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Former Chilean President Piñera dies in a helicopter crash
Sebastián Piñera, the 74-year-old former president of Chile who died in a helicopter crash, has died. Piñera has been criticized primarily for numerous human rights violations.
Former Chilean President Sebastián Pinera died in a helicopter crash. His office said the accident occurred in the resort of Lago Rancho, 920 kilometers south of the capital, Santiago de Chile. The statement said: “It is with deep regret that we announce the death of the former President of the Republic of Chile.”
Chilean Interior Minister Carolina Toha also confirmed the death. President Gabriel Buric declared national mourning and ordered a state funeral.
The accident occurred in the municipality of Lago Rancho in the Los Rios region, where heavy rain fell, according to the Chilean newspaper La Terceira. The 74-year-old former head of state was flying the helicopter himself. He lost control near the shore of the lake of the same name, Lago Rancho, and fell into the water.
According to the Ministry of the Interior, in addition to Pinera, there were three other people on board the plane who managed to reach the beach under their own strength after the accident and survived. Emergency services recovered the former president's body from the water.
Pinera was 74 years old. Pinera ruled Chile for two terms, from 2010 to 2014 and from 2018 to 2022. Pinera led the South American country through devastating natural disasters, including the effects of an earthquake and tsunami. He also ruled during the Corona pandemic and had the highest vaccination rates in the world in his country.
Neoliberal policies are accompanied by protests
His political legacy has been marred by a violent police crackdown on protesters in October 2019 who opposed the country's education, health and pensions systems, dating back to the 1973-1990 military dictatorship.
International organizations pointed to widespread human rights violations in suppressing the protests. Social unrest eventually led to two attempts to update the constitution, but both attempts failed.
Piñera's first presidency was already marked by protests. His neoliberal economic path, a continuation of the Pinochet era, has ensured continuous growth of the Chilean economy and low unemployment, not least because of rising prices for copper on the world market – Chile's most important export product.
One of the richest men in the country
From the 1970s to the 1990s, Piñera worked as an entrepreneur in various industries. He was considered to have the fifth largest fortune in Chile, estimated at about $3 billion. Piñera also worked for almost 20 years as a researcher at various universities and as a consultant for the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank.
He has been married to Cecilia Muriel Montes since 1973, and they have four adult children.
Many past and current presidents from Latin America expressed their condolences. Argentine President Javier Miley expressed his condolences through the presidential office to family, friends and the Chilean people on behalf of the Argentine state. He also mourned the President of Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pue, and the former President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos.
“Sebastián Pinera was a good personal friend and a great ally of Colombia,” Santos wrote on the X platform. “Chile has lost one of its best presidents,” said former Mexican President Felipe Calderon.
Anne Herberg, RD Rio de Janeiro, Tagesschau, February 6, 2024, 10:52 pm
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Destroying the Crimean Bridge makes no sense? Warning of Ukraine’s attacks on Putin’s symbol of power
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The Crimean Bridge is a symbol of power for Putin – and a tempting target for Ukraine. But a Ukrainian intelligence expert recommends a different strategy in the war.
Kiev – The Russian regime warned of a „devastating retaliatory strike” if Ukraine attacks the Russian-annexed Crimea peninsula or the Crimean bridgehead again. The reason: There is speculation in Russia that Ukraine may be planning a major attack – on the occasion of “Victory Day,” which Russia marks on May 9 with an exhibition of captured military equipment. A simultaneous attack on the bridge connecting the peninsula to mainland Russia, It would be humiliating Russian President Vladimir Putin.
This was announced by a Ukrainian military intelligence officer in the British newspaper in April Watchman To: “We will destroy the bridge in the first half of 2024” The destruction of the bridge, which has already been attacked twice, is “inevitable.”
Now a Ukrainian intelligence expert is explicitly warning against destroying the Crimean Bridge. This is not out of fear of Putin’s revenge, but because he considers this a waste of Ukraine’s already scarce military resources.
“What will the destruction of the Crimean Bridge bring us?” Warning against wrong tactics in the Ukraine war
“What will the destruction of the Crimean Bridge bring us?” asks Ivan Stupak, a former employee of the Ukrainian Internal Intelligence Service. Interview with Ukrainian News Agency Union. Destroying the Crimean Bridge will be complex and difficult. The bridge was repeatedly damaged in previous attacks, but has since been restored. „It’s not doing well.”
Stupak believes that future attempts to destroy the bridge would be a waste of energy. Especially since Russia has now responded: it is clear that Putin’s army is no longer using the bridge for military purposes.
A Ukrainian open source agency recently found using satellite images that far fewer trains pass through the Kerch Bridge than in the past. Instead, Russia is now increasingly using land routes into the annexed areas of eastern Ukraine to supply the front lines of the Ukrainian war.
The head of Ukrainian domestic intelligence, Wasyl Malik, said in March 2024 that Russia would no longer use the Crimean bridge to deliver weapons. Trains that passed the bridge now transport only people and consumer goods.
In the war against Russia, Ukraine should attack other targets instead of the Crimean bridgehead
Ukrainian military expert Stupak recommends in an interview with Union Therefore, no more missiles and ammunition are wasted on attacks on the Kerch Bridge. Instead, the Ukrainian military should attack Russian targets whose destruction would be of greater benefit. Stupak cites „headquarters and depots” as examples, as well as air defense complexes, aircraft and airfields.
For example, if Ukraine destroyed a Russian S300 anti-aircraft missile complex, this would directly help Ukrainian defense: Russia could then immediately shoot down fewer Ukrainian planes and drop fewer missiles on soldiers, “meaning we don’t lose.” Any military or military forces.” Civilians. This is a great added value. This is also a direct effect.” Because they meant to “destroy Putin’s money.”
Experts recommend launching attacks on Russian fighter planes instead of the Crimean bridge
The Ukrainian expert said that the most important thing for Ukrainian defense in the war against Russia is the destruction of Russian fighter planes carrying high-explosive glide bombs. As a result of Russia’s use of so-called FAB bombs, the Ukrainian city of Avdiivka fell, which could now be repeated in the currently besieged city of Chasiv Yar.
The military expert warns that FAF glide bombs will penetrate Ukrainian defenses “like can launchers.” Therefore, Ukraine must destroy Russian combat aircraft directly where they are stationed or when they approach Ukraine. Stupak said that would be a „great advantage and opportunity to stop the Russian advance,” unlike the elaborate attacks on the Crimean bridge.
The latter, Stupak sees, are primarily PR campaigns “for Facebook”: “There will then be likes, memes and reposts for two days,” “But what will it bring us and how will it affect the situation at the front?” Decisive. (SMU)
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While things are getting more uncomfortable for former US President Trump in court in New York, he is having success in Miami: Proceedings there in the documents case probably won’t begin before the election in November.
The trial of former US President Donald Trump in the case of seizure of secret state documents was supposed to begin on May 20. But as the Florida judge in charge announced in a letter, the start of the proceedings will be postponed. Elaine Cannon explained that this was due to the open legal questions due to the large number of applications. No new date has been set.
For special prosecutor Jack Smith, the decision is a setback. The process is unlikely to begin before the presidential election in November, in which Trump is expected to run again as the Republican Party’s nominee.
Secret documents kept in a private villa
The 77-year-old was charged federally in the documents case last year. In this case, he is accused of illegally storing highly sensitive information from his presidency. In August 2022, FBI federal police searched Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida and seized several sets of documents classified as top secret that he had not turned over to the National Archives as required. It is said to have included military plans and information about nuclear weapons.
Trump is also accused of trying to destroy evidence in the case. On the most serious charges, he faces up to ten years in prison.
Trump pleaded not guilty at the impeachment hearing that took place in Miami last year. His lawyers are still trying to avoid the proceedings. Among other things, they rely on Trump’s immunity as president. They say keeping the documents as personal records was an official act of the president.
Does the judge delay the proceedings?
Judge Cannon, who is in charge of the documents process, was appointed by Trump. Critics accuse it of prolonging the process and processing requests in slow motion. As justification for delaying the start of the trial, Cannon wrote that setting a trial date at this point would be “unwise.” There are a lot of open legal questions that still need to be clarified. It will take proper preparation and time to fully and fairly address this issue in order to present this case to a jury.
A total of four cases are against Trump
For Republicans, the decision is considered a success. He is currently facing charges in a New York court in connection with secret payments to a porn actress. That’s why he regularly spends long hours in the courtroom.
In total, Trump is currently facing four criminal proceedings: In addition to the trial in the documents case and the secret money case in New York, there is also an election fraud trial at the federal level and another in the US state of Georgia.
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The official start of the trial of the former US President Donald Trump The case surrounding the taking of secret government documents has been postponed indefinitely. The presiding judge, Eileen Cannon, announced in a letter on Tuesday that the previously scheduled start of the trial on May 20 had been cancelled. The reason for this is the open legal questions. Therefore, the process is unlikely to begin before the presidential elections in November.
Last year, a grand jury agreed to indict Trump. the Indictment Against Trump includes 37 points; 31 of them fall under the Espionage Act, America’s espionage law. The former president is also charged with, among other things, participating in a conspiracy to obstruct justice and making false statements. Trump is the first former (or sitting) president to be indicted at the federal level.
Illegal storage of confidential documents
In this case, Trump was accused of illegally storing highly sensitive information since his presidency (2017 to 2021). In August 2022, FBI federal police searched Trump’s villa in Florida and seized several sets of documents classified as top secret. Trump is also accused of conspiring to obstruct the investigation: he is said to have tried to hide material from surveillance cameras and take boxes of documents with the help of employees.
Trump is also said to have carelessly kept secret documents and opened them on his property in Florida. The Justice Department posted photos of boxes stacked around the toilet, including the marble floor of one of Trump’s bathrooms. They have almost reached the Pleiades. Trump also appears to have shown two documents to other people without proper security clearance; It contained plans for an attack on Iran and a military map.
The responsible judge sees legal issues that still need clarification
Judge Cannon, who is in charge of the documents process, was appointed by Trump. Critics accuse it of prolonging the process and processing requests in slow motion. As justification for delaying the start of the trial, Cannon wrote that setting a trial date at this point would be “unwise.” There are a lot of open legal questions that still need to be clarified. It will take proper preparation and time to fully and fairly address this issue in order to present this case to a jury.
The current decision is considered a success for the Republican Party, as it is trying to delay the start of the trial as much as possible in the context of the presidential election campaign. Trump currently has to answer in a New York court regarding hush money payments to a porn actress.
The official start of the trial of the former US President Donald Trump The case surrounding the taking of secret government documents has been postponed indefinitely. The presiding judge, Eileen Cannon, announced in a letter on Tuesday that the previously scheduled start of the trial on May 20 had been cancelled. The reason for this is the open legal questions. Therefore, the process is unlikely to begin before the presidential elections in November.
Last year, a grand jury agreed to indict Trump. the Indictment Against Trump includes 37 points; 31 of them fall under the Espionage Act, America’s espionage law. The former president is also charged with, among other things, participating in a conspiracy to obstruct justice and making false statements. Trump is the first former (or sitting) president to be indicted at the federal level.
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