President Trump visits McAllen, Texas to meet with Border Patrol agents on immigration, border security.
President Donald Trump told Fox News on Thursday that he has “the absolute right to declare a national emergency” if he can’t reach an agreement with congressional Democrats to provide funding for his promised wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
“The law is very clear. I mean, we have the absolute right to declare a national emergency,” Trump told Sean Hannity in an exclusive interview. “This is a national emergency, if you look what’s happening.”
Trump did not lay out a specific timetable for when he might take such a step, saying: “I think we’re going to see what happens over the next few days.” However, he appeared to hold out hope for making a deal to secure wall funding and fully reopen the government.
“We should be able to make a deal with Congress,” the president said. “If you look, Democrats, in Congress, especially the new ones coming in, are starting to say, ‘Wait a minute, we can’t win this battle with Trump, because of the fact that it’s just common sense. How can we say that a wall doesn’t work?’”
The president spoke to Fox News on the banks of the Rio Grande, where he traveled to argue his claim that a barrier would deter drug and human trafficking into the United States.
“Death is pouring through,” Trump said. “We have crime and death and it’s not just at the border. They get through the border and they go and filter into the country and you have MS-13 gangs in places like Los Angeles and you have gangs all over Long Island, which we’re knocking the hell out of. There should be no reason for us to have to do this. They shouldn’t be allowed in and if we had the barrier, they wouldn’t be allowed in.”
The president said a wall would be “virtually a hundred percent effective and [House Speaker] Nancy [Pelosi] and [Senate Democratic Leader] Chuck [Schumer] know that, but it’s politics. It’s about the 2020 campaign, it’s about running for president. That’s what they’re doing. They’re already doing it. It’s a shame. They’ve got to put the country first.”
Democrats repeatedly have refused to approve any legislation to fund the wall. The standoff led to the partial government shutdown, which is set to his the three-week mark Friday.
“Everyone wants us to win this battle,” Trump said. “It’s common sense … Look, we’re not going anywhere. We’re not changing our mind because there’s nothing to change your mind about. The wall works [and] if we don’t have a steel or concrete barrier, we’re all wasting a lot of time.”
Frustrated Republicans say it’s time for the Senate to reclaim more power over foreign policy and are planning to move a measure Thursday that would be a stunning rebuke to a president of their own party.
They plan to send Trump a stern admonishment by voting Thursday afternoon on an amendment sponsored by McConnell warning “the precipitous withdrawal” of U.S. forces from Syria and Afghanistan “could put at risk hard-won gains and United States national security.”
The resolution also expresses a sense of the Senate that the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and al Qaeda pose a “continuing threat to the homeland and our allies” and maintain an “ability to operate in Syria and Afghanistan.”
It’s a pointed rebuttal to the claim Trump made on Twitter in December that “we have defeated ISIS in Syria.”
Speaking on the Senate floor, McConnell said his amendment “simply re-emphasizes the expertise and counsel offered by experts who have served presidents of both parties,” a subtle rebuff of Trump’s tweets from earlier in the day mocking his intelligence advisers as “naive.”
Trump tweeted “the Intelligence people seem to be extremely passive and naive when it comes to the dangers of Iran. They are wrong!” The president added in a follow-up tweet about Iran: “Perhaps Intelligence should go back to school!” Trump appeared to be responding to television news coverage that focused on how the testimony contradicted his views on global threats.
Exasperated Republican lawmakers quickly pushed back against the criticism, urging the president to show more restraint.
Thune praised Coats, a former senator, as “an incredibly capable, principled guy” who “is very committed to doing the right thing for the country.” Thune predicted that most Republican senators will vote for the resolution urging Trump to exercise caution in assessing troop forces in Syria and Afghanistan.
“It reflects the widely held view in our conference — again — you want to trust our military leaders when it comes to some of these decisions,” he said.
He added that “a number of our members” talk to the president on a regular basis “and have articulated to him that they think that the policies that currently he wants to employ with regard to Syria, for example, are not the right ones.”
“I have confidence in them, and I think he should, too,” he said.
Coats told the Intelligence Committee on Tuesday that U.S. analysts believe “North Korea will seek to retain” its ability to deploy weapons of mass destruction and “is unlikely to completely give up its nuclear weapons and productions capabilities because its leaders ultimately view nuclear weapons as critical to regime survival.”
The statement undercut Trump’s praise of a declaration made with North Korea last year pledging to normalize relations in exchange for the “denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.”
Coats also testified that U.S. intelligence does not believe that Iran is undertaking any “key activities” to produce a nuclear device. On the subject of ISIS, Coats warned that the group is planning a comeback and numbers thousands of fighters in Syria and Iraq.
Haspel warned that North Korea is committed to developing a long-range missile that could strike the United States and corroborated Coats’s testimony that Iran is still in compliance with the nuclear deal.
Trump and some of his supporters have long accused a so-called deep state of national security and intelligence officials of attempting to subvert his presidency. But one former White House official who worked on national security issues chalked up Trump’s reaction on Wednesday to his penchant to hit back at critics, no matter who they are.
“Trump is always going to respond to somebody who is going against him or who he thinks is trying to make him look bad,” the official said. “It doesn’t matter if you’re the intelligence community. It doesn’t matter if you’re the Agriculture secretary.”
“But they work for him,” he added, referring to Trump. “He ought to call them on the phone.”
Asked about Trump’s tweeted criticism, Cornyn said: “Just say no. No more Twitter.”
Trump has long disagreed with the intelligence community and the national security establishment on a long list of issues, especially engagement with Russia. That dynamic has caused resentments to fester.
“Whether there is merit to it or not, Trump views the Russia conversation as a direct threat to his legitimacy and he is very sensitive about it,” the former official said. “He’s not willing to give an inch on that.”
The hearings also struck a nerve among some of the president’s supporters, which amplified the issue on cable television.
Fred Fleitz, former chief of staff to national security adviser John Bolton, said Coats should be fired over his comments to Congress.
“I gotta tell you, I would let him go because of this and I’ve thought this for some time,” Fleitz said Tuesday in an interview with Fox Business Network’s Lou Dobbs, a Trump favorite. “I think Mr. Coats is a great guy, but intelligence is to inform presidential policy. It’s not supposed to undermine it. It’s not supposed to second-guess presidential policy.”
Fleitz also said the intelligence community should stop issuing an unclassified, public assessment of threats to the U.S. because it “undermines” Trump’s policies.
Even before that, there was growing sentiment within the Senate GOP conference to constrain Trump’s power as commander in chief. Seven Republicans voted with Democrats on Dec. 13 for a resolution directing the president to withdraw U.S. forces from participating in the civil war in Yemen. It marked the first time the Senate successfully passed a resolution under the 1973 War Powers Act, which was enacted to constrain executive power at the end of the Vietnam War.
McConnell has tried to shift focus away from the differences between Trump and Republican senators on national security by highlighting divisions among Democrats over the resolution on Syria and Afghanistan.
“Democrats objected to a vote on this amendment, apparently because it would expose a rift among their membership. A division between those Senate Democrats who still subscribe to this vision for American leadership and their colleagues who have abandoned those principles at the urging of the far left — or are too afraid to take either position,” McConnell said on the Senate floor.
Democrats, however, were quick to pounce on Trump’s comments and draw a comparison to the president’s controversial joint press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin last year when he appeared to give equal weight to U.S. intelligence findings that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election and Putin’s categorical denial.
Luis Suárez, jugador del Liverpool pretendido por el Barça, está descansando en su casa de Montevideo tras ser expulsado del Mundial por la FIFA por su mordisco a Chiellini en el Italia-Uruguay de la fase de grupos.
Muy agradecido por las muestras de cariño
Suárez se ha mostrado muy agradecido por las muestras de apoyo y cariño recibidas por parte de sus compañeros de la celeste y de sus paisanos, que no paran de acercarse a su casa para hacerle llegar su aliento.
Ante las incesantes pruebas de cariño, el futbolista salió al balcón de la vivienda junto a sus hijos Delfina, nacida en Barcelona, y Benjamín y saludó a los seguidores, que le aclamaron con cánticos y consignas.
Se mostró relajado y exhibió una barba
Luis Suárez, que ha sido sancionado por 9 partidos oficiales con Uruguay y por 4 meses sin fútbol a nivel de clubs, se mostró relajado y lucía barba.
Delfina y Benjamín asimismo saludaron a los hinchas, que grababan las escena con sus iPhones.
A la espera de novedades desde Barcelona
El delantero está a la espera de que prospere el recurso preparado por sus abogados y de que el Barcelona pueda avanzar en sus gestiones por su fichaje.
Como ha informado MD, el club azulgrana continúa pensando en Suárez como refuerzo para la temporada 2014-15, la primera con Luis Enrique en el banquillo del primer equipo.
Daniela Torres, originaria de Managua, obtuvo la corona en el certamen de belleza Miss Nicaragua 2015. Además, obtuvo cinco premios más en la etapa preliminar del concurso realizado en el Teatro Nacional Rubén Darío.
Una docena de beldades compitieron por ser la más bella de Nicaragua. De ellas, solo seis pasaron a la etapa de preguntas. Entre el público, los organizadores escogieron preguntas hechas a través de las redes sociales. Los temas cuestionados estuvieron relacionados con belleza, seguridad, el papel de la mujer en la política y autoestima.
A Torres le tocó hablar sobre los retos de su vida, a lo que respondió que el mayor reto lo había vivido hace dos años, cuando se sometió a una cirugía de corazón abierto. Una vez elegida como la reina de belleza, dedicó su corona a las personas con enfermedades coronarias.
¿Cuál fue tu principal motor para ser parte de Miss Nicaragua 2015?
En Octubre del 2012, me enfrente con una cruda realidad. Fui sometida a una operación de corazón abierto que me amenazó la vida. Durante mi tratamiento, recibí una cantidad enorme de apoyo que sin eso, no creo que hubiera logrado recuperarme. Siento que ahora es mi oportunidad de ayudar a otros y pienso hacerlo por medio de Miss Nicaragua ya que es una plataforma que nos expone como figuras públicas, brindándome así la oportunidad de llegar a más personas u organizaciones que quieran colaborar conmigo en esta causa.
¿De todos los problemas sociales que tiene Nicaragua, cuál te preocupa más y como Miss Nicaragua, cómo podrías aportar al cambio?
A nivel personal, me preocupa el acceso y calidad de cuidado médico disponible a la gran mayoría de la población. Muchas enfermedades se pudieran evitar conociendo los factores de riesgo o pudieran ser curado con atención medica en tiempo y forma.
Debido a mi propia situación médica, siento que tengo un llamado para ser un agente de cambio positivo levantando conocimiento a la necesidad de mejor atención en medicina, en particular medicina cardiovascular.
¿Por qué mereces la corona de Miss Nicaragua 2015?
Merezco la corona porque me identifico día a día con la sonrisa del nica, cálida y llena de vida. Me siento orgullosa de mi personalidad y considero que es parte de la herencia de nuestro tierra, Nicaragua. Confió que soy digna representante de la mujer nicaragüense y me encantaría poder reflejar enfrente el mundo toda la belleza natural de nuestro país y su gente. Siento un enorme compromiso de poder demostrar que la verdadera belleza nicaragüense no es un rostro o un cuerpo, si no, nuestra calidad humana.
¿Cómo valoras el papel de la mujer en la actualidad en el plano laboral, político, económico y social de nuestro país?
Creo que recientemente nuestro país ha demostrado tendencias progresivas, siendo bien beneficiadas la mujeres de nuestra sociedad. Cada día se da a respetar más los derechos e importancia de la mujer en la casa y en el ámbito profesional. La mujer nica es tenaz, capaz y ambiciosa sin perder su maternidad o virtudes femeninas.
Hoy es mas común ver mujeres en puestos altos de gobierno, de empresa privadas y organizaciones contribuyendo al futuro de Nicaragua. Esto crea un excelente ejemplo a la mujer joven, demostrando que con esfuerzo y ética todo lo es posible. Como Miss Nicaragua, cada día trabajaré duro para representar el éxito que la mujer nica es capaz de obtener.
PREMIACIÓN PRELIMINAR
Las concursantes que obtuvieron la mayor puntuación en la etapa previa de entrevistas fueron:
Daniela Torres, candidata de Managua: 9.45
Ruth Martínez, candidata de Granada: 9.33
Lisseth Balmaceda, candidata de Matagalpa: 9.04
Yaoska Ruíz, candidata de Managua: 9.44
Luego del desfile en traje de baño, las 12 candidatas fueron evaluadas por el jurado calificador. Una falla técnica no permitió ver la puntuación obtenida por las beldades. Sin embargo, cuatro de ellas fueron premiadas por los patrocinadores.
Mejor piel y Mejor Sonrisa: Daniela Torres.
Mejores piernas: Ruth Martínez.
Miss Fit Club: Yaoska Ruíz.
Durante el desfile en traje de noche algunas candidatas lucieron cómodas, en cambio Daniela Torres caminó con dificultad durante el inicio de su recorrido por el escenario y tuvo que tomar la falda con sus manos para poder dar el paso. Dicho traje será usado por Torres en el certamen Miss Universo. La elección de esta categoría tuvo un 50 por ciento de votos a través de la página de Facebook Miss Nicaragua Oficial.
A continuación se otorgaron más premios de los patrocinadores. Estas fueron las ganadoras:
Mejor cabello, Miss Cielo, Miss fotogénica: Daniela Torres
Mejor rostro: Yaoska Ruiz
Miss simpatía: Karen Salgado
El certamen de Miss Nicaragua inició con las candidatas vestidas de mestizaje, bailando al son de la tradicional marimba de arco, en la Sala Mayor del Teatro Nacional Rubén Darío. LA PRENSA/O. Navarrete
The White House doubled down Sunday on President Trump’s threat to close the U.S. border with Mexico, despite warnings that the move would inflict immediate economic damage on American consumers and businesses while doing little to stem a tide of migrants clamoring to enter the United States.
Sealing the border with Mexico, America’s third-largest trading partner, would disrupt supply chains for major U.S. automakers, trigger swift price increases for grocery shoppers and invite lawsuits against the federal government, according to trade specialists and business executives.
“First, you’d see prices rise incredibly fast. Then . . . we would see layoffs within a day or two,” said Lance Jungmeyer, president of the Fresh Produce Association of the Americas in Nogales, Ariz. “This is not going to help border security.”
Two of the president’s most senior aides nonetheless defended the move on the Sunday news shows. Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said on ABC News’s “This Week” that it would take “something dramatic” to persuade the president to abandon his border-closing plans. And Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway insisted on “Fox News Sunday” that the president’s threat “certainly isn’t a bluff.”
Trump sparked the latest immigration-related controversy Friday when he complained to reporters about Mexico’s failure to stem the migrant influx, a point he underscored in a tweet the next day. “If they don’t stop them, we are closing the border. We’ll close it. And we’ll keep it closed for a long time. I’m not playing games,” Trump said Friday.
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Agents check passports and identification of those crossing into the U.S. at the border between Ciudad Juarez and El Paso on Friday. (Sergio Flores/For The Washington Post)
Administration officials have offered no details about the president’s intentions, and border control officials have received no instructions to prepare for a shutdown, according to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the issue. Implementing such an order would require time to notify Congress and labor unions representing Border Patrol agents and customs officers, the official said.
A Pentagon spokesman said the military, which has about 5,300 troops in the border region, has not received such orders either.
Mexican officials have tried to avoid inflaming the situation, offering no public comment since Friday, when President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said: “We are going to help, to collaborate. We want to have a good relationship with the government of the United States. We are not going to argue about these issues.”
Closing the border could complicate efforts to secure congressional ratification of Trump’s new trade deal with Mexico and Canada, said economist Phil Levy, who worked on trade issues in the White House under President George W. Bush and is now a senior fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.
The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, the signature achievement thus far of the president’s “America First” trade offensive, faces an uphill battle in Congress.
The U.S.-Mexico border is a key artery in the global economy, with more than $611 billion in cross-border trade last year, according to the Commerce Department. Each day, more than 1,000 trucks cross the border at the port of Calexico East, Calif., while more than 11 daily international trains go through Laredo, Tex., according to the U.S. Transportation Department.
In Laredo, business leaders and elected officials held frantic conference calls over the weekend about the threatened closure. Gerry Schwebel, executive vice president of the international division of Laredo-based IBC Bank, said U.S.-Mexico traffic has occasionally been restricted, but only temporarily and only in the event of emergencies, such as floods, tornadoes or security checks after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Even a border slowdown could create shortages of goods and services and lead to higher prices for consumers, he said, adding: “If you want to create an economic crisis, then shutting down the border will create an economic crisis.”
The economic consequences of a complete shutdown would be immediate and severe, trade specialists said, with automakers and American farmers among the first to feel the pain.
“It’s unworkable and unrealistic, and I don’t think he could really do it,” said Rufus Yerxa, president of the National Foreign Trade Council, which represents multinational corporations. “There would certainly be legal challenges from lots and lots of companies.”
In his TV appearances, Mulvaney also reiterated the administration’s intention to end hundreds of millions of dollars in assistance to the “Northern Triangle” countries of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, including programs designed to curb the gang violence that has caused many people to flee north.
The three nations are the primary source of a growing wave of migrants, including caravans of families with children, who have been crossing the U.S. border to seek asylum in an escalating humanitarian crisis.
“Democrats didn’t believe us a month ago, two months ago when we said what was happening at the border was a crisis, a humanitarian crisis, a security crisis,” Mulvaney said on “This Week.”
He called on the Mexican government to tighten its southern border and said Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador need to do more to prevent their citizens from entering Mexico.
Until they do, Mulvaney said, the administration sees a need to close ports of entry to free up border agents “to go out and patrol in the desert, where we don’t have any wall.”
That redeployment of border agents threatens to pinch commerce. On Friday, the Border Patrol’s Tucson field office issued a notice that it would immediately end Sunday processing of commercial trucks at the Port of Nogales, Ariz.
To deal with “an unprecedented humanitarian and border security crisis all along our Southwest border,” the agency said it had redeployed 750 border agents from ports of entry to areas affected by the migrant flood.
Jungmeyer, the produce industry representative, said the reduction to six days of operation each week will have a significant effect on the fresh produce industry, which operates on a “just-in-time” schedule of deliveries.
At this time of year, trucks travel to Mexico to collect watermelons and table grapes. Once full, they head for the United States, where they drop their cargo at American warehouses before quickly returning to Mexico for another load.
Eliminating one workday at a port that handled 337,179 trucks last year would disrupt that carefully-calibrated schedule.
“It messes up harvests. It messes up your ability to service customers on the U.S. side of the border,” Jungmeyer said.
Suddenly halting the passage of people and goods between the United States and Mexico also would interrupt the flow of parts headed to American factories, which could bring some production to a halt. Likewise, refrigerated trucks full of perishable commodities such as beef would jam border crossings.
“The first question would be: Where do you put it?” said William Reinsch, who served in the Commerce Department under President Bill Clinton. “Stuff is going to stack up at the border because it’s already on the way there.”
Arturo Sarukhan, Mexico’s ambassador to the United States from 2007 to 2013, said farm states, many of which backed Trump in 2016, would be among the casualties. Closing the border would be a “self-inflicted wound,” he said.
“I’m not going to try to second guess whether the president is playing chicken, bluffing or spewing whatever comes to his mind,” Sarukhan said Sunday. “The reality is that it would be extremely costly for the United States in terms of trade and economic well being.”
Stephen Legomsky, professor emeritus at the Washington University School of Law and former chief counsel of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, said closing the ports would likely end up in court because it would violate federal immigration laws.
Trump “cannot close every port on the border,” Legomsky said. “If he did so, he would effectively undermine the entire congressional scheme for who may enter the U.S. and who may not.”
Closing the border is also unlikely to stanch the influx of asylum seekers, he said, because federal law authorizes them to request protection once they step on U.S. soil. “If anything, closing the authorized points would just drive more traffic between the ports of entry where people can enter illegally,” he said.
Administration officials insist that inaction is not an option. About 100,000 migrants are believed to have arrived at the border this month, Mulvaney said, a human tide that has overwhelmed U.S. authorities and sparked profound partisan disagreement over potential remedies.
On Saturday, Trump tweeted: “Our detention areas are maxed out & we will take no more illegals. Next step is to close the Border!”
Last Friday, during the March for Life at the Lincoln Memorial, a junior in high school became the target of society’s collective hatred. Nick Sandmann was quickly dubbed a racist who embodied everything wrong in Trump’s America, and became the subject of online vitriol and rage, from death threats to calls to dox him and his classmates.
The initial story fell apart by Monday. The narrative that pushed Sandmann and his fellow high schoolers as the bigots who’d mobbed an elderly Native American man was proven false, and the mea culpas began rolling in from outlets like The Atlantic and the New York Times. As The Atlantic’s Caitlin Flanagan put it, “The Media Botched the Covington Catholic Story.”
So why did so many commentators, including elite journalists, jump to attack Sandmann armed with nothing more than an out-of-context video clip?
The traditional argument is that when we’re online, we can be anonymous, and that encourages our worst impulses. As Likeable, a social media marketing agency, put it, “If you could steal from a bank and you knew no one could identify you, would you? Our identity helps keep our actions in check because we must be responsible for those actions afterward.” Anonymity removes that check. But this explanation falls short. Most of Sandmann’s attackers were loud and proud, not hiding behind anonymous profiles.
The truth behind these online pile-ons is almost completely the opposite. Online pile-ons are a very public form of virtue signaling, aided by the unique psychological triggers of social media. Social media platforms designed their products to trigger a neurological response when someone engages with your post. Sean Parker, founding president of Facebook, says, “Whenever someone likes or comments on a post or photograph, we give you a little dopamine hit.” Dopamine is associated with feelings of euphoria and bliss, and we’re hardwired to seek out hits of the chemical.
Unfortunately, an effective way to get dopamine-inducing likes and retweets on social media is to tweet savagely about your political opponents, because it gets your fans fired up. You also get points for being early — social media rewards trend-setters, not followers. When college professor Reza Aslan tweeted about Sandmann’s “punchable face,” he was rewarded with more than 23,000 dopamine-inducing likes.
By contrast, calm and moderate posts rarely go viral. “Let’s wait and see what all the facts are” takes may age well, but they don’t viscerally engage fans’ emotions. Getting the story right matters, and not just because getting it wrong reduces the credibility of journalists and news organizations. There are real victims to these online pile-ons. In the case of Nick Sandmann, powerful elites with hundreds of thousands of followers publicly attacked a high schooler whose ability to fight back was limited.
How can we stop our collective rush to judgment?
A good place to start would be to adopt the following policy when we’re evaluating something our political opponents did that looks very bad: If the situation were reversed and it were my political allies under fire, would I rush to judgment, or would I look for additional context? If we’d do so when our allies were at risk of looking bad, then we have a moral obligation to do the same when it’s our opponents.
When we’re savagely tweeting about a breaking controversy, we should also take a moment and ask ourselves how our tweets will age if we’re wrong. Tweeting about a high schooler’s “punchable” face, as Aslan did, wouldn’t look great even if Aslan was right that the high-schooler in question was racist. But as details emerged that contradicted Aslan’s assumptions, his tweet began to look worse and worse. A few moments of humility (“What if my analysis of the situation is wrong?”) could have saved a lot of journalists from looking bad while also preventing a lot of trauma for innocent high schoolers.
We’re living in a brave new world where social media incentivizes savagery and a rush to judgment. A little cultivated empathy and humility could help.
Julian Adorney (@Julian_Liberty) is a Young Voices contributor.
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — Over the weekend, the country moved a step closer to $1,400 stimulus checks hitting bank accounts as the House approved a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill that was championed by President Joe Biden.
The big question now: How quickly will the measure move through the Senate and could we see those direct payments this month?
“We have no time to waste,” Biden said on Saturday. “We act now — decisively, quickly and boldly — we can finally get ahead of this virus.”
Democratic leaders hope to spend two weeks debating the relief package and get it to Biden’s desk before the most recent emergency jobless benefits end on March 14. If that happens, it’s possible the U.S. Treasury Department could get direct payments processed in a matter of days — meaning you could see money this month.
However, quite a bit has to happen before then. Senate Democrats seem bent on resuscitating a $15 per hour minimum wage push and fights could erupt over state aid and other issues.
While the Senate is expected to try and make changes to the bill, the House proposal calls for $1,400 stimulus checks to go to the same Americans who received direct payments in round two of coronavirus relief.
If you need a refresher, anyone who made $75,000 or less will get the full amount — and couples earning $150,000 or less will get $2,800 in relief payments. As your income level increases above those thresholds, the amount you will receive decreases. The current plan calls for a phase out of direct payments for single people earning $100,000 and couples earning $200,000.
Republican leaders and even some Democratic lawmakers have called for and proposed lower thresholds to ensure the direct payments are targeted to Americans who need them the most. However, Biden has pushed back at that.
In addition to the $1,400 payments, the bill would extend emergency unemployment benefits through August and increase tax credits for children and federal subsidies for health insurance.
It also provides billions for schools and colleges, state and local governments, COVID-19 vaccines and testing, renters, food producers and struggling industries like airlines, restaurants, bars and concert venues.
Moderate Democratic Reps. Jared Golden of Maine and Kurt Schrader of Oregon were the only two lawmakers to cross party lines. That sharp partisan divide is making the fight a showdown over whom voters will reward for heaping more federal spending to combat the coronavirus and revive the economy atop the $4 trillion approved last year.
The battle is also emerging as an early test of Biden’s ability to hold together his party’s fragile congressional majorities — just 10 votes in the House and an evenly divided 50-50 Senate.
At the same time, Democrats were trying to figure out how to assuage liberals who lost their top priority in a jarring Senate setback Thursday.
That chamber’s nonpartisan parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough, said Senate rules require that a federal minimum wage increase would have to be dropped from the COVID-19 bill, leaving the proposal on life support. The measure would gradually lift that minimum to $15 hourly by 2025, doubling the current $7.25 floor in effect since 2009.
Hoping to revive the effort in some form, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is considering adding a provision to the Senate version of the COVID-19 relief bill that would penalize large companies that don’t pay workers at least $15 an hour, said a senior Democratic aide who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal conversations.
That was in line with ideas floated Thursday night by Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., a chief sponsor of the $15 plan, and Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., to boost taxes on corporations that don’t hit certain minimum wage targets.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., offered encouragement, too, calling a minimum wage increase “a financial necessity for our families, a great stimulus for our economy and a moral imperative for our country.” She said the House would “absolutely” approve a final version of the relief bill because of its widespread benefits, even if it lacked progressives’ treasured goal.
While Democratic leaders were eager to signal to rank-and-file progressives and liberal voters that they would not yield on the minimum wage fight, their pathway was unclear because of GOP opposition and questions over whether they had enough Democratic support.
House Ways and Means Committee Chair Richard Neal, D-Mass., sidestepped a question on taxing companies that don’t boost pay, saying of Senate Democrats, “I hesitate to say anything until they decide on a strategy.”
Progressives were demanding that the Senate press ahead anyway on the minimum wage increase, even if it meant changing that chamber’s rules and eliminating the filibuster, a tactic that requires 60 votes for a bill to move forward.
“We’re going to have to reform the filibuster because we have to be able to deliver,” said Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., another high-profile progressive, also said Senate rules must be changed, telling reporters that when Democrats meet with their constituents, “We can’t tell them that this didn’t get done because of an unelected parliamentarian.”
Traditionalists of both parties — including Biden, who served as a senator for 36 years — have opposed eliminating filibusters because they protect parties’ interests when they are in the Senate minority. Biden said weeks ago that he didn’t expect the minimum wage increase to survive the Senate’s rules. Democrats narrowly hold Senate control.
Pelosi, too, seemed to shy away from dismantling Senate procedures, saying, “We will seek a solution consistent with Senate rules, and we will do so soon.”
The House COVID-19 bill includes the minimum wage increase, so the real battle over its fate will occur when the Senate debates its version over the next two weeks.
Democrats are pushing the relief measure through Congress under special rules that will let them avoid a Senate GOP filibuster, meaning that if they are united they won’t need any Republican votes.
It also lets the bill move faster, a top priority for Democrats who want the bill on Biden’s desk before the most recent emergency jobless benefits end on March 14.
But those same Senate rules prohibit provisions with only an “incidental” impact on the federal budget because they are chiefly driven by other policy purposes. MacDonough decided that the minimum wage provision failed that test.
Republicans oppose the $15 minimum wage target as an expense that would hurt businesses and cost jobs.
La ex presidenta Cristina Fernández de Kirchner comenzó con un rally mediático a partir de su campaña junto a Unidad Ciudadana para convertise en senadora por la provincia de Buenos Aires. Esta vez, la ex mandataria fue al programa del periodista “Chiche” Gelblung en el canal Crónica y, además de otras polémicas declaraciones, afirmó: “Nunca me gasté millones en joyas”.
La tapa de NOTICIAS es del 28 de diciembre de 2014. Lo había revelado Sergio Hovaghimian, ex representante de la joyería más distinguida del país, quien sostuvo que era una clienta habitual de Jean-Pierre. Una clienta en las sombras que compraría joyas por “hasta 1 millón de dólares por año”, y “en negro”.
A pedido de esta revista, Hovaghimian identificó una serie de joyas que Cristina solía lucir en sus apariciones. Su debilidad, claramente, son los collares de perlas, cuyo precio de mercado oscila entre los 80.000 y 120.000 dólares. Los aros también la apasionan, aunque son una inversión más económica: entre 4.500 y 10.000 dólares, según el modelo. Hovaghimian aportó precisiones y valores, y aseguró que las joyas son de Jean-Pierre.
EL PASO, Texas – In El Paso, an estimated 15 million cars cross the U.S.-Mexico border each year. Some 7 million people walk through the ports of entry. Hundreds of thousands of trucks containing raw materials and finished goods rumble across the border. But what if all that were to stop, if President Trump follows through on his threats to close the border crossings?
“It gives me heartburn,” said Dee Margo, the mayor of El Paso. “It is critical our borders remain open.”
On the border, crossings are big business. El Paso is a huge land port. Margo, a Republican, told Fox News there are close to 100 Fortune 500 companies with factories just over the border in Juarez. Raw materials from the United States go to the factories in Mexico and finished goods come back to the U.S.
But it’s not just business. It’s also personal.
One of 6 ports of entry. Street scene near the border in El Paso (Fox News)
Ruby Contreras lives in El Paso with her 3-year old daughter. She told Fox News, “I’m worried because I have my family over there and it’s hard for them to come over here.” She visits regularly and worries about her family if she couldn’t visit.
Sebastian Carrasco, a 19-year old student who lives in Juarez, but goes to school in El Paso, explained: “There’s people in El Paso who come and go every day. Every day.”
Most border towns are just like El Paso, with many people living, working and shopping on both sides of the border. To them, closing it would be unthinkable.
“It stops lives,” said Carrasco. “That’s what it does. It stops lives.”
A street in El Paso, near the Mexico border. (Fox News)
If the ports of entry shut down, trade experts have cautioned the impacts would reach far beyond border towns.
“Mexico is a significant trading partner with the United States and an even greater percentage with Texas,” said Margo. As for a border shutdown? “We can’t afford that.”
Many other Americans will feel the pinch as well, experts have said. Almost half of all vegetables and 40 percent of all fruits imported into the U.S. come from Mexico.
In addition, Mexico is the third-largest trading partner with the US, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said. In 2017, an estimated $615.9 billion was traded between the two countries.
Authorities told reporters that they have rescued 35 people from the building so far, with two people rescued from the rubble itself.
Miami-Dade County Commissioner Sally Heyman told Fox News that about 51 people remain unaccounted for.
“Over 80 MDFR units including #TRT (Technical Rescue Teams) are on scene with assistance from municipal fire departments,” Miami Dade Fire Rescue said in a tweet.
The scene of a collapsed building in Surfside, Fla., just north of Miami Beach. (WSVN)
Firefighters pulled at least one boy from the debris, according to photos online. A reporter from CBS Miami said at at least nine people were transported to the hospital.
Officials received offers of support from Sens. Rick Scott and Marco Rubio, as well as Gov. Ron DeSantis, to provide anything needed for the search-and-rescue operation, which may take up to a week.
The building address is 8777 Collins Avenue, according to Surfside police. The sea-view condo development was built in 1981 in the southeast corner of Surfside, on the beach. It had a few two-bedroom units currently on the market, with asking prices of $600,000 to $700,000, police said.
One witness who was on vacation in the city with his family told Fox News he was next door when it suddenly sounded like a tornado or earthquake.
“It was the craziest thing I ever heard in my life,” he said.
List of Champlain Tower residents who are missing, per a local synagogue. (Courtesy: Jordan Early, Fox News)
He added that he believed much of the building was occupied.
He estimated that the collapse occurred at about 1:20 a.m.
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Miami Dade Fire Rescue is conducting search and rescue. Authorities had no word yet on casualties, or details of how many people lived in the building. (AP)( )
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A bedroom is seen in part of the collapsed building.(WSVN)
A partially collapsed building is seen early Thursday, June 24, 2021, in the Surfside area of Miami, Fla. A partial building collapse in Miami caused a massive response early Thursday from Miami Dade Fire Rescue, according to a tweet from the department’s account. Miami Dade Fire Rescue is conducting search and rescue. Authorities had no word yet on casualties, or details of how many people lived in the building. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)( )
A light glows in a partially collapsed building early Thursday, June 24, 2021, in Surfside area of Miami, Fla. A partial building collapse in Miami caused a massive response early Thursday from Miami Dade Fire Rescue, according to a tweet from the department’s account. Miami Dade Fire Rescue is conducting search and rescue. Authorities had no word yet on casualties, or details of how many people lived in the building. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)( )
A partial collapsed building is seen early Thursday, June 24, 2021, in Surfside area of Miami, Fla. A partial building collapse in Miami caused a massive response early Thursday from Miami Dade Fire Rescue, according to a tweet from the department’s account. Miami Dade Fire Rescue is conducting search and rescue. Authorities had no word yet on casualties, or details of how many people lived in the building. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)( )
In this image made from video, officials arrive on the scene of a building collapse in Surfside, Miami, FL., early Thursday, June 24, 2021. A partial building collapse in Miami caused a massive response early Thursday from Miami Dade Fire Rescue, according to a tweet from the department’s account. Miami Dade Fire Rescue is conducting search and rescue. Authorities had no word yet on casualties, or details of how many people lived in the building. (Jamal Akakpo via AP)( )
People view a partially collapsed building early Thursday, June 24, 2021, in the Surfside area of Miami, Fla. A partial building collapse in Miami caused a massive response early Thursday from Miami Dade Fire Rescue, according to a tweet from the department’s account. Miami Dade Fire Rescue is conducting search and rescue. Authorities had no word yet on casualties, or details of how many people lived in the building. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)( )
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Miami-Dade fire rescue pulling a boy probably in his early teens from the rubble alive and also them rescuing some people from a balcony with an ariel ladder truck. I also have sound with three witnesses, one says there had been some on going construction being done on the building.( )
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A partially collapsed building is seen early Thursday, June 24, 2021, in the Surfside area of Miami, Fla. A partial building collapse in Miami caused a massive response early Thursday from Miami Dade Fire Rescue, according to a tweet from the department’s account. Miami Dade Fire Rescue is conducting search and rescue. Authorities had no word yet on casualties, or details of how many people lived in the building. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)( )
A partially collapsed building is seen early Thursday, June 24, 2021, in the Surfside area of Miami, Fla. A partial building collapse in Miami caused a massive response early Thursday from Miami Dade Fire Rescue, according to a tweet from the department’s account. Miami Dade Fire Rescue is conducting search and rescue. Authorities had no word yet on casualties, or details of how many people lived in the building. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)( )
Firefighters search a partially collapsed building early Thursday, June 24, 2021, in the Surfside area of Miami, Fla. A partial building collapse in Miami caused a massive response early Thursday from Miami Dade Fire Rescue, according to a tweet from the department’s account. Miami Dade Fire Rescue is conducting search and rescue. Authorities had no word yet on casualties, or details of how many people lived in the building. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)( )
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Miami building collapse, June 24, 2021( )
Joel Franco, a Miami-based freelance journalist, was live-tweeting from the scene. He noted that an urban search-and-rescue truck was at the scene. He posted another photo that he said showed about a dozen people who were rescued. Two were embracing. He posted, “This is tough to document.”
“I did see some family members being rescued by a crane from the Miami-Dade Fire Department,” he said.
A bedroom is seen in part of the collapsed building. (SOURCE: WSVN)
The building is one block away from where Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are leasing a condominium, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue set up a family reunification center nearby, and asked anyone who has family members who are unaccounted for or are safe to call 305-614-1819.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
Fox News’ Brie Stimson, Greg Norman and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
ÚN | José Gabriel Díaz.- Increíble pero cierto: Miss Filipinas Pía Alonzo Wurtzbach entregará la corona de Miss Universo, dejando el título a la primera finalista y “virtual ganadora”, Ariadna Gutiérrez, Miss Colombia.
En un acto de sensatez, la “real ganadora” romperá el contrato con la organización de belleza internacional, luego de sentir gran presión por parte de los medios de comunicación internacionales, tras el inusual pelón del anfitrión Steve Harvey, quien dio por ganadora a la miss equivocada en vivo y directo.
Negada a que su vida privada y su naturalidad fuesen puestas en evidencia, pues se rumora que obtuvo la corona palanqueada por una supuesta relación amorosa con el presidente de su país, además de cuestionarse su belleza tras filtrarse unas fotos al natural y cero maquillaje, la joven de 26 años prefirió cortar por lo sano y desaparecer definitivamente de la vida pública.
La noticia sucede a la polémica generada durante la coronación, cuyos memes mantuvieron el tema en la palestra por días, siendo para muchos el hecho más importante de 2015.
La sucesión de reinas se realizará en un acto que, según corre la bola en los portales de belleza, se presentará en televisión en los venideros días.
En sus redes sociales ni Miss Colombia ni Miss Filipinas han querido pronunciarse en torno al notición que da un giro inesperado al suceso.
Obvio que todo esto ocurriría si hoy no fuera el Día de los Santos Inocentes y nuestra intención hacerles caer por tales, así que olvídenlo: ni Pía Alonzo se despega de esa corona que tanta popularidad le ha dado, ni Miss Colombia será congraciada, ni el presentador del Miss Universo perdonado. ¡Cayeron por inocentes!<!– ***********2391900 True 28-12-2015 01:48:36 p.m.–>
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CNN\”s \u003ca href=\”http://www.cnn.com/profiles/nick-valencia-profile\” target=\”_blank\”>Nick Valencia\u003c/a> reports.”,”descriptionText”:”The Southern Poverty Law Center, having been in the forefront in the fight against racial inequality since 1971, is now being accused by some staffers as suffering from a \”systemic culture of racism and sexism within its workplace\”. CNN\”s \u003ca href=\”http://www.cnn.com/profiles/nick-valencia-profile\” target=\”_blank\”>Nick Valencia\u003c/a> reports.”},{“title”:”Brexit protests cause gridlock in London”,”duration”:”02:03″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”http://www.cnn.com”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/world/2019/03/29/brexit-protests-london-theresa-may-vote-chance-lklv-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”world/2019/03/29/brexit-protests-london-theresa-may-vote-chance-lklv-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”http://www.noticiasdodia.onlinenewsbusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/190329151901-21-brexit-0329-demonstrators-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/world/2019/03/29/brexit-protests-london-theresa-may-vote-chance-lklv-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/top-news-videos/”,”description”:”\u003ca href=\”https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/17/uk/non-brits-guide-to-brexit-update-gbr-trnd-intl/index.html\” target=\”_blank\”>Brexit\u003c/a> supporters swarmed through the streets of London Friday as lawmakers rejected Prime Minister \u003ca href=\”https://www.cnn.com/2016/08/02/europe/theresa-may-fast-facts/index.html\” target=\”_blank\”>Theresa May’s\u003c/a> EU withdrawal deal for a third time. 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CNN’s \u003ca href=\”http://www.cnn.com/profiles/kaylee-hartung-profile\” target=\”_blank\”>Kaylee Hartung\u003c/a> reports.”},{“title”:”Officer posted racist meme in 2017 and is now police chief”,”duration”:”03:56″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”https://www.cnn.com”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/us/2019/03/30/louisiana-estherwood-police-chief-racist-image-valencia-pkg-ctn-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”us/2019/03/30/louisiana-estherwood-police-chief-racist-image-valencia-pkg-ctn-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”http://www.noticiasdodia.onlinenewsbusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/190330014554-estherwood-louisiana-police-chief-racist-image-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/us/2019/03/30/louisiana-estherwood-police-chief-racist-image-valencia-pkg-ctn-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/top-news-videos/”,”description”:”A police officer in Estherwood, Louisiana, was suspended from his job for sharing an image on Facebook in 2017 that many found racist. Now, he’s the town’s police chief. 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Denver (CNN)Weld County Sheriff Steve Reams disagrees so much with a gun bill making its way through the Colorado legislature that he’s willing to go to jail rather than enforce it.
En 2015 el mundo estuvo revolucionado por noticias que causaron impacto público, como el de un restaurante en Nigeria que fue cerrado por vender carne humana, hasta un zoológico en Londres que invita a sus huésped a pasar la noche con leones.
El pez radioactivo de Fukushima
El pasado 17 de septiembre fue capturado en las aguas de la prefectura de Fukushima, en Japón, un pez que presentó niveles de contaminación radioactiva que superaba en 7 mil 400 veces el límite establecido por el Gobierno de ese país para determinar qué alimentos son o no aptos para el consumo.
El pescador japonés Hirasaka Hiroshi, publicó una fotografía que asombró a todos los usuarios de la red social: un pez lobo capturado en las costas de la isla de Hokkaido cerca de Fukushima.
Un grupo de pescadores de la región de Tumbes, en Perú, frontera con Ecuador, capturó una mantarraya de unos mil kilogramos y 8 metros de longitud el pasado 27 de abril.
La gigantesca mantarraya tenía 8 metros de longitud y pesaba mil kilos. Tanto que tuvo que ser sacada por una grúa.
La cadena de comida rápida más grande del mundo, McDonald’s, volvió a causar revuelo por sus continuas violaciones sanitarias. El nuevo caso de insalubridad se registró en una franquicia de Japón donde uno de sus clientes encontró un diente humano dentro de una bolsa de papas fritas.
McDonald’s reconoció que una consumidora de un establecimiento de Osaka (Japón) localizó un diente humano en uno de sus menús.
Otras de las noticias que causaron impacto fue la de un zoológico de Londres que ofrecerá a sus visitantes a partir de 2016 pasar un noche en compañía de leones asiáticos.
Los visitantes podrán ver a los animales exóticos en las nueve cabañas a partir de 2016.
En aras de garantizar la distribución de productos de primera necesidad y fortalecer los motores de la Gran Misión Abastecimiento Soberano y Seguro (GMAS), al Puerto de La Guaira arribaron 171 contenedores con productos de higiene, medicinas y alimentos.
La mercancía llegó a bordo del buque MAERSK WISMAR, procedente de Cartagena -Colombia, se encuentra en el puesto de atraque N° 2, y se suma a los rubros que han llegado al país para combatir la guerra no convencional.
En este sentido, la Autoridad Única del Sistema Portuario de la Región Capital, CA. Carlos Alberto Martin, indicó que el arribo de buques con este tipo de artículos afianza la cuarta línea estratégica del Gobierno Revolucionario presidido por Nicolás Maduro Moros.
Asimismo enfatizó que “seguimos cumpliendo con los lineamientos correspondientes para agilizar la operatividad de importación y exportación; de manera que se pueda distribuir de forma expedita los rubros que el pueblo venezolano necesita”.
Se estima que este buque realice los procesos portuarios pertinentes en 80 horas, contribuyendo a la inmediatez en el despacho de la carga.
Es así como la Autoridad Única del Sistema Portuario Nacional, M/G Efraín Velasco Lugo, a través de Bolivariana de Puertos, cumple con los motores de producción y alimentación de la GMAS, en pro de contribuir con el desarrollo de la economía nacional y contrarrestar la guerra económica que tanto daño le ha hecho al pueblo venezolano
Hanoi, Vietnam (CNN)The night before his historic summit with US President Donald Trump last June, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un took a surprise stroll in downtown Singapore to see the sights of the wealthy capitalist city.
Al cerrar hoy la primera mitad del año, te compartimos las noticias en Nicaragua que más interés despertaron por cada mes.
Las informaciones van desde la farándula, con la Miss Nicaragua Marina Jacoby generando buenos comentarios en Miss Universo, pasando por la derrota de Román “Chocolatito” González, hasta llegar al accidente de tránsito en Nandaime.
Enero
Marina Jacoby lo tenía todo para lucirse en Miss Universo. La mediática Miss Nicaragua se destacó a lo largo del certamen y diversos especialistas la colocaban como una de las finalistas en el concurso.
Al final, Jacoby no clasificó en el top 10, pero en Nicaragua dejó un buen recuerdo. ¿Qué le impidió a la reina destacarse? Missosology dio una respuesta muy certera.
Febrero
Un joven que mató a su madre y padrastro, en Ciudad Sandino, se convirtió en el centro de atención en Nicaragua.
Isaac Yader Chávez Canales es el joven, de 18 años, que cometió el parricidio.
Chávez Canales fue detenido y su juicio se ha suspendido en tres ocasiones debido a la falta de jurado.
Marzo
La derrota del “Chocolatito” marcó no solo al púgil, sino a toda Nicaragua. La noche del 18 de marzo quedó grabada entre los nicaragüenses como la fecha en que despojaron de su invicto y del título de González.
Entre todos los análisis de la derrota, el que hizo Julio César Chávez júnior es el quie más caló: ¿Por qué los jueces vieron perder al Chocolatito ante Srisaket Sor Rungvisai?
Abril
La noticia de que los trámites en el Estado se digitalizan, tuvo una buena acogida entre los nicaragüenses.
En Nicaragua circulan 800 mil vehículos. El gobiernoi nicaragüense ha informado de que otras gestiones se pueden relaizar en línea, como los pasaportes, pago de impuestos municipales, entre otros.
Mayo
El 2017 ha sido un buen año para el turismo, con un crecimiento en la llegada de visitantes.
Las publicaciones internacionales siguenmencionando a Nicaragua y las autoridades han promocionado a este país en la emblemática Times Square.
Pero una de las noticias turísticas que más interés generó es la designación del hotel Nekupe como el mejor del mundo para conectarse con la naturaleza.
La designación es de la revista especializada Jetsetter.
Junio
En este mes, que cierra la primera mitad del año, la noticia en Nicaragua que más ha impactado es el accidente de tránsito en Nandaime, en el cual murieron cinco personas, tres de una misma familia.
En ese choque estuvo involucrado Hubert Silva, quien es procesado por los delitos de homicidio imprudente y lesiones imprudentes.
Este año van más de 400 personas fallecidas en accidentes de tránsito.
Un nota extra en este ránking es el caso de Ana yanci Ruiz, la presentadora que estuvo detenida por 48 horas por supuesta trata de personas y luego fue liberada y eximida de cualquier sospecha, también ha llamado el interés de los nicaragüenses.
Tras el incidente, Ana Yanci Ruiz dijo que abandonará el programa para el cual trabajaba, La Matraca.
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(CNN)Three people were arrested on charges of running “birth tourism” companies that catered to Chinese clients in Southern California Thursday. It is the first time that criminal charges have been filed in a US federal court over the practice, according to Thom Mrozek, spokesman for the US Attorney’s Office.
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Terry Gobanga tuvo que superar una violación colectiva y, cuando por fin parecía que tenía el viento de lado, la muerte de su marido.
Cuando Terry Gobanga -entonces Terry Apudo- no llegó a su casamiento, nadie se imaginó que la habían secuestrado, violado y abandonado en una cuneta.
Esa fue la primera de las dos tragedias en las que esta joven pastora anglicana de la capital de Kenia, Nairobi, se vería envuelta tras una rápida sucesión de acontecimientos.
Y ahora lo puede contar. Es una sobreviviente.
“Iba a ser un gran día.
Como era pastora, iban a llegar los miembros de nuestra iglesia, así como todos nuestros familiares.
Mi prometido y yo estábamos muy emocionados porque nos casábamos en la catedral de Todos los Santos de Nairobi.
Además, había alquilado un bonito vestido.
Pero la noche anterior me di cuenta que tenía alguna ropa de Harry (Olwande), incluida su corbata.
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Terry, entonces aún Apudo, tenía todo listo para casarse en la catedral de Todos los Santos de Nairobi cuando le ocurrió la primera de las desgracias.
Él no podía llegar a su boda sin corbata, así que una amiga que se quedó a pasar la noche conmigo me prometió que lo primero que haría en la mañana sería llevársela.
Así que nos despertamos al alba y la acompañé a la estación de autobuses.
Luego, de regreso a casa, pasaba frente a un tipo sentado sobre el capó de un coche cuando de repente me agarró por la espalda y me metió en el asiento trasero.
Había otros dos hombres adentro y se pusieron en marcha.
Todo pasó en una fracción de segundo.
Me metieron un pedazo de tela en la boca, pero forcejeé y traté de gritar.
Cuando logré apartarlos, les chillé: ‘¡Es el día de mi boda!’.
Recibí el primer golpe y uno de los atacantes me dijo que o colaboraba o iba a morir”
Fue entonces cuando recibí el primer golpe y uno de ellos me dijo que o colaboraba o iba a morir.
Los hombres se turnaron para violarme.
Estaba segura de que moriría, pero seguía luchando.
Así, cuando uno de ellos me quitó la mordaza le mordí los genitales.
Gritó de dolor y, ante ello, otro me clavó un cuchillo en el costado.
Fue entonces cuando abrieron la puerta y me expulsaron del coche en marcha.
Estaba a kilómetros de mi casa, en las afueras de Nairobi. Habían pasado más de seis horas desde que me habían secuestrado.
Derechos de autor de la imagen Terry Gobanga
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Cuando la metieron en aquel coche, Terry, ahora Gobanga, forcejeó y luchó por su vida.
Un niño me vio y llamó a su abuela. La gente llegó corriendo.
Cuando llegó la policía trataron de tomarme el pulso, pero no lo consiguieron.
Así que, creyendo que estaba muerta, me envolvieron en una sábana y se dirigieron a la morgue.
Pero ya de camino, me empecé a ahogar y tosí.
“¿Está viva?”, preguntó uno de los policías, quien dio media vuelta y condujo hacia el hospital más grande de Kenia.
Llegué en shock, murmurando sin coherencia.
Estaba medio desnuda y cubierta de sangre, con la cara hinchada por los golpes.
Pero algo debió llamar la atención de la matrona, ya que adivinó que estaba por casarme.
Los médicos me dieron la terrible noticia: la herida de la puñalada en el útero era tan profunda que no iba a poder quedarme embarazada”
“Llamemos a las iglesias, a ver si falta la novia en alguna de ellas“, le dijo a las enfermeras.
Por casualidad, la primera en la que consultaron fue la catedral de Todos los Santos.
“¿Les falta una novia?”, preguntó la enfermera.
“Sí. Había una boda programada para las 10 de la mañana y no apareció”, contestó el pastor.
Al ver que yo no llegaba a la iglesia, mis padres entraron en pánico. Y mandaron a la gente a buscarme.
Los rumores no tardaron en surgir.
“¿Cambió de opinión?”, preguntó alguien. “No, ella no es así. ¿Qué le habrá pasado?”, dijeron otros.
Pero a las horas tuvieron que retirar el decorado, para que pudiera celebrarse otra ceremonia.
Derechos de autor de la imagen Terry Gobanga
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Tras el ataque, la abandonaron en una cuneta, a miles de kilómetros de su casa y de la iglesia en la que se iba a casar.
A Harry lo mantuvieron en la sacristía.
Cuando supieron dónde estaba, mis padres llegaron al hospital con todo el séquito.
Harry, de hecho, traía consigo mi vestido de novia.
Y como la noticia había corrido, también había periodistas.
Así que me trasladaron a otro hospital para que tuviera más privacidad.
Fue allí donde, después de coserme, los médicos me dieron la terrible noticia: “La herida de la puñalada en tu útero es tan profunda que no vas a poder quedarte embarazada”.
Me dieron la píldora del día después y fármacos antirretrovirales para protegerme del VIH y del sida.
Pero yo empecé a negar lo que me había ocurrido.
Harry seguía diciendo que quería casarse conmigo.
“La quiero cuidar, asegurarme de que se recupera en mis brazos, en nuestra casa”, exclamaba.
Para decir la verdad, yo no estaba en posición de decir sí o no ante el altar. No podía quitarme de la cabeza la imagen de aquellos hombres.
A los días, ya menos sedada, pude mirarle a los ojos. Y le pedí perdón.
Hubo quien dijo que la culpa era mía, por haber salido de casa en la mañana.
Derechos de autor de la imagen Terry Gobanga
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“¿Les falta una novia?”, preguntaron las enfermeras iglesia por iglesia.
Fue muy doloroso, pero mi familia y Harry me apoyaron.
La policía no pudo agarrar a los violadores.
Fui de rueda de reconocimiento en rueda de reconocimiento, pero no identifiqué entre todos aquellos hombres a quienes me habían atacado.
Y cada vez que tenía que repetir el procedimiento, el sufrimiento aumentaba.
Sentía que avanzaba 10 pasos en mi recuperación y retrocedía 20.
Así que al final fui a la comisaría y les dije: “¿Saben qué? Esto se acabó. Quiero dejarlo aquí”.
Pero a los tres meses de la violación me dijeron que la prueba del VIH dio positivo, pero que tenía que esperar tres meses más para confirmarlo.
A pesar de ello, Harry y yo empezamos a volver a planear la boda.
En eso estábamos cuando una mujer me llamó diciéndome que había leído mi historia y que quería conocerme.
Y yo, que tanto me había enfadado por la intrusión de la prensa, acepté. Se llamaba Vip Ogolla y también había sobrevivido a una violación.
Cuando nos reunimos, Ogolla me dijo que ella y sus amigas querían regalarme la boda y que tendría todo aquello que quisiera para ese día.
Aquello me extasió: escogí un tipo de pastel distinto, mucho más caro, y en vez de un vestido alquilado pude tener uno propio.
En julio de 2005, siete meses después de la primera fecha elegida, Harry y yo contrajimos matrimonio y nos fuimos de luna de miel.
A los 29 días de haber regresado, la noche era fría.
Harry encendió una estufa de carbón y la llevó a la habitación.
Harry me dijo que no podía traer la colcha, que no tenía fuerzas, y yo tampoco podía levantarme. Fue entonces cuando nos dimos cuenta que algo andaba mal”
La retiró tras la cena, porque el cuarto estaba realmente caliente, y nos metimos tras las mantas.
Él me dijo que se sentía algo mareado, pero no le dimos importancia.
El frío volvió y no podía dormir, así que le sugerí que nos cubriéramos con otra colcha más.
Pero Harry me dijo que no la podía traer, que no tenía fuerzas.
Curiosamente, yo tampoco conseguía levantarme.
Fue entonces cuando nos dimos cuenta de que algo andaba mal.
Pero perdió el conocimiento y yo también me desmayé.
Me recuperé, traté de llamarlo y al principio me respondió, pero luego ya no.
Así que me abalancé fuera de la cama y vomité, con lo que recuperé algo de fuerza.
Me arrastré hasta el teléfono y llamé a mi vecina.
Derechos de autor de la imagen Terry Gobanga
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Terry Apudo pudo casarse con Harry Olwande y tener la ceremonia que quería.
“Algo anda mal. Harry no me está contestando”, le dije.
Llegó inmediatamente, pero llegar a la puerta principal para poder dejarla entrar me tomó mucho tiempo. Me desmayaba constantemente.
En un momento dado vi a una avalancha de gente entrar al apartamento, gritando. Pero volví a desfallecer.
Me desperté en el hospital.
Y lo primero que hice fue preguntar dónde estaba mi marido.
Me explicaron que lo estaban asistiendo en el cuarto contiguo.
“Soy pastora. Vi muchas cosas en mi vida y necesito que sean sinceros conmigo”, les pedí.
“Lo siento, pero tu esposo no sobrevivirá”, me contestó entonces el doctor.
No me lo podía creer.
Volver a la iglesia, pero en aquella ocasión para el funeral, fue terrible.
Apenas hacía un mes que había estado allí, vestida de blanco, con Harry enfrente. Y ahora yo iba de negro y él en un ataúd”
Apenas hacía un mes que había estado allí, vestida de blanco, con Harry enfrente, mirándome, tan guapo con aquel traje.
Y ahora yo iba de negro y él en un ataúd.
La gente pensó que estaba maldita y apartó a sus hijos de mí.
“Tiene el mal de ojo”, dijeron. Y en cierto punto hasta yo misma me lo creí.
Otros me acusaron de haber matado a mi marido. Aquello me hundió.
Pero la autopsia esclareció lo ocurrido: el dióxido de carbono (producto de la combustión del carbón de la estufa) inundó su sistema y se asfixió.
Entré en crisis. Me sentí abandonada por dios, por todo el mundo.
No podía creer que la gente pudiera reír, salir de fiesta, continuar con su vida.
Me quebré.
A los días, sentada en el balcón oyendo a los pájaros cantar, me dije: “¿Cómo es posible que Dios cuide de ellos pero no de mí?”.
Algunos decías que tenía mal de ojo. Otros que había matado a mi marido. Aquello me hundió”
Al instante recordé que el día tiene 24 horas y que si me quedaba sentada, absorta en mi depresión y con las cortinas cerradas, nadie me devolvería ese tiempo.
Y que así, para cuando me diera cuenta, pasaría una semana, un mes, un año… tiempo tirado por la borda. Esa era la cruda realidad.
A la gente le dije que nunca podría volver a casarme.
Dios se llevó a mi esposo y la simple posibilidad de, en algún momento, tener que pasar por una pérdida similar se me antojaba demasiado.
El dolor es tan intenso… No se lo deseo a nadie.
Pero había un hombre, Tonny Gobanga, que no dejaba de venir a visitarme. Me animaba a hablar del que fue mi marido y a recordar los buenos momentos.
Derechos de autor de la imagen Terry Gobanga
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Tonny Gobanga siguió llegando a casa de Terry Apudo tras la muerte del marido de ésta y fue así como se enamoraron.
Cuando en tres días no tuve noticias de él me enfadé.
Así me di cuenta que me había enamorado de él.
Tonny me propuso matrimonio, pero le dije que se comprara una revista, leyera mi historia y que decidiera si después de eso me seguía queriendo.
Y lo hizo: volvió y me dijo que quería casarse conmigo.
“Escucha”, le advertí. “Hay algo más: no puedo tener hijos, por lo que no puedo casarme contigo”.
Y él me contestó: “Los hijos son un regalo de Dios. Si conseguimos tenerlos, amén. Si no, tendré más tiempo para amarte”.
Ante eso, no pude más que responder que sí, que me casaría.
Así que Tonny fue a contárselo a sus padres.
Y ellos se alegraron… hasta que supieron de mi historia.
Tonny me propuso matrimonio, pero le dije que se comprara una revista, leyera mi historia y que decidiera si después de eso me seguía queriendo”
“No puedes casarte con ella. Está maldita”, le dijeron.
Mi suegro hasta se opuso a acudir a la ceremonia, aunque nosotros seguimos adelante con nuestros planes.
Llegaron 800 personas a vernos casarnos, la mayoría de ellas por curiosidad.
Habían pasado apenas tres años desde mi primera boda y estaba aterrada.
Cuando intercambiamos los votos, pensé: “Aquí estoy de nuevo, Padre. Por favor no lo dejes morir”.
Y cuando la congregación rezó por nosotros lloré sin control.
Al año de aquello, me sentí indispuesta y acudí al médico.
Para mi sorpresa, me dijo que estaba embarazada.
Derechos de autor de la imagen Terry Gobanga
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Terry y Tony Gobanga tienen dos hijas, Tehille y Towdah.
Con el estado de gestación más avanzado me prescribieron reposo total, por los daños en el útero consecuencia de aquella puñalada.
Pero todo fue bien y di a luz a una niña, a quien pusimos de nombre Tehille.
Y cuatro años después nació nuestra segunda hija, Towdah.
Hoy soy la mejor amiga de mi suegro.
Además, escribí un libro sobre mi experiencia, titulado Crawling out of Darkness (Saliendo de la oscuridad), con el que pretendo dar esperanzas a la gente, decirles que es posible renacer de las cenizas.
También fundé una organización, llamada Kara Olmurani.
Cuando intercambiamos los votos, pensé: ‘Aquí estoy de nuevo, Padre. Por favor no lo dejes morir'”
Trabajamos junto con sobrevivientes de violaciones. Así las llamamos, no víctimas.
Les ofrecemos asesoría y apoyo.
Ahora estamos tratando de poner en marcha una casa de acogida a la que ellas puedan llegar a recuperarse antes de volver a enfrentarse al mundo.
Yo, por mi parte, perdoné a mis atacantes.
No fue fácil, pero me di cuenta que era injusto para mí seguir enfadada con una gente a la que probablemente no le importaba lo que me habían hecho.
Mi fe también me anima a perdonar, a no pagar al mal con odio, sino haciendo el bien.
Lo más importante es el duelo. Pasar por cada una de sus fases.
Enfadarte hasta que empieces a querer hacer algo para cambiar la situación.
Tienes que seguir avanzando, arrastrándote si es necesario.
Debes avanzar hacia tu destino, porque te está esperando y tienes que conquistarlo”.
If war chests won elections, Gavin Newsom would have nothing to fear from the effort to recall him as governor of California.
As the campaign moves into its final frenzied phase ahead of 14 September, the official voting day, Newsom and his supporters have outraised the entire panoply of his would-be replacements by a wildly lopsided margin.
Last week, Newsom’s fundraising haul surpassed the $58m he raised in 2018, when he first ran for governor and won, and that total is on track to hit $70m or more before all is said and done. The pro-recall effort, by contrast, has raised only about $8m, and only three of the 46 candidates to replace Newsom have raised seven figures on their own account.
Larry Elder, the Trump acolyte and firebrand conservative talkshow host, has established himself as the frontrunning challenger with a haul of about $6m, and the only Republican to eclipse that total, the businessman and perennial candidate John Cox, is largely writing checks to himself.
Newsom’s huge fundraising advantage guarantees absolutely nothing, however, because the unorthodox, rarely tested rules of the recall don’t allow the incumbent to face off directly with his opponents. Rather, the ballot is split into two parts: the first asking voters whether Newsom deserves to stay in office, and the second asking who should replace him if he doesn’t.
While money can be very useful to an incumbent in a normal election to create a clear contrast with a challenger whose policy positions may be unpalatable to a majority of voters, that’s not the situation Newsom faces, because he is excluded from the second question on the ballot. Polls indicate that he may win two or three times as many votes as Elder, but that won’t help him if he doesn’t reach 50% on the first, yes-or-no recall question.
And it’s far from clear that he can buy his way out of that problem – even in a state that last year voted for Joe Biden over Donald Trump by a 30-point margin.
“There are a number of forces driving this election and they are only partly controllable by having a lot of money,” said Raphael Sonenshein, a political scientist who runs the Pat Brown Institute of Public Affairs at California State University, Los Angeles. “What Newsom’s faced with is 100% a mobilization election, not a persuasion election … And campaign strategists are still learning how to mobilize voters.”
Money can, of course, buy television ads and fund get-out-the-vote operations. But the challenge for Newsom in an election that does not follow the usual calendar, and has not yet fired up registered Democrats the way it has fired up anti-Newsom Republicans, is to persuade low-propensity voters to send in the absentee ballots sitting on their kitchen tables. And that, Sonenshein said, was a much trickier proposition – “more of an art than a science”.
The election ballot first asks voters whether they would like to oust Newsom. If less than 50% vote ‘no’, he will lose office. Photograph: Rishi Deka/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock
California has a long track record of humiliating candidates who thought they could win office through sheer force of financial muscle. But the recall is also an outlier by US political standards, a constitutionally questionable process designed more than a century ago that doesn’t follow the usual patterns – concerning money or anything else.
That, in turn, has raised two interesting questions. One, if money is only so useful to the anti-recall forces, how come people are showering Newsom with so much of it? And, two, if the recall is giving the Republicans their best – perhaps their only – shot at high office in a bluer-than-blue state, how come their donors are largely staying away?
On the Democratic side, campaign experts say, special interest groups are writing checks to Newsom largely because the recall provides them with a unique opportunity to do so and because they see only advantages in giving to a Democratic party that controls a supermajority in both houses of the state legislature and, one way or another, is likely to win the next regularly scheduled gubernatorial election in November 2022. While individual contributions in an election are capped at $32,500 per candidate, contributions to a pro- or anti-recall campaign have no legal limits.
“Even if Newsom loses,” said Dan Schnur, a former Republican political consultant who teaches political communications at Berkeley and the University of Southern California, “California donor interests won’t have to risk harming their relationships in Sacramento in any significant way … Even if Newsom isn’t in a position to show his gratitude, in about a year the next Democratic governor will be.”
Among the biggest donors to the anti-recall effort are Reed Hastings, the Netflix chief executive, who supported one of Newsom’s primary challengers in 2018; the prison guards’ union, which does not give to Democrats exclusively but won a pay raise earlier this year that Newsom championed against the advice of his budget analyst; and the teachers’ union, whose previous support for Newsom became a political liability during the worst of the Covid-19 lockdowns because schools remained shut under union pressure.
Cyclists with signs in support of the recall effort ride past anti-vaccination protesters taking part in a rally against Covid-19 vaccine mandates, in Santa Monica, California. Photograph: Ringo Chiu/AFP/Getty Images
On the Republican side, the lack of funding enthusiasm reflects a broader change in the party since the only previous gubernatorial recall in California, in 2003. Back then, the GOP threw its weight wholeheartedly behind the campaign to kick out the then governor, Gray Davis, and replace him with its superstar alternative, Arnold Schwarzenegger.
This time, by contrast, the party played no role in gathering signatures for a recall petition, which was spearheaded by a retired sheriff’s sergeant from the Central Valley who has frequently expressed frustration with the state Republican party’s leadership. The party has also stayed largely out of the race itself, offering less than $200,000 to the recall campaign – a stark contrast to the more than $2m that the California Democratic party has kicked in for Newsom.
“The California Republican party isn’t spending a lot of money on this race because they don’t have a lot of money,” said Schnur.
The party is demoralized all around, since it has won no statewide office in California since Schwarzenegger and is increasingly eclipsed by its own grassroots, who have acted with increasing autonomy – some might say defiance – in the age of Trump. They, not the party, have fueled Elder’s rise over the previous frontrunner, the more moderate former mayor of San Diego, Kevin Faulconer, and over Cox, Newsom’s challenger in 2018 who lost then by more than 20 percentage points.
Money has not been the determining factor in any of these developments. Indeed, according to Schnur, California’s most reliable Republican donors are already looking forward to next year and a handful of competitive congressional races in California that could help swing control of the US House of Representatives back to the GOP. “It’s only recently that Newsom’s chances became an open question,” Schnur said, “and these donors generally like to be in early rather than late.”
If the recall is challenging received wisdom in both parties about how to finance and run an election campaign – albeit for diametrically opposed reasons – that’s partly because there is no reliable playbook to ride what is proving to be a pretty untamable horse. “You’re talking about what in European terms would be a snap election,” Sonenshein said. “And we don’t have snap elections … It’s still better to have more money. But everyone assumes your likelihood of winning is dependent on how much money you have, and I’m not sure that’s true.”
July 28 to Aug. 11: The New Mexico Department of Health’s San Miguel County Public Health Office will host its annual back-to-school immunization clinic starting weekdays July 28 through Aug. 11 at 18 Gallegos Road in Las Vegas from 8 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 4 p.m.
The immunization clinic is open to the public and immunizations will be administered at no cost. Parents should bring a copy of their child’s shot record and their insurance card, including Medicaid with them. The special clinic is part of the Got Shots? immunization campaign. The New Mexico Department of Health, the New Mexico Immunization Coalition, the New Mexico Primary Care Association, and healthcare providers from across the state are partnering again to host immunization clinics from July 29 through August 12 for children 18 years old and younger. For questions about the back-to-school immunization clinic or to schedule an appointment, contact the San Miguel County Public Health Office at 425-9368.
Upcoming & Ongoing
July 29
The “Saturdays at the Museum” presentation will take place starting at 11 a.m. at the City of Las Vegas Museum. Speaker Don Bovia will be discussing the History of Chapman Lodge #2.
July 30
Emi Arte Flamenco will perform a one- hour program at 5 p.m. at the Palms Ballroom, featuring a Flamenco guitarist, singer and two dancers. This event will conclude a month-long session of classes which are currently in progress at the Palms Ballroom sponsored by the Meadow City Academy of Music under the directorship of Ronald Maltais. Emmy Grimm (La Emi) has put together a show for Las Vegas. Tickets will be sold at the door. Admission is $10.
Aug. 5
“New Mexico Heroes,” a show of short pieces for, by, and about veterans, will be at the Palms Event Center on the Plaza. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., show starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15 for general admission, $12 for students and seniors 65+, available from any Nat Gold board member, at www.natgoldplayers.com, or at the door.
Aug. 10 through Aug. 12
Looking for vendors for the San Miguel/Mora County Fair scheduled for Aug. 10 through Aug. 12. Contact Brenda Ramirez at 505-617-1352 for more information.
Aug. 12
The third annual Junktique/Antique flea market is seeking vendors for the event scheduled for 8 to 4 p.m. at Lincoln Park. For more information, contact Martha at 426-4547 or email at lacatrina1954@hotmail.com. Booth cost is $20 and will be donated to Our Lady of Sorrows Church for restoration of the organ. Deadline to sign up is Aug. 7.
Aug. 26
The Las Vegas Arts Council has 60 vendor spaces available for the 39th Annual People’s Fair scheduled for Aug. 26. Applications available online at LasVegasArtsCouncil.org or at 140 Bridge St. For more information, call 454-1307.
Sept. 2 and Sept. 3
Call for artists and craftsperson’s for Cleveland Millfest 2017. Outdoor spaces are available for artists and craftsmen at the Cleveland Millfest. The two-day event takes place Labor Day weekend. Call 575-387-6763 or 575-387-2645 for application and information.
Tierra Encantada Farmers Market, open from 7:30 a.m. to sellout every Wednesday and Saturday at the corner of Mills and Hot Spring Boulevard. Fresh produce, including chile, plums and apples with more veggies and fruit coming as the season progresses.
Wednesday and Saturdays
The Tri-County Farmers’ Market vendors will be at the Immaculate Conception parking lot on Sixth and University each Wednesday and Saturday through October from 8 a.m. to sellout.
Thursdays
The Las Vegas Community Soup Kitchen is looking for volunteers to Prepare and serve lunch on Thursdays. It is an ecumenical ministry. All are welcome. Call 425-7283 for more information.
Ongoing
San Miguel County Magistrate Court hours: Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The office will be open from 8 a.m. to noon on Fridays.
Upcoming
There is a committee planning the class reunion for West Las Vegas class of 1997. Tentative plans are for Sept. 16. For more information, text your name to 505-718-9012. Sept. 8 to Sept. 10 Cancer Services of New Mexico’s Fall 2017 Family Cancer Retreat is being held at the Marriott Albuquerque Pyramid North Hotel. To receive an application packet go to www.cancerservicesnm.org or call Mike at 505-239-4239.
Sept. 29 to Oct. 1
The Robertson High School class of ’67 is planning a big 50-year class reunion. For more information, call Sandra Martinez Trujillo at 505-429-2725, 454-8203 or Sara McWilliams Harris 454-0438, 505-280-4447.
Upcoming
The Mora High School Class of 1977 Reunion Committee is looking for classmates. Contact Mary Anne at 505-910-9331; Mary Alice at 505-913-0869; Anita at 505-575-512-7000 or Noyola at 429-3373.
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