In the headlines: in El Salvador, thousands of demonstrators against President Bukele
President Nayib Bukele during the speech of the bicentenary of the independence of El Salvador, September 15 in San Salvador © AFP / presidency press office
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The demonstrators took advantage of the 200th anniversary of the country's independence from the Spanish crown to express their disapproval of the concentration of power in the hands of the executive,”
explains
La Prensa
.
"
We are against the authoritarian decisions taken by President Nayib Bukele and his government,
" said a protester interviewed by the newspaper. “
These decisions
, she continues,
endanger our Constitution”
.
The young Salvadoran president still enjoys exceptional popularity among the population - eight out of ten Salvadorans are in favor of him - in particular for having put an end to insecurity. "
But now his methods of governance - the dismissal of judges, the brutality of the army and the police and the revelations of the existence of negotiations between Nayib Bukele and the main armed gang leaders - raise concerns for democracy in this small Central American country, ”
recalls
La Prensa
.
The Head of State sees yesterday's demonstrations as the hand of the international community, says
El Pais
.
“
These people obviously did not organize freely,”
said Nayib Bukele.
According to the Salvadoran president, the demonstrators “
are protected and even financed by certain members of the international community”
.
In Colombia, 360 soldiers are deployed in the capital
Since Wednesday, the soldiers have been patrolling the three most sensitive areas of the capital.
It was the mayor of Bogota, Claudia Lopez, who had asked for "
reinforcements to fight against the increase in armed robberies and homicides"
, recalls
El Espectador
.
A wave of insecurity that the 16,000 police officers of this city of 8 million inhabitants could no longer control.
"
Bogota is not alone
", declared the Colombian Minister of Defense, Diego Molano, on Wednesday evening, assuring that "
the army will guarantee the peace and security of families in the capital
".
However, this deployment of soldiers also arouses criticism.
Many Colombians still have in mind the atrocities committed by the army that the Colombian president had deployed in several cities, last spring, in response to a vast movement of protest.
In the columns of
El Universal
, one of the city councilors of Bogota today denounces "
the militarization of the capital"
.
According to Diego Cancino, "
the intervention of the soldiers in Bogota risks deepening the violence"
.
Canada: D-4 before the early parliamentary elections
And the country is holding its breath because "
the liberals of Justin Trudeau and the conservatives are in a pocket handkerchief
, underlines
The Star
,
and each one tries to pull out of the game
".
In this close race, the Greater Toronto Area has some 800 fewer polling stations this year than in 2019. “
If the reasons for their elimination are multiple
, writes
Le Devoir
,
one thing is clear: Greater Toronto will be Next Monday the scene of crucial struggles, and the change of voting places could have repercussions on the participation rate
”.
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