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Donald Trump insists that Canada should be part of the US after Justin Trudeau’s resignation
The president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump, insisted on Monday that Canada should become one more state of the country and assured that the Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, “known this” and therefore announced his resignation.
“Many people in Canada WOULD LOVE to be state 51. The United States can no longer withstand the huge trade deficits and subsidies that Canada needs to stay afloat. Justin Trudeau knew this and resigned,” Trump said on his social network Truth Social.
“If Canada joined the United States, there would be no tariffs, taxes would go down considerably and they would be TOTALLY SAFE from the threat of the Russian and Chinese ships that constantly surround them. Together, what a great nation we would be!” added the elected president.
Trump’s proposal that Canada integrate into the United States, which he has been repeating in recent days more as a joke than as a real possibility, has generated discomfort among Canadians, defenders of their sovereignty.
As it was later transcened, Trump expressed this idea for the first time during a dinner with Trudeau in Mar-a-Lago (Florida), on November 29.
The president-elect has threatened to impose 25% tariffs on all products from Canada and Mexico if they do not stop the flow of migrants and drugs to the United States, which led Trudeau to visit Mar-a-Lago to try to persuade Trump not to apply those measures.
This Monday, at a press conference, Trudeau announced that he will resign as prime minister after more than nine years in power and that he will also leave the leadership of the Liberal Party.
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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.”
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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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