New York, Virginia… Election Day in the United States

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Eric Adams, mayor of Brooklyn and Democratic candidate for mayor of New York, during a televised debate with his Republican rival Curtis Sliwa on October 26, 2021 in New York City.

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By: Mikaël Ponge Follow |

Mikaël Ponge Follow

2 min

More or less stakes, more or less suspense this November 2, 2021 for the American Democratic camp, while several polls are being held.

Virginia received national attention, when victory was hardly in doubt in New York.

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It is a test ballot, almost a year after the election of Democratic President Joe Biden. The State of Virginia elects its governor on November 2, 2021. According to the press, it is a "remake" of the presidential election, but at the local level. In 2020, Joe Biden won Virginia 10 points ahead of Donald Trump, but now Terry McAuliffe, the aspiring Democrat, is neck and neck with Tory Glenn Youngkin. In New York, much less suspense. The name of the future mayor will be known this evening. And in the Democratic megalopolis of the American East Coast, it would take a dramatic turnaround not to see former black policeman Eric Adams settle in the chair. The profile of this candidate says a lot about the number 1 priority of the inhabitants: safety.Crimes and misdemeanors are on the increase in New York: + 64% of shootings this year (2021).

• Haiti: open letter to Joe Biden

It is published on the Alterpresse website.

write the signatories who wish to recall the responsibility that, according to them, the United States in the "scandalous fabrication of the situation of 'Haiti'.

They demand that Washington cease its "interference in the internal affairs of the country".

An interference that would have relied on international organizations such as the UN and the OAS and would have contributed to the collapse of the Haitian state, forcing thousands of people to flee their country.

The signatories are calling for a "break" with what they nicknamed a tutelage of their country by the international community and in particular the United States.

• Mexico, 3rd deadliest country for journalists

This November 2 is the date of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists.

Yet violence against journalists is on the rise around the world.

Mexico is the third deadliest country in 2021. According to the NGO Articulo 19, nearly 150 journalists have been killed since 2000. Two days ago (Sunday October 31, 2021) in Mexico, a photojournalist was killed in Acapulco.

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