In the United States, all the press is asking the question: will Donald Trump be arrested and charged, as he announced on Tuesday? The case is that of the supposed payment of the former president, in 2016 – before his victory – of bribes to an actress of pornographic films with whom he would have had an affair.
If it takes place, it would be the first indictment “, title The Hill“ of a former president, and for a serious offense “. According to Donald Trump’s lawyers, he will surrender to avoid arrest which, the news site explains, “ save him from being dragged into a van in handcuffs as cameras roll and flashes flash “.
But that doesn’t stop Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Donald Trump’s possible rival for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, from saying that, for his part, he “ stay away from this “circus””, notes USA Today. What drew the wrath of Trump supporters to him – even if, notes the New York Times, DeSantis also attacked the prosecutor in charge of the case, Alvin Bragg, claiming that he has a “political” agenda. Attack also led, adds The Hillby Republican deputies, “ who seek to portray Alvin Bragg as a rogue prosecutor who let crime rise dramatically in the city (New York), while continuing to investigate a case “zombie” against Donald Trump “.
The press wonders what will happen if Donald Trump is indicted, and the New York police are taking the lead, reports Politico : its officials met on Monday with members of the secret services and officials of the prosecutor’s office. “ We monitor comments on social media, and the police also ensure that nothing wrong happens in the city “said the mayor. For the experts interviewed by the Boston Globe“ a Trump indictment will not be a test of democracy “, On the other hand “ any effort by Trump and his allies to weaken this process will undermine public confidence in the judiciary, creating new risks for democracy two years after Donald Trump’s attempt to foment an insurrection and overthrow an election “.
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The Argentinian state takes control of the private electricity operator
In Argentina, the State announces a temporary takeover of the private operator Edesur, responsible for distributing electricity. 180 Day Takeover, Title The Nation, “after massive power cuts over the past two weeks, which have caused economic losses and endangered the lives of people dependent on electrical appliances”. Objective of this “intervention”, writes Page 12 : « “monitor and control” the execution of maintenance and service improvement works, after the detection of numerous breaches of the concession contract “. The Minister of the Economy, adds The Nationalso explained this gesture by “ the imminent decision of Enel (the Italian group that controls Edesur) to sell the company, a situation generating some uncertainty “.
Clarin notes that it is a close friend of Vice-President Cristina Kirchner, who will be in charge of “ control “. And, consider The Nation“ we cannot rule out the idea that this intervention is intended to lower the price of the company, so that it ends up in friendly hands of the government “.
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Venezuela’s oil minister resigns
In Venezuela, resignation of the Minister of Oil, Tarek El Aissami, “ amid hijacking scandal within PDVSA », the public oil company. Resignation “ to help, accompany and support ” the investigations, affirms the now former minister quoted by Universal. “ Since last friday “, remember Tal Cual“ several senior officials of the administration of President Nicolas Maduro have been arrested, implicated in acts of corruption linked to the possible disappearance of three billion dollars from the sale of oil “. “ I have the absolute will to go all the way to dismember these mafias “, says Nicolas Maduro in One of Ultimas Noticias, announcing a restructuring of the company at the highest level. In his editorial, El Nacional is not kind to the resigning minister: “ lawyer and criminologist, he lacked the training and skills to run the oil industry “. And stings: the government shows once again that it is unable to protect the main national resources on which the country’s budget is based. More resignations are needed “.
Trapped envelopes in Ecuador
In Ecuador, several media received booby-trapped envelopes. And the USB key contained in one of them exploded when a journalist connected it to a computer, it happened in the premises of the private television channel Ecuasiva, says The Universe. The newspaper specifies that the journalists of other media received envelopes with the same type of device. In Espressothe spokesman for the NGO Fundamedios said his “ great fear that this is a political message “: “ if we put it in the context of instability, political uncertainty that the country is going through, there are probably groups that want to send these kinds of messages of chaos “.