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Headlines: Nancy Pelosi will no longer be the leader of the Democrats in the House of Representatives
At 82, Nancy Pelosi decided it was time to make way for a new generation.
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This Friday, progressive newspapers and conservative dailies agree that a page has been turned.
“
Nancy Pelosi was a pioneer
,” recalls the
Los Angeles Times
.
“
She knew how to elbow her way through the American political world, at the time still very masculine, to become the first woman to occupy the perch of the House of Representatives.
»
As a "
speaker
", "
she turned out to be a political technician of immense skill
", recognizes the nevertheless very conservative
New York Post
which continues: "
And if you like the game of politics, you must appreciate someone 'one who plays it masterfully, even if it's on a team you don't like.
»
Fearsome political animal
“
During her two decades leading the Democratic group in the House of Representatives, whether majority or minority, she has been a remarkably effective leader, in part because she cares little for her public image
” , writes the
New York Times
, which underlines the “
brutally pragmatic
” character of Nancy Pelosi, endowed with an inexhaustible energy.
"
Even at 82, she doesn't need to sleep, she runs on chocolate
," confide her assistants.
“
Whether we love her or hate her, we must recognize that she is a badass
”, estimates the daily.
Legislative record of Nancy Pelosi
"
The one who proudly defines herself as a liberal has pushed through the most significant social advances of recent decades
", writes the
Washington Post
: "
the reform of the health system, two major recovery plans, the infrastructure project and finally a historic law on the fight against global warming
.
To do this, he "
sometimes had to twist the arm of the most conservative elected Democrats
", recalls the newspaper.
She did it because "
Nancy Pelosi, she's not an iron fist in a velvet glove, she's an iron fist in an iron glove, who has dedicated her life to improving that of the Americans
.
An opinion that the New York Post does not share.
The tabloid believes that Nancy Pelosi's legacy is above all "
to have spent a colossal amount of taxpayers' money.
“The
Wall Street Journal
for its part still thinks that Republicans should take an example from this “
exceptional political figure
” for his “
art of maintaining the unity of his political family against all odds
.
The conservative daily also salutes the “
intrepid”
character of Nancy Pelosi who has “
never yielded to pressure, including on the international scene, as her recent visits to Ukraine and Taiwan have again shown
.
»
Donald Trump's "Chief Opponent"
Nancy Pelosi is best remembered around the world during Donald Trump's presidency.
With this image that has gone around the world: the president delivers his State of the Union address to Congress, and Nancy Pelosi, seated behind Donald Trump, tears up the script.
"
But perhaps the image that best sums up Ms. Pelosi is that of January 6
, 2021 ," the
Washington Post
believes
.
“
It shows the House leader making calls for help and protection for members of Congress as insurgents besiege the United States Capitol.
Nancy Pelosi then presided over two Donald Trump impeachment proceedings and helped bring about a full investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
What made her
“, underlines the daily, “
one of the best defenders of American democracy
”, but also, according to the
Boston Globe
, “
the lightning rod for the Republicans who have spent millions of dollars in TV spots to portray it as the beast diabolic blackness of American politics.
»
Nancy Pelosi leaves the perch, but keeps her elected mandate to represent her Californian district.
Ultimate proof "
of his dedication, of a lifetime of public service
", greets a
CNN
columnist .
And
USA Today
warns: Nancy Pelosi's hammer may get smaller, but it will hit just as hard.
Colombia: Congress adopts tax reform wanted by President Petro
In Colombia, President Gustavo Petro won a stage victory in Congress on Thursday: the elected representatives of the Lower House adopted his tax reform in the final reading, one of the great promises of his electoral campaign.
"
The law aims to tax the richest and the oil sector to raise some 20 billion dollars a year, according to the forecasts of the Petro government
", recalls
El Espectador
.
Money that will be “
used to finance spending and investments in favor of the poorest people in the country
”.
The president welcomed yesterday the adoption of the tax reform which, according to him, will help Colombia to follow the "
path to justice and to leave behind its past as the most unequal country on the planet
".
The reform was considered the most important project of the first months of the Petro presidency, recalls
El Espectador
.
Haiti: 219th anniversary of the Battle of Vertières
Today is a public holiday in Haiti, where the 219th anniversary of the Battle of Vertières is commemorated this Friday.
"
The greatest of the battles of the War of Independence
", recalls the daily
Le National
, and which, in times of current crisis, should "
be like an elixir for our current political elites in order to restore Haiti's leadership image as the first independent black republic.
»
But two subjects make the front page of the Haitian press today and bring us back to the harsh reality of everyday life: fuel and insecurity
.
No fuel in provincial towns
After the liberation of the Vareux oil terminal, which had been blocked for weeks by the G9 gang, "
the fuel was distributed in the Port-au-Prince area
", reports
Le Nouvelliste
.
But it's a completely different situation when you leave the capital.
Trucks have trouble getting to the provincial departments, in the north and south of the country.
In question, again, the gangs who have erected invisible borders.
Barricades "
in marked increase, which makes it difficult to transport fuel
", warns Marc André Dériphonse, president of the National Association of Service Station Owners in the columns of the
Nouvelliste
.
Insecurity also continues to spread.
The
Miami Herald
publishes today the new figures: in October, the UN recorded 195 homicides and 102 kidnappings in Haiti, including a dozen kidnappings just during the last weekend in the vicinity of Port-au-Prince, according to a breakdown by the
Alterpresse
agency
.
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