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Trump: “It’s a political victory that has never been seen before. I’m going to be the 47º president”
The Republican candidate for the Presidency, Donald Trump, was proclaimed himself the winner of the US elections early Wednesday morning, in a victory that is close to being confirmed and that points to that it has been overwhelming against the Democrat Kamala Harris.
It will be the first time in more than a century that a former president becomes one again after losing an election and also the first time that a convicted person reaches the presidency of the country.
“What has happened is crazy, it is a political victory that had not been seen before in our country,” Trump proclaimed at an event held at the West Palm Beach Convention Center (Florida), where his followers have gathered to wait for the results.
The former president (2017-2021) went out to celebrate, accompanied by his whole family and his vice-presidential formula, the senator for Ohio J.D.Vance, at 2.20 in the morning (7.20 GMT).
He showed up even before mathematically getting the 270 compromises necessary to be president, although Fox, a channel related to the conservative party, had already predicted it a few minutes before.
The golden age of the United States.
“We are going to help our country heal. We have a country that needs help very urgently. We are going to fix our borders,” the president said in a speech that lasted just over half an hour.
“This will truly be the golden age of the United States,” added the 78-year-old former president, who this year was convicted by a New York court for having forged commercial records to buy the silence of porn actress Stormy Daniels during the 2016 election campaign.
He is also for interfering in the last elections, which he lost to Joe Biden, and for the assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, although as president he will have the power to order the Department of Justice to close the investigations against him.
A faster count than expected
Despite the fact that, given the tightness of the polls, a long count was estimated that could even last days, the results have been known much faster than expected and the Republican has soon been awarded North Carolina, Georgia and the coveted state of Pennsylvania.
The Democrats also lost control of the Senate, which fell into the hands of the Republicans after reaching the 51 votes necessary for the majority after four years in opposition.
The electoral battle is now in control of the Lower House, which the Republicans aspire to retain and in which they have an advantage in the recount, although there are still more than fifty seats to be decided.
A debacle for Harris
The one who did not come out to show her face tonight was the vice president, Kamala Harris, despite the fact that her followers were waiting for her at Howard University in the US capital, where she installed her headquarters.
Shortly after midnight, in the face of the disastrous evolution for the Democrats of the count, Harris’ campaign announced that he was not going to appear tonight.
In facent of dozens of people waiting for the vice president, who assumed the candidacy for the presidency after Joe Biden’s abandonment, a representative of her campaign briefly came out to explain that she will speak this Wednesday.
Before moving to West Palm Beach, Trump followed the results in his mansion in Mar-a-Lago, in South Florida.
He offered a dinner in which he was accompanied by various personalities, including the son of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, Eduardo Bolsonaro, British politician Nigel Farage and tycoon Elon Musk, one of the public figures who has been most present in his campaign.
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Dominican court postpones hearing in deadly nightclub collapse case
A Dominican court on Monday postponed until March a preliminary hearing against the owners of a nightclub that collapsed last year, killing more than 200 people.
The roof of the Jet Set nightclub collapsed in the early hours of April 8, 2025, during a concert by popular merengue singer Rubby Pérez, who died along with 235 other people.
Jet Set owner and manager Antonio Espaillat and his sister Maribel, who served as the club’s administrator, were arrested on charges of involuntary manslaughter but were later released on bail after posting approximately $842,500.
Both appeared at the Palace of Justice, where they were met by a small protest from relatives and friends of the victims.
“Thirty years in prison is not enough” and “President, we want JUSTICE,” read signs held by demonstrators.
The preliminary hearing determines whether there is sufficient evidence to send the case to trial. The court decided to reschedule the hearing for March 16.
“We don’t want money and we’re not demanding anything else, only justice for those who died,” said Secundino Pérez, a 75-year-old shopkeeper who lost 12 friends in the Jet Set tragedy.
“Antonio and his family celebrated Christmas sitting at a table, celebrating their freedom,” said Edgar Gómez, who lost his daughter in the collapse.
The Dominican Republic’s Public Prosecutor’s Office maintains that the defendants “significantly altered” the structure of the nightclub. Prosecutors filed formal charges in November and requested that the case proceed to trial.
The charge of involuntary manslaughter carries a sentence of three months to two years in prison.
“May your conscience never let you sleep. I lost my son,” a woman shouted through tears before the hearing, while others chanted, “Murderers, murderers, murderers.”
International
Venezuelan opposition leader dedicates Nobel Prize to Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump said last week that he was “eager” to welcome the opposition leader, who left Venezuela clandestinely with U.S. assistance, to receive her Nobel Prize in Oslo.
Machado dedicated her Nobel Prize to Trump, who nevertheless showed a very cautious attitude toward including her in any potential political transition in Venezuela.
The opposition leader said on Monday, after an audience with Pope Leo XIV, that “the defeat of evil is closer” in Venezuela following the U.S. military operation that overthrew and removed President Nicolás Maduro and his wife from the country.
Trump has claimed that he is now in control of the South American nation, stating that the primary objective at this stage is to stabilize the country before considering elections.
Venezuelan oil is Washington’s main objective, Trump added after Maduro’s overthrow.
International
Police hunt gunmen after fatal shooting in Corsica
A man was shot dead on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica, local media reported. The victim was identified as Alain Orsoni, former president of local football club AC Ajaccio, according to sources close to the investigation cited by French news channel BFMTV.
Orsoni, 71, was killed in the town of Vero, near Ajaccio, the island’s capital, while attending his mother’s funeral.
He was also a former member of the National Liberation Front of Corsica (FLNC), a nationalist organization that has long sought independence for the island, reports said.
BFMTV reported that the gunmen fled the scene and remain at large. Local police have opened an investigation into the shooting.
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