In the News: “hunting down opponents” in Nicaragua?
Christina Chamorro is considered the most serious competitor of President Daniel Ortega who wants to run for a fourth consecutive term next November.
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Nicaragua is making the headlines again this Wednesday, June 9. The country will vote next November to elect its president. But the list of rivals to the current head of state, Daniel Ortega, is shrinking. Four opponents were arrested again on Tuesday, including two presidential candidates. For the opposition newspaper
La Prensa
,
the Sandinista government is a "
regime suffering from dementia which hunts down opponents
".
Among those arrested: Felix Maradiaga, pre-presidential candidate for a civil society platform which had supported the major anti-government demonstrations of 2018. The prosecution opened an investigation against him for “
acts against the sovereignty of the country
”.
La Prensa
explains that the police zealously apply the new Law 1055, recently approved by the National Assembly, which officially aims to fight against foreign interference. A little later, the police also arrested Juan Sebastian Chamorro Garcia, another possible presidential candidate, notes
Confidencial.
In a video prepared in the event of an arrest and shared on social media, he says he is spiritually, mentally and physically ready to spend some time in prison.
Colombia: another big day of mobilization
The National Strike Committee calls for "
the capture of Bogota
", headlines
El Espectador
.
An appeal
“launched within the framework of the visit of the IACHR, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
”.
This delegation is leading a mission to assess the human rights situation.
On Tuesday, its delegates met with President Duque, notes
El Pais
.
The latter defended police repression;
he argued that “
the state has the right and the obligation to protect citizens and public property
”.
Today, the IACHR will meet with the National Strike Committee, which wants to highlight cases of police violence.
End of visit for Kamala Harris
The photos of the meeting between Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and American Vice-President Kamala Harris occupy the Unes of a good part of the Mexican press on Wednesday. She wears a mask, he doesn't. The liberal newspaper
Reforma
points to the blunder of AMLO. The Head of State greeted Kamala Harris by calling her "
President Kabala
" ...
Basically, Kamala Harris announced an investment of $ 130 million to support "
the implementation of labor reform
" in Mexico, notes
La Jornada
.
This memorandum of understanding also and above all aims to tackle the root causes of migration to the United States, which Washington wants to curb.
The two countries have planned the creation of "
a working group specializing in the fight against human trafficking, the dismantling of smuggling networks, the resolution of cases of missing persons
".
Funeral Vigil in Canada
"
Our souls are as if numbed,
" said a relative of the victims to the English-language Canadian newspaper
Globe and Mail
. Thousands of people gathered in London, Ont., To pay tribute to the four members of a Muslim family killed Sunday evening, "
intentionally
"
mown
by a driver according to police. The wake occupied the entire street in front of the city's mosque: "
community leaders, politicians and politicians and people of all faiths gathered to mourn three generations of one family
."
This act was described as terrorist by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau who came to meditate in front of the mosque.
“
There are no words
,” he said, “
to soften the pain and anger of this community.
All Canadians mourn with you
”.
Words welcomed, writes the
Toronto Star
, but which "
have failed to allay fears
."
Many are calling on the federal government to devote more money and resources to concrete measures to fight Islamophobia.
United States: agreement on Biden plan for infrastructure moves away
It's on the front page of the
Washington Post
and The
New York Times
, which speaks of a "
major setback
" for Joe Biden. The president on Tuesday ended negotiations with a group of Republicans on this vast investment plan. The two parties still do not agree, after several weeks of talks, on the scope and financing of this plan, which is one of Joe Biden's priorities. "
The gap was too great to be bridged,
" sums up the
New York Times
.
One of the options being explored by Senate Democrats is now the possibility of dividing this infrastructure project in half, the
Washington Post understands
.
The first part could be voted with the support of the Republicans, the other with the sole support of the Democrats.
A strategy which "
could however prove difficult to implement
".
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