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Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump is blasting Democrats for trying to obtain special counsel Robert Mueller’s report, despite previously endorsing their goal of releasing it to the public.

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Sanders voices support for voting to hold Barr in contempt | TheHill – The Hill

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“We had an attorney general of the United States who refused to come to a hearing that the House Judiciary Committee called,” Sanders said at a town hall in Perry, Iowa.

“If I were a member of the House, I would vote to hold Attorney General Barr in contempt,” he added. “He was asked to testify, he refused to testify, he refused to provide the information that the House wanted, and that is unacceptable.”

Sanders previously said he did not know whether Barr should resign amid calls from other presidential candidates for the attorney general to step down.

Barr testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday and was grilled by Democrats on topics related to the Mueller report. He was scheduled to reappear Thursday but declined to do so, objecting to Democrats’ demands that he be questioned by their staff counsel.

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Attack on Jason Van Dyke reflects ‘mentality that people won’t rest until he is either given a life sentence or killed in prison,’ lawyer says – Chicago Tribune

An attack last week against former Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke in his Connecticut prison cell reflects “the mentality out there … that people won’t rest until he is either given a life sentence or killed in prison,” his lead trial attorney said Thursday.

Daniel Herbert joined Van Dyke’s wife, Tiffany, in demanding to know why Van Dyke was transferred to an out-of-state federal prison and why he was placed in the general inmate population, where he was beaten in the face within days of his arrival.

“They put my husband in a setting to be harmed because of the fact that he was a white man who harmed a black gentleman in the line of duty,” Tiffany Van Dyke said at a news conference. “He is a police officer who was convicted for doing his job, and at the basic minimum they were supposed to keep him safe.”

Attorneys stressed the danger Van Dyke faces in custody — just days after prosecutors filed a legal petition before the state Supreme Court that, if successful, could significantly lengthen his sentence.

At turns defiant and emotional, Tiffany Van Dyke said she has lived in constant fear that her husband would be harmed while behind bars.

“I want my husband home, I want him to be safe,” she said. “I don’t need people to go into his cell and attack him. The next time this could happen they could kill him. I cannot bury my husband.”

Van Dyke was convicted of second-degree murder and 16 counts of aggravated battery in the on-duty slaying of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. He was sentenced last month to 81 months in prison and, until last week, had been serving his time in isolation in an Illinois prison.

The transfer and the attack left his supporters with more questions than answers.

His attorneys were told Feb. 5 that Van Dyke had been moved to Danbury Federal Correctional Institution in Connecticut, a low- to minimum-security facility. Two days later, shortly after he had been processed, several people attacked him in his cell, his attorneys said.

The federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed in an email Thursday that “an assault resulting in minor injuries” occurred Feb. 7 but declined to answer further questions, including whether Van Dyke was in the general population. The Illinois Department of Corrections confirmed that Van Dyke no longer is in its custody but would not say why.

The beating came to light this week after Van Dyke told his appellate attorneys. But much of the information Van Dyke’s trial attorneys cited Thursday came from an unnamed informant who works in the Connecticut prison, they said.

The prison employee sought out Van Dyke’s attorneys to give them details authorities had not, according to Tammy Wendt, another lawyer who defended Van Dyke at trial last year. Wendt expressed frustration that no one in a position of authority had informed them of the attack or answered basic questions about his safety.

“This man came forward to advise us of this attack on Jason when nobody else would,” she said.

Van Dyke was “led like a lamb to the slaughter,” Wendt said. Within hours of arriving at his new unit, a group of inmates “blindsided” him in his cell. Van Dyke suffered injuries to his head and face and was given medical attention at the prison, Wendt said.

Van Dyke then was moved from the general population to a segregated unit, his attorneys said.

The attackers had been hired by another group of inmates to beat the former officer, Wendt told reporters after the news conference, citing the lawyers’ informant.

Wendt said the attackers made it clear Van Dyke was being targeted because of the McDonald case.

Herbert appeared to suggest that Attorney General Kwame Raoul should intervene. On Monday, Raoul announced his intention to challenge Van Dyke’s sentence before the state Supreme Court.

“For those that have been elected … if their job is to promote justice, they need to look into the mirror and determine whether they have the fortitude and the integrity to do these jobs,” he said.

Kane County State’s Attorney Joseph McMahon, who was appointed special prosecutor to handle the murder case, issued a statement calling for authorities to ensure Van Dyke’s security.

“Mr. Van Dyke should be in a safe environment where he can serve his time and return to his family and community when he completes his sentence,” the statement read. “I expect those in charge of his custody to take the necessary precautions to fulfill that responsibility.”

McMahon had joined Raoul in filing a petition challenging the legal basis for the sentence handed down by Cook County Circuit Judge Vincent Gaughan. The judge determined that the aggravated battery convictions should “merge” into the second-degree murder conviction for sentencing purposes, which the prosecutors argue was improper.

If they are successful, Van Dyke would be resentenced on the aggravated batteries instead — raising the possibility of much more prison time without the day-for-day credit he can earn for a second-degree murder sentence.

Van Dyke’s attorneys said they were not aware of any security threats or other incidents that would have prompted a transfer to a federal prison so far away. Illinois prison officials had declined to say where he was being held, citing concerns for his safety should his location be revealed.

After his conviction but before sentencing, Van Dyke was held in isolation at a Quad Cities-area jail. The move was part of an arrangement Cook County has with other jails to move prisoners who are either high-profile, dangerous or working as cooperating witnesses in other cases.

Van Dyke was charged with murder the same day as the court-ordered release of graphic police dashboard camera footage that showed him shooting McDonald 16 times as the teen walked away from police while holding a knife in his hand.

The video’s release, more than a year after the October 2014 shooting, led to months of protests and continuing political upheaval. It prompted a federal investigation of the Chicago Police Department that concluded officers routinely violated the civil rights of minorities.

Van Dyke isn’t the first high-profile ex-police officer from Illinois to be attacked shortly after being moved into federal custody.

A month after his transfer to a federal prison in Indiana for security reasons, Drew Peterson was attacked in March 2017 by a fellow inmate armed with a food tray in the dining area, according to authorities.

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Mike Bloomberg launches $5 million TV ad buy across dozens of states as he prepares a 2020 run for president – CNBC

Billionaire Mike Bloomberg has launched a $5 million TV ad campaign as he prepares to enter the Democratic primary for president, an advertising monitoring group said Friday.

Data compiled by Advertising Analytics, which tracks ad buys throughout the 2020 election, shows that the former New York mayor has invested the seven-figure sum in over 25 markets, including in Florida, Texas, Massachusetts, California, Pennsylvania, Mississippi and Michigan.

Many of these states represent key primary contests for Democrats in the 2020 race.

In Florida, the investment is focused on West Palm Beach, the market that includes President Donald Trump’s resort Mar-a-Lago. The most expensive ad buy is in Los Angeles for just over $760,000, the company said.

The data gathering firm said the ads were booked Friday morning and will run through the end of Thanksgiving week.

A spokesman for Bloomberg did not return a request for comment on details pertaining to the ads.

The ad buys are the latest in a series of moves by Bloomberg, who has a net worth of just over $55 billion, and his team in the buildup to his likely run for the Democratic presidential nomination.

The former New York mayor filed paperwork on Thursday for a presidential run, although his spokesman said it was only procedural and did not represent some form of an announcement.

He has also filed to compete in various primaries including Alabama, Texas and Arkansas, and his aides have been hiring staff to gear up for a primary battle.

Bloomberg’s team has previously said he plans to spend over $100 million if he runs. Apart from his ambitions to run for president, the 77-year-old Bloomberg has committed $100 million to a digital ad campaign against Trump.

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New National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien Will Inherit An NSC In Turmoil – NPR

President Trump with his new national security adviser, Robert O’Brien, on Wednesday in Los Angeles.

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President Trump’s brand-new national security adviser, Robert O’Brien, will inherit a National Security Council struggling to attract talent, current and former U.S. officials tell NPR.

The National Security Council is traditionally one of the most desirable places for ambitious and talented people to work in the U.S. government, because it affords such close proximity to power. But in the Trump administration, some of the government’s brightest minds are turning down high-powered NSC assignments, and others are avoiding the place altogether.

Career foreign policy professionals increasingly fear that joining the NSC, which is part of the White House, will taint them as political operatives.

“There is a school of thought that it can be risky for your career — sometimes being there puts you in a position where you have to say no to ambassadors and other senior officials, and they may remember that when you return,” said one senior foreign policy official who turned down an offer to serve at the NSC.

It’s a stunning reversal for jobs that once offered unparalleled credentials.

Openings for temporary assignments that in previous administrations would have drawn two dozen applications and inquiries are now getting minimal interest, the officials said.

NPR interviewed 12 current and former U.S. officials with knowledge of the NSC’s challenges. Most have served both in the Trump administration and past administrations. Many declined to be publicly identified for fear it would endanger their careers and professional relationships.

“The National Security Council staff is comprised of exceptional public servants from across the U.S. Government who are working diligently to support President Trump’s highly-effective national security agenda. There is no shortage of patriotic individuals willing to work on these critical issues,” said White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham in a statement to NPR.

A senior NSC official dismissed concerns that people don’t hold the NSC in the same regard as before. He said Trump has sought to slim down the NSC, so there may not be as many opportunities. The people he knew, though, were proud of their work and extended their assignments.

While an NSC job has historically been known as a launchpad for high-flying careers, these officials tell NPR that under Trump, U.S. foreign policy has become so erratic, confrontational and politicized that many feel out of place — or worse.

Chuck Park, a career Foreign Service officer who served in the Trump administration until July, said getting an NSC job is like a “rocket ship” for your career.

An economic affairs specialist, Park, 34, had pursued an NSC position in 2015 after his third tour of duty but didn’t get it. He expected to try again after his fourth, but by then, in 2018, Park said he was too “pissed off and upset” about Trump administration policies such as family separation and the president’s rhetoric on immigration. He didn’t like what he interpreted as Trump’s defense of white nationalism and explained his resignation in an essay published by the Washington Post last month.

“I would have absolutely, wholeheartedly thrown my hat in the ring under a different president and different national security adviser,” said Park, referring to Trump’s previous national security adviser, John Bolton, whom Trump ousted on Sept. 10.

A “24/7” job

The National Security Council is the president’s main advisory body for considering national security and foreign policy matters. It also coordinates national security priorities with different U.S. government agencies.

The NSC takes top staff members from agencies across the administration, including the State Department, Defense Department, U.S. Agency for International Development and CIA, on temporary assignments.

Those one-year temporary assignments, which are often renewable, are highly coveted, and some of the officials interviewed for this story said they were surprised to learn the lengths the NSC is going to attract staff. Others told NPR that their senior managers discouraged them from accepting NSC positions.

“Going into the NSC is not an easy thing by any means,” said Fernando Cutz, who served as a senior director at the NSC in the Trump administration until last year. “You’re working all sorts of hours, essentially 24/7. You’re either on call or in the office and at times both. And you’re not getting paid any more money.”

Cutz said working at the NSC was particularly difficult under the brief tenure of Trump’s first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, who was under investigation for his ties to Russia. It improved under Flynn’s successor, H.R. McMaster, who ran the NSC more along the lines of past administrations by seeking input from around the federal government.

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John Gans, author of White House Warriors, a book about the National Security Council, said a hamstrung NSC carries risks to foreign policy.

“The staff itself is a really critical piece of this,” said Gans. “Because the staff is a big part of the national security adviser’s strength. If he doesn’t have that sort of public reputation, deep relationships with his Cabinet colleagues or a deep relationship with the president, the staff can give the national security adviser a shot. He can get ideas. He can get intelligence. He can get muscle from them to try and drive his ideas through, outflank Cabinet secretaries, do all those kinds of things.”

Congress created the NSC through the National Security Act of 1947. The idea was to create a body within the White House to gather and study various viewpoints from the president’s cabinet and advisers, to be shared with the president. But critics charged that Bolton failed to live up to his “honest broker” role by limiting debate inside the government.

“You’re really doing it out of a love of your country, out of a sense of patriotism and out of a belief in the system. When that system isn’t necessarily working the way that it’s designed to work, that has to give you extra pause,” Cutz said. “Are you prepared to dedicate essentially your entire life to a system that isn’t going to actually respect you?”

Finding policy to fit Trump’s rhetoric

Several current and former officials described the challenge of coming up with policies that could match the president’s words.

They pointed to being pressed to find military options in Venezuela despite a near consensus among senior leaders of opposition to military action. They cited Trump’s lack of interest in intelligence information, particularly on Russia. And they also talked about Trump’s willingness to ignore advice from foreign policy professionals.

Others cited the president’s braggadocio and said his language and style haven’t helped secure foreign policy wins on trade or headed off Iran’s nuclear ambitions.

Many senior-level NSC staffers are trying “either to go overseas and to ride out the administration or to find jobs in the department that are detailed to other places,” said Brett Bruen, who served as the White House director of global engagement in the Obama administration and remains in contact with NSC and State Department officials. “Basically, anything that you can get to avoid having to be in a serious policy job, which is almost a 180 from the way those jobs were looked at beforehand.”

Some of the current and former officials interviewed for this story blame Bolton for installing too many political appointees and eliminating much of the coordination with other parts of the government. A request for a comment from Bolton was declined.

But others say even before Bolton became national security adviser, Trump had already undercut the NSC’s relevance in shaping policy positions, eschewing the advice of top officials in favor of his own gut instincts.

Last week, Trump said being national security adviser is an “easy job.”

“It’s a great job. It’s great because it’s a lot of fun to work with Donald Trump,” Trump said. “And it’s very easy, actually, to work with me. You know why it’s easy? Because I make all the decisions. They don’t have to work.”

After announcing on Wednesday that O’Brien would be his new national security adviser, Trump downplayed his previous comments, saying the position is “a very important role. It’s really a role that if the president respects the person that’s the adviser, I think it really plays an important role.”

The senior NSC official said the NSC continues to attract some of the most talented people in the federal government. Staffers seek to stay away from politics. He said they are proud of the work done in the Middle East, reducing tensions with North Korea and bringing home U.S. hostages from abroad.

“People come here because they believe in the policies they work on,” the official said. “It’s not a highly political place.”

Another senior administration official who wasn’t authorized to speak publicly dismissed the concerns and said the NSC sometimes asks for volunteers and sometimes it hand-picks candidates.

Other officials who worked with Bolton said that he’s wrongly being blamed as the main problem at the NSC — and that while Bolton curtailed coordination with other parts of the government, it eased the workload and he wasn’t personally difficult.

“He wasn’t some jerk or anything like that,” said one former NSC official. “He wasn’t tough on the staff. He was very nice to all of us. He was approachable.”

Tradition of service

Like in many parts of the federal government, there’s a long tradition at the NSC of top civil servants and Foreign Service officers being dedicated to carrying out the current administration’s priorities, regardless of which party is in power.

Former deputy national security adviser K.T. McFarland and former national security adviser Michael Flynn at Trump Tower in December 2016.

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Several officials told NPR they joined the administration because they were asked to protect U.S. national interests. Some were worried about controversial figures like former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, his deputy, K.T. McFarland, and former NSC spokesman Michael Anton, who were part of the NSC in the first months of the Trump administration.

Flynn pleaded guilty to making false statements to the FBI. Before joining the Trump administration, McFarland’s most recent national security experience had been as a Fox News analyst. Anton was best known as a conservative polemicist with limited past foreign policy experience.

Several Foreign Service officers told NPR they struggled with other Trump administration policies that they had no role in shaping.

“You may not be working on putting kids in cages, but you can’t get away from it,” said a former White House official who served in the Trump administration until last year. “You are literally part of the administration responsible. And if you can’t compartmentalize, it’s a very difficult emotional cross to bear.”

Some turned to professional counseling for help as they wrestled over emotions of whether they were protecting U.S. interests or enabling bad behavior.

One veteran Foreign Service officer who served under multiple administrations, including the Trump administration, said there is now an unspoken belief among some top career officials that it’s important to preserve talent for future administrations by keeping them away from assignments too closely tied to the White House.

“You’ve got a really bright-eyed, bushy-tailed person, like somebody who you know can go far in this business — you’re not going to want them to get mowed down,” the Foreign Service officer said. “And you’re going to say, ‘They know we all live to serve. But it’s really important to be around to fight another day. And you are going to carry the institution going forward. So let’s go hide you.’ “

In the past, Park, the Foreign Service officer who resigned, said NSC jobs were so prestigious that many ambitious Foreign Service officers would make a bid for an opening even if they knew that they weren’t going to get it.

“This is the kind of position where people take selfies in the Oval Office or they hang pictures of themselves in the Situation Room and display it proudly behind their desk,” he said.

But that’s not the case anymore, he said.

Source Article from https://www.npr.org/2019/09/18/761200819/once-a-rocket-ship-national-security-council-now-avoided-by-government-pros

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AOC should learn from Andrew Yang about human value – Washington Examiner

The greatest teacher I ever had gave me some good advice before I went to college.

“When you start college, all of your peers are roughly worth nine dollars per hour,” he told my class. “Do everything you can to increase that value in those four years, and don’t hate your classmates who increased their economic value more than you did.”

He made clear to remind us that our economic value had zero correlation with our human value. To judge people with fewer marketable skills, he said, would be to go down “jerk road.” This was my rough introduction to understanding the evils of utilitarian ethics.

Somewhere along the line, the Democratic Party has had a divorce between Kantian liberals, who understand that a social safety net ought to exist for those lacking the skills or opportunities to finance themselves, and utilitarian leftists, who view market forces themselves as fundamentally evil. No one exemplifies this break more than socialist superstar Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.

Croissants at LaGuardia are going for SEVEN DOLLARS A PIECE

Yet some people think getting a whole hour of personal, dedicated human labor for $15 is too expensive??

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC)
April 1, 2019

I discussed the economic forces (mis)guiding this tweet earlier this week, but it’s worth considering the ethical fallacy here. Ocasio-Cortez insinuates here that the economic value of human labor ought to be tied not to market equilibrium but human value. A suboptimal airport croissant may be $7. An hour of unskilled labor may be worth $11.80 in New York, though LaGuardia is increasing its own minimum wage to $19. But the value of the human life itself has nothing to do with its economic potential or its earning power. It’s priceless.

I’ve been struggling to ascertain why Andrew Yang is so interesting. The self-described “Asian guy who likes math” provides plenty of policy wonkishness of which the 2020 race is sorely in need, but “candidate who provides actual details” or “caring about funding as much as costs” isn’t revolutionary. It took Yang’s latest interview with Wired for me to understand what fundamental truth Yang has highlighted.

When asked about the common platitude that people losing manufacturing jobs can simply learn to code, Yang responded:

To be clear, this is a liberal argument, not a conservative one. Yang’s specifically setting up the case for a $1,000 opt-in universal basic income which he dubs the “freedom dividend.” He argues that it will help those financially struggling to overcome the cognitive biases of fiscal instability and provide a baseline social safety net so that people have more flexibility in pursuing various careers.

But this is also a liberal argument, not a utilitarian one, that inadvertently diagnoses an ill that’s overtaken the insurgent wing of the Democratic Party. Two things can be true at once: People should feel obligated to increase their economic value insofar as they can sustain their own lives, and people also have an intrinsic human value that cannot be measured in dollars. Yang is effectively paving a potential neoliberal future for the Democratic Party — one which can call for increased government spending without engaging in goofy AOC economics that vilifies the free market, which has lifted more than a billion people out of poverty worldwide so far just this century, and billions more in the 20th Century, and which is the single most efficient form of allocating goods and services.

American socialists like to point to Scandinavian countries to justify increasing central planning. But Scandinavian countries rely on the free market to fund their welfare safety nets. They do not employ fundamentally centralized socialist systems with market forces on the fringes. As Veronique de Rugy pointed out late last March, the future that Ocasio-Cortez looks little like the increasingly deregulated Denmark and Sweden, and it bears little resemblance to the Norwegian petro-state either.

Ocasio-Cortez ought to listen to Yang. Yes, liberals believe in economic safety nets, but a UBI can provide it without harming the entire economy the way a $15 federal minimum wage would, especially in those states and regions with lower costs of living.

In other words, it’s a mistake for Democrats to go down “the jerk road,” and instead understand that economic value has a cap, but human value is infinite.

Source Article from https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/aoc-should-learn-from-andrew-yang-about-human-value

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Republican congressman open to impeaching Trump announces retirement – CNN

Trump impeachment inquiry: A visual timeline

Trump’s Ukraine scandal: Who’s who?

The phases of Trump’s coming impeachment proceedings

Trump’s Ukraine phone call, annotated

Key allegations from the Ukraine whistleblower are true, despite what Trump says

The Ukraine text messages, annotated

Source Article from https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/19/politics/francis-rooney-retirement-impeachment/index.html

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Facebook: descubren que conductora de bus mintió con denuncia sobre violación – LaRepública.pe

Disgustada con la nueva ruta que le repartieron, una conductora de bus en Colombia denunció que fue ultrajada sexualmente por pasajeros cuando finalizaba su jornada de trabajo, aunque todo fue una mentira.

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Tras la denuncia de violación en pleno bus del Sistema Integrado de Transporte Público (SITP), los usuarios de Facebook en Colombia expresaron su malestar e indignación con el nivel de inseguridad que atraviesa no solo Bogotá, sino el resto de ciudades.

La Policía realizó un gran despliegue para capturar a los supuestos agresores sexuales. En tanto, la denunciante recibió la compañía de una agente, quien se encargaría de recolectar datos que puedan servir para la investigación.

Sin embargo, esta policía notó inconsistencias en la versión de la supuesta abusada, por lo que comparó su denuncia inicial y alertó a sus superiores. La investigación llevó a que solicitan el informe de la ruta con GPS del bus, con el que se dieron cuenta que la mujer no había sido llevada a un descampado como dijo, solo desvío algunos metros de su ruta.

En Facebook, los usuarios colombianos reclaman que la Policía dé el nombre de la cuestionada mujer, quien por precaución eliminó sus cuentas en redes sociales.

En total, se movilizaron 91 policías, cinco fiscales y un número similar de especialistas para seguir ,a investigación y dar con el paradero de los supuestos violadores. Hasta el alcalde de Bogotá, Gustavo Petro, utilizó su cuenta de redes sociales, para condenar este supuesto abuso sexual.

Luego de interrogarla, se informó que la mujer mintió para beneficio personal. Su intención era que luego de denunciar la violación, la empresa se solidarice con ella y la ascienda.

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— Diario La República (@larepublica_pe) junio 18, 2015

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La triste noticia que enluta a la familia de Claudio Bravo | Sociedad | Radio ADN 91.7 – ADN Chile

Una triste noticia dio a conocer la tarde de este sábado la esposa de Claudio Bravo, Carla Pardo.

Mediante su cuenta de Twitter, la mujer informó que una de sus perritas murió. “Te fuiste mi pequeña y tan poquito que faltaba para vernos. Me dejas destrozada mi Susy. Te llevaré siempre en mi corazón pequeña mía (sic)”, escribió.

La noticia de inmediato causó la reacción de sus seguidores que solidarizaron con su pérdida.

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Coronavirus: Brazil’s Bolsonaro sees second health minister quit – BBC News

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Brazil’s health minister has resigned after less than a month in the job following disagreements over the government’s handling of the country’s escalating coronavirus crisis.

Nelson Teich had criticised a decree issued by President Jair Bolsonaro allowing gyms and beauty parlours to reopen.

However, he gave no reason for his resignation at a press conference.

His predecessor was sacked after disagreeing with Mr Bolsonaro.

The far-right president continues to oppose lockdown measures.

He has downplayed the virus as “a little flu” and has said the spread of Covid-19 is inevitable, attracting global criticism.

Brazil has recently surged past Germany and France in terms of its coronavirus caseload, becoming one of the world’s hotspots with more than 218,000 cases and a record 15,305 in the last 24 hours. The latest daily figures also showed 824 new deaths recorded, bringing the official death toll to 14,817.

Media captionThe BBC’s South America correspondent Katy Watson looks at how Bolsonaro has responded to the virus in Brazil

Why did the minister resign?

At his news conference, Mr Teich did not reveal why he had stepped down. He just thanked President Bolsonaro for giving him the chance to serve as a minister and praised healthcare workers.

But he has clashed with the president over several aspects of how the government has dealt with the spiralling epidemic.

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Mr Teich (right) clashed with the president over his handling of the crisis

He disagreed with the president’s desire to widely use chloroquine as a treatment. The drug has gained widespread attention although the World Health Organization (WHO) says there’s no definitive evidence it works.

Mr Teich also butted heads with the president over plans to open up the economy, saying last week that he was not consulted ahead of an order that paved the way for gyms, beauty salons and hairdressers to reopen.

But disagreements over how chloroquine should be used was the final straw, the Globo newspaper reported.

He is second health minister to leave the post in under a month. Luiz Henrique Mandetta was fired in April after President Bolsonaro publicly criticised him for urging people to observe social distancing and stay indoors.

To lose one health minister was awkward, but to lose two in less than a month is not only embarrassing for Jair Bolsonaro but deeply worrying for Brazil.

The country has become the latest coronavirus hotspot and rather than politicians trying to tackle it together, the pandemic has turned political and the leader of the country is failing to provide direction for a population which really needs it.

Nelson Teich didn’t give any reasons for his departure, merely saying “life is full of decisions and I decided to leave” – but he didn’t see eye-to-eye with his boss on the use of chloroquine and his health ministry was excluded this week when Jair Bolsonaro decided to include beauty salons, hairdressers and gyms as essential services.

It appears the job of health minister to Jair Bolsonaro is a thankless task at the moment – but it’s a difficult job vacancy at the worst-possible time in Brazil.

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Source Article from https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-52682358

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‘Hub’ de noticias – Semana.com

Siempre se ha dicho que la posición geográfica de Colombia, al estar en medio del norte y el sur del continente, le representa una ventaja estratégica frente a los demás países de la región. Sin embargo, esto solo ha sido cierto en algunos casos, pues las empresas y multinacionales también miran otros factores a la hora de abrir una nueva sede, como la estabilidad legal, tributaria o de seguridad de una nación, la infraestructura, las comunicaciones y la cualificación del talento humano, entre otros.

Por fortuna, ahora parece que los astros se están alineando en favor del país, por lo menos desde los medios de comunicación. En los últimos años varias cadenas importantes de televisión comenzaron a producir en Colombia. En 2007, Fox empezó a rodar producciones como Mental, la primera serie en inglés rodada en América Latina, y dos años después llegó Sony, que ha realizado series como El comandante. Hoy, estas y otras empresas han hecho que Colombia supere a otros que tenían una larga tradición como Argentina o Venezuela.

Ahora algunos medios periodísticos están siguiendo ese mismo camino. El martes pasado France 24 comenzó a emitir en español desde Bogotá, escogida como cuartel general de sus operaciones en América Latina. A esta empresa ya se le había sumado, hace dos meses, la poderosa agencia turca de noticias Anadolu, que también eligió a la capital como base de su expansión por el continente. Y se espera que el próximo año también comience a transmitir desde Colombia la Deutsche Welle en español.

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Desde hace un año el grupo France Médias Monde, dueño del canal de televisión France 24 y de Radio Francia Internacional, decidió establecer en Colombia el centro de su nuevo canal en español. France 24 ofrece información los siete días a la semana a través de sus canales en francés, inglés, árabe y ahora en español. Gracias a su amplia red de corresponsales, a la forma pausada y profunda de ver el mundo y a la variedad de programas, hoy llega a 333 millones de hogares en los 5 continentes.

Al frente del nuevo canal en español está el experimentado periodista caleño Álvaro Sierra, quien asumió el reto de crearlo desde cero. En una primera etapa, France 24 en Español empezó a emitir seis horas de programación que, en su mayoría, es traducida o adaptada de lo que producen los otros canales o lo que generan los más de 160 corresponsales en todo el planeta. En la franja de seis a ocho de la mañana y de seis a diez de la noche, los televidentes pueden ver los noticieros y programas realizados en Bogotá. Y completan el resto de la franja con noticieros y programas de los canales en inglés o francés. En una segunda etapa, que esperan comenzar el año entrante, ofrecerían noticieros y espacios realizados totalmente en Colombia y la región, para llegar en un futuro a tener una programación totalmente en español para los hispanohablantes de todo el mundo. En Colombia ya está en la programación de Claro y ETB y en otros 11 países a través de otros operadores, que hoy permiten que France 24 en Español ya alcance 7 millones de hogares.

En esta primera fase la agencia contrató cerca de 30 periodistas no solo colombianos, sino de otros países como México, Argentina, Venezuela, Cuba, España, Francia y Reino Unido. Si bien Televideo, el socio técnico local, tiene a su cargo la parte de producción, los programas y el propio estudio son similares a los que usan en París, cuyo equipo trabaja de forma articulada con Bogotá.

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Marie-Christine Saragosse, directora general del grupo France Médias Monde, dijo que la escogencia de Colombia se debió no solo a la posición geográfica y los fuertes lazos de los dos países, sino a otros factores como el proceso de paz, que Bogotá sea un centro aeronáutico que permite conexiones fáciles a Centro y Suramérica, así como con Francia, y a que el derecho social y empresarial son similares al francés.

Sierra dijo a SEMANA que France 24 en Español le apuesta a ofrecer a los espectadores, por medio de sus noticieros, magacines y programas de opinión, una mirada de respeto, honestidad y rigurosidad sobre América Latina y el mundo. El próximo año aspira a tener una red de unos 60 corresponsales en la mayoría de los países del continente y varias ciudades de Estados Unidos, así como en otras de Europa y Asia. Además, la agencia espera abrir oficinas regionales en México y Argentina, que dependerán del canal en Bogotá.

Por su parte, el director general de France 24, Marc Saikali, quien estuvo en el lanzamiento del canal en Bogotá, dijo que “no tenemos dueño. No rendimos cuentas, ni económicas ni políticas. Somos libres. Y esta libertad implica también una responsabilidad: la de proponer información independiente, rigurosa y comprobada en unos tiempos inundados por falsa información”.

Al igual que France 24, hace un mes abrió operaciones y su servicio en español la agencia de noticias turca Anadolu, fundada en 1920, que en la actualidad presta su servicio informativo en 13 idiomas y tiene oficinas en 38 países. Esta empresa, con una gran capacidad de mostrar la realidad del mundo turco, árabe y musulmán, eligió a Colombia por su ubicación estratégica, por la coyuntura que vive el país, por las facilidades de movilidad que ofrece y por los lazos que se han estrechado entre las dos naciones.

Le sugerimos: “Es un derecho vital poder burlarse de los más poderosos”

“Contamos con un equipo base de 14 periodistas acá y tenemos corresponsales en toda América Latina, producimos noticias en español para nuestros miles de medios abonados, y también tenemos un servicio de traducción, pues aprovechamos que Anadolu se encuentra en muchas partes del mundo. Además, contamos con un archivo fotográfico de más de 4 millones de fotos”, manifestó Daniel Salgar, editor general del Servicio en Español.

Pese a que el gobierno turco participa en el capital de la agencia, no regula sus contenidos. El objetivo de Anadolu es mostrar la realidad de Turquía y de esa región, su identidad, su cultura libre del sesgo occidental, y a su vez realizar contenido de América Latina para mostrar sus democracias, los deportes, la gastronomía, la cultura o la política, entre otras.

Lo cierto es que América Latina y sus más de 500 millones de habitantes no solo son un mercado para estos y otros medios, sino que también son fuente de noticias que cada vez más interesan a todo el mundo. La llegada de estos medios es una buena noticia para Colombia y la región, que tendrán nuevas alternativas para informarse.

Se preparan los alemanes

Colombia se está perfilando como una sede atractiva para las cadenas europeas, no solo por la cantidad de habitantes sino también por su ubicación geográfica, central en el continente. El 28 de julio el presidente Juan Manuel Santos se reunió con Peter Limbourg, director general de la cadena internacional alemana Deutsche Welle (DW), y conversaron sobre la llegada de esta agencia al país en 2018, en donde piensa instalar su centro de operaciones para América Latina. Limbourg sostuvo que DW siempre ha contado con un gran público en Colombia (el segundo después de México) y que, además, la cadena quiere “acompañar intensivamente el proceso de paz”. Y como le dijo a SEMANA el vocero Christof Jumpelt, “queremos construir una aceptación fuerte de nuestros programas en un mercado nacional que ahora está llegando al 14 por ciento, y la idea es aprovechar a Bogotá como el eje perfecto para aumentar nuestra cobertura en la región”.

Source Article from http://www.semana.com/nacion/articulo/france-24-comienza-operaciones-en-colombia/542103

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Filipinas se incauta de un carguero de Corea del Norte tras sanciones de la ONU – BBC Mundo

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El barco Jin Teng es uno de los 31 cargueros que están en la lista de embarcaciones sancionadas por la ONU.

Filipinas informó que retuvo un barco norcoreano en cumplimiento de las sanciones impuestas por las Naciones Unidas a ese país por su programa nuclear.

El portavoz de la vicepresidencia filipina, Manolo Quezon, indicó que su país “tiene que hacer su parte para que se cumplan las sanciones”.

La embarcación Jin Teng es uno de los 31 barcos operados por la empresa norcoreana Ocean Maritime Management, la cual está sometida a una serie de sanciones como el congelamiento de activos.

El Jin Teng, que transportaba nueces de palmera, atracó en la bahía de Súbic, ubicada en la costa oeste de la isla Luzón.

Las nuevas sanciones a Corea del Norte fueron impuestas después de que ese país llevara a cabo, en enero y febrero, una cuarta prueba nuclear y de que lanzara un cohete de largo alcance. Ambas acciones violaron las resoluciones de la ONU.

El 7 de febrero, Corea del Norte lanzó el cohete en claro desafío a las advertencias internacionales, y la respuesta del mundo fue contundente. El Consejo de Seguridad de Naciones Unidas declaró que el hecho era “profundamente deplorable” y que impondría nuevas sanciones a la nación asiática.

Entre dichas sanciones está la inspección obligatoria de cualquier barco de carga que vaya hacia Corea del Norte y proceda de ese país.

Bandera de Sierra Leona

De acuerdo con el gobierno de Filipinas, el Jin Teng será confiscado y la tripulación será deportada.

Problemas de seguridad fueron reportados durante una inspección que se realizó en el barco el viernes.

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El carguero transportaba nueces de palmera. Las autoridades no encontraron ninguna sustancia ni objeto ilegal.

Una segunda revisión se produjo el sábado, según informó el comandante Armand Balilo a la agencia de noticias AFP.

El funcionario también añadió que la tripulación de 21 personas tenía una actitud “muy colaboradora”.

Ocean Maritime Management entró en la lista negra del Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU en 2014, después de que uno de sus barcos fuera detenido en julio de 2013 cerca del Canal de Panamá con armas cubanas que ocultaban en sacos de azúcar.

El año pasado fue acusada de cambiarle el nombre a sus barcos y de modificar las banderas que enarbolan los mismos para evitar el congelamiento de sus activos.

De hecho, en el momento de su detención el Jin Teng ondeaba la bandera de Sierra Leona.

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Las sanciones fueron aprobadas luego de que el país liderado por Kim Jong-un realizara ensayos nucleares y con misiles en enero y febrero.

El jueves en la madrugada, Corea del Norte lanzó seis misiles de corto alcance hacia el mar de su costa este.

La acción, que fue detectada por el ejército de Corea del Sur, se llevó a cabo horas después de que el Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU autorizara nuevas sanciones en contra de Pyongyang.

Según medios de Corea del Sur, los proyectiles ascendieron unos 150 km antes de caer al mar, y no parecían tener un objetivo específico.

Posteriormente, el líder norcoreano Kim Jong-Un ordenó que las armas nucleares de su país debían estar “listas para ser usadas” en cualquier momento.

Corea del Norte lanza misiles horas después de nuevas sanciones de la ONU

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Estas son las principales sanciones aprobadas contra Corea del Norte:

1. Prohibiciones en exportaciones e importaciones

Por un lado, las sanciones disponen la prohibición de exportaciones de carbón, hierro y mineral de hierro, oro, titanio, vanadio y minerales de tierras raras.

También se prohíbe “la venta de combustibles de aviación, nafta y queroseno, con excepción de las aeronaves civiles de pasajeros fuera de Corea de Norte y en cantidades limitadas a las necesarias para el vuelo en cuestión”.

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Entre los 15 miembros del Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU que votaron la sanción están España, Uruguay y Venezuela.

Este punto incluye el suministro de combustible para cohetes.

¿En qué consisten las “severas” sanciones de Naciones Unidas a Corea del Norte?

2. Controles y prohibiciones en medios de transporte

La resolución establece “la inspección de todos los cargamentos aéreos, marítimos o terrestres que salgan o estén en ruta a ese país para verificar que no haya materiales que pudieran utilizarse para su programa balístico”, detalló la ONU.

Antes sólo debían ser inspeccionados los cargamentos sospechosos de contener productos prohibidos.

3. Prohibiciones en armas y cooperaciones militares

Respecto a las cooperaciones militares y policiales, los programas de entrenamiento por fuera de las fronteras norcoreanas deben concluir, especialmente aquellos en África.

El texto instaura también un embargo total a la venta de armas ligeras. Desde 2006 Corea del Norte tiene restricciones en el suministro de armamento, pero ahora se amplía la prohibición.

4. Congelación de activos

Respecto a las sanciones financieras, “la resolución amplía su alcance mediante la imposición de una congelación de activos de todos los fondos y otros recursos económicos que pertenezcan o sean controlados por el gobierno de Corea del Norte o por el Partido de los Trabajadores de Corea, en caso de encontrarse asociado con su programa de misiles nucleares o balísticos o cualquier otra actividad prohibida”, informó la ONU.

En una resolución previa, las instituciones financieras sólo eran alentadas a tomar estas medidas.

Además, se agregan 13 personas a la lista de individuos que tienen prohibido viajar y a los que se impone también una congelación de activos.

Source Article from http://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias/2016/03/160305_corea_del_norte_filipinas_barcos_detencion_sanciones_naciones_unidas_mr

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‘El Chapo’ accused of drugging, raping girls as young as 13, according to court documents – Fox News

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‘El Chapo’ accused of drugging, raping girls

Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman is being accused of drugging and raping girl as young as 13 years old, according to court documents.

The accusations against Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman grow more disturbing by the day, as recently unsealed documents reveal that the drug lord had sex with girls as young as 13, often after drugging them, and referred to the pills as the “vitamins” that give him “life.”

The new and disturbing details were made during Guzman’s trial at the U.S. Federal Court in Brooklyn, New York on Friday. The witness, his former personal secretary Alex Cifuentes Villa, said that he would sometimes help Guzman incapacitate the girls by placing a “powdery substance” in their drinks, the New York Times reports.

Guzman’s lawyer said in a statement that the drug lord denied the allegations, which he called “extremely salacious.”

“Joaquin denies the allegations,” his lawyer, Eduardo Balarezo, said. He added that the claims “lack any corroboration and were deemed too prejudicial and unreliable to be admitted at trial.”

Balarezo also questioned the timing of the documents. “It is unfortunate that the material was publicly released just prior to the jury beginning deliberations,” he continued. The documents were unsealed by Judge Brian Cogan in response to a request by Vice Media and the New York Times.

‘EL CHAPO’ DEFENSE ASKS JURY NOT TO ‘GIVE IN’ TO DRUG LORD’S ‘MYTH’

In this courtroom sketch, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, center, listens as a prosecutor delivers closing arguments during his trial, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019, in New York. Guzman was portrayed Wednesday in closing arguments at his U.S. trial as a ruthless Mexican drug lord who also became skilled at evading capture and escaping prison because he feared facing justice on American soil. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)

Guzman’s former secretary Cifuentes alleged that the young girls were brought to the drug lord by a woman named only as “Comadre Maria.” She “regularly” sent photos of girls for Guzman to choose from, and would allegedly send his selections to his home in the mountains to engage in sexual activity for a fee of $5,000.

PROSECUTION RESTS IN ‘EL CHAPO’ TRIAL AFTER CALLING 56TH AND FINAL WITNESS

“Comadre Maria” was brought up another time in the trial, for her alleged role as an intermediary when Guzman reportedly paid a $100 million bribe to former Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto.

Guzman, 61, has been on trial since November, when he was extradited to the United States to face a litany of charges. He is accused of leading the Sinaloa drug cartel, largely considered to be one of the most powerful and ruthless criminal organizations in existence.

He is facing 10 total charges, including engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, conspiracy to launder narcotics proceeds, international distribution of cocaine, heroin, marijuana and other drugs, and use of firearms. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges.

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The jury begins deliberation on Monday after hearing from a total of 57 witnesses: 56 presented by the prosecution and one called by Guzman’s defense team.

He faces life in prison if found guilty.

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UNIONDALE, Nueva York, 14 de abril de 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Arbor Commercial Mortgage, LLC, una de las mayores empresas de préstamos directos para inmuebles comerciales del país, ha lanzado ALEX Chatter, la primera y única fuente de la industria multifamiliar para investigación, análisis y noticias de transacciones de inversiones multifamiliares de saldo pequeño. ALEX Chatter se creó como el blog de noticias e investigación de Arbor LoanExpress, la primera plataforma en línea de préstamos a agencias de la industria para inversionistas multifamiliares, corredores y prestamistas corresponsales. ALEX Chatter, que es gratis para los suscriptores, está diseñado para llenar el vacío de información que existía anteriormente en el mercado multifamiliar de saldo pequeño, que suele abarcar transacciones de $1 millón a $7 millones.

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ALEX Chatter cuenta con datos exclusivos y a profundidad de mercado e inversión de saldo pequeño de Chandan Economics, y también ofrece a los visitantes noticias específicas que cubren los acuerdos de adquisición y financiación del sector directamente de GlobeSt.com además de útiles consejos y conocimientos de inversión de Elite Apartment Coaching, una empresa consultora que ayuda a los individuos a invertir en bienes raíces multifamiliares.

Visite ALEX Chatter y descubra sus últimas investigaciones, análisis y noticias, incluido el Informe de Tendencias de Inversión Multifamiliar de Saldo Pequeño de la Primavera de 2016, que contiene un examen de tendencias de financiación, volumen de préstamos, márgenes fijos y rendimientos de deuda, entre otros datos útiles. Además, vea la Presentación en Video de ALEX Chatter, presentando al Dr. Sam Chandan.

“Para los inversionistas, históricamente ha habido una cantidad considerable de investigaciones de calidad disponibles para activos multifamiliares más grandes, tanto al nivel nacional como de mercado a mercado. Sin embargo, esos datos no existen para aquellos inversionistas multifamiliares que apuntan a activos menores de costo más bajo, dejándolos sin una información adecuada para respaldar sus estrategias de negocios”, explicó Ivan Kaufman, presidente de la junta directiva y CEO de Arbor. “ALEX Chatter se creó para resolver esa deficiencia de datos e investigaciones y permitir a los dueños y a los agentes tomar decisiones más inteligentes con más información”.

Chandan Economics es el socio de investigación de ALEX Chatter, y ha utilizado su experiencia como uno de los principales proveedores de datos y análisis de hipotecas de inmuebles comerciales en el país para revelar una información muy específica que sirve con más exactamente y más adecuadamente al mercado multifamiliar de saldo pequeño.

“Los activos multifamiliares menores funcionan de modo distinto al de sus contrapartes mayores, tanto en su rendimiento de la inversión como en detalles fundamentales. Hasta este punto, la investigación de la industria se ha enfocado principalmente en edificios de apartamentos de más tamaño, típicamente en el centro urbano. ALEX Chatter aporta una innovación en este sentido, al arrojar luz sobre los factores que impulsan el rendimiento de las propiedades más pequeñas”, explicó el Dr. Sam Chandan, economista principal y fundador de Chandan Economics. “Más investigaciones específicas sobre el mercado de saldo pequeño producirán una mejor información sobre el rendimiento de los activos pequeños, la dinámica de la liquidez del saldo pequeño y las necesidades de los prestatarios, así como la demografía y la demanda de inquilinos”.

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Fundadas por el presidente y CEO Ivan Kaufman, Arbor Commercial Mortgage, LLC y Arbor Commercial Funding, LLC son empresas nacionales de préstamos directos que se especializan en producción y administración de préstamos para activos multifamiliares, viviendas para personas mayores, cuidado de la salud y otros activos diversos de bienes raíces comerciales. Arbor es una de las 10 Principales Empresas de Préstamos Multifamiliares de Fannie Mae DUS^® por volumen y una empresa principal de Préstamos Pequeños de Fannie Mae, un vendedor/administrador de Freddie Mac Program Plus^® y la Principal Empresa de Préstamos de Saldo Pequeño de Freddie Mac, una Empresa de Préstamos a Viviendas para Personas Mayores de Fannie Mae y Freddie Mac, una Empresa de Préstamos de Procesamiento Multifamiliar Acelerado/LEAN de la FHA, una Empresa de Préstamos LIHTC aprobados por el HUD, así como una empresa de préstamos CMBS, Puente, Mezzanine y de Capital Preferente, que mejora constantemente su reputación de servicio, calidad y flexibilidad. Arbor también ofrece Arbor LoanExpress, una plataforma en línea de producción y procesamiento de préstamos, diseñada para que el financiamiento multifamiliar sea más fácil y más rápido para los prestatarios, los agentes y los prestamistas corresponsales. Con una cartera actual de administración de más de $12,000 millones, Arbor es un administrador primario de préstamos comerciales y un administrador especial calificado por Standard & Poor’s con una clasificación de Por Encima del Promedio. Arbor también está en la Lista de Administradores Selectos de Standard & Poor’s y es un administrador primario de préstamos comerciales y un administrador especial de préstamos de nivel especial clasificado por Fitch Ratings.

Arbor Commercial Mortgage, LLC también administra Arbor Realty Trust, Inc., un fondo de inversión en bienes raíces (REIT), formado para invertir en valores relacionados con hipotecas, puente relacionado con bienes raíces, intereses menores participantes en primeras hipotecas, préstamos mezzanine, inversiones de capital preferente y directo y, en casos limitados, pagarés hipotecarios con descuento y otros activos relacionados con bienes raíces. Arbor tiene su sede en Uniondale, Nueva York, con oficinas de préstamos de servicio completo en distintas partes de los Estados Unidos. Para más información sobre Arbor, visite www.arbor.com.

Contacto: Chris Ostrowski
Tel: (516) 506-4255
costrowski@arbor.com

SOURCE Arbor Commercial Mortgage, LLC

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