"Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, commonly known as ""El Mencho,"" was the founder and leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), one of Mexico's largest and most violent criminal organizations. He was killed during a military operation in Feburary 2026. "

Chhina officially recognizes 55 ethnic minority groups and administers five autonomous regions, including Guangxi, Tibet, and Xinjiang. Guangxi is home to the Zhuang, China's largest ethnic minority, and is generally characterized by lower levels of security enforcement, greater emphasis on economic integration, and symbolic recognition of minority identity while maintaining Chinese state authority and Mandarin as the primary language of public life. In contrast, Xinjiang has been governed with substantially greater security measures, political oversight, and restrictions on certain cultural and religious activities. For the purposes of this debate, the ""Guangxi model"" refers to the governance approach currently employed in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

Prostitution is illegal in Thailand under the Prevention and Suppression of Prostitution Act (1996), but the law is widely unenforced: sex work operates openly, is closely tied to the tourism economy, and is sustained by selective enforcement and police bribery.

"Buen Vivir (or ""Good Living"") is a political and philosophical concept originating in Indigenous South American movements, particularly Andean cultures, that focuses on living in harmony with nature and community rather than pursuing wealth accumulation and individual develop

Islamic banking is a financial model governed by Islamic law (Shariah). Banks cannot lend money at a fixed or guaranteed rate of return. Charging or paying interest is prohibited. Rather than issuing a loan and collecting interest, the bank typically co-invests. It shares in the actual profit or loss of the venture or asset it finances (e.g. it co-owns a house or business and takes a share of the returns, or the loss). Financing must be tied to a real, tangible asset or economic activity — not to pure debt or speculative instruments. Highly speculative products (e.g. much of conventional derivatives trading) are prohibited.

"Radical life-extension"" refers to biomedical interventions aimed at dramatically extending the maximum human lifespan (e.g., to 150+ years) or halting biological aging altogether. Such technology does not aim to make incremental improvements in healthspan or treating specific diseases. For the purpose of this debate, such technology already exists."