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During the budget year for 2009, there were 35,811 asylum claims, and 8,384 were granted. During the 2018 budget year, there were 162,060 claims filed, and 13,168 were granted, according to the Associated Press.

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The most significant hopes and gains unlocked by the Berlin Wall’s fall, which was 30 years ago Saturday, are all at risk.

They included a historic expansion of democracies and open markets, a wave of globalization that created the greatest prosperity and largest global middle class the world has ever seen, and the enlargement the European Union, to 28 from 12 members, and NATO, to 29 from 16 – deepening ties among the world’s leading democracies.

That all brought with it the hope of what then-President George H.W. Bush called in 1989 “A Europe Whole and Free,” in which Russia could find its proper and peaceful place. Bush went even further in September 1990, after the UN Security Council had blessed the U.S.-led coalition’s war to free Kuwait from Iraqi invasion, envisioning a New World Order, “an era in which the nations of the world, East and West, North and South, can prosper and live in harmony.”

The idea had been hatched a month earlier by President Bush and General Brent Scowcroft, his national security adviser, while fishing near the president’s vacation home at Kennebunkport, Maine. They came home with three bluefish and an audacious vision that the Cold War’s end and the Persian Gulf Crisis presented a unique chance to build a global system against aggression “out of the collapse of the US-Soviet antagonisms,” in the words of General Scowcroft.

Reflecting on those heady days, Scowcroft recently told me that he felt everything he had worked for in his life was now at risk. If U.S. and European leaders don’t recover the common purpose they shared at that time – and there is yet little sign they will – this weekend’s Berlin Wall anniversary is more a moment for concern than celebration.

“Look at what is happening in the world,” French President Emmanuel Macron said in a freshly published interview in the Economist. “Things that were unthinkable five years ago. To be wearing ourselves out over Brexit, to have Europe finding it so difficult to move forward, to have an American ally turning its back on us so quickly on strategic issues; nobody would have believed this possible.”

This weekend’s 30th anniversary of the Berlin Wall’s fall provides a good moment to reflect on four reasons that event – one of freedom’s greatest historic triumphs – has failed to deliver on its full potential. Understanding that, might unlock a better path forward.

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President Ivan Duque of Colombia meets President Trump at the White House on Wednesday. I believe Trump may use Duque’s visit or its immediate aftermath to announce the deployment of a limited number of U.S. Army or Marine personnel to the Colombian border with Venezuela.

Interim Venezuelan President Juan Guaido has now set a Feb. 23 date for when his followers will attempt to force U.S. aid convoys through the Colombian-Venezuelan border. Venezuela’s pretender-president Nicolas Maduro has blocked those border crossings with his military. But while it was originally expected that the opposition might attempt an aid crossing on Tuesday, Guaido instead announced that Feb. 23 would be the crunch date. This invites the question: Why the delay from Tuesday to Feb. 23?

I think it’s because the U.S. and Guaido know that they have not yet been able to persuade a sufficient critical mass of Venezuelan military officers to flip towards Guaido. They assessed that, had Guaido attempted to force through the aid on Tuesday, Maduro’s forces would have violently subdued them. The key here, then, is what changes between now and Feb. 23. In the context of pre-existing Trump administration interests in sending a small military force to Colombia (remember John Bolton’s accidental 5,000 troops to Colombia note a couple of weeks back?), I suspect the Trump administration has now indicated to Guaido that it will deploy a limited military force to the border before Feb. 23.

That action would certainly be proportionate and justified in defense of U.S. diplomat and USAID officials at the border. Of course, it would also provide eyeball-to-eyeball pressure on the Venezuelan military and Maduro’s Cuban intelligence service base. It would challenge them to choose between either allowing the aid convoys through, or firing on Venezuelan civilians and perhaps even U.S. diplomats and facing the consequences.

Remember, the Trump administration’s Venezuela strategy is focused far more on breaking the military’s link to Maduro than on influencing Maduro per se. Of course, any new U.S. military deployment to Colombia would require that nation’s assent. And that speaks to a second “why now” issue: Duque’s evolving position.

Certainly, Duque is under increasing U.S. pressure to more aggressively confront Maduro’s regime. Although Duque’s administration is heavily critical of Maduro, it is cautious about being enveloped in a spiral towards war. Still, with Duque in Washington to seek new U.S. aid support for Colombian domestic security initiatives, and U.S. forces already present on Colombian soil for counter-drug operations, it is far from unfeasible that a new, limited U.S. border deployment might be authorized. Colombia might even welcome that deployment to deter the increasingly unpredictable Maduro.

As I say, I expect a near-term Trump announcement on a limited U.S. military deployment to Colombia.

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Top administration officials and lawmakers have left the White House after a classified briefing lasting over an hour, about Iran’s sudden downing of an American surveillance drone in the Middle East — and a “measured” U.S. response, they suggested, is likely coming soon.

Amid mounting tension between the U.S. and Iran, the White House earlier Thursday invited House and Senate leaders and Democrats and Republicans on the House and Senate Intelligence and Armed Services Committees to meet with President Trump in the White House’s secure Situation Room.

Others who arrived for the meeting included CIA Director Gina Haspel, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan and Army Secretary Mark Esper, whom Trump has said he’ll nominate as defense secretary.

Shanahan was spotted outside the White House carrying a folder stamped “SECRET/NOFORN,” an intelligence classification category prohibiting distribution to anyone outside the government.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told Fox News that “we had a good briefing” and that the Trump administration would engage in “measured responses.”

Outgoing Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan carrying a document labeled secret as he arrived for a meeting with President Trump about Iran at the White House on Thursday.
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

McConnell confirmed the U.S.’s firm position that the drone was operating in international airspace, even as Iran has tried to make the case that the drone had “violated” Iranian airspace.

In a statement, House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy and Ranking Members Michael McCaul of Texas (House Foreign Affairs), Devin Nunes of California (House Intelligence), and Mac Thornberry of Texas (House Armed Services) all condemned Iran’s “direct attack,” and demanded “measured” retaliation.

“Iran directly attacked a United States asset over international waters,” the Republicans wrote. “This provocation comes a week after they attacked and destroyed two commercial tankers in international waters. There must be a measured response to these actions. President Trump and his national security team remain clear-eyed on the situation and what must be done in response to increased Iranian aggression. In Congress, we stand ready to support our men and women in uniform, our country, and our allies in the region.”

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., issued a separate statement after the briefing calling for calm.

TRUMP SAYS IRAN’S US DRONE SHOOT-DOWN MAY HAVE BEEN ‘MISTAKE,’ BUT ‘COUNTRY WILL NOT STAND FOR IT’

“In light of the targeting of an unmanned U.S. drone by Iran, it is essential that we remain fully engaged with our allies, recognize that we are not dealing with a responsible adversary and do everything in our power to de-escalate.

“This is a dangerous, high-tension situation that requires a strong, smart and strategic, not reckless, approach,” Pelosi said.

Speaking to reporters, Pelosi said she also was convinced that U.S. intelligence was correct in its assessment that the drone was in international airspace when it was shot down. But, Pelosi added, the Trump administration legally would need to obtain Congress’ approval before taking military action.

“We make it very clear that to get involved in any military activities, we must have a new Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF),” Pelosi cautioned.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said he told the president during the briefing that there should be a “robust, open debate,” and that Congress should “have a real say.”

He said he was worried the administration “may bumble into a war.”

“We have an amendment supported by every Democrat to the NDAA in the Senate, led by Senator Udall, which would require Congressional approval of any funding for a conflict in Iran,” Schumer said in a statement. “It’s supported by all Democrats in the Senate. We are asking leader McConnell to do the right thing and give us a vote next week on the NDAA on that amendment.”

Footage on social media also showed Schumer appearing to celebrate after the briefing, but Schumer later clarified that he was happy his mother had been released from the hospital.

Hours earlier, the Pentagon released video showing the smoke trail of a Navy drone that was shot out of the sky over the Strait of Hormuz by Iran, in what military officials described as an “unprovoked attack.”

Trump told reporters that Iran made a “very big mistake” but also said he had the feeling that it might have been the result of someone being “loose” or doing something “stupid,” rather than a deliberate provocation by Iran.

The U.S. Navy RQ-4A Global Hawk, an unmanned aircraft with a wingspan larger than that of a Boeing 737, was downed by an Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps surface-to-air missile that was fired from near Goruk on Wednesday night, according to Lt. Gen. Joseph Guastella, head of U.S. Air Forces Central Command.

The location where the U.S. drone was down down by a surface-to-air missile fired by Iran.
(Department of Defense)

“This was an unprovoked attack on a U.S. surveillance asset that had not violated Iranian airspace at any time during its mission,” Guastella said. “This attack is an attempt to disrupt our ability to monitor the area following recent threats to international shipping and free flow of commerce.”

Guastella said at the time it was struck by the missile, the drone was operating at a “high altitude” over 20 miles from the nearest point of land on the Iranian coast.

Some Democrats, for their part, blamed Trump for the episode. Presidential candidate Joe Biden said Trump has made military conflict with Iran more likely, and that “another war in the Middle East is the last thing we need.”

“Iran directly attacked a United States asset over international waters.”

— House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, and Ranking GOP Members

Biden said Trump’s strategy in Iran has been “a self-inflicted disaster” since the president withdrew the U.S. from the Iran nuclear agreement negotiated when Biden served under then-President Barack Obama as vice president.

The Trump administration called that deal a reckless giveaway to a dangerous regime that only emboldened and empowered its imperialistic and terroristic ambitions. By reimposing sanctions that had been lifted under the Obama-era deal, Trump administration policies largely have crippled Iran’s economy, sending inflation above 30 percent and devastating oil revenues.

Biden asserted there’s no question Iran “continues to be a bad actor that abuses human rights and supports terrorist activities.” But, he added that the U.S. needed presidential leadership.

US NAVY DRONE SHOT DOWN BY IRANIAN MISSILE OVER STRAIT OF HORMUZ IN ‘UNPROVOKED ATTACK,’ CENTRAL COMMAND SAYS

In a video released Thursday afternoon, the smoke trail of the drone could be seen in a black-and-white video as the craft plummeted.

The Navy RQ-4A Global Hawk drone that was shot down by Iran.
(Fox News)

Guastella said the drone landed in “international waters” about 20 miles from Iran. U.S. officials told Fox News that investigators were racing to find the wreckage ahead of Iranian forces.

The U.S. Navy’s RQ-4A Global Hawk drone provides real-time intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions  “over vast ocean and coastal regions,” according to the military. The drone was deployed to the Middle East in the past few days as part of reinforcements approved by Trump last month.

The high-altitude drone can fly up to 60,000 feet or 11 miles in altitude and stay aloft for 30 hours at a time. It’s used to spy on Iranian military communications and track shipping in the busy waterways. Each drone costs up to $180 million.

Also Thursday afternoon, presidential candidate Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., demanded that Trump abstain from sending American troops into a conflict with Iran without congressional approval.

Members of the 7th Reconnaissance Squadron preparing to launch an RQ-4 Global Hawk at Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, in October 2018.
(Staff Sgt. Ramon A. Adelan/U.S. Air Force via AP, File)

In recent weeks, the U.S. has sped an aircraft carrier to the Mideast and approved sending 1,000 additional troops “to address air, naval, and ground-based threats” in the region. Mysterious attacks have targeted oil tankers as Iranian-allied Houthi rebels launched bomb-laden drones into Saudi Arabia.

The New York senator outlined her position in a sharply worded letter to the White House on Thursday.

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Gillibrand wrote she was “deeply concerned that your administration’s stepped up military presence in the Middle East, in conjunction with your dangerous and confusing rhetoric, may lead the United States into a protracted, costly, and unnecessary war with Iran. Such a war is not authorized, would unnecessarily risk the lives of Americans and our allies, cause enormous human suffering, and destabilize the economy.”

Fox News’ Travis Fedschun, Hillary Vaughn and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Hace una semana que viven un calvario. Desde que su hijo atropelló con una camioneta blanca a más de 100 personas en La Rambla de Barcelona y mató a 13, los padres de Younes Abouyaaqoub, el joven marroquí que integró la célula jihadista que atacó España, se pasan las horas esquivando a los periodistas que hacen guardia para entrevistarlos.

Viven en Ripoll, junto a los dos hermanos más pequeños del agresor. Houssaine, de 20 años, también integra la familia y fue abatido en Cambrils, en el segundo atentado. El quinto hermano es Hicham. Tiene 28 años y no está vinculado a los ataques.

“Se está diciendo estos días que era un chico normal. Yo digo que era más que normal. Era un chico estudioso, trabajaba, ganaba su sueldo y no se metía en problemas”, dijo el padre de Younes según lo publicado por el diario El País de Madrid.

“Nadie vio nada raro. ¿Qué íbamos a ver? Claro que hablaba con el imán. Pero como hablaba él (señala a su hijo pequeño), como hablaban los demás chicos. Es lo normal”, contó el jefe de la familia Abouyaaqoub sobre el líder musulmán señalado por los investigadores como el “cerebro” de la operación.

“Lo que no sabíamos es que se veían a escondidas, en una furgoneta o casas. De eso no teníamos ni idea. Ellos tienen que disimular. Les enseñan. Es parte de lo que les hacen, disimular y esconder lo que piensan”, agregó.

El padre de Younes habló siempre acompañada de su esposa, vestida con un velo verde sobre su cabeza; sin embargo ella no pudo articular una palabra. Cada intento terminaba en llanto. “Está destrozada”, según su marido.

“Cuando nos enteramos empezamos a pensar, a repasar cosas, pero es que seguimos sin ver nada raro. Es que disimulan. La culpa es de la Policía. ¿Cómo permitieron ese imán? ¿Cómo no se dieron cuenta de que era un hombre peligroso? En Bélgica sí lo sabían y lo echaron. ¿Por qué aquí no? Nosotros no tenemos la culpa, ¿cómo nos puede echar alguien la culpa?”, aseguró su papá.

Este lunes, tras cuatro días prófugo, Younes fue abatido por la Policía en un camino rural de la localidad de Subirats, a 50 kilómetros de Barcelona . Llevaba puesto un cinturón de explosivos falso y estaba solo. Fue encontrado gracias al llamado de una vecina al número de teléfono destinado a brindar datos a la investigación.

La familia Abouyaaqoub ahora espera que las autoridades le entreguen el cuerpo de su hijo. Lo quieren enterrar en Marruecos, su país natal.

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Will the Democratic candidates make it two nights in a row of virtually ignoring President Donald Trump?

The president emerged from Night One of the Democratic debate mostly unscathed, as the 10 candidates spent two hours attacking one another and selling their plans to the public. Two candidates, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, went the entire night without saying Trump’s name even once.

Will that happen during Thursday’s debate? The lineup is headlined by one of the president’s most frequent Twitter targets: former Vice President Joe Biden, along with fellow front-runners in the polls Sens. Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris and Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana.

Keep track with the chart below, which will automatically update each time a candidate mentions Trump by name or title.

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Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.) is questioning in a new op-ed whether a majority of senators will “pursue the truth” in the upcoming impeachment trial of President TrumpDonald John TrumpSchumer renews call for witnesses to testify in impeachment trial in wake of ‘game changer’ report Tulsi Gabbard: Impeachment has ‘greatly increased the likelihood’ of Trump reelection and GOP retaking House Susan Collins says she’s ‘open’ to calling witnesses in Senate impeachment trial MORE.

Jones, considered the most vulnerable Senate Democrat up for reelection next year, called for a “full, fair and complete trial” with all necessary witnesses and documents to fulfill the Senate’s “solemn constitutional duty.”

“I fear, however, that we are headed toward a trial that is not intended to find the whole truth,” he wrote Monday in The Washington Post. “For the sake of the country, this must change.”

Jones said the current amount of evidence may be enough to “make a judgment” but called it “clearly incomplete.” 

The senator requested at least four witnesses with “direct knowledge” of the White House’s withholding of military aid to Ukraine to testify: former national security adviser John BoltonJohn BoltonSchumer renews call for witnesses to testify in impeachment trial in wake of ‘game changer’ report Susan Collins says she’s ‘open’ to calling witnesses in Senate impeachment trial ‘Will a majority of senators pursue the truth over all else?’ Doug Jones asks in op-ed MORE, acting chief of staff Mick MulvaneyJohn (Mick) Michael MulvaneySchumer renews call for witnesses to testify in impeachment trial in wake of ‘game changer’ report Susan Collins says she’s ‘open’ to calling witnesses in Senate impeachment trial ‘Will a majority of senators pursue the truth over all else?’ Doug Jones asks in op-ed MORE, senior adviser to Mulvaney Robert Blair, and associate director for national security at the Office of Management and Budget Michael Duffey.

“Let me be clear: I do not know what their answers would be, but I want to hear from them, and so should every senator and every American,” Jones wrote. “We cannot allow the full truth to evade this trial only to be revealed in some future memoir or committee hearing.”

Trump is accused of pressuring Kyiv to announce investigations that would have benefited him personally ahead of the 2020 election while withholding hundreds of millions of dollars in congressionally approved assistance to Ukraine. Earlier this month, the House approved two articles of impeachment against him: abuse of office and obstruction of Congress.

Jones called for Bolton to answer under oath questions about his role in withholding the aid, his leaving of his position earlier this year and his response to testimony from Fiona Hill, the former National Security Council senior director for Europe and Russia. 

Republicans see Jones and Sen. Joe ManchinJoseph (Joe) Manchin‘Will a majority of senators pursue the truth over all else?’ Doug Jones asks in op-ed GOP predicts bipartisan acquittal at Trump impeachment trial Susan Collins set to play pivotal role in impeachment drama MORE (W.Va.) as the most likely Democrats to break party lines and vote to acquit the president.

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One Democratic Congresswoman is facing some high profile criticism from the left. They’re upset over her comments about the Syrian chemical attack. Veuer’s Nick Cardona (@nickcardona93) has the story.
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WASHINGTON – Rep. Tulsi Gabbard announced Thursday that she is considering boycotting next week’s Democratic primary debate, claiming without proof that the Democratic National Committee and the press are trying to rig the election.

“The DNC and the corporate media are trying to hijack the entire election process, so in order to bring attention to this serious threat to our democracy, and to ensure that your voice is heard, I’m seriously considering boycotting the next debate on Oct. 15,” she said in a video statement posted to Twitter.

Gabbard said she will announce whether she will officially boycott the debate in the coming days.

In her statement, the Hawaii congresswoman said that voters in early states such as Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada expressed to her how frustrated they are that “the DNC and the corporate media are essentially trying to usurp your role as voters in choosing who our Democratic nominee will be.”

Gabbard pointed to her belief that the DNC tried to rig the 2016 election against Sen. Bernie Sanders in favor of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. Emails released in July 2016 by Wikileaks showed that some DNC officials, including Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida — who at the time was chairwoman of the committee — criticized Sanders’ campaign. 

Gabbard also claimed in her video Thursday that the “DNC and the corporate media are rigging the election again” in 2020.

“This time it’s against the American people in the early voting states of Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada,” she said. “They are attempting to replace the roles of voters in the early states using polling and other arbitrary methods which are not transparent or democratic, and they’re holding so-called debates which really are not debates at all but rather commercialized reality television, meant to entertain rather than to inform or enlighten.”

Gabbard is one of 12 candidates that made it to the debate stage for October. She also qualified for the June and July debates, with the September debate being the only one so far that she didn’t meet the requirements for.

The DNC first released the qualifications for the June and July debates in February; the qualifications for the September and October debates in May; and the qualifications for the November debate in September.

To make it to the debate stage in November, candidates must receive individual donations from at least 165,000 people, consisting of at least 600 unique donors in at least 20 states. In terms of polling, candidates must stand at 3% or higher in at least four approved national or early state polls, or they can reach 5% or higher in two early state polls.

Gabbard has hit the donor mark for the November debate, but is currently at 0.6% in polling, according to an average by Real Clear Politics. In a Quinnipiac poll released this week, Gabbard didn’t even hit 1%.

Over the past several months, Gabbard has repeatedly criticized the DNC and the primary debates.Author Marianne Williamson, who is also running for president, agreed with Gabbard’s sentiments.

“I have great respect for Tulsi for saying such inconvenient truth,” Williamson wrote in a tweet. “She is absolutely correct.”

Source Article from https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2019/10/10/tulsi-gabbard-considering-boycotting-october-debate/3928595002/

Por fin, después de 30 años de silencio, el hombre comenzó a hablar. Y contrariamente a lo que podría esperarse, no exponía complicadas teorías que sólo los sabios entenderían. En vez de eso, sus palabras estaban dando una noticia.


 Es lo que dice el evangelio este domingo:


 “Se fue a Galilea, y empezó a proclamar de parte de Dios la Buena Noticia.”


(Recuerde usted que esta palabra “evangelio” significa “buena noticia.”)


Y esa Buena Noticia era tan revolucionaria, tan distinta, tan inesperada y tan buena, que muy pocos la creyeron.


¿Qué diría hoy el Señor si nos quisiera dar esa Buena Noticia a usted y a mí? ¿Qué nos escribiría si le pusiéramos como límite algo que pudiera leerse en dos minutos? Creo que trataría de revelarnos al menos dos cosas que, de entenderlas, renovarían toda nuestra vida.


Primero:

Usted es muy importante para Dios


Es decir, usted no es un desconocido para Él. Dios lo conoce a usted “por su nombre”, y le dice “Yo te aprecio, eres valioso para mí y yo te quiero.” (Isaías 43)  


Aún más: usted es un hijo de Dios, a quien Él ama incondicionalmente, y a quien ofrece su amistad personal e íntima.


Y ese amor de Dios, y esa amistad íntima, tienen una potencia liberadora, de modo que usted ya no tiene que ser esclavo del miedo y de la angustia, sino heredero de la paz y de la fortaleza.


La inmensa mayoría de la gente que conozco nunca ha vivenciado esta verdad. Nunca ha hecho suya esta realidad acerca de su ser, de quiénes son, de cuál es su llamado y su herencia, de quién es su padre ¡increíble!


Segundo:

Ese padre suyo desea que usted sea plenamente feliz.


Y esa felicidad puede empezar ahora mismo. En efecto, aun en esta etapa de nuestra vida, las personas que han recibido esta buena noticia, son, sin lugar a dudas, las más felices.


Y lo son porque pueden comprender, y pueden perdonar, y esperar, y confiar.Y lo son porque han creído en el Señor que vino “para destruir la muerte y manifestar la resurrección.”


De modo que los que han recibido esta noticia saben que, no solo no morirán, sino que vivirán eternamente felices.


Y además saben que como han creído en Jesús, ni siquiera serán juzgados. (Juan 3,18)


LA PREGUNTA DE HOY


¿Qué le sucede a quien entiende estas dos noticias?


Tengo dos compadres, Víctor y Cuco, que escucharon bien estas dos noticias. Y en la medida en que fueron creyéndolas, adquirieron una paz, una alegría interior y una felicidad que dependía cada vez menos de lo exterior. ¡Se liberaron de la dependencia de las cosas!


Creo que ambos, desde donde están ahora, están tratando de que nosotros también escuchemos y nos atrevamos a creer estas insuperables Buenas Noticias. Usted es un hijo querido, creado por el Padre, redimido por el Hijo, y conducido por el Espíritu Santo. Eso es lo que usted ES. Alégrese por ser lo que ES. La persona que no se alegra por su ser, vivirá creyendo que sólo vale por su hacer, y el amor de Dios por ella se frustrará.


Pido a Dios nos abra el entendimiento para poder convertirnos, como Víctor y Cuco, en personas libres y felices.


Source Article from http://www.listindiario.com/religion/2017/01/22/451223/buenas-noticias

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) took to Twitter Saturday to condemn the attack on the Louisville home of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).

The vandalism to @senatemajldr McConnell’s home is unacceptable,” he wrote in a tweet.

“While the First Amendment protects our freedom of speech, vandalism is reprehensible and never acceptable for any reason,” he added.

McConnell’s home was vandalized, along with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi‘s (D-Calif.), over the New Year’s holiday after a bill to increase coronavirus stimulus checks to $2,000 failed to pass in the Senate several times. 

A message that read “Where’s my money” was written on McConnell’s home in graffiti.

Following the incident, McConnell’s office released a statement from the lawmaker that read, “I’ve spent my career fighting for the First Amendment and defending peaceful protest. I appreciate every Kentuckian who has engaged in the democratic process whether they agree with me or not.”

“This is different. Vandalism and the politics of fear have no place in our society,” the senator added. “My wife and I have never been intimidated by this toxic playbook. We just hope our neighbors in Louisville aren’t too inconvenienced by this radical tantrum.”

Beshear did not mention the paint on Pelosi’s home in his tweet.

“Cancel rent!,” “$2K” and “We want everything!” were among the messages spray painted on the lawmaker’s home in San Francisco.

The House passed a bill late last year that would increase stimulus checks from $600 to $2,000 late last year.

On Friday, Senate Republicans blocked the bill as well as an attempt by Sen. Bernie SandersBernie Sanders Kentucky governor calls vandalism to McConnell’s home ‘unacceptable’ Senate Democrats rebuke GOP colleagues who say they’ll oppose Electoral College results Frustrations flare as ,000 checks blocked for fourth straight day MORE (I-Vt.) to set up votes on the House bill and a competing proposal from McConnell that would link the money to two other provisions including repealing Section 230 and establishing a new elections commission. 

The stalemate ensures that Congress will not be able to get a bill on President TrumpDonald TrumpAppeals court dismisses Gohmert’s election suit against Pence Kentucky governor calls vandalism to McConnell’s home ‘unacceptable’ Pence ‘welcomes’ efforts of lawmakers to ‘raise objections’ to Electoral College results MORE‘s desk to sign before the 116th Congress ends on Sunday morning. 

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(Caracas, 15 de febrero. Noticias24).- 49 empleados pertenecientes a la red de Abastos Bicentenario fueron capturados tras el despliegue de una operación nacional contra la corrupción.

Así lo indicó el Ministro de Interiores, Justicia y Paz, Gustavo González López: “Desde la madrugada de hoy estamos en proceso de la operación que se desplegó a nivel nacional conocida como ataque al gorgojo (…)la misma busca desmantelar redes de corrupción que atentan contra el pueblo”.

“Hemos desplegado 965 funcionarios (…) en 53 establecimientos de servicio alimentario en todo el país (…) estamos decididos y vamos contra todos los bandidos y que nadie se aproveche de las circunstancias del país”, expresó González López.

Asimismo el Ministro indicó que los resultados que se han arrojado hasta ahora son: “49 detenidos que se encuentran en proceso de investigación por estar presuntamente incursos en delitos tipificados en las leyes; en el estado Miranda 4 detenidos, el gerente del Abasto Bicentenario de Guarenas, el técnico de operaciones, el jefe de la carnicería (…) ahí detectamos el acaparamiento de productos carnicos (…) 7.000 kilos de porcino y 600 kilos de pollo aproximadamente”.

Igualmente González López destacó que se encontró gran cantidad de papel higiénico acaparado que debió ser vendido en diciembre. También que: “En el estado Zulia 6 detenidos, los gerente de los Abasto Bicentenario de la tienda 5 de Julio, Metrosol, Costa Verde, Perijá, Cabimas y el de Lagunillas (…) todos incurrieron en delitos relacionados con la economía criminal.

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GULFPORT, Miss. (WKRG) – Gulfport Police are warning residents that scammers are already using the murder of a Biloxi Police officer to steal money. Biloxi Police Officer Officer McKeithen was shot and killed Sunday night. The 24-year veteran Robert McKeithen. Biloxi’s Police Chief says Officer McKeithen was due to retire at the end of the year. Now Gulfport Police are warning of a scam using his name, posting on Facebook, “sadly, last night’s murder of Biloxi Police Officer Robert McKeithen has brought out scammers who are taking advantage of a horrible event. There are already people using this to call citizens to collect donations for their “Benevolent Police Association”. DO NOT GIVE THEM YOUR MONEY OR YOUR INFORMATION. If you would like to make a donation to the Biloxi Police Department, please contact them directly at 228-392-0641.

The only donation account set up the fallen officer is through Southern Coastal Credit Union. You can call them at 228-432-0284 or go by their office at 1042 E. Howard Avenue, Biloxi, MS.”
 

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China’s exports unexpectedly fell in August as shipments to the US slowed sharply, adding to worries about the effects of the two nations’ trade war.

China is expected to announce more support measures soon, to avert the risk of a sharp economic slowdown.

These could include the first cuts in four years to some key lending rates.

August exports from the world’s second largest economy fell 1% from a year earlier, the biggest fall since June, when they fell 1.3%,

Analysts had expected to see a rise in exports.

‘Sluggish demand’

China’s August exports to the US fell 16% year-on-year, slowing sharply from a decline of 6.5% in July. Meanwhile, imports from the US slumped 22.4%.

There were escalations in August in the year-long trade row, with Washington announcing 15% tariffs on a wide range of Chinese goods from September.

China hit back with levies of its own, and let its yuan currency fall to offset some of the tariff pressures.

On Friday, China’s central bank cut banks’ reserve requirements for a seventh time since early 2018 to free up more funds for lending.

Analyst expectations had been that a falling yuan would offset some cost pressures.

China let its currency slide past the key 7-per-dollar level in August for the first time since the global financial crisis.

That led Washington to dub Beijing “a currency manipulator”.

“Exports are still weak even in the face of substantial yuan currency depreciation, indicating that sluggish external demand is the most important factor affecting exports this year,” said Zhang Yi, economist at Zhong Hai Sheng Rong Capital Management.

Fresh talks

Many analysts expect export growth to slow further in coming months, with more US tariff measures due to take effect on 1 October and 15 December.

Chinese exports to Europe, South Korea, Australia, and South East Asia also worsened on an annual basis, compared with July.

But exports to Japan and Taiwan were slightly better than the previous month.

On Thursday, China and the US agreed to renew trade talks in October in Washington, the first since a failed US-China trade meeting in July.

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El canciller de Venezuela, Samuel Moncada anunció la declaración del expresidente mexicano Vicente Fox de persona no grata.

La información fue confirmada por Moncada a través de su cuenta twitter “Como Canciller de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela anuncio la declaración del Sr. Vicente Fox como persona no grata“.

 

Durante una llamada telefónica transmitida por el canal estatal Venezolana de Televisión (VTV), el diplomático indicó que ante la falta de liderazgo en la oposición, sus representantes se ven obligados a contratar agentes extranjeros para impulsar acciones violentas contra el Estado.

El representante del Gobierno venezolano dijo que el presidente Nicolás Maduro ha sido tolerante con estos agentes que han promovido y apoyado acciones criminales en Venezuela.

>> Presidente Maduro: El pueblo venezolano dijo hoy “basta de violencia”

Explicó el diplomático que el expresidente Fox “vino pagado a Venezuela para promover la violencia y la intervención de potencias extranjeras” y añadió que el exmandatario abusó de la hospitalidad del pueblo venezolano injuriando nuestro gentilicio.

 

 

No es un dato menor que Andrés Pastrana, Jorge Quiroga, Laura Chinchilla, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez y Vicente Fox, participaron como “observadores” de la encuesta antichavista de tipo plebiscitario, sin asidero constitucional y sin la participación de la institución correspondiente, que realizaron este domingo.

>> Canciller Moncada acusa a Reino Unido de participar en campaña contra Venezuela

El canciller Moncada indicó que este lunes realizará una rueda de prensa en la sede de la cancillería para dar detalles de la intervención de los agentes extranjeros y los resultados del ensayo electoral constituyente.  
 

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El trágico hecho ocurrió en el oriente de Cali. La víctima es una joven de 27 años de edad.

La enfermera Gisela Perlaza Santana vivía en una vivienda del barrio Llano Verde, donde su pareja sentimental llegó y la asesinó con arma blanca. El motivo habría sido el hecho de que, recientemente, ella le manifestó que no quería vivir más con él.

“Lo que se reporta es que ahí sale una persona de esa residencia un poco afanada. Eso les genera curiosidad y llaman al cuadrante para verificar qué había sucedido dentro de la residencia”, dijo el mayor César Rivera, comandante encargado del Distrito 4 de la Policía de Cali.

El agresor huyó minutos después de cometer el hecho, registrado durante la noche del pasado viernes 18 de agosto. Las autoridades ya lo tienen identificado.

“Un evento lamentable en una residencia. Reportan el cuerpo sin vida de una señora. Al verificar, es una señora que presenta unas heridas con arma blanca y, a partir de ahí, se genera una investigación”, afirmó el oficial.

Los vecinos de la víctima rechazaron el trágico suceso. Dicen que en el sector ya son varias las mujeres asesinadas en el transcurso del año.

“Muy triste porque es una mujer y, de todas  maneras, eso no aguanta con un hombre que lo esté jodiendo a uno y que lo mate por alguna bobada, no aguanta”, dijo una residente del sector.

“Maluco, grave. Ya no hay confianza entre la pareja. En fin, qué se puede hacer”, anotó otro vecino.

La velación de Gisela se lleva a cabo en una funeraria de la capital del Valle del Cauca y su cuerpo será llevado hasta El Charco, Nariño, donde será sepultada este martes 22 agosto.

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TETON COUNTY, Wyo. — The FBI announced Sunday afternoon that a body found in a camping area outside Grand Teton National Park is “consistent” with the description of Gabby Petito.

However, the agency said they are awaiting full forensic confirmation on the identity. The cause of death has also not yet been determined.

And while they haven’t confirmed that the remains were hers, the FBI said it has notified Petito’s family and expressed condolences to them.

“This is an incredibly difficult time for them, and our thoughts are with them as they mourn the loss of their daughter,” an agency spokesperson said.

Her father tweeted a photo of her following the announcement with the caption: “she touched the world.”

National media outlets, such as Fox and ABC News, had confirmed earlier that a coroner responded to the area in Bridger-Teton National Forest where the search for Petito was underway, and that search dogs had left the area.

Investigators are still asking anyone who saw Petito, Laundrie or their vehicle in the Spread Creek Dispersed Camping Area — just east of the national park’s boundaries — between Aug. 27-30 to call their tip line at 1-800-CALL-FBI.

The camping area remains closed as they continue the investigation.

Law enforcement agencies have also been searching a Florida wildlife preserve for Petito’s boyfriend, Brian Laundrie, who is a person of interest in her disappearance. However, his family says they haven’t seen him since Tuesday.

Watch the full press conference from Wyoming below:

This article will be updated as more information is released.

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