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Donald Trump hurries last hours of campaign to charge in Georgia against Kamala Harris
The former US president and Republican candidate, Donald Trump, doubled, at a rally in the key state of Georgia, his attacks against the vice president and Democratic rival, Kamala Harris, and said: “Go. Go away. You’re fired,” after calling her “the worst vice president in the history” of the country.
“Kamala talks about fixing the economy, but why doesn’t he do it? He’s not going to do anything. He is incapable of doing it. His plan will impose the largest tax increase in the history of the United States on families,” said the former governor (2017-2021) in the city of Macon, in the ‘hinge’ state of Georgia.
He then ridiculed the Democratic presidential candidate for having said in a recent television interview that she would not do anything different from what President Joe Biden did, something that “in itself disqualifies her,” he said.
“Our country is 90% on the wrong path, the highest in the history of our country, and she says ‘oh, I wouldn’t do anything different’?, Trump vehemently wondered at the close of the day tonight, two days before the presidential elections.
This Sunday, the former president held rallies in three small cities of decisive ‘bisinge’ states in order to mobilize, especially, rural voters, a significant part of his electoral base.
Liberation Day
If this morning in Lititz (Pennsylvania), the ‘pendulum’ state that contributes the most electoral votes (19), Trump said that he should not have left the White House after losing the 2020 elections, a defeat that he has never recognized, tonight in Macon he assured that November 5 “will be the Liberation Day” of the United States.
He accused Harris of leading a Democratic campaign that is based solely on “hatred” and “demonization” calling the United States “half the garbage”, in reference to Biden’s comment after a comedian described Puerto Rico as a “floating garbage island” at a Trump rally.
“Let me tell you something. (…) The only garbage I see floating around are his followers,” Biden said, words that both the White House and the president himself tried to clarify later.
The two central issues that Trump returned to again and again during his rally in Georgia were illegal immigration, which has turned the United States into “a busy country,” and the economy, which suffers from “galloping inflation.”
Trump and Harris continued this Sunday to fight an intense battle for a handful of decisive ‘hinge’ states, with polls that present a very tight scenario.
Everything is open
This close pulse means that both political rivals have turned in recent days in the seven ‘hinge’ states: Pennsylvania, the one with the most electoral votes (19); North Carolina (16), Georgia (16), Michigan (15), Arizona (11), Wisconsin (10) and Nevada (6).
The average of polls collected by FiveThirtyEight show technical ties and within the margin of error between Trump and Harris, so victory could be determined by very narrow margins or require recounts to see who reaches the necessary 270 electoral votes.
With some polls in the technical tie in the seven key states everything is open. The vote of the next two days and these last hours of campaign could be crucial. Never as now does the phrase ‘every vote counts’ make more sense.
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Brésil : 11 morts et 45 blessés dans un violent accident entre un bus et un camion
Onze personnes ont perdu la vie et quarante-cinq autres ont été blessées lors d’une collision frontale entre un camion de marchandises et un autobus dans le centre-ouest du Brésil, ont annoncé les autorités ce samedi.
L’accident s’est produit vendredi à 21h40, heure locale, sur la route BR-163, près de la localité de Lucas do Rio Verde, dans l’État du Mato Grosso.
Selon la Police routière fédérale (PRF), un autobus reliant la capitale de l’État, Cuiabá, à Sinop est entré en collision frontale avec un camion transportant des graines de coton.
« L’accident a fait 11 morts », a indiqué la PRF dans un communiqué, précisant qu’une enquête est en cours pour déterminer les causes du drame.
Les blessés ont été transportés vers des hôpitaux de la région : 11 sont dans un état grave, 26 présentent des blessures modérées et 8 sont légèrement touchés, selon la police routière.
Le conducteur du camion a subi des blessures modérées.
La société de transport Rio Novo, propriétaire de l’autobus, a confirmé l’accident.
« Notre priorité est de prendre soin des victimes et de leurs familles », a déclaré l’entreprise dans un message publié sur les réseaux sociaux.
Les accidents mortels sont fréquents sur les routes brésiliennes, un pays aux dimensions continentales.
Dimanche dernier, huit personnes avaient trouvé la mort dans une collision impliquant deux voitures et une moto dans l’État de Minas Gerais (sud-est).
En mai, une collision frontale entre une minifourgonnette et un camion avait fait neuf morts et dix blessés, également dans le Minas Gerais.
International
U.S. doubles bounty on Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro to $50 million
In February, the United States designated eight Latin American criminal organizations as “global terrorist” groups, including Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel, Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua, and the MS-13 gang. In July, it added the Cartel of the Suns to the list — a group Washington claims is led by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
Last Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration doubled the reward for information leading to Maduro’s arrest, raising it from $25 million to $50 million, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced on social media platform X.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio explained that labeling the Cartel of the Suns as a terrorist organization allows for a strategic shift in dealing with the Venezuelan regime, as it is now also considered a direct threat to U.S. national security, according to El Espectador.
In an interview with The World Over on EWTN, Rubio said the designation enables the U.S. to “use intelligence agencies, the Department of Defense, or any other element of American power to go after them.” He stressed this is no longer just a law enforcement matter, but a national security operation.
When asked at the White House whether he believes it is worth sending the military to combat Latin American drug cartels, Trump responded:
“Latin America has many cartels, a lot of drug trafficking, so, you know, we want to protect our country. We have to protect it.”
International
Three injured in early-morning New York City shooting
A shooting in New York City early Saturday morning left three people injured, a police spokesperson told AFP.
The incident occurred at around 1:20 a.m. local time (05:20 GMT) following a dispute. An 18-year-old woman sustained a scratch to the neck, while a 19-year-old man and a 65-year-old man were injured in the lower limbs.
The victims were taken to Bellevue Hospital, where they were reported to be in stable condition.
The alleged shooter was taken into custody at the scene, and a firearm was recovered. As of now, the suspect has not been formally charged.
Videos circulating on social media show scenes of panic among the crowd, though AFP has not been able to verify their authenticity. The incident comes just weeks after another shooting in a Manhattan skyscraper that left four people injured before the gunman took his own life.
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