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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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Marco Rubio warns Venezuela against military action against Guyana

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Venezuela on Thursday that a military attack on Guyana would be “a big mistake” and “a very bad day for them,” expressing his support for Georgetown in its territorial dispute with Caracas.

“It would be a very bad day for the Venezuelan regime if they attacked Guyana or ExxonMobil. It would be a very bad day, a very bad week for them, and it would not end well,” Rubio emphasized during a press conference in Georgetown alongside Guyanese President Irfaan Ali.

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Ecuador oil spill worsens as containment dam collapses

The collapse of a containment dam holding back part of the 25,000+ barrels of oil spilled from a pipeline rupture nearly two weeks ago has worsened the environmental crisis in northwestern Ecuador, contaminating rivers and Pacific beaches.

The Ecuadorian government attributed the March 13 pipeline rupture—which led to the spill of 25,116 barrels of crude—to an act of sabotage. The spill affected three rivers and disrupted water supplies for several communities, according to authorities.

On Tuesday, due to heavy rains that have been falling since January, a containment dam on the Caple River collapsed. The Caple connects to other waterways in Esmeraldas Province, a coastal region bordering Colombia, state-owned Petroecuador said in a statement on Wednesday.

Seven containment barriers were installed in the Viche River, where crews worked to remove oil-contaminated debris. Additional absorbent materials were deployed in Caple, Viche, and Esmeraldas Rivers, which flow into the Pacific Ocean.

Authorities are also working to protect a wildlife refuge home to more than 250 species, including otters, howler monkeys, armadillos, frigatebirds, and pelicans.

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“This has been a total disaster,” said Ronald Ruiz, a leader in the Cube community, where the dam was located. He explained that the harsh winter rains caused river levels to rise, bringing debris that broke the containment barriersthat were holding the accumulated oil for extraction.

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Federal court blocks Trump’s use of Enemy Alien Act for deportations

A federal appeals court upheld the block on former President Donald Trump’s use of the Enemy Alien Act on Wednesday, preventing him from using the law to expedite deportations of alleged members of the transnational criminal group Tren de Aragua.

With a 2-1 ruling, a panel from the Washington, D.C. Court of Appeals affirmed previous decisions by two lower court judges, maintaining the legal standoff between the White House and the judiciary.

On March 14, Trump invoked the 1798 Enemy Alien Act, a law traditionally used during wartime, to deport hundreds of Venezuelans whom he accused of belonging to Tren de Aragua, a criminal organization that originated in Venezuelan prisons.

The centuries-old law grants the president the power to detain, restrict, and expel foreign nationals from a country engaged in a “declared war” or an “invasion or predatory incursion” against the United States, following a public proclamation.