Headlines: The United States faces the second wave of coronavirus

A man stands outside a booth for a free coronavirus test in Staten Island, New York, November 10, 2020. REUTERS / Brendan McDermid

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The health situation continues to deteriorate in the United States.

For a few weeks now, the country has been breaking records and hospitals have started to be overwhelmed by the number of new cases of coronavirus.

For the day of Wednesday alone, 136,000 new cases were detected, details

.

And there is no sign that suggests a reversal of the trend, according to the daily.

The country has more than ten million cases of Covid-19 and has so far recorded more than 240,000 dead, and it is the city of New York that accumulates the most deaths, according to the

, with 30,000 victims.

Hence the appeal launched by the

columnist

who calls for more drastic measures.

" 

 ”he said.

The

calls for the total closure of restaurants, gyms and sports halls, calls for teleworking, the wearing of compulsory masks.

The daily also calls on religious leaders to take responsibility.

Measures that would keep classrooms open and reduce new cases in New York, says the daily, before the situation gets out of hand.

Donald Trump seeks evidence of election fraud

Not a single evidence has surfaced, the

explained on

Thursday.

And the more the count advances in the States where it is not finished, the more the Joe Biden advance is confirmed.

According to the daily, Donald Trump and his relatives have spent the last days calling contacts to try to find this famous evidence, without obtaining anything.

Calls in which the outgoing president would talk about running in 2024, which means he would be well aware of having lost the presidential election.

But according to a member of his campaign team, the current tenant of the White House intends to persevere in this direction for another two or three weeks before finally accepting the results.

Fraud will be discovered, he said, but not enough to reverse the trend.

In Peru, the streets are mobilizing against political maneuvers

In Peru, four days after the dismissal of President Martin Vizcarra, the streets continue to mobilize.

And it is in this context that yesterday the one who occupied the post of president of the Congress, Manuel Merino de Lama, was sworn in as the new president of the country, details

.

An oath-taking under the noise of "cacerolazos", pot concerts, which could be heard throughout the capital and the boos of some 5,000 demonstrators who came to denounce political maneuvers, explains

.

And new mobilizations at the national level are already planned for today and tomorrow, announces the daily.

A tension that is likely to persist in the coming months before the holding of general elections scheduled for the moment on April 11, 2021, estimates

.

A TPS for the Guatemalans

In Guatemala, the authorities are awaiting a response from the United States after requesting temporary protection status for their nationals following the passage of storm Eta.

The TPS, the temporary protection status, is usually granted to countries which cannot come to the aid of their nationals or which fulfill special conditions, details

.

After the passage of the storm Eta which left at least 45 dead in this country and left more than 700,000 people homeless, Guatemala called for the establishment of this TPS to prevent Guatemalans from being deported from the United States. in their country and also to allow those who wish to leave to obtain official status in the United States.

A request was sent on Wednesday according to the daily and the authorities are now waiting for a response as soon as possible to avoid additional tragedies.

Argentina authorizes the use of medicinal cannabis

This new provision was published this Wednesday in the Official Journal, tells us

.

From now on, people registered with the Ministry of Health and who have the necessary prescriptions will be able to either cultivate cannabis at home, or go to a pharmacy to buy products derived from this plant for treatment.

Argentina was one of the last countries in the region not to allow the use of medical cannabis, recalls the daily.

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