Headlines: United States braces for latest Donald Trump-Joe Biden debate
The desks are set up for the last debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, October 21, 2020 in Nashville.
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Some Americans say they have better things to do tonight than watch the latest debate between the two presidential candidates, Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden.
It's true, sighs the
Dallas Morning News
, "
we have suspected for a long time that it will not be a debate of ideas, but rather a heckling, a fight, even a trash fire
".
Even so, "
10 million voters are going to connect
" to watch it, underlines the newspaper, which estimates that with 12 days remaining, this debate represents for Donald Trump "
the best chance to make stand his accusations on the ethics of Joe Biden
", and for the Democratic candidate one last opportunity to explain"
his beliefs, apart from the fact that he is not Donald Trump.
"
In addition, noted in an editorial in The
New York Times
, this debate offers "
the invention everyone dreams of
: a button to silence Trump
."
When one of the two candidates speaks, his opponent's microphone will be muted for two minutes.
"
The Trump team has made it known that they hated, but then really, this idea
", reports the newspaper, while estimating that "
no one will benefit more than Donald Trump
", who during the first debate interrupted Joe Biden and the moderator averaged every 42 seconds, "
which was, of course, a disaster,
" said the daily.
The
Wall Street Journal also
notes that "
advisers urged him to rethink his preparation for debate
", but according to information from the daily "
Wednesday evening Donald Trump had not participated in any preparatory meeting
".
Barack Obama offensive
The press also speaks of the intervention, much less angry that one, but very critical of Donald Trump, of former President Barack Obama on Wednesday evening.
While Joe Biden is discreet to protect his campaign from Covid-19, the
Washington Post
notes
, Barack Obama goes to the front and goes to Philadelphia, in the heart of "
one of the most disputed states in the country
", Pennsylvania, notes the
Wall Street Journal
.
Who speaks of a "
scathing
"
attack
on Donald Trump, "
ardent
" and "
devastating
" for the
Washington Post
, which notes that the former president attacked Donald Trump on all kinds of subjects - the payment of his taxes, the theories conspirators he relays, his way of managing the economy, his efforts to destroy Obamacare.
The daily recalls that, throughout this campaign, Barack Obama was a weighty understudy for Joe Biden when it came to raising funds or motivating activists.
Donald Trump reacted shortly after his speech, reports the
Wall Street Journal
, by asserting that "
no one had campaigned as much as he to support '
Hillary the crook
'
", and by implying, once again "
that the former president could be a Muslim, while he is a Christian
”.
Demonstration and general strike in Colombia
Yesterday, several thousand people demonstrated in Bogota and other cities of the country, including locals, students and teachers.
Main objective: to denounce violence in the most remote regions.
In the press, everyone is happy that these demonstrations took place without clashes.
In
Semana
, the mayor of Bogota Claudia Lopez praises this “
good behavior
”: “
no infiltration of the rebels of the ELN or the Farcs, nor of snipers, to delegitimize this mobilization
”.
As you said, the locals were there - they had already demonstrated peacefully on Monday, and according to Interior Minister Alicia Arango quoted by
Semana
they "
showed Colombians that it was possible to demonstrate peacefully
".
But as they could not debate as they wanted with the president, they have now decided to return to their territories, the newspaper notes.
For its part,
El Tiempo
reports the words of the president of the teachers' union Fecode, who opposes the return to class in the midst of a pandemic.
Nelson Alarcon says he expects more days of protest on November 21, a year after the 2019 national strike.
AEO and elections
The OAS, the Organization of American States, has been in General Assembly for the past two days, and it has been talking about elections.
The Bolivian newspaper
Los Tiempos
notes that the OAS congratulated La Paz on its presidential election, which put Luis Arce, the dolphin of ex-president Evo Morales, at the head of the country: "
no fraudulent action
" commends the OAS, which gives "
a high level of legitimacy to the incoming government
."
For its part, Venezuela was less appreciative of the decisions of the OAS, which will recognize the upcoming elections on December 6 only "
if the necessary conditions of freedom, justice, impartiality and transparency are put in place, guaranteeing the participation of all parties. political actors and citizens
”, reports
El Luchador
, who adds:“
Knowing that the main part of the opposition announced that it would not participate in these elections which it considers fraudulent
”.
Ultimas Noticias
, close to President Nicolas Maduro, reproduces the reaction of Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza: "
All this is just a broken record of the failure of their resolutions
" (those of the OAS) against Venezuela.
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