The former president of Haiti, Michel Martelly, his former Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe and Jean-Henry Céant, Prime Minister under Michel Martelly’s successor, President Jovenel Moïse, have all been sanctioned by Canada. Justin Trudeau’s government criticizes Michel Martelly, Laurent Lamothe and Jean-Henry Céant ” to protect and enable the illegal activities of armed criminal gangs, including through money laundering and other acts of corruption can we read in a press release from the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The sanctions prohibit all financial transactions and freeze the assets of the three personalities in Canada.
This announcement comes as three other high-ranking Haitian political figures, ” Gary Bodeau, former president of the Chamber of Deputies, current senator Rony Célestin and former senator Hervé Fourcand were sanctioned by Canada this Saturday », Reports Le Nouvelliste. Without speaking about ” Joseph Lambert, the current president of the Senate, and Youri Latortue, ex-senator and former chairman of the Senate anti-corruption commission », recalls his side Alterpress.
The question now is whether other countries will follow the Canadian example and sanction former President Michel Martelly and the two former prime ministers. The head of Canadian government Justin Trudeau has in any case called on the international community to do so, reports The duty. In Washington, ” National Security Council official hails Government of Canada action » in the columns of the Miami Herald. But ” it’s unclear if the Biden administration will follow writes the Florida newspaper. As for the European countries, they must first wait for the transposition of the UN resolution into European law.
It remains to be seen whether the Canadian sanctions will really affect the former Haitian president, Michel Martelly who, as indicated by the New York Times“ divides his time between Miami and the Dominican Republic. However, esteem the daily, this announcement could be a sign of a broader change of approach by the countries with the greatest influence in Haiti “. After the first political figures, sanctions are also expected in the coming days against members of the business sector.
Colombia: resumption of peace talks between the government and the ELN guerrillas
After a four-year hiatus, the Colombian government and ELN guerrillas resume their peace talks after a four-year hiatus.
The editorialist ofUniversal is optimistic: For the first time in Colombian history, the government is not from the right. Now the state, political power and control of official resources are in the hands of those who defended the peace agreements tooth and nail, and who have a vision of the public sphere that does not contradict what what the ideologues of the ELN think. And that’s an advantage “.
It is this supposed ideological proximity that frightens the conservative daily El Colombiano who is writing : ” We want peace, but we hope it is not a formality to endorse a radical left program for the country “. The Spectator believes, on the contrary, that we must put an end to this kind of divisive discourse: ” It is time to understand that peace is a national objective, regardless of political party, and therefore must be a process of unity exclaims the editorialist before concluding: After several bold moves by President Petro, the country’s hope is that this time the path to a definitive agreement with the guerrillas will be started “.
EUnited States: mourning and fear after shooting in an LGBTQ club
After the shooting at a gay club, the American press is celebrating heroes: those who courageously mastered the shooter who opened fire at an LGBTQ club in Colorado-Springs this weekend. ” Heroic people confronted the assailant » title the Chicago Grandstand. The shooter was later arrested by police and identified as Anderson Lee Aldrich. This young man killed five people and injured 18 others in Club Q, a nightclub that has become since its opening 20 years ago the heart and soul of the LGBTQ scene in Colorado Springs, says the denver post. The shooter’s motives are not yet known, the newspaper said. But this is not the first shooting in Colorado, notes for his part the denver gazette which publishes a long list of killings that have bloodied this state.
Many newspapers today are linking the drama in Club Q to the increasingly homophobic rhetoric used by part of the Republican Party: During the last midterm elections, Republican candidates made violent remarks about homosexual and transgender people and called “criminals” the families who support them “recalls the Los Angeles Times which continues: Many of the candidates who made this speech were elected. In less than a decade, the right has succeeded in reviving a dangerous old discourse that homosexuals and transsexuals are threats to children and to the health of the nation. There is no more room for difference. This scapegoat strategy is deliberate “, castigates the newspaper of the west coast.
” This year, armed protesters and far-right groups such as the Proud Boys have threatened LGBTQ community events in Texas, Nevada and Oregon “, reports the washington post. ” Hospitals providing care for transgender children and teens face increasing threats of violence, including bomb threats “, is alarmed the daily. ” Although Colorado has long been one of the most LGBTQ-friendly states in the country, recent attacks have reached such a point that members of this community say they no longer feel safe anywhere. “. And the Washington Post concludes: In fact, far-right groups are increasingly turning their attention to progressive states “.