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In the spotlight: human tide in the streets of Mexico to support President Lopez Obrador
Demonstration in the streets of Mexico City in support of President Lopez Obrador, November 27, 2022. © AP/Fernando Llano
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In Mexico, a real human tide spread this Sunday, November 27 in the streets of Mexico City to support the policy of President Lopez Obrador: according to the head of the government of Mexico City, taken over by
Excelsior
, there would have been no less than 1, 2 million people.
The ministers and deputies who took part described the march as "
historic
", reports La
Jornada
.
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador took part (a first in decades for a president), “
between selfies, jostling, gifts and “escorts” of the population
”, title
Milenio
.
After almost six hours of walking, the president reported on his first four years in power (over a term of six).
And he proposed, notes
the newspaper
, “
to call his model of government 'Mexican humanism'
”, while making it clear that he would not run again – in any case, the Constitution forbids him to do so.
Moreover, in an editorial,
Milenio
believes that "
the real message was given during the march
": "
with the presidential election of 2024 in mind, it was necessary to observe the symbols: who walks alongside him, in front of him, behind him, away from him, who was there… and who was absent.
To her right
“, remarks the newspaper, “
someone he regularly took by the arm, Claudia Sheinbaum, always close in terms of politics, emotions, ideology
”.
Claudia Sheinbaum, head of government of Mexico City.
Hundreds of Honduran border police
In Honduras, more than 600 police officers were sent this Sunday to the borders with El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua.
Objective, writes
La Prensa
: "
to prevent the arrival in the country of delinquents, mainly members of criminal gangs
".
Last Thursday, President Xiomara Castro declared "
war on extortion
" by establishing a state of emergency.
In Honduras, recalls
El Heraldo
, the "
level of insecurity and violence keep the population on their knees
" and "
the authorities cannot stand idly by before the advance of criminal forces
".
However, the newspaper recalls, the measures announced were received with suspicion by some: “
The authorities must guarantee that each measure taken is part of the legislation that respects the human rights of the population, which is precisely what security for their life and property requires
”.
Another assassination in Haiti
This Friday, the director of the National Police Academy, Harington Rigaud, was "
killed by bullets in Frères, on the outskirts of Pétionville, east of the capital
", writes
Alterpresse
.
48 hours after the murder, the police leadership expressed its "
deep sadness
", and affirmed that the PNH (Haitian National Police) will not "
spare its efforts until the perpetrators, co-perpetrators and accomplices of this villainous act can answer before the justice of their crimes, which continue to mourn the Haitian population
".
In fact, recalls
Alterpresse
, "
spectacular assassinations have multiplied throughout the last months, while the gloves tighten their grip on the capital and its surroundings, immersed in terror
”.
First round yesterday of the municipal elections in Cuba
For President Miguel Diaz-Canel, the electoral process “
shows that Cuba maintains political and social stability
”.
He said it while he himself was voting, remarks echoed in the organ of the Cuban Communist Party,
Granma
.
“
Voting is a duty
”, he added. However, the opposition newspaper
14 y medio
notes what it calls “
popular apathy
”, speaking of empty or almost empty polling stations, especially since opposition activists "
campaigned vigorously for abstention
. An abstention that could reach, according to analysts, 30%, due to the emigration of thousands of voters, indifference, and then the desire to "
punish the Cuban government for its clumsy handling of the economic crisis,
” the newspaper said.
An ever more problematic electricity network in Puerto Rico
Luma Energy LCC, an American-Canadian consortium, gained a foothold in Puerto Rico last year “
promising to transform the island's ancient power grid
”;
a promise welcomed by some of the residents who "
were fed up with the mediocre work of the public company, which five years ago had left them in the dark for months after the passage of a violent hurricane
", writes the
Wall StreetJournal
.
But since Luma's arrival in June 2021, "
cuts have become even longer and prices have continued to rise
", while, notes the business daily, "
Luma has so far spent only a fraction of hundreds of millions of dollars that it has planned to invest to restore the network to working order
".
In September, protesters took to the streets of San Juan demanding that the government cancel Luma's contract, which is soon to be renewed for an extended period.
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