PRESS REVIEW OF THE AMERICAS
In the news: the day after the Baltimore tragedy, the investigation continues its course
People watch from Fort McHenry as a container ship rests on the debris of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, Thursday, March 28, 2024, in Baltimore, United States of America. AP - Matt Rourke
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Reopening the port of Baltimore after Tuesday's tragedy will take a long time, authorities say. And it's an entire community that is worried about its future. The port was closed Tuesday and until further notice, while the investigation continues, reports the
Washington Post
. There is also a time of mourning. Alejandro Hernandez Fuentes was the leader of a team of construction workers who went into the water at the time of the collision. This father of four is one of two people found dead.
“He was a worker, a parent and a devoted Christian
,” recalled one of his former colleagues quoted in the
Baltimore
Sun. The friend explains that while working on deck, the teams were immersed in noise, but could hear what was happening around them. The team leader from Mexico
“understood English and could therefore have grasped a possible warning signal emitted by the crew of the ship below
,” says the former colleague.
Memory of economic decline
The investigation must determine whether this SOS was indeed issued in time to allow those present on the bridge to evacuate.
“Everyone is very affected,”
said the sailor interviewed by the
Washington Post
,
“but help will arrive, it will be fine
,” he wants to believe.
Joe Biden
announced $60 million in support to rebuild the bridge. The economic health of the city is at stake.
“This bridge has long been the pride of Baltimore
,” recalls the
Wall Street Journal
.
After years of industrial decline with the end of the Bethlehem shipyards, or that of the Western Electric factory, the bridge which allowed the passage of 47 million tons of goods per year over the river had brought new life to the region.
“It’s one thing to lose a factory to the benefit of another city, it’s another to lose its place as a logistics hub
,” underlines the economic daily. Indeed, ships will necessarily go elsewhere, because world trade does not wait.
Also read: United States: heavy economic consequences after the collapse of the Baltimore bridge
Vote or abstain?
Brazil
's change of tone in the face of
Nicolas Maduro
's regime
continues to make headlines.
“It's progress,” headlines the daily
O Globo
in its editorial
.
“Political freedom had to be reduced to this point to finally see criticism
,” believes the Brazilian daily. Once that has been said, what to do on July 28?
“Boycott the vote again? »
asks
Tal Cual
.
“Abstaining or leaving will invariably make Nicolas Maduro win […] The best way to beat him is to send opponents to confront him. It seems like a joke, but it is a certainty
,” the newspaper close to the opposition tries to convince.
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Lynching in the middle of Holy Week
Mexico in turmoil after a double tragedy during Holy Week. In Taxco, a city in the state of Guerrero in southwest Mexico. A little girl and her mother are dead. And it is the circumstances of these deaths that arouse emotion. Little Camila Gomez, 8 years old, was kidnapped and killed by her captors. And among the suspects is… his own mother. She was lynched by a mob on the day of the funeral. All under the eye of smartphone cameras. In the background, a city
“asphyxiated by the violence and extortion of the organization “la Familia Michoacana” and “los Tlacos”
. A city where even Holy Week is no longer a respite, summarizes the newspaper
Proceso
.
“Eight police officers who did not have the authorization to arrest the suspects were overwhelmed by residents who were thirsty for revenge
,” the daily continues. The city's mayor denounces a lack of human resources on the day of the tragedy: forty police officers for 105,000 inhabitants, specifies the
Milenio
newspaper .
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