Headlines: complicated investiture for Xiomara Castro, the new president of Honduras

Xiomara Castro is sworn in before a judge during his inauguration ceremony as president of Honduras, in Tegucigalpa, January 27, 2022. REUTERS - JOSE CABEZAS

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Xiomara Castro was sworn in as president on Thursday before a crowd of 30,000 supporters gathered at the national stadium in Tegucigalpa.

She is the first woman to hold the highest state office.

This investiture took place against a backdrop of political crisis, because Xiomara Castro faces rebels within his party who elected a competing president of Parliament.

And for that reason, not everything went according to plan, according to

.

In the absence of a confirmed head of Parliament, Xiomara Castro was sworn in before a judge and not before the President of the Assembly as provided for in the Constitution.

Luis Redondo, who had the confidence of the new president, certainly participated in the ceremony, but his role was only to hold the microphone during the swearing-in, writes the newspaper

.

In any case, according

, the political crisis did not prevent the new president from giving a firm speech in which she promised to do everything to get the country out of the " 

 " in which the previous government l let it sink in, according to Castro.

The problem, writes

, is that to implement her program, and in particular the social one, the new president needs a majority in Parliament.

If the current political crisis continues, Xiomara Castro would begin his already extremely weakened mandate, estimates

.  

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The Ukrainian crisis divides the American right

The American position on the Ukrainian crisis continues to make headlines.

For the

, US President Joe Biden has so far achieved at least one thing in this conflict with Russia: rallying Europeans behind him.

The

hails US efforts to consult with allies in Europe.

Washington is learning the lessons of the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan and the submarine crisis with France and has decided to involve the Europeans at every stage of decision-making.

Despite his many domestic problems, writes the

, Joe Biden has managed to rise as the leader of the coalition that defends the interests of Ukraine against Russia.   

However, the president is criticized in the Republican ranks.

According to the Canadian newspaper

, "

.

The newspaper cites the example of an elected representative from Montana who opposed the placing on alert of more than 8,000 American soldiers.

Donald Trump for his part had described 

 his country's preparation for a war in Ukraine as "

But an expert consulted by

believes that these remarks are hardly credible.

After all, he explains, the former president faced impeachment proceedings, “

” and to inflame the conflict.

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Poll: A majority of Haitians want to leave the country

More than 82% of Haitians dream of leaving their country.

This is revealed by the national survey on the concerns of the population and their perceptions of the values ​​and institutions of democracy, a survey carried out by the Citizen Observatory for the Institutionalization of Democracy.

It's on the front page of Le

.

This survey carried out last October also reveals a “

” drop in political life in the country, writes Le

.

A third of the citizens questioned do not wish to vote in the next elections.

A figure on the rise because, in 2015, only a quarter of the people questioned intended to shun the ballot box.

Another data from this survey, highlighted by Le

, is adherence to democracy.

Just over 77% of Haitian citizens believe that " 

 ".  

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