Carnets du monde 18.10.2020

United States: those Republicans who turn away from Trump

Just over two weeks before the presidential elections, Donald Trump is lagging behind and his opponent, Democrat Joe Biden, is joined by Republicans!

If 94% of Americans who declare themselves Republicans approve of Trump's action, the President of the United States has lost the support of some of them, moderates, who go so far as to campaign today against the candidate of their own camp.

Some voices that could count in some key election states.

Report and analysis by

, correspondent in the United States

Coronavirus "refugees" in Goa, India

In March, the coronavirus epidemic paralyzed air traffic: some tourists canceled their trips, others found themselves stranded abroad.

Little by little, the French were repatriated… but not all!

Many still stroll in what has become their adopted country, notably the seaside state of Goa, in India, which has become a paradise for these long-term vacationers.

After seven months of pandemic spent in the sun, difficult to take your return ticket.

Report and analysis by

, correspondent in India

A book in the world

Nicolas Carreau takes us to Patagonia, in Parker's truck, which transports goods in this immense deserted territory of South America.

Patagonia route 203 is a road trip in the middle of nowhere, a solitary wandering ... until Parker crosses the road of fairgrounds.

He falls under the spell of Maïten and follows his gang.

The screenwriter Eduardo Fernando Varela signs his first novel, with delirious and poetic adventures.

Patagonia route 203

, first novel by

Barrier gestures around the world: wearing a mask, physical distancing and recently curfews… What else?

… In Belgium: very early, in May, the government tried to have the social bubble admitted: a limited number of people who can be seen without barrier, in addition to those with whom we live.

Yet the “Bubble”, as it has been nicknamed, is one of the most contaminated countries in Europe.

The social bubble, too intrusive?

Response from Isabelle Ory

… in Germany: all windows open!

Regular ventilation is the 4th official measure in the fight against the coronavirus.

So much so that in the Land of Berlin, for example, parents have been asked to buy warm clothes for their children.

The government has even launched a major national plan to modernize the ventilation systems in public buildings, explains Hélène Kohl.

… In Russia: while the epidemic is on the rise, we remain faithful to germicidal lamps, the usefulness of which has not yet been demonstrated.

These lamps work with ultraviolet rays, which destroy germs and other viruses, decontaminating the air and surfaces.

Schools, hospitals, stores… all are equipped, says Elena Volochine.

… In Japan: health is entrusted to technologies: robots that check that you are wearing a mask, holograms that take the temperature or even smart cameras that assess the effectiveness of hand washing.

As little human contact as possible in a country where physical distance is already the rule.

Bernard Delattre tested for us.

… In Thailand: particularly severe quarantines are imposed on all foreigners who arrive: 16 days at the hotel without any going out, alone since even families are separated, meals are left in front of the door of the rooms by the staff… some establishments even forbid the opening of windows.

Cost of the stay?

At least a thousand euros.

Testimony of

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Travel to Autistan

Josef Schovanec

, philosopher-traveler and autistic sprinkler shares with us his outlook on the world, a little different ...

is inspired this week by World Bread Day: it would suffice to taste it to situate yourself on the globe.

In China, for example, it is almost non-existent, and strange or disturbing people are even called "bread eaters".

The countries of Eastern Europe, on the contrary, compete in inventiveness and the varieties of bread, symbol of hospitality, multiply.

Small mental mapping.