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US President Donald Trump has finally signed the $ 900 billion stimulus package.
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Donald Trump finally signed the $ 900 billion stimulus package.
"
Completely unexpectedly, and without providing any explanation for this turnaround, the president capitulated on Sunday evening,
" the
Washington Post
notes laconically
.
"
Donald Trump, who had described as 'shame' this aid plan negotiated for months by elected officials of Congress, which had demanded that checks for
$ 2,000 and not 600 be sent to the most disadvantaged Americans, the same Donald Trump, who threatened to veto this plan and who had plunged the whole Nation into immense uncertainty, ended up signing
”.
“
It's the height!
», Protests the columnist of
USA Today
.
“
Marie Antoinette is nothing compared to this president!
While Donald Trump had a good time at his luxury Florida hotel, he turned the holiday season into a time of angst and despair for millions of Americans facing hunger, evictions and most of all. , especially at the end of their unemployment benefits
”.
While the president was still reluctant to sign the law, two benefit programs did indeed end this weekend.
They "
assured their beneficiaries a check for $ 300 per week,
" recalls the
New York Times
.
“
Given that unemployment benefits are processed every week and that the assistance plan was not signed on time, it is likely that these workers will lose at least a week of benefits
”, warns the daily which continues: “
So As unemployment agencies in different states await federal guidance on how to put the new legislation in place, it is unclear how quickly these programs will be able to resume, which will likely cause further delay in the transfer of benefits
”.
After signing the stimulus plan on Sunday evening, Donald Trump issued a statement.
He claims to have obtained commitments from elected Republican Congressmen: on the passage of an additional law for example which would increase the payment from 600 to 2,000 dollars, as he had demanded, or on the opening an investigation into “
electoral fraud
”.
"
A long list of false allegations and grievances,
" sums up the
Washington Post
.
“
In the statement released on Sunday evening, Trump attempted to take a triumphant tone, insisting that Congress would still work to achieve some of the presidential goals.
But the legislators, them, signaled that they did not intend to act in this direction
, concludes the newspaper.
Honduras: assassination of a prominent defender of the environment and indigenous rights
Vasquez was killed by unidentified people overnight from Saturday to Sunday at his home in La Paz, a town located about 100 kilometers northwest of the capital Tegucigalpa.
According to the daily
Criterio
, the septuagenarian was one of the most important defenders of indigenous rights and the environment in the country.
A member of the Lenca ethnic group himself, he fought for indigenous Hondurans to have access to basic public services, but also to land.
A fight that disturbed some: "
In 2017 already, Felix Vasquez had filed a complaint for political persecution
", recalls Criterio.
"
He had alerted the authorities to the threats and constant harassment he suffered from soldiers, police officers, but also paramilitaries present in the La Paz area to protect the interests of large landowners and mining groups
."
After this assassination, some point to the responsibility of the Honduran state.
Like the ICC, the Coalition against Impunity, which accuses the authorities of having done nothing to protect Felix Vasquez despite the heavy threats weighing on him.
Before his death, the defender of indigenous rights had also announced his decision to stand as a deputy in the legislative elections of November 2021.
Haiti: the police seek to dismantle the 400 Mawozo gang
In Haiti, a large police operation took place yesterday in the town of Croix-des-Bouquets, stronghold of the 400 Mawozo gang.
According to
Le Nouvelliste
, the police arrested 15 people, 4 stolen vehicles were seized.
Several specialized units of the National Police were engaged in this offensive, "in
order to dismantle the armed group which sows terror
", according to the daily, in this area east of Port-au-Prince.
Very criticized for the galloping insecurity in the country, Prime Minister Joseph Jouthe welcomed last night on
what he describes as a "
successful police operation
".
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