New York City is preparing for the arrival of Donald Trump, who is scheduled to appear in Manhattan court on Tuesday. The local police were placed in ” state of emergency “, explain The Hill, pending protests from his supporters. Fears of overflows are however measured, explained Sunday evening a spokesperson for the police.
” Prosecutors, Donald Trump himself, his allies and his enemies “prepare in any case for” a historic week “, Write the wall street journal. The billionaire, in power between 2017 and 2021, is the first former president to be criminally charged in the entire history of the United States. He should arrive this Monday in New York and appear at the beginning of the afternoon on Tuesday, specifies the economic newspaper, to be notified of the exact charges against him. He will then speak to his supporters in Florida in the evening. The criminal case concerns the way in which the money paid by his lawyer to the former porn actress Stormy Daniels was declared, in the middle of the electoral campaign in 2016. Objective: that she stop publicly affirming that they slept together.
Donald Trump seems delighted to have been indicted, assures an analyst of the New York Times. For the former president, any publicity is a ” good publicity writes this political journalist. ” No one wants to be indicted “, however, this indictment places Donald Trump “ exactly where likes to be: in the middle of the circus ring, with all the spotlights on him underlines the article. The Republicans unite behind him, and the billionaire immediately took the opportunity to raise funds, 5 million dollars in the space of 48 hours, specifies CNN. One of the main substantive questions is still the following: what impact will this indictment have on the 2024 presidential election, for which Donald Trump has already been a candidate for several months?
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United States: at least 29 dead after new tornadoes
In the past two weeks, a total of more than 50 people have died as a result of tornadoes and storms that have swept across the country from north to south. The last tornado dates back to this weekend: it hit Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas and Illinois. New very strong winds are expected this Tuesday in the same states, specifies the New York Times. The Axios information siteasked scientists what was the impact of climate change on tornadoes. In the United States, the phenomenon seems to be shifting slightly towards the eastern part of the country, which is more populated, explains one of the researchers interviewed. If this trend continues over time, these storms could therefore cause more victims. However, scientists do not yet know for sure how global warming affects tornadoes in general, we read in this article.
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New arrests for “corruption” in Venezuela
At least eight new people have been arrested in recent days in Venezuela, in what the government presents as a major anti-corruption crackdown. That’s whatannounced this weekend Attorney General Tarek William Saab. The new arrestees are senior officials and executives of two state-owned mining companies, report the newspaper Universal. A total of 44 people have been arrested in this case since mid-March, including senior executives of the state-owned oil company PDVSA. The affair has already led to the resignation of the oil minister, a close associate of President Nicolas Maduro. This operation comes as the next presidential election is scheduled for next year, and Venezuela is negotiating with the United States to try to obtain a lifting of sanctions on its oil.
Ecuador: beginning of the impeachment trial of President Lasso
This Monday officially begins the political trial of President Guillermo Lasso before Parliament. ” I will go before the Assembly” to respond to this dismissal procedure, assured President Guillermo Lasso this weekend during a television interview. The head of state is suspected of misuse of corporate assets, after a journalistic investigation by the media La Posta. This weekend, one of the key men named in this case was found dead while he was wanted by the courts. And this Saturday, Guillermo Lasso declared a state of emergency, and authorization to carry weapons for civiliansagainst organized crime and drug trafficking in the large port of Guayaquil.
An attempt to ” diversion “, according to an editorialist of the newspaper The Hora, for whom the president only seeks to make people forget his impeachment trial, by launching a debate on the carrying of arms. A measure inspired by the very muscular policy of the President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, he writes. This decision which jeopardizes the safety of citizens”he warns, “ without dealing with crime”.
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Haiti: meeting between Canadian and Dominican leaders
Justin Trudeau, the Canadian Prime Minister, and Luis Abinader, the Dominican President, once again insisted on the need to ” ask for accounts and to sanction those who finance gang activity in Haiti, specifies the Listin Diario, a Dominican newspaper. Justin Trudeau repeated that his country was determined to support the Haitian police to help restore security in the country, writes the media Free Haiti. As a reminder, Canada promised $100 million for law enforcement ten days ago, while refusing to lead an international military intervention mission in Haiti.
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