United States: billionaire Michael Bloomberg present at the next democratic debate

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By: Anne Verdaguer

Michael Bloomberg, American billionaire and Democratic nomination contestant for the November presidential election, will participate in his first televised campaign debate on Wednesday in Las Vegas. The former mayor of New York bet on a late entry into the US presidential campaign during "Super Tuesday" on March 3, and he climbed to third place in the average of the national polls.

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With Thomas Harms in Houston and Achim Lippold for the press review.

► Read on RFI: Headlines : Michael Bloomberg, the rising candidate

Haiti: The burning of the stands for the carnival in Port-au-Prince
A good part of the stands under construction at the Champ de Mars, the main public square in the Haitian capital, to host the next carnival, was burned down late Monday afternoon. The origin of the incident has not been identified. A police demonstration for recognition of their union was about to end when the fire broke out. With Gotson Pierre d'Alterpresse.

Canada: Trudeau tries to resolve the blockage around the construction of a gas pipeline
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has canceled an official visit to the Caribbean in extremis due to demonstrations by indigenous people who have been paralyzing rail traffic in the east of the country for more than a week due to the construction of a gas pipeline on their territory. The blockades of demonstrators in solidarity with the Wet'suwet'en nation led to the indefinite suspension of rail freight and passenger traffic in the east of the country with serious economic consequences. With Pascale Guericolas in Montreal.

► Read on RFI: In Canada, blockages against the construction of a gas pipeline persist

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