Americas press review
In the spotlight: visit of the Ukrainian president to the United States
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a ceremony organized for Ukrainian soldiers mobilized in Bakhmout, December 20, 2022. © AFP PHOTO / UKRAINE PRESIDENCY
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In one, the
New York Times
qualifies the visit of Volodymyr Zelensky, this Wednesday, December 21, in the United States, of “
bold
”: “
it will be the first time that the president leaves his country since the Russian invasion in February
“, explains
the newspaper
on the inside pages, and”
its first international appearance
“, notes the
Washington Post
.
Volodymyr Zelensky “
to meet Joe Biden and address Congress
,”
USA Today
list .
The goal is "to
show that the United States will stand with Ukraine for as long as it takes
."
In fact, when President Biden receives him “
at the White House for a long bilateral interview,
” notes
The Hill
, he will announce new security assistance of $1.85 billion.
This includes “
a Patriot missile battery to help Ukraine defend against Russian attacks on its infrastructure
,” the
Washington Post points out.
Missiles that can
destroy Russian ballistic missiles, unlike all other weapons supplied by the West
,” adds the
New York Times
.
Still, according to
Politico
, Volodymyr Zelensky and his team should ask for long-range missiles again, but US officials are not ready to provide them – lest Vladimir Putin, feeling provoked, use even more weapons. killers in Ukraine.
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Peru-Mexico diplomatic crisis
“
Mexican Ambassador to Peru Pablo Monroy declared
persona non grata,” headlines
Peru21
.
"
A decision taken because of comments made by Mexican President Manuel Lopez Obrador
", on the imprisonment of his Peruvian counterpart and the imposition of a state of emergency, specifies
La Republica
.
Remarks qualified by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Ana Gervasi Diaz as "
interference in our internal affairs, which thereby violates the principle of non-intervention
".
Hence this expulsion, described as “
unfounded and reprehensible
” by Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard, quoted in the Mexican newspaper
El Universal
: “
the conduct of our ambassador has been in accordance with the law and the principle of non-intervention
”.
Relations between the two countries began to strain when President Castillo was arrested when he was trying to take refuge in the Mexican embassy in Lima.
And it was for Mexico that his family took off last night: his wife Lilian Paredes and his two children took off at 1:40 a.m. from Lima international airport,
La Jornada
reports , on the same plane as Ambassador Pablo Monroy, heading to Mexico City.
Before that, they were refugees in his embassy, says
La Razon
, who speaks of an "
illegal political asylum
" granted by Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
The newspaper quotes a deputy saying that since the former first lady is being prosecuted for corruption, the Mexican president cannot grant her political asylum.
However, the Peruvian government did give her safe conduct, as well as her two children, so that she could leave the country, notes
Peru21
, “
in accordance with the 1954 Caracas Convention
”, explained the Peruvian Foreign Minister on Tuesday evening.
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In Argentina, a crowd too big to celebrate the Albiceleste
Five million supporters had taken to the streets, explains
El Hincha
, to offer a "
glorious welcome to Messi and the world champions
" of football, writes
Los Andes
.
The most impressive photo is on the front page of
La Nacion
, for more effect the newspaper did not even put a title: a gigantic crowd of supporters, tight against each other and lost in the middle a car, itself drowned out by the crowd.
El Ancasti
speaks of a “
collapse of security
”: “
a multitude gathered to follow the caravan of footballers, who had to abruptly interrupt their journey to be exfiltrated by helicopter
”.
"
Fervor and chaos in a historic day
”, summarizes, always in one,
La Voz
.
Chiqui Tapia, the president of the Argentine football association, regretted on behalf of the
Albiceleste
that she could not reach the Obelisk - the monument chosen as the point of arrival for the team (instead of the Palace presidential election, avoided so as not to politicize the event, writes
El Hincha
).
At the Obelisk, there have been incidents, reports
La Nacion
: police officers injured, supporters arrested, stones thrown.
In short, a day full of political frustrations for the government and President Alberto Fernandez, writes
the newspaper
: between the absence of the players on the balcony of the Casa Rosada, and the popular celebration which turned into overflow.
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Canada sanctions two ex-ministers in Haiti
Two former ministers – that of Justice, Berto Dorcé, and that of the Interior and local authorities, Liszt Quitel, have just been sanctioned by Canada for corruption, writes
Alter Presse
.
Any assets they may have in Canada are frozen.
Toronto had already sanctioned eight political figures, writes the news site.
The National
recalls for its part that Berto Dorcé and Liszt Quitel had already been accused of cocaine trafficking or kidnapping.
“
Despite these scandals
,” the two men, the newspaper points out, “
were never indexed by the Haitian justice system and continued their political careers until they were banned from travel by the United States in October. last
".
They subsequently resigned from Ariel Henri's government.
“
From a legal point of
view ,” writes
Le Nouvelliste
, “
the ideal would be – and Haiti would gain from it – that we go, after the sanctions, to legal proceedings to lead to convictions or acquittals
.
Moreover, “
if the sanctions have had the effect of an earthquake within the political class and the private sector, it would be naïve to claim victory.
Mafiosos know how to turn their backs
.
And the journalist to call for "
a real popular movement, not anarchist, but progressive, enamored of the ideals of social justice, of the effective fight against corruption, to outdo the mafia in the ballot box
".
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