In the News: Joe Biden has come a long way in the United States

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For the Dallas Morning News , that's for sure: now, " it's a fight between two men ". A winning streak " strengthens Joe Biden's candidacy" for the Democratic nomination, the Washington Post writes. " He is alive!" "Headlines the New York Post . A hand emerging from the ground occupies the front page of the tabloid. " He's resuscitating, " adds La Opinion , the Spanish-speaking newspaper in California, a state in which Bernie Sanders came first. " Joe Biden has achieved results far beyond expectations, " said Buzz Feed News , with " about 30 percent of voters in the exit polls said they had made up their mind in recent days " alone . For Politico , Biden " reshaped the primaries " and " obtained the match against Bernie Sanders who seemed to be a pipe dream a few days ago ".

Two big absent from the headlines of this daily newspaper this Wednesday morning: Elizabeth Warren, far behind this leading duo, even in Massachusetts, of which she is however a senator; and Mike Bloomberg who nevertheless spent more than half a billion dollars before embarking on this Super Tuesday. " The proof that you can't buy a chair, " concludes the Vox info site. " Bloomberg's worst investment to date could be its presidential campaign ." The billionaire has since announced that he is stepping down from the race and supporting Joe Biden.

Colombia vs UN

Elsewhere on the American continent, the press reports on the unprecedented diplomatic tension between the government of President Ivan Duque and UN agencies. This follows, in particular, the report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, which warns of “ the killings and other alleged abuses committed by soldiers and police since the 2016 peace agreement with the ex-Farc guerrillas ”. This report was deemed " imprecise " and " biased " by Bogota. The situation is likely to worsen, explains El Espectador , with the conclusions presented today in Geneva on the situation of human rights defenders in Colombia. One of the editors of the “Opinion” pages of the Colombian newspaper El Pais denounces “ a double standard, two measures ”, and “ hypocrisy ” of the UN agencies, whose reports are made, according to him, on the basis of “ simple geopolitical calculations ”. In any case, for El Espectador , " every time we talk about human rights in Colombia, there is a controversy ". Especially since the " figures do not match ", between NGOs, the prosecutor's offices and the government.

Brazil "the tragedies do not respect the political calendar"

In Brazil, the flood toll increases to at least 16 dead. Torrential rains fell in the area of ​​the port of Santos, near São Paulo, during the night of Monday to Tuesday. O Globo urgently demands in his editorial " a national flood control plan ". " The climate has undergone profound changes in São Paulo in 60 years, " adds the newspaper Folha . " The rains are more intense and the temperature is almost 3 degrees higher ".

According to O Globo , “ we can no longer pretend that the problem does not exist. It is impossible to prevent these phenomena from happening, but it is quite possible to prepare the cities ”. First step: " mapping of risk areas, displacement of families living in the most vulnerable places ", or 8 million people, according to a report quoted by the major Brazilian media. For O Globo , “ it must be a state plan, so that it is not linked to one government or another. The tragedies do not respect the political calendar ”.

United States : abortion right restricted by the Supreme Court ?

Return to the United States with the future of the right to abortion at stake before the Supreme Court. The highest American court begins to examine this Wednesday a law of Louisiana which obliges the doctors practicing abortions to obtain a license to practice in a hospital located less than 50 km from the clinic. Louisiana already has only three clinics of this type, insists the editorial committee of the New York Times . In 2016, public radio NPR recalls, the Court had rejected a similar law in Texas, ruling that it “ created unconstitutional obstacles to access to abortion by making it difficult or impossible to staff the clinics performing these procedures. "

" But today, the composition of the Supreme Court is different, " said NPR . " Thanks to President Trump's two judicial appointments (...) a majority of judges are now a priori hostile to the right to abortion, " adds the New York Times . This Supreme Court decision expected in a few months would not overturn the Roe v. Wade decision (the right to abortion itself), but " would be a sneaky way to undermine women's rights by limiting their access " at abortion, according to the daily. " Millions of American women would find themselves with a constitutional right that they cannot exercise - that is, no real rights at all ."

Ronan Farrow cuts ties with his publishing house

Finally, the famous journalist Ronan Farrow, who helped launch the #Metoo movement by revealing the Weinstein affair , breaks ties with his publishing house. The Hachette group plans to publish the memoirs of his father, director Woody Allen, next month. In 1992, recalls the Huffington Post , " accusations surfaced that Woody Allen ... had sexually abused [his adopted daughter] Dylan Farrow. The police investigated ..., but Allen has never been charged . " The director denies these accusations reiterated since by Dylan, his brother Ronan and their mother, actress Mia Farrow.

Ronan Farrow talks about " betrayal, " says the New York Times . " While you and I were working on [my book]" Catch and Kill "- which deals in part with the harm that Woody Allen did to my family - you secretly intended to publish a book of the person who committed these acts of sexual abuse , "he said in a statement. " Imagine it was your sister ." The editor replies that " a large audience wants to hear the story of the life of Woody Allen (...) told by Woody Allen ".

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