Headlines: The tragic fate of Haitians on the American border

Migrants, many of them Haitians, cross the Rio Grande, near the port of entry of Del Rio, Texas, September 18, 2021. AFP - PAUL RATJE

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The

New York Times

headlines this morning: " 

How Hope, Fear, and Misinformation Drove Thousands of Haitians to the US Border 

."

“ 

Some have left to look for work.

Others wanted to escape violence or racial discrimination in other Latin American countries.

But above all, many think that there is nothing to return to their homes, in Haiti 

”.

This is all Joe Biden's fault, exclaims the

Wall Street Journal

. The conservative daily accuses him of " 

perverse incentives." US law, at least as interpreted by the courts, allows migrants to seek asylum even if they come only for economic reasons 

”. So it is not enough to say that the American borders are closed, " 

We must change the law!" 

», Considers the editorialist.

“ 

Yet this is not what the White House will do which does not want to anger the left wing of the Democratic Party. A left wing who wants any migrant to be able to enter the United States at any time and for any reason. It is politically unsustainable

, criticizes the

Wall Street Journal

,

because it creates hardship for migrants and border communities. Worse yet: Americans will trust politicians less for a reform of the immigration system that would allow more legal migration in exchange for tighter border security

 ”.

A point of view that the

Arizona Republic

does not share

.

The local newspaper argues that the 15,000 Haitians in Del Rio are nothing more " 

than the result of the 'America first' policy.

When people are hungry, homeless, terrorized by armed gangs, raped, when they see their family members being killed, they come, whether we like it or not,

 ”said the columnist, referring to the crisis that Haiti is going through before concluding: “ 

Either we help desperate people in their country, or we must manage them at our borders and on our territory.

The United States cannot shut itself off from the world

 ”.  

Voting day in Canada: the suspense is at its height, Justin Trudeau is playing his political future.

The outgoing Prime Minister's Liberals are neck and neck with the O'Toole Tories 

," headlines The

Globe and Mail

. " 

The party leaders spent their Sunday frantically roaming the regions which will perhaps decide the final result in this electoral campaign which did not allow any of the political forces to place themselves at the head of the voting intentions 

".

For Canadians, it was not easy to get a true idea of ​​the political choices available to them. It is in any case the opinion of the

Toronto Star

which underlines " 

a campaign vitriolic on everything and nothing, carried out against a background of fear, anger and ambivalence in a moment of great uncertainty 

". What should we base ourselves on to know who to vote for? " 

On the Covid-19 or the post-Covid recovery? Childcare or climate change? Affordable housing? Racism and reconciliation? Who to lead Canada? What direction for the country? 

“, Wonders all-round the daily.

Which leads the newspaper

Le Devoir

to ask itself another question this morning, namely: “ 

all that for that

 ”? “With a 

few constituencies, the next Parliament is likely to be a carbon copy of the previous one. In all likelihood, we will have to deal with a second consecutive minority government (and the fifth in 17 years)

 ", predicts the Quebec newspaper which continues:" 

Mr. Trudeau was unable to articulate a valid reason to once again seek the confidence of the population.

Parliament was not so dysfunctional that it had to be dissolved.

The Prime Minister could have continued to govern, through alliances and compromises with the voluntary formations.

So what is the use of calling an election for so little

 ”?

El Salvador: new corruption scandal splashes into President Nayib Bukele's government

Osiris Luna, Nayib Bukele's deputy justice minister, embezzled $ 1.6 million in food between September and November 2020. This food had been purchased by the government to feed Salvadoran families hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic. This is the result of an investigation, dubbed “ 

Operation Cathedral 

”, launched by the Attorney General's office to shed light on the emergency management put in place by the Salvadoran government during the epidemic.

Still according to the results of this investigation, of which the

El Faro

website

is echoed today, it is the mother of the Deputy Minister of Justice who resold her goods to an entrepreneur known for his criminal smuggling activities. and black market. " 

We are talking about 38,500 bottles of oil and 43,000 bags of rice, sugar and beans that belonged to the government, which were sold to a third party rather than being delivered to families affected by the coronavirus 

", specifies

El Faro

.

In this case, the Attorney General also points the finger at two other members of the Salvadoran government. They are the Minister of Local Development and the former Minister of Territorial Development, who at the time of the alleged facts were the coordinators of the Bukele government's emergency aid program. This stolen food scandal arouses the attention of Salvadorans, but also observers.

Especially because the administration of Nayib Bukele tried to hide the facts, recalls El Faro.

First, she " 

refused to submit her emergency expenses to Parliament."

In May 2020, the Ministry of Agriculture filed all documents on pandemic-related spending for a two-year period.

And in May this year, just four days after the new parliament - now two-thirds controlled by the president's party - was sworn in - a new law granted retroactive immunity to government officials and outside contractors for any action. which would affect the expenses related to the pandemic 

”.

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