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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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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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Caracas shuts embassy in Oslo without explanation following Machado’s Nobel win
Venezuela has announced the closure of its embassy in Norway, just days after opposition leader María Corina Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the Venezuelan diplomatic mission provided no explanation for its decision on Monday.
“It is regrettable,” a ministry spokesperson said. “Despite our differences on several issues, Norway wishes to keep the dialogue with Venezuela open and will continue to work in that direction.” The ministry also emphasized that the Nobel Committee operates entirely independently from the Norwegian government.
In its announcement, the Nobel Committee stated that Machado met the criteria established by Alfred Nobel, “embodying the hope for a different future, where the fundamental rights of Venezuelans are heard.”
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Sheinbaum: Urgent to restore access to towns cut off by heavy rains
Thousands of military personnel and civilians in Mexico worked tirelessly on Tuesday to clear roads blocked by the torrential rains of recent days, which have left more than 300 communities cut off across central and eastern regions of the country. Authorities also launched mass fumigation efforts in several affected areas to prevent the spread of dengue fever.
The official death toll remains at 64, though dozens of people are still missing. President Claudia Sheinbaumacknowledged that the government does not yet know the full situation in many of the isolated villages, which range in population from 500 to 1,000 inhabitants.
“The reopening of roads is one of the greatest urgencies,” Sheinbaum said. “It’s essential to guarantee air bridges, food supplies, clean water, and a proper census of the isolated communities so we can determine the condition of every person living there.”
Private construction companies are also assisting the effort with heavy machinery and technical support to help reopen highways and reconnect rural areas.
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