In the news: in Haiti, the police again make their anger heard

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The police demonstrated again this Wednesday, February 19, in the streets of Port-au-Prince. The climate is tense in Haiti with a growing distrust of citizens, including the police, towards the authorities. Police officers on Monday evening set fire to the carnival booths supposed to start on Sunday. They demand better working conditions and the right to form a union.

Frantz Duval, editor-in-chief of the newspaper Le Nouvelliste returns to the reasons for this anger, the risk of the implosion of the Haitian National Police and the uncertainty that this new protest movement poses to the Haitian situation.

Analysis by Frantz Duval, editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Le Nouvelliste"

Democratic nomination in the United States: Michael Bloomberg big loser of his first televised debate

Michael Bloomberg was playing big yesterday in his first televised debate against the five best placed opponents in the race for the Democratic nomination. On the Las Vegas scene, just before the Nevada caucus on Saturday, his primary rivals did not spare the billionaire. Michael Bloomberg has been criticized for his fortune and summoned to explain his often embarrassing past. Faced with a barrage of questions, the former mayor of New York appeared ill-prepared and destabilized.

The conservative tabloid New York Post publishes in A photomontage which says a lot about this first public performance of the billionaire facing his democratic opponents: we see the face of Michael Bloomberg covered with bruises and bandages, symbol of the blows that this candidate centrist had to wipe last night in Las Vegas. Less populist, but no less ambiguous, this phrase from the Los Angeles Times : “ Bloomberg has arrived at the strong debate of its breakthrough in the polls. He came out bloody ”. The CNN channel's website speaks of a " disastrous start ". For the former mayor of New York, " who claims to be the only moderate able to defeat Bernie Sanders and especially to overthrow Donald Trump, it was a lost night ".

One of the Washington Post editorial writers sums up very well what many are writing this morning: " The former mayor of New York who appeared on stage in Las Vegas was nothing like the confident and dominant character that we see and hear constantly in the television, radio and online spots that his campaign team produced for the modest sum of $ 409 million , "notes the newspaper, which continues:" During much of the debate, Michael Bloomberg seemed to disappear. When the camera caught him while one of his opponents was talking, he looked annoyed and sometimes lost. He was clearly taken aback, even by questions that everyone knew would arise . ” And the Washington Post concludes: “ Mike Bloomberg's best moment on Wednesday evening was five minutes before the start of the Democratic debate. It was when one of his ubiquitous television spots was broadcast on MSNBC . ”

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