The mother of a boy filmed harassing a Native American man along with his friends at a rally in Washington DC has blamed “black Muslims” for the confrontation, without providing any evidence for the claim.
The teenager was among a group of students wearing Make America Great Again (Maga) hats who were criticised for taunting the musician Nathan Phillips, surrounding him and jeering and chanting “build the wall, build the wall”.
But his mother claimed “black Muslims” had been harassing the group of Donald Trump supporters from the private, all-male Covington Catholic High School in Kentucky.
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In an email to the news website heavy.com the mother of a Covington Catholic student, believed to be the boy prominently featured in footage of the incident, wrote: “Did you hear the names of the people were calling these boys? It was shameful. Did you witness the black Muslims yelling profanities and video taping to get something to further your narrative of hatred??
“Did you know that this ‘man’ came up to this one boy and drummed in his face?”
The encounter took place following an anti-abortion March for Life rally in the capital on Friday.
Footage of the confrontation involving Mr Phillips, reportedly a veteran of the Vietnam war and an elder of Nebraska’s Omaha tribe, was shared online by organisers of an indigenous peoples’ march that also took place on the same day.
A separate video showed a group of black men standing near the scene of the confrontation, arguing aggressively with the Maga hat-wearing students. It is unclear to which religious group the men belonged, but they could be heard quoting passages from the Old Testament.
Extended footage also depicts the apparent leader of the religious group hurling homophobic slurs at the students. “That’s Make America Great Again, a bunch of child-molesting f****ts”, he is heard to say. Another member of the group – who seems to be the one filming – is recorded calling the children “dirty-ass crackers” and “racist bastards”. Approaching the students, he continues loudly: “Look at all these dusty-ass crackers with that racist garbage on.”
Amid claims online that Mr Phillips had himself participated in harassing the boys, the same video shows the moment he arrived at the scene of the confrontation. The 64-year-old can be seen interposing himself between the two groups, apparently ending a few yards away from both, before the students approach him and begin chanting.
Another separate clip appears to show further abuse directed at the boys. A man – not Mr Phillips – can be heard to say: “You white people go back to Europe, this is not your land.”
The apparent intimidation of Mr Phillips, meanwhile, has prompted a torrent of outrage. Actress and activist Alyssa Milano tweeted that the footage “brought me to tears”, while actor Chris Evans said the students’ actions were “appalling” and “shameful”.
Democratic congresswoman Deb Haaland, a member of New Mexico’s Laguna Pueblo tribe, tweeted that the students had shown “blatant hate, disrespect, and intolerance”.
Ruth Buffalo, a North Dakota state lawmaker and member of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation tribe, said she was saddened to see students showing disrespect to an elder who is also a military veteran.
“The behaviour shown in that video is just a snapshot of what indigenous people have faced and are continuing to face,” said Ms Buffalo.
Both the Catholic high school and the Diocese of Covington have apologised and condemned the actions of the students.
“We extend our deepest apologies to Mr Phillips. This behaviour is opposed to the church’s teachings on the dignity and respect of the human person.
“The matter is being investigated and we will take appropriate action, up to and including expulsion,” the statement said.
Covington Catholic High School has since closed its Facebook page.
“When I was there singing, I heard them saying, ‘Build that wall, build that wall,’” Mr Phillips said, as he wiped away tears in a video later posted on Instagram. “This is indigenous lands. We’re not supposed to have walls here. We never did.”
In an interview with the Detroit Free Press, Mr Phillips said he believed the Covington students were “in the process of attacking” the religious group, but video footage does not appear to bear out that claim.
São Paulo – Muslims travelling to Brazil for the FIFA World Cup will have an additional welcome treat, apart from the country’s warm hospitality. The Federation of Muslim Associations in Brazil (Fambras) has devised a guide for them, plus a mobile application and a landline to help them with directions and tips on how to observe the rules of their religion during the tournament.
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Algeria will be one of the muslim countries in the World Cup
According to information released by Fambras and the Brazilian Ministry of Tourism, out of 32 national teams playing the World Cup, six are from countries where Islam is significantly present. They are Algeria, Bosnia, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Nigeria and Iran. “In some of these countries, like Iran, football is a national passion, similar to Brazil,” says Fambras vice president Ali Zoghbi. In addition to fans from these countries, people from Muslim countries which are not playing the Cup should also attend.
The guide, is written in English and titled Guide Muslim Fan – Salam Brazil – World Cup 2014, is already available for download on the association’s website. There will be a print version as well. The guide is succinct and practical. It contains information on Islamism in Brazil, the prayer hours in the time zones of each host city, basic information on the host cities, their mosques, the matches they will host, the consulates and embassies from Muslim countries and the history of the World Cups.
The app for smartphones will bring the same information as the guide alongside other tools, such as a compass to show fans where Mecca is located, since they need to pray facing the city. There will be a 12-hour-a-day phone service available on 0800 718 6245, during the days of the World Cup, from 8am to 8pm, in English, Arabic, Spanish and French. For the remainder of the day, an answering machine is programmed, and will be checked on an hour-to-hour basis so calls can be returned in case of urgent messages, according to Zoghbi. Besides, the Fambras intends to send a team to visit the Muslim countries delegations and help them if need be.
According to the Fambras vice president, the federation has worked to spread knowledge about Islam among the general public for some time now. “We have set a few parameters to dispel prejudice and ignorance as to what Islam really is”, says Zoghbi. When Brazil was chosen to host the World Cup, Fambras decided that it would be a good opportunity to proceed with the work and help government organizations support the Muslims during the tournament.
São Paulo – Following years of unstable growth as a result of the global crisis, Emirates Airline’s cargo division is back at “a good moment” in 2013, the senior vice president for Cargo Revenue Optimization and Systems, Pradeep Kumar, told ANBA this Tuesday (2nd), during an interview on the opening day of logistics fair Intermodal South America, held in São Paulo.
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Emirates SkyCargo: four flights a week
During the fiscal year 2012/2013, the company grew by 8% and posted its highest revenue figure, at US$ 2.8 billion. The results for the 2013/2014 fiscal year are yet to be released, but Kumar said South American operations were up approximately 45%. The company flies to the Viracopos Airport, in the city of Campinas, and a new flight was added in late 2012, increasing flight frequency to four a week. According to the Cargo manager for South America, Dener Souza, this was one of the reasons for Dubai-based company’s increased revenues and cargo throughput in the region.
“We had six years of stability, but in 2013 there was some improvement (in cargo operations). And what we had in 2013 was very good, even better than we expected. Some of the markets fared well, such as Asia, the Middle East’s transactions with Africa, and South America’s transactions with Europe,” said Kumar. The fiscal year for Emirates Airline and its cargo division, Emirates SkyCargo, begins on April 1st and ends on March 31st of the following year.
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Etihad Airways stand: first time at Intermodal
Kumar said Emirates SkyCargo should keep growing in South America this year, driven first and foremost by ts Brazilian operations. “This year, due to the World Cup, we believe there will be stronger demand for infrastructure equipment,” he said.
Extended operations
Emirates SkyCargo flies to Brazil since November 2010. Flights leave on Tuesdays, Thursday s and Saturday s from the Viracopos Airport, with layovers in Dakar, Senegal, and Frankfurt, Germany, before arriving in Dubai. On Mondays, there is a flight between Viracopos and Quito, Ecuador, with a layover in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and then Dubai. In addition to Boeing 777F model cargo aircraft, the airline uses the cargo compartments of jets leaving daily from São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil, and Buenos Aires, in Argentina.
Another Arab
This year, for the first time, the Intermodal fair is featuring another Arab airline: Etihad Cargo. Etihad has been flying to Brazil since June last year. The airline’s cargo division operates a Boeing 747-8 in Viracopos, in partnership with Atlas Air. Viracopos is one of the layovers of this flight, which is known as “around the world” and touches down in Quito, Miami, Hong Kong, Chicago and Amsterdam antes before arriving at the airline’s headquarters in Abu Dhabi.
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Until April 3rd from 13h to 21h
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Jesús Antonio Gamboa Urías, director de la revista política Nueva Prensa en Sinaloa, uno de los estados más violentos de México, cuna de los principales cárteles del narcotráfico.
El periodista mexicano Jesús Antonio Gamboa Urías, director de la revista política Nueva Prensa del municipio de Ahome en el noroccidental estado de Sinaloa, desapareció el viernes pasado, denunciaron este martes 14 de octubre sus familiares.
El comunicador, a quien sus amigos apodan Tony Gamboa, fue visto por ultima vez la noche del pasado viernes en un negocio de uno de sus hermanos, y desde ese día, no se le ha vuelto a ver, explicaron sus familiares al ministerio público de esa ciudad.
Según sus hermanos, el periodista no llegó a su casa y, aunque se le ha buscado desde el sábado, no contesta su celular y tampoco ha sido visto en los lugares que normalmente frecuenta.
“Lo hemos buscado en lugares que más o menos frecuenta y no, y ayer igual lo buscamos con la policía y en diferente lugares y seguimos aquí desesperados y sin noticias”, declararon sus familiares ante la autoridad.
“La última vez que lo vimos fue el viernes cerca de la medianoche en el negocio de su hermano. Estuvo ahí un buen rato, se fue y no volvimos a saber de él”, explicó un amigo cercano del periodista de 39 años.
En agosto pasado, el Congreso del estado de Sinaloa derogó una disposición que limitaba la cobertura periodística sobre hechos delictivos y que fue objeto de un firme rechazo de comunicadores y organizaciones civiles.
Sinaloa es uno de los estados más violentos de México, fue cuna de los principales cárteles del narcotráfico, y la violencia se ha agravado a raíz de la captura del líder del cártel de Sinaloa, Joaquín “el Chapo” Guzmán, en febrero pasado.
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Time Warner Cable’s NY1 Noticias is expanding its public service content.
Our 24-hour Spanish-language local news channel has launched a biweekly segment called “El Abogado a Tu Lado”—or “Attorney on Your Side.”
It features attorney Nelson A. Castillo, who aims to provide information on immigration-related issues.
He’ll also answer viewer questions submitted online and via NY1 Noticias’ Facebook and Twitter accounts.
Castillo is an author, television commentator and columnist for impreMedia.
“It’s extremely important for the community, the immigrant community in the United States to know the laws related to immigration law,” Castillo says. “We need to integrate the vast amount of people that we can that are here in the United States to enable them to become fully participant in this democracy that we have.”
The segment will run every Tuesday and Thursday on NY1 Noticias on Time Warner Cable channel 95 in New York City.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a visit to Muscat, Oman, on Monday.
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The State Department on Thursday ordered employees to return to work next week, despite the partial government shutdown, saying it would figure out how to cover the next paycheck.
In a note posted on its website and emailed to staff, the department said it “is taking steps to make additional funds available to pay employee salaries.”
If the shutdown continues beyond the next pay period, State Department officials say they will have to work with Congress to reprogram funds in order to cover salaries.
The partial shutdown that began Dec. 22 caused the furloughs of 23 percent of State Department employees overseas and 40 percent of the domestic employees. Overall, there are 75,000 employees of the State Department, including nearly 50,000 local hires, most of whom are covered by local labor laws and have been receiving pay. Consular services have remained open, funded by passport and visa fees.
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Trump Administration Brings Back Some Federal Workers As Shutdown Drags On
Employees will have to wait for the shutdown to end to get paid for the time they worked during the shutdown or were on furlough.
The statement said the department’s leadership has been “deeply concerned about the growing financial hardship and uncertainty affecting Department employees.”
“While the Department has done its best to address matters essential to achieving U.S. national security and foreign policy objectives during the ongoing lapse, it has become clear as the lapse has continued to historic lengths that we need our full team to address the myriad critical issues requiring U.S. leadership around the globe,” according to the announcement.
During a recent weeklong swing through the Middle East, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told reporters that morale was good despite the shutdown. And he went ahead and summoned all U.S. ambassadors back to Washington this week for a previously scheduled conference held Wednesday and Thursday.
That raised eyebrows among many foreign service officers, as did the inclusion of Susan Pompeo, the secretary’s wife, on the Middle East swing. During their travels, he defended her as a “force multiplier.” Others critical of her attendance on the trip noted the extra expense and staff required to support her and her activities.
During the shutdown, foreign service officers have had to embrace unusual cost-cutting measures in order to keep their missions afloat, according to emails seen by NPR.
One embassy in Europe was instructed to conserve heat and water because because there was no money in the budget to pay utility bills. Workers at a consulate in South America had to pay for their own gas for visits to Americans held in local jails and prisons. Several emails talked about foreign service officers paying local staff with their own money. All officers asked that their embassies not be identified and that their names not be published for fear of retribution.
“It’s getting more and more difficult to cover all the bases and figure out how to keep the lights on,” said Barbara Stephenson, a diplomat and president of the American Foreign Service Association. “It’s a huge drain on time and it has an organizational impact.”
Diplomats at one embassy in Africa told Stephenson the local community wanted to start a Go Fund Me campaign when they heard about the furloughs to help out. That sort of thing hurts the image of the U.S. and its diplomats, she said.
“If you’ve got a group of people whose job it is to project American global leadership and competence, and the fact that we’re the can-do problem-solving country in the world having an online Go Fund Me campaign, that really … is not the image you want to project,” she said.
Iran rejected a European Union offer to hold direct nuclear talks with the U.S. in the coming days, risking renewed tension between Tehran and Western capitals.
Senior Western diplomats said Iran’s response doesn’t quash the Biden administration’s hopes of reviving diplomatic efforts to restore the 2015 nuclear deal, struck between Iran and six world powers and abandoned by the Trump administration in 2018. But they said it seemed to set a deadlock: Iran wants a guarantee it wouldn’t walk away from a meeting with the U.S. without some sanctions relief, which Washington has so far ruled out.
Just 10 days ago, Western officials were hopeful that headway would soon be made toward relaunching the nuclear negotiations. The EU floated the idea of holding talks in Europe that would include all of the remaining participants in the 2015 deal—Iran plus China, the U.K., France, German, and Russia, as well as the U.S. The Biden administration immediately announced it would attend a meeting, with Washington’s envoy Rob Malley set to participate.
EU officials had been trying to get an agreement on dates for a meeting and had floated the possibility of talks in Vienna or Brussels in the coming days. EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said last Monday that he was “reasonably optimistic” talks would happen. However, Iran this weekend sent a note saying it wouldn’t attend a meeting in the current circumstances.
“MURIENDO POR CRUZAR,” AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE INCREASING NUMBER OF IMMIGRANT DEATHS ALONG THE BORDER, THIS SUNDAY, AUGUST 3 AT 6 P.M./5 C
Carmen Dominicci and Neida Sandoval present the Telemundo and The Weather Channel co-production
Miami – July 31, 2014 –Telemundo presents “Muriendo por Cruzar”, a documentary that investigates why increasing numbers of immigrants are dying while trying to cross the US-Mexican border near the city of Falfurrias, Texas, this Sunday, August 3 at 6PM/5 C. The Telemundo and The Weather Channel co-production, presented by Noticias Telemundo journalists Carmen Dominicci and Neida Sandoval, reveals the obstacles immigrants face once they cross into US territory, including extreme weather conditions, as they try to evade the border patrol. “Muriendo por Cruzar” is part of Noticias Telemundo’s special coverage of the crisis on the border and immigration reform.
“‘Muriendo por Cruzar’” dares to ask questions that reveal the actual conditions undocumented immigrants face as they try to start a new life in the United States,” said Alina Falcón, Telemundo’s Executive Vice President for News and Alternative Programming. “Our collaboration with The Weather Channel was very productive. They have a unique expertise in covering the impact of weather on people’s lives, as we do in covering immigration reform and the border crisis. The result is a compelling documentary that exposes a harrowing reality.”
“Muriendo por Cruzar” is the first co-production by Telemundo and The Weather Channel. Both networks are part of NBCUniversal.
La vigencia de una reina, fin de eras y diferentes protagonistas.
BBC Mundo te ofrece el panorama de un fin de semana que dejó historias inéditas y noticias que impactaron el mundo de los deportes.
Brasil despide a la generación dorada de Argentina
Luis Scola, uno de los pocos sobrevivientes de la generación que marcó una era en el baloncesto argentino.
El duelo entre las dos potencias sudamericanas terminó con una contundente victoria de Brasil sobre Argentina en los octavos de final del Mundial de baloncesto que se disputa en España.
El triunfo brasileño, 85-65, puso fin a 15 años de dominio albiceleste y despidió a una generación de jugadores que cambió la historia del baloncesto argentino.
Al oro olímpico conseguido en Atenas 2004 y el bronce en Pekín 2008, Argentina también sumó un segundo puesto en el mundial en 2002 (donde se convirtió en el primer país en vencer al “Dream Team” de Estados Unidos) y dos campeonatos de las Américas (2001 y 2011).
Lo irónico de la derrota argentina es que sucedió ante una selección brasileña dirigida por el argentino Rubén Magnano, el mismo que vio nacer, crió e hizo de oro a la generación que lideró el jugador de los Spurs de San Antonio, Emanuel Ginóbili, ausente en España.
Los cuartos de final del Mundial quedaron con los siguientes partidos: Eslovenia vs. EE.UU., Francia vs. España, Turquía vs. Lituania y Brasil vs. Serbia.
El contraste entre Serena y el tenis masculino
La estadounidense Serena Williams, de 32 años, ganó el 18º Grand Slam de su carrera.
La reina indiscutida del tenis femenino, Serena Williams, conquistó el Abierto de Tenis de Estados Unidos, el 18º Grand Slam de su carrera e igualó a dos leyendas del tenis femenino como Martina Navratilova y Christ Evert.
La menor de las hermanas Williams quedó a cuatro de la marca de 22 títulos de la alemana Steffi Graf.
La vigencia de Serena, a punto de cumplir 33 años, contrasta con los sorpresivos resultados de las semifinales del tenis masculino en las que perdieron el suizo Roger Federer y el serbio Novak Djokovic.
El duelo entre el japonés Kei Nishikori y el croata Marin Cilic en la final de este lunes deja varias estadísticas para el libro de récords.
Es la primera vez que un asiático juega una final de un Grand Slam, será el primer título en uno de los cuatro torneos para Nishikori o Cilic y es la primera final sin Federer, Djokovic o Rafael Nadal desde que el ruso Marat Safin y el australiano Lyeton Hewitt disputaron el Abierto de Australia en 2005.
Gibraltar es goleada en su debut oficial
Los aficionados de Gibraltar no quisieron perderse el primer partido oficial de su selección, que se jugó en Portugal.
El pequeño territorio de sólo 30.000 habitantes jugó su primer partido oficial en la primera jornada de las eliminatorias para la Eurocopa 2016.
Admitido por la UEFA en 2013 tras una lucha de 14 años, Gibraltar tuvo que jugar en el estadio Algarve de Portugal al no tener un escenario adecuado bajo las normativas del órgano que regula el fútbol europeo.
El resultado fue una aplastante derrota 0-7 ante Polonia, marcador que no fue sorpresivo teniendo en cuenta que en la alineación titular sólo hubo dos futbolistas profesionales, y que jugaron un bombero, dos policías y un trabajador aduanero, entre otros.
“La mayor vergüenza”, claman en Portugal
La victoria de Albania fue su primera sobre Portugal tras cuatro derrotas y un empate.
No estuvo Cristiano Ronaldo, pero ningún aficionado portugués podía imaginar la derrota contra la modesta Albania en el estadio Municipal de Aveiro en las eliminatorias para la Eurocopa 2016.
El gol de Bekim Balaj en el minuto 52 fue suficiente para darle la victoria al conjunto albanés, número 70 en la clasificación de la FIFA.
El diario A Bola la califica de la “mayor vergüenza en la historia de la selección”. El periódico Récord también habla de “vergüenza”, mientras O Jogo se refiere a una “Miseria total”.
El próximo partido de Portugal será el 14 de octubre de visitante contra Dinamarca, mientras Albania tendrá recibirá a los daneses tres días antes.
¿Error o conspiración?
Nico Rosberg no frena a tiempo y se sale de la pista, lo que aprovecha Lewis Hamilton para ganar el GP de Italia.
El británico Lewis Hamilton ganó el Gran Premio de Italia de Fórmula Uno al aprovechar un error de su compañero en la escudería Mercedes y líder del Mundial, el alemán Nico Rosberg.
Hamilton, quien había logrado la pole position el sábado, tuvo una mala salida y cayó hasta el cuarto lugar, lo que fue aprovechado por Rosberg para asumir el liderato de la prueba.
Lentamente Hamilton fue recuperando posiciones hasta quedar por detrás de su compañero de equipo, quien no pudo aguantar la presión a la que le sometió el británico y en la vuelta 29 se pasó de frenada al final de la recta principal.
Lo que pareció un incidente de carrera fue cuestionado por el tres veces campeón mundial, Jackie Stewart. “Fue demasiado fácil… Al menos debería haber tratado de tomar la curva”, dijo el expiloto escocés sugiriendo que hubo órdenes de equipo en castigo por el choque que generó Rosberg en la carrera anterior en Bélgica.
El director de Mercedes, Toto Wolff, rechazó la insinuación y dijo que solo “una mente paranoica podía tener semejante idea”.
La escudería bromeó sobre el asunto en su red social con una foto donde se veían a tres cochinos volar con el siguiente mensaje:
“Última hora: escenas dramáticas en los cielos de Brackley (localidad inglesa donde tiene su sede) al tiempo que #NR6 le da la victoria en el #GPItalia a su rival al título #LH44”, utilizando las etiquetas de sus dos pilotos.
Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi y Ribéry. ¿Quién fue el mejor del 2013? El portugués va por su segundo trofeo, la ‘Pulga’ por el quinto consecutivo y ‘Caracortada’ desea ganarlo por fin.
Con 69 goles con Real Madrid y Portugal, Cristiano Ronaldo es el gran favorito para poner fin al reinado de cuatro años de Lionel Messi como el mejor futbolista del mundo. El francés Franck Ribéry, tercer candidato, está avalado por los cinco títulos que ganó con Bayern (Bundesliga, Copa Alemana, Champions, Supercopa de Europa y Mundial de Clubes). ‘CR7’ asistirá con su familia y su novia Irina Shayk, mientras que el ‘Pulga’ viajó acompañado de Neymar, Dani Alves, Xavi e Iniesta, así como cinco directivos del Barcelona.
JUNTOS COMO HERMANOS
¿Conversarán? ¿Se darán la mano? ¿Se mirarán de reojo? La FIFA dispuso que Cristiano y Messi se sienten juntos. Cuando se anuncie al ganador, uno mirará al otro. ¿Se felicitarán? Será la primera vez que esto ocurra en una gala del ‘Balón de oro’.
OÍDO A LA MÚSICA
La italiana Laura Pausini, la escocesa Amy Mac Donald y el inglés James Blunt amenizarán la velada con sus canciones.
LA REINA
La modelo brasileña Fernanda Lima, que estuvo en el sorteo del Mundial 2014, será anfitriona de la gala junto al ex ‘astro’ holandés Ruud Gullit (Balón de oro 1987).
PINTURITAS
Neymar, Zlatan Ibrahimovic y el serbio Nemanja Matic (Benfica) candidatean al Premio Puskas al ‘Mejor gol 2013’. ‘Ney’ marcó con su selección, ‘Ibra’ de ‘chalaca’ en el Suecia-Inglaterra y Matic le anotó al Porto.
LLUVIA DE EX-TRELLAS
Pelé y Zidane serán dos ‘estrellas’ del fútbol presentes en la elección. Brasil hará gala de su ‘poderío’ con la presencia de los campeones mundiales Carlos Alberto, Bebeto, Cafú y Ronaldo. ‘0’Rei’ anunció que recibirá un ‘Balón de oro’ por su trayectoria y aseguró que Cristiano será el ganador.
HONG KONG, June 21 (Reuters) – Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily will be forced to shut “in a matter of days” after authorities froze the company’s assets under a sweeping national security law, an adviser to jailed tycoon Jimmy Lai told Reuters on Monday.
Mark Simon, speaking by phone from the United States, said Next Digital (0282.HK), publisher of the popular Hong Kong newspaper, will hold a board meeting on Monday to discuss how to move forward.
“We thought we’d be able to make it to the end of the month,” Simon said. “It’s just getting harder and harder. It’s essentially a matter of days.”
His comments signal the closure is imminent even after Apple Daily said on Sunday the freezing of its assets had left the newspaper with cash for “a few weeks” for normal operations.”
The news comes two days after chief editor Ryan Law, 47, and chief executive Cheung Kim-hung, 59, were denied bail after being charged with collusion with a foreign country.
Three other executives were also arrested last Thursday when 500 police officers raided the newspaper’s offices in a case that has drawn condemnation from Western nations, global rights groups and the chief U.N. spokesperson for human rights.
The three have been released on bail.
Simon told Reuters it had become impossible to conduct banking operations.
“Vendors tried to put money into our accounts and were rejected. We can’t bank. Some vendors tried to do that as a favour. We just wanted to find out and it was rejected,” he said.
The newspaper has come under increasing pressure since owner and staunch Beijing critic Jimmy Lai, who is now in jail, was arrested under the national security law last August and has since had some of his assets frozen.
Three companies related to Apple Daily are also being prosecuted for collusion with a foreign country and authorities have frozen HK$18 million ($2.3 million) of their assets.
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López pasó casi tres años y medio en prisión hasta que fue trasladado a su domicilio para continuar su sentencia de casi 14 años.
El líder opositor venezolano Leopoldo López salió este sábado de la cárcel en la que estuvo durante tres años y cinco meses y ahora cumplirá el resto de su condena en arresto domiciliaria.
El Tribunal Supremo de Justicia (TSJ) lo anunció a través de un comunicado que estableció que se le otorgó el arresto domiciliario debido a problemas de salud como una “medida humanitaria”.
Pero además, el TSJ señaló que existen “serios señalamientos de irregularidades sobre la distribución del expediente a un Tribunal de Ejecución”.
La medida se hizo efectiva el mismo viernes 7 de julio y en la madrugada se hizo efectivo el traslado de López a su domicilio.
López, uno de los líderes de la oposición al gobierno del presidente Nicolás Maduro, llevaba casi tres años y medio en prisión cumpliendo una sentencia de 14 años por los cargos de instigación pública, daños a la propiedad, incendio intencional y asociación para delinquir.
A principios de mayo, el gobierno venezolano publicó un video de López tras rumores sobre una mala condición de salud.
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La madre de López, Antonieta, recibe apoyo de familiares y amigos fuera de la residencia del líder opositor.
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El día 3 de mayo, el rumor de que Leopoldo López estaba en un hospital en estado grave sacudió a Venezuela. Su esposa, Lilian Tintori, se desplazó incluso al centro médico para saber si estaba allí su esposo.
Minutos después, en el programa de Diosdado Cabello, alto dirigente del partido oficialista, se ofrecía una fe de vida, un video en el que se veía a un López, de 46 años, musculoso y en aparente perfecto estado.
Días después, ante nuevos rumores, el gobierno publicó unas fotos de López siendo atendido ante las denuncias de su esposa de que se le negaban el cuidado médico.
Su esposa confirmó que en estos más de tres años de reclusión, López aprovechó su tiempo confinado para hacer deporte, leer y escribir. El deporte y la fe fueron sus sustentos principales sustentos, decía Tintori.
El gobierno siempre presumía del buen estado de salud en el que se encontraba el que quizás sea (y sigue siéndo) el preso más famoso de Venezuela.
Por ello sorprende que el Tribunal Supremo de Justicia esgrima la “situación de salud del dirigente político” como motivo de la medida de casa por cárcel.
La otra razón expresada de forma compleja y vaga es la de “irregularidades sobre la distribución del expediente a un Tribunal de Ejecución”, un argumento que aún es difícil de saber qué significa y si es quizás un asidero para que López logre más tarde la libertad plena.
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López fue arrestado en febrero de 2014 luego de varias protestas masivas, con algunos incidentes de violencia, contra el gobierno de Venezuela.
Arresto y condena
López, de 46 años, fue detenido en febrero de 2014 sin oponer resistencia durante una protesta pacífica en la que iba rodeado por miles de sus seguidores que llevaban claveles blancos en las manos.
Después de permanecer detenido durante 19 meses, una jueza lo declaró culpable de los delitos de instigación pública, daños a la propiedad, incendio intencional y asociación para delinquir.
El Tribunal Supremo reafirmó en febrero la sentencia, pero ahora tomó esta decisión en medio de una grave crisis política con más de tres meses de protestas que han dejado más de 90 muertos.
A eso se suma la crisis económica de un país con la inflación más alta del mundo y escasez de alimentos, medicinas y productos básicos debido, entre otras cosas, a la caída del precio y de la producción de petróleo, casi única fuente de divisas para el Estado.
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La noticia del traslado de López a su casa llevó a muchos de sus simpatizantes a una celebración afuera del domicilio.
“Paren la violencia”
El oficialista Elías Jaua expresó en twitter que esperaba que esta medida pudiera provocar una contrapartida de la oposición, a la que acusa de promover la violencia para generar un cambio de gobierno.
“Acatamos la decisión del TSJ, Ojalá la MUD (Mesa de la Unidad Democrática, coalición que liga a los principales partidos opositores) la asuma con madurez y paren la violencia”, expresó Jaua en twitter.
El presidente Nicolás Maduro dijo también que espera un mensaje de López.
“Ojalá esta decisión del TSJ sea entendida y el señor Leopoldo López lance un mensaje de reconciliación y de paz porque el país quiere paz”, dijo en un acto televisado.
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López decía que realizaba mucha actividad física en la prisión de Ramo Verde en la que estaba confinado.
Aunque el TSJ, al que la oposición acusa de actuar al dictado del Ejecutivo, usó el argumento de la salud de López, el líder reapareció este sábado brevemente sobre la tapia de su casa y se le vio en muy buen estado físico.
“Venezuela, esto es un paso hacia la libertad. No tengo resentimiento ni voluntad de claudicar en mi lucha. Me mantengo firme en mi oposición a este régimen”, leyó el diputado Freddy Guevara un comunicado de López.
“Si mantener mi convicción de lucha por la libertad significa el riesgo de volver a una celda en (la prisión de) Ramo Verde, estoy más que dispuesto a asumirlo”, citó Guevara a un desafiante López ante los aplausos de sus simpatizantes frente a su domicilio.
La familia publicó una foto del emotivo reencuentro de López con sus hijos, Manuela y Leopoldo, a los que ha visto esporádicamente en prisión.
Reacciones
El mundo político tanto venezolano como internacional reaccionó rápidamente ante la noticia del cambio de estatus de reclusión de López.
“¡Nos da gran alegría que Leopoldo López esté en su casa con su familia! ¡Tiene que darse su libertad plena como a todos los presos políticos!”, aseguró Henrique Capriles a través de su cuenta de Twitter.
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La casa de López estará custodiada por miembros de Servicio Bolivariano de Inteligencia Nacional.
El secretario general de la Organización de Estados Americanos (OEA), Luis Almagro, muy crítico con el gobierno y defensor de la causa de López, calificó la decisión del Tribunal Supremo como una “oportunidad de reconciliación nacional y salida democrática a grave crisis”.
También desde el gobierno argentino hubo comentarios. “Nos alegra mucho saber que @leopoldolopez ya está con su familia. Esperamos que pronto los demás presos políticos puedan hacer lo mismo”, comentó el presidente Mauricio Macri.
El expresidente y actual candidato a la Presidencia de Chile, Sebastián Piñera, se sumó a las reacciones. “Por fin, después de más de 3 años injustamente preso en la prisión militar de Ramo Verde, Leopoldo López está reunido con su mujer y familia”, escribió en Twitter.
“Feliz de que @leopoldolopez haya vuelto a casa con @liliantintori y sus hijos. Me alegro también por sus padres”, publicó por la misma vía el presidente del Gobierno de España, Mariano Rajoy , uno de los primeros en reaccionar.
After President Joe Biden signed executive orders ending several “zero-tolerance” anti-immigration policies instated by former Republican President Donald Trump, a surge of immigrants have begun arriving along the U.S. southern border. Some wearing t-shirts that read, “Biden Let Us In.”
In response, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has deployed the Texas Guard, a state military force, to crack down on any associated cartels and human smuggling. The brewing confrontation will test Biden just as he and the Democratic-led Congress prepare to introduce comprehensive immigration reform, a key campaign promise.
Video footage shot Monday at the San Ysidro crossing port in Tijuana, Baja California state—just south of the California border—showed a group of migrants, some of them wearing the “Biden Let Us In” t-shirts.
While it’s unclear where the migrants got the shirts, similar shirts are available on several websites. The English-language apparel seemingly strives to send a message directly to Biden, Democrats and the English-speaking Americans—a protest message pressuring Biden to make good on his promise to create a more humane immigration system.
But before Biden can deliver, his administration will have to address the growing unrest between immigrants and leaders of southern states.
“Today I met with Border Patrol Officers,” Abbott wrote in a Tuesday afternoon tweet. “Last year, they apprehended about 90,000 people crossing the border illegally in the RGV (Rio Grand Valley). This year that number already exceed 100,000.”
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Last year they apprehended about 90,000 people crossing the border illegally in the RGV.
Abbott blamed the surge on Biden’s rollback of Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” policy in a Tuesday interview with Fox News. The policy required migrants claiming asylum at the border to stay in Mexico while awaiting court hearings.
“The Border Patrol officers told me themselves, they informed the Biden administration about this all along,” Abbott said. “The Biden administration has known exactly what was going to happen if they refuse to continue to implement the policies that were previously in place.”
An annual surge of immigrants typically arrive at the U.S. southern border each spring as the weather warms. The surge mostly contains young people and families fleeing violence and poor living conditions in Central and South American countries, according to Sarah Sherman-Stokes, an immigration lawyer and professor at the Boston University School of Law.
Migrants awaiting their trials in Mexican border towns live in “inhumane” conditions and are “preyed upon by criminal organizations,” a spokesman for Doctors Without Borders told Border Report on Tuesday. Drug cartel operatives recruit or kidnap migrants, holding them for ransom and murdering them if their families don’t comply.
Immigrants at the southern US border, some wearing t-shirts that read “Biden Let Us In,” seem ready to test Democratic Joe Biden’s immigration policies after Biden rolled back hardline immigration policies put in place by former Republican President Donald Trump..In this photo, immigrants hold a demonstration demanding clearer United States migration policies, at San Ysidro crossing port in Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico on March 2, 2021. Thousands of migrants out of the Migrant Protection Protocol (MPP) program are stranded along the US-Mexico border without knowing when or how they will be able to start their migratory process with US authorities. Guillermo Arias / AFP
Biden now faces a tough choice as he’s criticized by the right for allegedly facilitating “open borders” and blasted by the left for allegedly continuing the inhumane treatment of migrants.
On February 12, the Biden administration pledged to begin processing nearly 25,000 of the estimated 70,000 asylum seekers forced to wait in Mexico due to Trump’s 2019 Migration Protection Protocols (MPP) program.
Biden ended enrollments in the MPP program—also known as “Remain in Mexico”—and established new guidelines requiring migrants to register for a court hearing online or via phone. Before their court hearings, asylum seekers must get tested for COVID-19 in Mexico and then appear at a U.S. port of entry on a specific date, Reuters reported.
Soon after the White House announced its changes to the MPP program, however, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said that migrants should not respond by flocking to the U.S. border.
“Individuals who are not eligible under this initial phase should wait for further instructions and not travel to the border,” Mayorkas said in a statement. “Due to the current pandemic, restrictions at the border remain in place and will be enforced.”
Mayorkas’ statement showed the delicate balance the Biden administration must strike. The more humane his administration’s immigration policies are, the more likely they are to attract further migration.
Immigration reform advocates have also been pressuring Biden to end or change another Trump-era program known as Title 42. Instated by Trump on March 2020 as an ostensible COVID-19 prevention measure, the order allows U.S. authorities to rapidly deport any immigrants caught trying to cross the southern border.
Over 400,000 migrants have been expelled under Title 42, Reuters reported, some of them repeat offenders who were counted twice. Critics say that the order denies due process to asylum seekers. Biden hasn’t said whether he will end it.
How Biden handles the surge could set the tone for the eventual legislative debate on comprehensive immigration reform.
Biden’s US Citizenship Act of 2021 represents the most sweeping modern reforms to the nation’s immigration system. It provides an eight-year path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants while making asylum, immigrant worker protections, green cards and visas more accessible.
The legislation also contains proposals addressing foreign social issues that drive migration and additional funding for technology and infrastructure at points of entry. However, the bill doesn’t address border security or interior enforcement measures meant to discourage immigration.
As such, it may have trouble attracting the 10 Republican senators it will need to become law, especially if a humanitarian crisis breaks out along the border before bill negotiations formally begin.
“You need to take care of the current situation before there’s a surge in the coming months in order to keep the politics, especially in the Senate, out of the way in order to pass policy,” Jose Parra, a former senior advisor to former U.S. Senator Harry Reid, told Newsweek.
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