave before a new administration takes over, ahead of a presidential runoff scheduled for December 14. Kast is currently the favorite to win.

• Signal: Kast filmed a campaign video at the desert border telling undocumented migrants they would be detained and expelled under his leadership.

• Unknowns: However, while hundreds of thousands have reportedly crossed Peru over the years to settle in Chile, today’s northbound flow is being described as only "dozens" or "scores." There is no clear figure for how many people have decided to leave Chile (yet).

• Reaction: Peru’s Foreign Minister dismissed Kast’s comments and reminded voters that a candidate cannot speak for Chile’s government while Chile’s Interior Ministry warned that rhetoric can trigger real movement on the ground.

🇮🇷 IRAN
Elite Western
Wedding

A leaked wedding video just circulated inside Iran and it landed like a brick, showing Ali Shamkhani (the Supreme Leader's aide) walking his daughter Fatemeh down a hotel aisle in a low cut Western gown that defies the rules his own circle enforces.

• Venue: The event took place in mid 2024 at Tehran's Espinas Palace Hotel, a spot known for luxury far from the daily grind most Iranians face.

• Dress: Fatemeh wore a strapless gown with a light veil instead of the head covering required for Iranian women under state law.

• Contrast: Many guests skipped coverings and leaned into Western fashion, which highlighted the gap between elite privilege and public restriction.

• Backstory: Shamkhani has held senior security roles and helped direct the crackdown on protests in 2022, which makes the family’s choices feel pointed to many Iranians.

• Reaction: The video spread through encrypted apps and sparked a wave of commentary about double standards inside the ruling class.

🇺🇸 UNITED STATES
Trump Cancels
Autopen Orders

Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he will cancel every Biden executive order that he claims was signed with an autopen.

• Claim: Trump told supporters that Biden was "not involved" in many signatures, though he offered no evidence.

• Attack: Trump argued that roughly 92% of Biden-era orders were invalid because staff used the autopen without proper approval.

• Pushback: Biden and former aides insisted he personally made every decision and rejected accusations of staff control.

• Irony: Trump acknowledged his own autopen use but said it was only for "very unimportant papers."

• Opinions: Critics say this opens the door for future presidents to take office and overturn their predecessors’ executive orders on day one. Supporters argue that Biden may not have fully understood what he was signing and that autopen signatures are only valid when a president of lucid and sound mind knowingly authorizes them—not when aides do so on his behalf.

Oversight Committee

🇹🇷 TURKEY
Blasts Hit
Shadow Tankers

Two Russia-linked oil tankers caught fire off Turkey’s Black Sea coast after a sudden blast. Both ships belong to the quiet network of vessels Moscow uses to keep its crude moving around sanctions.

• Targets: The Kairos, a 900-foot tanker traveling from Egypt to Russia, erupted in flames as Turkish authorities rushed in to pull out all 25 crew. Farther east, the 820-foot Virat belched smoke from its engine room after a hit that forced its 20 personnel to shelter and wait for help.

• Pattern: These incidents follow a run of unexplained damage to tankers tied to Russia’s so-called "shadow fleet."

• Response: Turkey’s maritime agency coordinated evacuations while investigators began piecing together what actually happened.

🇺🇦 UKRAINE
Kyiv Delegation
Heads Stateside

A senior Ukrainian team is flying to the US for talks over a Trump backed peace plan that hinges on a controversial Russian demand. They are set to meet Trump envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Florida as pressure builds on Kyiv to accept a plan built around concessions it has long opposed in various forms.

• Envoys: Rustem Umerov and Sergiy Kyslytsya will represent Kyiv in meetings that follow a recent Witkoff call with a Kremlin official, where he discussed coordinating on how to pitch the peace proposal.

• Leverage: Washington pushed Kyiv to signal agreement by Thanksgiving after a rush of back channel work in Geneva that slimmed down the toughest issues.

• Exclusion: European partners are being kept at arm's length and looped in only when their input directly affects security arrangements with the US.

• Standoff: Vladimir Putin restated his call for the Ukrainian army to pull back from parts of Donetsk that Russia has failed to seize by force, a position Kyiv has flatly rejected.

• Tension: It's worth flagging this. Zelenskyy is taking political hits at home after corruption accusations led his Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak to step down on Friday.

  • Maybe it's coincidence, maybe it's not, but the timing lands right as pressure builds for him to accept the deal.

  • Scroll through social media and you'll find the scandal being thrown around as "proof" that Ukraine's aid money is wired straight into his "Swiss bank account."