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Milei’s government values Trump’s attitude after the attack and compares him to Cristina Fernández
– The Government of Javier Milei on Monday praised the attitude of former US President Donald Trump (2017-2021) after the attack he suffered last Saturday , in a veiled criticism of that of former Argentine President Cristina Fernández (2007-2015) in the attack suffered in 2022.
“Republican presidential candidate Trump, far from playing the victim or trying to declare a holiday, will participate in the American (Republican) convention in Milwaukee,” said presidential spokesman Manuel Adorni at his usual press conference at the headquarters of the Executive.
Trump did not want the attempted murder by Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old armed with a rifle, to disrupt the plans for the Republican event and arrived on Sunday night in Milwaukee, in the state of Wisconsin, to participate in the convention where he will officially take up the post of candidate for president of the party.
On September 1, 2022, then-Vice President Cristina Fernández suffered an attempted murder, when Fernando Sabag Montiel fired several shots without the bullet leaving the weapon used during a demonstration of supporters in front of the building where the former president lived in Buenos Aires, in support of a court case where she was later convicted of corruption – a sentence that was appealed.
Former Peronist President Alberto Fernández (2019-2023) declared September 2 a national holiday so that society could express its “deep repudiation” of the attack.
At the press conference on Monday, Adorni did not want to comment on the attack against Fernández, because the judicial process is open, in which Sabag Montiel’s partner and alleged co-author of the crime, Brenda Uliarte, and the head of the group of cotton candy sellers dubbed by the press as ‘La Banda de los Copitos’, Nicolás Carrizo, of which the two main defendants were part, are also accused.
Milei’s spokesman once again expressed “absolute repudiation of the attack on Trump’s life.”
“Such outrageous events demonstrate, of course, that freedom is in danger, that the free and capitalist Western world is under threat. There is no room for contemplation for this type of terrorist act,” Adorni said, concluding that “capitalism will prevail over those who want to impose an agenda contrary to human nature. The future will be free or it will not be,” the spokesman said.
Adorni could not explain why Milei accused the “desperation of the international left” of “imposing its retrograde and authoritarian agenda” of the attack on Trump, according to the reaction that the Argentine president had last Saturday on his X account, and which differed from the statement from the President’s Office, which ratified his commitment to the defense of freedom.
Milei and Trump have expressed mutual admiration for each other in recent times, first through social media and then in person, on the occasion of the Argentine president’s trip to participate in the Conservative Action Political Conference (CPAC), last February.
International
Mexican government prioritizes 191 communities after deadly floods
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum confirmed on Wednesday that the death toll from recent rains and floods across several central states has risen to 66, while the federal government has activated air bridges and prioritized assistance in 191 isolated communities.
“Unfortunately, 66 people have died, and 75 remain missing,” the president said during her morning press conference. She added that the official death toll will be updated later in a new report.
As of Tuesday, authorities had reported 64 fatalities. Sheinbaum also announced the creation of a public information center to centralize official data on the deceased, missing persons, damaged homes, and cut-off communities.
According to the president, the number of missing persons has decreased thanks to coordination with state authorities.
“Through calls to phone line 079, 103 people who had been reported missing have now been located,” she explained.
Priority Municipalities
The president noted that the federal government has classified 191 communities as ‘priority’, a designation based mainly on the percentage of homes affected.
International
New road and bridge explosions raise alarm amid indigenous protests in Ecuador
Ecuadorian authorities are investigating two explosions that occurred early Wednesday, one on a road in the southern part of the country and another under a bridge in Guayas province. These incidents follow the car bomb explosion in the coastal city of Guayaquil, also in Guayas, which occurred the day before and left one person dead and 30 injured.
Press reports indicate that one person was injured and several vehicles were damaged in the explosion on the Cuenca-Girón-Pasaje road in the south.
“Besides yesterday’s explosion in Guayaquil, we have received reports of explosives placed on bridges along the Guayaquil-Machala and Machala-Cuenca routes to disrupt traffic,” said Roberto Luque, Minister of Infrastructure and Transport (MIT).
On his X social media account, Luque reported that authorities have been deployed to the sites to assess the damage and determine the current condition of the structures.
“What they haven’t achieved with their call for a strike, some are trying to achieve through terrorism,” he stated, referring to the 24 days of protests organized by the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities (Conaie) against rising diesel prices and other demands.
The protests, called at a national level, have Imbabura province as their epicenter. Roadblocks have also been reported in the northern part of Pichincha province, whose capital is Quito, while activities in the rest of the country continue normally.
International
Armed forces target illegal mines in Northern Ecuador with bombing raids
Ecuador’s Armed Forces carried out an operation on Monday — including airstrikes — against illegal mining in the town of Buenos Aires, in the country’s north, Defense Minister Gian Carlo Loffredo reported.
The mountainous, gold-rich area has been a hotspot for illegal mining since 2017, located in the Andean province of Imbabura.
In 2019, former president Lenín Moreno deployed around 2,400 soldiers to the region in an attempt to curb the illegal activity. “The operation began with mortar fire, followed by gunfire and bombing runs by Supertucano aircraft,” Loffredo said in a video released by the Defense Ministry.
He added that the operation would continue on Tuesday with patrols across the area to locate possible members of “irregular armed groups that may have crossed from the Colombian border.”
The Armed Forces stated on X that the intervention focused on the “complete elimination of multiple illegal mining tunnels” in the areas known as Mina Nueva and Mina Vieja.
The operation coincided with the deployment of a military and police convoy into Imbabura, which has been the epicenter of protests against President Daniel Noboa since September 22, following his decision to scrap the diesel subsidy.
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