Thunderboltyesterday in Chile: during the election of the members of the Constitutional Council responsible for drafting a new draft constitution, the Chileans voted in the majority for the ultra-conservative right.” The Republican Party is a disaster and with Chile Vamos, it will control the new constitutional process », headlineThe Tercera. Always in One,El Mercuriopoints out that José Antonio Kast’s far-right party won 22 seats, plus 11 for the traditional right. President Boric’s coalition is satisfied with 17 seats, and the natives have one seat – Emolrecalls that, unlike 2022, they did not have a number of reserved seats. In short, writtenthe newspaper“ the Republicans mark a milestone, and become the political party having gathered the most votes in an election since the return to democracy “.
The Terceraspeaks of ” a significant rout of the ruling party, which went to the polls divided and failed to win enough seats to have a veto “. ” The results “, writes the daily, “ are seen internally as a threat to the success of the constitutional process “. Because the Republicans won a right of veto, while they were never in favor of a new constitution – El Mostrador Talk about ” great paradox “.
On the side of the traditional right, overtaken by the extreme right,The Tercera speaks of a hard defeat “. Defeat which also complicates things for the left-wing presidency, which fears, with this ” major offensive by the Republican Party, a “straightening” of the traditional right, Chile Vamos, which once again complicates the negotiation of reforms “. Moreover, title El Mostrador“ the Republican Party announces that it will begin to lead the Constitutional Council and the right “.
In the meantime, two center parties who have not obtained any advisers, call, write Emol“ not to write a partisan constitution – which President Boric is also asking for, underlinesEl Mostrador. The newspaper, ineditorialtalks about countries “ bipolar and wonders what the real support of the population for the Republican Party is: El Mostrador notices that his campaign was 100% focused on the topic of security – like electing an attorney general or a sheriff, and Chileans were so uninterested in that vote – weary of continually vote in recent years – that millions of them stayed home this Sunday.
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More than 100 fires in Alberta
In Canada, fires are raging in the province of Alberta, which declared a state of emergency this weekend. ” Evacuations continue “, titleThere Press“ bringing the total to nearly 30,000 displaced people in a few days, a situation “unprecedented” at this time of year “. The province, specifies the French-language daily, “ said Sunday that 108 fires were still active “, and ” 31 are considered out of control “. Investigations are still underway into the origins of the disasters, writes the National Post, but fifteen would have been caused by man and ten by lightning.The newspaper reports that ” firefighters took advantage of cooler and wetter weather which will help them fight the claims “.But on the border with Alberta, British Columbia, strong winds are expected – they should strengthen the fires, writes theGlobe and Email. Ontario and Quebec have already sent firefighters to Alberta. This Monday,Premier Danielle Smith is to ask Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for federal help. The daily recalls that the Canadian army has already helped the province during fires in 2016 and floods in 2013.Since the beginning of the year, 375000 hectares would have burned in Alberta.
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In the United States, eight people shot dead in front of a shopping center
We know more about the man who opened fire in front of a shopping center in a suburb of Dallas (Texas), killing at least eight people. According to information fromwashington postMauricio Garcia” was apparently fascinated by white supremacists or neo-Nazis; what investigators consider a possible motive for the attack “. The daily points out that on his chest he wore a badge bearing the letters ” RWSD “, which means ” Far-right death squad “. THE New York Times reports for his part that a few hours before the tragedy, a Democrat who, for months, had been asking the local Congress for more gun control, had been told by the leader of the Republican majority that, if he did not constantly put the subject on the table, he would be forbidden to speak.In 2022, the United States experienced 647 mass murders.
Migrants run over by vehicle in Texas
Sunday morning, a vehicle drove into a group of people waiting for the bus in the town of Brownsville (Texas). Result: at least seven dead and eleven injured. The bus stop was located in front of a migrant shelter, which allows those who have crossed the Mexican border to breathe a little, specifies the Houston Chronicle. Most of the victims were Venezuelan. Police are investigating whether the driver’s action was intentional – the driver who was held up by witnesses until police arrived, writes Tal Cual.The Venezuelan newspaper publishes the photo of the vehicle, very damaged, testifying to the violence of the shock.
Return of a group of migrants to Venezuela
115 Venezuelan migrants have returned to Venezuela, by plane, thanks to the Return to Homeland Plan. Tal Cual explains that hundreds of migrants, mainly Venezuelans, have been stranded for weeks at the border between Chile and Peru: they want to leave Chile, following the tightening of migration controls by President Boric, but Peru is preventing them from crossing because they do not have the necessary papers. After this first flight, others should quickly follow, according to the Chilean authorities. In Venezuela, the Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs welcomes this return, notes Ultimas Noticiasstating that “ the Bolivarian government thus demonstrates its firm commitment to the well-being of Venezuelans far from the borders “.
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