Thousands of people took to the streets in the Georgian capital Tbilisi yesterday evening to protest against the proposed “foreign influence” law. United Nations Human Rights Commissioner Volker Türk called on the government to drop the law. Some of the demonstrators gathered in front of the parliament. Other protest participants moved to Heroes’ Square, where there is a monument to the Georgian soldiers who died in the war.
The demonstrators blocked the road to the square, the police arrested some of them and used pepper spray, as they had done the day before. In solidarity with those arrested, the demonstrators also marched from Parliament to Heroes’ Square. They chanted “No to Russia” and held up posters with portraits of ruling party MPs, calling them “traitors”.
Protests for weeks
Protests against the “Russian law” have been taking place in Georgia for several weeks. The bill passed its second reading on Wednesday. It states that organizations that receive at least 20 percent of their funding from abroad must be officially registered in Georgia. The ruling Georgian Dream party aims for the law to come into effect in mid-May.
Critics see a clear parallel between this and the law against “foreign agents” in Russia. This allows the authorities to take action against critical media and organizations.
Parliament must still pass the project in its third reading. Although pro-European President Salome Zurabishvili can veto the proposal, the pro-government MPs in the parliament in Tbilisi have a sufficient majority to override the President’s veto.
Estudiantes eliminated Boca Juniors and is a finalist in Argentina
To make Javier Altamirano proud. In the second semifinal of the Argentine Professional League Cup, Estudiantes de La Plata became a finalist of the championship, after drawing 1-1 with Boca Juniors at the Mario Alberto Kempes in Córdoba and then winning on penalties.
The Xeneizes were superior in the first half and after missing clear chances, they went into halftime ahead on the scoreboard. In the 41st minute, Luis Advíncula put in a cross and Miguel Merentiel connected it perfectly for the celebration of those led by Diego Martínez.
In the complement the Bostero team could have increased, but they forgave and paid dearly for it. An unusual infraction by Cristián Lema against Tiago Palacios ended in a penalty in favor of Pincharrata and the defender was sent off. Colombian Edwuin Cetré (76′) took responsibility and established equality.
The key had to be decided in a penalty shootout, where goalkeeper Matías Mansilla blocked the first one from Edinson Cavani. but Sergio Romero quickly responded by stopping Cetré’s. Subsequently, the Merentiel Beast sent his shot to the crossbar.
Eros Mancuso shot Chiquito and scored the first of the round in favor of the Altamirano team. Goalkeeper Mansilla grew big again by stopping Jorge Figal’s shot, allowing Mauro Méndez to score 3-1 in the shootout to put Eduardo Domínguez’s team in the final.
Estudiantes left Boca on the road and qualified for the grand final of the Argentine League Cup, where they will play for the title against Vélez Sarsfield of Gustavo Quinteros next Sunday, May 5 at 3:30 p.m. in Santiago del Estero.
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Nayib Bukele faced gangs and organized crime in six years
2024-05-02 23:21:49
During his participation in the Conservative Action Political Conference (CPAC) in Budapest, Hungary, the Chilean politician, José Antonio Kast, highlighted President Nayib Bukele’s management in El Salvador as an example in terms of security at the international level.
«And he (Nayib Bukele), in six years, faced the gangs, organized crime, and today El Salvador is one of the safest countries in all of Latin America (…) And I recommend to all those who can go see the experience of what has been done in El Salvador, do it, it is worth it, you will be surprised,” said the former presidential candidate of Chile.
A few weeks ago, Kast traveled to El Salvador to learn first-hand about the security measures that have been promoted by President Nayib Bukele, including the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT). During this visit, he expressed: «10 years ago, Chile was a model for Latin America in economic, institutional and security matters. Today we are stuck and to get back on track, we have to know and learn from such interesting experiences as El Salvador, which, with concrete figures and plans, has shown that crime and drug trafficking can be defeated.
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