Headlines: No short-term plan to help Americans

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Exchanges of courtesies between the White House and the Republican camp on the one hand and the Democratic Party on the other this Monday, August 10, who blame themselves for the failure last weekend of negotiations on an aid plan to Americans. An essential plan in this period of pandemic, which is more in the United States, the country most affected by the coronavirus, recalls Politico . And it was the White House that started the discussions with a tweet from Donald Trump: "  We would like the Democrats to focus on something other than the bailout of badly run states. », Can we read in particular. The American president then explained that the Democratic camp was finally ready to meet him to find an agreement, which those concerned deny. A totally blocked situation. A bi-partisan agreement therefore seems unlikely, believes Politico , at least in the short term. The Republicans are camped on their position: a trillion dollars for a plan deemed too light by the Democrats who are asking for three trillion dollars to come to the aid of the Americans and who say they are now ready even to accept an envelope of two thousand billion, which the White House categorically refuses.

The White House wants to lock the borders in the face of Covid-19

The Trump administration is reportedly considering barring US citizens and residents on its soil from re-entering if they are infected with the coronavirus. Information that made the front pages of the New York Times and the Washington Post . According to the capital daily, “  White House officials have circulated a proposal that would give US border authorities the right to prevent US citizens and permanent residents from entering the country from Mexico if they are suspected of being infected with the new coronavirus  ”. The Washington Post explains that it does not know if the administration has this right. But according to an official from the White House, the question would not arise since it would be a question of setting up a declaration of public health emergency that would allow the application of this proposal. For the New York Times , such a directive would close the loop since American citizens and permanent residents are for the moment the only ones who can still enter the United States.

Cuba facing a resurgence of the coronavirus

According to the Ministry of Public Health, "  the situation could get out of hand  ", can we read in a 14 y medio . And it is not only the capital Havana that is concerned. Other areas of the island are also experiencing a significant increase in the number of coronavirus cases. This is particularly the case in Camajuaní, Artemisa and Pinar del Río. In Havana, which has returned to the containment phase, we learn from El Nuevo Herald , the authorities have increased reception capacities for patients with Covid-19, details Trabajadores . Authorities who call on Cubans to show good citizenship. Social behavior is one of the keys to coming to terms with this pandemic according to Trabajadores , a press organ close to power.

In Chile: start of partial deconfinement for a limited number of municipalities

A total of nineteen municipalities in the country have lifted the so-called total quarantine which had been in place for eighty-seven days, explains La Tercera . The daily focused on the municipality of Providencia, which is part of the capital Santiago. 157,000 inhabitants again had the right to move freely on Monday to do their shopping, without any authorization being necessary. The photos show crowded sidewalks. The measures to allow this slight opening remain strict: no more than two people at a time in the shops, wearing a compulsory mask and hydro-alcoholic gel at the entrance to all buildings. And proof that the inhabitants of this town needed to get out: the flow of vehicles increased by more than 13% compared to the previous Monday. A flow that should continue to progress slowly according to the Minister of Transport quoted in the columns of the daily.

Frenchman Benoît Maria killed in Guatemala

Benoît Maria (60), director of the NGO Agronomists and Veterinarians Without Borders in Guatemala, had been working for 20 years in the territory of the Ixil ethnic group, in the northeast of the country, details La Hora . He was killed yesterday during an armed attack on a road in this territory. For the moment we do not know the reasons for this tragedy, but an investigation has been opened precisely the daily. Only detail reported: the pickup in which Benoît Maria was driving was riddled with bullets. A death that sparked many reactions on social networks says the daily La Hora .

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