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In the spotlight: Canada sanctions three Haitian businessmen
Police forces patrol the Carrefour Feuille neighborhood during an attack by armed gangs in Port-au-Prince on November 10, 2022. © AFP / RICHARD PIERRIN
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After the political class, the economic sector in Haiti is also in Canada's sights
," writes
Le Nouvelliste
.
A response, explains a Canadian press release, “
to the unacceptable conduct of members of the Haitian elite who provide illicit financial and operational support to armed gangs
”.
Three businessmen are involved: Gilbert Bigio, Reynol Deeb and Sherif Abdallah.
And, underlines
Rezonodwès
, “
Canada asks the entire international community to follow its example
”.
Alterpresse
, for its part, is interested in an article from the
Miami Herald
on a "
legal obstacle
" which would partly explain why "
Canada has been much more aggressive than the United States
" on this question of sanctions: many of the targets in Haiti "
are either U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents living in the United States
,” and “
those individuals could then sue the (U.S.) government in response to the sanctions
.”
Washington extends temporary protected status to
100,000 Haitians
It's on the front page of Le
Nouvelliste
: "
The Biden administration has granted more than
100,000 Haitians living in the United States the possibility of applying for a work permit and protection against deportation to their country of origin
".
From now on, those who entered American territory before November 6 are eligible for an extended TPS for Haiti of 18 months “
from February 4, 2023 to August 3, 2024
,” writes
Rezonodwès
.
The measure is justified "
by the security and humanitarian situation prevailing in Haiti
".
On November 22, “
423 human rights organizations, American and Haitian in particular
“, had written a letter, among others to the American president, asking for an extension of the TPS for Haitians.
New vote in Georgia
In the United States, the State of Georgia is voting this Tuesday, November 6 for the second time to choose a senator: last month, during the midterm elections, neither Democrat Raphael Warnock nor Republican Herschel Walker, supported by Donald Trump, had only reached 50%.
Politico looks
back on the last day of the two men's campaign, this Monday: "
Warnock was at a beer brewer, and Walker at a shooting range
".
The Hill
explains why “
the Democrats are very optimistic
”: they think they have an “
excellent candidate
”, who served as a pastor in Martin Luther King's Baptist Church;
a man who won in 2021 and won more votes than his opponent in the first round last month - while his opponent's entire campaign has been marred by controversy, an opponent whose links to Donald Trump could be revealed "
handicapped
”.
What is at stake, reminds
Politico
, is “
a real majority in the Senate for the Democrats, who currently have 50 seats
”.
And then for Donald Trump, underlines the
New York Times
, it is "
his last chance to claim victory in a fight led by one of his closest political allies
", when he himself launched a three weeks his third presidential campaign.
In the meantime, writes the local newspaper
La Grange News
, the vote has already largely begun since one million eight hundred thousand people voted in advance in Georgia, including nearly 353,000 on the last day, a record.
Waiting in Argentina
This Tuesday, November 6, the court decision on Vice-President Cristina Kirchner is expected in a trial for alleged fraud and corruption.
And already, “
Cristina Kirchner thinks she is going to be condemned
”, writes
Rio Negro.
The vice-president calls into question justice, affirming that “
all the constitutional guarantees have been violated
”.
Same story on the side of the Argentine president: "
A few hours from the verdict
", headlines
Clarín
in One, "
Alberto Fernández attacks judges
", and he does it "
on the national television channel
", giving the importance of a case "
that they pulled out of their hat
", considers
the newspaper
.
The Head of State announced on Monday, November 5, that he would request an investigation into an alleged trip between judges, prosecutors and businessmen from the media sector, after the broadcast this weekend of messages in which they seemed to want to conceal it.
"
The new attack on the judges and the media group is in line with Cristina's usual operations
", Judge
Clarín
, who wonders why the President has not planned to take an interest in those who hacked messengers to get this information out …
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