Journal of Haiti and the Americas

Explosive testimony on the Capitol assault

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Cassidy Hutchinson, former assistant to Trump's White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, testifies on June 28, 2022 as former President Donald Trump reacted in his vehicle, after being told he could not surrender at the Capitol, January 6, 2021. AP - Jacquelyn Martin

By: Justine Fontaine Follow

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Donald Trump tried to join the rioters during the storming of the capitol on January 6, 2021, according to a former White House aide, who testified Tuesday evening (June 28, 2022) before the Congressional Commission of Inquiry.

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Cassidy Hutchinson gave unpublished elements on this day when rioters who did not recognize the defeat of Donald Trump in the presidential election stormed the Capitol.

This testimony caused the American press to react, which

read .

The Ecuadorian press returns to the failed attempt to dismiss President Guillermo Lasso on Tuesday evening and the demonstrations which continue in Quito.

In Chile, end clap for the Constituent Assembly, which officially ended its work on Tuesday (June 28, 2022) and will be dissolved on July 4, after having transmitted the draft new Constitution to President Gabriel Boric.

A referendum is scheduled for September 4, 2022, "for" or "against" the adoption of this new Constitution.

Harlem, beacon of African-American culture and politics

In this diary, we delve into the history of this mythical New York neighborhood, with its red sandstone houses and stairs in front of the front doors.

Beginning in the 1920s, Harlem indeed became a cultural and political beacon for the black community.

Véronique Jullien, doctor in American History, devotes a chapter to the emergence of Harlem, in the collective work “

”.

interviewed her for this newspaper.

On the front page of the newspaper of the 1st

In the Overseas newspaper, our colleagues from "La Première" mention the partial closure of the Center Hospitalier de l'Ouest Guyanais (CHOG), which is following in the footsteps of other French hospitals by restricting access to its service for emergency room.

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