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Donald Trump wins the elections in the United States after a close campaign and will be president again
The Republican candidate, Donald Trump, was proclaimed this Wednesday the winner of the elections in the United States and will return to the White House, after a close electoral campaign, to become the 47th president of the country.
Trump exceeded the 270 electoral votes necessary to proclaim himself victorious against his rival, the Democratic candidate and vice president of the Government, Kamala Harris.
According to the US suffrage system, the president is proclaimed by the Electoral College, a body made up of 538 delegates who elect the states according to their population.
The winning candidate in each state, even by a single vote, takes all his compromises with the exception of Nebraska and Maine and the one who reaches 270 wins the elections.
Before the total results were known, the former president had already attributed the victory against Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris during a rally before his followers in Palm Beach (Florida), after checking his good partial results and winning the popular vote.
It will be the first time in more than a century that a former president becomes one again (he already ruled between 2017 and 2021) after losing elections (those of 2020) and also the first time that a convicted criminal reaches the Presidency of the country.
First conciliatory speech
Accompanied by his family and campaign managers, the former president assured from Palm Beach that he will govern for everyone and that “together” they will make a better United States.
“Success will unite us, and we will start by putting the United States first. I won’t let them down,” he said during a speech of less than half an hour at the Palm Beach Convention Center (on the east coast of Florida).
The former Republican president thanked each of his family members and Americans in a statement that had a mostly conciliatory tone and in which he invited to “put behind the divisions of recent years.”
Trump celebrated his good results in key states such as North Carolina, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, and boasted himself for having regained the majority in the Senate for the Republicans, while control of the House of Representatives remains in the air.
Before finishing the recount and after some important data on the voting trend throughout the country became known, Harris decided to cancel the speech he was scheduled to offer at the end of the election day and postponed it until this Wednesday, according to his campaign.
Trump gets the popular vote
The Republican has also won the popular vote (more than 71 million votes compared to Harris’ 66, according to preliminary ballot data), something that the Republicans had not achieved in 20 years, since the 2004 elections in which the Republican George W. Bush achieved 59 million votes against the democrat John Kerry’s 55.4.
In the 2016 elections, Trump arrived at the White House after having won the electoral vote (306 votes), but in popular vote he was almost three million below (63 against 65.8 million) of his then rival, the Democrat Hillary Clinton.
The billionaire’s victory has been met with increases in the stock markets around the world, while most political leaders have congratulated Trump and wished that his mandate prioritize international cooperation.
International
Erin brings strong winds and storm surge despite weakening offshore
Hurricane Erin weakened to a Category 2 storm on Tuesday but continues to pose a threat to parts of the U.S. East Coast with potentially dangerous flooding, according to meteorologists.
Although the hurricane’s eye is expected to remain offshore, experts are concerned about Erin’s size, as strong winds extend hundreds of kilometers beyond the storm’s center.
In its 18:00 GMT bulletin, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) lifted tropical storm warnings for the Bahamasand Turks and Caicos Islands, but kept them in effect for parts of North Carolina.
Erin was located several hundred kilometers southeast of North Carolina and was moving northwestward.
“This means there is a risk of potentially life-threatening flooding of 60 to 120 centimeters above ground level,” said NHC Director Michael Brennan.
He also warned of the possibility of destructive waves, combined with storm surge, that could cause severe damage to beaches and coastal areas, making roads impassable.
International
Three U.S. Warships deploy near Venezuela to combat drug trafficking
Three U.S. naval vessels are moving toward the coasts of Venezuela, according to international media reports on Tuesday, after White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt confirmed that President Donald Trump is ready to combat and curb international drug trafficking.
Reports indicate that the ships will reach Venezuelan waters within the next 36 hours as part of a recent U.S. deployment aimed at countering international narcotics operations.
The announcement coincides with Leavitt’s statement that Trump is prepared to “use the full extent of his power” to halt drug flows into the United States. The naval deployment involves approximately 4,000 military personnel.
“The President has been clear and consistent. He is ready to use every element of U.S. power to prevent drugs from flooding our country and to bring those responsible to justice. The Maduro regime is not the legitimate government of Venezuela—it is a narco-terror cartel,” the spokesperson said during a press conference.
International
Cuban authorities free salvadoran convicted in 1997 hotel bombing
Salvadoran national Otto René Rodríguez Llerena was released after serving a 30-year prison sentence for his involvement in a terrorist attack at a hotel in Cuba in 1997, the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported.
During his trial, Rodríguez Llerena admitted to placing an explosive device at the Meliá Cohiba Hotel under the orders of anti-Castro exile leaders. He was arrested the following year when he returned to Havana with another load of explosives that failed to detonate.
“The Cuban government reiterates its commitment to combating terrorism, respecting human rights, and the need for the international community to hold accountable those who promote such acts,” the statement read.
He was released on August 15 and is the second Salvadoran to complete his sentence. In December of last year, another Salvadoran, Ernesto Cruz León, was released after planting bombs at tourist centers, one of which killed an Italian tourist identified as Fabio Di Celmo.
A third Salvadoran, Francisco Chávez Abarca, also received a 30-year sentence from Cuban courts in 2010 after being extradited from Venezuela through Interpol for actions against Cuba.
Rodríguez Llerena had requested conditional release in 2016, arguing that his actions had not caused any direct fatalities, but no further information was released about his situation until now.
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