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Headline: In Mexico, protests against the war in Ukraine continue
Ukrainian nationals demonstrate in the streets of Mexico City against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, March 1, 2022. © AP/Tomas Stargardter
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For the fourth consecutive day, Ukrainians living in Mexico are protesting in front of the Russian Embassy in Mexico City, waving placards and banners in the colors of Ukraine.
Excelsior
points out that North American and Mexican citizens are also taking part in the demonstrations. The newspaper chose a photo in which a young girl holds up a card on which is written "
Stop Poutine
".
For its part, the Russian community living in Mexico denounces discrimination of which it has been the target since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine.
El Universal
echoes the open letter disseminated through the social networks of the Russian Embassy in Mexico: the text denounces a "
return of neo-Nazi and fascist attitudes
", for example "
the ban on Russian speakers to speak their language
as was the case in Spain under the Franco regime
".
The text denounces
“a campaign of disinformation by the media, and underlines that it could create conflicts between the Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian communities in Mexico
”.
The Mexicans are asked to "
remain neutral
".
Mexicans in Ukraine and the region
El Universal
reports that Mexican embassies in the region have appealed to Mexican nationals to come forward.
For her part, the Secretary of Foreign Relations indicates that new Mexicans should cross the border between Ukraine and Romania, to, explains
Milenio
, "
escape the war and board the humanitarian assistance flight sent by the government Mexican to shelter them
".
The Bucharest-Mexico flight is due to leave on Wednesday.
Between 80 and 90 Mexicans are still in the conflict zones: the security conditions, underlines the newspaper, did not allow their evacuation.
In any case, still in
Milenio
, the Mexican government announces that Ukrainians, but also Russians will be able to find permanent refuge in the country.
A Russian influence in Colombia?
Colombia votes in two weeks for legislative elections and in May for its presidential election.
Some politicians wonder about a Russian influence in the country, it is to read in
El Espectador
.
Their target: the left-wing presidential candidate Gustavo Petro.
Thus, the two candidates of the Democratic Center and the Conservative Party are categorical: if he becomes president, Russia will intervene in Colombia.
“
Petro is allied with Russia, which supplies weapons to Latin American dictatorships
,” says Oscar Ivan Zuluaga of the Democratic Center.
For Mauricio Jaramillo Jassir, a specialist interviewed by the newspaper, “
all
this is part of a rhetoric used in Latin America: talking about an international conspiracy in which Venezuela, Russia and the communist ghost take part
.
But as left-wing governments come to power and distance themselves from Venezuela, it works less and less
”.
And the analyst cites the example of President Gabriel Boric in Chile, who “
condemned Venezuela in very harsh terms, and distanced himself from Russia's position on this war
”.
Vladimir Putin's nuclear threats
In the United States, the press is interested in the nuclear threats brandished by the Russian president. "
Russia said that it had deployed additional personnel for its nuclear weapons, which raises the geopolitical stakes
", analyzes
The Hill
, which continues: "
Westerns have not taken the bait, President Biden telling Americans on Monday not to fear a nuclear war - a posture which according to experts could avoid a dangerous rhetorical escalation
".
However, analyzes the
Washington Post
, “
Putin's nuclear threats remind us that arms control is dangerously far from over
”.
In its editorial, the daily recalls that in recent years the United States has withdrawn from two treaties on nuclear weapons.
And that the “strategic dialogue” with Moscow, which could give hope for a resumption of negotiations, was stopped dead by the situation in Ukraine.
In addition, the newspaper points out, "
Alexander Lukashenko, the autocrat of Belarus and ally of Vladimir Putin, has just modified the Constitution to give up his promise not to be a nuclear state, which gives Russia the possibility of bringing such weapons into its territory.
A border territory of three NATO member states: Poland, Lithuania and Latvia.
In short, concludes the
Washington Post
, Vladimir Putin "
has committed real madness by injecting nuclear threats into the volatile mix he has created in Ukraine
".
Guatemala throws out Covid vaccines
More than a million doses of the Sputnik V vaccine are out of date, the health ministry said, equating to a loss of nearly 10 million euros,
La Hora
reports .
Minister Francisco Coma reiterated yesterday that all possible efforts were being made to achieve immunization, but that part of the population opposes the vaccine, explains
Prensa Libre
.
"
We are working to break these beliefs
" that the vaccine kills or sterilizes.
Guatemala has all the more interest in it since it has undertaken to buy 4 million new doses of Sputnik V from Russia.
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