Headlines: Republicans close ranks behind Donald Trump

US President Donald Trump refuses to acknowledge his defeat to Joe Biden in the presidential election.

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More and more Republicans are supporting Donald Trump in his refusal to acknowledge defeat.

According to the

, there are already too many Republicans playing Donald Trump's game.

An outgoing president who " 

 ", specifies the

.

Nevertheless, continues the newspaper: these same so-called " 

 " who for four years have supported the president in his effort to undermine the foundations of the Constitution are helping him today in his crusade against the country's democracy. .

Towards a complicated power transition

The head of the services that manage the transition of power is also aligned with Donald Trump.

As the

notes

, she refuses to trigger the process that allows the new team to prepare for taking office from next January.

One thing is certain, according to the

 : these attempts to discredit the electoral process are dangerous in several ways.

They further undermine the confidence of Americans in their institutions.

And they make the task of Joe Biden who wants to bring the country together, very difficult.

The

relates that the accusations of fraud also target Republican officials.

This is the case for example in Georgia where the Republican Secretary of State in charge of the elections faces the anger of the two candidates of his party for the posts of senators.

Furious that they must face a second round against their Democratic rivals because they did not receive the absolute majority of the votes, David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler ask the person in charge of the electoral process to resign.

The reasons for their anger?

Like Donald Trump, they believe that the senatorial election was marred by irregularities, accusations that were launched without providing any evidence, specifies the

.

Peruvian president ousted

The Parliament voted Monday, November 9, 2020 the dismissal of the President of the Republic, Martin Vizcarra, for " 

 ".

He is accused of alleged bribes he allegedly received as governor in 2014. With undisguised concern.

According to

, the Congress by its decision to dismiss the president plunges the country in uncertainty.

The newspaper points out that the impeachment comes as the country is going through one of the most difficult times in its history because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

" 

 ", headlines the daily.

El Comercio

accuses the senators of having made their decision without even waiting for the conclusions of the investigation.

For the newspaper

, the hour is serious.

What happened yesterday is neither more nor less a parliamentary coup, a plot concocted by schemers who thus put an end to 20 years of democracy in Peru.

Brazil suspends clinical trials of Chinese experimental vaccine

A suspension linked to a serious incident observed in a volunteer, according to the Brazilian health authority.

The Chinese laboratory, however, said it was confident in the safety of its product.

In any case, President Jair Bolsonaro is already celebrating the suspension of testing, headlines the weekly

.

According to

, he is exploiting this incident for his re-election campaign.

His very probable rival, the governor of Sao Paulo Joao Doria had not ceased to defend this Chinese vaccine, by calling for compulsory vaccination of the population.

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