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El Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos, el jordano Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, condenó este lunes el decreto antiinmigración firmado por el presidente estadounidense Donald Trump, que calificó de ilegal y “mezquino”.

“La discriminación por el único motivo de la nacionalidad está prohibida por la ley de derechos humanos”, afirmó Zied en un tuit, considerando que “el veto estadounidense es también mezquino y malgasta recursos necesarios para luchar debidamente contra el terrorismo”.

El polémico decreto prohíbe la entrada a Estados Unidos a todos los refugiados, independientemente de su origen, durante 120 días (y de forma indefinida para los refugiados sirios). También prohíbe durante 90 días a los ciudadanos de siete países de mayoría musulmana considerados viveros terroristas por Washington: Irán, Irak, Libia, Somalia, Sudán, Siria y Yemen.

Esta decisión provocó manifestaciones y condenas internacionales pero también situaciones confusas en los aeropuertos estadounidenses y extranjeros con personas bloqueadas o rechazadas.

En una declaración conjunta, la Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM) y la Agencia de Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados (ACNUR), recordaron el sábado que “el programa estadounidense de reinserción es uno de los más importantes del mundo”.

“Las plazas de reinserción ofrecidas por cada país son vitales. La OIM y ACNUR esperan que Estados Unidos siga desempeñando su papel importante de líder y continúe su larga tradición de protección de quienes huyen de los conflictos y persecuciones”, agregaron las dos agencias de la ONU en su declaración.

Trump defendió el decreto

El mandatario aseguró este lunes que los problemas en los aeropuertos durante el fin de semana, cuando comenzó a regir el decreto antiinmigración, se debieron a la empresa Delta Airlines y a los manifestantes.

“Solo 109 de 325.000 personas fueron detenidas y sometidas a un cuestionario. Los grandes problemas en los aeropuertos fueron causados por un apagón informático en Delta … los manifestantes y las lágrimas del senador (demócrata, Chuck) Schumer. El secretario (de Seguridad Interior) Kelly dijo que todo va bien con muy pocos problemas. ¡HAGAMOS ESTADOS UNIDOS SEGURO OTRA VEZ!”, afirmó Trump en Twitter

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Más adelante, explicó que “si la prohibición hubiera sido anunciada con una semana de anticipación, los “malos” se hubieran apurado a ingresar a nuestro país durante esa semana. Hay un montón de ‘tipos’ malos ahí afuera”.

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La medida recibió críticas de aliados, generó confusión sobre su implementación y galvanizó a la oposición demócrata, que busca formas de derrotarlo. También había una creciente inquietud dentro del Partido Republicano.

Cuatro jueces federales emitieron fallos para detener las deportaciones, en tanto unas 300 personas fueron detenidas o se vieron impedidas de viajar en el mundo.

Mientras, abogados de organizaciones defensoras de los derechos civiles advertían que la batalla legal podía llegar a la Suprema Corte de Justicia.

Miles de manifestantes protestaron el domingo en los principales aeropuertos del país por segundo día consecutivo en apoyo a los inmigrantes y refugiados.

“Solo espero que podamos superar este período difícil manteniendo nuestros valores como país”, dijo Saif Rahman, un ciudadano estadounidense de 38 años nacido en Irak, quien debió atravesar controles adicionales tras llegar al aeropuerto de Dulles en Washington.

El decreto, que entró en vigor el viernes, prohíbe el ingreso de refugiados durante 120 días, sea cual sea su origen, y durante 90 días a ciudadanos de siete países musulmanes: Irak, Irán, Libia, Somalia, Sudán, Siria y Yemen.

Al menos 109 personas fueron detenidas desde el viernes a su llegada a Estados Unidos, aunque tuvieran una visa válida. No estaba claro cuántos de ellos permanecía retenidos el domingo.

Asesores de Trump minimizaron la cifra a “un par de docenas”, mientras Canadá ofreció residencia temporal a aquellos que no pudieron viajar a Estados Unidos y quedaron varados en el país.

Conmoción

Bajo fuego en todos los frentes, Trump emitió una nota oficial en la que niega que el decreto sea contra los musulmanes y fustiga a la prensa.

“Para ser claro, no se trata de una prohibición que apunte a los musulmanes, como los medios informan falsamente”, expresó Trump. “Esto no tiene nada que ver con la religión, se trata de terrorismo y de la seguridad de nuestro país”.

Pero la decisión de Trump ha provocado la mayor conmoción desde su investidura.

El presidente luego recurrió a Twitter para fustigar a los senadores republicanos John McCain y Lindsey Graham, quienes criticaron el decreto. Dijo que estaban “equivocados”, que eran “débiles” en materia de inmigración y que “buscaban desatar la Tercera Guerra Mundial”.

Las detenciones en los aeropuertos estadounidenses dejaron a familias divididas: un padre no pudo asistir al casamiento de su hijo, una abuela no pudo reunirse con sus nietos.

Irán, que calificó la medida de “regalo para los extremistas”, es hasta ahora uno de los países más afectados por la cantidad de iraníes que tienen visas de trabajo o de estudios de Estados Unidos. En respuesta, Teherán instauró medidas similares contra los estadounidenses.

Protestas

“¡Los refugiados son bienvenidos!” vociferaron el domingo unas 10.000 personas en un parque neoyorquino con vista a la Estatua de la Libertad, símbolo de la llegada de inmigrantes al país desde 1886.

Miles protestaron frente a la Casa Blanca. “Tomar una porción entera del mundo y decirle que no son bienvenidos, que son nuestros enemigos, invita a la violencia. No somos así en Estados Unidos”, dijo Tal Zlotnitsky, quien tiene doble nacionalidad israelo-estadounidense.

Las protestas se sucedieron en la terminal Dulles de Washington y en aeropuertos de Los Ángeles, Orlando y Sacramento. Centenares manifestaron en Boston, mientras se organizaban marchas en Atlanta, Denver, Kansas City y Seattle.

Mientras Trump evocaba los atentados del 11 de septiembre de 2001 para explicar las restricciones, ninguno de los países de los que eran oriundos los atacantes -Egipto, Líbano. Arabia Saudita, Emiratos Arabes Unidos- fue incluido en el decreto. Todos esos países son aliados de Washington.

La incertidumbre reinaba sobre la implementación del decreto. Algunos poseedores de la tarjeta verde de residencia permanente en Estados Unidos afirmaron que se les impidió viajar o que fueron devueltos.

Pero el gobierno de Trump aclaró oficialmente el domingo que los residentes permanentes estaban exceptuados de la prohibición, que afecta a quienes tiene doble nacionalidad.

Justicia

Los fiscales generales de 16 estados de la Unión, todos demócratas, tacharon el domingo de “inconstitucional” al decreto y prometieron recurrir a “todas las herramientas” a su alcance “para luchar contra esta orden inconstitucional, preservar la seguridad nacional y los valores fundamentales de nuestra nación”.

En última instancia, los tribunales derribarán el decreto, señalaron. Será en efecto la justicia la que decida la suerte del decreto. “Esto acabará probablemente ante el la Corte Suprema”, dijo Anthony Romero, director de la poderosa Unión estadounidense de Libertades Civiles (ACLU), en la cadena CNN.

El gobierno tendrá que defenderse también de una acusación de discriminación religiosa. Tras el periodo de 120 días, el decreto afirma que dará prioridad a los refugiados perseguidos a causa de su religión, una frase que apunta implícitamente a proteger a los cristianos de Siria y de Irak.

Trump no ha dejado ninguna duda respecto a esta preferencia. “Los cristianos de Oriente Medio han sido ejecutados en masa. ¡No podemos permitir que ese horror se perpetúe!”, tuiteó.

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Austria’s Vice Chancellor and chairman of the Freedom Party, Heinz-Christian Strache, announces his resignation at a press conference in Vienna on Saturday, following a video scandal.

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Austria’s Vice Chancellor and chairman of the Freedom Party, Heinz-Christian Strache, announces his resignation at a press conference in Vienna on Saturday, following a video scandal.

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Austria’s vice chancellor has resigned after German media published a video that purportedly showed him offering government contracts to a woman posing as the niece of a Russian oligarch, in exchange for media coverage and political funding.

The scandal drove Chancellor Sebastian Kurz to call for snap elections instead of trying to revive his weakened coalition government. “Enough is enough,” he told reporters on Saturday in Vienna.

Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache announced he would step down earlier in the day at a press conference in the capital. Crowds stood outside the chancellor’s office waiting for news.

Strache, who leads Austria’s far-right Freedom Party, described the incident as a “targeted political assassination.”

It comes less than a week before European Parliament elections.

On Friday, German news magazine Der Spiegel and daily newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung published the calamitous video. It shows Strache sitting on a couch in a T-shirt, discussing potential deals with a Russian investor.

She proposes to buy a 50% stake in Austria’s Kronen-Zeitung newspaper and Strache promises her construction contracts if she helps his political party. The group also discusses how to disguise a donation to the party through an association. Their meeting was said to have lasted six hours.

It’s unclear who orchestrated the recording. The publications did not reveal their source but said a forensic video expert had verified the footage.

The video was reportedly filmed in a villa with hidden cameras on the Spanish island of Ibiza in July 2017 — just months before Austria’s national election in October. Strache’s party received 26% of the vote and 51 seats.

Strache told the German publications that he had done nothing illegal; that he said to the woman that Austrian laws must be followed. He said he never gave her government contracts or received donations from her.

In November 2018, Austrian retail and real estate company SIGNA bought 49% of a German media company that holds Kronen-Zeitung — marking its first investment in media.

Strache chalked the exchange up to “alcohol-induced macho talk” that was “probably trying to impress the attractive hostess,” according to Deutsche Welle.

Austria’s 32-year-old chancellor faced mounting calls by the opposition to hold new elections. His conservative Austrian People’s Party governs the country in coalition with the Freedom Party.

In the wake of the video, Kurz said the abuse of power, taxes and interference in media affairs were among his concerns.

In the past, he has distanced himself from the Freedom Party following reports of anti-Semitism and racism. The Freedom Party was founded and first led in the 1950s by Anton Reinthaller, a former Nazi.

In recent years, the Freedom Party has built a relationship with Russia. According to the New York Times:

“Mr. Strache first met Mr. Putin in May 2007. In 2014, at least two Freedom Party members took part as election observers during the Russian referendum after the annexation of Crimea. Then in 2016, just seven months before the meeting in Ibiza took place, Mr. Strache traveled to Moscow to sign a formal cooperation agreement between the Freedom Party and Mr. Putin’s United Russia party.”

Johann Gudenus, another prominent Freedom Party member, was secretly filmed in the Ibiza villa meeting with Strache. That prompted calls for his resignation.

Strache said he would step down from his party leadership position, with Transport Minister Norbert Hofer to replace him.

He also vowed to take legal steps to address the video.

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Esta mañana se revelaron las posibles causas del accidente de la aerolínea Tame ocurrido el 28 de abril de 2016 en el aeropuerto Mariscal La Mar, en Cuenca.

En el informe de la Junta de Investigación de Accidentes se determinó que la pista estuvo contaminada con lluvia, además que se realizó un aterrizaje con aproximación no estabilizada y no se aplicaron los procedimientos recomendados por el fabricante de la aerolínea.

El alcalde de Cuenca, Marcelo Cabrera, declaró que tras realizar trabajos de mantenimiento a la pista sigue un proceso de certificación que podría durar hasta el 2018. (I)

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Brent Renaud, an award-winning US film-maker whose work has appeared in the New York Times and other outlets, has been killed reportedly by Russian forces in the flashpoint town of Irpin, outside Kyiv. A US photographer, Juan Arredondo, was wounded.

Renaud, 51, was hit in the neck and died after coming under Russian fire while working on Sunday, according to local police officials, however, that could not be independently verified.

Jane Ferguson, a reporter for PBS Newshour who was nearby when Renaud was killed, tweeted: “Just left roadside spot near Irpin where body of American journalist Brent Renaud lay under a blanket. Ukrainian medics could do nothing to help him by that stage. Outraged Ukrainian police officer: ‘Tell America, tell the world, what they did to a journalist.’”

Clifford Levy, a deputy managing editor of the New York Times, issued a statement on Twitter clarifying that Renaud was not on assignment for the paper, contrary to earlier reports.

“[The New York Times] is deeply saddened to learn of the death of an American journalist in Ukraine, Brent Renaud. Brent was a talented photographer and film-maker, but he was not on assignment for the New York Times in Ukraine. Early reports that he worked for Times circulated because he was wearing a Times press badge he had been issued for an assignment many years ago.”

Levy added: “Brent’s death is a terrible loss. Brave journalists like Brent take tremendous risks to bear witness and to tell the world about the devastation and suffering caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.”

The Kyiv region police chief, Andrei Nebitov, said in a statement: “The occupiers are cynically killing even journalists of international media who are trying to show the truth about the atrocities of Russian troops in Ukraine.”

Arredondo, 45, a World Press Photo winner and adjunct professor at Columbia University, said he and Renaud had gone to Irpin to film refugees escaping the town, and they were fired on by forces near a checkpoint. Filmed describing what had occurred while he was receiving hospital treatment, he suggested they had driven into an ambush.

‘We crossed the checkpoint and they started shooting,’ says journalist wounded in Irpin – video

“We crossed the first bridge in Irpin. We were going to film all the refugees leaving. We got into a car … Someone offered to take us to the other bridge and we crossed a checkpoint and they started shooting at us,” Arredondo said. “So the driver turned around, and they kept shooting … and there was two of us. My friend is Brent Renaud and he’s been shot and left behind.”

When the interviewer asked how Renaud was, Arredondo replied: “I don’t know. I saw he’d been shot in the neck. And we got split.”

The US national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, told CNN: “If in fact an American journalist was killed, it is a shocking and horrifying event. It is one more example of the brutality of Vladimir Putin and his forces as they’ve targeted schools and mosques and hospitals and journalists.

“And it is why we are working so hard to impose severe consequences on him, and to try to help the Ukrainians with every form of military assistance we can muster, to be able to push back against the onslaught of these Russian forces.”

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WASHINGTON — Even as the White House claims vindication from the summary of special counsel Robert Mueller’s findings in the Russia probe, the American public does not see a clear verdict about whether President Donald Trump has been cleared of wrongdoing.

According to a new NBC News/ Wall Street Journal poll, 29 percent of Americans say they believe Trump has been cleared of wrongdoing, based on what they have heard about Mueller’s findings, while 40 percent say they do not believe he has been cleared.

But a third of Americans — 31 percent — say they’re not sure if Trump has been cleared. That includes nearly half of independents (45 percent) and about a quarter of both Democrats (27 percent) and Republicans (25 percent.)

Respondents were asked about their views of the special counsel’s work on March 25-27, beginning the day after Attorney General William Barr released his summary of Mueller’s report that stated the probe “did not find that the Trump campaign or anyone associated with it conspired or coordinated with Russia in its efforts to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election.”

Barr also reported that Mueller declined to make a determination on whether Trump obstructed justice. The attorney general informed Congress Friday that more of Mueller’s report will be released by mid-April.

“The public is still in a wait-and-see view of this investigation and what it means for Trump,” said Jeff Horwitt of the Democratic firm Hart Research, which conducted the poll along with Republican pollster Bill McInturff of Public Opinion Strategies.

Much of that ambiguity may be because less than half of the public says they have been deeply engaged with reporting about Barr’s summary of Mueller’s findings.

While a large majority of Americans — 78 percent — say they have heard about Mueller submitting his final report, only 39 percent say they have heard “a lot” about the story. That’s a smaller share of the population than those who said they had heard a lot about other significant stories in Trump’s political history, including his decision to fire James Comey (56 percent) or the release of the Access Hollywood videotape (66 percent).

“However substantial this event was in the Washington, D.C., community and maybe our political culture, it was not an event that captured the American public,” said McInturff.

The narrative about the Mueller probe has also not significantly affected the president’s approval rating, which stands at 43 percent. Fifty-three percent of Americans disapprove of his job performance.

In February, Trump’s approval rating stood at 46 percent, but this month’s shift is within the poll’s margin of error.

Since last month, fewer Americans now say that the Mueller probe has given them more doubts about Trump’s presidency. In the NBC/WSJ February poll, 48 percent of Americans said the investigation gave them more doubts, while 47 percent disagreed. Now, 36 percent said they have more doubts about Trump as a result of the probe, compared with 57 percent who disagree.

But nearly all of that shift came among Democrats. In February, 82 percent of Democrats expressed more doubts as a result of the investigation, compared with just 61 percent now. But the same period of time saw no increase in Trump’s overall approval rating among Democrats.

Warning signs for Trump for 2020 — and some Democratic presidential candidates, too

While the poll did not find a significant shift in the president’s approval rating, it showed some continued weak spots as he prepares to run for re-election.

Overall, half of registered voters say they are “very uncomfortable” with his candidacy while an additional 9 percent say they have “some reservations.”

Among those saying they’re “very uncomfortable” are at least half of several traditional swing voter groups, such as independents (50 percent saying they are “very uncomfortable”), suburban women (56 percent) and moderates (57 percent).

In contrast, just 26 percent of voters overall say they’re “enthusiastic” about Trump’s 2020 bid, with another 14 percent saying they are “comfortable.”

But some Democratic candidates also face significant discomfort from the voting public, too.

A combined 58 percent of voters are either uncomfortable (37 percent) or have reservations about (21 percent) Bernie Sanders’ 2020 bid. For Elizabeth Warren, it’s a combined 53 percent. And for Kamala Harris and Beto O’Rourke, it’s 41 percent of voters expressing either reservations or discomfort.

For Joe Biden, who has yet to formally announce a presidential bid, a combined 47 percent are either enthusiastic (17 percent) or comfortable (30 percent) with him as a candidate, compared with 48 percent who say they’re either uncomfortable or have reservations.

Democrats name Biden as most acceptable of well-known candidates

Among just Democratic primary voters, Biden appears to be the most palatable presidential candidate at the moment.

A combined 73 percent of Democrats say they’re either enthusiastic (33 percent) or comfortable (40 percent) with Biden as a candidate, while just 25 percent either have reservations (19 percent) or are uncomfortable (6 percent).

Democratic discomfort is higher for the two well-known candidates who have been most outspoken on progressive policy proposals: Sanders and Warren.

For Sanders, 27 percent of primary voters say they have reservations while 9 percent are very uncomfortable.

For Warren, 23 percent of Democratic primary have reservations, and 10 percent are very uncomfortable.

More than a quarter of Democrats also express some hesitation about Beto O’Rourke (22 percent with reservations, 7 percent uncomfortable) and Kamala Harris (21 percent with reservations, 6 percent uncomfortable). But a significant chunk of Democratic voters — about one in five — don’t know enough about those candidates to express an opinion.

Most Americans have heard of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Since her surprise win in her New York congressional district primary last year, progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has become one of the more recognizable political figures in the country, the poll finds.

More than seven-in-ten Americans (72 percent) say they know enough about Ocasio-Cortez to form an opinion of her — a swift rise in name ID for a relatively new figure on the national scene.

Among all Americans, 23 percent have a positive opinion of her, while 34 percent have a negative one.

The intensity of feelings toward the New York congresswoman is stronger on the political right than on the left. Forty-six percent of Democrats have a positive opinion of her, while 64 percent of Republicans have a negative one.

Among those who regularly watch Fox News, 55 percent say they have a negative opinion of Ocasio-Cortez. That’s more than twice the share of those who regularly watch broadcast news to stay informed.

The full NBC/WSJ live-caller survey was conducted March 23-27, 2019. Questions related to the release of a summary of the Mueller report were asked March 25-27. The margin of error for 1,000 adults surveyed is +/- 3.1 percent. The margin of error for registered voters is +/- 3.45 percent. The margin of error for Democratic primary voters is +/- 5.82 percent.

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LOS ANGELES, July 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — KWHY-TV Noticias 22, the MundoFOX Los Angeles television network affiliate’s award-winning newscast, Noticias 22, “La voz de Tu Ciudad,” “The voice of your city”, scored as the fastest growing late Spanish language newscast in Nielsen’s recently completed July 2015 Sweeps for Los Angeles, the city with the largest Hispanic market in the nation.

“Our growth is a strong statement of relevance and support to our news team and editorial direction,” stated Palmira Perez, Noticias 22 MundoFOX News Anchor. “Noticias 22 continues to produce the most engaging, compelling news and information daily for our community, and as part of Meruelo Media, together we’re committed to journalistic excellence,” added Otto Padron, President of Meruelo Media.

KWHY-TV Noticias 22 MundoFOX Los Angeles July 2015 Sweeps Highlights:

  • KWHY-TV Noticias 22 MundoFOX at 10:00 p.m. posted significant “year-to-year” growth in average ratings among the key demographic Adults 18-49, up 35% from the July 2014 Sweeps.
    • All the other Spanish-language late local newscasts were down, including those on KRCA/Estrella (-22%), KVEA/Telemundo (-1%) and KMEX/Univision (-2%). (Based on Monday to Friday average ratings.)
  • Among Adults 25-54, ratings for KWHY-TV Noticias 22 MundoFOX at 10:00 p.m. were up 34% from the July 2014 Sweeps, more than the late newscast on KMEX/Univision (+15%) and KVEA/Telemundo (+7%), with KRCA/Estrella falling 19%.

Source: Los Angeles NSI Ratings, July 2015

For more information on KWHY-TV Noticias 22 MundoFOX, please visit www.mundofox22.com.

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Johan Cruyff revolucionó el fútbol como jugador y como entrenador.

La estrella del fútbol holandés Johan Cruyff murió este jueves de cáncer de pulmón a los 68 años y el mundo del fútbol reconoció de forma unánime su influencia como futbolista y como entrenador.

Cruyff fue el líder del Ajax de Ámsterdam que revolucionó el fútbol con sus ideas estéticas y ofensivas en los años 70, cuando ganó tres Copas de Europa.

Llevó a Holanda, la “Naranja Mecánica”, a la final del Mundial en 1974. Y luego, como entrenador, hizo grande al Barcelona, equipo al que transformó para siempre hasta hoy en día.

Pero su importancia va más alla de los números.

La influencia de Cruyff en el fútbol se mide en momentos.

El “giro Cruyff”

Antes de él, los futbolistas solían correr el uno contra el otro, pero cuando Cruyff dejó sentado al sueco Jan Olsson con su famoso giro en el Mundial de 1974 nadie había visto algo similar antes.

Amago, un paso a un lado, rotación y fuga.

Ahora es un movimiento habitual, pero todo comenzó con él

El fútbol total

¿Dónde juegas? Parece una pregunta sencilla, pero no era tal si uno jugaba en la Holanda del Mundial de 1974, quizás el equipo más recordado pese a no ganar el título.

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Johan Cruyff fue la gran estrella del Mundial de 1974 junto al alemán Franz Beckenbauer.

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La Holanda de 1974 es el equipo más recordado sin haber logrado el título de campeón del mundo.

Las camisetas naranjas corrían al unísono de arriba a abajo intercambiando posiciones, creando espacio y causando confusión en los rivales. Era muy difícil seguir al hombre asignado.

Los jugadores holandeses regresaron a casa como héroes a pesar de perder en la final ante Alemania.

Sin Cruyff, ¿habría Messi?

Tras ganar todo en Holanda con el Ajax, el Barcelona compró a Cruyff entonces por una cifra récord de más de un millón de dólares.

Como jugador ganó un título de Liga. Luego, regresó como entrenador, y ganó cuatro Ligas más y la anhelada primera Copa de Europa para el club azulgrana en 1992.

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Cruyff cambió la mentalidad del Barcelona, que aún hoy sigue jugando con las ideas del holandés.

Pero quizás su mayor legado en España fue La Masía.

Antes de que él se hiciera cargo, la academia del Barcelona se concentraba en el físico.

Puso la pelota en el centro de todo y años después floreció la generación de Lionel Messi, Andrés Iniesta y Xavi que formaron el mejor Barcelona de la historia.

Los dirigía Josep Guardiola, el mejor discípulo de Cruyff, con el que debutó como futbolista.

“Johan Cruyff pintó la capilla. Los entrenadores del Barcelona sólo la restauramos o la mejoramos”, dijo una vez Guardiola.

Ese penal

El mes pasado, el uruguayo Luis Suárez anotó para el Barcelona un penal que se convirtió en tema de conversación en todo el mundo.

En lugar de lanzar a gol, Messi apenas tocó la pelota y la dejó muerta para que llegara en carrera Suárez y marcara.

Original, ¿verdad? Pues no, ya lo había inventado Cruyff en 1982 con su compañero Jesper Olsen en el Ajax.

El 14

Antes de que David Beckham emulara a Michael Jordan con el número 23, antes de que Mario Balotelli eligiera el 45 (4+5) como símbolo del nueve, Cruyff fue la primera superestrella en saltarse la norma tradicional de entonces de elegir dorsales del 1 al 11.

El holandés eligió el 14 como número de buena suerte después de un triunfo del Ajax sobre el gran rival, el PSV Eindhoven.

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En la tienda del Ajax aún se puede comprar la camiseta con el 14 de Cruyff.

Este jueves, día de su muerte, los brokers compraron acciones del Ajax de 14 en 14 como homenaje. La bolsa se elevó un 4%.

Cruyff ganó tres veces el Balón de Oro, pero no pudo eludir el cáncer que le diagnosticaron en octubre del año pasado como hacía con los defensas.

En febrero, Cruyff dijo que sentía que en el partido contra el cáncer de pulmón el marcador iba 2-0 a su favor y que estaba seguro de que “terminaría ganando”.

Goles y títulos

Como jugador, ayudó a su país a llegar a la final del Mundial de 1974. Pero los holandeses perdieron contra Alemania Occidental.

Fue en ese Mundial de 1974 en Alemania donde Cruyff mostró su magia con el balón.

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De acuerdo con la Asociación Holandesa de Fútbol, Cruyff fue el mejor jugador de la historia de ese país y uno de los mejores del mundo.

En sus 521 partidos con cinco equipos, Cruyff marcó 293 tantos, 204 de ellos en el Ajax, con el que ganó 18 títulos.

Reconocido mundialmente como uno de los mejores futbolistas de todos los tiempos, Cruyff se sometió a una cirugía de corazón en 1991.

Renunció al hábito de fumar inmediatamente después de la operación.

Apareció en un anuncio del Ministerio de Salud catalán en el que decía: “El fútbol me lo ha dado todo en la vida, el tabaco casi se lo lleva todo”.

Entonces ya dirigía al Barcelona, al que regresó como entrenador en 1988. En 1992 el equipo logró con su fútbol vistoso la primera Copa de Europa del club.

“Salgan y diviértanse”, dijo a sus futbolistas antes del partido.

Con su guía, los azulgranas ganaron cuatro títulos de la Liga española consecutivos desde la temporada 1990-91 a la 1993-94.

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Cruyff fue clave en la selección holandesa que llegó a la final del Mundial del 74.

Fue despedido del Barcelona en 1995, pero su impronta continuó con otros técnicos como Louis van Gaal, Frank Rijkaard y sobre todo con Guardiola, fiel discípulo de las ideas futbolísticas del astro holandés.

“Un genio, una leyenda”

Guardiola, que debutó en el Barcelona con Cruyff, sublimó la idea del holandés desde el banquillo.

“Un genio, una leyenda y el hombre que cambió la mentalidad del Barcelona”, expresó este jueves en twitter el actual técnico del Bayern Múnich.

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Guardiola debutó en el Barcelona con Cruyff, del que luego se convirtió en principal discípulo en los banquillos.

“Apenas se pueden encontrar las palabras para explicar esta gran pérdida”, dijo en un comunicado la Federación Holandesa de Fútbol.

“El mejor futbolista holandés de todos los tiempos y uno de los mejores de la historia”, agregó el ente. Con la selección naranja anotó 33 goles en 48 partidos.

El Barcelona lamentó la muerte de su influyente exjugador y exentrenador. “Siempre te querremos, Johan. Descansa en paz”, expresó el club en su cuenta de twitter.

La leyenda del fútbol alemán Franz Beckenbauer, líder de la Alemania que derrotó a Holanda en 1974 en la final del Mundial, definió al holandés como “un hermano”.

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Cruyff ganó tres Copas de Europa con el Ajax Amsterdam en los años 70.

“Muy triste por la muerte de mi mejor entrenador y un buen amigo”, expresó en twitter Ronald Koeman, exjugador holandés y el futbolista que anotó el gol del triunfo del Barcelona en la final de la Copa de Europa de 1992.

El nuevo presidente de la FIFA (Federación Internacional de Fútbol Asociado), el suizo Gianni Infantino, consideró a Cruyff un “símbolo del juego elegante”.

“Una inspiración, una fuente de admiración para los fans”, agregó.

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COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (KDVR) — The mass vaccination site in Colorado closed early on Wednesday afternoon after people started having adverse reactions to the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine shot.

Centura Health said Wednesday night that 11 patients experienced the reactions after receiving an injection at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City.

Medical staff on site determined two individuals required additional observation and out of an abundance of caution, they were transported to nearby hospitals.

Earlier, the company told Nexstar station KDVR that 0.8% of patients — or 13 people out of an estimated 1,700 — who received the vaccine experienced adverse reactions.

The vaccination site, which was scheduled to close at 5 p.m., shut down around 3:30 p.m. and sent home 640 people who had been waiting in line for hours for the vaccine. Their vaccination slots have been rescheduled for Sunday when they will be receiving the first dose of the two-shot Pfizer vaccine.

There is no information yet on how many people had reactions or how severe those reactions were.

A Centura Health representative issued the following statement to NewsNation affiliate KDVR:

As of today, April 7, we have decided to pause operations of the Vaccines for All mass vaccination event at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, which we are hosting in partnership with the State of Colorado. Following the administration of the J&J vaccine and during onsite observation, we saw a limited number of adverse reactions to the vaccine that equaled 0.8 percent of those receiving the vaccine Wednesday. We followed our protocols and in an abundance of caution, made the decision – in partnership with the state – to pause operations for the remainder of the day. Over 1,700 patients received their shots today, and the 640 patients who were unable to receive their vaccine this afternoon will automatically be rescheduled for Sunday, April 11, at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. Our goal is to continue to vaccinate Coloradans as quickly as possible while keeping our patients’ safety at the forefront.

Roughly 20% of the state’s population, nearly 1.5 million people, are fully vaccinated already, according to Johns Hopkins University. As of Thursday evening, there have been 470,254 confirmed cases and 6,132 deaths in Colorado from the virus.

This is a developing story; check back for updates.

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March 20 (Reuters) – The flooding that devastated the U.S. Midwest is likely to last into next week, as rain and melted snow flow into Kansas, Missouri and Mississippi, the National Weather Service said. Floods driven by melting snow in the Dakotas will persist even as Nebraska and Iowa dig out from storms that have killed four people, left one missing and caused more than a billion dollars in damage to crops, livestock and roads.

“It’s already not looking good downstream for the middle and lower Mississippi and Missouri (rivers) into Kansas, Mississippi and Missouri,” Bob Oravec, a meteorologist with the NWS’s Weather Prediction Center, said early Wednesday.

The floodwaters have inundated a swath of Iowa and Nebraska along the Missouri River, North America’s longest river. Half of Iowa’s 99 counties have declared states of emergency.

“That snow pack is still there and it’s going to keep melting, and that’s bad news,” Oravec said.

About an inch of rain is predicted for Saturday in the region, Oravec said. “It’s not a lot, but any precipitation is bad right now.”

Vice President Mike Pence toured some of Nebraska Tuesday and promised to help expedite federal help to the region.

Gabe Schmidt, owner of Liquid Trucking, back right, travels by air boat with Glenn Wyles, top left, Mitch Snyder, bottom right, and Juan Jacobo, bottom left, as they survey damage from the flood waters of the Platte River, in Plattsmouth, Neb., Sunday, March 17, 2019. Hundreds of people remained out of their homes in Nebraska, but rivers there were starting to recede. The National Weather Service said the Elkhorn River remained at major flood stage but was dropping. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Gabe Schmidt, owner of Liquid Trucking, right, talks to Glenn Wyles, second right, as they survey by air boat flood damage from the flood waters of the Platte River, in Plattsmouth, Neb., Sunday, March 17, 2019. Hundreds of people remained out of their homes in Nebraska, but rivers there were starting to recede. The National Weather Service said the Elkhorn River remained at major flood stage but was dropping. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Gabe Schmidt, owner of Liquid Trucking, top right, travels by air boat with Glenn Wyles, top left, Mitch Snyder, bottom left, and Juan Jacobo, bottom right, as they survey damage from the flood waters of the Platte River, in Plattsmouth, Neb., Sunday, March 17, 2019. Hundreds of people remained out of their homes in Nebraska, but rivers there were starting to recede. The National Weather Service said the Elkhorn River remained at major flood stage but was dropping. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Vice President Mike Pence and Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, second right point to flooded areas, with Neb. Gov. Pete Ricketts, left, during a helicopter flight over areas affected by the flooding of the Missouri and Elkhorn Rivers, Tuesday, March 19, 2019, in Nebraska. Pence flew to Omaha, Neb., Tuesday to view damage and to offer support to first responders, volunteers and those displaced by the floods. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

RETRANSMISSION TO CORRECT SURNAME – Tom Wilke, center, his son Chad, right, and Nick Kenny, load a boat out of the swollen waters of the North Fork of the Elkhorn River after checking on the Witke’s flooded property, in Norfolk, Neb., Friday, March 15, 2019. Heavy rain falling atop deeply frozen ground has prompted evacuations along swollen rivers in Wisconsin, Nebraska and other Midwestern states. Thousands of people have been urged to evacuate along eastern Nebraska rivers as a massive late-winter storm has pushed streams and rivers out of their banks throughout the Midwest. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)




Nebraska, Iowa and Wisconsin and Mississippi all declared states of emergency after the floods, which stemmed from a powerful winter hurricane last week. The flooding killed livestock, destroyed grains and soybeans in storage and cut off access to farms because of road and rail damage.

Authorities said they had rescued nearly 300 people in Nebraska alone, with some rivers continuing to rise. Rescuers could be seen in boats pulling pets from flooded homes. Some roadways crumbled to rubble and sections of others were submerged. In Hamburg, Iowa, floodwaters covered buildings.

$1 BILLION IN DAMAGE

Nebraska officials estimated flood damage for the state’s agriculture at more than $1 billion so far, according to Craig Head, vice president of issue management at the Nebraska Farm Bureau. Head said that was likely to grow as floodwaters recede.

“It’s really too early to know for sure how bad this is going to get. But one thing we do know: It’s catastrophic for farmers,” said Matt Perdue, government relations director for the National Farmers Union. “We’re hoping it’s only $1 billion, but that’s only a hope.”

Nebraska officials estimate the floods have also caused $553 million in damage to public infrastructure and other assets, and $89 million to privately owned assets, according to the state’s Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday.

The water covered about a third of Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha, Nebraska, home to the U.S. Strategic Command, whose responsibilities include defending against and responding to nuclear attacks.

The Army Corps of Engineers is distributing 400,000 sandbags to operators of 12 levees along the Missouri River in Missouri and Kansas that are threatened by flooding, the Army Corps said in a news release on Tuesday.

Roads leading to the Nebraska Public Power District’s Cooper nuclear plant near Brownville were engulfed by floodwaters from the Missouri, but the facility was still operating safely at full power on Tuesday.

The plant operator was flying staff members and supplies to the plant by helicopter, power district spokesman Mark Becker said.

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When the Caldor fire started on Aug. 14 in Northern California, no one expected that two weeks later its flames would cross the Sierra Nevada mountains, threatening the communities and beloved tourist attractions around Lake Tahoe. But as temperatures rise around the world due to climate change, massive and destructive wildfires have become California’s new normal. A dangerous mix of embers, wind, and dry land enabled the wildfire to consume more than 191,000 acres; South Lake Tahoe, a city of 22,000 people, faced a tense backlog of traffic on Monday as people were forced to evacuate. As fire crews worked through the night — using retardant, water sources, and even snow blowers from a local resort — the blaze resisted containment, leaving locals and firefighters unsure how much more it will progress.

These photos show the unrelenting power of the fire and the community it is impacting.

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President Trump responded with a dismissive taunt on Wednesday after a House committee chairman formally requested the IRS provide several years of his personal and business tax returns, in a move that prompted congressional Republicans to warn that Democrats had “weaponized” tax law.

Told by a reporter at the White House that Democrats wanted six years of his tax returns, Trump replied: “Is that all? Usually it’s 10. So I guess they’re giving up. We’re under audit, despite what people said, and we’re working that out — I’m always under audit, it seems, but I’ve been under audit for many years, because the numbers are big, and I guess when you have a name, you’re audited. But until such time as I’m not under audit, I would not be inclined to do that.”

The request Wednesday by Massachusetts Rep. Richard Neal, who heads the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, is the first such demand for a sitting president’s tax information in 45 years. The move sets up a virtually certain legal showdown with the White House.

Neal made the request in a letter to IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig, asking for Trump’s personal and business returns for 2013 through 2018. Neal told Rettig that Democrats have a duty “to ensure that the Internal Revenue Service is enforcing the laws in a fair and impartial manner.”

“It is critical to ensure the accountability of our government and elected officials,” Neal said in a statement. “To maintain trust in our democracy, the American people must be assured that their government is operating properly, as laws intend.”

The president’s congressional allies registered immediate and fierce disapproval. The top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee, Kevin Brady, R-Texas, wrote to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to decry what he called Democrats’ “abuse” of their authority.

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., arrives for a Democratic Caucus meeting at the Capitol in Washington, on April 2, 2019. Rep. Neal, whose committee has jurisdiction over all tax issues, has formally requested President Donald Trump’s tax returns from the Internal Revenue Service for the past 6 years. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

“Weaponizing our nation’s tax code by targeting political foes sets a dangerous precedent and weakens Americans’ privacy rights, As you know, by law all Americans have a fundamental right to the privacy of the personal information found in their tax returns,” Brady said in the letter. “This particular request is an abuse of the tax-writing committees’ statutory authority, and violates the intent and safeguards of Section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code as Congress intended.”

That provision of tax law generally prohibits the disclosure of personal tax information.

Brady added that while “transparency in our government is enormously important,” the “privacy and freedom” of all taxpayers is paramount — and that Congress should pass new disclosure laws if it sees a problem. Violating the privacy rights of one taxpayer, Brady asserted, “begins the process of eroding and threatening the privacy rights of all taxpayers.”

A spokesperson for Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, told Fox News that the “ability of the chairman to request such information is intended to inform the legislative process, which is how it’s been used in the past, not to engage in a politically-motivated fishing expedition.”

Congress “passed section 6103 of the tax code to prevent that kind of abuse of power and to protect every taxpayer’s privacy,” the spokesperson continued. “Those seeking an individual’s personal tax returns to exact political damage would be opening the door to future abuses of power and would poison the public trust in the ability of the IRS to keep personal information private. That’s an outcome every taxpayer and their elected representatives should want to avoid.”

Neal specifically demanded the federal income tax returns from eight entities, including Trump National Golf Club-Bedminster, as well as statements specifying whether the returns were ever under audit. Neal also demanded all administrative files, including affidavits, related to each return.

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Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., followed up with a statement backing up his counterpart in the House.

“The law is crystal clear—the Treasury Department must provide tax returns to the Ways & Means and Finance Committees when the chairman requests them. I expect the Treasury Department to comply in a timely manner,” Wyden said. “Chairman Grassley should make the same request so Senate Finance Committee members are also able to access them.”

Fox News’ Mike Emanuel, Chad Pergram and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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La discusión sobre la elevación de la edad del retiro laboral parte de dos certidumbres: el sistema requiere cambios y el mercado de trabajo está atravesando uno de los momentos más delicados de los últimos años. Los datos económicos y de empleo de la primera parte del año no tienen nada de alentadores. La actividad económica sigue deprimida y ahora sí los datos oficiales (aunque parciales, de la cartera laboral) dan cuenta de una caída significativa del empleo en los primeros meses de la gestión de Mauricio Macri. De manera que el contrapunto inevitable entre la modificación de la edad de retiro jubilatorio y las condiciones de funcionamiento del mercado de trabajo se da en un contexto francamente preocupante. Si la propuesta se formaliza, habrá que evaluar el impacto de la continuidad en el mercado laboral de los adultos mayores que están activos laboralmente. Por una parte, el volumen actual implicado y, por otra, el flujo anual que se agregaría a la oferta laboral con la elevación de la edad.

La eventual elevación de la edad afectaría a los 300000 varones de 65-69 años ocupados (según el censo de 2010) y/o a las 360000 mujeres del rango 60-64. Esta sería la máxima cuantía de la presión al mercado laboral por su permanencia.

En términos agregados y considerando que se plantease un cambio gradual, puede estimarse que unos 100000 adultos mayores permanecerían ocupados. En el tramo de 20 a 24 años, había algo más de 3 millones con una alta tasa de actividad y también alto desempleo. Pero no ingresan todos juntos. Cada año entra al mercado de trabajo medio millón de integrantes (de los cuales más del 12%, según el Censo, no conseguía ocupación), entonces aquellos cien mil mayores que permanecerían en el mercado laboral presionarían fuertemente desde el lado de la oferta.

Pero más allá de la exactitud de estas referencias (amén de los problemas que pudo haber tenido el último relevamiento, por lo general el Censo no es buena fuente para los datos de participación económica de la población), hay dos cuestiones que importan: estamos hablando de un mercado de trabajo que hoy ya no es el que era. Lejos están los años en que era evidente el dinamismo de la demanda de trabajadores. Desde el punto de vista del empleo, la última década y media mostró tres etapas diferenciadas: la impetuosa salida de la crisis de 2001, un estancamiento durante el primer período de Cristina Kirchner y una sensible declinación posterior.

No es un detalle tener en cuenta que la declinación de los años recientes fue apenas disimulada por la demanda ocupacional desde algunos niveles del Estado y el crecimiento del cuentapropismo más la manipulación estadística de la EPH desde 2013, con lo que se “pasó por alto” la destrucción de empleo en 2014. Ahora hay fuertes indicios de pérdidas absolutas de empleo y sería un error minimizarlos porque son menores que los de entonces. Con ser todo esto importante lo es más –en segundo lugar- el efecto sobre el nivel medio salarial. O lo que es mejor decir, sobre la distribución del ingreso. Ya hemos visto en Argentina situaciones en las que el estancamiento o la declinación económica perjudicaron a los trabajadores. El resultado, con matices, siempre fue un incremento de los empleos desprotegidos y/o por cuenta propia, una contención de la retribución salarial y una declinación de la participación del salario en la distribución de la renta.

En el invierno de 2016, pese a lo esperado y anunciado, predominan condiciones sin duda desfavorables para el sector del trabajo. El consumo declina y la inversión no aparece. Aunque se supere la falta de datos actual, hemos perdido las posibilidades de comparar con la situación de los años precedentes y por tanto, a las penurias de vastos sectores por las suspensiones y la alta inflación se agrega la ausencia de elementos apropiados para evaluar el comportamiento del empleo, su calidad y su retribución. No parece un buen momento para agregarle una presión negativa adicional, aunque sea imprescindible reflexionar a futuro sobre el derrotero de la protección social, no sólo en nuestras playas.

Javier Lindenboim es Director del CEPED/UBA e Investigador del CONICET.

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Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, professed his innocence when asked in an interview on “Axios on HBO” that aired Sunday whether it was racist to question, as Trump did for five years, whether President Barack Obama was born in the United States.

“Look, I wasn’t really involved in that,” Kushner told Jonathan Swan of Axios when asked, “Was birtherism racist?”

The question referred to the campaign by Trump to undermine the legitimacy of the nation’s first black president. The conspiracy theory, never supported by any credible evidence, vaulted the real estate mogul and reality television star to political relevance. Trump didn’t abandon the idea until September 2016, more than a year into his presidential bid, which Kushner was instrumental in guiding.

“I know you weren’t,” Swan said, shrugging. “Was it racist?”

“Like I said, I wasn’t involved in that,” Kushner repeated.

Asked a third time whether he perceived the behavior by his father-in-law to be racist, even if he didn’t take part in it himself, Kushner offered, “Look, I know who the president is, and I have not seen anything in him that is racist. So again, I was not involved in that.” He declined to say whether he wished Trump had not become the face of birtherism, maintaining once more, “I was not involved in that. That was a long time ago.”

The response came in a wide-ranging interview that touched on the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi journalist and Washington Post contributing columnist, and the way the president’s son-in-law, a political neophyte and former Democrat, got his job. Kushner strained to defend the president while also declining to embrace aspects of his politics, such as curtailing abortion rights.

“Again, I was not the person who was elected,” he said, adding, “I’m here to enforce his positions.” Kushner’s apparent belief that he can advance the president’s agenda without being held responsible for it finds a parallel in his wife’s attitude that, “I don’t know what it means to be complicit, but I hope time will prove that I have done a good job.”

The rare interview also prompted Kushner, the White House’s Middle East czar, to question whether the Palestinians were capable of governing themselves.

“The hope is that over time, they can become capable of governing,” said Kushner, an architect of Trump’s “deal of the century,” a yet-to-be-released plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

He said there would be a “high bar” for Palestinian freedom from Israeli government and military interference. While he stressed of the Palestinians, “I do think they should have self-determination,” he also said, in response to questions about the depth of his engagement with Palestinian concerns, “I’m not here to be trusted.” He said the Palestinians would judge his plan on its merits, not “based on trusting me.”

The interview landed at an especially delicate moment for Kushner, a 38-year-old real estate developer, investor and newspaper publisher. Trump’s threat to slap tariffs on Mexico for failing to contain the surge of migrants crossing the southern border was issued over the expressed objections of his son-in-law, who favored dialogue to try to resolve the migration crisis. And The Washington Post reported Sunday that Trump’s own secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, privately told Jewish leaders that Kushner’s plan to end the standoff between Israelis and Palestinians could fail to gain traction.

“It may be rejected. Could be in the end, folks will say, ‘It’s not particularly original, it doesn’t particularly work for me,’ that is, ‘It’s got two good things and nine bad things, I’m out,’” Pompeo said in an audio recording of a closed-door meeting of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.

Pompeo said he understood why the public perception was already that the deal would be one-sided. “I get why people think this is going to be a deal that only the Israelis could love,” he said.

Repeated delays in the plan’s unveiling have sharpened the focus on its unconventional origins. It is the brainchild of Kushner, who is married to Trump’s eldest daughter, and Jason Greenblatt, a presidential adviser and former real estate lawyer. Both men are Orthodox Jews with long-standing interest in Israel but without government or diplomatic experience.

Kushner, in the Axios interview, addressed criticism that he owes his position to nepotism, acknowledging that his personal relationship with the president made his role possible. Still, he defended his capabilities.

“The president wouldn’t have been able to get me to work on his campaign had it not been for familial relations,” Kushner said. “I guess because I’m related to him people will make that accusation one way or the other. I do think I have a good track record in all the things I’ve done, of focusing on producing results.”

He said he did not dwell on what he would do without the advantages he was handed but felt “blessed” to have had many opportunities. “My grandparents came here as refugees and they were able to build a great life for themselves,” said Kushner, whose paternal grandparents were Holocaust survivors.

Describing how he brought a picture of his refugee ancestors with him to Washington, he claimed not to see a contradiction with the administration’s hard line on asylum.

“We inherited a crazy world,” Kushner said. He continued, describing the administration’s approach to the refugee crisis emanating from the civil war in Syria: “In the scheme of the magnitude of the problem we have, I think that we’re doing our best to try to make as much impact to allow refugees to be able to go back to their places and conflicts in places like Syria and find ways to make sure that you’re funding these situations so that the people that are immediately becoming refugees can get as much care as possible. But we have a lot of tragedies all over the world.”

The White House adviser made a similar realpolitik assessment of the administration’s continued embrace of Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi crown prince who, in the judgment of the CIA, ordered Khashoggi’s execution.

Kushner would not say whether he had discussed the murder, which he called “horrific,” with the Saudi prince. The kingdom is a “long-term ally,” Kushner said, heralding these ties as vital to American interests, namely in countering Iran.

Kushner’s comments drew scorn from advocates of human rights and experts in international law.

Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch, observed that Kushner’s concern for religious tolerance, expressive rights and the rule of law — prerequisites to Palestinian self-governance, according to the White House adviser — appeared more flexible when it came to Saudi Arabia and Egypt. He listed these countries as examples of authoritarian regimes that have earned praise from the Trump administration.

The blunt discussion of birtherism came in response to Kushner’s affirmation that he had not seen his father-in-law say or do anything racist. The line of questioning drew on comments from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the New York Democrat and bugbear of the Trump family, who declared in a “60 Minutes” interview in January that there was “no question” that the president was a racist.

She is hardly the only Democrat to hold that view, which is virtually creed among Democrats vying to oust Trump from the Oval Office. Former vice president Joe Biden, who has made his ties to Obama a focal point of his campaign, announced his candidacy by focusing on Trump’s reaction to the deadly “Unite the Right” rally in 2017, when he said there were “very fine people” among torch-wielding white supremacists who descended on Charlottesville.

Not just Democratic presidential contenders, but also the majority of Americans, believe Trump has worsened race relations, according to a study published in April by the Pew Research Center.

Kushner dismissed the criticism.

“No, absolutely not,” he said. “You can’t not be a racist for 69 years and then run for president and be a racist. And what I’ll say is that when a lot of the Democrats call the president a racist, I think they’re doing a disservice to people who suffer because of real racism in this country.”

Those who argue that the president harbors racial prejudice hardly suggest that his worldview was transformed when he decided to enter politics. Rather, they point to his role in racial controversies reaching back decades.

In 1973, the Justice Department under President Richard M. Nixon sued Trump Management, which was led by Trump and his father, for allegedly refusing to rent to black tenants in violation of the Fair Housing Act. In 1989, Trump stoked racial tensions when he called for the reinstatement of the death penalty to punish the black and Latino teenagers convicted — wrongfully, it turned out — of brutally assaulting a white woman jogging in Central Park.

In the Netflix miniseries dramatizing the jogger case, “When They See Us,” which was released on Friday, Trump is referred to as a “bigot” whose “15 minutes” are “almost up.”

Not if Kushner has anything to say about it. The president’s son-in-law has reportedly taken on an ever greater role in the 2020 reelection effort.

Tim Elfrink contributed to this report.

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Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, was stripped of his committee assignments by his fellow House Republicans Monday evening following bipartisan condemnation of King’s recent remarks on white supremacy and white nationalism.

“We will not tolerate this type of language in the Republican Party … or in the Democratic Party as well,” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., told reporters. “I watched what Steve King said and we took action.”

In a formal statement, McCarthy said King’s comments were “beneath the dignity of the Party of Lincoln and the United States of America. His comments call into question whether he will treat all Americans equally, without regard for race and ethnicity. House Republicans are clear: We are all in this together, as fellow citizens equal before God and the law. As Congressman King’s fellow citizens, let us hope and pray earnestly that this action will lead to greater reflection and ultimately change on his part.”

In a statement of his own, King insisted that his comments had been “completely mischaracterized” and blasted McCarthy for what King called “a political decision that ignores the truth.” According to his website, King was previously a member of House committees on the judiciary, agriculture and small business.

King, 69, was already under fire from both parties over a series of racially charged remarks when he made the head-turning comments in a New York Times interview published last week.

FLASHBACK: AUTHOR STEPHEN KING ASKS IOWANS TO VOTE AGAINST ‘RACIST DUMBBELL’ STEVE KING

“White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization — how did that language become offensive?” King asked the paper. “Why did I sit in classes teaching me about the merits of our history and our civilization?”

In his statement Monday, King insisted his use of “that language” was referring “ONLY to Western Civilization and NOT to any previously stated evil ideology ALL of which I have denounced.

“My record as a vocal advocate for Western Civilization is nearly as full as my record in defense of Freedom of Speech,” King concluded. ” … I will continue to point out the truth and work with all the vigor that I have to represent 4th District Iowans for at least the next two years.”

The loss of King’s committee assignments may not be the end of his trouble. Earlier Monday, Reps. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., and Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, introduced separate censure resolutions against the Republican. Censure is one of three formal modes of punishment in the House. It is more severe than a reprimand, but not as severe as expulsion. The House has only censured 23 members in history, most recently, former Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., in December 2010.

“Anything less [than censure] would be a slap on the wrist,” Rush told reporters. “Steve King’s continual, serial, expression of hard, rabid racism must come to a screeching halt. This Congress must rise up and express its sentiment.”

Senate Republicans also expressed their disgust with King, with Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., saying that if King “doesn’t understand why ‘white supremacy’ is offensive, he should find another line of work.”

“There is no place in the Republican Party, the Congress or the country for an ideology of racial supremacy of any kind,” McConnell said. “I have no tolerance for such positions and those who espouse these views are not supporters of American ideals and freedoms. Rep. King’s statements are unwelcome and unworthy of his elected position.”

Sen. Mitt Romey, R-Utah, said King’s remarks “are his own and his exclusively and what he said was reprehensible and ought to lead to his resignation from Congress.”

“I think it’s very clear that the party leadership is unified that Steve King is out of bounds and that he should no longer be serving in Congress,” Romney said.

GOP CAMPAIGN BOSS CONDEMNS REP. STEVE KING: ‘MUST STAND UP AGAINST WHITE SUPREMACY’

Last year, King tweeted “culture and demographics are our destiny” and said we “can’t restore our civilization with somebody else’s babies.”

In 2013, he commented that while he has some sympathy for some illegal immigrants, “they aren’t all valedictorians, they weren’t all brought in by their parents — for everyone who’s a valedictorian, there’s another 100 out there who weigh 130 pounds and they’ve got calves the size of cantaloupes because they’re hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert.”

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Shortly before the 2018 midterm elections, in which King was running, Rep. Steve Stivers, R-Ohio, then the head of the GOP campaign committee, issued an extraordinary public denunciation of him.

King has already drawn a primary challenger for the 2020 election: Randy Feenstra, a GOP state senator.

Fox News’ Gregg Re, Jason Donner and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) used her Twitter feed on Monday to show voters how corporate lobbyists influence legislators.

The freshman lawmaker shared an Intercept report about a resort event that was attended by dozens of senior staffers of both Republican and Democratic lawmakers. The party was filled with music, wine and talking points from health care industry lobbyists who urged the staffers to fight Medicare for All proposals. 

“This event wasn’t about fixing the health care system,” Wendell Potter, president of Business Initiative for Health Policy, told the Intercept. “It was about protecting the health care industry, no matter the cost to patients, families, workers or employers.” 

🎶What would you do if I sang out of tune,
would you stand up and walk out on me?/
Lend me your ears and I’ll sing you a song/
and I’ll try not to sing out of key. /
Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends /
mm, gonna try with a little help from my friends 🎶
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This was one of my papa’s favorite songs. Before he passed away, he built a trellis for my mother by hand in our backyard. He wanted to inscribe this lyric around the edges, but never got the chance. I have always felt that this is a love song, but a love song for friendship.
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This #internationalwomensday, I’m thinking about (and grateful for) sisterhood. At the heart of sisterhood, like so many meaningful relationships, is love. And to me, loving people isn’t about who you’re trying to be a “rockstar” in front of. Love is about who you’re unafraid to let see you sing out of tune. 🎤
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Own your power.
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For so many, it’s radical to feel comfortable in your own skin – and to know that you are more than enough, just as you are.
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One of my favorite quotes is from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr: “Everybody can be great…because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.”
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So take up space. Speak up. Hold the door open and take others with you. Accept that you will be criticized no matter what – that is the price of fighting for change and innovation. I consider constructive criticism a blueprint for improvement and a medicine for ego.
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Ultimately, the people who get down, stay focused in adversity, and do the thankless work of change are the ones who transform society. We can all be a part of that, if we so choose. We can all knock a door, register our cousin to vote, or educate ourselves on an issue we’re curious about.
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We are all capable of awakening and commitment. And because of that, we can all be great.
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IT’S OFFICIAL: OCASIO2018 IS ON THE BALLOT FOR NY-14! 🔥
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This is what ~5,500 grassroots signatures, collected by 141 volunteer witnesses, held by 1 overwhelmingly grateful candidate at midnight looks like! 💪🏽💪🏽 #peoplepower
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All weekend, high-priced opposition lawyers were crawling over our petitions to find any excuse to bump me off the ballot.
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Ocasio2018 is on the ballot for NY-14 all thanks to YOU. THANK YOU to our supporters, door knockers, petition captains, donors, prayer squads, EVERYONE who helped make this happen in all ways large and small.
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Ocasio-Cortez said this was just business as usual for much of Washington as lobbyists “schmooze policymakers in secret” into accepting their industry-friendly talking points to stay on message:

Earlier this year, Ocasio-Cortez had a viral moment after she shined a light on PACs, “dark money” and the shady world of campaign finance

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Chilevisión Noticias es, quizás, el noticiario más reconocible de la TV en estilo, y eso se nota en distintos ámbitos. En lo lingüístico, ha instalado en las audiencias palabras como “portonazo”, y ha marcado pauta con la competencia en lo policial. También cuenta con un éxito viral: recibir los videos de las personas demandando sus molestias y escuchar claramente decir: “Vamos a hacer un ‘cazanoticias’ para Chilevisión”. El público sabe lo que eso significa.

“Los mismos que alguna vez nos criticaron por incluir videos de ciudadanos”, recuerda el conductor Iván Núñez, “se han visto obligados a subirse a esto. La gente hoy en día ya no tiene una relación jerárquica con los medios de comunicación. Cada persona es un generador de contenidos en sí, y si sigues viendo a los medios como estas fuentes iluminadas, y decidiendo cuales son las noticias relevantes sin escuchar lo que le importa a la gente, llegaste tarde”.

El noticiario central de la señal, que acaba de mudar sus nuevas oficinas a Machasa, ha navegado de modo estable en la crisis de la televisión. No sólo eso, sino que junto con dar la batalla frente al líder del horario, Ahora Noticias (Mega), Chilevisión noticias ha instalado una fórmula que mantiene cautivo a su público. De lunes a viernes se encuentra entre lo más visto del día según Kantar Ibope, siendo que el resto del ranking puede estar ocupado por otros canales; es decir, las audiencias se cambian específicamente a verlos. 

“La gente viene a ver Chilevisión Noticias”, explica Macarena Pizarro, la otra mitad de la dupla de noticias centrales en la señal de grupo Turner. “No está viendo la teleserie y se queda. Es el noticiario que más crece, el que más recibe audiencia por opción. Me llama la atención el por qué somos tema en las entrevistas de nuestra competencia”, continúa, complementándose con Núñez, con quien conduce el espacio desde 2009. Cierra el animador: “Porque incomoda. Nosotros construimos audiencias, los otros pierden audiencias. Y eso, es bien llamativo”. 

Siendo los últimos en llegar a las nuevas dependencias de CHV, el arribo del departamento de prensa -liderado por Patricio Caldichoury- trae consigo, además, un cambio en la imagen televisiva del noticiario que será visto mañana en pantalla. El set clásico, en el cual la sala de redacción aparecía a espaldas de los conductores, será cambiado por una pantalla continua de 13 metros de ancho por 2,60 de alto, de 7.680 pixeles por 1080 pixeles, Full HD. “Me gustaría que lo que el público vea sea un upgrade de utilidad, no sólo un adorno”, cree Núñez al respecto, y Pizarro lo apoya. Será el cambio más evidente -o al menos el primero- de la era del departamento de prensa en Machasa.

Lo que no debería cambiar con la mudanza geográfica, son las líneas generales de una pauta noticias que ha sido criticada tanto por el espacio que se le da a la crónica roja – “Puedes cegarte y decir que se tratan solo de hechos de características policiales y no cubrirlo, pero le importa a la gente y muchas veces alcanza dimensiones sociales como el caso de Daniel Zamudio”, explica Pizarro-, como por el modo de abordar, por ejemplo, la agenda política. “Nosotros vamos a entrevistar a la autoridad cuando sea pertinente hacerlo, pero lo primero que hacemos es decirle a la gente ‘cuéntenos su problema’. Y eso no es cuestión de marketing, es filosofía al leer cuáles son las noticia”, destaca Núñez. 

Pizarro acota: “La gente reclama por el orden en que damos esa información, dicen que al medio, al final. Nuestro noticiario recibe un rating súper bajo, a diferencia de nuestra competencia, y crece, crece, crece. En promedio no necesariamente le ganamos, pero estamos en la pelea; y al momento en que aparecen las noticias políticas es cuando estamos más arriba. El reclamo no tiene mucho sentido: ¿Quieren que las noticias políticas las vea más gente? Bueno, quédense tranquilo, las noticias políticas en nuestro noticiario las ve la mayor cantidad de gente”. 

Los conductores defienden su pauta noticiosa, sobre todo cuando se les pregunta por noticias que exhiben, por ejemplo, que un hombre se casa con un árbol.  “Eso es una curiosidad. Y en el noticiero hay también magazine. No todo es noticia dura”, dice Núñez, mientras toma su teléfono y muestra un video de Pokemon Go. “Este es un fenómeno. Así se comporta la gente. Son verdaderos zombies caminando por la calle y lo vamos a cubrir porque es un fenómeno social. Los contenidos no son todos económicos o políticos”.

Pizarro remata: “Por la extensión que tienen hoy los noticiarios, han dado cabida a que entren otras noticias. Y las redes sociales ayudan mucho; tenemos parte del equipo revisando cuál es el tema más comentado, el que tiene más memes. Podrías decir que los más comentados no son necesariamente los más relevantes. Y ahí decides si lo pones o no la pauta, si es o no es noticia. Nosotros como noticiario optamos por escuchar a la gente y ser un motor de conversación. Y si la gente está conversando sobre ese tema , aunque no sea una noticia dura o un tema país, queremos integrarlo y que complemente”.

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