Americas press review
In the spotlight: the High Council of the Transition in place in Haiti
Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry, seen in January 2023 in Port-au-Prince.
After the appointments last month, he officially installed the three members of the High Council for the Transition (HCT) on Monday February 6.
© AFP/Richard Pierrin
Text by: Christophe Paget Follow
4 mins
Advertisement
Read more
The High Council of the Transition is “
finally installed
”, writes
Le Nouvelliste
.
The newspaper recalls that the HCT was "
set up by the agreement of December 21, financed and supported by the international community
".
Three major projects await him: the revision of the Constitution, the strengthening of the judicial system and the formation of the Provisional Electoral Council.
But
Le National
specifies that, during the speech he delivered when installing the HCT in the premises of the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Prime Minister Ariel Henry acknowledged that "
the complexity of the situation does not favor the realization immediate elections
”.
Ariel Henry and his new allies “
have a free field to carry out their actions
”, believes Frantz Duval in his
editorial
: “
Nothing can stop them anymore.
The next victories will be theirs.
They will also be accountable for failures and defeats
.
»
Mirlande Hyppolite Manigat, one of the members of the HCT, has also called on non-signatories of the HCT to join them.
In Ecuador, the results are refined for the local elections and the referendum on Sunday
According to the results, which are not all known, it is a big blow (in the negative sense of the term) for the PSC, the social-Christian party allied to President Lasso, writes
El Universo
.
The Citizen Revolution movement, which supports former left-wing president Rafael Correa, narrowly won the town halls of the capital, Quito, with 25%, the newspaper said, and of the country's second city, the port of Guayaquil, more markedly, with almost 40%.
"
'Correism' is growing in seven provinces
," adds
El Mercurio
.
“
The Ecuadorian people have favored with their vote 'correism' and its collaborators who
”, recalls
El Comercio
, “
have been many to be condemned for corruption
”;
and in the referendum he “
opposed the extradition of drug traffickers
”.
The editorialist believes that “
political parties have lost their ideological basis, today elitist interests, ambition, vanity take precedence
: the time when ideals united all social strata has disappeared
”.
President Laso, taken up by
Expreso
, speaks of a “
people's call to government
”, and affirms that “
the future well-being of Ecuador did not and does not pass exclusively through the referendum
”.
Turkey earthquake: United States, El Salvador and Mexico send aid
“
Earthquake toll rises ,
”
headlines the
Wall Street Journal
.
“
A bruised region digs to find survivors
”, headlines, still in front page, the
New York Times
, which publishes three photos of rescuers busying themselves, day and night, on mountains of rubble.
One of the photos shows a child lying on a stretcher, which is passed from hand to hand.
And there is little time left to find survivors, writes the
newspaper
: “
Typically, this is only done within three days of an earthquake
”, explains an expert.
16,000 rescuers have been deployed in Turkey, "
and they have to work in freezing cold
".
President Biden, writes the
Wall Street Journal
, “
sends teams to help authorities deal with the fallout from the earthquake
”: “
to support the search for survivors and help the injured and displaced
”.
In Latin America, Mexico, writes
Excelsior
,
sends "
an Air Force plane, with rescuers and a specialized team on board
".
"
All the necessary aid
" must also come from El Salvador, promise of President Nayib Bukele in
Diariocolatino
.
The Brazilian newspaper
Estadão de São Paulo
specifies that, more broadly, "
international aid should arrive in the two countries (Syria and Turkey) on Tuesday
".
Because we must not forget Syria:
Estadão
interviewed Sébastien Gay, head of mission for Doctors Without Borders in the country.
He explains that health facilities in northern Syria are overwhelmed, medical personnel are working “
around the clock to respond to the large number of injured
".
Salman Rushdie in The
New Yorker
Writer Salman Rushdie gave the
New Yorker
the first interview since the attack he suffered.
The novelist of Indian origin, naturalized American, lives in New York.
A fatwa has been hanging over the head of the author of The
Satanic Verses
for decades.
Last year, he suffered a knife attack, following which he lost sight of one eye and one hand.
The article is also accompanied by a photo of the writer, in black and white;
the right lens of his glasses is black.
Salman Rushdie explains writing “
with great difficulty
”: “
I sit down to write, and nothing happens
”.
When he writes, he erases everything the next day, speaking of “
post-traumatic stress
”.
But he is thinking of writing a sequel to his autobiography,
Joseph Anton,
which was told in the third person.
This time, it wouldn't be one of his usual river novels, something more "
microscopic
" to talk about the attack.
And in the first person: “
I think when someone sticks a knife in your body, it's a story in the first person
”.
Newsletter
Receive all the international news directly in your mailbox
I subscribe
Follow all the international news by downloading the RFI application
Haiti
Newspaper
Americas press review