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¿Hay presos políticos en Cuba?: la pregunta que molestó a Raúl Castro durante la visita de Barack Obama – BBC Mundo
¿Hay presos políticos en Cuba?: la pregunta que molestó a Raúl Castro durante la visita de Barack Obama – BBC Mundo

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Las diferencias entre Estados Unidos y Cuba en torno a los derechos humanos afloraron rápidamente en la conferencia de prensa.

“Dame la lista ahora mismo de los presos políticos para soltarlos. Menciónala ahora”.

Así respondió el presidente de Cuba, Raúl Castro, a una pregunta que le formuló un periodista durante la conferencia de prensa conjunta que ofreció este lunes en La Habana con el presidente Barack Obama, quien se encuentra realizando una histórica visita a la isla.

Castro, quien no suele hablar con la prensa nacional o internacional, lució visiblemente irritado por la sugerencia del reportero de la cadena CNN Jim Acosta de que en Cuba existen presos políticos.

“Si hay esos presos políticos, antes de que llegue la noche van a estar sueltos”, afirmó el mandatario.

Previamente, el propio Obama había respondido a una pregunta de Acosta, asegurando que él se había reunido en el pasado con cubanos que habían estado sujetos a detenciones arbitrarias.

¿Hay o no presos políticos?

Las declaraciones de Raúl Castro apuntan a uno de los principales temas en disputa entre Cuba y Estados Unidos: las supuestas violaciones de los derechos humanos que se dan en la isla y que denuncian Washington y relevantes organizaciones internacionales.

“Nos oponemos al doble rasero sobre los derechos humanos. Cuba tiene mucho que decir y mostrar en esta materia”, dijo Castro durante su declaración a la prensa, y afirmó que su gobierno defiende los derechos humanos y que “los derechos civiles, políticos, económicos, sociales y culturales son indivisibles, interdependientes y universales”.

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Es algo inédito que Raúl Castro responda preguntas de la prensa en Cuba.

El gobierno cubano insiste en que las personas que organizaciones de derechos humanos consideran presos de conciencia son “espías, terroristas o delincuentes comunes“, y muchas veces los llaman asalariados de Estados Unidos.

Mientras, organizaciones internacionales como Amnistía Internacional (AI) sostienen que el gobierno de La Habana se ampara en términos ambiguos para castigar a los disidentes.

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Integrantes de la organización opositora Damas de Blanco fueron arrestadas el domingo, horas antes de la llegada de Obama.

“Las leyes que tipificaban los ‘desórdenes públicos’, el ‘desacato’, la ‘falta de respeto’, la ‘peligrosidad’ y la ‘agresión’ se utilizaban para procesar o amenazar con procesar, por motivos políticos a opositores al gobierno”, indicó AI en un reciente informe sobre Cuba.

“Las personas críticas con el gobierno seguían siendo objeto de hostigamiento, ‘actos de repudio’ (manifestaciones encabezadas por simpatizantes del gobierno en las que participaban agentes de los servicios de seguridad del Estado)”, se señalaba.

Otro organismo supervisor de los derechos humanos, Human Rights Watch, denunció que entre enero y octubre de 2015 se produjeron 6.200 detenciones arbitrarias, o sea, arrestos breves fundamentalmente encaminados a impedir que los opositores se reúnan y organicen protestas.

La lista de presos

Después de la conferencia de prensa de Obama y Castro de este lunes, Ben Rhodes, asesor de seguridad nacional de la Casa Blanca, dijo que Estados Unidos ha compartido con las autoridades cubanas varias listas de presos políticos en los últimos dos años y medio.

Pero según Rhodes, las autoridades de la isla responden que los prisioneros se encuentran detenidos por otros delitos.

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Elizardo Sánchez compila listas de presos políticos desde 1987 y están avalada por Human Rights Watch.

Elizardo Sánchez, presidente de la Comisión de Derechos Humanos y Reconciliación Nacional, un organismo cubano de supervisión independiente que funciona desde hace décadas, ha compilado una lista de 89 personas presas actualmente por motivos políticos.

Entre ellas hay 11 de los condenados durante la llamada “Primavera Negra” de 2003, que hoy se encuentran bajo licencia extrapenal, pero sobre quienes pesan largas condenas.

En conversación con BBC Mundo, Sánchez mencionó también siete casos de personas residentes en el extranjero y condenadas a más de 20 años de cárcel sin derecho a libertad condicional por llegar a Cuba armados y con planes subversivos. En ninguno de los casos llevaron a cabo sus planes.

“Quizás este es un momento propicio para que el presidente Obama pida la liberación de los prisioneros”, aseguró Sánchez, quien está invitado este martes a una reunión con Obama.

Denuncian arrestos

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Rodiles, de 44 años, creó un grupo de debate llamado Estado de Sats.

Poco después de la conferencia de prensa, Antonio Rodiles, líder del grupo disidente cubano Estado de Sats, era arrestado en La Habana.

“Mi madre me contó que lo arrestaron violentamente hoy de nuevo alrededor de las 2:45 de la tarde, frente al hotel Copacabana, junto a su compañera Ailer González”, le dijo a BBC Mundo su hermana, Gladys Rodiles-Haney, quien reside en Estados Unidos.

Rodiles había sido arrestado brevemente el domingo luego de participar en una protesta pacífica en la calle y fue liberado en la noche.

“Está en marcha una verdadera oleada de represión política desde hace varios días”, aseguró Sánchez.

“Sólo esta tarde han sido detenidas una veintena de personas”, entre ellas Berta Soler, líder del grupo opositor Damas de Blanco y su esposo, Ángel Moya, quien pasó un tiempo preso.

“Obama debe hacer un mejor trabajo”

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Obama tiene previsto reunirse con disidentes el martes en La Habana. Algunos de los invitados estaban detenidos este martes.

Aunque la reacción de Castro a la pregunta sobre los derechos humanos atrapó la atención general, algunos observadores consideraron que el presidente Obama debió reaccionar más enérgicamente.

“Cuando el presidente de Estados Unidos Barack Obama le hable al pueblo cubano mañana, debe hacer un mejor trabajo para abordar los derechos humanos de lo que hizo en la conferencia de prensa de hoy”, comentó José Manuel Vivanco, director para el hemisferio occidental de la organización Human Rights Watch.

“Es hora de ir más allá de los principios abstractos y los específicos de conversación: las detenciones arbitrarias, los sitios web bloqueados, y las leyes utilizadas para castigar la disidencia”, agregó.

Tras las detenciones del martes, la presencia de algunos opositores en la reunión prevista con Obama el martes está en duda.

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Rep. Pete King rips Mitch McConnell as ‘Marie Antoinette of the Senate’ – New York Post
Rep. Pete King rips Mitch McConnell as ‘Marie Antoinette of the Senate’ – New York Post

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.”

Source Article from https://nypost.com/2020/04/23/rep-pete-king-rips-mitch-mcconnell-as-marie-antoinette/

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Ukraine election: Comedian is front-runner ahead of first round – BBC News
Ukraine election: Comedian is front-runner ahead of first round – BBC News
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Polls have opened in Ukraine as the country votes in the first round of presidential elections.

Current leader Petro Poroshenko is seeking re-election but the surprise front-runner is comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

Both candidates, along with former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, have expressed largely pro-European views during campaigning.

None of the pro-Russian candidates are seen as serious contenders.

If no candidate gets more than 50% on Sunday, the top two will fight it out in a second round on 21 April.

A total of 39 candidates are on the ballot paper, but only the three front-runners are considered to have any chance of victory.

The Ukrainian president has significant powers over security, defence and foreign policy and the ex-Soviet republic’s system is described as semi-presidential.

How did we get here?

Mr Poroshenko, one of Ukraine’s wealthiest oligarchs, was elected in a snap vote after former pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych was toppled in the February 2014 Maidan Revolution, which was followed by Russia’s annexation of Crimea and a Russian-backed insurgency in the east.

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The next president will inherit a deadlocked conflict between Ukrainian troops and Russian-backed separatists in the east, while Ukraine strives to fulfil EU requirements for closer economic ties.

The EU says that about 12% of Ukraine’s 44 million people are disenfranchised, largely those who live in Russia and in Crimea, which Russia annexed in March 2014.

Separatist-controlled areas are boycotting the election.

Just who is the surprise front-runner?

Mr Zelenskiy, 41, is aiming to turn his satirical TV show – in which he portrays an ordinary citizen who becomes president after fighting corruption – into reality.

He has torn up the rule book for election campaigning, the BBC’s Jonah Fisher reports from Kiev. He has done no rallies and few interviews, and appears to have no strong political views apart from a wish to be new and different.

His extensive use of social media appeals to younger voters.

His readiness to speak both Russian and Ukrainian, at a time when language rights are a hugely sensitive topic, has gained him support in Ukraine’s largely Russian-speaking east.

Opinion polls suggest he will have a clear lead over Mr Poroshenko and Ms Tymoshenko in the first round, and would retain it in a run-off against either of them.

Who are the other candidates?

Mr Poroshenko, 53, aims to appeal to conservative Ukrainians through his slogan “Army, Language, Faith”.

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Mr Poroshenko’s campaign has been dogged by corruption allegations

He says his backing for the military has helped keep the separatists in eastern Ukraine in check. He also negotiated an Association Agreement with the EU, including visa-free travel for Ukrainians. During his tenure the Ukrainian Orthodox Church has become independent of Russian control.

However his campaign has been dogged by corruption allegations, including a scandal over defence procurement, which erupted last month.

The third main contender is Yulia Tymoshenko, 58, who has served as prime minister and ran for president in 2010 and 2014. She played a leading role in the 2004 Orange Revolution, Ukraine’s first big push to ally itself with the EU.

The front-runner among the pro-Russian candidates, Yuriy Boyko, says he would “normalise” relations with Russia.

Source Article from https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47763176

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White House ‘asked Navy to hide warship USS John S. McCain’ – BBC News
White House ‘asked Navy to hide warship USS John S. McCain’ – BBC News

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The USS John S McCain prepares to leave Yokosuka in Japan in 2018

The White House asked for a warship named after Donald Trump’s late rival, Senator John McCain, to be obscured during the president’s trip to Japan, several reports have claimed.

Plans to move the USS John S. McCain out of view are said to have later been scrapped by senior Navy officials.

Mr Trump denied making the request, tweeting that he “was not informed about anything” related to the ship.

The Navy Chief of Information also posted to say it “was not obscured”.

The tweet – its first in five years – added that “the Navy is proud of that ship, its crew, its namesake and its heritage”. However, the statement did not deny that an initial request was made.

The White House has made no official comment on the matter.

The ship, which is docked in the Japanese city of Yokosuka, has been named for the late Mr McCain – a military veteran and the Republican senator for Arizona with whom Mr Trump had a contentious relationship.

Quoting anonymous Navy officials, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times and the Washington Post newspapers and Reuters news agency all reported that the White House asked for the ship to be obscured during the visit.

The Wall Street Journal, which first reported the claims, cited an email between US military officials which said that the ship “needs to be out of sight”.

The New York Times also reported that the warship’s crew members, who have “USS John S McCain” on their caps, were sent home for the long weekend, along with the crew from another ship.

When some of them turned up to watch the speech anyway, the paper added, they were turned away.

But Acting US Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan told reporters that he had been unaware of the incident, adding: “When I read about it this morning, it was the first I heard about it.”

The Navy has said there was nothing untoward in giving the crew time off.

Meghan McCain, Mr McCain’s daughter, tweeted in response to the reports: “Trump is a child who will always be deeply threatened by the greatness of my dad’s incredible life.”

She added: “There is a lot of criticism of how much I speak about my dad, but nine months since he passed, Trump won’t let him RIP. So I have to stand up for him. It makes my grief unbearable.”

Trump’s bitter feud with McCain

This all goes back to President Trump’s hostile relationship with the warship’s namesake.

Senator McCain was a military veteran who, during the Vietnam war, was imprisoned and tortured for five-and-a-half years. He also unsuccessfully ran for president twice, most recently against Barack Obama in 2008.

But it was his outspoken criticism of Mr Trump, starting in 2015, that led to a bitter rivalry between them.

During the campaign for the 2016 presidential election, Mr McCain – a fellow Republican – publicly withdrew his support for Mr Trump, accusing him of “firing up the crazies” with his views on immigration.

Less than a month later, President Trump told a campaign event: “He’s a ‘war hero’ because he was captured. I like people that weren’t captured.”

The divide between them didn’t end with Mr Trump’s election victory, however.

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The late senator John McCain, pictured in 2017, had an ongoing feud with President Trump

A year into his presidency, in July 2017, Mr Trump introduced a bill to repeal his presidential predecessor’s landmark healthcare legislation, the Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare).

The Republicans almost succeeded but, as he battled brain cancer, Mr McCain voted no – scuppering the party’s bid to undo the act.

Even after Mr McCain’s death in August 2018, President Trump has spoken openly of his dislike of the late senator. In March this year, he said: “I was never a fan of John McCain and I never will be.”

Source Article from https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48456742

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Ashley Sawyer, participante do programa ‘Catfish’, morre aos 23 anos – Globo.com
Ashley Sawyer, participante do programa ‘Catfish’, morre aos 23 anos – Globo.com
Ashley Sawyer participou de episódio da segunda temporada de ‘Catfish’ (Foto: Reprodução/MTV)

A participante de um episódio da segunda temporada do programa “Catfish”, Ashley Sawyer, morreu aos 23 anos nos Estados Unidos. Segundo a MTV americana, responsável pela série, a causa da morte é desconhecida.

“A MTV está profundamente triste por saber que Ashley Sawyer morreu”, afirmou a emissora em nota. “Nossas condolências, pensamentos e orações vão à sua família e aos seus amigos.”

“Catfish” é uma série-documentário que investiga pessoas com relacionamentos pela internet e que mentem sobre sua identidade aos parceiros virtuais.

O episódio com a participação de Sawyer foi transmitido nos EUA em 2013. O capítulo mostrou que tanto ela quanto Michael Fortunato, com quem Sawyer tinha um relacionamento digital por sete anos, mentiam um para o outro.

Ele morreu um mês depois da transmissão aos 26 anos de idade por embolia pulmonar.

À MTV americana, a irmã de Sawyer, Jessica Ross, afirmou que Ashley havia completado um programa de reabilitação e morava no Alabama.

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Scott Pelley reveals complaining about ‘hostile work environment’ at CBS led to firing – Fox News
Scott Pelley reveals complaining about ‘hostile work environment’ at CBS led to firing – Fox News

FILE: Scott Pelley attending the CBS Upfront in New York.
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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.”

“I lost my job because I wouldn’t stop complaining to management,” Pelley said on CNN’s “Reliable Sources.”

“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.”

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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.

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“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.

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“It’s all blue sky from here,” Pelley said. “I know these people and I know we’re on the right track.”

To read more from The New York Post, click here.

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Biden blasts Trump for calling coronavirus a ‘hoax’ – POLITICO
Biden blasts Trump for calling coronavirus a ‘hoax’ – POLITICO

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.

Marc Caputo contributed to this report.

Source Article from https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/29/joe-biden-trump-coronavirus-118302

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Shakira es Colombia en el Mundial: habló en primicia para Noticias Caracol – Noticiascaracol.com
Shakira es Colombia en el Mundial: habló en primicia para Noticias Caracol – Noticiascaracol.com

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Noticias internacionales de hoy: Corea del Norte envió un “mensaje estratégico” a Estados Unidos antes de la … – lagranepoca
Noticias internacionales de hoy: Corea del Norte envió un “mensaje estratégico” a Estados Unidos antes de la … – lagranepoca

Corea del Norte envió un “mensaje estratégico” a Estados Unidos  a horas de asunción de Trump

Hwang Kyo-ahn,  el presidente en funciones y primer ministro de Corea del Sur dijo este jueves que hay muchas posibilidades de que Corea del Norte realice diversas provocaciones militares para interrumpir las fuertes sanciones internacionales dirigidas en su contra y testear el estado de preparación del Gobierno surcoreano.

Corea del Norte presuntamente construyó dos misiles balísticos intercontinentales (ICBM, según sus siglas en inglés) y parece haberlos dispuesto en lanzadores móviles para probar su lanzamiento en un futuro próximo, dijeron este jueves oficiales militares de acuerdo a la agencia surcoreana Yonhap.

Corea del Norte, a pedido de su líder Kim Jong-un parece haber filtrado intencionalmente la información sobre los nuevos misiles, a fin de enviar un “mensaje estratégico” y una provocación a la entrante Administración Donald Trump, cuya investidura presidencial tendrá lugar este viernes.

Reportan decenas de desaparecidos por avalancha causada por sismos en Italia

Al menos unas 30 personas se encuentran desaparecidas por una avalancha que sepultó un hotel y fue provocada por los sismos que este miércoles se registraron en el centro de Italia, informaron hoy los servicios de socorro.

“Hay muchos muertos” declaró a los medios Antonio Crocetta, jefe del socorro alpino de la central región de Abruzzo, en la localidad de Farindola, provincia de Pescara.

Crocetta dijo que la avalancha se desprendió de la montaña muy probablemente a causa de la serie de sismos, cuatro de los cuales superaron los 5 grados Richter, ocurridos este miércoles.

Aparentemente una parte del hotel se derrumbó y otra quedó sepultada por la nieve, mientras dos personas que estaban afuera fueron rescatadas con vida, una de ellas en estado de hipotermia a causa del frío.

Según personal del propio hotel, habría por lo menos 30 personas desaparecidas.

Las condiciones metereológicas dificultaban el arribo de las escuadras de socorro y varias ambulancias estaban bloqueadas por la nieve a unos nueve kilómetros del albergue.

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Hoy comienzan los eventos por investidura de Donald Trump

A pocas horas de la investidura de Donald Trump, el comité inaugural publicó una larga lista de eventos y celebraciones oficiales y semioficiales que acompañarán su juramento como el presidente N° 45 de Estados Unidos. Los eventos comenzarían hoy y finalizarían el sábado, un día después de la toma de posesión del cargo.

A las 3 pm Donald Trump y el vicepresidente electo Mike Pence pondrán una corona en honor a los veteranos de la nación.

De 14 a 18 horas habrá dos celebraciones musicales abiertas al público. El primer evento llamado “Voces del pueblo” es gratuito y será transmitido en todos los canales de TV y redes de streaming en EEUU. Aquí actuarán principalmente bandas de escuelas de secundaria y bandas militares.

El segundo fue bautizado como “Make America Great Again Concert” -en recuerdo del lema de la campaña presidencial republicana- y contará con “un grupo diverso de artistas”, entre los que figuran Toby Keith, Jon Voight, The Piano Guys, Lee Greenwood, RaviDrums, 3 Doors Down y The Frontmen of Country. Al concierto le siguen intervenciones de Trump y Pence.

Los artistas country Big & Rich y Cowboy Troy encabezarán una Gala de Inauguración presentada por la Great America Alliance. Aunque en esta oportunidad se desconoce si Trump estará presente, entre los oradores del baile estarán el ex-alcalde de Nueva York, Rudy Giuliani, el actor Jon Voight y el Sheriff David Clarke.

Maduro no hablaba en serio sobre la liberación de Leopoldo López

Según afirmó el miércoles durante una rueda de prensa en el palacio de gobierno, su propuesta de liberar al líder opositor venezolano Leopoldo López a cambio de que Barack Obama conmutara la pena del activista independentista puertorriqueño Óscar López Rivera, no fue más que un “comentario jocoso” y que su caso está en manos de la justicia venezolana.

La declaración de Maduro se produjo un día después que la Casa Blanca anunciara la decisión de Obama de liberar al puertorriqueño el 17 de mayo tras 35 años preso por su participación en un movimiento independentista.

Ante los medios, Maduro señaló que no hay punto de comparación entre ambos. Según Maduro, el primero es “un gran patriota”, que por “justicia merecía libertad”, mientras que el segundo “es simplemente un agente de la CIA” que fue preparado para desestabilizar el gobierno de su predecesor Hugo Chávez y el suyo con el fin de derrocarlos.

Hospitalizan al ex-presidente de EEUU George H.W. Bush y a su esposa

El ex-presidente estadounidense George H.W. Bush fue hospitalizado en Houston, Texas anunció este miércoles su portavoz, que informó que su esposa Barbara también fue ingresada con tos.

El ex-mandatario de 92 años, que gobernó de 1989 a 1993 y que ha sufrido varios problemas de salud recientemente, “fue ingresado en la unidad de cuidados intensivos del Houston Methodist Hospital por un problema respiratorio agudo relacionado con una neumonía”, indicó el portavoz  Jim McGrath en un comunicado.

“Los médicos realizaron un procedimiento para proteger y liberar sus vías respiratorias, lo que ha requerido sedación. El presidente Bush está en estado estable y se recupera cómodamente en la unidad de cuidados intensivos, donde permanecerá para observación”, detalló el comunicado.

El portavoz dijo además que la esposa del ex-presidente, Barbara, de 91 años fue igualmente hospitalizada el miércoles por la mañana “por precaución después de mostrar fatiga y tos”.

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Facebook redobla esfuerzos para destacar noticias verdaderas – CNET en Español
Facebook redobla esfuerzos para destacar noticias verdaderas – CNET en Español

Facebook hace nuevos ajustes al News Feed para dar más visibilidad a artículos y publicaciones auténticas.


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Si todavía te frustra no entender bien si lo que estás leyendo en Facebook es una publicación con información verdadera o falsa, la red social intenta está redoblando esfuerzos para calmar tu angustia.

Este martes Facebook anunció nuevos cambios a la cronología de sus usuarios para dar prioridad en el News Feed al contenido auténtico y oportuno. Según la red social, su algoritmo ya toma en cuenta tus relaciones en Facebook a la hora de mostrarte publicaciones de tus seres queridos, amigos y familiares más cercanos. Ahora también tomará en consideración en qué página de Facebook se originó el artículo.

Si, por ejemplo, una Página publica y comparte información falsa y otros usuarios de Facebook comienzan a reportarla como spam o a esconderla, Facebook comenzará a bajar la importancia de dicha Página. Esto, potencialmente, disminuiría la diseminación de información engañosa en la red social, según los ingenieros que presentaron los cambios en una entrada en el blog de la compañía. Por contraste, si tus amigos y familiares continúan comentando y compartiendo una publicación, Facebook te dejará verla.

Este es el más reciente esfuerzo de Facebook por combatir las críticas que ha recibido por permitir la amplia distribución de noticias falsas. La semana pasada, Facebook hizo cambios a su sección de “Trending Topics” y un poco antes lanzó un proyecto periodístico.

Source Article from https://www.cnet.com/es/noticias/facebook-redobla-esfuerzos-para-destacar-noticias-verdaderas/

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Miss Universo: Jimena Espinosa es blanco de críticas en Twitter – RPP Noticias
Miss Universo: Jimena Espinosa es blanco de críticas en Twitter – RPP Noticias

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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.





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Trump: New York Times will have to get down on knees and beg for forgiveness from me – Washington Examiner
Trump: New York Times will have to get down on knees and beg for forgiveness from me – Washington Examiner

President Trump spent early Tuesday morning tweeting his grievances against the media.

He targeted The New York Times, referring to the outlet as the enemy of the people and saying the publication will “have to get down on their knees [and] beg for forgiveness” from him, inaccurately claiming the paper apologized to him in 2016 for its coverage during the election.

He attacked New York Times opinion columnist Paul Krugman as “stupid,” accusing the economist of writing “false and highly inaccurate” things about him — without specifying what he objected to.

The president also accused the mainstream media of ignoring how well the economy is doing during his presidency.

Trump did offer praise to one corner of the media — to Fox News, the cable news network he promotes almost daily on his own Twitter feed — before resuming the attacks.

Teeing off on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” he called co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski “angry,” “dumb,” “sick,” and “psycho.”

The president ended by mocking CNN anchor Chris Cuomo as being a “massive failure.”

When Trump finished the diatribe, he returned to live-tweeting Fox News.

[Related: Trump taunts CNN over low ratings]

Source Article from https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-new-york-times-will-have-to-get-down-on-knees-and-beg-for-forgiveness-from-me

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Democratic Debate In 100 Words: Recap Of The First Night – NPR
Democratic Debate In 100 Words: Recap Of The First Night – NPR

Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts controlled the Democratic presidential primary debate early with a progressive policy pitch.

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Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren controlled the debate early with a progressive policy pitch. She and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said they would eliminate private insurance in favor of “Medicare-for-all.” Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro was aggressive on immigration, backing decriminalizing illegal border crossings. Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar pointed out the three women on stage had long protected abortion rights. Candidates focused on how to take on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell more than Trump. Most thought climate change and China are the biggest threats. And the mics messed up halfway through, while Trump said the debate was BORING!

There was a lot of Spanish used in Wednesday night’s debate.

And New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker appeared shocked when Beto O’Rourke broke out his bilingualism.

The two Texas politicians tussled on immigration.

Warren detailed how she’d fight Mitch McConnell, who has repeatedly (and proudly) killed Democratic priorities in the Senate.

Klobuchar seized the moment on abortion rights in response to Washington Gov. Jay Inslee.

Inslee explained why he’s making climate change the central focus of his campaign.

De Blasio talked about racial profiling and gun violence and how it’s become real when talking to his son, Dante.

Booker explained why the issue of gun violence resonated so much with him, and why “thoughts and prayers” aren’t enough.

Source Article from https://www.npr.org/2019/06/27/736422043/the-1st-democratic-primary-debate-in-100-words-and-7-video-clips

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Jeff Flake: ‘At least 35’ GOP senators would vote to remove Trump if vote was private – USA TODAY
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WASHINGTON — Former Republican Senator Jeff Flake said that he thinks at least 35 Republican senators would vote for President Donald Trump to be removed from office if they could vote in private. 

Speaking at the 2019 Texas Tribune Festival Thursday, Flake was responding to comments made by Republican political consultant Mike Murphy on MSNBC who said that if there was a secret vote, at least 30 GOP Senators would back impeachment.

“That’s not true. There would be at least 35,” Flake said. 

Once an officeholder has been impeached, the proceedings shift to the Senate, which holds a trial and decides whether to convict the accused and remove him or her from office.

Calls for an official impeachment inquiry came to fruition Tuesday by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over the president’s efforts to get Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden and his son, Hunter. 

During an interview with NPR, the Arizona Republican elaborated on his comments, continuing that “anybody who has sat through two years, as I have, of Republican luncheons realizes that there’s not a lot of love for the president. There’s a lot of fear of what it means to go against the president, but most Republican senators would not like to be dealing with this for another year or another five years.”

A two-thirds majority, or 67 senators, is needed to convict and remove the accused from office. Republicans currently hold the majority. For the President to be removed from office by the Senate with impeachment, at least 20 Republicans would need to join the Democrats and independents

Flake was one of the President’s most visible GOP critics in the Senate and announced he wouldn’t be seeking re-election in 2017, citing nastiness of Trump-era politics. 

“That was a pretty damning transcript,” Flake said of the summary of the July 25th phone call between Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky released Wednesday. “That was not anything you want your president to be doing. I think we need to wait for the investigation to conclude and wait for likely testimony from the whistleblower him or herself before drawing conclusions. But it seems the House is already moving ahead.” 

He stated that he was glad “to see the (House) Intel Committee have the hearing yesterday,” elaborating that he doesn’t want to see impeachment in such a divided country, and that he’d rather see the President defeated the “old fashioned way at the ballot box.”

Flake reinforced Trump’s power of the Senate GOP, stating that “this is the president’s party without a doubt. And to win a Republican primary in just about every state, you’ve got to be with the president. And there’s a lot of fear that if you aren’t, you’ll get primaried.”

Flake also said that he has “not ruled out” voting for a Democrat over Trump, hoping that the “Democrats nominate somebody who has a broad appeal.” 

Source Article from https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/09/27/jeff-flake-at-least-35-gop-senators-would-impeach-trump/3792866002/

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Alek Minassian found guilty of 1st-degree murder in 2018 Toronto van attack – Global News
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Man held after deaths of Chicago officers struck by train says he found gun, test-fired it – CNN
Man held after deaths of Chicago officers struck by train says he found gun, test-fired it – CNN

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