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Headlines: Voting day in the United States for the midterm elections
At a polling station in Maryland, as part of the midterm elections, November 8, 2022. © AP / Julio Cortez
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According to the front page of the
New York Times
, the atmosphere is not festive: “
Fear and suspicion spread as voters go to vote
”.
If the
Los Angeles Times
gives its voting advice today, as others did yesterday, today the press is already concentrating on the vote count: "
Activists and Republican candidates are putting everything in place to be able to affirm that the ballots they lose have been stolen
,” says
Politico
: by asking their voters to vote today and not in advance, they will cause these delays in the counts which they describe as suspicious.
"
Counting the votes can take time, it's a good thing, and not a sign of fraud
”, tries to reassure the
Washington Post
.
For its part, the
Miami Herald
is concerned about a participation that promises to be “
abysmal
” in the county, while the advance vote is over: “
Make sure this does not happen
!
»
More broadly, the daily newspapers indicate the ballots that should be followed in particular: “
The Democrats are pinning their hopes on keeping the majority in the Senate in the two ultra-competitive races of Pennsylvania and Georgia
,” writes
The Hill
.
For the
Boston Globe
, "
Latinos are the new 'swing voters'
", voters who can change their vote from one ballot to another: suddenly, for the newspaper, it is particularly necessary to follow the races in the Senate in Nevada and in Arizona.
On the rest of the continent, Donald Trump in the headlines
In Argentina,
Clarin
title on “
elections with Joe Biden and Donald Trump at center stage
”.
But the continent's press is mainly interested in the former president, whose "
negationist obsession (confers the 2020 elections) would represent the unbalancing and irrational factor of this election
", estimates
El Tiempo
in Colombia.
Especially since, headlines in Canada
Le Devoir
,
"
the Republicans (are) in close ranks behind the candidates of Trumpism
".
In Peru,
El Comercio
fears that “
a new generation of politicians is coming to business, republicans who, in many cases, do not intend to play by respecting the rules of democracy
”.
“
United States: democracy under threat
”, summarizes
El Universal
in Mexico.
And in these elections presented as major, we are talking again about the Latino vote which “
will be decisive
”, estimates, still in Mexico,
Excelsior
, since it represents 14% of the electorate.
The newspaper cites a study that found 58% of Latino voters support the Democrats.
Haiti: gang leaders in the crosshairs of the United States
The entire Haitian press echoes this: the United States “
offer $3 million for any information leading to the arrest of 3
gang leaders
,” headlines
Gazette Haïti
.
The three men are “
allegedly responsible for the kidnapping for ransom of 16 American citizens in Haiti in October 2021
”;
two of them are currently leaders of the 400 Mawozo gang which operates in the Croix-de-Bouquet region and which, the newspaper recalls, claimed responsibility for the kidnapping.
These reward offers, specifies the US State Department taken over by
Alterpresse
, are made within the framework
of "our efforts to continue to impose consequences and to hold accountable those who foment violence in Haiti
".
In fact, this Monday, American justice also “
made public the charges against four other gang leaders (…) involved in acts of kidnapping of five American nationals in Haiti
”, writes
Alterpresse
.
Still in Haiti,
Le Nouvelliste
wonders: “
Varreux released, when will the fuel be at service stations?
"
The government has a plan to make fuel available at service stations by Friday, Saturday at the latest
," the newspaper said.
The police took over the terminal from the hands of the gangs at the end of last week, but this moment “
Varreux undergoes an inventory.
There are also technical and safety inspections
.
Maduro and Macron at COP27
“
Maduro and Macron shake hands
”, headlines the Venezuelan daily
Ultimas Noticias
, close to power.
But it is all the Venezuelan press which resumes the meeting of the two men in Unes.
The two met yesterday in the halls of COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
“
Macron invites Maduro to start useful bilateral work
,” summarizes
El Periodiquito
, which recalls that France does not officially recognize Nicolas Maduro as President of Venezuela.
Suddenly, writes
El Luchador
, he was delighted with the meeting on Twitter: “
Excellent handshake with French President Emmanuel Macron (…).
The doors of Venezuela are open for the French people
”.
Diario 2001
points out that "
Maduro's negotiator and that of opposition leader Juan Guaido are due to meet next week at the Paris Peace Forum, in a meeting sponsored by Macron, and at which also team up with the Colombian Gustavo Petro
".
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