” Between June 2020 and November 2021 at least 31 journalists had their mobile phones hacked by the system created by the Israeli company NSO group “, details the Salvadoran newspaper Diario Co Latino. On his side, La Prensa Grafica publishes the names of all spied journalists and their media: El Diario de Hoy, La Prensa Grafica itself… In the lead, and largely, El Faro, with no less than 22 employees on tap. The online daily thanks them for speaking to El Faro “ despite the risks “.
Because for the editorialist, it is obvious: ” the objective of this espionage operation was, among other things, to identify our sources of information in order to prosecute them. It’s not the first time this has happened “, emphasizes El Faro:” This government has polygraphed public employees suspected of talking to journalists aboutEl Faro”. ” Critical and investigative journalism does not appeal to an authoritarian and corrupt government. ‘Cause he’s questioning it and laying it bare “, concludes El Faro.
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Elsalvador.com echoes the conclusions of the NGO Amnesty International: Authorities must protect freedom of expression and launch an impartial and thorough investigation “. This is also what is required La Prensa Grafica, for who ” the government cannot stand idly by “. He believes that these methods come straight “ totalitarianisms that hit Europe in the first third of the 20th century “. La Prensa Grafica also echoes the latest Human Rights Watch report on El Salvador: President Bukele and his allies have weakened the system of democratic checks and balances (…) violating the constitution on multiple occasions “.
So how is President Najib Bukele reacting to all of this? Diario La Gaceta echoes on the front page of a Tweet from the president singing the praises of a beach, El Zonte, writing: ” We are building a place where your children can live the same life as their parents when they were little “.
Joe Biden’s frustration
” I don’t know if we can make it “, title The Hill, quoting the US president. Because it is a new blow that Joe Biden faced this Thursday: he wants to change the rules of voting in the Senate to force through his electoral reform protecting access to the vote for African-Americans, but Democratic Senator Kyrsten Sinema announced that she opposed it. But we know that the president needs all the democratic votes… But, believes Politico, “ even though next week’s vote on the rule change appears to be doomed, many senators (Democrats) want to charge straight ahead “.
However, this setback is not the only one Joe Biden suffered yesterday: the Supreme Court blocked the vaccination obligation that he wanted to put in place for companies with more than 100 employees. And, remember New York Times, it is ” a key part of the White House’s plan to deal with the pandemic, as cases linked to the Omicron variant are on the rise “. Result, note it washington post : after this decision “ employers face a myriad of vaccination policies, which differ by state “. A particularly complicated situation for companies present in several States.
Robert Kennedy’s killer remains in jail
The governor of California has rejected the parole of Sirhan Sirhan, 77, who assassinated Robert Kennedy in 1968. Last year a commission authorized his release, a decision which, recalls the wall street journal, had divided the Kennedy family: two of the senator’s children were in favor, six against.
And it is in the opinion of the latter that the governor of California Gavin Newsom is sided, he explains in a column published by the Los Angeles Times : according to him ” Sirhan refuses to accept responsibility for his crimes », « even at 77 he remains a powerful symbol of political violence ” and ” releasing him would pose a threat to public safety “. In the New York Times, one of the prisoner’s lawyers plans to appeal: ” There is not a shred of evidence to suggest that Mr Sirhan is still a danger to society “.
The Haitian government in retreat
In Haiti, the government “is doing” a retreat since yesterday, for two days, at the Decameron hotel on the Côte des Arcadins, reports Le Nouvelliste. Objective, explain AlterPresse, quoting a tweet from the Prime Minister’s Office: getting to ” coherent and harmonious government action », « in a context of crisis recalls the newspaper.
This retreat will it help the government to stop caressing the circumference of the perfect circle, as it has been doing for six months ? », wonders Le Nouvelliste, which concludes: The government is in retirement, can’t wait for it to come back and finally get to work “.