On the front page: the elections turn into a "farce" in Nicaragua, Ortega installs the dictatorship
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Nicaraguan President DanielOrtega was re-elected for a fourth term.
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A "
real farce
", headlines the Spanish daily
El País
, "
a pantomime
" orchestrated by President Daniel Ortega, underlines for its part
The Washington Post
, which explains how the Nicaraguan president, at 75, made sure to win a fourth consecutive mandate at the head of the country "
by imprisoning all its potential opponents
". "
It is a bitter irony of history
", comments
Süddeutsche Zeitung
, which means that "
Daniel Ortega who freed the country from the dictatorship of the Somoza clan has in turn become an authoritarian leader
".
Passed in fifteen years from "
hero of freedom to dictator
", Ortega now leads his country "
on the path of the abyss
", estimates the German daily which recalls that "
thousands of people have already left their homeland, fleeing all at the same time economic chaos and government persecution
”. "
Nicaragua, one of the poorest countries in the world is sinking into dictatorship,
" also notes
The
Washington Post,
which explains that this constitutes "
a major challenge for the Biden administration
". The latter more widely fears "
the rise of authoritarianism in Central America
".
President Biden "
should impose new sanctions against the Nicaraguan authorities and increased surveillance of international loans granted to the country
".
Also under consideration, adds the
Post
, "
a review of Nicaragua's participation in the Central American Free Trade Agreement
," which has enabled the country to boost its exports to the United States.
Iraqi prime minister unharmed after drone attack
"
A terrorist attack
" strongly denounced by President Biden, underlines the
Washington Post
which, like the
Wall Street Journal
, reports how the Iraqi Prime Minister emerged "
miraculously unscathed from this attack with the drones loaded with explosives
", of which one hit his residence on Sunday morning, yet "
in the heart of the green zone of Baghdad
", an ultra-secure perimeter which also houses the United States Embassy.
The attack has not been claimed, but the entire press points to "
the militias supported by Iran
", "
while the post-election negotiations are tense
", explains the Swiss daily
Le Temps
.
These militias contest "
the result of the parliamentary elections last month where they suffered a real setback
", also comments
The Wall Street Journal
,
which reports that "
Iranian-backed paramilitary groups have already used drones in recent months to conduct attacks against US forces in Iraq and Syria
."
Xi Jinping prepares ground for third term in China
Meeting in plenum, the Chinese Communist Party "
is on the verge of adopting a new resolution, the third in its history which will seek to reaffirm the authority and reforms of Xi Jinping,
" said
South China Morning Post,
which reports that this "
Plenum of the Chinese Communist Party is being held (just) a year before the National Party Congress during which President Xi is expected to start a third term,
" the Hong Kong daily also notes.
After nine years in power, "
Xi Jinping will thus rewrite the past, to better orient the future of China
", headlines
The New York Times
, which explains that "
this new resolution will therefore reassess the 100-year history of the party.
", To better shape"
Chinese politics and society for the decades to come
", by dictating in particular, underlines the American daily,"
the way in which the authorities will teach the modern history of China in school books, films and television broadcasts, but also by validating all forms of censorship
”, so dear to Xi Jinping.
Taikonaut Wang Yaping, new space heroine
“The
first Chinese woman to perform a spacewalk
” last night, Wang Yaping was celebrated as “
a space heroine
” by the Chinese press.
The Global Times
salutes "
the bravery of this 41-year-old air force colonel
", who joined, he said, the small circle of "
15 women who thus walked in space, since the Russian cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya in 1984
”.
The Chinese daily sings the praises of women in space, "
with a more stable mind than men and with communicative energy that helps maintain the morale of the entire crew
."
Wang Yaping, who is part of the “
Shenzhou-13 mission is expected to stay six months in space,
” another upcoming record for the taikonaut.
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