Three new wildfires ignited in California on Sunday as the state reported progress in containing the Caldor fire.
The Aruba fire, sparked in San Diego County, has burned across the southeast portion of the community of Rainbow, according to Cal Fire.
Cal Fire’s protection district in San Diego County said on Twitter that the forward rate of the spread has stopped, and the fire was at 15 percent contained.
The Bridge fire, sparked in Placer, has burned 250 acres under the Foresthill Bridge in Auburn. That fire is zero percent contained as of Sunday, and evacuations are in progress.
The Lawrence fire, the smallest of the three, started at 10:40 a.m. Sunday. It has thus far burned 40 acres. As of Sunday evening, the Lawrence fire is 30 percent contained.
California has been hit hard by wildfires this season. This year, the Golden State has reported 7,099 fires burning more than 1.9 million acres, according to statistics reported by Cal Fire.
Cal Fire reported progress containing the Caldor fire, which is currently the second-largest active fire. The fire, which started Aug. 14, has burned 215,400 acres in El Dorado and Amador counties.
As of Sunday evening, the fire was 44 percent contained and is expected to be fully contained by Sept. 27. No deaths have been reported
Cal Fire said evacuation orders for South Lake Tahoe were downgraded to evacuation warnings, but warned that potential dangers still existed.
Authorities are working to contain the Dixie fire, which is the largest active wildfire in the state and the second-largest in the state’s history. The fire, which broke out on July 14, has burned 898,951 acres and is 56 percent contained.
Across the country, 80 large fires are active and have burned 2.8 million acres, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. Most of the fires are in Idaho and Montana, with both states battling 19 fires.
In seeking a 30-year prison sentence for Mr. Chauvin, prosecutors had argued that the former officer’s actions had “traumatized Mr. Floyd’s family, the bystanders who watched Mr. Floyd die, and the community. And his conduct shocked the nation’s conscience.”
The killing of Mr. Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, by Mr. Chauvin, 45, who is white, led to a national reckoning over racial injustice in almost every aspect of American life. Calls emerged around the country to defund police budgets, remove statues of historical figures tied to racism and diversify predominantly white corporate boards.
The maximum sentence allowed under Minnesota law for second-degree murder, the most serious charge Mr. Chauvin was convicted of, is 40 years. Under Minnesota’s sentencing guidelines, though, a presumptive sentence for someone like Mr. Chauvin with no criminal history is 12.5 years. The jury, which deliberated for just over 10 hours following a six week trial, also convicted Mr. Chauvin of third-degree murder and manslaughter.
In recent weeks, Judge Cahill had ruled that four so-called “aggravating factors” applied to the case, raising the prospect of a harsher sentence. The judge found that Mr. Chauvin acted with particular cruelty; acted with the participation of three other individuals, who were fellow officers; abused his position of authority; and committed his crime in the presence of children, who witnessed the killing on a Minneapolis street corner on May 25, 2020.
Mr. Chauvin’s conviction was a rare rebuke by the criminal justice system against a police officer who killed someone while on duty. Officers are often given wide latitude to use force, and juries have historically been reluctant to second guess them, especially when they make split-second decisions under dangerous circumstances.
Five people were killed when a hot-air balloon crashed into a power line in Albuquerque, N.M. Saturday morning — including the parents of a police officer, according to a report.
“This is tragedy that’s uniquely felt in Albuquerque,” Mayor Tim Keller said in a news conference Saturday afternoon.
The city boasts a vibrant ballooning culture and hosts the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta each year.
Martin Martinez, 59, and Mary Martinez, 62, the parents of an Albuquerque Police Department prison transport officer, were among the victims, officials said. Martin Martinez also is a former APD officer.
The passenger basket detached from the balloon and plummeted to the ground, Albuquerque police said.
Albuquerque Fire Rescue crews work on victims of the fatal balloon crash.Adolphe Pierre-Louis/The Albuquerque Journal via APThe parents of an Albuquerque Police Department prison transport officer were killed in the tragedy. Adolphe Pierre-Louis/The Albuquerque Journal via APPilot Ursula Richards, left, comforts fellow pilot Buzz Biernacki at the scene of the fatal hot-air balloon crash.dolphe Pierre-Louis/The Albuquerque Journal via AP
The names of the other victims were not released.
“To see a balloon go down like this, it’s heart-breaking,” witness Joshua Perez told KOB 4 TV.
Other witnesses reported on social media watching the deflated balloon fall to the ground. It crashed into the yard of a local home.
The Federal Aviation Administration has taken over the investigation, and said the basket fell about 100 feet before crashing onto a street and catching fire.
Albuquerque mayor Tim Keller, second from left, is briefed by officials.Andres Leighton/APThe basket attached to the ballon came off and fell toward the ground.Gelacio Ramirez via ReutersThe FAA said the basket fell about 100 feet and then caught on fire.Andres Leighton/AP
“We know from experience here in Albuquerque that sometimes winds kick up or things happen that make it difficult for balloons to navigate,” police spokesman Gilbert Gallegos told reporters. “We’re not sure the cause of this at this point. Obviously, the FAA will look into this and determine what the cause was.”
About 13,000 customers lost power because of the crash, according to electricity provider PNM, but power was restored by Saturday afternoon.
Airing from East Los Angeles College, the special news program will address scenarios of attempted detentions at home, at work and on the street, among others. “Conoce tus Derechos” is the fifth news special Noticias Telemundo has produced following the election of President Donald Trump presented under the banner “Las Cosas como Son” (The Way It Is). It follows on the heels of a town hall on immigration, “Inmigración, Trump y los Hispanos,” which delivered the highest audience ratings of any program on Spanish-language television the day it aired.
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Reports in the international media that Israel had entered Gaza to battle militants are being viewed by some as the result of a ploy to lure the fighters into defensive positions that made them targets for Israeli airpower.
On Thursday, news that Israel Defense Forces troops were massing at Israel’s border with Gaza was widely reported. Then, early Friday in Israel, an IDF statement prompted news outlets to widely report that an invasion had begun. However, it gradually became evident that an attack did take place but did not involve Israeli troops entering Gaza.
Nir Dvori, a military reporter for N12, one of Israel’s leading news networks, described the original IDF statement as disinformation meant to prompt Gaza’s fighters to enter the tunnel system, known by the IDF as “the metro,” to prepare for street battles in the enclave.
“The IDF makes Hamas think that a ground operation is beginning, which causes the organization to bring in all its fighters, including the Nahba, the special force of Hamas, to go down into the tunnels and prepare for combat,” Dvori wrote.
“Then for 35 minutes, 160 planes hover over Gaza and drop 450 bombs, which are over 80 tons of explosives, on the entire Gaza ‘metro.'”
In London, Michael Stephens, a Middle East specialist at the Royal United Services Institute, echoed that conclusion. He told BBC Radio 4’s World at One news segment that it was “a very smart tactic to make Hamas move into the tunnels and get all their preparation ready so that the Israeli military could target them.”
The move marks a major escalation amid this week’s violence between Israel and Palestinian militants. The region is facing its worst violence since the 50-day war in 2014. The Israeli military has bombarded Gaza with airstrikes, and Hamas — the group that controls Gaza — and other militant groups have fired more than a thousand rockets toward Israel.
The Israeli media has noted the possibility of a disinformation strategy in the Friday-morning attack, with The Jerusalem Post publishing an article with the headline “Did IDF deception lead to massive aerial assault on Hamas’s ‘Metro’?” and the Israeli newspaper Haaretz publishing another titled “Israeli Army tells foreign media it has ground forces in Gaza — then apologizes for misleading them.”
Foreign correspondents and reporters had received a WhatsApp message at 12:17 a.m. that seemed to inform them that Israeli ground troops were in Gaza. But then, two hours later, the IDF started to disassemble the message.
Felicity Schwartz, a Wall Street Journal correspondent covering Israel and the Palestinian territories, wrote:
The IDF has blamed the confusion on a translation error, but Dvori was among those skeptical of that account, describing it as “not a mistake, but a planned ploy whose role is to help eliminate Hamas.”
Dvori noted that Israeli security officials had previously threatened that the tunnel system used by militants in Gaza would one day become their “mass cemeteries.”
A frustrated Daniel Estrin, NPR.’s correspondent in Jerusalem, expressed frustration, told the New York Times: “If they used us, it’s unacceptable. And if not, then what’s the story — and why is the Israeli media widely reporting that we were duped?”
Insider has approached the Israeli Embassy in London for comment.
Palestinians riding a donkey-drawn cart while fleeing their homes during Israeli air and artillery strikes in the northern Gaza Strip on Friday.
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Instead of the ground invasion, Israel relentlessly bombarded targets in northern Gaza from the air and with artillery, forcing families to flee, some still dressed in their celebratory outfits to mark Eid al-Fitr, the festival marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
At least 122 Palestinians have been killed this week by Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, including 31 children, according to local health officials. The attacks have come in response to rockets indiscriminately fired by militants with Hamas, which controls the Palestinian territory, which is home to more than two million people.
Israel has reported seven people have died, including a 6-year-old boy and a soldier.
Sólo quedan horas para que el mercado de fichajes eche el cierre. Los equipos apuran las opciones de reforzar sus plantillas con el tiempo en contra. En esas está el Real Madrid. La entidad dirigida por Florentino Pérez sigue trabajando para cerrar el equipo y sus esfuerzos se centran en la delantera. Varios han sido los nombres que han sonado a lo largo de este verano: desde Luis Suárez hasta Álvaro Negredo pasando por Mattia Destro o Falcao. A esta nómina de jugadores se sumó el definitivo: Chicharito Hernández. El Real Madrid inició las negociaciones con el Manchester United para cerrerar el fichaje del mexicano, que tenía un precio de salida de 20 millones. Sin embargo, finalmente llegará a préstamo durante una temporada.
Según ha podido saber El Confidencial, las negociaciones fructificaron con éxito en la tarde del domingo. Pablo Hernández, agente del atacante mexicano, ya se encontraba en Madrid negociando con el club blanco para cerrar la operación. El Chicharito tenía un acuerdo prácticamente cerrado con la Juventus, pero la llamada del Real Madrid frenó un negocio que estaba a punto de cerrarse. El acuerdo llegó entre las tres partes y el atacante abandona el Manchester United para jugar cedido en el Bernabéu durante la actual temporada.
Con la Liga cogiendo ritmo y la Champions a la vuelta de la esquina, hay algo que no termina de cuadrar en los planes de Carlo Ancelotti. El entrenador italiano ha repasado sus líneas para afrontar el curso que acaba de arrancar y ha señalado una flaqueza: la delantera. El Real Madrid puede presumir de la ‘BBC’ formada por Bale, Benzema y Cristiano… el problema es que su lista de delanteros se acaba ahí. Cabe recordar que Jesé sigue inmerso en la recuperación de su delicada operación de rodilla y aunque se le espera para el mes de noviembre, no se forzarán los plazos. Con semejante escenario, Ancelotti sabe que será tarea complicada hacer frente a todas las competiciones en las que el Real Madrid se desenvuelve: Liga, Champions, Copa del Rey y Mundial de Clubes.
En la hoja de ruta la palabra delantero está subrayada y acompañada de unas cuantas premisas. La más importante apunta a no romper el orden del vestuario. Con esto claro, el Real Madrid ha ido tanteando a varios jugadores. Después de apartarse de la puja por Álvaro Negredo, el club blanco fijó sus miras en otro jugador del Premier: Chicharito Hernández. Las negociaciones con el Manchester United fueron fluidas y el jugador dio el visto bueno a la operación enseguida. El mexicano lleva todo el verano buscando equipo ya que formaba parte de la lista de jugadores de los que Van Gaal planeaba desprenderse. A pesar de sus goles, Chicharito nunca ha gozado del estatus de titular indiscutible: mantuvo cierta regularidad con Ferguson, pero con Moyes el banquillo se convirtió en su lugar habitual.
El mexicano no ha sido el único jugador cuyo fichaje ha estado sobre la mesa del Real Madrid. Tanto Luis Suárez como Radamel Falcao se ofrecieron al club blanco a través de sus agentes. La posibilidad de incorporar al uruguayo no se terminó de concretar por las dudas que había sobre su convivencia dentro del grupo… antes de todo lo sucedido en el Mundial de Brasil. Respecto al colombiano, el cuerpo técnico del Real Madrid no quiere otra estrella más. Saben que su llegada supondría un problema añadido. Cristiano, Bale y Benzema conviven a la perfección y una de las dudas que existe es qué pasaría con el colombiano en el equipo. A pesar de los numerosos ofrecimientos de Mendes, se impuso la idea de no fichar a Falcao.
Por su parte, Carlo Ancelotti no ha escondido que su favorito para reforzar la delantera es Mattia Destro, pero por la zona noble del Bernabéu han preferido no arriesgar. El joven delantero de la Roma veía con buenos ojos hacer de Madrid su nuevo lugar de residencia, la misma respuesta que dio sobre Londres cuando el Chelsea sondeó a su entorno la posibilidad de incorporarle a la disciplina ‘blue’. La Roma no oculta que vende porque necesita dinero y aceptaría negociar por 25 millones de euros, pero el problema es que Florentino Pérez ha optado por no aventurarse. Chicharito ganó la ‘batalla del nueve’…
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Se calcula que hay más de 8 millones de miembros de los Testigos de Jehová en todo el mundo.
“Retirar a los malvados”
Ir a la policía e involucrar a quienes no pertenecen a la religión es extensamente desalentado por los Testigos de Jehová, afirma.
Y asegura que los ancianos dentro de la fe se rehusaron a castigar la conducta de su expareja.
Cuando sus colegas de trabajo notaron los moretones y la convencieron de que no soportara más abuso, decidió huir de la relación.
Sarah afirma que fue “desasociada” de la religión y que sus amigos y familiares cortaron todos los vínculos con ella.
Esto se debe a que los Testigos de Jehová creen que quienes no pertenecen a la religión pueden perjudicar su fe.
“Apartado o desasociado”
En una declaración, el grupo religioso le dijo a la BBC: “Si un Testigo bautizado tiene la práctica de violar el código moral de la Biblia y no muestra evidencia de dejar esa práctica, él o ella serán apartados o desasociados”.
“En lo que se refiere a apartarlos, los Testigos se instruyen en la Biblia y sobre este tema la Biblia establece claramente: ‘Retiren al hombre malvado de entre nosotros'”.
La noche que Sarah fue desasociada dice que su madre se negó a hablarle. Su padre despertó a las 7 de la mañana para expulsarla de la casa.
Al responder a los alegatos de Sarah, los Testigos de Jehová indican que aunque no pueden comentar sobre casos individuales, “la violencia, ya sea física o emocional, es fuertemente condenada en la Biblia y no tiene lugar en una familia cristiana”.
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Sarah y John (al frente) le dijeron a Victoria Derbyshire que habían sido apartadas por su familiares y amigos.
John (no es su verdadero nombre), se convirtió en Testigo de Jehová cuando era niño cuando sus padres decidieron unirse al grupo religioso.
Pero hace dos años, fue desasociado después de no asistir a un homenaje conmemorativo de los Testigos de Jehová, considerado dentro del grupo como un evento importante.
También había comenzado a tener dudas, en privado, sobre algunas de las enseñanzas de la religión. Cuestionaba la afirmación del grupo de que el fin del mundo es inminente y que sólo 144.000 seres humanos irán al cielo.
Su opinión sobre la religión también quedó manchada después de que uno de sus amigos murió porque no se le dio una transfusión de sangre, que están prohibidas por la fe, que lo habría salvado.
“Fue la pérdida de una vida”, afirma.
John asegura que después descubrió que su esposa había testificado en su contra durante el proceso que llevó a su desasociación, el cual, cree, colocó una enorme presión en su relación.
Dejó la casa familiar y comenzó a vivir temporalmente en tiendas de campaña y caravanas.
“Fue una época de aislamiento. No tenía a nadie. Me sentía suicida”, dice.
Ahora ha perdido contacto con sus dos hijos adultos y hermanos.
“A veces les envío un mensaje diciendo: ‘los quiero, sigo pensando en ustedes’. Pero a menudo no tengo respuesta”, afirma.
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Terri O’Sullivan fue expulsada de su casa por su madre.
Según los Testigos de Jehová, el grupo tiene más de 138.000 miembros en Reino Unido y más de 8 millones en todo el mundo.
Terri O’ Sullivan dejó la religión hace 17 años, cuando tenía 21 años y su madre la expulsó de su casa.
Ahora dirige una red de apoyo para quienes han dejado o han sido excluidos de la religión.
Dice que no ha encontrado a ningún antiguo Testigo de Jehová que no haya experimentado depresión, alcoholismo o sentimientos suicidas.
Y aunque no todos atraviesan un proceso formal de desasociación cuando dejan la religión, sus relaciones casi siempre se ven afectadas.
“Con algunos ex Testigos”, dice, “algunas de sus familias siguen hablándoles, pero la relación siempre se ve afectada”.
Qué son los Testigos de Jehová
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En Londres hubo una ola de reclutamiento para el movimiento en 1966.
Grupo fundado en Estados Unidos a fines del siglo XIX, bajo el liderazgo de Charles Taze Russell. La sede del movimiento está en Nueva York.
Aunque está basado en el cristianismo, el grupo cree que las iglesias cristianas tradicionales se han desviado de las verdaderas enseñanzas de la Biblia, y no trabajan en total armonía con Dios.
No es considerada una denominación tradicional porque rechaza la doctrina cristiana de la Trinidad.
Los Testigos de Jehová creen que la humanidad está ahora en “sus últimos días” y que la batalla final entre el bien y el mal ocurrirá pronto.
Sarah afirma que la pérdida de sus lazos familiares más cercanos ha sido “muy, muy difícil”.
Está comprometida y sabe que “tiene que planear una boda a la que sus padres no asistirán”.
“Me clasifico como huérfana y eso es bastante triste”, afirma.
Su red de apoyo está con sus amigos del trabajo. Cuando dejó la fe, dice, ellos “se reunieron para ayudarla”, lo cual es algo que no esperaba.
“(La religión) me había dicho que estas personas eran horribles, que eran vínculos malos, y que Dios los iba a destruir en el Armagedón”.
“Y sin embargo, estas personas me abrieron sus hogares”.
Últimos recuerdos
Sarah, sin embargo, todavía se muestra halagadora sobre la mayoría de las personas dentro de su antigua fe.
“Hay buenas personas en la región que creen que están salvando la vida de la gente (predicando el mensaje de la fe)”, afirma.
“Tengo algunos recuerdos felices, porque son los últimos recuerdos que tengo de mi familia y hermanos”.
“Pero también miro al pasado y siento mucha tristeza porque nunca volveré a sentarme con ellos en una comida dominical”,
“Cuando se mueran, probablemente tampoco me invitarán al funeral”.
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En Brasil se considera prácticamente un hecho que el Senado suspenderá por hasta 180 días a Rousseff.
La presidenta brasileña, Dilma Rousseff, enfrenta un pedido de la fiscalía al Supremo para investigarla por presunta obstrucción de la causa de sobornos en la petrolera estatal Petrobras, informan varios medios locales.
La noticia surge justo cuando en Brasil se considera prácticamente un hecho que el Senado suspenderá por hasta 180 días a Rousseff la semana próxima, para someterla a un juicio político.
La solicitud de abrir una averiguación judicial a la mandataria fue enviada por la procuraduría general al Supremo de forma reservada y, según los reportes, incluye un pedido para investigar al expresidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Para que el procedimiento sea abierto requiere de la autorización de Teori Zavascki, el ministro (juez) del Supremo relator de los procesos sobre el gigantesco esquema de corrupción en Petrobras.
Las sospechas
El pedido de la fiscalía se basa en sospechas de que Rousseff intentó nombrar a Lula ministro de su gobierno para darle un estatus judicial especial que le evitase un eventual arresto por el escándalo Petrobras, señalan los medios.
El juez de la causa, Sérgio Moro, divulgó en marzo la grabación de una charla telefónica donde Rousseff avisaba a Lula de que le enviaría el acta de su designación para usar “en caso de necesidad”.
La presidenta ha negado que esas palabras tuvieran relación alguna con el caso Petrobras y señaló que envió el documento porque no sabía si Lula podía asistir al acto de su designación.
Tanto Rousseff como Lula han criticado la divulgación del diálogo telefónico entre ambos por parte del juez Moro, que según la defensa de la presidenta pudo poner en riesgo la seguridad nacional.
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Sérgio Moro divulgó una conversación telefónica entre Rousseff y el expresidente Lula.
El Instituto Lula emitió un comunicado este martes negando que haya alguna palabra en ese diálogo “que denote ilegalidad u obstrucción de la justicia”.
“Sólo existe un crimen evidente en este episodio: la grabación clandestina y la divulgación ilegal de una llamada de la presidenta de la República”, indicó el instituto del expresidente.
El juez Moro ha señalado que la grabación a la presidenta fue casual, ya que los investigadores no monitoreaban las conversaciones telefónicas de Rousseff sino de Lula, ante sospechas de que recibió beneficios ocultos de empresas.
La solicitud de la fiscalía general para investigar a Rousseff y Lula también cita, según se reporta, un testimonio del senador Delcídio do Amaral, que fue líder del gobierno en la Cámara Alta hasta ser arrestado en el marco del caso Petrobras.
Amaral acusó a la presidenta de intentar afectar la investigación de Petrobras mediante la nominación de un juez de alto rango y a Lula de buscar comprar el silencio de un empresario condenado.
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La presidenta brasileña tiene seguidores y detractores.
El abogado general del Estado brasileño, José Eduardo Cardozo, un exministro a quien la fiscalía también pide investigar, calificó las acusaciones de Amaral como “absolutamente livianas y mentirosas”.
Cardozo es el principal defensor de Rousseff en el Congreso ante el pedido de juicio político a la presidenta por presunto maquillaje del déficit gubernamental, usando ilegalmente recursos de bancos públicos.
En caso de que Rousseff sea suspendida, la reemplazaría el vicepresidente Michel Temer, a quien la fiscalía descartó por ahora abrirle una investigación pese a haber sido citado por testigos del escándalo en Petrobras.
Rousseff ha acusado a Temer y al presidente de la cámara de Diputados, Eduardo Cunha, de conspirar para derrocarla mediante un golpe.
Cunha, que dirigió la sesión de Diputados que el mes pasado autorizó por amplio margen el juicio político a Rousseff, también figura en la lista de pedidos de investigación de la fiscalía, al igual que el senador opositor y excandidato presidencial Aécio Neves y otros políticos.
INFOnews hace un breve repaso en cuatro noticias que son la síntesis de lo que sucedió durante el día. Hechos que tuvieron repercusión y que dejaron sus huellas en el mundo de las noticias.
La fiscal Fein no revelará qué día y hora citará a declarar al ex espía Stiuso
La fiscal que sigue el caso de la muerte de Nisman no revelará a qué día y a qué hora citará a declarar al ex espía Antonio “Jaime” Stiuso. Así lo confirmaron en exclusiva a INFOnews fuentes allegadas a la fiscalía Nº45.
Pese a que desde el Gobierno ya se le levantó el secreto de Estado al ex agente de la SIDE, como confirmó ayer el secretario de Inteligencia Oscar Parrilli, Viviana Fein decidió no revelar cuándo prestará testimonio Stiuso. Desde la fiscalía aseguraron a este portal que “la fiscal resguardará esa información”.
El juez Casanello citó a indagatoria a Lázaro Báez
El empresario Lázaro Báez fue citado a declarar por el juez federal Sebastián Casanello en una causa por presunto lavado de dinero. Báez deberá comparecer ante el magistrado el próximo 13 de marzo.
En la misma causa también están procesados el ex marido de Karina Jelinek, Leonardo Fariña, y el empresario Federico Elaskar. Casanello también citó a declarar al abogado Daniel Pérez Gadín, a Fabián Rossi, esposo de Ileana Calabró, y al escribano Martín Rosta.
Nuevo cruce mediático entre Aníbal Fernández y Elisa Carrió
La diputada nacional, Elisa Carrió, anunció que presentará una denuncia contra la presidenta Cristina Fernández Kirchner, y el Secretario General de la Presidencia, Aníbal Fernández por “encubrimiento” de la muerte de Nisman.
“Hay que tomar en chiste la denuncia. Carrió está sucia como una papa porque es la amiga de (el ex agente Antonio) Stiuso”, respondió Aníbal Fernández.
En tanto, la diputada nacional no tardó en salir a responderle y negar sus supuestos vínculos con el ex jefe de Operaciones de la Secretaría de Inteligencia, Antonio “Jaime” Stiuso. “No lo conozco; no tengo nada que ver con él”, aseguró en declaraciones radiales.
La AFIP clausuró Keops, el boliche top de Villa Carlos Paz
En el marco del Operativo Verano 2015, la AFIP clausuró el boliche Keops, el más importante de Villa Carlos Paz (CBA) luego de comprobar que sus verdaderos dueños utilizaron a testaferros de bajos recursos económicos para evadir el pago de impuestos.
Además el organismo suspendió preventivamente la CUIT de los dueños y los denunció penalmente por ocultamiento de la identidad mediante la utilización de personas físicas o jurídicas interpuestas. La denuncia se presentó en el Juzgado Federal N° 3 a cargo del magistrado Miguel Vaca Narvaja.
São Paulo – Lebanese citizens no longer need to request a visa in each trip to Brazil. They will be entitled to three-year visas, for tourism and business trips, and may use them whenever they visit the country within that period. The measure was announced by the Brazilian minister of External Relations, Luiz Alberto Figueiredo Machado, in Brasília, in a meeting with the Lebanese minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, Gebran Bassil, who is in Brazil. The multiple-entry visa may be used for 90-day stays in Brazil, and is renewable for another 90-day period within a year.
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Bassil (R) and Temer (L): Lebanon wants Brazilian help in Middle East
The two countries have also signed an agreement exempting diplomatic passport bearers, officers and professionals on special mission or on duty from visa requirement. By the agreement, citizens during such trips, from any of the two countries, may stay in the other nation for a period of up to 90 days without a visa. The period may be extended on request during the professional’s mission in Lebanon or Brazil.
Bassil arrived in the country on Wednesday (9th) and this Thursday (10th), he had meetings with several Brazilian authorities in Brasília. He also signed with Machado a memorandum that provides for bilateral consultations between Lebanon and Brazil, so opinions can be exchanged on local and international issues of common interest. According to the text released by the minister of Foreign Affairs, the goal is to strengthen “traditional bilateral and cooperation relations.”
The Lebanese minister was also welcomed by Brazilian vice president, Michel Temer (affiliated with political party PMDB), in Brasília. He asked the Brazilian vice leader for Brazil’s intermediation to help solve conflicts in Middle East, according to information released by the website of the vice presidency. “Brazil encourages dialogue, pacification and more dialogue in that region, especially via the UN. The conflict must be ended because Lebanon is often the stage for neighboring conflicts, especially from Syria today,” said Temer. According to the vice president, the minister asked for the Brazilian Army’s help. The Brazilian Navy is already active in Lebanon as part of the United Nations Peace Mission.
Temer promised to discuss the subjects brought up by Bassil with the Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff (affiliated with PT, the Worker’s Party). At the meeting with Temer, Bassil also manifested interest in intensifying trade relations and investments between the two countries. “We want Brazilian companies to invest in Lebanon. We are also interested in direct commercial flights connecting both countries,” said the Lebanese chancellor. The agreements signed with The Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (also known as Itamaraty) should boost trade and diplomatic relations. Both the visa agreement and the memorandum of understanding should enter into force as soon as each country complies with their own internal procedures for such.
This Friday (11th) Lebanon’s foreign minister will be in the city of São Paulo, where he will have a series of meetings with local authorities. The plans include meetings with governor Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB), mayor Fernando Haddad (PT) and ex-president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Bassil will also be welcomed for a luncheon by the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce president Marcelo Sallum.
Long Island GOP Rep. Pete King on Wednesday ripped Mitch McConnell as the “Marie Antoinette of the Senate” after the majority leader suggested struggling states go bankrupt amid the coronavirus crisis.
King was reacting to McConnell’s comments on a radio talk show earlier in the day in which the senator dismissed the idea of more federal aid to states, claiming governors “would love to have free money.”
“McConnell’s dismissive remark that States devastated by Coronavirus should go bankrupt rather than get the federal assistance they need and deserve is shameful and indefensible,” King wrote on Twitter.
“To say that it is ‘free money’ to provide funds for cops, firefighters and healthcare workers makes McConnell the Marie Antoinette of the Senate.”
Marie Antoinette, the queen of France during the French Revolution, allegedly responded derisively to the news that peasants were starving, saying, “Let them eat cake.”
Long Island GOP Rep. Pete King (left) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellDennis A. Clark / AFP via Getty Images
During the appearance on “The Hugh Hewitt Show,” McConnell recommended that the federal government hit the “pause button” before doling out more cash to state and local governments.
“We all have governors regardless of party who would love to have free money,” McConnell said on the broadcast.
McConnell instead said that the states bore some responsibility for their debt due to “pension programs” and said bankruptcy should be the first option.
“I would certainly be in favor of allowing states to use the bankruptcy route,” he said. “It’s saved some cities, and there’s no good reason for it not to be available.”
But McConnell lamented the fact that the nation’s governors would insist on receiving more aid during a pandemic that has killed nearly 48,000 people nationwide.
“My guess is their first choice would be for the federal government to borrow money from future generations to send it down to them now so they don’t have to do that,” he said. “That’s not something I’m going to be in favor of.”
FILE: Scott Pelley attending the CBS Upfront in New York. (Invision/AP)
Former “CBS Evening News” vet Scott Pelley claimed in an interview Sunday that he was ousted from the anchor chair back in 2017 because he “wouldn’t stop complaining” about the news vision’s “hostile work environment.”
“Four or five years ago, I went to the president of the news division and explained to him that this hostile work environment couldn’t go on, for women and men,” Pelley added, referring to then-president David Rhodes. “And he told me if I kept agitating about that internally then I’d lose my job.”
The longtime Evening News anchor, who now works just as a correspondent for “60 Minutes,” said he went higher up the CBS totem pole — all the way to former CBS CEO Les Moonves, who left the network last year after getting hit with accusations of sexual misconduct — but he kept getting the same answer.
“I went to [Moonves], who told me he didn’t share my concerns,” Pelley said. “And so, having exhausted the possibilities in the news division, I went to the chairman of the CBS corporation who listened to me very concerned for an hour, asked me some penetrating questions about what was going on. I didn’t hear back from him but in the next opportunity in my contact, I was let go from the Evening News.”
Pelley called the last several years “a dark period” of “incompetent management” and hostile work environments within the news division. He said things have changed, though, and offered praise for his new higher-ups at CBS News — including president Susan Zirinsky and “60 Minutes” executive producer Bill Owens.
During a rally in South Carolina on Friday evening, Trump accused Democrats of using the deadly virus as a means to harm him politically, likening it to the Russia investigation and impeachment probes that have consumed his presidency.
“The Democrats are politicizing the coronavirus. They’re politicizing it,” Trump told his supporters. “One of my people came up to me and said, ‘Mr. President, they tried to beat you on Russia, Russia, Russia.’ That did not work out too well. They could not do it. They tried the impeachment hoax.”
Biden, who has previously been critical of the Trump administration’s handling of the virus, added that the government’s scientists should have more control in responding to the crisis.
The New York Times reported on Thursday that health officials would have to coordinate all of their statements and appearances through Mike Pence’s office after the vice president was tapped by Trump to oversee the government’s response to the outbreak.
“Look, this is a serious, serious, serious problem. It’s able to be solved, but it requires us to be absolutely levelheaded and let the scientists have the lead in all of this,” the former vice president said Saturday. “But for him to stop and start talking about being a hoax is absolutely dangerous. It’s just not a decent way to act.”
The coronavirus has infected nearly 85,000 people worldwide, mostly in China. The death toll stands at more than 2,900.
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La jornada noticiosa de esta semana cierra con el recuerdo de haber concluido un ciclo y sí, hablamos de la salida de Estados Unidos del acuerdo climático de París, ordenado por Donald Trump, todo por hacer su país grandioso de nuevo, pero no con “Make Our Planet Great Again”, como dijo Macron. Los efectos y salidas de empresarios de EU, así como las reacciones de los demás países miembro, ¿el acuerdo seguirá con o sin Trump? China y la Unión Europea dicen que sí. En el plano nacional, el “huachicol” sigue en la mira y es que de casi 12 mil gasolineras monitoreadas por las autoridades, hasta el momento sólo 14 han sido clausuradas por comprar combustible ilegal.
1. Van 14 gasolineras cerradas por comprar huachicol
La desarticulación de la red de compra ilegal de gasolina en México dio un paso, la clausura de 14 gasolineras que presentaban irregularidades así dijo el Director Jurídico de Pemex, pero que en el lenguaje coloquial esta práctica es mejor conocida como “huachicolear”. Acto que le ha costado al país miles de millones de pesos y que en estos momentos se encuentra en el ojo del huracán mediático y político ¿quién tiene la bolita?
Un tema que no termina de solucionarse en el famoso “triángulo rojo”. Por el momento, fueron 14 gasolineras que compraban combustible robado, pero la lista en busca de más gasolineras (unas 12 mil) que recurren a dichas prácticas sigue en la mira, así como lo dijeron las autoridades de Pemex y PGR. La caza por más actos de “huachicol” seguirá.
Van 14 gasolineras cerradas por comprar huachicol. Ver nota.
3. Cofece multa por primera ocasión a notario con 8 mdp
Siempre existen las primeras ocasiones, buenas o malas y en este ejemplo, fue la mala para el notario público 151 de la Ciudad de México que recibió una multa por 8 millones de pesos, la primera vez que la Cofece multa a una notaría. El motivo: adelantarse a la Cofece.
¿A la Cofece? así es, un tema bancario que no acreditó ciertos requisitos solicitados por la dependencia de competencia, tuvo la aprobación notarial, que más tarde fue determinada como sanción, pues es la Cofece quien debe ser la encargada de dar fe a los contratos que traten sobre colusiones sobre todo poder notarial. La Cofece no descarta abrir una línea de investigación ante este primer caso de sanción notarial, pues advierten que no sería el primer caso que pudieran encontrar.
Cofece multa por primera ocasión a notario con 8 mdp. Ver nota.
4. Donald Trump juega al policía malo con el clima
Quizá la noticia que movió más los ánimos en el mundo fue la salida de Estados Unidos del acuerdo climático de París y de todas las declaraciones, tanto de Trump así como de las personalidades políticas y empresariales principalmente de este país.
¿Pero debemos conocer la razón por la que Trump juega al “policía malo con el clima”? Donald dijo “Hace un año cuando Estados Unidos firmó el acuerdo de París, todos los países aplaudían por la gran desventaja en la que ponían a nuestro país” y según es porque dicho acuerdo frena hasta 6.5 millones de puestos de trabajo. Por otro lado, el consejo empresarial que formó ahora tiene menos integrantes, Elon Musk; de Tesla y Bob Iger, director general del Walt Disney, cumplieron la advertencia de no apoyar más a Trump si su decisión era no estar más a favor de “Make our planet great again”.
Donald Trump juega al policía malo con el clima. Ver nota.
5. China y la UE abanderan lucha contra el cambio climático
Los efectos de la decisión de Trump de sacar a Estados Unidos del acuerdo comprometido contra el cambio climático más importante del mundo, no tardaron en surgir, en desajustar las principales bolsas del mundo, hasta de las relaciones diplomáticas. Algunas de ellas, China y la todavía débil pero viva Unión Europea.
Seguir en pie contra el calentamiento global pese a los conflictos que su salida tenga pero todo seguir contra el cambio climático. Haciéndole saber que las promesas de Trump por “radicales” deberán ser enmendadas sin una de las potencias más importantes.
China y la UE abanderan lucha contra el cambio climático. Ver nota.
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Lunes, 26 de Enero 2015 | 12:50 pm
Miss Universo: Jimena Espinosa es blanco de crticas en Twitter
Jimena Espinosa no logr clasificar a la semifinal del certamen, mientras la colombiana Paulina Vega se coron como la nueva Miss Universo. | Fuente: Privada | Facebook oficial Jimena Espinosa
El maquillador Carlos Cacho también se pronunció a través de la red social luego que Jimena Espinosa no clasificara entre las semifinalistas del certamen.
Jimena Espinosa, representante peruana en el Miss universo 2014, fue duramente criticada en Twitter por no haber clasificado entre las semifinalistas del certamen.
El maquillador Carlos Cacho también se pronunció a través de su cuenta oficial.
“La culpa no la tiene la Miss Perú, la culpa es del loco que la coronó”, publicó Cacho.
Cabe señalar que el traje de Jimena fue lo más criticado por los usuarios en la red social.
Como se recuerda la ceremonia de premiación de Miss Universo se realizó el pasado 25 de enero en la ciudad estadounidense de Doral y la colombiana Paulina Vega se coronó como la nueva Miss Universo.
La culpa no la tiene la #MissPeru la culpa es del loco que la corono!…
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The golf outing came a day after Trump said houses of worship are “essential” and he demanded that governors allow them to reopen during the holiday weekend. It also followed guidance from Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus task force coordinator, that it was OK for people to be outdoors this weekend as long as they took appropriate safety precautions.
Trump pulled away from the White House on a sunny morning wearing a white polo shirt, white cap and dark slacks. Photographs that appeared later on Twitter showed him swinging a golf club and driving alone in a cart on the course at his private Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia.
The White House had no comment on the president’s activities at the club, but said he had discussed the pandemic’s effect on the global economy with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday.
The golf trip was the president’s first visit to one of his money-making properties since March 8, when he visited his private golf club in West Palm Beach during a weekend at his Florida home. The World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a global pandemic on March 11, and Trump followed with the national emergency declaration two days later.
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Trump is an avid golfer who has been overheard telling his White House guests how much he missed playing the game.
On Friday, Birx said it’s OK for Americans to play golf, tennis or other sports this weekend “if you stay 6 feet (1.8 meters) apart.” She also said the Washington metropolitan area had the highest positivity rate in the country. The capital city’s coronavirus death rate is higher than all but four states: New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Connecticut.
The U.S. leads the world with a reported 1.6 million coronavirus cases and more than 96,000 deaths, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.
Trump has ordered U.S. flags on federal buildings and national monuments to half-staff through Sunday in memory of Americans lost to COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.
Trump levied frequent criticism of Barack Obama’s regular golf outings when he was president.
“Can you believe that with all of the problems and difficulties facing the U.S., President Obama spent the day playing golf. Worse than Carter,” Trump tweeted in October 2014 during the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, comparing Obama to former President Jimmy Carter.
São Paulo – The Egyptian-born, Brazilian-based Nagib Nassar will be awarded a prize from the Kuwait Foundation for Advancement of Science (KFAS) for his research work on the use of manioc in fighting hunger. The prize was announced in March, but will be delivered in December. Nassar, who holds a degree in Agricultural Engineering from Cairo University, a doctoral degree in Genetics from Alexandria University and a PhD in the same field from the University of Florida, has dedicated his career to genetic manipulation of manioc.
The hybrids created by Nassar in the 1970s were used in research work in West Africa. “They gave rise to varieties planted across over four million hectares, that feed over 40 million people,” Nassar told ANBA. The scientist produced a hybrid manioc variety with double the protein contents of the conventional variety.
The 75-year-old Nassar is an emeritus professor at the University of Brasília (UnB), where he worked for over 30 years. He was born in Assiut, in southern Egypt, and moved to Brazil in 1974, after the two countries signed a bilateral agreement for scientific exchange. “I enjoyed Brazil and stayed here teaching, researching and improving manioc,” he said by email. The invitation to work in Brazil was extended by the local Ministry of External Affairs.
In Egypt, Nassar was a professor at the Cairo University. He hails from an influential political family: his father was a congressman and his uncle led the opposition to then-president Anwar Sadat. “I had every reason to stay in Egypt, but the seductive power of Brazil was stronger,” he said. Nassar was married and already had three daughters. The family moved with him to Brazil, but could not adapt and returned to their country after four years.
As soon as he arrived in Brazil, Nassar went to work at the University of São Paulo (USP), in Piracicaba. Afterwards, he worked as a professor at the Federal University of Goiânia, and in 1980 he moved to Brasília, where he lives until this day. He obtained Brazilian citizenship in 1979 and feels very comfortable in his second home.
“I am glad and happy to have chosen Brazil as my second country. Anti-hunger actions in Brazil are very well designed, and we will win this battle before any other country. We are pioneers, we are capable and we will set an example for everyone else to follow,” he said.
The KFAS prize requires contestants to register. It targets scientists of Arab origin who work around the world. “It was no surprise, I had great expectations. I competed against scientists from the world over, and I always had confidence in my work. I had much hope, because I have always been confident in my work and my academic background,” he said. The scientist will receive US$ 100,000.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, joins John Roberts with insight on ‘Special Report.’
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, will testify Friday morning in front of the House of Representatives’ special select committee investigating the coronavirus and the Trump administration’s response.
Fauci testified a month ago about potential school reopenings and Friday’s hearing comes just days after the United States passed 150,000 coronavirus deaths and many states are struggling with spiking numbers of cases.
The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis was established by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in late April and is chaired by Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C. California Democrat Maxine Waters is on the committee as well as Ranking Member Steve Scalise, R-La., and Jim Jordan, R-Ohio.
The committee investigates the efficiency of coronavirus-related spending and the preparedness and response to the outbreak, according to its website.
Testifying along with Fauci are Dr. Robert Redfield, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and “testing czar” Admiral Brett Giroir, a Health and Human Services official and physician.
The hearing, titled “The Urgent Need for a National Plan to Contain the Coronavirus,” will likely focus on fall school reopenings, testing and a potential vaccine, according to The New York Times. They will also talk about futures challenges.
“If there is COVID-19 and flu activity at the same time, this could place a tremendous burden on the health care system related to bed occupancy, laboratory testing needs, personal protective equipment and health care worker safety,” their prepared testimony said.
The Trump administration at first refused to allow Fauci to testify before the committee and the president and Fauci have sometimes disagreed.
“The House is a setup,” Trump told reporters in May. “The House is a bunch of Trump haters. They put every Trump hater on the committee. The same old stuff. They, frankly, want our situation to be unsuccessful, which means death.”
Fauci has stressed the need to wear masks and social distance while President Trump has been focused on reopening the economy and the importance of sending children back to school in the fall.
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