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El joven salvadoreño Dimas Lemus fue aplastado por un automóvil en medio de una pelea al salir de una discoteca de Columbus. Salvadoran Dimas Lemus was crushed by a car in the midst of a ﬁght when leaving a Columbus nightclub.

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Era sordomudo y lo aplastan con carro en pelea tras salir de discoteca Crimen estremece comunidad hispana de Columbus

Deaf man is crushed by car on scuffle outside nightclub Crime shocks Columbus Hispanic community El Sol de Ohio

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a madrugada del domingo 10 de Abril un grupo golpeaba a un joven salvadoreño en el parqueo de una discoteca de Columbus, lo golpearon y patearon hasta dejarlo inconciente sobre el pavimento. Fue entonces cuando el tío del joven agredido, Dimas Lemus, quien era sordomudo, al salir de la discoteca corrió a prisas a rescatar a su sobrino. No escuchó el ruido del carro que venía con toda furia contra su pariente y recibió la embestida. Tan crueles fueron sus agresores que pasaron el automóvil sobre su cuerpo, hasta aplastarlo con las llantas. Esa es la versión más común entre quienes comentan el hecho. La familia de la víctima no tiene una versión oficial de lo suce-

dido, pues nadie se atreve a declarar ante las autoridades lo que pasó aquella noche, según cuenta Xiomara Lemus, prima de la víctima y quien se hizo cargo de las gestiones para buscar apoyo económico en la comunidad y organizar el funeral y enviar el cuerpo a sus padres en El Salvador. “Nadie quiere hablar solo me envían mensajes en mi

Facebook diciendo que saben lo que pasó pero nadie se atreve a hablar”, comenta Xiomara. Lo que sí está verificable es que el cuerpo de Dimas fue levantado del parqueo de la discoteca a las 2:40 de la madugada del domingo 10 de abril y fue ingresado en el Riverside Methodist Hospital, en donde permaneció 17 días de los cuales 14 fueron en

estado de coma inducido. Se desconoce si Dimas había participado en la pelea, si había recibido algunas lesiones o heridas además de la embestida del automóvil. La familia aún no tiene la autopsia del cadáver, lo recibirán en unos 10 días. Sin embargo creen que la rotura del cerebro pudo haber sido la causa. Sgún informa Xiomara la Policía está investigando el caso para dar con los autores del crimen. Ya se han reunido con los familiares en busca de información. El Sol de Ohio se unió a la campaña que se organizó para reunir dinero y enviar el cadáver a El Salvador. El dinero ya fue reunido y ahora la familia sólo espera se atrape a los autores de este horrendo crimen.

n the morning of Sunday, April 10, a group battered a young and deaf Salvadoran man, identified as Dimas Lemus, on the parking lot of a Columbus nightclub, punching and kicking him until he was left unconscious on the pavement. It was then when the uncle of the victim left hurriedly the location to rescue his nephew. He did not hear the sound of the car that sped furiously against his relative and received the hit. His aggressors were so cruel that they ran the automobile over his body, crushing him with its tires. This is the most common version told by those who comment about the incident. The family of the victim does not have an official version of the events because nobody wants to tell authorities what happened that night, according to Xiomara Lemus, cousin of the victim and the one who took charge of getting economic support within the community, organize the funeral, and send the body to his parents in El Salvador. “Nobody wants to talk. They only send Facebook messages saying that they

know what happened, but no one dares to talk,” comments Xiomara. What is known is that Dimas was recovered from the nightclub parking lot at 2:40 am on Sunday, April 10 and was admitted at Riverside Methodist Hospital, where he stayed for 17 days, 14 of which under medically-induced coma. It is unknown if Dimas took part in the scuffle o if he was injured before being run over. The family does not yet have the autopsy report, which they expect in 10 days. However, it is believed that the crushing of his brain was the cause of death. According to Xiomara, Columbus police is investigating the case to apprehend those responsible for the crime. Investigators have already met with family members, searching for information. El Sol de Ohio joined the campaign that was organized to collect funds and send the body back to El Savador. The funds have been collected and now the family awaits for police to arrest those who committed this horrible crime.

Murieron 336 mexicanos en Arrestan a 23 presuntos traficantes accidentes laborales en EUA en 2014 de indocumentados en Texas El Sol de Ohio

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n total de 336 mexicanos murieron en accidentes de trabajo en Estados Unidos en 2014, en momentos que los latinos sufren una de las más altas tasas de mortalidad laboral en comparación con anglos y negros, reveló un estudio. Un total de 804 trabajadores latinos murieron en accidentes de trabajo en 2014, lo que representa una tasa de mortalidad de 3.4 por 100 mil trabajadores, un nivel 9.0 por ciento más alto que la tasa promedio de fatalidades en los centros de ocupación. “La industria de la construcción fue responsable del mayor número de trabajadores latinos muertos, con 233, seguido de manejo de desperdicios, con 100, con el trabajo de jardinería acaparando el 63 por ciento de las muertes”, señaló el reporte “Muertes en el empleo: El costo de la negligencia”. Elaborado por AFL-CIO, la mayor central sindical de Estados Unidos con más de 12 millones de afiliados, el informe muestra que el 64 por ciento de las muertes de trabajadores latinos correspondió a personal nacido en el extranjero. “Las muertes entre los trabajadores extranjeros continuaron siendo un problema serio. En 2014, se reportaron 846 muertes re-

portadas entre trabajadores inmigrantes”, puntualizó el documento. Los cuatro estados con el mayor número de muertes de trabajadores extranjeros fueron California, con 137 casos; Texas con 124; Florida con 72 y Nueva York con 66. De los trabajadores foráneos que fueron heridos fatalmente en 2014, un 61 por ciento correspondió a latinos, 18 por ciento a blancos no latinos, 14 por ciento a asiáticos o indios nativos y 6.0 por ciento a afroamericanos. “De los trabajadores extranjeros que resultaron mortalmente heridos en 2014, 40 por ciento era de México”, precisó el texto. Entre los trabajadores latinos, los mexicanos ocuparon el primer lugar en el número de muertes ese año con 336, seguidos por los hispanos nacidos en Estados Unidos con 291 y por los guatemaltecos con 39 personas. Por profesiones, los trabajadores latinos con más altos

números de muertes ocurrieron en la construcción con 186, conductores de vehículos automotores con 122, personal de mantenimiento con 59 y trabajadores agrícolas con un total de 44 trabajadores. La principal causa de los accidentes laborales fue la transportación con 289 muertes, las caídas o resbalones con 178 decesos, contacto con equipo con 122 personas y 107 por actos de violencia. Históricamente, la tasa de muertes laborales de Estados Unidos ha registrado sin embargo una tendencia a la baja. La tasa de fatalidades era ligeramente superior en 2012, con 3.9 casos por 100 mil trabajadores. Desde 2001, cuando la tasa de mortalidad de los trabajadores latinos alcanzó su punto más alto con seis casos por 100, mil trabajadores, el número de muertes ha experimentado un descenso del 38 por ciento, mientras que la tasa general de muertes laborales se redujo en 21 por ciento.

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uncionarios del DPS y de los condados de Wilson y Atascosa informaron los detalles de una investigación conducida en forma conjunta durante dos años para detectar y desmantelar a la banda de traficantes. La organización contrabandeaba a los inmigrantes a través de la frontera con México y los trasladaba a los condados de Wilson, Atascosa y Bexar. En rueda de prensa, las autoridades dijeron que la investigación está haciendo “un enorme hueco” a las operaciones de contrabando y extorsión de humanos en el sur de Texas. “Está claro que tendrá impacto”, dijo Steve McCraw, director ejecutivo del DPS.

“Está claro que es un impacto en Houston y San Antonio, donde se estaba produciendo el contrabando y la trata de personas, por lo que es una pieza de muchas, muchas entidades del crimen organizado que operan allí”, agregó. McCraw dijo que se debe tener en consideración, cuando se investiga este tipo de contrabando, que lo que se trafica aquí no

son drogas, sino la vida de personas humanas. Los detenidos enfrentan más de más de 80 cargos, incluidos participación en actividad criminal organizada, tráfico de personas, tráfico, asalto sexual, robo y lavado de dinero. La investigación está aún vigente y no se descarta la posibilidad de arrestar a más personas, dijo McCraw.

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We want another Cinco de Mayo!

Puerto Rico’s Woes Deepen (Further Still)

As reported by the prestigious magazine Expansión, May 5, 2014 was the day when the most alcohol was consumed outside the winter season. May 5 is one of the five big days for alcohol consumption in the United States. But what does May 5 really represent? That date, or Cinco de Mayo, commemorates the Mexican victory over France in the Battle of Puebla, fought on May 5, 1862. It has nothing to do with the United States. The celebration has become well-known in this nation because of the popularity of Mexican food and drinks. The Mexican community in the United States has celebrated that days since the days of the victory at Puebla. It was starting in the 1960s when Mexican-American activists began to give more encouragement to the festivities, to the point of having more impact nowadays that the celebration of Mexico’s independence. American companies, in turn, see Cinco de Mayo as a great opportunity to do a sales pitch. We need to return to the origins of this celebration. Let Cinco de Mayo celebrate the greatness and heroism of the Mexican people, and with that exalt the greatness of the whole Hispanic community.

Queremos otro 5 de Mayo! En 2014, el Cinco de Mayo, según reporta la prestigiosa revista Expansión, fue el día en el que se bebió más bebidas alcohólicas fuera de la temporada invernal y es uno de los cinco principales días de consumo de bebidas alcohólicas en los Estados Unidos. Pero en realidad, ¿qué representa la fecha del 5 de Mayo? El Cinco de Mayo celebra la victoria de México sobre Francia en la Batalla de Puebla, que ocurrió el 5 de mayo de 1862. No tiene nada que ver con los EEUU. La celebración ha ido ganando popularidad en esta nación por el éxito de la comida y la bebida mexicana en los Estados Unidos. La comunidad mexicana en los EEUU en cambio ha celebrado esta fecha desde los días del triunfo en Puebla. Fue a partir de la década de 1960, cuando los activistas méxico estadounidenses empezaron a darle mayor impulso a la festividad, llegando a tener en la actualidad más impacto que la propia fiesta de la independencia de México. Las empresas noretamericans en cambio ven en la celebración una gran oportunidad de mercadotecnia. Necesitamos volver a los orígenes de esta celebración. Que el 5 de Mayo celebre la grandeza y el heroismo del pueblo mexicano. Y con ello se exalte la grandeza de toda la comunidad hispana.

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his is the third op-ed about the sad economic situation that Puerto Rico is currently going through. Since the last time I wrote about the subject, things have become even gloomier. The Puerto Rican government defaulted on a $422 million payment to its bondholders scheduled for this month – the third and largest to date. In reality, what happened was that Puerto Rico only paid the interest on its bonds, but not the principal; still, the $370 million that still owed comes on top of the $72 billion in existing debt. The explanation given by Governor Alejandro García Padilla for this default is that a decisión had to be made between paying bondholders (an obligation, by the way, spelled out in the Puerto Rican constitution) and keeping essential public services going, and that the second option was chosen. It was even declared that there was very little money left to pay the provider of gas for the government’s official vehicles, including patrol cars and ambulances. Another payment, of $1.9 billion, is scheduled for

July 1st, but García Padilla has announced that this default will not be the last. In all likelihood, Puerto Rico will default on that payment as well. The Puerto Rican government has been imploring for Congress to grant the island the same Chapter 9 bankruptcy provisions afforded to the 50 states. What Congress could offer Puerto Rico is a plan that includes the creation of a board with powers of oversight over its fiscal matters. The board has the support of creditors and GOP congressmen, but not García Padilla’s. Whatever plan is finally proposed, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew alerted Congress that if no immediate action is taken, the only posible solution to the island’s fiscal crisis is a bailout similar to that of the 2008 recession – paid for with federal funds.

Rico, but because Puerto Rico’s commonwealth status is an euphemism for colonialism. The most that can be done is to demand that the board’s decisions – above all, those that affect public employees – should be approved by Puerto Ricans in a referendum. The most effective way to stop the fiscal board and change the economic future of Puerto Rico is by radically and profoundly changing its relationship with thw US. Any promise of being less wasteful with the people’s money will not do much without addressing the political problema that does not allow for the implementation of effective ways for the island to develop its economy, without depending (as it did for decades) on gimmicks like tax exemptions for US companies that start operations on the island.

García Padilla must accept an unpleasant fact: the fiscal board will be implemented not only because the US has no money to pay Puerto Rico’s debt and an extension of the Bankruptcy Law is not posible under its current relationship with Puerto

Meanwhile, Puerto Rico is in suspense, waiting for Congress to decide and announce its plan. Those who are considering to leave the island looking for a better future are no longer in the mood to wait for the ending. The sad story continues.

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he encouraging news from Latin America is that the leftist populists who for 15 years undermined the region’s democratic institutions and wrecked its economies are being pushed out — not by coups and juntas, but by democratic and constitutional means. Cristina Fernández de Kirchner of Argentina is already gone, vanquished in a presidential election, and Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff is likely to be impeached in the coming days. The tipping point is the place where the movement began in the late 1990s: Venezuela, a country of 30 million that despite holding the world’s largest oil reserves has descended into a dystopia where food, medicine, water and electric power are critically scarce. Riots and looting broke out in several blacked-out cities last week, forcing the deployment of troops. A nation that 35 years ago was the richest in Latin America is now appealing to its neighbors for humanitarian deliveries to prevent epidemics and hunger. The regime that fostered this nightmare, headed by Hugo Chávez until his

By Donald Brand* Fortune

onald Trump’s landslide victories in five states on Tuesday have left the nomination within his grasp, but Cruz and Kasich haven’t thrown in the towel. Neither of them can get to 1,237 delegates at this point, so the strategy for both is to deny Trump a first-ballot victory and hope to emerge as the choice of delegates in a brokered convention. Cruz has 566 delegates, while Kasich has only won his home state of Ohio, leaving him with 153 delegates out of the 1,884 delegates chosen so far. Shouldn’t he face reality and get out? Delegates want winners. They are no different than voters in this regard. Republican voters want a candidate who can beat Hillary Clinton. Those who voted for Trump have not been lodging a symbolic protest. Many of them believe that if any Republican can beat Clinton, it is Trump. Butnational polls show Kasich beating Clinton by 8% and Trump losing to Clinton by 7%. Kasich does better than Trump among a variety

We ignore Venezuela’s imminent implosion at our peril

death in 2013, is on the way out: It cannot survive the economic crisis and mass discontent it has created. The question is whether the change will come relatively peacefully or through an upheaval that could turn Venezuela into a failed state and destabilize much of the region around it. A democratic outcome seemed possible in December, when a coalition of opposition parties won two-thirds of the seats in the National Assembly. Rather than concede or negotiate, however, the Chavista government, now headed by President Nicolás Maduro, dug in.

At its direction, a constitutional tribunal stacked with party hacks has issued annulments of every act by the new assembly, including an amnesty for scores of political prisoners. Gangs of regime thugs now roam the streets on motorcycles and attack opposition gatherings. Meanwhile, the government is essentially shutting itself down: Last week Maduro ordered that state employees, who make up more than 30 percent of the workforce, would henceforth labor only two days a week, supposedly in order to save energy. Remarkably, most of the

Western hemisphere is studiously ignoring this meltdown. The Obama administration and Washington’s Latin America watchers are obsessed with the president’s pet project, the opening to Cuba. As it happens, the Castros turned Venezuela into a satellite state, seeding its security forces and intelligence services with agents. Yet now that it is decreasingly able to supply discounted oil to its revolutionary mentor, Venezuela appears to have become an afterthought even in Havana. Last week a delegation of senior Venezuelan lawmakers traveled to Was-

Why John Kasich should stay in the presidential race

of demographic groups, most notably women, and better than Cruz because he is more ideologically moderate. Don’t voters care about electability? The confidence Trump supporters have in the electability of their candidate is underestimated in exit polls. In recent New York exit polls, only 8% of voters in the Republican primary made their choice primarily based on who could win in November,

while 64% wanted an outsider. This is misleading. Trump supporters don’t see outsider status and electability as an either-or proposition: Trump is an outsider who is electable. Supporting an outsider who can’t win is throwing away your vote, and few Americans are willing to throw away their votes. Delegates should follow the voters and try to nominate a winner. But does that mean they should stay

with Trump if the convention is contested? There is historical precedent for delegates exercising their own judgment. During the 1876 Republican Convention, Rutherford B. Hayes, governor of Ohio, was chosen as the Republican nominee. When the Convention in Cincinnati began, the prospects for Hayes seemed bleak. James G. Blaine, speaker of the House, had come to the conven-

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hington to make one more effort to call attention to their crisis. They had a simple message: “Venezuela will end with a political change, because there is no other possibility,” said Luis Florido, president of the National Assembly’s foreign affairs commission. “But the government will decide how this change happens.” At the moment, the slim remaining hopes for a democratic solution rest on a constitutional provision allowing for a referendum to remove Maduro. The obstacles to its success are almost comically steep: The opposition must first persuade some 200,000 people to appear at a government office (now open two days a week) to vouch for their signatures on a petition, then collect the signatures of 20 percent of the electorate, or about 4 million people. If the referendum is held, the vote to remove Maduro would have to be higher than the total reported number of votes he received in his 2013 election. All this has to happen in the next nine months if a new presidential election is to be triggered. Yet just extracting the necessary forms for the first petition from the regime-controlled electoral commission cost the opposition six weeks. On Wednesday,

Venezuelans massively departed from their perpetual lines in front of grocery stores to sign the petitions — the opposition claimed it collected more than 1 million signatures in a day. But, said Carlos Vecchio, an exiled leader of the Voluntad Popular party, “The crisis is moving at 2,000 kilometers an hour, but the potential solution is going at 2 kilometers an hour.” The Venezuelan lawmakers had some practical and specific requests for the Obama administration, starting with the public release of the names and alleged offenses of top Venezuelan officials included on a confidential U.S. sanctions list. They’d also like help finding the $300 billion to $400 billion they estimate has been stashed in foreign bank accounts by the Chavista elite; the money is desperately needed to import food and stave off a foreign debt default. Most of all, however, Venezuelans hope for U.S. leadership in pushing Maduro to accept an election. Said Vecchio: “The moment has arrived when you can no longer ignore this. Because what happens in Venezuela is going to affect the whole region.”

tion as the frontrunner with enthusiastic support in traditional Republican bastions. Nevertheless, delegates became convinced that Republicans would have to prevail in battleground states like Ohio and Indiana if they were going to win the general election. Hayes had already won elections in Ohio, beating popular Democratic opponents. By the seventh ballot, arguments for Hayes’ electability persuaded enough delegates to secure the nomination for a candidate who had entered the process as a long shot at best. Hayes then went on to beat the Democratic nominee, Samuel J. Tilden, in one of the most complicated and contested elections in American history. Admittedly, the nomination process has changed dramatically since the late 19th century. The influence of party elites has declined significantly: Voters largely choose nominees through primaries. But if the verdict of voters is inconclusive, like a hung jury, then delegates will have to decide, and they should do so based on the same criteria that have almost always prevailed in

party calculations: electability. A majority of the delegates will become unbound after the first ballot, and they will be viewing the political landscape in July, months after many of the voters had their say in primaries. With more up-to-date information and more reliable polling results to factor into their analyses, delegates can make more informed choices. Similarly situated voters might have reconsidered earlier choices made with less information. If Trump can turn the polls around before the Republican Convention, delegates should go for Trump. If the polls continue to indicate that Trump is a loser, then delegates should be free to substitute a winner. Only time will tell if history will repeat itself, but for those who think Kasich is wasting people’s time, think again. *Donald Brand is Professor of political science at the College of the Holy Cross.

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As Latin America’s citizens become empowered, tainted leaders come under fire

By Nick Miroff

The Washington Post

hen street protests forced Guatemala’s president to step down last fall amid a corruption scandal, it seemed a rare break in a long and lucrative tradition of impunity in Latin America. Now that event looks like a first salvo in a sweeping new push for cleaner government. Bribery and influence-peddling scandals are roiling countries from Mexico to Chile. Armed with new legal tools and the supercharged activism of social media, an emerging, anxious middle class is increasingly well-informed, unintimidated and unwilling to accept the notion of public office as a path to self-enrichment. “We’ve always had corruption, but there has been a fundamental shift in its exposure and the ability to take it on,” said Shannon O’Neil, an expert on the region at the Council on Foreign Relations. In Brazil, a sprawling graft investigation at state oil company Petrobras has walloped the governing party and brought President Dilma Rousseff to the brink of impeachment. Investigators in Argentina are circling former leader Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, whose wealth multiplied while she was in office. The headlines in Peru, Ecuador and other nations are dominated by stories of kickbacks, bribes or murky offshore accounts.

The current drive does not have the same fervor everywhere, and it would be naive to expect such an old scourge to go away overnight. The problem runseven deeper in areas controlled by drug traffickers. Much of Latin American corruption has its origins in the top-heavy centralization and venality of Spanish colonial rule. The military dictatorships of the Cold War era were not much better, and in too many cases, the arrival of democracy only magnified the opportunities to steal. The parasitic culture of graft functions as a kind of growth-sapping tax, development experts say, and undermines trust in democratic institutions. The difference today is that across much of Latin America, new legal mechanisms are rooting out crimes that might have gone undetected in the past. In Brazil, judicial reforms enacted under Rousseff’s own Workers’ Party in 2013 expanded the plea-bargaining system that is rolling up some of its members today — along with scores of other Brazilian politicians Investigators have used it like a crowbar to crack open old walls of silence, persuading party cronies to turn against one other. A U.N.-sponsored inde-

pendent judicial body in Guatemala, known by the initials CICIG, helped give prosecutors, judges and ordinary citizens the confidence to take on powerful figures such as former president Otto Pérez Molina. In the past, the country’s authoritarian governments easily controlled the courts and silenced activists. But democracy has matured in many parts of Latin America, analysts say. The human rights groups that courageously stood up to military dictatorships a generation ago are today joined by civil society organizations pushing for more transparency and accountability. Press freedom has improved in many countries. Social media has given ordinary citizens a powerful tool to amplify their anger and channel it into the streets. “Our generation is saying that if we want to overcome these problems, it’s now or never,” said Álvaro Montenegro, 28, a Guatemalan law student who was one of the principal organizers last year of the movement to oust Pérez Molina. Montenegro’s group used Facebook to publish essays and testimonials and share information on alleged crimes. Twitter became the group’s most powerful weapon for mar-

“Our generation is saying that if we want to overcome these problems, it’s now or never,”

shaling street protests, allowing direct communication with supporters and the news media, and forcing politicians to engage directly, he said. New anti-corruption laws are on the books or are working their way through legislatures in Mexico, Colombia and Chile, a response to citizen demands for cleaner government. They reflect the growing political clout of a new and nervous Latin American middle class that is determined not to slide backward. During the early 2000s, a commodity boom fueled largely by Chinese demand lifted millions out of poverty. Now prices for oil, minerals and agricultural products are in a slump and the helium has gone out of the region’s economies. With less money for social-welfare programs, incumbent leaders have seen their popularity deflate and their finances — and public budgets — come under greater scrutiny.

The export-driven bonanza produced opportunities for influence peddling and graft on a new scale. Many of the region’s biggest companies in industries such as mining and petroleum are state-owned firms that produced vast fortunes along with new ways to pilfer them. As much as $12 billion was leeched from Petrobras, once the motor of Brazil’s growth, according to the “Car Wash” judicial investigation, which has exposed a sordid culture of skimming and theft by company executives and politicians. Rousseff herself is not accused of stealing, but she was chairwoman of the Petrobras board of directors when seemingly everyone around her was feeding from the trough. Because the good times were also a period of big government budgets, analysts say, they boosted expectations about the role of the state in redistributing wealth and providing services. “In the context of economic deceleration and budget tightening, unabated or even growing corruption in much of the region becomes particularly unseemly,” said Michael Shifter, president of Inter-American Dialogue, a D.C. think tank specializing in Latin America. “Public revulsion towards such tawdry behavior is spreading.” Even leaders with squeaky-clean reputations, such as Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, have been tarred. With her daughter-in-law facing chargesof tax evasion and bribery, the once-popular Bachelet’s public approval has dropped to 25 percent. Like Brazil’s Rousseff, she is among the leftist leaders who rose to power in the past decade in part on the idea that they stood apart from the business

world and would not succumb to its temptations. In November’s presidential election, many Argentines professed the opposite view, supporting wealthy businessman Mauricio Macri on the idea that he would not need to steal if he was already rich. But Macri’s honest-broker reputation took a hit this month when he turned up in the Panama Papers as the former director of an undeclared offshore company. He denies any wrongdoing and says he never made any money from the firm. Fernández, too, insists she is innocent but was called to testify this month in a fraud case, and a prosecutor has sought to include her in a money-laundering investigation. Unlike in the United States, where influence peddling has a legal outlet in the lobbying industry and a campaign funding system, in Latin America, the idea of big money in politics remains largely taboo. So it thrives in the shadows. Latin American political campaigns are becoming more costly and competitive than ever. There is virtually no culture of small-voter donations, so candidates often turn to business interests to build their war chests. Some also pad their personal fortunes. “It’s a huge generalization, but in the United States, politicians have different incentives,” O’Neil said. “You can’t be seen as corrupt when you’re in office, but if you’re an upstanding public official you can get a swanky private-sector job once you leave office.” “Your earning power goes up,” she said. “Whereas the earning power of Latin American politicians is never higher than when they are in office.”

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El uso nocturno de los dispositivos electrónicos afecta a niños y adolescentes The Sun of Ohio

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a exposición, antes de dormir, a dispositivos electrónicos como televisión, videojuegos, computadoras, tabletas y teléfonos móviles, produce irritabilidad, problemas de conducta, riesgos de accidentes y bajo rendimiento físico, mental y escolar en niños y adolescentes, señalaron expertos de la Facultad de Medicina (FM) de la UNAM. El uso excesivo de esos aparatos también puede producir alteraciones del ciclo sueño-vigilia, dificultades para la interacción social, trastornos en la alimentación y, en general, afectaciones a la salud física y mental, precisaron. En conferencia de prensa con motivo del Día del Niño, Ulises Jiménez Correa, director de la Clínica de Trastornos del Sueño de la FM, expuso que nuestro reloj biológico nos ayuda a sincronizar la vigilia con el día y al sueño con la noche, pero si nos exponemos a iluminación artificial antes de acostar-

nos, ese ritmo se altera. Entre la población en general, el problema es que los dispositivos usualmente se ubican en el lugar más privado de los hogares: las recámaras. Incluso, en la cama nos estimulamos con esos aparatos y al querer dormir no nos es posible; cuando lo logramos se presentan despertares, y en la mañana hay cansancio, somnolencia y

el horario de sueño se hace irregular. Por eso es importante limitar el tiempo de uso de estos dispositivos y que sea en horarios adecuados para que no interfieran en la calidad del sueño, remarcó en el auditorio Fernando Ocaranza de la propia entidad. Leticia Verdugo Díaz, del Departamento de Fisiología, destacó que cada año

aumenta su utilización, y aunque los estudios no son concluyentes, en 2004 la Agencia Internacional de Investigación del Cáncer estableció que los campos electromagnéticos de frecuencias extremadamente bajas tienen cierta posibilidad de ser cancerígenos. Aunque la asociación de la afectación en humanos es todavía limitada, lo mejor es tomar medidas razona-

bles para reducir la exposición, como determinó la Asamblea Parlamentaria del Consejo de Europa. Por ejemplo, en Francia se ha restringido la compra de celulares para los menores de 12 años; la recomendación en el Viejo Continente es hacerlo a los 18 años. Según un estudio de la Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala de la UNAM (2015), la mayoría de los jóvenes universitarios usan televisión, teléfono móvil y computadora antes de dormir. Ellos reportaron problemas de insomnio y somnolencia. Según otra investigación realizada en Noruega, los chicos presentan latencia al inicio del sueño (tardan más en dormir) y deficiencia en el mismo. Verdugo refirió el riesgo de dormir menos de cinco horas, porque en ese tiempo de descanso se llevan a cabo muchos procesos fisiológicos fundamentales, entre ellos, el crecimiento. Aurora Jaimes Medrano, del Departamento de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental, refirió que el sueño también sirve para consolidar

el aprendizaje y los procesos de memoria. Cuando se tiene dificultad para dormir por el uso de dispositivos se presenta irritabilidad, intranquilidad e inquietud motora. La alteración del sueño se puede asociar, incluso, con sintomatología de depresión o ansiedad. Cuando hay uso excesivo de dispositivos y adicción a juegos, se presentan otras conductas, como las observadas en adicción a sustancias o al alcohol. Ante ese panorama, Jiménez Correa recomendó no sólo usar luz tenue en los dispositivos, sino apagar cualquier medio electrónico por lo menos una hora antes de ir a la cama. “Su uso continuo por más de cuatro horas afecta de manera directa el tiempo y calidad del sueño”, reiteró. Los niños duermen menos conforme crecen; un recién nacido lo hace entre 16 y 20 horas al día; a los cinco años se requieren entre 13 y 15; a los 10, de 10 a 12 horas. Así, el infante, de acuerdo con su edad, debe cubrir una cuota adecuada. (Neo Mundo).

Estudio revela que nalgadas a niños provocan mayor agresividad The Sun of Ohio

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ntre más se usen castigos físico con los niños, hay más probabilidad de que desafíen a sus padres y experimenten mayor comportamiento antisocial, agresividad, problemas de salud mental y dificultades cognitivas, según un estudio. El reporte, que fue conducido por especialistas de la Universidad de Texas en Austin y de la Universidad de Michigan, analizó cinco décadas de investigaciones, en las que se observó el comportamiento de más de 160 mil niños. Publicado en la edición de abril de la revista especializada Journal of Family Psychology, constituye el más completo análisis de los efectos que tienen las “nalgadas” y los azotes en los niños. “Nuestro análisis se centra en lo que la mayoría de los estadunidenses re-

conocería como nalgadas y no en comportamientos potencialmente abusivos”, explicó Elizabeth Gershoff, profesora asociada de ciencias de la familia y de desarrollo humano de la Universidad de Texas en Austin. “Encontramos que las nal-

gadas están asociadas con resultados perjudiciales no deseados y no a lograr una mayor obediencia o cumplimiento inmediato o de largo plazo, que son los resultados esperados por los padres cuando disciplinan a sus hijos”, según el comunicado en el que

se difunden los resultados del estudio. Gershoff y el coautor del estudio, Andrew Grogan Kaylor, profesor asociado de la Escuela de Trabajo Social de la Universidad de Michigan, encontraron que los azotes o nalgadas, definidos como golpe con

la mano abierta en el trasero o extremidades, fueron asociados con 13 de los 17 resultados examinados, en dirección perjudicial. “La conclusión del estudio es que los azotes aumenta la probabilidad de una amplia variedad de resultados no deseados para los niños. Las nalgadas, por lo tanto, producen lo contrario de lo que los padres por lo general desean que hagan”, dijo Grogan Kaylor. Gershoff y Grogan analizaron algunos efectos a largo plazo entre los adultos que fueron azotados cuando eran niños. Cuanto más “zurras” recibieron más propensos eran a exhibir un comportamiento antisocial y experimentar problemas de salud mental. También fueron más propensos a apoyar el castigo físico para sus propios hijos, lo que pone de relieve una de las principales formas en las que las actitudes hacia el castigo físico

se transmiten de generación en generación. Los investigadores observaron una amplia gama de estudios y señalaron que los azotes se asocian con resultados negativos constantemente y en todos los tipos de estudios, incluidos los que utilizan las metodologías más fuertes como diseños longitudinales o experimentales. Hasta un 80 por ciento de los padres alrededor del mundo, propician de vez en vez nalgadas a sus hijos, según un informe del Fondo de Naciones Unidas para la Infancia (Unicef) en 2014. Gershoff dijo que esta persistencia a las nalgadas se da a pesar del hecho de que no hay evidencia clara de los efectos positivos de los azotes y en cambio existe amplia evidencia que plantea un riesgo de daño para el comportamiento y desarrollo de los niños.

HEALTH

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No decline in child obesity in US, despite efforts The Sun of Ohio

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hildhood obesity is a persistent problem in the United States, and researchers said Tuesday they found no sign of a reversal in the rising trend over the past three decades. In 2013-2014, 33.4 percent of children aged two to 19 were overweight, and 17.4 percent of those were obese, said the findings in the journal Obesity. “Despite some other recent reports, we found no indication of a decline in obesity prevalence in the United States in any group of children aged two through 19,” said lead author Asheley Skinner, an associate professor at Duke University’s Clinical Research Institute. “This is particularly true with severe obesity, which remains high, especially among adolescents.” The findings are based on an analysis of data from the National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey.

The rates documented in 2013-2014 “were not statistically different than those from the previous

reporting period of 20112012,” said the report. Meanwhile, the prevalence of severe obesity -- me-

aning the ratio of height and weight that makes up the ratio known as body mass index (BMI) was 35

or greater -- rose among overweight youth. “Among all overweight youngsters in the 2012-14

reporting period, 6.3 percent had a BMI of at least 35,” up from 5.9 percent in the previous reporting period, said the report. “Another 2.4 percent of those had severe obesity, defined as class III, which was consistent with an adult BMI of 40 or more,” compared with 2.1 percent in the earlier report. In other words, some 4.5 million US children and adolescents have severe obesity, “and they will require new and intensive efforts to steer them toward a healthier course,” Skinner said. “Studies have repeatedly shown that obesity in childhood is associated with worse health and shortened lifespans as adults.” Obesity among adults is also high in the United States. More than one-third (34.9 percent or 78.6 million) of US adults are obese, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (AFP).

Skin Cancer Can Be Deadly: Get in on Free Screenings to Lower Your Risk The Sun of Ohio

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ay is National Skin Cancer Awareness Month. The first Monday in May – this year that’s May 2 – has been designated “Melanoma Monday.” It’s an effort to raise awareness about the deadly skin cancer and encourage people to check their skin on a regular basis. Although most skin cancers are not fatal, the same can’t be said for melanoma. Melanoma is the least common form of skin cancer, but it accounts for nearly 75 percent of all skin cancer fatalities, according to WhatHealth. com. One in every 50 Americans will develop malignant melanoma. Melanoma is the most common form of skin cancer in young adults ages 25 to 29. With Melanoma Monday, and the month dedicated to skin cancer awareness, it’s a good time to get in

on a free screening, which take place at a smattering of medical facilities across the country. The University of Kansas Medical Center is among the locations conducting free screenings on Monday afternoon. The annual event has been popular, Dr.

Daniel Aires, the center’s director of dermatology told KMBZ. “We have a lot of folks coming in every year who just want to get checked over and see if they have anything that’s concerning. And every year we do find several melanomas.”

It’s a good idea to get your skin checked out on a regular basis, dermatologists stress. “The most important warning sign for skin cancer is a new spot on the skin or a spot that is changing in size, shape or color,” said Dr. David Deisher in

a statement. Deisher will be one of two specialists conducting free screening at Heartland Plastic and Hand Surgery in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, on May 13. Even if you can’t get screened on Monday or in May, get it on your to-do

list, and follow up with your doctor, or use this great resource: The American Academy of Dermatology has alisting of locations across the country that regularly provide free screenings — some on a walk-in basis and some by appointment. If you’re not near a permanent location, you can also sign up for alerts to find out when free screenings are being conducted within a 50-mile radius of your home. “If it’s caught early, [melanoma is] quite preventable and treatable. If it’s caught late then it’s much harder and it can be deadly,” Dr. Aires said. Could you be at risk? According to Dr. Aires, if you have a history of blistering sunburns, a family history of skin cancer or skin spots or moles that look a little concerning, you need to get checked out.

DEPORTES

El Sol de Ohio | Mayo 6/20, 2016

Los peloteros latinos a seguir en 2016 Estos son los jugadores latinos a los que les debes de seguir la pista en 2016 dentro de MLB

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Luis Suárez y su mejor campaña en Europa El Sol de Ohio

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esde que debutó en Nacional de Montevideo en 2004, Luis Suárez nunca había marcado tantos goles en un año futbolístico,superó su propio récord que tenía con el Ajax de la temporada 2009/10 y está cerca de convertirse en el Bota de Oro del futbol europeo por segunda vez en su carrera. En aquella campaña con el conjunto holandés, “El Pistolero” anotó 49 goles en 48 partidos en todas las competencias con un promedio de 1.02 goles por partido. El delantero charrúa es considerado uno de los mejores delanteros del mundo y es que ha marcado gran cantidad de go-

les en todos los países en los que ha jugado. A Luis Suárez le bastaron 12 y 35 partidos para abandonar Nacional y viajar a Holanda para jugar con Groningen, ahí metió 15 goles en

37 partidos y dio el salto al Ajax. Ya en Ámsterdam empezó a despegar como goleador y en 159 partidos marcó 111 goles, esto durante las cuatro temporadas que

vistió la playera rojiblanca. La Premier League fue su siguiente destino, llegó a un grande del futbol inglés y Suárez entendió que Liverpool necesitaba un ju-

gador de sus condiciones. “El Conejito” llevó a los “Reds” lo más lejos que pudieron el uruguayo y Steven Gerrard. En Inglaterra fue de menos a más, en su primera temporada marcó solo cuatro goles. La segunda campaña en Anfield marcó 17 goles y dejaría lo mejor en sus dos últimas campañas donde marcó más de 30 goles. En la 2012/2013 marcó 30 y en la 2013/14 perforó las porterías en 31 ocasiones. La temporada pasada fichó por el Barcelona, pero no pudo debutar debido a la sanción que arrastraba por parte de la FIFA. Hizo su debut hasta Octubre, al principio no se encontraba bien físicamente pero conforme fue avanzando el año futbolístico fue mejorando y llegó al final de campaña en el tope de sus

capacidades y fue parte importante del `Triplete´ que ganó el conjunto catalán la temporada pasada. En la presente campaña, Luis Suárez ha mostrado la mejor versión en su carrera como futbolista, tiene números que pocos jugadores logran conseguir. El promedio de Luis Suárez es de 1.1 gol por partido, ya que ha marcado 54 goles en 49 partidos. El delantero uruguayo tiene cuatro goles más que Cristiano Ronaldo en La Liga y está cerca de convertirse en pichichi del futbol español, por lo que podría convertirse en campeón de goleo en tres países distintos luego de lo hecho en Holanda e Inglaterra. (Fox Deportes)

SPORTS

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hey met a year ago this week in a fight that was the richest ever, even if it disappointed most of the millions who watched it. Now there are rumblings, however slight, that Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao might be persuaded to do it again. “I would say there is a possibility a rematch happens, yes,” promoter Bob Arum said Monday. “How big a possibility that is, I can’t really measure.” Mayweather stirred speculation over the weekend when he said in a Showtime interview that he might be persuaded to come out of retirement if the money were enough. He said he had talked to Showtime and CBS about another fight and that “some crazy numbers have been thrown my way.” Although Mayweather wasn’t asked specifically about Pacquiao, the Filipino might be the only opponent who can help him reach those numbers. “If I came back, of course, it would have to be a ninefigure payday and proba-

quiao is in the middle of a campaign for Senate in the Philippines that, if he wins, would make it difficult for him to fight again. But Pacquiao could be tempted by a chance to avenge his defeat. And Mayweather could be lured back into the ring by not only a big payday but also a chance to break Rocky Marciano’s 49-0 record and win fight No. 50 of his pro career.

“Obviously, he’s coming back,” Arum said of Mayweather. “And I can’t see him making the kind of money he’s talking about with anybody other than Manny.” Both fighters have fought once since the big fight, with Mayweather beating Andre Berto in September and Pacquiao defeating Timothy Bradley last month. Both fights were payper-view busts, with sales

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son. They’ve combined for a 6.62 ERA in 17 innings.

bly a championship fight and a nine-figure payday,” Mayweather said. Showtime executive vice president Stephen Espinoza said he is among the minority in boxing who believe Mayweather won’t come back. But Espinoza said he also believes a second fight between Mayweather and Pacquiao would do well. “All of us here would love to see that fight again -- or

any other fight with Mayweather,” Espinoza said. There wouldn’t seem to be a great appetite among boxing fans for a rematch of the bout that sold 4.6 million pay-per-views but got lousy reviews. Mayweather won the fight by unanimous decision, and afterward, Pacquiao revealed he fought with a shoulder injury. Both fighters are technically retired, and Pac-

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he Houston Astros have not played like the team ranked No. 5 in ESPN.com’s preseason power rankings. They’re now 7-17 with nine losses in their past 11 games after a 2-0 defeat against the Oakland Athletics on Saturday afternoon. On a day when their pitching finally looked good, their offense could not produce. What has gone wrong It is the pitching that has been the Astros biggest bugaboo, both in the starting rotation (5.10 ERA, which ranks 27th in the majors) and the bullpen (4.75 ERA, which ranks 25th). Dallas Keuchel’s fastball velocity, which typically gets into the low 90s, has averaged 88 mph his season. His location with it is also off. His fastball strike rate is down four percentage points from last season (63 percent to 59 percent)

and opponents are hitting .356 against the pitch. Collin McHugh won his most recent start, but has been inconsistent, with a 6.65 ERA through five starts and 36 hits allowed in 21 innings. The one encouraging thing is that McHugh has limited his home runs allowed (2) and managed a strikeout-towalk rate (17-to-5) consistent with his past performance. His FIP (Fielding Independent Pitching) is 3.40, so there is hope that he could improve.

The Astros miss Lance McCullers, who would have been their No. 3 starter but started the season on the disabled list due to a shoulder injury. The other three starters who make up the back of the Astros’ rotation -- Mike Fiers, Doug Fisterand Scott Feldman -- have combined for a 5.30 ERA in 13 starts. (Feldman did pitch three scoreless innings in relief in Saturday’s loss.) The issue in the bullpen is that Ken Giles has not delivered on the expecta-

tions the team had for him when he was obtained in a winter trade with the Philadephia Phillies. Giles has allowed 10 runs, including four home runs in 10 innings pitched this season. Though Giles’ fastball velocity does not appear to have dropped significantly, opponents are 11-for-22 with three homers against what has previously been a devastating pitch for him. Also, Tony Sipp and Josh Fields have not replicated their work from last sea-

Looking for something from a couple hitters That’s not to say that the offense is issue-free. The Astros are trying to survive with a lineup that includes two sub-.200 hitters, Luis Valbuena and Jason Castro. Valbuena hit 25 home runs last season, but has none in 20 games in 2016, and sports a .183 batting average. The positive that Castro brings is that he rates as the game’s top pitch-framer (meaning he’s getting more called strikes than the average catcher would get on the same set of pitches), but he carries a .140 batting average into Sunday. The biggest disappointment has been Carlos Gomez, who is dealing with rib soreness. Since being obtained last season, Gomez is hitting .231 with four home runs in 246 atbats. Gomez has excelled in the past against inside pitches, but has done little with them since coming to Houston. He’s 12-for-56

in the range of 400,000, a tenth of what the duo sold in the ring together. Arum said the tepid box office performances were largely the result of a hangover from May’s fight. Many fans who spent a record $99.95 to buy the fight at home felt they got taken by a lackluster bout that didn’t come anywhere near to living up to its hype. Arum said it will be hard for either fighter to move forward without the other. “If they fight anybody else, there’s going to be that hangover,” he said. “If they fight each other, people will be attracted to the fight. It won’t do what the last fight did, but it might do 50 percent of the last fight.” That would be enough to get Mayweather his ninefigure purse. It would also be enough to give Pacquiao a huge payday, if not the $100 million or so he took from the Mayweather fight. As proven in the first fight between the two men, which grossed some $600 million, anything can happen in boxing if the money is right. (ESPN)

against them (.214 batting average) with five hard-hit balls on the 221 pitches he seen since joining the Astros. He hit .289 and had 15 hard-hit balls on 313 such pitches he saw with the Brewers in 2015. Worth noting: Gomez was hit in the head by a Noah Syndergaard fastball last May. Looking ahead This is the fifth time that the Astros have lost at least 17 of their first 24 games. Only one of the previous four teams finished .500 (1969, 81-81). The other three went 66-96 in 1963, 51-111 in 2013 and 70-92 in 2014. From 2011 to 2015, seven teams started a season 717 or worse. Only one of them finished with more than 70 wins, the 2012 Padres (76-86). Elias Sports Bureau research confirmed a note shared on Twitter earlier in the day -- that only one team has made the postseason after a 7-17 (or worse) start. The 1914 “Miracle” Braves started 6-18 and won the World Series. Credit: Mark Simon ESPN Staff.

CHURCH LIFE

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Dice adiós el cardenal del “deshielo” entre Estados Unidos y Cuba By Adelaide Mena

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uego de 35 años al frente de la Arquidiócesis de La Habana y tras convertirse en una pieza clave en el “deshielo” entre Estados Unidos y Cuba, llegó la hora de la jubilación para el cardenal Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino. El Vaticano anunció que el Papa aceptó la dimisión del purpurado, presentada hace más de cuatro años atrás, según lo que establece la ley fundamental de la Iglesia católica, el Código de Derecho Canónico. Según esa normativa, todos los obispos deben poner obligatoriamente a disposición del pontífice su renuncia al cumplir los 75. En este caso, Francisco fue particularmente generoso con Ortega y Alamino, a quien lo mantuvo

en el puesto hasta casi sus 80 años, que cumplirá en octubre próximo. Esa generosidad tiene sus razones: el pontífice y el cardenal no sólo mantie-

nen una cercana amistad, el segundo se convirtió en el mensajero secreto del primero, en la delicada negociación que involucró al Vaticano en el acer-

camiento entre la isla caribeña y Estados Unidos. Entre julio y agosto de 2014, en pleno verano boreal, Ortega y Alamino entregó en mano al pre-

sidente estadunidense, Barack Obama, una carta autógrafa del Papa Francisco, durante un encuentro reservado en la Casa Blanca. Para lograrlo contó con la complicidad de los jesuitas de la Universidad de Georgetown, en Washington, quienes accedieron a organizar una conferencia que le permitiese –a modo de excusa- viajar a la capital estadunidense y escabullirse para su encuentro con el presidente. Otro cardenal, el arzobispo emérito Theodore Mc Carrick, fungió de facilitador de esa reunión. Junto con el arzobispo de Boston, Sean O’Malley, custodiaban con celo la secreta petición del Papa: Ortega y Alamino debía entregar en mano ambas cartas. Eran textos de puño y letra de Francisco. Decían

lo mismo. Uno para Raúl Castro y el otro para Barack Obama. Entregar el del mandatario cubano fue fácil, sólo bastó un viaje en avión privado hasta la playa paradisiaca donde pasaba sus vacaciones. La difícil fue la misión en Washington, el 18 de julio de 2014. Ese día Ortega y Alamino salió de Georgetown casi a hurtadillas, a bordo de un automóvil con destino a la Casa Blanca. Allí, en el jardín de las rosas, entregó a Obama su mensaje. La entrega de esas cartas desbloqueó negociaciones que se encontraban empantanadas entre Estados Unidos y Cuba, poniendo a la Santa Sede como mediadora en el tramo final de un diálogo que llevó al restablecimiento de las relaciones diplomáticas entre los dos países.

Facing shortages, Venezuelan bishops want permission to bring in food, medicine El Sol de Ohio

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mid Venezuela’s grave economic crisis, the country’s bishops have urged the government of President Nicolás Maduro to allow the Church to bring in much-needed supplies such as food and medicine. Venezuela is suffering from a triple-digit inflation rate, economic recession, shortages of basic goods, and a power crisis. In their April 27 statement, the Venezuelan bishops warned that never before had the country suffered from such an “extreme lack of goods and basic food and health products” along with “an upsurge in murderous and inhuman crime, the unreliable rationing of electricity and water, and deep corruption in all levels of the government and society.” “Casting the situation in terms of an ideology and pragmatism in order to manipulate it are exacerbating it,” they warned.

Venezuela’s socialist government is widely blamed for the crisis. Since 2003, price controls on some 160 products, including cooking oil, soap, and flour, have meant that while they are affordable, they fly off store shelves only to be resold on the black market at much higher rates. The bishops reminded the Maduro government of its duty to “encourage all forms of assistance to its

citizens” to overcome the shortages. They pointed out that “authorization is urgently needed for private institutions in the country, such as Caritas or other programs of different religious denominations (…) to bring in food, medicine, and other basic needs from national and international aid groups, and to organize distribution networks in order to meet the urgent

needs of the people.” The economic crisis has led to smuggling and a thriving black market. Widespread looting broke out last week in several cities, after extended power cuts. Venezuela’s bishops also addressed “all those who are taking advantage of the shortages” by speculating on prices or and “those who are abusing their authority by demanding bribes.” “This kind of behavior is

morally unacceptable and makes apparent the lack of ethical values in their lives. Taking advantage of another person’s need for profit is a crime and a mortal sin,” they warned. The bishops also touched on the issue of an amnesty bill which has been approved by the National Assembly, Venezuela’s unicameral legislature, which is led by the opposition. Maduro has rejected the bill. “The amnesty law is a national and international outcry and a contribution to easing social tensions,” the bishops said. “To ignore the National Assembly is to ignore and trample on the will of the majority of the people.” “All government officials, including those of the opposition, should express their serious concern for the entire people, without getting carried away by partisan or special interests. Now is the time to demonstrate your frame of mind to stand up for the common good and the genuine interests of every

citizen of Venezuela,” they added. They urged the people to not let themselves be “manipulated by those would offer to change the situation by means of social violence. But neither let yourselves be manipulated by those who urge resignation, or those who force you into silence with threats … violence, resignation, and hopelessness are serious dangers for a democracy.” “We should never be passive or conformist citizens, but individuals aware of our own and calamitous reality: peaceful individuals, but active, and as as result, acting like protagonists of the transformation of our history and our culture. The Gospel calls us to be effective!” This week, the Venezuelan opposition claimed that 600,000 people – triple the number needed – have signed a petition which is the first step towards a recall referendum on Maduro.

CHURCH LIFE

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uando haya en medio de ti menesteroso de alguno de tus hermanos en alguna de tus ciudades, en la tierra que Jehová tu Dios te da, no endurecerás tu corazón, ni cerrarás tu mano contra tu hermano pobre, sino abrirás a él tu mano liberalmente, y en efecto le prestarás lo que necesite “Deuteronomio 15:7-8.” No hay nada en este mundo que te llene de satisfacción más que ayudar aquel que necesita una mano en momentos difíciles, momentos en los que la necesidad es tan grande que lo

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que causa es dolor, pena, tristeza y al mismo tiempo desesperación por la situación que se esté pasando. Dios en su humildad ayudo siempre a todo aquel que era necesario ayudar, ese es uno de los trabajos que usted y yo debemos de hacer; no solo porque

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es un deber sino porque lo sentimos en lo más profundo de nuestro corazón. Sin falta le darás, y no serás de mezquino corazón cuando le des; porque por ello te bendecirá Jehová tu Dios en todos tus hechos, y en todo lo que emprendas “Deuteronomio 15:10.”

Hay una promesa muy grande cuando ayudamos con amor, Dios dice que el bendecirá todos tus hechos, y en todo lo que emprendas. Dios quiere decir que el suplirás cuando tú no tengas, y tus proyectos serán bendecidos. Te motivo para que aprendas a

tener un corazón dispuesto ayudar cuando veas que hay alguien en necesidad y no endurezca tu corazón. Porque no faltarán menesterosos en medio de la tierra; por eso yo te mando, diciendo: Abrirás tu mano a tu hermano, al pobre y al menesteroso en tu tierra “Deuteronomio 15:11.” ¡Dios sabía que la pobreza iba a estar en la tierra por siempre, pero al mismo tiempo también sabía que íbamos a ver personas como tú y como yo para bendecir al que este en necesidad!

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s. Maquila Charle is a single Christian mother living in La Romana, Dominican Republic, with her three daughters. The four women live in extreme poverty in a oneroom house made of old zinc. The house has no running water, plumbing or toilet with severe deprivation of basic human needs.

Yahve Foundation is a non-profit, founded to help enhance the lives of people in need. We are asking for your help to fulfill the dream of this family by raising enough money to build a small two room home with running water and sanitation. Please help with whatever amount that God puts in your heart. Our goal is to raise $18,000 U.S. dollars and we only can achieve it with your support. (We have quotes,

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a Sra. Maquila Charle es una madre soltera cristiana que reside en La Romana, República Dominicana, con sus tres hijas. Las cuatro mujeres viven en la pobreza extrema en una casa de una habitación hecha de cinc viejo. La casa no tiene agua, plomería ni un inodoro para las necesidades humanas básicas. Fundación Yahvé es una organización sin fines de lucro, fundada para ayudar a mejorar la vida de las personas necesitadas. Estamos pidiendo su ayuda para cumplir el sueño de esta familia, necesitamos una suma de dinero un poco elevada para la construir una casa pequeña de dos habitaciones con agua potable y un

baño. Por favor, ayúdanos con cualquier cantidad que Dios ponga en su corazón. Nuestro objetivo es recaudar $ 18,000 dólares y sólo lo podemos lograr con su apoyo. (Tenemos la cotización, el plano y contratistas listos para llevar a cabo la construcción) Su contribución es deducible de impuestos. La necesidad es, por ejemplo: 18 donantes de $ 1,000 o 36 donantes de $ 500 o 72 donantes de $ 250 o 144 donantes de $ 125 o cualquier donación será muy apreciadas. Con su cooperación y donaciones, podemos bendecir a una familia en necesidad. Que Dios siga bendiciendo sus finanzas!

St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church 30 West Woodruff Ave. Columbus, Ohio 43210 on the campus of The Ohio State University 614-294-3749 Sunday Worship Schedule: 8:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist (no music) 10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist with music 6:00 p.m. Campus Worship community St. Mark’s United Methodist Church 5200 Sullivant Ave. Columbus, OH 43228 Office: 614-878-6520 Worship times: Sunday (English) 10:30 am Worthington SeventhDay Adventist Church 385 E. Dublin-Granville Rd. Worthington, OH 43085 Phone: 614-885-7812 Service Times: First Service: Contemporary 9:00 am Sabbath School: Adult and children of all ages: 10:15 am Second Service: Traditional 11:20 am The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 2400 Red Rock Blvd, Grove City, OH 43123 (614) 875-8490

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n Venezuela, seis de cada 10 ciudadanos emplea hasta cinco horas a la semana en el intento de comprar algunos de los escasos alimentos de la dieta básica, afirmó un estudio realizado por la firma especializada Plataforma Económica. “De ese porcentaje, solo un 25 por ciento logra comprar algo de comida, tras haber permanecido en la cola (fila) por medio día”, precisó Rafael Montero, presidente de la citada empresa, en diálogo que sostuvo con Notimex. Montero destacó que el resto de quienes conforman las colas son “bachaqueros”, con contactos dentro de la red de distribución, los cuales acaparan y compran la totalidad de los productos regulados para luego revenderlos con abultados sobreprecios en las calles del país. “Lo que más molesta a los encuestados son las horashombre que se pierden en estas colas, donde cientos de personas aguardan por su turno, pero con muy pocas esperanzas de lograr comprar algo, debido a la existencia de estas mafias y la escasa oferta de productos”, dijo. Julio Barrientos, mecánico electricista, informó a Notimex que la empresa donde trabaja no concede permisos para que su personal salga en busca de alimentos y que ya se han producido unos dieciséis despidos por ese motivo, sobre todo de operarias. “Muchas llegan tarde, o se escapan para ir a hacer la cola en los sitios donde están vendiendo la leche y los pañales para sus bebés, y al regresar a sus labores son enteradas de que fueron despedidas por abandono voluntario del trabajo”, precisó. Jaime Bello, fundador del movimiento Venezuela Urgente, refirió que en ningún país de América Latina la gente hace cola para comprar productos básicos o para revenderlos con sobreprecio, “pues las colas y la corrupción, por lo que se ve, solo son posibles en socialismo”. Detalló que las filas son el resultado de un estímulo perverso al buhonerismo (comercio informal), al que se ha volcado buena parte de la población, como consecuencia de las erráticas políticas económicas del gobierno y la destrucción del aparato productivo nacional.

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ay días en que Santos Montalvo, un puertorriqueño de 47 años, despierta a su esposa a las 4 de la madrugada para que le de un masaje en la espalda. Es la única manera con la que consigue empezar a cargar maletas a las 6 de la mañana en el aeropuerto de Fort Lauderdale, Florida, donde trabaja. Su empresa no le da días de enfermedad pagados. Los trabajadores hispanos son los más afectados por la ausencia de días pagados cuando se enferman. De cada 100 empleados latinos, en 2011 solo 38 contaba con esta prestación en su puesto de trabajo, reveló un estudio publicado este martes por Center for American Progress, un grupo de tendencia liberal. El 57.1% de los empleados estadounidenses podía tomarse uno o varios días de baja médica sin perder su salario (paid sick days), mientras que, si se miran solo los latinos, el porcentaje se reducía hasta el 38.4% de los casos. “No esperaba encontrar tanta diferencia entre grupos étnicos y raciales”, dijo a Univision Noticias una de las autoras del informe, Sarah Jane Glynn. “El contraste es mucho más fuerte de lo que yo esperaba, especialmente entre empleados latinos. Incluso cuando hablamos

personas con el mismo tipo de trabajo o nivel de estudios, los latinos tienen mucha menos probabilidad de obtener esos beneficios que su colega blanco”, destaca la investigadora. El informe usó datos del Bureau of Labor Stadistics de 2011, los más completos hasta el momento según la autora. Santos Montalvo dice que carga entre 275 y 300 maletas al día en los carros que llevan los equipajes al avión. “Al levantarme por la mañana, siento el dolor más fuerte, a veces se me hace difícil caminar de la cama al baño hasta que mi cuerpo se calienta”. Le duele la cintura, el lumbago y los hombros; el masaje de su esposa con un ungüento de frío-calor le ayuda. Si se complica la situación, va al médico en su día libre. No tiene ni días de enfermedad pagados, ni tampoco vacaciones.

El 44.3% de los trabajadores hispanos contaba con días de vacaciones pagados, casi veinte puntos menos que la media nacional del 60.8%, según el estudio publicado este martes. Los empleados que menos cobran La falta de estos beneficios laborales es especialmente severa entre trabajadores con estudios de high school o inferiores, entre empleados que cobran por hora, y entre los que se ganan la vida en los servicios, la construcción y el transporte. Hay grandes diferencias según los salarios también. Entre los trabajadores de ingresos más bajos, el 15% tiene acceso a días de enfermedad pagados. Entre los que más cobran, casi el 79% disfrutaban de esta prestación laboral. “El cuerpo se resiente, pero nos vemos obliga-

dos a ir a trabajar”, dice Montalvo, que lleva año y medio trabajando en el aeropuerto. El presidente Barack Obama y grupos progresistas, como Center for American Progress, urgen que los legisladores federales actúen para garantizar la baja médica pagada. Entidades conservadoras, en cambio, creen que sería una carga económica inasumible para algunas empresas y que incentivaría el absentismo laboral. Ocho de cada diez estadounidenses defiende los paid sick days, según estudio de 2014 del grupo Public Religion Research Institute. Tres estados (California, Connecticut y Massachusetts) y una veintena de localidades han aprobado medidas para garantizar el salario en los días de enfermedad. (Univision).

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itulado Citizenship Now! (Ciudadanía ahora), el programa cuenta con 400 voluntarios que del 25 al 29 de abril atienden miles de llamadas de personas que podrían ser elegibles para obtener permisos de trabajo y documentos como ciudadanos de Estados Unidos. Organizado durante 14 años, el programa ha recibido en dos días de operaciones en 2016 más de cuatro mil llamadas, con lo que se encuentra en vías de superar las más de siete mil 300 consultas registradas durante el año 2015. Las consultas, absolutamente confidenciales, se realizan en docenas de

idiomas. Los voluntarios que atienden las llamadas refieren a los ciudadanos potenciales a servicios legales de inmigración o, si lo prefieren, a despachos de abogados, a fin de que inicien los trámites para cambiar su estatus migratorio. El director del programa Citizenship Now!, Allan Wernick, afirmó que si las solicitudes de ciudadanía comienzan a ser tramitadas en mayo es muy probable que los individuos pueden registrarse para votar en las elecciones presidenciales de Estados Unidos, programadas para noviembre próximo. En entrevista con Notimex, Wernick indicó que aunque la mayoría de las llamadas provienen

de Nueva York, un estado que ha sido tradicionalmente un bastión del Partido Demócrata en las elecciones presidenciales, también reciben llamadas de todo el país e incluso del extranjero. Los voluntarios pueden referir a las personas que llaman a servicios de inmigración de bajo costo en las ciudades donde radican, en cualquier lugar de Estados Unidos. Wernick declaró que el esfuerzo tiene la intención primordial de contrarrestar los servicios fraudulentos de supuestos abogados o notarios con información confiable. “Hemos hecho este programa durante 14 años, y ha habido algunas organizaciones en el país que

han hecho algo similar, pero ninguna universidad tiene un programa siquiera cercano a este esfuerzo”, manifestó Wernick, abogado especialista en asuntos de migración. El directivo apuntó que el alza en el volumen de llamadas recibidas este año y el mayor interés de la comunidad inmigrante en Estados Unidos por iniciar su vía a la ciudadanía es el temor, más que su intención de votar. “El Congreso no puede quitar a una persona la ciudadanía, pero sí puede dificultar el proceso para obtenerla o para obtener un permiso de trabajo. No sugiero que eso pueda pasar, pero es posible”, aseguró Wernick.

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First US-to-Cuba cruise ship in decades docks in Havana El Sol de Ohio Reporte Especial

he first US cruise ship to travel to Cuba in half a century docked in Havana Monday, marking a new milestone in the rapprochement between the old Cold War foes. A crowd of onlookers waved Cuban and American flags and filmed with their cell phones as the Adonia, a Carnival cruise liner, sailed into port in Havana after setting off Sunday from Miami, the heart of the Cuban diaspora in the United States. The ship had 700 passengers on board, some of them Cuban-Americans returning to the communist island for the first time in decades. Yaney Cajigal, a 32-yearold dancer, could barely contain her excitement as she waited for her niece to disembark. “This is incredible for me, this is very exciting,” she told AFP. “We’re welcoming them with the flags of Cuba

and the United States so everything will be unity, peace and tranquility.” The voyage is the first of what Carnival says will become week-long cruises to Cuba twice a month, with the goal of promoting cultural exchange between the two countries following a warming of ties that began in December 2014 and led to the restoration of full diplomatic relations last year. The “cultural exchange” aspect is key, since ordi-

nary tourism to Cuba is still banned under a US trade embargo, which remains in force despite the diplomatic thaw. For the time being, Americans can travel to Cuba only for cultural, academic, sports-related or religious events. Carnival is the first cruise line company to win permission from both governments to offer trips, which ended after the Cuban Revolution in 1959. The Adonia has schedu-

led cultural activities in its ports of call in Havana, Cienfuegos and Santiago de Cuba, including meetings with artists, musicians and business owners, as well as dance classes and guided tours. The cruise “offers a truly historic opportunity for travel to Cuba: a chance to help build new bridges to a rich and vibrant culture that, until now, most US travelers have only seen in photographs,” the cruise ship’s web page says.

Uncertainty over whether the cruise would take place cleared up only last week, when Cuban President Raul Castro’s government lifted restrictions for seaborne visits of Cubans to and from the United States, opening a door for Cuban-Americans born on the island to board the ships. Carnival initially refused to accept reservations from Cuban-born customers because of restrictions first imposed when Havana feared landings by anti-Castro militants. The cruise line’s policy prompted charges of discrimination amid a firestorm of criticism. Carnival, the world’s leading tour ship operator, eventually relented and began allowing reservations from Cuban-born customers. But its conditions to start the visits were for Cuba to allow its citizens to sail freely. Cuba ultimately backed down after intense negotiations as part of the normalization process, which

culminated in President Barack Obama’s visit to Cuba in March. One of the Cuban-born passengers is Isabel Buznego, 61, who left the island when she was five and was returning for the first time. “My dad wanted to come because he had never been able to come, but he passed away,” she said. “So I’m coming in his name. That is why I have so many different emotions, but I am mostly happy.” Another passenger, Regina Patterson, 58, from Delaware, said she wanted to take the cruise because it was historic. “And it is a place I always wanted to visit,” she said. “I want to see how they live, the music, what they eat, and shopping, shopping, shopping!” The cost of a ticket on the cruise ranges from $1,800 to $7,000 per person. Regular flights from the United States to Cuba are expected to begin later this year.

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n a recent Saturday morning in South Florida, 50-year-old Edgar Ospina stood in a long line of immigrants to take the first step to become an American. Ospina has spent almost half his life in the U.S. after emigrating from his native Colombia, becoming eligible for citizenship in 1990. But with Donald Trump becoming a more likely presidential nominee by the day, Ospina decided to wait no more, rushing the paperwork required to become a citizen. “Trump is dividing us as a country,” said Ospina, owner of a small flooring and kitchen remodeling company. “He’s so negative about immigrants. We’ve got to speak up.” Nationwide, immigrants like Ospina are among tens of thousands applying for naturalization in a year when immigration has taken center stage in the presidential campaign, especially in the race for the Republican nomination.

P Trump, the GOP frontrunner, has pledged to deport the estimated 11 million people living in the U.S. illegally. He’s also vowed to bar Muslims from entering the country and threatened to cut off remittances that Mexican immigrants in the U.S. send back home. And he’s called for building a border wall — among other proposals to deal with unlawful immigration, saying the federal government has failed to protect the border from people and drugs illegally entering the country. That rhetoric, immigrant advocates and lawmakers say, is driving many foreign-born residents to seek citizenship. “There is fear of a Trump presidency,” said Maria Ponce of iAmerica Ac-

tion, a Washington-based immigrant rights group that is teaming up with other organizations to help those seeking citizenship — part of a national campaign called “Stand Up To Hate.” They’ve sponsored naturalization workshops from Washington state to Nebraska and Massachusetts. Nationwide, naturalization applications are up 14 percent in the last six months of 2015 compared with the same period in 2014, according to the government. And the pool of future U.S. citizens is large. Nearly 9 million legal permanent residents, or green-card holders, are eligible to become Americans. Of those, about 4 million are Hispanic.(AP)

uerto Rican officials warned the island’s default on a $422 million bond payment is only the beginning if the U.S. Congress doesn’t help resolve the situation soon. The U.S. island territory did not make nearly $370 million of the payment that was due, the third and largest since 2015. Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla said a much more significant default could occur July 1 if Congress doesn’t restore the government’s ability to restructure debt under Chapter 9. Garcia blamed lobbyists for hedge funds, which he blasted as “vultures,” for the fact that Congress left on its recess last week with a restructuring bill stalled in committee. “Our worst enemy at the moment is politics,” he told reporters at a news conference. The government on Sunday ordered a suspension of payments on debt owed by the island’s Government Development Bank, a default that will like-

ly prompt lawsuits from creditors and could be a prelude to a deadline to a much larger payment due July 1. The governor said Puerto Rico can’t pay the bonds without cutting essential services. Island officials spent the weekend trying to negotiate a settlement that would have avoided the default but apparently came up short. The development comes as Congress has so far been unable to pass a debt restructuring bill for Puerto Rico. “Let me be very clear, this was a painful decision,” Garcia said in a speech Sunday. “We would have preferred to have had a legal framework to restructure our debts in an orderly manner.” Experts say Monday’s default itself is unlikely

to have a major effect on the broader bond market. Most bond funds have already sold their Puerto Rican debt, though a few still hold parts of the commonwealth’s debts and could be hurt. Puerto Rico’s Government Development Bank had $422 million in payments due Monday. Puerto Rico will pay $22 million interest and it reached a deal with island credit unions on Friday to restructure about $30 million, leaving it short $370 million. The administration also will be paying about $50 million in other debt payments due Monday owed by various other territorial agencies. Nearly all the bonds are held by a variety of U.S. hedge funds and mutual funds. (AP)

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Five bad habits that could be damaging your professional reputation load your latest crisis, stop and ask yourself if it’s something that other people would really want to hear. Do they really need to hear that you can’t believe what your roommate did? If not, leave it alone, and talk about something less personal, like the crazy thing that happened in that show you all watch. Oh, and resist the urge to join in when others share too much about themselves. What you might gain in temporary camaraderie, you’ll lose in overall respect.

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et’s be serious: Who doesn’t want to take his or her career to the next level? Sure, there may be periods of low motivation or productivity, but most of us want to see our careers (and our paychecks) keep advancing. If you feel like things are stagnating, you could be committing one of these bad office habits — maybe without even realizing it. Luckily, if you are guilty of any of the following, they’re easy to stop doing this week to get back on track. In no time, you’ll be making your strongest professional impression again. 1. ISOLATING YOURSELF Getting your job done and getting along with your co-workers doesn’t always go hand-in-hand, at least where time management is concerned. You might feel as though you need to work through lunch instead of joining your office mates, and that you get more done with your ear buds blasting your playlist. Plus, do you really need to get to know the new guy if it you won’t be working together that closely anyhow?

Although your intentions are (mostly) noble, you’re shutting yourself off from the rest of the office. That’s not going to work in your favor. The next time the office joins in to celebrate someone’s birthday, make time for a slice of cake. Better yet, volunteer to pick up the cake. When you show your teammates you have time for them, they’re more likely to have time for you—and your ideas (win-win!). 2. BLOWING OFF THE END OF THE DAY It’s 5:30 PM on Friday, and you’re planning to leave by 6 PM to grab dinner

with friends. What are you typically doing? Are you “running out the clock” and checking your email several times without actually getting real work done? Maybe you’re even more obviously packing up your things, chatting with colleagues, or obviously texting on your phone. It’s easy to fall into that trap of skipping out on the last few minutes of each day, but that time can add up quickly. Your colleagues who keep working will notice (and so will your boss). Start taking that time seriously and you’ll start

to take your own career more seriously as well. Of course, you’re not going to want an extensive project, but you can use it to get organized: Plan your next morning or work on helpful small tasks that would otherwise get overlooked (likecleaning your desk or updating your todo list). 3. GOSSIPING (A LOT) As writer Steve Albrecht points out in article for Psychology Today, “The workplace is a good breeding ground for gossip bacteria.” Rumors fly at an alarming pace, and often, they don’t have a lot

to do with the actual work. Sure, people may point to the bonding benefits, but these are outweighed by the negatives. You never want a mean rumor or joke to get traced back to you. After all, you’d hate to share something that you overheard only to find out later that you didn’t know half the story (or have areally awkward run-in with the person you were badmouthing). A quick response of “Sorry, but I don’t feel comfortable talking about that” will usually stop the gossip in its tracks, and even make other people aware of what they’re doing. (And if that doesn’t work, try one of these eight non-condescending ways to respond.) 4. OVERSHARING Speaking of rumors, one way to fuel that chatter is by providing too much information about your personal life. Making friends at work is a good thing. However, that doesn’t mean you have to open up about all your darkest secrets or the long list of faults with your spouse. Be friendly, but draw that line in the sand. Your co-workers don’t need (or want!) to know everything. This week, when you arrive at work and start to un-

5. HAVING A BAD ATTITUDE It’s not just complaining about your home life that can make you look unprofessional. Constantly being negative about things at work can be just as bad (or worse). Even sarcastic jokes like “Time for another time-suck of a meeting” or “I just sent the project to Bill, so get ready for a thousand edits” can drain everybody around you. Plus, you’ll gain a reputation as the office complainer—and who wants to promote that guy? If you have a problem with some aspect of the job, try to find a solution. If it’s just one of those things, put on some headphones and listen to some uplifting music, go for a walk, or treat yourself to a snack you’d never normally eat. Control your attitude or it will control you. If small fixes aren’t enough, take some time to read books about workplace positivity, like The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy and The Fred Factor: How Passion in Your Work and Life Can Turn the Ordinary into the Extraordinary. Or, if reading books isn’t your thing, check out a few TED talks. It’s not enough to just complete tasks as assigned. If you care about your job—you need to show it by eliminating these bad habits. If you get find yourself falling back into negative ways, take a deep breath and aim to do better. Nobody’s perfect: What matters is trying to do your best.

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Obama: Eight years, eight jokes (almost) After Donald Trump pressed Mr Obama for his long-form birth certificate (three years after Mr Obama had been elected), Mr Obama did so, and then took it to Mr Trump at the 2011 dinner. The businessman was in the audience - and he wasn’t laughing.

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n Saturday evening in Washington, Barack Obama will attend his last White House Correspondents’ Association dinner as president. The black-tie affair is an annual gathering of politicians, journalists, celebrities and other notables from Washington and beyond. The highlight of the evening is the president’s speech, during which he makes fun of himself, his allies and his opponents, often in equal measure. Mr Obama has not spared many from his zingers in past years - and that includes current Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump. He’s also returned to a few common threads throughout his presidency: jokes about his “birth country” (Kenya, as some critics falsely claim), and the challenges of facing a hostile Republican Congress. Here’s a look at some of Mr Obama’s best lines and sharpest jabs from the past seven White House Correspondents Dinners,

and the political context in which they were delivered.

sidential run by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

2015: Political opponents “Welcome to the fourth quarter of my presidency,” Mr Obama said in 2015, noting his wife, Michelle, was cheering the loudest. Mr Obama spent a good portion of the speech picking on conservatives and their efforts to block him in the last two years of his presidency. “[Former Republican representative] Michele Bachmann predicted I’d bring about a Biblical endof-days,” Mr Obama said, shaking his head. “Now that’s a legacy.”

2013: Healthcare.gov and “rookie mistakes” In the middle of a problematic roll out for the website for Mr Obama’s healthcare law, Mr Obama needled himself about “rookie mistakes” - including commenting on California Attorney General Kamala Harris’s looks. Mr Obama also mocked some media companies, saying “BuzzFeed” used to be “something I did in college at 2am” and comparing his recent horrendous free throw session (two out of 22) as less reliable than broadcaster NBC’s record with successful programmes.

2014: Midterms As races in Congress heated up in spring 2014, Mr Obama made reference to his sinking poll numbers and Democrats worrying about a negative effect on their own elections. “Sasha needed a speaker at Career Day and she asked Bill Clinton,” Mr Obama said of his youngest daughter. “I was a little hurt.” He also made the first reference to a likely pre-

2012: Re-election While the Republican candidates for the presidency in 2012 were still battling in the primaries, Mr Obama singled out front-runner (and eventual nominee) Mitt Romney to compare educations. Two degrees from Harvard instead of one? “Snob” Mr Obama joked. The president also opened

his 2012 speech with a nod to the year before. “In fact this very weekend last year, we finally delivered justice to one of the world’s most notorious individuals.” Mr Obama had announced the death of Osama bin Laden the day after the 2011 Correspondents Dinner. But the picture on the screen behind him in 2012? Donald Trump. 2011: Long-form birth certificate

2010: Bad ‘ratings’ In year two of Mr Obama’s administration, he noted his approval ratings were dropping from highs right after his election, but was still using material that referred back to the 2008 campaign. The president also made reference to struggling banks and the US attempt to shore them up after a market crash. “All our jokes tonight are brought to

you by Goldman Sachs,” He said. “They make money whether you laugh or not.” 2009: First Hundred Days Mr Obama’s first correspondents dinner came shortly after he had finished his first 100 days in office - a milestone which many campaigns use to fulfil promises. He took the opportunity to remind people what the new Obama administration had already done - and make light of an expensive situation for the US - the government bailout of General Motors, a major automotive firm. “Just last week, Car and Driver named me auto executive of the year,” Mr Obama said. (BBC News

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