Cualquier cosa puede publicarse en Internet, pero no todo es cierto. Google lanzó Fact-Check, una herramienta con la que se puede corroborar la veracidad de una noticia.
Fact-Check (comprobación de hechos en español) será una etiqueta gris que aparecerá al lado de las noticias, como indicador de que ha superado una serie de filtros de verificación.
Los filtros significan que la noticia cuenta con una redacción imparcial, incluye referencias y muestra el acceso a las fuentes.
De momento la opción solo está disponible en Estados Unidos y Reino Unido, se espera que llegue progresivamente a las versiones de Google Noticias del resto del mundo.
São Paulo – The Algerian group Cevital is set to build a steel plant in Marabá, in Brazil’s Pará state, its CEO Issad Rebrab told the Brazilian president Michel Temer during a meeting at government seat Palácio do Planalto, in Brasília, this Tuesday (8). “We have decided to build a steel complex with an initial capacity for 300,500 tons of steel,” Rebrab said to ANBA over the phone after the meeting with Temer.
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Rebrab (L) told Temer about the plans of Cevital for Brazil
Cevital owns a steel products plant in Italy, which was originally owned by the Lucchini group and is the country’s second biggest, according to Rebrab. Therefore, the Algerian company already possesses the knowledge it needs to operate in the industry, and the location in Marabá ensures easy access to iron ore produced by mining company Vale out of Carajás, another locality in Pará.
The CEO said it was Vale that thought of a Marabá steel plant project, but the Brazilian mining company ultimately let go of its plans, and now Cevital will take charge. The goal is to supply semi-finished goods and other steel products to Europe and Algeria.
“We have the market, the technology and the raw material,” the Algerian CEO said. “The near entirety of output will be exported,” he added.
The group is conducting studies and canvassing for suppliers before construction begins. According to the Rebrab, construction should take three years and could create 10,000 job posts. Once the plant is up and running, he estimates 2,500 direct jobs will be created.
“It is a major project,” the CEO said, adding that the plant will help boost Marabá’s economy, as well as add value to ore extracted in the state of Pará and help increase exports from Brazil.
The Cevital group comprises 19 subsidiaries and is active in three primary fields: industry, autos and services, and agrifoods and distribution.
Foodstuffs
The foodstuffs sector is one of the main activity fields of the group, which, according to its president, accounts for 70% of foods products exported from Brazil to Algeria. Sugar, soy bran, vegetable oils and maize are some of the items. “We are Brazil’s main client in the Algeria market,” he said.
Algeria, just as other Arab countries, relies on imports to secure the supply of food to its population and Cevital invests in the Brazilian agribusiness sectors, according to the executive, to also assure “the country’s food security.”
“We determined that to better assure better import conditions from Brazil we need to invest here,” he said. “And our first investment is in logistics,” he said.
The company is planning to build four port terminals for shipping agricultural items in Santarém, Miritituba, Vila do Conde and Marabá, all in the state of Pará. Rebrab said that the land for the enterprises has already been bought.
In addition to this, the company owns grain storage silos in Mato Grosso for exports destined to Algeria.
The business owner also said that Temer “very much appreciated” the information. To Rebrab, Brazil’s economic recovery will facilitate the attraction of foreign investments.
According to information published on Cevital’s website, last year the group had DZD 240 billion (USD 2.17 billion) in revenues, DZD 34 billion (USD 308 million) in net profit, and it invested DZD 33.9 billion (USD 307 million). Cevital has 15,130 employees.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum and Sérgio Kakitani
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Lenín Moreno, virtual ganador de los comicios presidenciales de ayer domingo, de acuerdo al resultados presentados por el Consejo Nacional Electoral (CNE), agradeció esta mañana en su cuenta Twitter las llamadas realizadas por mandatarios de Latinoamérica.
“Gracias a los presidentes latinoamericanos por sus llamadas y mensajes de felicitación y afecto ¡Fortaleceremos nuestra integración!” escribió a las 06:00 de este lunes.
Gracias a los presidentes latinoamericanos por sus llamadas y mensajes de felicitación y afecto ¡Fortaleceremos nuestra integración!
Con el 90% de las actas escrutadas hasta esta mañana, el oficialista Lenín Moreno lleva el 51.16% de los votos; frente al 48.84% del candidato de oposición Guillermo Lasso, líder del movimiento Creando Oportunidades (CREO).
Lasso denunció anoche supuestas “pretensiones de fraude” en los resultados y anunció que los “impugnará”.
El compañero de fórmula de Lasso, Andrés Páez, indicó en su cuenta Twitter que seguirán en los exteriores del CNE. “Nuestos votos se tienen que respetar”, escribió.
El CNE tiene 10 días de plazo para dar los resultados oficiales.
Tras el cierre de los colegios electorales, dos encuestadoras difundieron encuestas a boca de urna con resultados opuestos y ambos candidatos se adjudicaron la victoria, sembrando la incertidumbre en el país.
A medida que avanzaban los resultados oficiales parciales que le daban como perdedor por un estrecho margen, el exbanquero Lasso denunció “pretensiones de fraude” y anunció que los asesores legales de su candidatura “presentarán en el menor tiempo posible todas las objeciones” ante eventuales irregularidades en las elecciones.
CNE resguardado
El CNE amaneció con vallas y resguardo policial para mantener la seguridad, luego de que la noche del domingo simpatizantes de Lasso protestaron en la sede quiteña del organismo para exigir transparencia en el conteo.
El presidente venezolano, Nicolás Maduro, cuyo gobierno es muy cercano al correísmo, fue el primer líder internacional en felicitar a Moreno por “el triunfo de la revolución ciudadana”.
“El triunfo de Alianza País marca la continuidad de los movimientos progresistas en América Latina, justo cuando la derecha regional arrecia sus ataques contra procesos soberanos como el que se vive en Venezuela”, publicó de su lado el diario cubano Granma, del gobernante Partido Comunista de Cuba.
Desde Londres, donde está asilado en la embajada de Ecuador desde 2012, Assange, a quien Lasso amenazó con desalojarlo, celebró el triunfo de Moreno.
“Invito cordialmente al Señor Lasso que se retire del Ecuador en los próximos 30 días (con o sin sus millones offshore)”, escribió en Twitter el provocativo australiano, en referencia a las acusaciones del correísmo de que Lasso tiene capitales en paraísos fiscales.
Moreno, cuya formación obtuvo una mayoría absoluta en la Asamblea Nacional en la primera vuelta del 19 de febrero, heredará un país dividido políticamente, golpeado por la prolongada caída del crudo, muy endeudado, con creciente desempleo y carísimo para el consumidor. (I)
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Minnesota is under a solar storm watch for Saturday night, meaning you might be able to see the northern lights.
NOAA categorized this particular solar storm watch as G3, which is a stronger chance to see the northern lights, also known as the aurora borealis. The area covers much of the northern part of the United States — including all of Minnesota — and much of Canada.
“Like a severe thunderstorm watch, (a solar storm watch means) the ingredients are there for this to develop, but we don’t know if it’s going to happen yet,” meteorologist Mike Augustyniak said.
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It might be tough to see the northern lights in the Twin Cities due to light pollution.
In private, Republicans responded with a plan that would exempt many detained immigrants from the cap, including those people either charged with or convicted of crimes, including misdemeanor drug offenses and violent felonies. That, in turn, was rejected by Democrats.
“You have ICE agents picking up mothers and fathers and children in their own neighborhoods. That’s why the beds issue is so much more important than the wall,” said Ms. Roybal-Allard, whose Los Angeles-area district is 85 percent Hispanic, the highest percentage of any district in the country.
The number of beds occupied by detainees fluctuates over time, influenced by a variety of factors, including ICE enforcement policies and the flow of migrants at the border with Mexico. The rate of that flow is unpredictable and determined by factors such as the performance of the economies north and south of the border, crime, gang activity and the business practices of coyotes paid to transport migrants from Mexico and Central America to California and the Southwest.
The number of monthly apprehensions of migrants at the border has averaged 25,000 to 40,000 for most of the past decade, but has risen to about 50,000 over the past several months, according to statistics compiled by the Department of Homeland Security.
If ICE does not have enough room to place individuals and family members they detain, they must loosen their enforcement actions, creating a powerful motive for new migrants to enter the country illegally, Trump administration officials say.
“You cannot have border security, without strong interior enforcement, whether there is a wall there or not,” said Matt Albence, the deputy director of ICE, on Monday in a conference call with reporters.
Republicans closed ranks to blast the plan.
“This is a poison pill that no administration, not this one, not the previous one, should ever accept,” Mr. McConnell said on the Senate floor. “Imagine the absurdity of this: House Democrats want to set a limit on how many criminal aliens our government can detain.”
Investigators believe Long’s killing spree started at Youngs Asian Massage near Acworth, where he shot five people, killing four. Ashley Yaun, 33, Paul Andre Michels, 54, Xiaojie Tan, 49, and Daoyou Feng, 44, all died from their injuries.
From there, Long is accused of driving 30 miles to Atlanta, where he again targeted spas, police have said.
Atlanta officers were called to a report of a robbery at the Gold Spa, located at 1916 Piedmont Road. Inside, officers found three women dead from gunshot wounds, according to Sgt. John Chafee. While investigating that incident, officers were told shots were fired across the street at the Aromatherapy Spa. There, investigators found another woman shot to death.
Yong Ae Yue, 63, Soon Chung Park, 74, Suncha Kim, 69, and Hyun Jung Grant, 51, were killed in the Atlanta businesses.
Credit: Family photos
Credit: Family photos
Later that night, Long was arrested in Crisp County, about 150 miles south of Atlanta. He was later charged with murder in both Cherokee and Fulton counties. After his arrest, Long told investigators he was overwhelmed by what he described as a sexual addiction at odds with his religious beliefs, authorities said.
And Willis herself has publicly spoken out against capital punishment. The former chief deputy in the Fulton DA’s office, who ousted her former boss Paul Howard, said on the campaign trail that none of the hundreds of murders she had prosecuted were appropriate for the death penalty.
But Tuesday, Willis said the facts in this case warrant the death penalty.
Willis also intends to pursue hate crime charges, the first time it will happen in Fulton, she said. Of the eight people killed, six were Asian women, prompting many to believe the crimes were racially motivated.
Credit: Christina Matacotta
Credit: Christina Matacotta
Georgia’s hate law went into effect in June and provides sentencing guidelines for anyone convicted of targeting a victim based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender, mental disability or physical disability.
If Long is convicted of a felony and the crime is found to be motivated by hate, a judge could impose additional penalties. Someone convicted of committing a hate crime would face at least two additional years for a felony and a fine up to $5,000.
In Cherokee, Wallace declined to speak publicly, but she released an emailed statement.
“The charges in this indictment were determined based on a comprehensive investigation of Robert Aaron Long and the mass shooting that occurred at Youngs Asian Massage in Woodstock,” Wallace said. “The investigation was conducted by federal and local law enforcement agencies, in conjunction with the Cherokee County District Attorney’s Office. Today we have taken another step forward in seeking justice for the victims of this crime and for their family members.”
Long remains in the Cherokee jail, where he is being held without bond. He will face arraignments in both counties, but those hearings have not been scheduled.
— Staff writer Bill Rankin contributed to this article.
THE STORY SO FAR
March 16: Eight people were killed at shootings at three spas in Cherokee and Fulton counties. The first shootings happened shortly before 5 p.m. near Acworth. About an hour later, two more shootings were reported at spas on Piedmont Road. Later that night, police arrested the suspect, Robert Aaron Long.
March 17: At a joint news conference, Atlanta police and the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office announced Long had been charged with eight counts of murder. He was being held at the Cherokee jail.
Tuesday: A Fulton County grand jury indicted Long on four counts of murder. Fulton DA Fani Willis also filed documents to seek the death penalty and charge Long with hate crimes. Later Tuesday, a Cherokee County grand jury also indicted Long on four counts of murder.
Cuando pensamos en una isla, la imagen que nos viene a la mente es algo parecido a lo que describe la Real Academia Española…
1. f. Porción de tierra rodeada de agua por todas partes.
Sin embargo, como la premisa básica de una isla es un pedazo de tierra rodeada por un ambiente totalmente distinto que las aísla, geográficamente existen también islas del cielo.
La idea de la isla del cielo nació en el continente americano, más precisamente en el desierto de Chihuahua, que se extiende a ambos lados de la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México, por los estados de Nuevo México, Texas y Arizona, a un lado, y Sonora, Chihuahua y Coahuila, por el otro.
El primero en introducirla fue Natt N. de Dodge, quien en un artículo para la revista Arizona Highways de 1943 describió a las montañas de Chiricahua como “islas de montaña en un mar de desierto“.
Pero fue el escritor naturalista estadounidense Weldon Heald quien popularizó el término a través de su libro “Isla del cielo” de 1967.
En el mismo año fue publicada una monografía muy influyente llamada “Teoría de la biogeografía insular“, escrita por dos respetados investigadores, los ecologistas Robert H. MacArthur, de la Universidad de Princeton, y Edward O. Wilson, de la Universidad de Harvard.
En ella, establecieron y explicaron los factores que afectan la riqueza de las especies de comunidades naturales.
Además, la monografía expandió el concepto de lo que es una isla, sacándola del océano y abriéndole un lugar en la tierra.
La teoría MacArthur-Wilson usó el término “islas del cielo” para referirse a las mismas cimas de las montañas del desierto de Chihuahua que Heald.
El término tuvo tal aceptación que a las montañas de la región que va desde la Sierra Madre de México hasta las Montañas Rocosas de Estados Unidos se las conoce como el ArchipiélagoMadrense.
Y con el reconocimiento del concepto se identificaron islas del cielo en otros lugares del mundo donde las montañas están aisladas por hábitats de tierras bajas.
Más que un bonito nombre
Aunque todas las cimas de las montañas nos parezcan aisladas, sobre todo cuando estamos en ellas, lo que tienen de especial las que reciben el nombre de islas del cielo es su hábitat.
Las islas del cielo a las que Weldon Heald se refirió -las montañas del sureste de Arizona- estuvieron aisladas desde el período glacial reciente, cuando los bosques montañosos quedaron rodeados por un mar de desierto.
Así como el agua en el caso de las islas, la arena actúa como una barrera para la dispersión de las especies y facilita la divergencia de las poblaciones aisladas.
Gracias a ello, en ellas se pueden encontrar especies endémicas -que no se encuentran en otras partes del mundo- y especies de refugiados o poblaciones relictas (organismos que solían ser abundantes y de las cuales sólo quedan pocos), así como animales cuyas migraciones son verticales, de abajo a arriba y viceversa.
No sorprende que para los científicos sean todo un tesoro.
En el agua o en el cielo, las islas siempre han sido lugares atractivos para los científicos, pues proveen un área controlada para el estudio, como lo fueron la islas Galápagos para Charles Darwin y el archipiélago Malayo para Alfred Russel Wallace, en las que ambos desarrollaron sus teorías de la evolución en el siglo XIX.
Los maravillosos tepuyes
El concepto general de las islas del cielo se fue expandiendo y ahora incluye una variedad de hábitats de alta elevación separados por tierras bajas inhóspitas, que pueden ser mesetas, paramos y hasta praderas alpinas.
Hay islas del cielo mucho más antiguas que las del Archipiélago Madrense, como las de la región de la Gran Sabana Venezolana, que se formaron por la erosión de una meseta enorme.
Los ríos fueron cavando sus profundos cauces, dejando altas mesetas con paredes verticales llamadas tepuis, con bosques subtropicales fríos y húmedos en las alturas, separados por tropicales tierras bajas.
Muchas de las especies y subespecies que se encuentran en esa región evolucionaron in situ.
Pero si lo que buscas es una isla del cielo muy parecida a las del mar, la tuya es la Sierra del Carmen del norteño estado mexicano de Coahuila.
Está tan aislada que muestra los fuertes efectos de insularidad típicos de las islas oceánicas, como diversidad reducida de especies y la resultante expansión ecológica de nicho así como densidad aumentada de varias de las especies de aves residentes.
The 28-year-old Australian national, who Fox News is not naming, was seen in a white prison suit and showed no expression as District Court Judge Paul Kellar read one charge of murder to him. The appearance lasted only a minute as he was led back out in handcuffs. He did not enter a plea. He was ordered to return to court again April 5.
During the appearance, the suspect allegedly flashed an “OK” hand gesture during the court appearance. The gesture is seen as a “white power” hate symbol. The suspect’s face is not allowed to be seen in photos due to the country’s strick media laws.
The Australian-born man suspected in shootings in shootings at two mosques in New Zealand that killed 49 people Friday appeared in court Saturday, March 16, 2019. (Reuters)
After the suspect left, the judge said that while “there is one charge of murder brought at the moment, it is reasonable to assume that there will be others.”
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said “gun laws will change” in the country. Ardern said the guns used in the attack “appeared to have been modified.” The alleged gunman obtained a gun license in November 2017.
Two other armed suspects were taken into custody while police tried to determine what role, if any, they played in the cold-blooded attack that shocked the world and is the deadliest shooting in the country’s modern history.
The suspect allegedly used a helmet-mounted camera to livestream the massacre at the Masjid Al Noor mosque in central Christchurch and allegedly posted a white nationalist manifesto online. The New Zealand Herald reported Ardern’s office “received a copy of a manifesto from the alleged gunman less than 10 minutes before the attacks.” The media outlet reported “70 other recipients,” including media outlets, received the manifesto.
Ambulance staff take a man from outside a mosque in central Christchurch, New Zealand, Friday, March 15, 2019, following a mass shooting. (AP)
In the gunman’s rambling manifesto, he said he was not a member of any organization but had donated to and interacted with many nationalist groups, though he acted alone and no group ordered the attack. He said he chose New Zealand because of its location, to show that even the most remote parts of the world were not free of “mass immigration.”
The video that was allegedly livestreamed by the shooter shows the massacre in horrifying detail. The alleged gunman spends more than two minutes inside the mosque spraying terrified worshippers with bullets, sometimes re-firing at people he has already cut down.
A man reacts as he speaks on a mobile phone outside a mosque in central Christchurch, New Zealand, Friday, March 15, 2019. (AP)
At one point, he exits the mosque to rearm before going back inside to shoot more people. Eventually, the man flees as emergency vehicles can be heard approaching in the background.
Several more people were killed in an attack on the Linwood Masjid mosque, about three miles away from Masjid Al Noor a short time later. It was not immediately clear if the same person was responsible for both shootings.
Fox News’ Greg Norman and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
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.”
“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.
Timmothy Pitzen, left, was 6 years old when he vanished in 2011. The photo of him on the right provided by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, shows him age-progressed to 13 years old. (Aurora Police Department)
Investigators claim that a 14-year-old boy in Ohio identified himself on Wednesday as Timmothy Pitzen, a 6-year-old boy who vanished in 2011, and said he had just escaped the grasp of two kidnappers who allegedly held him for seven years.
The boy told police that on Wednesday morning, he had “just escaped from two kidnappers” whom he described as white men with body builder physiques, according to an incident report from the Sharonville Police Department obtained by The Associated Press.
“One had black curly hair, Mt. Dew shirt and jeans, & has a spider web tattoo on his neck,” the report stated. “The other was short in stature and had a snake tattoo on his arms.”
The self-identified Pitzen said the men were driving a newer model of a Ford SUV with Wisconsin license plates. The boy said that after he escaped, he “kept running across a bridge into Kentucky.”
Sharonville Police wrote on Facebook that they had no contact with Pitzen, and the aforementioned report included information from a dispatch log.
Investigators have said that Pitzen disappeared after his mother, 43-year-old Amy Fry-Pitzen, picked him up from school in May 2011. It’s believed she took the boy to the zoo and a water park in Wisconsin before apparently killing herself in a hotel room in Illinois.
Fry-Pitzen left a note saying her son was fine. Police investigating her death said she took steps that suggested she might have, as she said in her note, dropped her son off with a friend.
The FBI Louisville field office confirmed on Twitter Wednesday that they were working with several law enforcement agencies — including the Cincinnati field office, the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office in Ohio and police in Aurora, Illinois, Newport, Kentucky and Cincinatti, Ohio — on a missing child investigation.
Aurora Police Sgt. Bill Rowley told the AP Wednesday afternoon that the boy “disappeared ten years ago and we’ve probably had thousands of tips of him popping up in different areas.”
“We have no idea what we’re driving down there for,” he said. “It could be Pitzen. It could be a hoax.”
The department said they know there’s a boy involved but don’t know who he is, or if he has any connection to Pitzen, Rowley said, adding the force is sending two detectives to Cincinnati to investigate.
Powell’s family announced his death Monday in a Facebook post.
“General Colin L. Powell, former U.S. Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, passed away this morning due to complications from Covid 19,” the Powell family wrote on Facebook.
“We have lost a remarkable and loving husband, father, grandfather and a great American,” the family said, noting he was fully vaccinated.
The family thanked the staff at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland, where Powell was receiving care.
A spokesman for the hospital offered their condolences to Powell’s family in a statement, writing, “Walter Reed National Military Medical Center is deeply saddened by the passing of the former U.S. Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Colin L. Powell. In addition to his service to the nation, he also served as a devoted husband, father, and grandfather.”
Powell, the son of Jamaican immigrants, ascended the ranks to the pinnacle of America’s national security establishment during his military career. In 1987, former President Ronald Reagan tapped Powell to become his national security advisor, the first Black person to serve in that role.
President George H.W. Bush nominated Powell to be the youngest and first Black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In that role, he oversaw America’s Desert Storm operations during the Persian Gulf war. He continued his role as chairman under President Bill Clinton.
After 35 years of military service, Powell retired from the U.S. Army as a four-star general in 1993. He was mentioned as a possible candidate for president several times
Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who announced a sweeping “Green New Deal” on Thursday that promises to render air travel obsolete, get rid of flatulent cows and ensure economic security for everyone in less than a decade, seemingly contradicted herself in a span of twelve hours on the nature of the government’s role in the massive undertaking.
NPR host Steve Inskeep asked Ocasio-Cortez Thursday morning about concerns from conservatives that the 29-year-old former bartender’s proposal involves an unconstitutional government overreach, as well as the unsustainable and dangerous elimination of huge swaths of the American economy.
“One reason that people who are politically conservative are skeptical of efforts to combat climate change is that it sounds to them like it requires massive government intervention, which they just don’t like,” Inskeep asked. “Are you prepared to put on that table that, ‘Yes actually they’re right, what this requires is massive government intervention?'”
Ocasio-Cortez responded: “It does, it does, yeah, I have no problem saying that. Why? Because we have tried their approach for 40 years. For 40 years we have tried to let the private sector take care of this. They said, ‘We got this, we can do this, the forces of the market are going to force us to innovate.’ Except for the fact that there’s a little thing in economics called externalities. And what that means is that a corporation can dump pollution in the river and they don’t have to pay, but taxpayers have to pay.”
But later in the day, in an interview with MSNBC’s Chuck Todd, Ocasio-Cortez blamed conservatives for suggesting that she wanted a massive government program.
“I think one way that the right does try to mischaracterize, uh, what we’re doing as though it’s, like, some kind of massive government takeover,” Ocasio-Cortez told Todd. “Obviously, it’s not that, because what we’re trying to do is release the investments from the federal government to mobilize those resources across the country.”
“I don’t say that,” Ocasio-Cortez responded, when asked by Todd if she considers herself a capitalist. “I believe in a democratic economy, but — but the but is there.”
In what may be the most far-reaching proposal to ever be considered in Congress, Ocasio-Cortez unveiled the “Green New Deal” hours earlier — a government-led overhaul of virtually every aspect of American life that would guarantee a host of taxpayer-covered benefits for all and phase out fossil fuels.
Along the way, her office says the plan would aim to make air travel obsolete, upgrade or replace every building in America to ensure energy efficiency and give economic security even to those “unwilling” to work.
“Today is the day that we truly embark on a comprehensive agenda of economic, social and racial justice in the United States of America,” she said alongside Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and other lawmakers outside the Capitol. “That’s what this agenda is all about.”
The plan, which calls for a massive package of big-government proposals including health care for all, quickly picked up the backing of major 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls including Sens. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Cory Booker, D-N.J. — who all co-sponsored the resolution.
“Our history is a testimony to the achievement of what some think is impossible — we must take bold action now,” Booker tweeted.
Cows may be eliminated by the Green New Deal announced Thursday. (iStock)
While the resolution itself would do very little because it is non-binding, it is the first time the policy proposal has been formally outlined in Congress. The resolution says “a new national social, industrial and economic mobilization on a scale not seen since World War II and the New Deal” is an opportunity to tackle systemic injustices toward minority groups, create millions of high-wage jobs and “provide unprecedented levels of prosperity and economic security for all people of the United States.”
Its proposals include “net-zero greenhouse gas emissions through a fair and just transition for all communities and workers;” job creation; infrastructure investment; guarantees of clean water, healthy food and sustainable environment; and a curiously undefined “access to nature.”
Beyond those broad proposals, the plan and accompanying documents from Ocasio-Cortez include a range of far-fetched goals — and drew swift scorn from Republicans and other critics. The Republican National Committee dubbed it a “socialist wish list” that would kill at least 1 million jobs and disrupt global trade — while costing trillions.
The resolution, for instance, includes a proposal to “upgrade all existing buildings” in the country in order to achieve energy efficiency, safety, affordability, durability and comfort.
An accompanying FAQ, released by Ocasio-Cortez’s office and first obtained by NPR, goes even further, calling to “upgrade or replace every building in the US for state-of-the-art energy efficiency.” A second similar FAQ on her website echoed some of those prescriptions though was later removed.
The resolution also backs the concept of high-speed rail as a proposal to reduce carbon emissions — but the FAQ goes so far as to urge that development “at a scale where air travel stops becoming necessary.”
It also promises “economic security for all who are unable or unwilling to work.”
What constitutes economic security is not clear, but the plan does call for programs including a federal job guarantee, universal health care and “affordable, safe, and adequate housing.”
The FAQ also notes that it has set a goal of net-zero, rather than zero, emissions in 10 years “because we aren’t sure that we’ll be able to get rid of farting cows and airplanes that fast.”
As for how to pay for the Green New Deal?
“The same way we paid for the New Deal, the 2008 bank bailout and extended quantitative easing programs,” Ocasio-Cortez’s FAQ states. “The same way we paid for World War II and all our current wars. The Federal Reserve can extend credit to power these projects and investments and new public banks can be created to extend credit.”
The FAQ continues: “There is also space for the government to take an equity stake in projects to get a return on investment. At the end of the day, this is an investment in our economy that should grow our wealth as a nation, so the question isn’t how will we pay for it, but what will we do with our new shared prosperity.”
However, the push is likely to see resistance not only from Republicans but even some Democrats. Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, was asked about the plan to replace planes with high-speed rail and did not seem impressed.
“That would be pretty hard for Hawaii,” she laughed.
On Wednesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appeared to dismiss the plan.
“It will be one of several or maybe many suggestions that we receive,” Pelosi told Politico on Wednesday. “The green dream or whatever they call it, nobody knows what it is, but they’re for it right?”
Even aside from the Green New Deal, conservative commentators have argued that most proposed solutions to global warming would do more harm than good, and also have accused climate activists of crying wolf. In 2006, a NASA scientist and leading global warming researcher declared that the world had only 10 years to avert a climate catastrophe — a deadline that has come and gone.
El pasado de la empresaria y diseñadora Jill Dodd, fundadora de la marca internacional de ropa deportiva Roxy, es sin duda exótico. Su vida tuvo un giro inesperado un fin de semana a principios de los ochenta, cuando con 20 años trabajaba como modelo en París. Le reveló a la BBC un mundo que pocos conocemos.
Todo empezó con una invitación a una fiesta…
“Mi agente me llamó para preguntarme si yo quería ir a Monte Carlo con ella y le dije ‘¡Sí… maravilloso!’. La noche que llegamos fuimos a una fiesta loquísima”.
El lugar era Le Pirate, donde camareros de pelo largo y sin camisa tocaban guitarra mientras una fogata crepitante, de seis metros de altura, iluminaba el cielo.
“Un ‘pirata’ me entregó una copa de champán. Me lo tomé y tiré la copa al fuego, como los demás invitados. Todo era tan salvaje y decadente. Quería bailar y vi a un hombre sentado en la mesa que parecía inofensivo: era como el papá de una amiga. Nos miramos y empezamos a bailar alrededor de la fogata”.
“Mientras estábamos bailando, mi agente se acercó y me preguntó si sabía con quién estaba bailando. Le contesté que no, que no me importaba. Me dijo: ‘Adnan Khashoggi’ y le pregunté: ‘¿Qué es Adnan Khashoggi?’… no le entendí nada“.
Khashoggi era un multimillonario saudita, comerciante de armas y conocido por su papel en algunos de los más famosos escándalos de los ochenta, entre ellos el Irán-Contra o Irangate, (1985 y 1986), en el cual Estados Unidos, bajo el gobierno de Ronald Reagan, le vendió armas al gobierno iraní que estaba en guerra con Irak y financió el movimiento Contra nicaragüense, dos operaciones prohibidas por el Senado. Khashoggi fue un intermediario clave.
Escrito con sangre
“Cuando nos sentamos, él me subió la manga y escribió “Te amo” en mi brazo en letras grandes y rojas”.
“Al principio no me di cuenta de que lo había escrito con sangre”.
“Me senté para tratar de entender lo que acababa de pasar (…)
Estaba perdida en mi propio mundo, mareada por el alcohol y rodeada de extraños en este loco lugar. Lo único que hacía era mirar mi brazo (…)
Me gustó que escribiera ‘Te amo’. No me lo limpié“
Jill Dodd en su libro “The currency of love” (La moneda del amor)
“Me pareció divertido. Cuando bailamos era tan inocente, infantil y divertido. Y cuando hizo eso me pareció que era muy imaginativo. La gente hace cosas locas en Europa en las fiestas… escandalosas, a veces”.
“Al final de la noche, mi agente me dijo que Adnan quería que fuera a su bote a tomar café. Le contesté que lo único que quería era irme a dormir”. Me dijo: ‘Pero es ese bote que ves allá’, señalando hacia el Mediterráneo. Ahí estaba un barco que parecía un transatlántico… yo nunca había visto un barco tan grande“.
Jill no fue a tomar café esa noche, pero aceptó una invitación a cenar la noche siguiente.
A bordo
“El barco era enorme. Tenía al menos diez habitaciones, una discoteca, un hospital en el que se podía hacer cirugía a corazón abierto (…) Cuando llegamos nos preguntó si nos queríamos cambiar de ropa y nos llevó a un cuarto repleto de trajes de noche de alta costura. Me impresionó”.
“Tras una elegante cena me preguntó si quería que me mostrara el barco. Fuimos a su cuarto: la cama estaba cubierta de pieles, las manijas de las puertas eran de oro y tenía paredes estilo James Bond que rotaban para revelar habitaciones ocultas… me pareció que todo era una gran máquina ingeniosa”.
Una máquina cuyo siguiente dueño fue Donald Trump, el actual presidente de Estados Unidos.
“Adnan se comportaba como si realmente quisiera saber quién era yo y cuáles eran mis intereses. Nos sentamos a charlar por horas. Aunque me dijo: ‘Tengo que ser honesto: sé todo sobre ti. Tuve que investigarte por razones de seguridad'”.
“Sabía dónde había nacido, que mi papá era bombero, en qué había trabajado… una persona normal se habría quedado atónita pero yo no era muy rápida juzgando a la gente”, recuerda.
“Después de esa noche, yo definitivamente quería volverlo a ver, pero no sabía si alguna vez sucedería. ¿Sabes cómo a veces conoces personas que te parecen familiares, como si las hubieras conocido antes, y no sabes por qué pero todo encaja?”.
“Además, me dejó una buena impresión el que no hubiera tratado de besarme. Eso hizo que pensara más en él”. Y así continuó la relación por un tiempo, sin que hubiera nada físico.
Esposa de placer
“Estábamos con un grupo en Marbella y Adnan aún no había llegado. Una noche me despertó, me tomó de la mano y me llevó a su suite. Empezamos a hablar y de repente preguntó: ‘¿Te gustaría un baño de espuma?’. Me metí a la bañera, él se sentó en el borde y charlamos.
“Luego fuimos a su recámara y para entonces yo quería besarlo. Pero dijo: ‘No puedo besarte hasta que aceptes un contrato’. No entendía de qué estaba hablando. Me explicó: ‘Yo no me caso de la manera tradicional’. Se comparó con la realeza en Arabia Saudita y otros hombres poderosos que tienen permitido tener tres esposas legales y 11 esposas de placer.
“‘Me gustaría que fueras mi esposa de placer. Hagamos un contrato de 5 años. Yo me encargaré de ti, me podrás contactar en cualquier momento, si quieres verme enviaré el avión. Podrás salir con otros hombres…’, así me propuso matrimonio de placer”.
“A mí no me importaba todo eso. Yo quería ser independiente… y quería besarlo”.
Yo era unos 12 cms. más alta que él, su cabeza era redonda y calva y tenía barriga… ¡A mí me parecía adorable!”
El contrato no era escrito, sino verbal. Con un beso quedó sellado y Jill se convirtió en su esposa de placer.
“Eso significaba que yo tenía su estilo de vida cuando estaba con él: vivía en sus hermosas casas, atendida por empleados domésticos, alimentada por chefs, relajada por masajistas. A Adnan le fascinaba la moda y le gustaba vestirme”.
“No lo dejé todo para estar sólo con él. Seguí pagando mi arriendo, vivía sola y trabajaba”.
Armas
Jill era consciente de que estaba con un hombre extremadamente rico, pero no sabía todavía que Khashoggi era comerciante de armas.
“Ni siquiera sabía bien cuál era su apellido. Y no había internet… ¿cómo iba a encontrar esa información? Lo que sabía era que me interesaba y que quería estar más tiempo con él”.
“Pasó mucho tiempo antes de que me enterara de cómo ganaba dinero. Le pregunté al principio pero no mencionó armas”.
“Fue en un viaje a Las Vegas que me dijo que estaba cerrando un gran negocio. Cuando me explicó de qué se trataba exclamé: ‘¡Pero son máquinas de guerra!‘ y me respondió: ‘No tienen todos los países el derecho de defenderse de una guerra con otros países?'”.
Las otras mujeres
“Conocí a las otras esposas de placer en reuniones o en cenas. Con el tiempo se volvió normal. Nos tratábamos con respecto pero guardábamos la distancia. Yo sentía que yo era especial para él. Fue más tarde que empezó a cambiar”.
“Una noche me trajo un collar que era para otra persona. Yo estaba dormida en mi cama y él entró en medio de la noche con un paquete. Me besó en la cabeza y me volteé y dijo: ‘¡Me equivoqué de habitación! Quédate con el regalo'”.
“Me sentí destrozada. Esa fue la primera vez que realmente me hirió”.
Separación
“Había empezado a estudiar y así que no estaba con él tanto como antes. Entonces me di cuenta de que estaba buscando otra mujer. Me pareció horripilante. Adnan y yo estábamos en su suite cuando un hombre entró con un folder negro grande que tenía fotos de modelos”.
Las empezaron a mirar y de repente caí en cuenta de lo que estaba pasando.
‘¿Qué estás haciendo? ¿Estás buscando chicas para comprar? ¿Fue así como me encontraste? ¿Me escogiste en un catálogo?‘. Se miraron y empezaron a reírse”.
“Me sentí traicionada. Todo estalló en ese momento. En ese entonces, él tenía hordas de mujeres a su alrededor. Todo era cada vez era más sórdido”.
“Luego conocí a una chica llamada René, que era idéntica a mí, sólo que menos alta y más joven. Empecé a sentir que era muy vieja para él (tenía 22 años)”.
El fin
Jill se fue, pero siguió en contacto con Khashoggi por años.
“Me llamaba y me preguntaba si quería volver con él. Si alguna vez me hubiera dicho que me amaba y que quería estar sólo conmigo, sin harén, lo habría considerado”.
“Adnan murió el día que publiqué mi libro (6 de junio, 2017). Para mí fue un shock que me duró una semana. En medio de la noche me levantaba llorando y sentía que estaba hablando con él, diciéndole que lo quería”.
“Realmente no tengo más que recuerdos gratos de él. Por más que suene loco, fue una de las relaciones más sanas que he tenido con un hombre”.
“Hubo mucha honestidad. Me respetó, nunca me habló con crueldad. De hecho, después de la relación con Adnan, estuve en una relación abusiva con un estadounidense que fue horrenda. Como una mujer adulta -tengo 57 años y he estado felizmente casada por casi 20 años- aún la recuerdo como una hermosa amistad”.
No obstante, si una de sus dos hijas le dijera que está en una relación como la que ella tuvo con Khashoggi, “sentiría terror”.
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As we reported earlier in the week, FEMA has begun to approve states for the enhanced federal unemployment insurance benefit authorized by President Trump on August 8th. While some states have been approved, some are still in the process while others have turned down the assistance. And at least one state has already started sending out $300 weekly benefits to its citizens.
To stay up to date on this developing story, we’ve gathered information here on a state-by-state basis. It includes whether the state had or will seek FEMA approval for the $300 benefit, the status of the application, whether the state intends to pay the matching $100 benefit, and when claimants can expect to begin receiving the payments.
The timing of payments is still largely unknown. While one state has begun making payments, others are still making adjustments to their computer systems. As Forbes has previously reported, the average time to start sending out benefits once approved by FEMA is three weeks.
States FEMA Has Approved
Arizona: FEMA approved Arizona’s application on August 15, 2020. Arizona started sending out $300 weekly payments to eligible claimants on August 17th.
Colorado: FEMA Approved Colorado’s application on August 16, 2020. In response to written questions submitted to the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, we received a written response on August 17, 2020 that a decision had not been made as to whether the weekly benefit would be $300 or include a state matching benefit of $100. In terms of timing, the written statement said that they “are still estimating development timeliness as systems require reprogramming. We have no timeline on . . . payments at this time.”
Iowa: FEMA approved Iowa’s application on August 15, 2020. To date, Iowa has not released information on when the $300 payments will begin. On the Iowa Workforce Development website a notice states that “FEMA and USDOL continue to issue guidance, and IWD will continue developing the implementation processes required for this program, including any necessary steps for claimants to apply. We will update our website as additional information becomes available, including timelines for application and payment. Please do not contact customer service regarding whether you are eligible for this benefit or when it may be paid.”
Louisiana: FEMA approved Louisiana’s application on August 15, 2020. Governor John Edwards had previously announced that the state would participate in the $300 federal benefit. In response to written questions submitted to the the Louisiana Workforce Commission, we received the following written statement on August 17th:
“The Louisiana Workforce Commission is working closely with our federal partners at the Federal Emergency Management Agency and United States Department of Labor. We submitted our ‘Other Needs Assistance-Supplemental Payments for Lost Wages’ application on August 14, 2020, which has been approved. As of now, details are pending and we do not have a date as to when claimants can expect payment. We are expecting more clarity and information to become available in the coming days.”
Missouri: FEMA approved Missouri’s application on August 16, 2020. To date it is unclear whether the benefit will $300 or $400 or when it will begin. An announcement on the Missouri Department of Labor website states that “[w]hile awaiting additional guidance from FEMA and the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL), Missouri will continue as expeditiously as possible to implement the LWA program for eligible unemployed Missourians to be able to receive the additional benefits as soon as possible. We will update our website as more information becomes available, including any additional eligibility requirements and timelines for payment.”
The Missouri Department of Labor has not responded to a request for comment.
New Mexico: FEMA approved New Mexico’s application on August 15, 2020. According to a message on the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions, “President Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum on August 8 to offer “lost wages assistance” to enhance unemployment insurance benefits. There is no need for claimants to contact the Department of Workforce Solutions at this time. We will announce more information once it becomes available.”
Attempts to reach the Department of Workforce Solutions for comment have not been successful.
Utah: FEMA approved Utah’s application on August 16, 2020. In response to written questions, the Utah Department of Workforce Solutions confirmed in writing that the additional benefit would be $300 and that they “are projecting the payments will go out to those eligible in approximately three weeks.”
States Seeking FEMA Approval
Alaska: On August 13, 2020, a press release stated that Governor Mike Dunleavy had authorized the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development to begin the FEMA application process. The statement said the process would result in a $300 weekly increase in unemployment benefits.
Idaho: Governor Brad Little announced that Idaho would apply to FEMA for the federal $300 assistance. The announcement didn’t indicate whether Idaho would fund the extra $100 per week.
North Carolina: Gov. Roy Cooper said this week that he has begun the process of applying for unemployment benefits with FEMA. Based on this report, North Carolina plans to fund the $100 state match, bringing total benefits to $400 a week. The state funding, however, has not been approved by the legislature.
Ohio: It’s been widely reported that Governor Mike DeWine has said Ohio will be moving forward to apply for the $300 benefit.
Oklahoma: On August 17, 2020, Governor Kevin Stitt announced that Oklahoma had submitted its grant application for LWA to FEMA. The announcement noted that the process would allow the state to send out $300 weekly benefits.
West Virginia: On August 10, 2020, Governor Jim Justice said that West Virginia would pay the $100 state match, giving eligible claimants a $400 weekly benefit: “Hands down, period, West Virginia is going to pay it,” Gov. Justice said. “We do so very willingly.”
States Either Undecided or Declining President Trump’s $300 Unemployment Benefit
Based on our analysis of publicly available information, the following states have are either still evaluating their options or have turned down the federal unemployment assistance. In some cases, we have inferred their rejection of the aid based on comments by state officials.
Mississippi: It’s been reported that Gov. Tate Reeves had turned down the assistance. However, in response to a written question, we received the following written comment from Renae Eze, a spokesperson for the Governor’s office:
“We have not turned down the federal unemployment assistance at this time. In consultation with the Mississippi Department of Employment Security, Governor Reeves and his team continue to review all options to provide assistance through our state’s unemployment trust fund and ensure the well-being of all Mississippians out of work due to this pandemic. We appreciate President Trump stepping up and trying to help American workers during this difficult time.”
Pennsylvania: In a letter dated August 13, 2020, Governor Tom Wolf was critical of Mr. Trump’s executive action authorizing the enhanced unemployment benefits. While his statement didn’t explicitly rejected the aid, it suggested Pennsylvania would not be submitting an application to FEMA.
Governor Wolf’s office did not respond to a request for comment.
Oregon: David Gerstenfeld, interim head of the Oregon Employment Department, said that uncertainties make it difficult to know what implementing the federal benefit would require: “There are still a huge number of uncertainties about the program that was discussed in that executive order.” He added that they “don’t know exactly what it would take to implement because we don’t know what we would be implementing.”
South Dakota: Governor Kristi Noem of South Dakota declined unemployment assistance because the state doesn’t need it: “My administration is very grateful for the additional flexibility that this effort would have provided, but South Dakota is in the fortunate position of not needing to accept it. South Dakota’s economy, having never been shut down, has recovered nearly 80% of our job losses.”
We will update this developing story as information on additional states becomes available.
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