In the News: Donald Trump lied to the Americans

US President Donald Trump during a press conference on September 4, 2020 at the White House.

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New controversy in the United States: according to the forthcoming book by journalist Bob Woodward, which among other things revealed the Watergate affair, President Donald Trump knew how deadly and easily transmissible Covid-19 was even before the pandemic does not begin on American soil.

Revelations that had the effect of a bomb this Wednesday.

It must be said that Bob Woodward recorded this interview with Donald Trump last February, when the president played down the disease in public.

Suddenly Wednesday night, the president tried to defend himself, explaining that he did not want to cause panic according to

.

That is to say, the same arguments he used in front of the journalist last February.

So why did you lie to the American people and the rest of the world, wonders the

columnist

, while at the same time the Trump administration accused China of withholding information.

This posture accelerated the spread of the virus since the necessary measures were not taken.

The result is clear to the columnist, in doing so the United States has recorded far more cases of illness and death than similar countries.

For example, if the United States had the same death rate as Canada explains the daily, more than 100,000 Americans could still be alive today.

The west coast of the United States ravaged by flames

Fires that affect both California and Washington State.

The photos published by the

are simply surreal.

" 

 " also headlines the daily.

Totally orange sky, with thick smoke, " 

 " explains the newspaper.

A total of a dozen homes are active, one of which alone burned more than one hundred thousand hectares, specifies the

.

Whole localities have disappeared, ravaged by flames.

Tens of thousands of evacuations have been carried out, but not enough as six people have lost their lives in the past twenty-four hours.

Three in California, in mountainous regions and three more in Washington State: a one-year-old child and his parents.

Police blunder causes riots in Colombia

Violent riots broke out on Wednesday following a police blunder in the Colombian capital.

A case which unfortunately recalls that of George Floyd in the United States.

Yesterday, Javier Ordoñez, a 46-year-old lawyer, father of two, died of electric shocks inflicted by police officers on Wednesday in Bogota.

A filmed scene details

.

And while the victim asked the officers to stop, as did the witnesses present, the police continued to inflict shocks.

The footage of this scene was quickly uploaded and relayed which prompted a reaction.

In this case, riots all over the country, explains

, which left five dead.

If the Bogota police chief considers that he has nothing to reproach these men, the mayor of Bogota speaks of abuse and considers that it is not an isolated case.

She calls for an investigation and exemplary penalties.

A case that could well have consequences believes the newspaper.

Arm wrestling between police and authorities in Argentina

Protests by police demanding salary increases continue for the third day in a row in the country's capital.

And this time some of the police officers were demonstrated even in front of the presidential palace in Buenos Aires says

.

Three days after the start of the movement, President Alberto Fernandez has finally reacted.

If he considers that the police requests are legitimate, he does not validate the method used to obtain them.

Yes, he said, we must increase salaries, settle the arrears and give these agents the means to carry out their work.

Problems that do not date from yesterday, but which have been amplified because of the pandemic, believes the columnist of

.

And for the moment no figure has been announced by the authorities explains

for whom it is urgent to act before the standoff hardens.

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