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An unprecedented reform for the Supreme Court. She does ” following months of questioning and criticism of its ethical standards “, summary THE Wall Street Journal. “ The absence of such a formal document fueled the misunderstanding and the idea that these magistrates, unlike all the others in the country, were not subject to any rules. », Reports the daily. This code, “ a necessityremember THE New York Times, after the series of revelations on real estate transactions and gifts » from which one of its members, Judge Clarence Thomas, would have benefited. “ The text limits what judges can receive as gifts in kind (…), it also regulates the cases where the impartiality of a magistrate could be called into question », continues the newspaper. Here again, Judge Clarence Thomas inspired this measure, because his wife, a conservative activist, is accused of having played a role in the Capitol affair, recalls THE Wall Street Journal. It is therefore a question of instilling more transparency. However, if this code is “ a first, it will not be enough to transform the institution », estimates for his part Politico. “ With their bombastic prose, the eight pages resemble a compromise between those who have long blocked any restrictive code and the need to respond to the crisis of public confidence », summarizes the daily online. But no mechanism is planned to force judges to respect this code, specifies the New York Times. Enough to leave the most fervent advocates of reform hungry for more, the newspaper concludes.
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There ” long wait » in Gaza
Brazilian President Lula welcomed yesterday, November 13, 2023 in the evening, as they got off the plane, the thirty-two “ returnees » from Gaza. The Brazilian Air Force plane landed shortly before midnight on the tarmac of Brasilia airport. On the front pages of several newspapers this morning of November 14, 2023, we can see photos of the Brazilian president kissing dozens of compatriots and their Palestinian relatives who arrived from Egypt as they descended. “ The wait was long », underlines the newspaper Veja, which recalls that the rescue process began on October 12, when part of the group, made up of 17 children, was sent to the Sisters of the Rosary school in the north of the Gaza Strip to be there. sheltered. “ Almost continuous support and telephone contact » are then established with them to get news and “ ensure their supply of water and food » details the daily life. All in conjunction with diplomats from several states in the region, until the authorization to cross the Rafah crossing last Sunday, November 12, after two days blocked there. “ The group was eventually taken in vans to Cairoprecise Folha de São Paulo, shocked, dehydrated for some. It is the “crown of serious work by the government” proclaimed Lula upon their arrival », Reports the newspaper. Later, the Brazilian president’s comments describing the Israeli response as ” as serious as the action of Hamas » aroused polemic with the Jewish State.
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32 hostages in the hands of the ELN according to Colombian police
In neighboring Colombia, the controversy continues, less than a week after the release of the father of footballer Luis Diaz from the hands of the National Liberation Army (ELN). The leaders of the organization, faced with the emotion aroused, admitted that this kidnapping was a mistake, and that they had been overwhelmed by one of their detachments. For week, kidnappings are indeed a practice that continues among the ELN. The conservative weekly mentions the kidnapping by the group, last Thursday, November 9, of five people in the department of Arauca, on the border with Venezuela. Five young traders, for whom “ the emergency search mechanism » would have been activated immediately, reports the daily. For these people, who do not have the notoriety of a famous footballer’s father, estimates the regional newspaper of Medellin El Colombiano : “ the ELN continues to justify its crimes », considers the daily. Kidnappings remain a source of funding for the organization which, according to one of its leaders cited in El Colombiano, has not committed to ceasing this activity. The government asks the organization to put an end to the kidnappings to give peace a chance. A message also relayed by the Attorney General of Colombia, Margarita Cabello, interviewed this Tuesday in El Tiempo. “ Negotiations with the ELN and the ceasefire must be accompanied by an end to kidnappings, [car sans ce prérequis]she believes, groups like the ELN have every interest in taking advantage of these negotiations to strengthen themselves logistically », Estimates the prosecutor in the newspaper. Police estimate the number of hostages still in the hands of the ELN at 32.
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