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Headline: in the United States, Oklahoma votes to ban abortion almost completely
Protest outside the Oklahoma Capitol as the state votes to ban abortion, April 5, 2022 © AP/Sarah Phipps
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Yesterday Tuesday April 5 during the vote, reports
USA Today
, more than a hundred demonstrators sang in front of the Oklahoma City Capitol: “
Leave our bodies alone with your bans
”, “
we have had enough
”.
If the law is signed by Gov. Kevin Stitt, who has already "
promised to sign any anti-abortion laws that come across his desk
," it will make abortion "
a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison and $100,000. "
fine
,” writes the
New York Times
.
The law passed: 70 votes for, 14 against, without much discussion or debate, explains the
Washington Post
, which notes that it had been "
added to the agenda on Monday evening, taking some by surprise
".
This ban is being put in place in Oklahoma as this state has become a major destination for women from Texas who want an abortion, after, recalls the
New York Times
, that Texas "
passed
a law prohibiting this procedure after the six weeks of pregnancy, that is to say very early
".
Result: “
For seven months, Oklahoma has been trying desperately to cope with the deluge of patients from Texas
,” writes the
Texas Tribune
: the four clinics “
have increased hours and hired additional staff to absorb more than 600 patients additional per month
".
And these establishments see more women whose pregnancy is already advanced, the fault of waiting lists of several weeks.
However, notes the newspaper, they have to refuse many patients who turn to Kansas and Illinois.
The
Washington Post
points out that the future of the law "
likely depends on the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, expected this summer, which could
overturn or significantly weaken Roe against Wade, who in 1973 had guaranteed the right to abortion in all the country
”.
The
New York Times
notes that Republican-led states are pretending they already are and are trying "
to make abortion illegal in as many circumstances as possible
."
The press under threat in El Salvador
In El Salvador, the National Assembly voted on Tuesday a text threatening 15 years in prison anyone who writes or reproduces a text originating from gangs.
The president “
Bukele tries to silence the press on everything related to gangs
”, headlines
Diario Co Latino
.
The text voted yesterday provoked "
a strong debate among legislators
", reports
El Salvador
, "
after the opposition party ARENA denounced it as an attack on freedom of the press
".
In
Diario Co Latino
, the Journalists Association of El Salvador believes that "
preventing journalists from reporting on the reality experienced by thousands of people in communities controlled by armed groups will have no effect, other than creating a mirage which will not be faithful to reality
”.
The exceptional regime put in place after a wave of homicides at the end of March could last another month.
Nearly six thousand gang members were arrested in one week.
Indigenous protests in Brasilia
In Brazil, thousands of Brazilian natives have been camping since Tuesday in the capital to defend their rights and protest against the government of Jair Bolsonaro - they accuse him of having favored the economic exploitation of their territories.
The annual camp had not been able to take place in recent years due to Covid.
Correio Brasiliense
indicates that several politicians had been invited to the camp yesterday, with the aim of “
bringing parliamentarians closer to the situations experienced by the indigenous peoples of the north of the country
”.
Example, explains in the newspaper a leader of the indigenous community: the construction of the hydroelectric dam of Tabajara, in the North-East.
The indigenous peoples have not been consulted, and will suffer floods and a drop in their fishing, and therefore in their food.
A letter must be delivered Wednesday and Thursday to parliamentarians and candidates for future elections, so that they "
commit themselves to the indigenous cause
".
Knowing, recalls
Folha de Sao Paulo
, that the Brazilian Congress is currently debating “
a bill, proposed by the government, aimed at authorizing mining exploration on indigenous lands.
The text uses as justification the increase in fertilizer prices caused by the war in Ukraine
”.
Soaring prices in Haiti
"
The gourd continues to unscrew
", writes
Le Nouvelliste
: in one year, we have gone from about 80 gourdes for a dollar to 105 gourdes, and on the informal market you have to pay up to 120 gourdes for a dollar... All this impacts the price of basic necessities, which also face the explosion in the cost of maritime freight.
A source from the newspaper, close to the large import of food products in Haiti, explains: “
Before Covid-19, we paid between 4 and 6,000 dollars for a container from China.
Today, we pay 14,000 dollars
”.
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