In the headlines: indictment for espionage of former Argentine president Mauricio Macri
Mauricio Macri, the former Argentine president (right) upon his arrival at the presidential palace of La Moneda in Santiago, Chile, on December 1, 2021. AFP - JAVIER SALVO
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Mauricio Macri indicted for alleged espionage in the San Juan submarine affair
". It's on
Clarin's front page
. In 2017, 44 people were killed in the sinking of the submersible, recalls
Pagina
Doce
, who publishes a very symbolic drawing: a periscope protruding from the water, in the telescope of which we can see a gigantic eye, perhaps that of Mauricio Macri. Because, recalls the newspaper, the families of the victims immediately sought to know what had happened, and "
the executive power, then in the hands of Mauricio Macri, spied on them to anticipate their complaints
".
"
Macri
made it possible for AFI, the federal intelligence agency, to follow families,
" by giving him, among other things, the means. In any case, this is what Judge Martin Bava asserts.
Clarin
headlines on the reaction of the former president, on a visit to Chile: "
The most embarrassing thing is for the Argentinian justice to have judges like Bava
". Mauricio Macri affirms, him, that "
obviously
" he will return to Argentina, even if then he will not be able to leave there any more, at the request of the judge.
The ex-president speaks of "
political persecution
". Absolutely not, insists in
La Nacion
one of the lawyers of the families, affirming moreover that "
the majority of the plaintiffs are voters of Mauricio Macri
". He speaks of "
strong and overwhelming
"
evidence
of the former president's guilt. Still in
La Nacion
,
the lawyer - of the president this time - explains that his client is "
serene because he knows he is absolutely innocent
". "
You yourself do not believe it
", he also launched this Wednesday, December 1 to a journalist. What
Pagina Doce
calls a “
strange explanation
”.
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See also: Former Argentine President Mauricio Macri charged with illegal espionage
An evangelist at the Brazilian Supreme Court
In Brazil, the Senate on Wednesday approved the appointment by President Bolsonaro of a Presbyterian pastor, André Mendonça, to the Supreme Court.
Folha de Sao Paulo
recalls that Jair Bolsonaro wanted him at court "
mainly because of his religion
".
Even if, notes the newspaper, Wednesday before the senators, André Mendonça "
also promised that he would not take into account religion in his judgments
".
Folha de Sao Paulo underlines that the expectations are high in the political and legal world, "
because André Mendonça could represent the voice which makes the difference on important questions in a divided court
".
“
Sensitive questions
”, adds
O Globo
, “
some of which are of interest to the Bolsonaro government
”, such as indigenous lands and decrees that facilitate the purchase and carrying of weapons.
Supreme Court in US trying to change abortion laws
In Washington, the nine justices of the Supreme Court, with a conservative majority, examined this Wednesday the law of the State of Mississippi which prohibits abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. A "
tense
"
examination
according to
The Hill
. The question is whether the Court will use this to nationally restrict the right to abortion, a right guaranteed by its 1973 judgment, Roe v. Wade.
The judges spoke on Wednesday. And if this Thursday's editorials are to be believed, the game is over: "
Roe's end is coming, and it is coming soon
" (
New York Times
)
, "
Roe is dead, but the stench of Roberts Court will live on forever
" (
Washington
Post
). Roberts for John Roberts, the president of this Conservative-majority Supreme Court. And "
stench
", because that is the term used by Judge Sotomayor on Wednesday - perhaps, according to Politico "
the most openly liberal judge
" of the Court.
The judge "
did not mince her words
": "
If this institution rejects or weakens the Roe judgment against Wade, will it survive the stench created in public perception
?"
She asked herself.
Sonia Sotomayor indeed believes that this decision would be seen as a reflection of the current conservative majority of the Court, and the institution would therefore be perceived as "
extremely politicized
".
According to the
Boston Globe
, if the Supreme Court is increasingly unpopular, it is because, already, “
Americans see it less and less as an independent government entity, but as an extension of the ongoing battles between Republicans and Democrats
”.
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See also: United States: crucial hearing for the right to abortion at the Supreme Court
A question that will weigh in the midterm elections
The
mid-terms,
mid-term elections, are in less than a year, underlines the
Boston Globe
, and the Court could not rule until next summer, barely a few months before the poll.
According to the
New York Times
, Democrats and Republicans alike are already planning that the court will reverse abortion rights.
The Democrats would see a strong argument for their campaign: they "
immediately indicated that they will make the right to abortion one of the main topics of the elections
", reports the
Washington Post
.
Republicans also see a positive point: a victory "would
validate their efforts, for decades, to limit or ban abortion
".
However, according to the
New York Times
, the Republicans are aware of the "
political risks
" that this victory would involve, and they intend to make it only one subject among others.
Inflation and the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan are also themes they plan to use against the Democrats.
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