Protests are now in their sixth week since the coup toppled elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and plunged the Southeast Asian country into turmoil, with the economy paralyzed by strikes by opponents of the army takeover.
The violence came a day after Mahn Win Khaing Than, who is on the run along with most senior officials from the Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy Party, said the civilian government would seek to give people the legal right to defend themselves.
Security forces opened fire on protesters in the Hlaingthaya district of the city, a poor suburb that is home to migrants from across the country, domestic media said. Plumes of black smoke rose over the area.
Myanmar Now said at least 14 protesters had been killed, according to the local hospital and a rescue worker.
“An official from Hlaingthaya Hospital said the death toll and wounded were still arriving,” its report said. Other Myanmar media gave even higher tolls in the area.
Ottawa police attempted to clear out the remaining “Freedom Convoy” demonstrators on Sunday — ending a 24-day occupation of the city’s center to protest COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
At least two people were arrested as police moved into the “logistics camp” and removed the last vehicles occupying the area, according to the Ottawa Citizen.
The convoy of trucks had caused traffic backups in the city for weeks.
A total of 191 protesters were arrested and 57 vehicles were towed since police began forcefully removing them on Friday.
The camp, located in a city parking lot on Coventry Road, amassed roughly 100 vehicles. Across the street, several tents had been erected for meetings and meals, as well as a trailer with heated toilets and two saunas, the paper reported.
Officials are now concerned that protesters, many of them truckers, will regroup outside of the capital and come back, shutting the city down again.
“We are trying to keep tabs on those that are leaving and potentially massing to come back,” Ottawa police chief Steve Bell said at a press conference on Sunday.
On Sunday, Ottawa police said businesses should feel comfortable reopening following the weeks-long demonstration.
Ottawa police chief Steve Bell said the police presence will remain strong in the area.AFP via Getty Images
“Businesses should feel safe to reopen if they had closed during this unlawful assembly,” Ottawa police said
“Businesses and residents, we thank you for your patience throughout this operation. Supporting local businesses is considered lawful if you are entering the secured area.”
Bell said Ottawans can expect a heavy police presence in the area in the coming days. He told reporters at a press briefing on Sunday that his department has a long road ahead in restoring the public’s trust of his department.
Demonstrators organized a blockade for 24 days in protest of the country’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate and border policies.AP
“They woke up this morning to fencing and a very heavy police presence through the downtown core. While I know everyone is pleased to see many of the unlawful protesters are gone, this is not the normal state of our city,” Bell said.
“We know as a police service we have public trust to gain back.”
Police swooped into the areas occupied by protesters on Friday to squash the blockade leading to several scuffles between cops and demonstrators.
Dozens of vehicles were towed out of the area after police warned the demonstrators to stop the blockade.REUTERS
On Saturday, police used pepper spray and stun grenades to remove those who remained, clearing most of the area in front of parliament and next to the prime minister’s office.
“We told you to leave,” Ottawa police said in a tweet Saturday. “We gave you time to leave. We were slow and methodical, yet you were assaultive and aggressive with officers and the horses.”
Most of those arrested were slapped with mischief charges, and dozens of vehicles had been towed, including all those blocking one of Ottawa’s major streets, authorities said.
Police used pepper spray and stun grenades to remove demonstrators who remained in the streets Saturday.AP
Ottawa represented the movement’s final stronghold after three weeks of trucker demonstrations and American border blockades created a political crisis for Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
In a controversial move Trudeau invoked Canada’s Emergency Act for the first time in the country’s history, giving the federal government broad power to restore order including freezing protesters’ financial accounts.
WASHINGTON, July 25 (Reuters) – Sixteen U.S. Marines were arrested on Thursday for their alleged involvement in illegal activities including human smuggling and drug-related offenses, the U.S. military said.
In a press release, the Marine Corps said that the Marines were arrested at Camp Pendleton in California based on information gained from a previous human smuggling investigation.
The statement added that in addition to the Marines arrested, eight others were questioned for unrelated alleged drug offenses.
The Marine Corps said none of those arrested or detained were serving in support of the military’s mission along the border with Mexico.
The arrest comes a day after the military said a Navy SEAL team was sent back from Iraq because of discipline issues. An official said it was because, in part, they had been drinking alcohol, something that is prohibited.
The Marine Corps band called ‘The Presidents Own’ was created in 1798. Here they are in 1893.
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The Marines pose for a photo in Egypt in 1907.
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Marines pose with a German trench mortar in 1918.
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Marines duing WWI circa 1918.
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Marines run a drill during combat training in Germany, 1918.
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Grumman FF-2, circa 1930
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Pearl Harbor survivor Technical Sergeant Anglin on December 8th 1941.
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Marines patiently wait to be called for ‘chow time’ 1943.
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Marines admire a photo of a pin-up girl in 1943 while in Japan.
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James Wrobel, Designer of VMF-312 Insignia, circa 1943
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Marines arrive on the Japanese island Saipan. 1944 WWII
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Marines stationed in Bougainville.
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Marines wait for letters from home to be distributed.
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Pictured here : ‘Code Talkers’ 1943 were a group a Native American Marines would used their native language to relay coded messages.
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Marines fire a 155mm Howitzer Iwo Jima.
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A Navy Corpsman administers blood plasma to a Marine. 1944
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Marines are surrounded by bullet shells at the base of Mount Suribachi.
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Marines raise the American flag in Iwo Jima. 1945
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Marines celebrate the end of WWII. 1945
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Korean War 1950.
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Female Marines began training in Parris Island, South Carolina, 1949.
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Marines line up to receive items from home. Usually soda, candy and cigarettes.
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A welcome banner can be seen here in Vietnam welcoming the Marines in Danang in 1965.
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A Marine rests while he can in Vietnam. 1968.
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Moment of Peace: Corporal Larry G. Nabb (Brush, Colorado) finds a moment of peace in front of a gaily decorated Christmas tree at Quang Tri Combat Base. Nabb is serving as a truck driver with 3d Marine Division’s Headquarters Battalion, and is one of thousands of Marines celebrating their Christmas in Vietnam
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Private First Class Ronald Duplantis prepares a 122mm enemy field weapon for shipment.
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Marines carry supplies from a cargo plane to a nearby base. 1969.
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Marines register to vote for the 1969 presidential election.
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David Gurfein sits next to a Christmas tree in Saudi Arabia while serving during Operation Desert Shield/Storm.
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Marines prepare to enter Saddam Husseins palace in 2003.
Quito inicia la jornada de este viernes con una intermitente lluvia, acompañada de largas filas de usuarios en las estaciones que aglutinan unidades de transporte municipal. Estas unidades utilizan los cinco corredores que cruzan la ciudad.
Personas caminando, en bicicleta o movilizándose en cualquier tipo de vehículos para llegar a sus destinos son las realidades que se viven en la capital de Ecuador debido al paro de transporte público desde la madrugada. Varios también expresaron su molestia por la situación.
En el sector de alta concentración La Marín, en el centro de Quito, hubo largas filas de personas para tomar una unidad metropolitana de transporte. Algunos buses escolares ofrecieron el servicio.
La medida de paralización de actividades se toma luego de que ayer, jueves 24 de agosto, se suspendió la sesión en la que se buscaba definir un alza de pasajes de $0.25 a $0.30.
Pese a que el alcalde de Quito, Mauricio Rodas, ha señalado que el análisis y las conversaciones del tema no se han cerrado, dirigentes del gremio del transporte capitalino sostienen que con ese nivel de alza en los pasajes no pueden sostener sus operaciones.
Plan operativo municipal
Como medida para garantizar la movilidad de los usuarios en Quito, la municipalidad anunció cambios:
– Suspendió la medida del pico y placa
– Ordenó la operación máxima de sus más de 200 unidades (trolebuses, articulados, biarticulados)
– Habilitó cerca de 1.500 unidades de transporte escolar.
– Habilitó también unidades de taxirruta.
Al momento también estarían laborando ciertas unidades ubicadas en las rutas que alimentan los cinco corredores municipales.
Detenidos y quejas ciudadanas
Dario Tapia, secretario de Movilidad de Municipio de Quito, informó que existen cerca de doce personas detenidas por agredir e intentar impedir la circulación de transportes que colaboraban en el traslado de usuarios. Explicó que en las próximas horas irán hasta la Fiscalía para colocar una denuncia contra los autores de esta medida de hecho.
En zonas rurales del Distrito Metropolitano de Quito como El Quinche, Pifo y Tumbaco se ha reportado falta de transporte público, mientas que por la autopista general Rumiñahui, que conecta a la capital con el cantón Rumiñahui, solo transitan con normalidad unidades de transporte intercantonal.
El alcalde Rodas desde esta mañana se mantiene monitoreando el funcionamiento del transporte municipal. Él aseguró que no cederá a presiones y aclaró que este no es un tema que se queda en el incremento de pasajes, sino que se trata de mejorar la calidad del servicio. (I)
Significantly, five of the diplomats say, the build-up includes elements of the People’s Armed Police (PAP), a mainland paramilitary anti-riot and internal security force under a separate command from the PLA. While Reuters was unable to determine the size of the PAP contingent, envoys say the bulk of the troops in Hong Kong are from the PLA.
PAP forces would be likely to spearhead any crackdown if Beijing decides to intervene, according to foreign envoys and security analysts. These paramilitary troops are specially trained in non-lethal tactics and methods of riot suppression and crowd control.
The envoys declined to say how exactly they determined that the recent troop movement was a reinforcement or how they arrived at their troop estimates. Reuters reporters visited the areas surrounding multiple PLA bases in Hong Kong and observed significantly increased movements by troops and armored vehicles at the facilities.
China’s Ministry of National Defense, the State Council Information Office, and the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office did not respond to questions from Reuters. In early September, a spokeswoman for the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office said China would “not sit idly by” if the situation in the city continued to deteriorate and posed a threat to “the country’s sovereignty.”
The office of Carrie Lam and the PLA garrison in Hong Kong also did not respond to questions. A Hong Kong police spokesperson told Reuters the police force was “capable of maintaining law and order and determined to restore public safety in Hong Kong.”
Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during a meeting with international navy delegates to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the PLA in the port city of Qingdao in April. REUTERS/Jason Lee
The PAP is a key element in Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s drive to reinforce the ruling Communist Party’s control over the nation of 1.4 billion people while building a potent military that can supplant the United States as Asia’s dominant power. The PAP has up to one million troops, according to an April research paper from the U.S.’s National Defense University – about half the size of China’s standing military. The paramilitary’s primary duty is to defend against potential enemies within – countering domestic upheaval and protecting top leaders. In recent years, it has contained unrest in Xinjiang and Tibet. Elements of this force are also trained for counter-terrorism, securing key infrastructure, disaster relief and international peacekeeping.
After installing himself as commander-in-chief and reshaping the regular military, Xi turned attention to the PAP. His first move was to take personal control. In early 2018, the PAP was brought under direct command of the Central Military Commission, the top military decision-making body that Xi chairs. Previously, the PAP had come under the split command of the commission and the State Council, China’s top government administrative body.
This put Xi at the apex of Beijing’s military and paramilitary forces, further concentrating power in his hands. With the eruption of the protests in Hong Kong, however, Xi now faces the biggest popular challenge to his rule.
News of the reinforcements in Hong Kong comes as city officials are bracing for more demonstrations on Tuesday, Oct. 1, the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Intense clashes between protesters and police rocked the city over the weekend ahead of the celebrations.
In her private remarks in August, city Chief Executive Lam played down the possibility that Beijing might deploy the PLA. Foreign envoys and security analysts said they too believe China’s strong preference is not to use troops.
Still, they said, the troop build-up shows Beijing wants to be ready to act if the Hong Kong government and its 30,000-strong police force lose control of the city. Lam herself expressed concern about the force’s ability to keep control. On some days, hundreds of thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets. She said the police are “outnumbered” by the protesters, making enforcement “extremely difficult.”
“Apart from the 30,000 men and women in the force we have nothing,” she told the gathering of businesspeople. “Really. We have nothing. I have nothing.”
Enforcing Xi’s ‘Red Line’
Until now, the PAP’s presence in Hong Kong has been limited to a small advance detachment nestled discreetly within existing PLA facilities, according to one of the diplomats. The new deployment marks the first significant entry of the PAP into Hong Kong. It wasn’t mentioned in official accounts of the rotation nor in the state-controlled press.
The combined deployment of the PLA and the PAP follows months of official statements denouncing the protests and dramatic signaling to Hong Kongers. This included news reports and footage showing anti-riot drills by both the PLA and the PAP, released by the military on social media. Last month, hundreds of PAP troops conducted extensive exercises in a football stadium in Shenzhen, just north of Hong Kong. Troops in the area could also be deployed to Hong Kong if the crisis deepened, foreign diplomats said.
In a show of force last month, People’s Armed Police vehicles and troops massed in a football stadium in Shenzhen, just across the border from Hong Kong. Troops (right) could be seen conducting riot drills. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
In a show of force last month, People’s Armed Police vehicles and troops massed in a football stadium in Shenzhen, just across the border from Hong Kong. Troops (below) could be seen conducting riot drills. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
The protests and street violence in Hong Kong erupted in early June, over a bill – since scrapped – that would have paved the way for people to be extradited to the mainland. The unrest came two years after Xi defined a “red line” for Hong Kong. He used the phrase in a 2017 speech in the city, warning that domestic threats to national sovereignty will not be tolerated.
Chinese security forces are better equipped to handle civil unrest than they were a generation ago. In 1989, it was the PLA that was sent in to smash student protests in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. It used the tools of war – battle tanks, armored vehicles and infantry.
In Hong Kong, the reinforcement includes equipment tailor-made for quelling urban violence with non-lethal force – including water cannon vehicles and trucks used to lay barbed-wire barricades. Additional transport helicopters have been moved into the city. Reuters reporters have seen these flying frequently around Hong Kong and its hinterlands, the New Territories, an observation confirmed by foreign envoys and security analysts monitoring developments here.
Anti-government protesters are sprayed with a water cannon by local police during a demonstration near the government complex in Hong Kong in mid-September. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
Other trucks, bearing military number plates, have been seen pre-loaded with street fortifications, at times moving about the city. Reuters reporters have tracked increased activity at many of the PLA’s 17 facilities across Hong Kong Island, its neighboring city of Kowloon and the rural New Territories. Most of these facilities were inherited by the PLA under agreement with the departing British forces during the 1997 handover.
Fatigues and other laundry can be seen hanging from the balconies of buildings that had lain dormant for years. Army buses and jeeps are parked in once abandoned lots.
A petrol bomb is thrown during a clash between pro-democracy protesters and Hong Kong riot police in the district of Tsuen Wan last month. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
Some foreign analysts say China’s reinforced military presence was bigger than expected and appears to have been well-prepared. They say the size of the force means it is now far beyond the symbolic role traditionally played by the local garrison.
“They do seem to have an active contingency plan to deal with something like a total breakdown in order by the Hong Kong police,” said Alexander Neill, a Singapore-based security analyst at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. “I would think it would take something like that or some other worst-case scenario for them to deploy. But they are clearly more ready than before, and are leaving nothing to chance.”
So far, the expanded Chinese forces remain firmly within their barracks – a continuation of what has been an unobtrusive presence since the handover.
In 1997, trucks full of white-gloved PLA soldiers, some carrying flowers, rolled into Hong Kong within hours of Britain’s handover of its colony to Chinese rule. The sight sparked anxiety among politicians, activists and the public that still lingers. Beyond the occasional so-called open day, when the public gets access to the PLA barracks, the troops rarely interact with ordinary Hong Kongers.
Unlike forces on the mainland, soldiers within the Hong Kong garrison are not usually accompanied by their families. They are rarely allowed to socialize outside their bases; for news, they are given access to China’s state media.
“They live like monks,” said one Hong Kong-based mainland security specialist familiar with local PLA forces. “It is a vastly different deployment to anything on the mainland – almost akin to something they might experience on peacekeeping duties in Africa.”
“The PAP can be seen as a blunt instrument with the key function of suppressing domestic unrest.”
The local Chinese security presence must be squared with handover guarantees that Hong Kong’s autonomy would remain for at least 50 years – including broad freedoms and an independent judiciary, which don’t exist in the rest of China.
Under the city’s mini-constitution, known as the Basic Law, defense and foreign affairs are the sole responsibility of the Communist Party leadership in Beijing. The document states that the PLA garrison “shall not interfere in local affairs,” but Hong Kong can request the garrison’s assistance to maintain public order. And garrison members must abide by local laws.
Chinese law, meanwhile, allows for the standing committee of China’s parliament, the National People’s Congress, to deploy the garrison if a state of war or emergency is declared for Hong Kong. The law cites “turmoil” that threatens national security and is “beyond the control of the (Hong Kong) government.”
One presence, two forces
The PLA garrison is commanded by Major-General Chen Daoxiang, who is shadowed by a political commissar, Major-General Cai Yongzhong. But neither officer, nor territory leader Lam, would have the authority to deploy the security forces. Any military clampdown on China’s freest and most international city would only be ordered by Xi’s powerful Central Military Commission, say local officials and foreign diplomats.
In June, garrison commander Chen told a visiting Pentagon official that Chinese troops would not interfere in the city’s affairs, according to people briefed on the discussion. U.S. officials at the time said they read the comment as an early signal that Beijing intended to keep them in their barracks.
PLA soldiers take part in a performance during an open day at Stonecutters Island Naval Base in Hong Kong in June. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
Less is known about the command structure of the PAP forces in Hong Kong. Few residents of the city are even aware of their presence within existing PLA facilities.
From the early years of its revolutionary struggle against the Nationalists, the Chinese Communist Party fielded a range of paramilitary forces to guard the leadership and key headquarters. These forces assumed an internal security role after the Communists took power in 1949. The PAP was formed in 1982, as the paramount leader of the time, Deng Xiaoping, modernized and downsized the military after the Cultural Revolution. The PAP absorbed thousands of regular army troops.
Still, the PAP was poorly trained and equipped, with a fragmented command, when the 1989 Tiananmen protests threatened the party’s grip. China’s leaders had to call on army units to crush the protests with tanks and machine guns. The scenes of bloodshed on the streets of the Chinese capital were a blow to the party’s reputation. In the aftermath, the leadership reequipped and retrained the PAP in crowd-control operations.
Chinese soldiers and tanks guard the Gate of Heavenly Peace and the portrait of Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square in 1989, during the crushing of student protests by the military. REUTERS/Richard Ellis
Security analysts say the PAP’s budget has grown as the force has modernized, but figures are undisclosed. The government stopped revealing full domestic security spending numbers in 2014 – after the internal security budget had topped the fast-growing regular military budget for the previous three years.
In the restive region of Xinjiang, the PAP has been used heavily to counter what China describes as a terrorist threat from Uighurs, an ethnic Muslim minority. As many as a million Uighurs and Muslims from other ethnic groups have been incarcerated in prison camps, according to the United Nations. China counters that the facilities are vocational training centers to help stamp out religious extremism and teach new work skills.
Las elecciones del Estado de México se disputaron entre dos candidatos en una jornada muy cerrada donde la diferencia, según el avance del PREP es de sólo 168,385 votos a favor de Alfredo del Mazo. Con un estreno en más de 3,500 pantallas en México, más de la mitad que existen en el país, la película de la Mujer Maravilla tuvo un debut de ensueño. Seis países árabes cortaron relaciones diplomáticas con Qatar, al que acusan de crear inestabilidad en la región y apoyar a grupos terroristas, lo que dio pie a la mayor crisis en el Golfo Pérsico desde la guerra de 1991 contra Irak.
1. ¿Qué municipios pueden ayudar al PRI a durar 6 años más en el Edomex?
Según los últimos resultados del PREP, de los 45 distritos electorales en los que se emitieron votos para Gobernador en el Estado de México, Alfredo Del Mazo del PRI ganó en 21, Delfina Gómez de Morena ganó en 20 y en los votos extranjeros, pero hubo siete distritos en los que Del Mazo se impuso por más de 20,000 votos.
El abanderado del PRD, Juan Zepeda, ganó los tres distritos electorales que componen el Nezahualcóyotl y Josefina Vázquez Mota ganó solamente un distrito electoral.
Con el 97.67% de las actas capturadas, los resultados aún parciales otorgan la ventaja en los conteos a Alfredo Del Mazo con un millón 955,347 votos, relativo al 33.72% del total, con lo que supera a la candidata de Morena que consiguió un millón 786,962 sufragios que cuentan por el 30.81% de los votos de las elecciones.
¿Qué municipios pueden ayudar al PRI a durar 6 años más en el Edomex?. Ver nota.
2. El fantasma priista de Hugo Chávez
La administración de Enrique Peña Nieto tiene la peor evaluación presidencial en lo que va de la historia del país; al menos cinco exgobernadores priistas están encarcelados por malos manejos, y hay varios que si no están en la cárcel es sólo por la gracia de algún escape legal.
Aun así, ese partido habría retenido el domingo pasado las gubernaturas del Estado de México y Coahuila.
¿Cómo entender ese resultado? Sin duda hay factores como la existencia de una base de voto duro priista o el uso de recursos públicos antes y durante la contienda. A eso habría que sumar la habilidad que tuvo el PRI para convertir la elección del Edomex en un plebiscito anticipado sobre la posible presidencia de Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Si quieres saber más sobre la opinión de Mario Campos con respecto al tema, entra a la nota completa.
3. Qatar, pequeña y rica nación acusada de apoyar al terrorismo
Seis países árabes cortaron relaciones diplomáticas con Qatar este lunes, al que acusan de crear inestabilidad en la región y apoyar a grupos terroristas, lo que dio pie a la mayor crisis en el Golfo Pérsico desde la guerra de 1991 contra Irak.
Este rompimiento fue iniciado el lunes por Bahréin y luego Arabia Saudita, Egipto, Emiratos Árabes Unidos (EAU), Yemen y Libia se sumaron tras acusar al país de apoyar a grupos terroristas, incluyendo el autodenominado Estado Islámico (EI) y al Qaeda, lo que es negado por Qatar.
Qatar, pequeña y rica nación acusada de apoyar al terrorismo. Ver nota.
4. ¿Quién es Alfredo del Mazo Maza?
El candidato por el PRI, Alfredo del Mazo se vio favorecido en los últimos resultados parciales del PREP, pero ¿qué tanto sabemos de él?
Alfredo del Mazo Maza ya había intentado transitar la carrera que empezó el pasado 29 de marzo al registrarse ante el Instituto Electoral del Estado de México como candidato a la gubernatura del Estado de México por parte del PRI, cuando en el 2011 compitió con Eruviel Ávila por ser el abanderado del Partido Revolucionario Institucional.
Del Mazo forma parte de una familia de tradición política que pertenece al Grupo Atlacomulco. Es nieto del ex gobernador mexiquense, Alfredo del Mazo Vélez (1945) e hijo del también ex gobernador del estado Alfredo del Mazo González (1981-1986). Además de ser primo de Enrique Peña Nieto, presidente de México, si quieres saber más sobre él, entra a la nota completa.
La Mujer Maravilla, debutó en México en el primer lugar del top 10 con una taquilla de 153.64 millones de pesos y 2.79 millones de boletos vendidos, uno de los mejores estrenos del 2017.
Luego del fracaso de Batman contra Superman, DC comics encontró el éxito en una heroína que llevó al público femenino a los cines.
No bastando eso, en EU también se repitió el mismo éxito, donde La Mujer Maravilla también debutó en primer lugar con alrededor de 100 millones de dólares en taquilla.
In announcing the Doral pick just days earlier, White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney described the resort as “the best place”. Wochit, Wochit
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump rejected suggestions Monday that hosting the G-7 summit of world leaders at his resort in Doral, Florida, would have run afoul of the U.S. Constitution.
Speaking to reporters in the White House Cabinet Room, Trump dismissed as “phony” a section of the Constitution that bars federal office holders from accepting gifts from foreign governments.
Trumps remarks came as he was chiding Democrats for pushing back against his decision to host the G-7 at his Doral resort.
Democrats and some Republicans, as well as government watchdogs, decried the administration’s decision to award the event to one of the president’s properties. Under pressure, Trump announced Saturday on Twitter that he was reversing his decision to host the summit at Doral, suggesting Camp David could serve as an alternative site.
On Monday, Trump defended his choice of Doral.
“I would have given it for nothing,” he said. “The Democrats went crazy, even though I would have done it free.”
Trump also rejected criticism that he would have personally profited from hosting it at his Florida club.
“I don’t need promotion,” he said. “It would have been the best G-7 ever.”
The Emoluments Clause is an anti-bribery provision that forbids any U.S. president from receiving gifts from foreign leaders and is derived from the Latin word “emolumentum,” meaning “profit” or “gain.”
The Emoluments Clause is Article I, Section 9 of the Constitution. It prohibits any “Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under [the United States]” from accepting “any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.”
In July, a three-judge of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a lawsuit from Maryland and the District of Columbia that alleged Trump violated the Emoluments Clause by benefiting from his business while in office. The full appeals court, however, agreed last week to rehear the case.
The suit challenged the financial benefits Trump has reaped from government entities patronizing his businesses while he is president, pointing in particular to government bookings at his Trump International Hotel, a few blocks from the White House.
Trumps dismissive remarks about the Emoluments Clause drew immediate fire on Twitter.
“There are two Emoluments Clauses that he’s violating and they are very much in the very real Constitution,” wrote the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., asked: “What other parts of the Constitution does President @realDonaldTrump think are ‘phony’? Freedom of speech?”
A couple of Democratic presidential candidates also weighed in on Trump’s remarks.
“You can’t uphold your oath to protect and defend the Constitution if you think it’s phony,” Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Ind., wrote on Twitter.
Billionaire activist Tom Steyer mocked Trump in a tweet dripping with sarcasm.
“Donald Trump – noted Constitutional scholar,” he wrote.
A media tarde, en el panteón de las Fuerzas Armadas en el Cementerio del Norte, Barneix, nacido en Paysandú en 1946 y que pasara a retiro como general del Ejército en 2008, recibió las últimas exequias.
Además de sus familiares cercanos, su anciana madre, la esposa y su hijo varón, varios generales en actividad y otros oficiales del Ejército despidieron los restos de Barneix. Asistió a la ceremonia el excomandante en jefe de la fuerza, general retirado Jorge Rosales, quien comandó al Ejército entre 2006 y 2011 y por ende fue compañero del fallecido en el generalato.
Un efectivo hizo el toque de silencio y luego atronaron los 21 cañonazos. Los restos del general retirado llegaron al cementerio en una cureña del Ejército tirada por jinetes del Regimiento “Blandengues de Artigas” de Caballería Nº 1, acompañado de un largo cortejo fúnebre.
Dolor.
“No estábamos preparados para esto, y eso se nota porque esta muerte nos llega a lo más hondo de nuestro sentimiento. Por eso no es fácil abstenerse de recordar las circunstancias que han rodeado la muerte del general Barneix”, dijo el coronel retirado González, compañero de promoción del militar fallecido.
Pero advirtió que no tiene la “representatividad” para emitir opiniones que lo apartarían del recuerdo del compañero. González dijo que el grupo de esa promoción se formó en el año 1963 en la antigua Escuela Militar de la avenida Garibaldi, donde hoy se encuentra el Comando General del Ejército.
“Qué lejos que estábamos en esos tiempos de pensar que la vida nos llevaría a momentos como el de hoy”, añadió González.
“¿Cómo podíamos pensar que las acciones y resoluciones de personas que nos eran totalmente ajenas podían entreverar tanto nuestras vidas como para traernos a esta realidad?”, preguntó.
González valoró los orígenes de Barneix y sus condiciones para generar amistad con sus compañeros de la Escuela Militar.
“Hemos venido a expresar nuestro dolor, a acompañar a su familia, a su madre, a su esposa y a su hijo, a trasmitirles nuestro apoyo y comprensión”, agregó.
Berneix tomó la misma decisión que hace ocho años adoptó el coronel (r) Juan Antonio Rodríguez Buratti tras ser notificado que sería procesado con prisión por la desaparición de Adalberto Soba y Alberto Mechoso. Rodríguez Buratti se suicidó en el estacionamiento de su casa.
Barneix fue junto al excomandante en jefe del Ejército Carlos Díaz integrante de una comisión interna del Ejército a la que el presidente Tabaré Vázquez durante su primer mandato (2005-2010) le encomendó investigar sobre el destino de los detenidos desaparecidos en la dictadura.
Los resultados no fueron lo auspicioso que Vázquez esperaba por falta de datos.
Fox News contributor Joe Concha discusses the latest numbers on the inflation crisis
President Biden referred to the late baseball player Satchel Paige as “the great negro” before correcting himself during his Veterans Day address at Arlington National Cemetery on Thursday.
Biden was honoring former U.S. Ambassador to Hungary Donald Blinken, an Army veteran and father of Secretary of State Antony Blinken, during his speech when he launched into a story about Paige, who played in the so-called “Negro leagues” before moving to Major League Baseball in the late 1940s.
“I’ve adopted the attitude of the great negro at the time, pitcher of the Negro leagues, who went on to become a great pitcher in the pros — in Major League Baseball — after Jackie Robinson. His name was Satchel Paige,” Biden recalled.
President Biden salutes before placing a wreath during a centennial ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery Nov. 11, 2021, in Arlington, Va. (Photo by Alex Brandon-Pool/Getty Images)
“And Satchel Paige on his 47th birthday pitched a win against Chicago,” Biden continued. “And all the press went in and said, ‘Satch is amazing. Forty-seven years old. No one’s ever, ever pitched a win at age 47. How do you feel about being 47?’ He said, ‘Boys, that’s not how I look at it.’ And they said, ‘How do you look at it, Satch? And he said, ‘I look at it this way: How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you were?’”
Biden, 78, went on to joke that he’s only 50 years old and the 95-year-old elder Blinken is 47.
More than 40,000 civilians were evacuated from across Ukraine on Weednesday but authorities struggled to get people away from conflict zones around the cities of Kyiv, Kharkiv and Mariupol, a Ukrainian negotiator said. Ukrainian authorities said earlier that the corridors should allow residents of the heavily bombarded cities of Mariupol, Enerhodar, Sumy, Izyum and Volnovakha, as well as towns around Kyiv including Bucha, Irpin and Hostomel, to leave, calling on Russian forces to respect an “official public commitment” to cease fire.
National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow on President Trump’s comments on socialism during his State of the Union address and the Trump administration’s economic policies.
LARRY KUDLOW, DIRECTOR OF THE U.S. NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL:
I just think it was great that he dealt with that issue head-on. Many of us had suggested to him that we should say something about all these crazy anti-growth, anti-incentive, anti-business, anti-reward policies coming out of the opposition party. And we should have a generic statement at a minimum and so there you have it regarding socialism. And I want to carry that forward, you know you and I’ve talked about this a while back and I want to raise this issue. One of the great things that President Trump has done in a relatively short period of time but he started right off the bat. His policies basically ended the war on business and the prior administration was conducting a war on business. Not only in terms of over regulation and taxing, which is bad enough, but in terms of attitudes, you know, what you say about businesses and I don’t want to go deep into the partisanship here, that’s not my intent, but what I’m saying is I believe President Trump really changed the whole psychology of large and small business men and women and that that’s one of the reasons his plan has paid off and that we’re growing about three percent which is you know, virtually nobody thought would be possible.
I think the psychology here is so important and hence the statement he makes on socialism is another reassurance that we will not go down that path and that we America has always been, we have always been a nation of entrepreneurs who thrive for freedom and the incentive model of growth.
NORTH LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Authorities in North Las Vegas released further information on this weekend’s deadly crash that took the life of nine people.
North Las Vegas Assistant Police Chief Jacqueline Gravatt, North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee and Councilwoman Pamela Goynes-Brown spoke to the media on Sunday evening:
Originally, North Las Vegas police said the nine people were killed Saturday in a “mass casualty” traffic collision on Cheyenne Avenue near Commerce Street.
A Dodge Charger was speeding northbound on Commerce approaching Cheyenne around 3 p.m. and ran a red light. The Charger hit multiple vehicles, according to the North Las Vegas Police Department
In total, 15 people were involved in the incident. One person remained in critical condition at the University Medical Center.
NLVPD Officer Alexander Cuevas called it a “chaotic event.”
Six vehicles total were involved in the crash.
The deceased range from at least one juvenile to middle-aged adults, according to authorities. The driver of the Dodge Charger is among the nine who died.
Two Rancho High students have come to the intersection where 9 people died in last night’s crash to remember their classmate who died. They said he was 17. pic.twitter.com/zZutp2pgy5
Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg announced at the company’s annual shareholder meeting on Monday that he would be on the first flights of the Boeing 737 Max when it returns to service.
“We will have Boeing teammates deployed with our customers as we bring the [737 Max] fleet back up, and that will include first flights for many of our customers,” Muilenburg said in response to a question the meeting. “So it will include me and many others, and we are going to be doing this in partnership with many of our airlines.”
The Boeing CEO added: “This is a really important part of showing our confidence in the product, and I can tell you our Boeing employees are very supportive of doing that as well.”
Muilenburg told shareholders that he would also participate on two test flights aboard 737 Max airliners equipped with the updated control software.
“I’ve been on two Max test flights already during the last three weeks,” he said. “One, so I can get some hands-on experience with the new software and listen to our pilots while they are flying it. Two, to demonstrate our confidence in the software.”
The Boeing 737 Max has been grounded globally since March 13 following the crashes of Lion Air Flight JT610 in October and Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET302 last month. In total, 346 passengers and crew were killed in the two crashes.
Both incidents involved nearly brand-new Boeing 737 Max 8 airliners that crashed after suffering from control problems shortly after takeoff.
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“Esto no es un golpe, sino una acción civil militar,” dice el líder del grupo en el video.
Las autoridades de Venezuela denunciaron este domingo un ataque contra una base del Ejército en la ciudad de Valencia, en el norte del país.
El almirante Remigio Ceballos, jefe del Estado Mayor conjunto del Comando Estratégico Operacional, informó que hubo siete detenidos por lo que dijo que fue “un ataque terrorista delictivo paramilitar” que dejó también un asaltante muerto en el enfrentamiento.
“Nuestra FANB (Fuerza Armada Nacional Bolivariana) repelió con éxito el ataque terrorista delictivo paramilitar, los 7 capturados están aportando datos”, escribió Ceballos en Twitter.
En un video desde el Fuerte Paramacay, el mayor general Jesús Suárez Chourio, comandante general del Ejército, informó que uno de los asaltantes “fue dado de baja y otro fue gravemente herido”.
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Tuit del ministro de Información de Venezuela.
En un comunicado posterior de la FANB se informó que la acción “fue ejecutada por un grupo de delincuentes civiles portando prendas militares y un primer teniente en situación de deserción“.
Un video que circuló en las redes sociales a la misma hora mostró a un grupo de hombres vestidos con uniformes militares que afirmaban haber lanzado un levantamiento “para restaurar la democracia” en Venezuela.
Pese a las detenciones, “parte del grupo logró sustraer algunas armas y está bajo intensa búsqueda”, informó la FANB en el comunicado.
El ministro de Defensa, Vladimir Padrino, también celebró la actuación de la Fuerza Armada.
“No pudieron con la FANB, con su moral ni con su conciencia constitucional. Ahora pretenden agredirla con ataques terroristas. No podrán!!!”, escribió.
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El hecho ocurre un día después de que la nueva Asamblea Constituyente retiró de su cargo a la fiscal Luisa Ortega.
A su vez, Diosdado Cabello, alto cargo del oficialismo en Venezuela, indicó que se desplegaron soldados para “garantizar la seguridad interna” y que fuerzas del Ejército se hicieron con el control de la base.
En el video del supuesto grupo alzado quien habla se identifica como capitán Juan Caguaripano, y dice ser el comandante de la Brigada 41 en Valencia, Carabobo.
Afirma declararse en “legítima rebeldía (…) para desconocer la tiranía asesina de Nicolás Maduro”.
“Aclaramos que esto no es un golpe de Estado, es una acción cívica y militar para restablecer el orden constitucional, pero más aún para salvar al país de la destrucción total”.
En 2014, Caguaripano ya hizo un video en el que llamaba a los uniformados a “salvar el país”.
La FANB dijo en el comunicado que el “oficial subalterno” implicado en el ataque fue separado del cargo hace tres años “por traición a la patria y rebelión”, por lo que huyó y recibió protección en Miami.
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Venezuela ha estado sumida en una ola de protestas y violencia en los últimos 4 meses.
Según el comunicado, los detenidos confesaron haber sido contratados “por activistas de la extrema derecha venezolana en conexión con gobiernos extranjeros”.
El gobierno acusa a la oposición de estar conspirando para que se produzca una intervención extranjera en un país que está bajo una grave crisis económica y política.
En el comunicado de la Fuerza Armada se califica el ataque de este domingo como un “show propagandístico, una entelequia, un paso desesperado que forma parte de los planes desestabilizadores”.
Desde las 4:00 de la madrugada
El ataque que denunciaron las autoridades llega un día después de la primera sesión de la Asamblea Nacional Constituyente, el cuerpo con poderes absolutos controlado por el oficialismo y que la oposición y varios países extranjeros no reconocen, y tras más de cuatro meses de protestas antigubernamentales que han dejado más de 120 muertes.
La periodista Tibisay Romero, presente cerca del fuerte Paramacay, contó a BBC Mundo cómo estaba la situación a las afueras del complejo militar horas después del ataque.
“Una tanqueta de la Guardia Nacional y detrás de ella un pelotón de guardias llegaron y dispararon gases lacrimógenos para dispersar a la gente que estaba concentrada y que gritaba ‘libertad'”, afirmó sobre un grupo de simpatizantes que se acercó al fuerte.
“Dese las 4:00 de la mañana están tirando tiros”, dijo a Romero una vecina del lugar que pidió no ser identificada. La señora afirmó que por su casa pasaron “muchas ambulancias” hacia el cercano complejo militar.
No es el primer ataque de este tipo en Venezuela. El 28 de junio, Oscar Pérez, agente del Cuerpo de Investigaciones Científicas, Penales y Criminalísticas (CICPC), robó un helicóptero y realizó un ataque contra las sedes del Ministerio del Interior y del Tribunal Supremo de Justicia (TSJ) y desde entonces está en paradero desconocido.
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El agente de policía Óscar Pérez aún sigue huido tras su ataque con un helicóptero en el centro de Caracas el 28 de junio.
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