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Biden intensifies his campaign in several key states to silence criticism
In the midst of criticism for his mediocre performance in the first debate of the race to the White House, President Joe Biden will travel over the next few days to the states of Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, key to guaranteeing his victory against Donald Trump (2017-2021) in the November elections.
Meanwhile, his campaign team announced this Friday through a statement the launch of an “aggressive and specific” campaign to reach the voters of “disputed states that will decide this election.”
This weekend, Biden will travel to Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, which are part of the so-called ‘blue wall’ of the United States – which also includes Michigan -, states that since 1992, except for the exception of 2016, have voted Democrats.
According to the campaign, the Democratic Party has broken a record collection of 127 million dollars in June, an advantage that they will take advantage of for “new efforts in the field of organization and mobilization of critics, new strategic efforts in the paid media and an aggressive travel schedule led by President Biden.”
Among other things, a paid media campaign worth 50 million dollars will be held aimed at “key and high-impact moments that will attract a wide and diverse audience,” such as the Olympic Games.
In addition, at the Republican National Convention, where Trump is expected to accept the nomination and which will be held in two weeks in Milwaukee (Wisconsin), Democrats will also go to the city to face “the hatred and extremism of MAGA.”
Biden will also continue to do interviews, the campaign said, including one that will be broadcast tonight with journalist George Stephanopoulos and that will be broadcast on the ABC channel.
After this weekend’s trip to Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, President Biden will return to Washington for the NATO summit to be held next week.
He is scheduled to give an opening speech and participate in a press conference. As soon as the summit ends, he will return to the electoral campaign with a tour of the southwest focused on involving black and Latino voters.
During the Independence Day celebrations of July 4 that took place yesterday, Biden responded to those who ask him to continue in the electoral contest with a resounding “I’m not going anywhere.”
The president held a barbecue in the gardens of the White House to celebrate Independence Day and when he was spat by sympathizers with a “continues in the fight. We need you,” he replied: “Trust me. I’m not going anywhere.”
The president has been answering questions privately and in public for several days about whether he will be able to face a second term at the age of 81 and whether he is in a position to defeat Trump.
His bad performance in last week’s debate against Trump triggered speculation about whether he should be replaced before the August Democratic convention.
Biden confessed in a meeting this Wednesday with Democratic governors in the White House that he has to sleep more and will avoid organizing events after 8:00 p.m., according to several U.S. media.
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Uribe requests freedom amid appeal of historic bribery conviction
Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe on Monday requested that the Supreme Court restore his freedom while he appeals the historic 12-year house arrest sentence he received for bribery and procedural fraud.
Uribe, the most prominent figure of Colombia’s right wing, was convicted last week by a lower court for attempting to bribe paramilitary members into denying his ties to the violent anti-guerrilla squads.
Since Friday, the 73-year-old has been under house arrest at his residence in Rionegro, about 30 km from Medellín. The judge justified the measure by citing a risk of flight.
However, Uribe’s defense team rejected that argument and formally petitioned the court to immediately lift the detention order, claiming it lacks legal basis.
Uribe, a dominant force in Colombian politics for decades, is now the first former president in the country’s history to be convicted and placed under arrest, found guilty of witness tampering and obstruction of justice to prevent links to paramilitary groups.
He has repeatedly denounced the trial as politically motivated, blaming pressure from the leftist government currently in power.
His political party, Centro Democrático, has called for nationwide protests on August 7 in support of Uribe, who remains popular for his hardline stance against guerrilla groups.
Uribe has until August 13 to submit his written appeal. The case will then move to the Bogotá High Court, which has until October 16 to uphold, overturn, or dismiss the sentence. If the deadline passes without a decision, the case will be archived.
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U.S. Embassy staff restricted as gunfire erupts near compound in Port-au-Prince
The poorest country in Latin America and the Caribbean is currently engulfed in a deep political crisis and a wave of violence driven by armed groups — a situation that an international security mission led by Kenya is attempting to stabilize.
Due to the worsening security conditions, the U.S. government has suspended all official movements of embassy personnel outside the compound in Port-au-Prince, the U.S. State Department announced Monday in a security alert posted on social media platform X.
“There are intense gunfights in the Tabarre neighborhood, near the U.S. Embassy,” the alert reads, urging the public to avoid the area.
Tabarre is a municipality located near Port-au-Prince International Airport, northeast of the Haitian capital.
According to a July report by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, at least 3,141 people were killed in Haitibetween January 1 and June 30 of this year.
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Israel says 136 food aid boxes airdropped into Gaza by six nations
The Israeli military announced on Sunday that 136 boxes of food aid were airdropped into Gaza by the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Egypt, Germany, and Belgium.
“In recent hours, six countries conducted air drops of 136 aid packages containing food for residents in the southern and northern Gaza Strip,” read the statement, which added that the operation was coordinated by COGAT, the Israeli defense body overseeing civil affairs in the occupied Palestinian territories.
The Israeli military emphasized that they will “continue working to improve the humanitarian response alongside the international community” and reiterated their stance to “refute false allegations of deliberate famine in Gaza.”
The announcement comes as UN agencies warn Gaza faces an imminent risk of famine. More than one in three residents go days without eating, and other nutrition indicators have dropped to their worst levels since the conflict began.
The agencies also noted the difficulty of “collecting reliable data in current conditions, as Gaza’s health systems —already devastated by nearly three years of conflict— are collapsing.”
Meanwhile, Gaza’s Hamas-run Health Ministry reported on Sunday that hospitals in the enclave recorded six deaths from hunger and malnutrition on Saturday, all of them adults.
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