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" An explosive hearing, but not new facts " headline this morning the Washington Post that explains in the preamble what must be remembered from this hearing: " President Trump is a liar, defective and perhaps even a criminal ". The details provided by Donald Trump's former personal attorney confirm what many already knew, the president knowingly lied to the Americans, he violated campaign finance laws, he knew Wikileaks intentions to reveal embarrassing information about his rival Hillary Clinton.
For the Washington Post Michael Cohen confirmed that the president's record of lies and concealment was full. An audition marked by the end-of-fact Republican elected officials who have not stopped questioning the credibility of Michael Cohen without taking the time to look at the evidence, details the Washington Post . Elected officials who have not sought to defend their president, says USA Today .
Rather than ignoring Mr. Cohen's allegations, these elected officials would have done better to follow his advice, the Washington Post estimates. Which reproduces a statement by Michael Cohen: " More and more people who support Donald Trump, like me : blindly, will suffer the same consequences as me ." An analysis of the Washington Post that also shares the columnist USA Today , which questions the blindness of these elected Republicans.
The precipitous end of the summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un
This Thursday morning, a few hours after the announcement, the US press does not detail what precipitated the end of this summit that was to last a few hours and which was to end with the signing of an agreement between the two leaders. Only precision: North Korea demanded the lifting of all the sanctions against him, which refused to do Donald Trump as he confirmed during a short speech before leaving Vietnam aboard Air Force One. A departure that does not mean the end of discussions as suggested by the New York Times .
Resumption of dialogue in Nicaragua in a climate of tension
This Wednesday, a first meeting as part of the resumption of dialogue between the government of Daniel Ortega and the opposition was held. And the least we can say is that these discussions are complicated. If in the early hours of Wednesday, it seemed to engage well after the announcement by the authorities of the release of political prisoners, a hundred according to La Prensa , the first meeting between the various parties was at least tense.
It was initially a question of defining the modalities, the rules for this dialogue. Twelve points were under study according to La Prensa . The two parties have agreed on the first nine points, but not the last three, the most sensitive since it involves, in particular, finding an agreement on the guarantor of this dialogue and on a possible mediator. And the problem is that the authorities do not want the Secretary General of the Organization of American States as guarantor. But Luis Almagro was the first and, it seems, the only choice of the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy, which brings together different sectors of the country and a good part of the opposition. But the authorities do not want to hear about La Prensa .
The bishop of Matagalpa Rolando Alvarez has been asked to leave the premises by the authorities who consider that he is among the most fervent opponents of the precise Hoy regime. Discussions should resume this Thursday, still in camera and normally the two parties should communicate on these famous twelve points discussed once the roadmap of these negotiations clearly defined. Negotiations scrutinized by the Nicaraguan army according to La Prensa since it has not hesitated to issue a statement in which it says to join the wish of Nicaraguans for a solution to be found as soon as possible to end this crisis .
But where is Juan Guaido?
That was the question everybody was asking on Wednesday in Venezuela. The interim president had announced that he would return to Venezuela soon, while Nicolas Maduro kept repeating that he was going to face justice. Finally yesterday at the end of the day the Brazilian daily La Folha de Sao Paulo informed its readers that Juan Guaido had arrived in Brazil. In Brasilia more precisely where he should meet in the day the Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro announces El Nacional . The Venezuelan National Assembly, of which Juan Guaido is also the president, informed yesterday that it had approved its absence from the country for a period of five days without specifying when it would return to Caracas.