In the News: Donald Trump is not welcome in Texas
President Donald Trump visits a section of the border wall in San Luis, Ariz. On June 23, 2020. President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit the US-Mexico border on Tuesday, January 12, 2021 to highlight his administration's work on the border wall, the White House said on Saturday.
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The outgoing president will travel to Texas today to praise his immigration policy and the construction of the wall, a key promise of his 2016 campaign. This is the case of the
Houston Chronicle
which headlines in its editorial: "
President Trump, don't bring your mess to texas
”.
In English it gives: "
Don't bring your mess to Texas, president Trump
".
The newspaper addresses readers directly, warning against the intentions of the outgoing president: “
Do not be distracted by Donald Trump's visit.
Do not believe what the White House is telling you, that this trip is meant to show that the president has fulfilled his promises regarding his immigration policy.
"
For the
Houston Chronicle
, Donald Trump did not keep his promise.
“
After four years of presidency, the new portions of the great and magnificent wall which he wished to erect along the Mexican border are barely 50 kilometers long.
And, surprise, Mexico did not pay for the construction.
"And the newspaper continues its vitriolic editorial:"
This visit is an attempt of diversion from the violent insurgency of last week caused in part by the hateful and false speech of the president.
The
Dallas Morning News
concludes, "
Mr. President, before you flaunt your big smile for the photos, you are reminded that Texas is a state that celebrates courage even in defeat."
This is no place for old seditious people.
"
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Democrats in a hurry to push Donald Trump to exit
Several newspapers support the initiative of the Democrats who have just launched the first stage of a new impeachment procedure.
"
It's time for Trump to leave,
" reads the
Massachusetts Daily Collegian
for example
.
Before he jeopardizes the security of our country even more, he must be forced to step down.
The newspaper recalls that five people died during the attack on Capitol Hill, after a sitting president instigated civilians to attack Congress in a completely illegal attempt to overturn an election result.
Donald Trump has endangered the lives of every member of Congress, says the
Massachusetts Daily Collegian
.
An opinion shared by the
New York Times
which also pleads in favor of a new impeachment procedure.
But for this procedure to succeed, the support of Republicans is necessary, specifies the
New York Times
.
And so far only one conservative senator has declared himself ready to support the Democratic initiative, recalls the newspaper.
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Also to listen, the newspaper of the Americas:
Donald Trump in Texas, the disturbing visit
Government puts Cuba on blacklist of states that support terrorism
According to the
Washington Post
, this decision definitively puts an end to the policy of rapprochement with Cuba initiated by President Barack Obama.
It was under his leadership that Cuba was removed from the blacklist on which states such as Iran, North Korea and Syria appear.
Seeing the Communist government again as a support for terrorists could make a rapprochement between Cuba and the new Biden administration more difficult.
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez was quick to react.
He denounced the "
political opportunism
" of the Trump administration.
You can read it in the
Granma
newspaper
, the official organ of the Communist Party.
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The seven crises from which Venezuela is suffering
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El National
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That's a lot for a country that is already one of the most vulnerable on the planet.
The problem is that neither the government nor the opposition has the capacity at this time to overcome these multiple crises, which are structural and not cyclical, according to
El National
.
In a series of three articles, the daily attempts to analyze why the government and the opposition have failed.
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