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In the spotlight: in Haiti the very well-attended demonstrations in Gonaïves, Cap Haïtien and Port-au-Prince
A motorcycle taxi slaloms between the barricades set up by protesters in Port-au-Prince, September 26, 2022. © AP/Odelyn Joseph
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In Gonaïves, "
the burning barricades and the shards of bottles are scattered everywhere giving the city the appearance of a city besieged by war
", judges
Le Nouvelliste
.
"
The former rebel leader of the 2004 movements against former President Jean Bertrand Aristide, Wilfort Ferdinand dit Ti Will, escorted by several sympathizers, was at the head of the demonstration
", notes
Gazette Haïti
.
In his statement, Ti Will speaks of a "
peaceful
" movement, but threatens, reports
Le Nouvelliste
: if Prime Minister Ariel Henri "
refuses to leave, the Far North will be cut off from the rest of the country and we will do it militarily by calling on all the former soldiers of 2004
”.
In Cap-Haitien, demonstrators displayed, under a blazing sun, "
black and red flags, but also that of Russia
"
.
Le Nouvelliste
notes that there, it was on the initiative of the Pitit Desalin party that the demonstrators marched - its leader Moïse Jean-Charles also demanded the departure of Ariel Henri, and demanded an apology from the secretary general of UN Antonio Guterres "
for comparing the protest movements in the country to the action of gangs
".
"
At the end of this march, dispersed by fire and tear gas by the security forces, demonstrators vandalized the only supermarket of its kind in the city
".
Tear gas also on the Delmas highway, near Port-au-Prince, where, says
Rezonodwès
, "
a huge crowd swept over the Delmas highway
", along which "
the protesters erected barricades of burning tires
".
Several people were said to have been "
hit by live ammunition fired by the police
".
Gang leader Jimmy Cherizier, reports
Le Nouvelliste
, "
called on Prime Minister Ariel to flee, as Ashraf Ghani had done, from the Taliban in Afghanistan, to avoid a bloodbath
."
Silence by Ariel Henri
"
Ariel Henri, his Minister of Justice, of the Interior, his chief of police have walled themselves in silence
", notes
Le Nouvelliste
: "
The last measure or understanding of the situation was given by Chancellor Jean-Victor Généus, for whom “
globally, the situation is under control
”
.
Remarks made this Monday and very criticized this Wednesday, during demonstrations which should continue this Thursday: because, if according to
Gazette Haïti,
the trade unionists have lifted the strike, they "
call on the population to demonstrate on the 29th and 30th against the government
" .
Hurricane Ian hits Florida
"
A veritable deluge on the coast
"
,
headlines the
New York Times
, with "
winds of up to 240 kilometers per hour
".
Two and a half million people no longer have electricity,
USA Today
completes , which reproduces the photo of an impressive black tornado that winds between land and sea. In the newspaper, Jim Davis testifies: a tornado passed through the hamlet where he lived, near Delray Beach, tearing off roofs and turning vehicles over: “
When I opened my door, I had no apartment left
”.
The
Miami Herald
notes that Category 5 hurricanes are rare in the United States, but three of the four that have affected them since they were recorded have hit … Florida.
For its part, the
Washington Post
examines the maps, and finds that since the 1970s, millions of people have wanted to live closer to the sea - and the beach, "
which has a price
": they were yesterday in full on Ian's path.
Presidential insults and expulsions in Nicaragua
In Nicaragua, President Daniel Ortega continues to attack the Catholic Church, with this "
frontal
" attack, notes
La Prensa
: this Wednesday, the president was "
furious
", speaking of the Church as a "
perfect dictatorship
” because neither the pope, the cardinals or the priests are elected.
An attack which intervenes, recalls the newspaper, "
two weeks after Pope Francis said that there was a dialogue with the dictatorship, without risking to criticize the government of Nicaragua, while the bishop of Matagalpa and seven priests are prisoners and dozens of others have been forced into exile.
The auxiliary bishop of Managua, in exile since 2019, also reacted after the presidential statements: "
What ignorance, what lies, what cynicism: a dictator who gives lessons in democracy
".
Daniel Ortega who also ordered the expulsion of the ambassador of the European Union, for cause, according to the sources of
Confidencia
l
, “
interference and non-respect of national sovereignty
” on the part of the European Union.
On Monday, the newspaper recalls, Charles Michel, the EU delegate to the UN, had "
called on the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo to 'return the sovereignty of Nicaragua to its people' and to 'restore democracy' in a country where the rights of the population are systematically violated
”.
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