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ov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia, who is also the New Progressive Party president, said Thursday that his gubernatorial primary opponent Jenniffer González Colón’s running mate, Elmer Román González, lacks a pro-statehood track record.

“The two candidates for resident commissioner who support me, who support my re-election [William Villafañe Ramos and José Enrique “Quiquito” Meléndez Ortiz], have a proven track record in favor of stability, in favor of the equality as American citizens that we lack,” the governor said in response to questions from the press.

“And that, for me, is the main credential of anyone who aspires to the resident commissioner post under the insignia of La Palma. The two who support my re-election, both do have a proven track record in favor of statehood.

They are statehooders by birth; they have participated in countless forums to inform and educate our people about the benefits of statehood and our ideals. And that for me is the main thing.”

Pierluisi said Román González has no chance of being elected in the primary.

“Because the penepés are statehooders first, and then comes the rest,” he said. “And I’m sure they’re going to want a proven statehooder with a proven track record in Washington, That’s my feeling, so who’s going to prevail on that day we’ll know.”

The governor said he doesn’t believe that Román González’s military career will give him an advantage in the primary.

“The important thing here is that whoever is going to advocate for statehood, for equality, has credibility, has experience advocating that idea,” he reiterated.

On Sunday, the current resident commissioner in Washington, González Colón, and Román González will file the documents that make official their candidacies for governor and resident commissioner, respectively.

Meanwhile, former Sen. Nelson Cruz Santiago said the resident commissioner’s move to name Román González as her running mate has the governor’s team worried and scared, while Gurabo Mayor Rosachely Rivera Santana said “I think it’s an extraordinary selection of a public servant with very particular qualities.”

“As I said a few days ago, we will support him and I have no doubt that the candidate selected by our next governor will win the progressive vote and all those who identify with him and evaluate him on his merits that make him unique for this candidacy,” Rivera Santana said.

Vega Alta Mayor María Vega Pagán added that “we have a military statesman, engineer, diplomat and Puerto

Rican; Elmer Román is not a traditional public servant.”

“He is a soldier who always returns home after each mission and whose exploits speak for him,” she said. That is precisely his novelty and his greatest strength, which make him an ideal candidate to occupy the seat in Washington.

Being a military man decorated for his actions on active duty is a new and fundamental characteristic for the position, because in Congress, the military is distinguished.

They don’t knock on the doors, they open them.”

Cruz Santiago said the governor’s campaign and his spokesman Edwin Mundo Ríos have for several days been showing their concern and desperation over the announcement of Román González.

“While Jenniffer had resident commissioner candidates to choose from, the governor is still on his own,” he said. “Our friend Edwin Mundo had announced that Larry Seilhamer would run and we were waiting; he also said that Elmer would have residency problems and his own advisers and campaign commentators denied it. Where is the organized campaign? We are already seeing how you can see that they are desperate and erratic in their campaign.”

Cruz Santiago added that “it would be the first time that the island would have a candidate for resident commissioner who has had a military career and who has also performed diplomatic functions.” The weight and importance of these qualities place him at an advantage in accessing the spheres of power,” the former senator said.

Gov. Pedro Pierluisi

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PDP cuts number of candidates to be nominated for Legislature

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opular Democratic Party (PDP) President Jesús Manuel Ortiz González has announced that the political party, which currently controls both chambers of the island Legislature, will nominate candidates for four at-large House seats and four at-large Senate seats to ensure the party retains its legislative majority in the next election.

The move, which he announced along with PDP Secretary General Gerardo Cruz Maldonado, is to ensure that all of the PDP’s candidates get elected. The PDP has two atlarge House seats and two at-large Senate seats. Ortiz González said the PDP made the decision after a thorough evaluation with the party’s governing board. In the past, the party has submitted candidates Popular Democratic Party President Jesús for six at-large House seats and six at-large Manuel Ortiz González Senate seats.

“After an analysis of the electoral results of political parties and what appears to be over the past 24 years, we have decided an expected reduction in the number of to nominate [candidates for] four at large straight party votes.

Cruz Maldonado said the reality of the House seats and four at large Senate seats to strengthen our ballot,” the PDP president new voting trends is that there is no such thing as a straight party vote. said.

Also on Thursday, the commonwealth The move comes because of the plurality

Supreme Court announced it would not evaluate a suit that seeks to force Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia to nominate a chairperson for the State Elections Commission (SEC).

Ortiz González, meanwhile, urged Pierluisi to comply with the law and the Electoral Code that he himself defends.

This is due to the governor’s statements that the PDP is hindering the appointment of an SEC chair.

“The public record once again contradicts the governor,” said Ortiz González, who earlier this week announced his intention to run for governor. “The PDP is not hindering the appointments made by Governor Pierluisi to select a chairperson of the State Election Commission. We just want to make sure that the Electoral Code that the NPP wrote is complied with.”

Ortiz González noted that last August, Pierluisi sent to the Legislature the names of two judges who had been previously ruled out by the electoral commissioners.

“The governor is being poorly advised by his electoral team,” Ortiz González said. “On that occasion, a judge who had been rejected by the members of the SEC was referred to the Legislative Assembly for approval, resulting in a setback for his

nominee. And now, to maintain his erratic behavior in this matter, knowing that the term for consideration of nominees in the SEC has already expired, he chooses to return to the commission to ask all the political parties represented there to become accomplices of that violation.”

The at-large representative also pointed out that, among last Tuesday’s nominees, there is a lawyer who, despite having been confirmed as a judge, has not yet been sworn in as such, and in another case, there is a former NPP electoral commissioner who does not meet the requirement of having been disconnected from the SEC for four years since his resignation.

“The only person responsible for the instability in the SEC less than a year after the general elections is held is Gov. Pedro Pierluisi,” Ortiz González said. “He has the ministerial obligation to take this matter seriously and send a judge to be chair of the SEC and an alternate to comply with the provisions of the Electoral Code. If the Governor wants to honor the law and in turn his commitment during the summer, he only has to follow what the Constitution provides: Seek the advice and consent of the legislative bodies and stop thinking about his primary.”

Mayors Assn. president Hernández Ortiz to file Senate candidacy on Dec. 10

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hree-term Villalba Mayor Luis Javier Hernández Ortiz will file his candidacy for an at-large Senate seat on Dec.10

at 10 a.m. at the headquarters of the Popular Democratic Party (PDP) on Constitution Avenue in Puerta de Tierra.

The Puerto Rico Mayors Association president called on party members to accompany

him and listen to his platform and proposals.

“It is a great challenge in my professional career, and as a public servant, and for this reason I want to be accompanied by the people who believe in me and also by the people in whom I believe,” Hernández Ortiz said. “My intention is to present my platform for the next election and in the same way, what my priorities will be.”

He said his objective is to achieve a large PDP majority and that the spaces that need to be filled are filled by the good people who have become available.

“There is a lot of work to be done, I have the platform to work on it and I am ready so that together we can capitalize on each of our resources and use them for the benefit of the entire team of senators as well as the candidates for the next electoral contest,” Hernández Ortiz said.

Candidates for at-large Senate seats will not have to face party primaries next summer.

Villalba Mayor and Mayors Association President Luis Javier Hernández Ortiz

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Accomplice helps in arrest of suspect in brutal killings of elderly Naguabo couple

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t was an accomplice of 18-year-old Jenniel Alexander Rodríguez García who provided evidence that helped police make an arrest in the brutal slayings of an elderly couple in Naguabo around the Thanksgiving Day holiday.

The Police Intelligence and Arrest Division arrested Rodríguez García earlier this week at the Linda Vista motel in the eastern coastal town, where the suspect was staying with a 17-year-old presumed to be his girlfriend.

According to police, officials took all necessary measures during Wednesday’s arrest to guarantee the safety of the suspect, his minor companion, and the agents.

The minor was returned to her family, but protocol calls for officials to notify the Family Department.

“The social team of the Family Department began an investigation this Wednesday after the Police made a referral to the agency after the

Jenniel Alexander Rodríguez García

arrest of an 18-year-old young man accused of

the murder of two elderly adults in Naguabo and who, at the time of being located by the authorities, was in the company of a minor,” Family Secretary Ciení Rodríguez Troche said.

“Upon receiving the referral, we immediately entered the investigation that, on our part, will investigate the social part; law-and-order authorities will manage the criminal part,” she added. “The agency’s social workers are conducting the interviews while the investigation remains ongoing. Being in the preliminary stage of the social study, information is limited. Hence, these are, at the moment, the only statements.”

Police Commissioner Antonio López Figueroa described the killings of Henry Irizarry and his wife, Genevive Rodríguez, in the Playa Húcares community in Naguabo as a very violent scene.

According to information obtained from the police, presumably provided by the aforementioned accomplice, the suspects were

trying to steal a car from the elderly couple’s residence when Irizarry caught them in the act, and they tried to ensure there were no witnesses left alive.

The suspects used shovels and other tools to kill the couple and then they burned the bodies, police said.

“It is a very complex scene,” López Figueroa said. “This gentleman notices they are trying to invade his home, he confronts the suspects, and they kill him and his wife using tools.

They beat them with shovels and other tools that were at the home, and then they burned them. A somber scene.”

Rodríguez García was the couple’s neighbor. He was charged in absentia with first degree murder, aggravated arson, aggravated robbery, destruction of evidence and weapons law violations.

Judge Enid Rivera García found probable cause and set bail at $1.4 million. The name of the accomplice was not revealed.

Judge orders partial separation of conspiracy trials against Vázquez Garced, financial adviser and banker

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.S. District Judge Silvia Carreño Coll has ordered the separation of the conspiracy trials against former governor Wanda Vázquez Garced, financial adviser Mark Rossini and banker Julio Herrera Velutini.

In an order issued Wednesday, the judge determined that counts 1 to 4 of the indictment that accuse the three

defendants of a bribery conspiracy should go to trial first.

However, the trial on charges 5 to 7 against Herrera Velutini will be held separately, the judge ordered.

Herrera Velutini faces conspiracy charges for allegedly trying to bribe Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia.

The judge denied the request of the former governor and the financial adviser that Herrera Velutini also face a separate trial on charges 1 to 4, since she did not find

that the request met legal requirements.

The indictment alleges in the first four counts that Herrera Velutini, with the help of Rossini, bribed Vázquez Garced with primary campaign contributions to remove George Joyner from the Office of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions (OCIF) to stop an investigation into Herrera Velutini’s Bancredit International bank.

Lawmaker lauds campaign spotlighting social media dangers for minors

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ep. José Aponte Hernández thanked Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia on Thursday for the development and implementation of an aggressive media orientation campaign for parents and/or guardians on the use of social media platforms by minors.

“The fact that minors can use social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, X, Tik Tok and Snapchat, to name a few, without any control is a problem that is only increasing, especially with the entry of Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms, which are used by criminal elements to commit their crimes,” Aponte said in a written statement. “It is very important to provide the necessary tools to parents and guardians so that they can monitor in detail the use of these networks, which although it is true that it brings people closer, it is no less true that children can be exposed to adult material, among other

delicate situations.”

“I thank the Governor for developing, together with the staff of the Office of Innovation and Technology Services (PRITS), a platform to guide parents and/or guardians on the importance of monitoring and educating their children and the things they should be aware of to prevent them from being exposed to graphic materials for adults, among others,” the former House speaker added.

In 2022, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) rescued 94 minors, victims of sex offenders who use social media to meet and search for children.

Aponte has recognized the importance of child safety on the internet for some time now. In 2012 he held the first symposium on the topic. He also held a forum on safety on video game platforms in 2013.

Among the pieces of legislation introduced by the veteran New Progressive Party lawmaker on the issue is a measure which creates, by law, the first Cybercrime

Division within the island Justice Department.

Aponte Hernández issued his statement around the same time Thursday that U.S. Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announced that Victoria Gabriela Rodríguez Morales, an adult teenager from Adjuntas, was indicted by a federal grand jury a day earlier for allegedly making 13 interstate threats between May and October 2023, targeting schools, hospitals and law enforcement in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School were massacred by a teenage gunman in May 2022.

According to the indictment, Rodríguez Morales used Gmail, Instagram, Facebook and Kick.com to issue her threats of shootings at Uvalde High School and Texas A&M College, as well as bombings at hospitals. She also threatened to kill Kimberly Mata-Rubio, whose daughter was killed in the Uvalde shooting, if she won the mayoral election.

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Swain dismisses remaining claims in PREPA’s lien challenge, paving way for appeal

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.S. District Court Judge Laura Taylor Swain, who is overseeing the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA)’sTitle III bankruptcy case, has dismissed bondholders’ remaining claims in a lien and recourse challenge against the utility, paving the way for an appeal.

Earlier this year, Swain had ruled that the $8.5 billion in outstanding PREPA bond debt was unsecured, meaning that there is no property to seize, repossess, or foreclose upon. She also ruled that the claim was only worth $2.4 billion. Under PREPA’s currently proposed adjustment plan, bondholders that haven’t already settled their debt with PREPA would receive 3.5% to 12.5% of the unsecured claim amount. PREPA is represented by the Financial Oversight and Management Board (FOMB).

In a 65-page order issued Tuesday, Swain dismissed remaining counterclaims, including that PREPA is in breach of its statutory obligations by failing to raise rates to generate revenue to cover bondholders.

“In addition to arguing that PREPA has a post-petition ob-

ligation to comply with statutory debt repayment obligations while in bankruptcy, the bondholders argue that any claims arising from statutory obligations are nondischargeable,” Swain ruled in the case FOMB et al. v US Bank National Association.

She said the court has already determined that the bondholders’ claims do not arise directly from any statute. However, even if they did, the bankruptcy code would operate to render their claim for payment on the bonds a dischargeable claim.

The ruling will now allow bondholders to appeal Swain’s decisions on the security of their debt. The judge had blocked bondholders from appealing before a final ruling Swain also scolded bondholders for misquoting her in the proceedings.

“The court notes that, in their response, the bondholders represent that this court held that the (Financial Oversight and Management Board) qualifies as a ‘trustee in bankruptcy,’ citing to the summary judgment order, and placed the phrase in quotes, despite the fact that the quoted phrase does not appear anywhere in the summary judgment order,” Swain wrote. “The bondholders are warned not to fabricate ‘quo-

tations’ of language that is not present in the court’s orders and to exercise caution when arguing that any court made any holding by implication.”

PREPA has been in bankruptcy since 2017 to restructure some $9 billion in debt.

U.S. District Court Judge Laura Taylor Swain

Luquillo students light & decorate Christmas tree in Capitol

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s part of the celebration of the start of the Christmas season, a group of children from Isidro A. Sánchez High School in Luquillo visited the Capitol in San Juan this week to decorate the traditional Christmas tree in a ceremony held at the office of the New Progressive Party (NPP) delegation leader in the House of Representatives, Carlos “Johnny” Méndez Nuñez.

For several hours, about a dozen students hung strings of lights, placed decorations and even created a nativity scene symbolizing the birth of the baby Jesus, the centerpiece of the Christmas celebration in Puerto Rico.

“Christmas is the time we come together as a family to celebrate and share,” said the representative for District 36 (Río Grande, Luquillo, Fajardo, Ceiba, Vieques and Culebra).

“For these young people, one of the symbols of this season is the traditional Christmas tree. That is why we held this activi-

ty, where young people from Isidro A. Sánchez school in the municipality of Luquillo came to the Capitol, to our office, to decorate, to their liking, the Christmas tree. I thank the teachers for supporting this effort.”

“Christmas is for everyone and we were looking to do something different to incorporate young people into these activities, and this decorating of the tree together with their teachers illustrates how we are a community that comes together for activities like this,” Méndez added.

EDB signs entrepreneurial opportunity pact with Mexico

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uerto Rico Economic Development Bank (EDB) President Luis Alemañy González on Thursday announced the signing of a collaborative agreement with the Consulate General of Mexico in San Juan, to strengthen economic ties and provide new opportunities for Mexican entrepreneurs based in Puerto Rico.

The agreement will allow both organizations to work together, in a more defined way, on initiatives that include workshops, mentoring of entrepreneurs, financial education, business plans and economic development.

“We are extremely excited about the signing of this agreement,” Alemañy González said. “Mexican culture has always had a place in Puerto Rico and what better than to establish this alliance to strengthen economic and social development.”

The signing of the agreement took place during a meeting with Mexican entrepreneurs, where they presented their products to EDB officials and talked about their success stories in establishing their businesses in Puerto Rico.

Alemañy González noted that the EDB will be assisting all entrepreneurs with the financing alternatives available in the bank’s portfolio of financial products.

“Our primary goal is to provide micro-entrepreneurs with this capital help to start their business or even achieve their expansion,” he said. “At the BDE we offer direct loans or lines of credit up to $500,000, from 4% to 8% annual interest, to companies that have been operating for a year or less.”

Juan Manuel Calderón Jaimes, the Consul General of Mexico on the island, stressed that “this strategic alliance will allow us to work hand in hand to provide meaningful opportunities to our entire community residing in Puerto Rico.”

“The joint initiative will be of great benefit in the establishment of new businesses, exporting products and goods that are purely Mexican, with viable financing alternatives for small and midsize businesses,” he said.

It is estimated that the Mexican community residing in Puerto Rico numbers between 8,000 and 10,000, forming an important and active part of the population.

The pact will allow Puerto Rico’s Economic Development Bank and the Mexican consulate to work together, in a more defined way, on initiatives that include mentoring of entrepreneurs, financial education and workshops, business plans and economic development.

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McCarthy claimed Trump was ‘not eating’ after leaving office, Cheney says

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ormer President Donald Trump was “really depressed” in the days after losing reelection and leaving office in January 2021, so much so that he was “not eating.”

At least, that is what Kevin McCarthy told Liz Cheney in trying to explain why he had traveled to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, an act of solidarity that many have identified as a pivotal moment in reviving the former president’s political viability.

McCarthy, the California congressman who was then the House Republican leader, had condemned Trump for fueling the Jan. 6 mob attack on the Capitol and even suggested that he resign, only to turn around and effectively absolve the former president by embracing him again. In her new book, Cheney, perhaps the country’s most vocal anti-Trump Republican, reports that McCarthy justified the Jan. 28 visit as an act of compassion for a beaten ally.

Cheney wrote that she was so shocked when she first saw the photograph of McCarthy and Trump standing side by side with grins on their faces that she thought it was a fake. “Not even Kevin McCarthy could be this craven, I thought,” she wrote. “I was wrong.”

Cheney’s book, “Oath and Honor,” a copy of which was obtained by The New York Times before its scheduled publication Tuesday, offers a scathing assessment of not only McCarthy but an array of Republicans who in her view subordinated their integrity to curry favor with Trump. Her account of his subjugation of the party presents a tapestry of hypocrisy, with inside-the-room scenes of Republicans privately scorning “the Orange Jesus,” as one wryly called him, while publicly doing his bidding.

The much-anticipated memoir arrives on bookshelves even as Trump is in a commanding position to win next year’s Republican presidential nomination. Cheney, who represented Wyoming in Congress and led the House Republican Conference, making her the thirdranking member of her party, has assailed him as a budding autocrat in more visceral terms than most of his challengers for the nomination.

The daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and a conservative star in her own right who was once on track to become House speaker, Cheney ultimately paid a price for her opposition to Trump and her service as vice chair of the House committee that investigated his role in instigating the Jan. 6 attack. She lost her leadership position and eventually her seat in a Republican primary last year. But she has vowed to do whatever she can to keep Trump from returning to the Oval Office.

Indeed, she subtitled her book “A Memoir and a Warning” to make the point that

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) at her home in Cheyenne, Wyo., Feb. 5, 2022. In a new memoir, Liz Cheney wrote that Kevin McCarthy justified his trip to Mar-a-Lago by saying the former president was depressed after losing re-election.

Trump represents a clear and present danger to America if he is on the ballot next November.

“We will be voting on whether to preserve our republic,” she wrote. “As a nation, we can endure damaging policies for a four-year term.

But we cannot survive a president willing to terminate our Constitution.”

A reelected Trump, she said, would face few checks on his power. “Step by step, Donald Trump would tear down the other structures that restrain an American president,” she wrote. “The assumption that our institutions will protect themselves,” she added, “is purely wishful thinking by people who prefer to look the other way.”

Asked for comment on Wednesday, Trump, who has openly called for “termination” of the Constitution to immediately remove President Joe Biden from office and reinstall himself without waiting for another election, did not directly address any of Cheney’s specific assertions but simply dismissed her as a disgruntled critic.

“Liz Cheney is a loser who is now lying in order to sell a book that either belongs in the discount bargain bin in the fiction section of the bookstore or should be repurposed as toilet paper,” Steven Cheung, a spokesperson for Trump, said by email. “These are nothing more than completely fabricated stories because President Trump is the clear front-runner to be the Republican nominee and the strongest candidate to beat Crooked Joe Biden.”

Likewise, McCarthy did not deny anything in the book, copies of which have also been obtained by CNN and The Guardian.

His office released a statement saying, “For Cheney, first it was Trump Derangement Syndrome, and now apparently it’s also McCarthy Derangement Syndrome.”

In Cheney’s telling, Trump knew that he lost the 2020 election even as he told the public that he had not — and she cited no less than McCarthy as a witness. Just two days after the November election, she said, McCarthy told her he had spoken to Trump. “He knows it’s over,” she quoted him saying. “He needs to go through all the stages of grief.”

That could in theory make McCarthy an important witness in the federal or state criminal cases against Trump, refuting any defense by the former president’s lawyers that he was acting on good-faith belief that fraud had stolen the election from him.

Also depicted as a Trump acolyte is Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., who in recent weeks vaulted from the backbench to the speakership after McCarthy’s support for Trump failed to save him from a right-wing rebellion.

Johnson took the lead in trying to corral support for Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election. He sent an email to all House Republicans telling them that he had spoken with the president, who expected them to sign onto a friend-of-the-court brief to the Supreme Court. “He said he will be anxiously awaiting the final list to review,” Johnson wrote.

Cheney took that as a veiled threat and said she was surprised about Johnson, whom she had thought of as a friend. “He appeared especially susceptible to flattery from Trump and aspired to being anywhere in Trump’s orbit,” she wrote. “When I confronted him with the flaws in his legal argument, Johnson would often concede, or say something to the effect of, ‘We just need to do this one last thing for Trump.’”

In some cases, she found that Republicans stayed loyal to Trump out of outright fear. One colleague told her he was worried about the safety of his wife and baby if he spoke out.

Behind the scenes, though, other Republicans cheered her on. After she was one of only 10 House Republicans to vote to impeach Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 attack, former President George W. Bush sent her a note.

“Liz, Courage is in short supply these days,” he wrote. “Thank you for yours. You showed strong leadership and I’m not surprised. Lead on. 43.”

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Lawyer told Trump defying documents subpoena would be a crime

By MAGGIE HABERMAN and ALAN FEUER

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ot long after federal prosecutors issued a subpoena last year for all the classified documents that former President Donald Trump took with him from the White House to his estate in south Florida, one of his lawyers told him, in no uncertain terms, that it would be a crime if he did not comply with the demand, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The lawyer, Jennifer Little, this year related the account of her discussion with Trump to a grand jury overseen by special counsel Jack Smith. She is one of several witnesses who prosecutors were told had advised Trump to cooperate.

A few months after Little testified to the grand jury, Smith charged Trump with violating the subpoena for the documents and obstructing the government’s repeated efforts to reclaim nearly three dozen classified documents that he removed from the White House.

As part of her grand jury appearance, Little told prosecutors that the former president clearly understood her warning, the person familiar with the matter said.

Her sworn testimony that Trump was aware that disregarding the subpoena would be a criminal offense could serve as significant evidence of his consciousness of guilt if she ends up being called as a witness when the case eventually goes in front of a jury.

The details of her testimony were reported earlier by ABC News.

The remarks by Little, who was already working for Trump in connection with a criminal investigation in Georgia and was brought in to help advise him on how to comply with the subpoena because she was one of the few people around him who knew the criminal justice system, were made during a critical meeting in the spring of 2022. At Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s private club and residence in Florida, she and another lawyer, M. Evan Corcoran, advised the former president that he needed to obey the government’s demands that he return the classified material.

The indictment filed by Smith in June accuses Trump of illegally holding on to 32 classified national security documents and then conspiring to cover up his actions with two of his aides at Mar-a-Lago. The case is set to go to trial in U.S. District Court in Fort Pierce, Florida, at the end of May. While Corcoran has received outsize attention in the case — largely because Smith’s team managed to get a court order to obtain the audio notes of his discussions with Trump — Little has maintained a lower profile.

It was unclear what else Little testified to in her grand jury appearance.

On Wednesday night, Steven Cheung, a Trump campaign spokesperson, denounced “misleading leaks” about the case that showed “utter disregard” for attorney-client privilege.

“President Trump has consistently been fully cooperative, and told the key DOJ official, in person, ‘Anything you need from us, just let us know,’ ” he said.

Little was initially subpoenaed to appear before the grand jury, in U.S. District Court in Washington, on Jan. 25. Both she and Corcoran initially tried to avoid providing testimony, arguing that their dealings with Trump were protected by attorney-client privilege.

But in March, Judge Beryl A. Howell, who was then Washington’s chief federal judge, forced both of them to appear before the grand jury under what is known as the crime-fraud exception. That provision allows prosecutors to work around attorney-client privilege when they have reason to believe that legal advice or legal services have been used in furthering a crime.

Several aides to Trump told him that he had to comply with the subpoena for the classified documents, which was issued to him in May 2022. According to Smith’s indictment, Trump asked Corcoran what would happen if he did not cooperate with federal prosecutors.

“What happens if we just don’t respond at all or don’t play ball with them?” the indictment quotes him as saying.

Little stopped being directly involved in the documents case not long after that meeting, according to two people familiar with the matter, but she remains involved with Trump.

She is helping to represent him in a criminal case in Fulton County, Georgia, where he stands accused of state charges of seeking to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

Jennifer Little, a lawyer for former President Donald J. Trump, told federal prosecutors that Mr. Trump clearly understood her warning, a person familiar with the matter said.

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A diplomat whose counsel was long prized but who was also long vilified

By MICHAEL D. SHEAR

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he death of former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on Wednesday, at the age of 100, prompted a surge of reaction online, with historians and friends hailing his diplomatic achievements, and critics assailing his foreign policy actions in Vietnam and elsewhere around the globe as murderous.

In a statement, the daughters of former President Richard Nixon called Kissinger “one of America’s most skilled diplomats,” adding that he had worked with their father in “a partnership that produced a generation of peace for our nation.”

Kissinger was Nixon’s chief diplomat at a time of deep division and strife in the United States over the war in Vietnam.

His long career inspired decades of debate about the morality of his actions.

Friends like Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire and former New York mayor, said on X, formerly Twitter, that “his death is a loss for our country and the world — and for all of us who were fortunate enough to call him a dear friend and mentor.”

Bloomberg called Kissinger “one of the most consequential public figures in American history” and said that “his legacy will shape the world for decades and even centuries to come.”

But critics of the former secretary of state also flooded X. Many accused Kissinger, who was also the national security adviser to Nixon and his successor,

Gerald Ford, of advocating a foreign policy that led to death and war across the globe. More than a few posts expressed pleasure at his passing.

Such strong reactions to the news of his death probably would not have surprised Kissinger, since his long career has evoked sharply divergent opinions for decades.

In 2014, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wrote a review of Kissinger’s book “World Order,” saying that Kissinger “is a friend, and I relied on his counsel when I served as secretary of state.” She added that “he checked in with me regularly, sharing astute observations about foreign leaders and sending me written reports on his travels.”

Two years later, during a presidential primary debate, Sen. Bernie Sanders would use those words against her.

“I happen to believe that Henry Kissinger was one of the most destructive secretaries of state in the modern history of the country,” Sanders said. “I am proud to say that Henry Kissinger is not my friend.

I will not take advice from Henry Kissinger.”

Former President George W. Bush said in a statement that the world had lost “one of the most dependable and distinctive voices on foreign affairs,” and he expressed admiration for Kissinger’s story: a young Jewish boy who fled the Nazis and later rose to become the United States’ top diplomat.

In his statement, Bush, who took up

Former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger during a 2020 event in Berlin at which Angela Merkel, then Germany’s chancellor, was awarded the Kissinger Prize. painting after leaving the White House, included an image of a Kissinger portrait that he had done. In Bush’s rendering, Kissinger has a shock of white hair, deep wrinkles and wire-rimmed glasses over deep blue eyes.

On the internet, many images were less flattering. The homepage of The Huffington Post showed a black and

white photo of Kissinger’s face under the headline: “THE BELTWAY BUTCHER: WAR CRIMINAL KISSINGER DEAD AT 100.”

Rolling Stone tweeted: “Henry Kissinger, War Criminal Beloved by America’s Ruling Class, Finally Dies” with a picture of a young Kissinger testifying at a hearing.

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UAW announces drive to organize nonunion plants

By NEAL E. BOUDETTE

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he United Auto Workers union announced earlier this week that it was undertaking an ambitious drive to organize plants owned by more than a dozen nonunion automakers, including Tesla and several foreign companies — a goal that has long eluded it.

The move comes weeks after the UAW won new contracts from General Motors, Ford Motor Co. and Stellantis that included wage increases of 25% or more over 4 1/2 years for its 146,000 members employed there.

In addition to Tesla, the targets of the drive are two other electric vehicle startups, Lucid and Rivian, and 10 foreign-owned automakers: Toyota, Honda, Hyundai, Nissan, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Subaru, Volkswagen, Mazda and Volvo.

The U.S. plants owned by those companies employ nearly 150,000 workers in 13 states, the union said.

If the organizing drive gains momentum, it could become one of the largest by the UAW since its infancy in the 1930s. The union’s past efforts to organize even single plants owned by the foreign automakers, concentrated in the South, came to naught.

A foothold among those companies would signal a big shift in the American auto industry, where nonunion manufacturers have long had a significant cost advantage over the Detroit automakers.

The union said the organizing drive had been prompted by inquiries from several thousand workers at nonunion plants.

“Workers across the country, from the West to the Midwest and especially in the South, are reaching out to join our movement and to join the UAW,” the union’s president, Shawn Fain, said in a video posted

Members of the Unite All Workers for Democracy work at the UAW Local 551 union hall in Chicago, on Oct. 24, 2023. The United Automobile Workers union announced on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, that it was undertaking an ambitious drive to organize plants owned by more than a dozen nonunion automakers, including Tesla and several foreign companies — a goal that has long eluded it.

on Facebook. “The money is there. The time is right.”

A Honda statement cited the automaker’s “competitive wages and benefits,” adding, “We do not believe an outside party would enhance the excellent employment experience of our associates.” Hyundai referred to its “excellent wages and benefits,” adding, “Our team members have not shown an interest in union representation.” Subaru pointed to wage increases and its benefits package but did not comment directly on the union drive. Rivian and Volkswagen said they had no comment.

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The other companies did not respond to requests for comment.

On Wednesday, the UAW activated websites where workers can electronically sign cards that serve as an official certification of their desire to have union representation. Earlier, at a handful of plants, the UAW had already received signed cards from more than 30% of the workforce, the threshold required under federal law for the union to move forward with a vote on unionization, a person familiar with the matter said.

The union is now working to send organizers to areas around these nonunion plants to collaborate with workers at those factories, this person said.

After the UAW reached agreements with the Detroit automakers to raise wages, Toyota, Honda and Hyundai announced that they, too, would increase workers’ pay.

Toyota has told workers that it will raise hourly rates 9% in January. Honda will lift wages 11% and Hyundai 14% next year.

Hyundai plans to increase wages 25% by 2028.

The UAW said Wednesday that it was making a concerted effort to organize a large Toyota plant in Georgetown, Kentucky, that employs about 7,800 workers and produces the Camry sedan and RAV4 sport utility vehicle.

UAW members have long earned more than nonunion workers. At plants in the South, wages tend to start below $20 an hour and top out at less than $30. The top UAW hourly wage, previously $32, climbed to more than $40 in the contracts the union signed with the three Detroit manufacturers.

The UAW has fallen short twice in the past decade — by narrow margins, in 2014 and 2019 — in unionization votes at a Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The UAW lost by a substantial margin at a Nissan plant in Canton, Mississippi, in 2017. Organizing efforts at other companies’ plants have petered out before coming to a vote.

But after Fain became the union’s president this year, the union promised a more aggressive approach to its contract talks with the Detroit automakers and has vowed to renew efforts to widen its reach in the industry.

In addition to wage gains at the Detroit companies, the UAW won agreements to preserve jobs and to keep open a Stellantis plant in Illinois that had been slated to close.

Arthur Wheaton, director of labor studies at Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations, said the UAW’s wage gains created a stronger case for joining the union.

“It shows collective bargaining works and shows the UAW was successful,” he said. “They can say: ‘We saved this plant.

Look at what we got. You can have this, too.’”

Past organizing drives were hurt because the UAW had a tarnished image, Wheaton added: Many unionized plants had closed, its members had been required to accept wage and benefit cuts to help the Detroit manufacturers survive the 2009 financial crisis, and federal corruption investigations had implicated senior union officials.

“A lot of the negative things about the union — a lot of that stuff has gone away now,” Wheaton said.

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US bond investors brace for Fed rate cuts in 2024 B

ond investors are pricing in imminent Federal Reserve interest rate cuts by the first half of next year, as signs of slowing U.S. economic growth and easing inflation became more evident.

While a weakening growth outlook is likely an important factor in keeping the U.S. central bank from raising rates, progress on the inflation front could determine when it will pivot toward monetary policy easing.

The release on Thursday of the latest U.S. personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index, the Fed’s preferred measure of inflation, could mark another step closer to that looming policy shift.

The PCE price index was unchanged in October after climbing 0.4% in September. In the 12 months through October, it rose 3.0%, the smallest year-on-year gain since March 2021 and a sharp drop from the 3.4% reading in September.

“The Fed is on hold, and (this report) gives them more comfort in staying on hold. What they’re doing is working,” said Robert Pavlik, senior portfolio manager, Dakota Wealth Management in Fairfield, Connecticut.

“The data is trending in the direction that the Fed wants to see,” Pavlik said. “A 25- to 50 basis-point cut before the end of the summer 2024 would make sense as the economy slows down, for the Fed to fine tune how their policy tools are working.”

Traders’ confidence was reinforced earlier this week when Fed Governor Christopher Waller, a hawkish policymaker, flagged a possible rate cut in the months ahead.

Markets will be looking to Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s remarks on Friday at Spelman College in Atlanta to see whether he doubles down on Waller’s comments or pushes back.

Here is how Fed policy expectations are playing out in different corners of the bond and money markets: Federal funds futures are the most straightforward measure of determining of where traders believe the U.S. central bank’s benchmark overnight interest rate will be in the future. That market has priced in about a 45% chance of a rate cut at the March 19-20, 2024 meeting, rising to about a 75% probability at the April 30-May 1 meeting, the CME FedWatch Tool showed on Thursday. Overall, the rates market sees a roughly 100 basis points (bps) of cuts by the end of 2024, according to LSEG data.

The current yield curve measuring the gap between yields on U.S. two-year and 10-year Treasury notes has narrowed its inversion for the past several weeks. An inversion of this part of the curve is viewed by many as a reliable signal that a recession is likely to follow in one to two years.

But the yield curve has been reducing its inversion as investors start to price in the end of the Fed’s tightening cycle. It was last at minus 38.50 bps.

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Hostages freed from Gaza recount violence, hunger and fear

By KATHERINE ROSMAN, EMMA BUBOLA, RACHEL ABRAMS and RUSSELL GOLDMAN

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ome of the hostages were held in sweltering tunnels deep beneath the Gaza Strip, while others were squeezed into tight quarters with strangers or confined in isolation. There were children forced to appear in hostage videos, and others forced to watch gruesome footage of Hamas’ Oct. 7 terrorist attack. They bore physical and psychological wounds.

As some hostages captured that day in the Hamas-led assault on southern Israel have been released, they have relayed these and other stories of their captivity to family members. While their individual experiences differ in some details, their accounts share features that corroborate one another and suggest that Hamas and its allies planned to take hostages.

The New York Times interviewed the family members of 10 freed hostages, who spoke on behalf of their relatives to relay sensitive information.

The relatives who spoke to the Times described how the freed hostages, many of them children, were deprived of adequate food while in Gaza. Many said they had received just a single piece of bread per day for weeks. Others were fed small portions of rice, or pieces of cheese. The Red Cross said it was denied access to the hostages.

Many of the hostages who have returned to Israel in the past week — part of a cease-fire deal between Israel and the armed group Hamas to trade hostages for Palestinian prisoners and detainees — have come home malnourished, infested with lice, ill, injured and deeply traumatized.

An aunt of Avigail Idan, a dual American Israeli citizen who was taken hostage after her parents were brutally killed, and who turned 4 a few days before being released, said her niece shared one piece of pita bread per day with four other captives and did not have a shower or bath during her 50 days in captivity.

According to the aunt, Tal Idan, the five hostages were kept in aboveground apartments, changing locations at least once. They were given a piece of pita with za’atar, a Middle Eastern spice mix, each day to share.

A helicopter carrying hostages released by Hamas lands at Schneider Children’s Medical Center in Petah Tikva, Israel, Nov. 26, 2023. Hostages who have returned to Israel in the past week have come home malnourished, ill, injured and bearing psychological wounds.

While Avigail was in captivity, her hair was shorn because she had developed a significant case of lice, Idan said. “She was covered in it. It took quite an effort to help her get rid of some of it the first night.”

The surprise of the terrorist attack Oct. 7 and the abduction of so many people at once has been described as a national trauma for Israel, but it is also trauma borne by individuals.

In the attack, more than 1,200 people were killed and 240 were taken hostage, according to Israeli authorities. Since then, Israel has ordered a siege of Gaza, cutting off supplies of water, food and fuel to enclave. It has also launched air and ground campaigns that have killed more than 13,000 people, the Gaza Health Ministry estimates.

For the hostages, it has been a series of horrors — first the attack, then the abduction and then captivity itself.

Nurit Cooper, 79, was held in the warren of tunnels beneath Gaza with four older Israelis in the early days of the war. They were kept in a small room with little light

or ventilation, according to Rotem Cooper, her son.

Nurit Cooper’s shoulder was broken “as part of the brutality of the kidnapping,” her son said. The group of hostages, all in their 70s and 80s, he added, struggled to walk in the dark, sandy tunnels.

Nurit Cooper and another hostage, Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, were released last month, but their husbands are still captive in Gaza. Cooper’s husband, Amiram Cooper, 84, is the among oldest of the remaining hostages.The captors took his glasses and have deprived him of needed medication, his son said.

Many of the family members interviewed, particularly the relatives of children whose parents or siblings remain in captivity, were reluctant to share the most incriminating details of their captivity lest the militants retaliate against the hostages still in their custody.

Others cautioned that they were reluctant to pry too much too soon or to share publicly the most disturbing details in an effort to preserve their relatives’ privacy and

to keep them from being retraumatized.

An aunt of Eitan Yahalomi, a 12-yearold kidnapped from the Nir Oz kibbutz and returned to his family Monday, however, told a French television network that the boy had “lived through horrors” in Gaza.

The aunt, Devorah Cohen, said that when Eitan had arrived in Gaza, he was set upon by a mob.

“When he arrived in Gaza, civilians hit him,” she told BFM TV, adding that the boy and other kidnapped children were forced to watch videos of the atrocities committed Oct. 7. When he and others cried, she said, their captors threatened to shoot them.

Efrat Avsker, another of Eitan’s aunts, told the Times that the boy had “a long, long recovery, a long way to go.”

“But he is in good hands,” she added.

Ohad Yahalomi, Eitan’s father, was shot in the leg and arm trying to protect his family. He was kidnapped separately.

Avsker said the family was very relieved to have Eitan home but is deeply anxious about Yahalomi’s safety.

“We all must do everything we can, everything we can to get him and the others out,” she said.

By Thursday, 102 hostages had been released from Gaza, most of them women and children, ranging in age from 4 to 85.

As part of the exchange, 210 Palestinians had been released from Israeli prisons, all of them women and teenagers.

On Wednesday, Hamas said the youngest of the hostages captured Oct. 7, 10-month-old Kfir Bibas, had died with the other members of his family while in captivity. The Israeli military said it was assessing the accuracy of the Hamas statement, while a senior leader said the claims could be “psychological warfare.”

Survivors of kidnapping say the road ahead may be long for those released. But in the short term, some may feel uncomplicated relief. “The initial emotions after being rescued are joy and relief,” said Elizabeth Smart, a child safety activist who was kidnapped from her Salt Lake City bedroom in 2002 when she was 14 and held captive for nine months, during which she was raped. “It’s a miracle, and it’s an answer to prayer.”

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Pope’s critics feel the sting after his patience runs out

By JASON HOROWITZ

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s Pope Francis smiled warmly at the circus performers spinning and flipping in front of him at his weekly general audience in the Vatican on Wednesday, he looked every bit the grandfatherly figure who has for the past decade sought to make the church a kinder, gentler and more inclusive place.

Except for the people feeling his wrath.

There is a sense among some Vatican analysts and conservatives that Francis, who is suffering from a lung inflammation that forced him to pass off his readings at the event and to cancel an important trip to Dubai this weekend, is increasingly focusing his depleted energies on settling scores and cleaning house.

In the past month, he has turned his focus on two of his most vocal and committed conservative critics in the United States, and in the year since the death of his conservative predecessor, Benedict XVI, he has exiled a previously protected chief antagonist and moved against others who have accused him of destroying the church.

While some have wondered whether his ailing health might be driving his actions, Francis, who from the beginning said he didn’t expect to live long in the job, has often moved with urgency. And when it comes to personnel moves, analysts said, it has always been thus.

“He has always acted like this,” said Sandro Magister, a veteran Vatican observer at L’Espresso magazine, who cited cases of bishops that Francis had iced out for publicly divulging private conversations or for making him look bad or causing scandal, whether or not they were actually to blame.

But Magister said the death of Benedict XVI last December was the real catalyst for an even more intensive

Bishop Joseph Strickland, left, speaks to supporters outside the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops at the Marriott Waterfront hotel in Baltimore, on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023. Strickland, the bishop of Tyler, Texas, and a sharp critic of the pope was recently removed from his post.

period of “frenetic activism” against his foes, with the former pope no longer a presence in the Vatican gardens.

While conservatives have long complained that the publicly cuddly pontiff has actually acted as a ruthless and impetuous autocrat, supporters of Francis, who will

turn 87 next month and is increasingly slowed by the use of a cane and a wheelchair, say that he has exercised patience far beyond that of his conservative predecessors.

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But that patience, people close to him say, has limits. And after years of allowing criticism in the interest of allowing good-faith debates, Francis has come to the conclusion that some of the invective is simply politically and ideologically driven.

This month, a Vatican investigation into the bishop of Tyler, Texas, Joseph Strickland, who uses his broad conservative radio and internet platform to sharply criticize the pope, resulted in his removal.

Last week, after Pope Francis started feeling under the weather, he told a meeting of church office heads that he would take action against another American antagonist, Cardinal Raymond Burke, by revoking his right to a subsidized Vatican apartment and salary because, according to one attendee, the American was “sowing disunity” in the church. The conservative Italian outlet that first reported Burke’s possible eviction, La Nuova Bussola Quotidiana, also claimed that Francis had called Burke “my enemy.”

On Wednesday afternoon, the pope’s biographer Austen Ivereigh said Francis denied calling Burke his enemy. “I never used the word ‘enemy,’ nor the pronoun ‘my,’” Francis wrote in a note to Ivereigh.

Francis also told Ivereigh that he had decided to strip Burke of his Vatican apartment and salary because the American prelate had been acting against the unity of the church.

A spokesperson for Burke said Wednesday that the prelate had received no eviction notice.

“His Eminence did not receive any notification on that matter,” said Canon Erwan Wagner, Burke’s secretary.

Yet even if Burke does lose his lease, he will not exactly end up on the street. A conservative Catholic celebrity, his guest appearances at churches and speaking engagements are often paired with promotions of his many books. He is close to well-financed conservative groups in the United States that are supportive of his campaigns. He also maintains the real instrument of his power in the church: a vote in the next conclave to elect a pope.

“Taking away an apartment is not a sanction, it’s a gesture of spite,” said Alberto Melloni, a church historian and the director of the John XXIII Foundation for Religious Sciences in Bologna. The removal of Strickland was more serious because while Burke’s punishment “was administrative, the other was sacramental.”

Melloni argued that Francis had long

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been wary of giving his opponents something to complain about and has in the past been careful not to make martyrs out of his antagonists. But now, the conservatives would make a meal out of his latest crackdowns and eventually enter the next conclave, the meeting of cardinals that selects the pope’s successor, saying “never again.”

But if conservatives are worried about Francis’ hard actions recently, liberals have lamented his inaction. In major church policy areas, such as allowing married priests, same-sex blessings or Communion for the divorced and remarried, Francis has instead punted time and again.

A recent major assembly in the Vatican of bishops and laypeople drew the condemnation of Burke, who depicted it as a hostile and illegitimate takeover of the Catholic Church by progressive interest groups. But the gathering ended up doing very little, and left forces urging meaningful change in the role of LGBTQ+ and female followers of the church disappointed. And Francis has strongly resisted the efforts of the progressive German church to move independently of the Vatican on issues ranging from priestly celibacy to same-sex blessings.

But after his more conservative predecessors cracked down on, and even fired, liberal theologians, Francis and his reform agenda have clearly been better news for progressives in the church, and bad news for traditionalists accustomed to getting what they wanted.

Pope Francis watching circus performers spinning and flipping in front of him at his weekly general audience in the Vatican on Wednesday.

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An electorate in revolt threatens Biden’s chances

By CHARLES M. BLOW

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know all the warnings and caveats about polls taken a year before an election. But much of the recent polling on the 2024 election is still frightening and disconcerting.

We shouldn’t be here. We have a president who, on the whole, has had a successful first term and has capably performed the principal function for which he was elected: to return the country to normalcy and prevent more damage being done to it by his predecessor.

That president, Joe Biden, will almost certainly be running again against Donald Trump, a former president facing a mound of legal troubles born of his own deceptions and anti-democratic impulses.

So the choice next year should be clear, but the electorate keeps telling anyone listening that it’s not. The results of a New York Times/Siena College poll released this month showed Biden trailing Trump in five of six important battleground states. A recent NBC News national poll found that Trump was narrowly ahead of Biden. Pretty clearly, voters aren’t satisfied with their choices, but they’re also not rewarding Biden or punishing Trump in the ways that one might expect.

Rather, multiple things appear to be at play at the same time.

Some voters exalt in a revisionist history in which destroyers are viewed as disrupters, in which our own past anxieties are downplayed.

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In the view of many of these voters, even with his evident faults, Trump “isn’t so bad,” and what he did in office is increasingly remembered as positive, including shaking up the Washington establishment and the political status quo. For those losing faith in government in general, this may be attractive — the nightmarish Trump days somehow converted into halcyon ones.

In that same scenario, some seem to be experiencing a false sense of invincibility, the kind that you might experience after surviving a car wreck, in which you come to see your escape from the worst as proof that the danger was less potent than it once seemed and that you’re more resilient than you might have thought.

But the threat Trump poses hasn’t diminished. It has increased.

He’s more open about his plans President Joe Biden during a reproductive rights group event in Washington, June to alter the country and our form 23, 2023. of government if he is returned to stretches, whether buying a house is possible — is still the White House. And yet, some Americans simply aren’t registering that threat as having the precarious, and efforts to numb that feeling with numbers can come off as callous and aloof. potential to harm in the way that it obviously can.

In presidential races, the successful candidates It seems, in their minds, that if the country survived one Trump term, it can survive another. And that all the are generally those aligned with the electorate at that Chicken Littles claiming that the sky is falling, or could fall, moment. That was Biden in 2020, but it is not at all clear that it will be him in 2024 — not so much because he are addicted to worry and prone to hyperbole.

There are also people who’ve bought into the narrative has changed, but because the appetite of many voters that Biden is too old for a second term. And while I think has.

Yes, a year is an eternity in politics, and Biden has time the age issue is overblown, it clearly has settled in among to turn things around and adjust his messaging. But it’s many voters and will be very hard to shake.

And then there are those who just don’t feel the positive still something of an outrage that we’re even in a position effects of the Biden presidency, whether it’s on the economy where we have to gamble on Biden’s ability to pull himself or on foreign policy. This isn’t because the administration up and out of a significant hole. It is certainly an outrage hasn’t had successes but because individual citizens that the survival of our democracy may depend on it.

It doesn’t matter if I or anyone else believes that Biden sometimes don’t recognize the source of those successes or experience them in ways that they can immediately feel. deserves a second term — Americans keep signaling that This has been, among other things, a massive failure of they aren’t sold on one. And at some point, we all have to messaging. It’s not enough to inundate voters by repeating, listen more than we lecture. We have to understand that over and over, lists of bills passed, steps taken and amounts Biden’s insistence on seeking a second term — rather allocated or spent. Campaigning by spreadsheet is mind- than making way for someone from the next generation of numbing. How do people feel? What do they feel? That has Democratic leaders — comes at high risk and that what’s at stake is greater than the aspirations of any individual to be the basis of any successful electoral appeal.

But the Biden team hasn’t taken that tack. Instead, it candidate.

At the moment, the electorate is drifting away from its engages in disastrous branding like “Bidenomics,” trying and failing to convince people that they should feel better safest option. It is courting the country’s demise. Maybe than they do because some of the top-line economic something or someone will be able to jolt voters out of this indicators are positive, even when the bottom line, for many self-destructive impulse. We have to hope so. The price of households — the cost of groceries, how far a paycheck that not happening is far too steep.

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AN JUAN – El Tribunal Supremo de Puerto Rico, rechazó el jueves, dos solicitudes de certificación del Senado y el Gobierno de Puerto Rico, relacionadas con la presidencia de la Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (CEE).

“Examinadas la solicitud de Certificación y la Urgente moción en auxilio de jurisdicción (CT2023-4) presentadas por el Senado de Puerto Rico el 22 de noviembre de 2023 y el 28 de noviembre de 2023, respectivamente, se provee no ha lugar a ambas.

Examinadas, además, la solicitud de certificación intrajurisdiccional, así como la Urgente moción en auxilio de jurisdicción (CT-2023-5), presentadas por el Gobierno de Puerto Rico el 29 de noviembre de 2023, se provee no ha lugar a ambas.

Por otro lado, se consolidan los recursos de certificación intrajurisdiccional presentados por el Senado de Puerto Rico, CT-2023-4, y el Gobierno de Puerto Rico, CT-2023-5. De ahora en adelante todo documento presentado en relación a éstos deberá contener el epígrafe de la presente Resolución y todas las partes en los casos aquí consolidados deberán notificarse entre sí de todo documento a presentarse en los mismos”, lee la Resolución.

La Jueza Presidenta Maite Oronoz Rodríguez y

otros jueces presentaron opiniones disidentes, destacando la relevancia y urgencia del caso.

La Jueza Presidenta Oronoz Rodríguez, en su opinión disidente, declaró: “Discrepo del proceder de una mayoría de este Tribunal. Considero que la controversia que se nos planteó -la cual es de estricto derecho- es de la más alta envergadura e interés público y debió ser tratada como tal y atenderse con la urgencia que amerita”. Enfatizó la influencia del caso en la operación de la CEE y el sistema democrático, y abogó por una resolución rápida para establecer claridad legal.

El Juez Asociado Luis Estrella Martínez también mostró su discrepancia, enfocándose en la importancia del caso para la legitimidad de los procesos electorales. Expresó: “Particularmente hoy se cuestiona la facultad de los Comisionados Electorales para atender la vacante de la Presidencia de la CEE”. Martínez abogó por brindar certeza jurídica en este asunto de alto interés público.

El Juez Asociado Ángel Colón Pérez se centró en la capacidad de Jessika Padilla Rivera, la actual

presidenta en funciones de la CEE, para ejercer funciones presidenciales. Argumentó que la controversia debería haberse resuelto para corregir

Gobernador admite generación eléctrica sigue siendo preocupación en temporada de huracanes POR CYBERNEWS

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UAYNABO – Al reflexionar sobre el fin de la temporada de huracanes, el gobernador, Pedro Rafael Pierluisi Urrutia reconoció el jueves, que el tema de energía eléctrica sigue siendo una preocupación.

“De cara al futuro, es importante que contemos con la generación adicional que nos está proveyendo FEMA. Que estamos hablando de si mal no recuerdo, de 350 megavatios de energía adicional que es la tenemos hasta final de marzo. Pero yo pienso que es indispensable que contemos con esa generación hasta el final de la próxima época de huracanes”, dijo el gobernador a preguntas de la prensa.

Pierluisi Urrutia sostuvo que mantiene conversaciones con la administradora de la Agencia federal de Manejo de Emergencias, Deanne Crisswell, para convencerla de que mantenga los mega generadores en Puerto Rico.

“Nosotros nos vamos a asegurar de que eso generadores no se apaguen porque los necesitamos.

Lo ideal es que FEMA extienda su misión, pero de

eso no ocurrir, yo espero que eso no sea el caso, pero de eso no ocurrir, tomaremos las medidas que tengamos que tomar porque esos 350 megavatios son más que necesarios. Yo recuerdo como si fuera ayer lo que sucedió en mayo. Que llegamos a un tope en cuanto a demanda en Puerto Rico que era de como 3,100 megavatios, cuando eso no se daba hasta agosto y ahí la generación se quedó corta.

Ahora no se quedaría corta con esos 350 megavatios. O sea que yo me estoy anticipando el futuro.

Yo pienso que de cara a una próxima época de huracanes pues si acaso mi mayor preocupación sería el sistema eléctrico, porque yo creo que en las otras áreas las otras áreas están bien atendidas. Es una cuestión de preparación. El Negociado (de Manejo de Emergencias) hace su trabajo, los municipios ponen de su parte, nosotros vamos a estar llevando los talleres que tengamos que hacer, pero admito que en el área del sistema eléctrico es que tenemos una vulnerabilidad y por eso enseguida me enfoqué en los 350 megavatios de generación adicional que con los que contamos actualmente”, mencionó.

La temporada de huracanes comienza el primero de junio y culmina el 30 de noviembre.

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‘Buena Vista Social Club,’ a story of second chances, gets one more

By BRIAN SEIBERT

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t was an improvisation to begin with. In 1996, a recording session was scheduled in Havana combining Cuban and Malian musicians, but the Africans had visa trouble and didn’t arrive. So instead, an assemblage of veteran Cuban musicians, some coming out of long retirement, recorded a collection of classic Cuban songs. This was “Buena Vista Social Club,” which became not just the bestselling Cuban album ever but also a defining artifact of Cuban culture beloved around the world.

More albums followed: outtakes, offshoots, live recordings of performances like the one at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Wim Wenders made a documentary film. And now, almost 30 years later, there is a stage musical: “Buena Vista Social Club,” in previews at the off-Broadway Atlantic Theater Company.

This newest project started a few years back, when a producer with the theatrical rights to the album approached Cuban American playwright Marco Ramirez (“The Royale”).

“The first question,” Ramirez recalled after a recent rehearsal, “was ‘Do you know this record?’ And for a Cuban kid who grew up right around the time the record came out, the answer was, ‘Of course.’ The next question was, ‘Do you think there’s a piece of theater here?’”

The search for an answer to that question sent Ramirez to Cuba, where he interviewed some of the surviving participants. “It was about finding the emotional truth at the center of it,” he said. “To me, it’s ultimately about a bunch of people who were given a magical opportunity to do a second take on their past, to make something right or just relive their youth.”

That’s the story that this “Buena Vista” tells. It dramatizes the making of the album in getting-the-old-gang-backtogether fashion, but also, through flashbacks, recreates the pre-revolution, Golden Age 1950s Cuba of the musicians’ youth, suffused with nostalgia and regret.

This is “the emotional truth behind the factual truth,” Ramirez said. “It’s all inspired by real people and events, but I’m definitely taking many, many liberties in order to tell the best possible story.”

Where no liberties are taken is with the music. The dialogue is in English, but the songs — drawn from the broader “Buena Vista” catalog — remain in Spanish. “Old songs bring up old feelings,” a character in the show says. “Given these lyrics, given the moods evoked by this music, what is the story that can emerge?” Ramirez said. “At the beginning, I felt that I was communicating with the songwriters, who have been dead for 80 years or more, that my collaborators were ghosts.”

Eventually, living collaborators joined him. The show, scheduled to run through Jan. 7 at the Linda Gross Theater, is directed by Saheem Ali (“Fat Ham”) and choreographed by the married team of Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck (Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story”). Casting was a challenge, doubly so since the flashback structure necessitated finding two people (one older, one younger) to play each of the distinctive real-life Buena Vista personalities.

“We had to find performers who could sing and play like the originals,” Ali said. “But the Venn diagram of who

Marielys Molina, left, and Angélica Beliard in “Buena Vista Social Club” at the Linda Gross Theater in New York, Nov. 16, 2023. The best-selling album turned veteran Cuban musicians into global stars and inspired a documentary almost 30 years ago — now it’s an Off Broadway musical. also needed to act or dance was quite intense. They each do something with excellence, but they’re having to challenge themselves to do something different because of the thing we’re building together. We put on an international search for people who can embody the music in a way that felt truthful.”

The common denominator, Ramirez said, is that everyone has a connection to the “Buena Vista” album. His comes through his Cuban grandparents, who played the songs in his Miami home, so that when the record came out he already knew them; it was exciting for several generations of his family to talk about a new album together. “The bittersweet irony is that they were nostalgic for Havana, and now I listen to this record and I’m nostalgic for them,” he said.

Playing the older Ibrahim Ferrer — who was shining shoes for money when he was recruited to supply his golden voice to boleros for the Buena Vista recordings — is Mel Semé. He was a teenager in Cuba at the time of the album’s release.

“It became popular outside of Cuba first,” he said. “But then we fell in love with this music again, and it became the music many of us aspired to play.”

After graduating with a degree in classical percussion from the University of Arts, Semé moved to Europe, slowly building a career as a drummer, guitarist, singer and bandleader. Since his acting experience was limited to commercials, he initially told the Buena Vista musical team that maybe he wasn’t the person they were looking for.

“I’ve been feeling like a teenager again, learning a new skill,” he said. Echoing a phrase used by many other cast members, he said that playing Ferrer is a “huge responsibility,” but he has been helped by a deep connection with the singer, who found worldwide acclaim in his 70s and died in 2005.

“Even though my story is not exactly his story, I also found a little bit of success late in life,” he said. “I always saw Ibrahim as a role model. No matter how late in life he got his chance, it was done with such grace.”

Renesito Avich plays Eliades Ochoa, the cowboy-hatwearing musician who brought a more rural sound into the original Buena Vista group. The music, he said, “has been the background of my whole life.” He was born in Santiago de Cuba, Ochoa’s hometown, and even met him once. A successful musician who specializes in the tres, a version of guitar at the heart of Cuban music, Avich is also an acting novice.

He said that he feels the musical “is truly honoring what the music means for Cuban people like me.”

Among the cast members who aren’t Cuban, Natalie Venetia Belcon is a Broadway actress who doesn’t speak Spanish. But when she was preparing to audition for the daunting role of Omara Portuondo, Buena Vista’s diva, the songs sprang a flood of memories of her Trinidadian musician parents. Kenya Browne, a Mexican-born singer who portrays the young Omara, knew the music as something that her grandmother used to play. Her mother told her that “Dos Gardenias,” a bolero she sings in the show, is one her great-grandmother sang often.

Peck and Delgado — her parents were born in Cuba — have long loved the album. They chose a track from it (“Pueblo Nuevo”) for the first dance at their wedding. As soon as they learned about the musical project, they asked to be involved.

Peck recalled the experience of walking through Havana, hearing music playing and seeing people move to it. “And then as soon as that sound starts to fade, another sound is in the distance rubbing up against it,” he said. “That energy is something we want to weave through.”

Ali added: “It’s not a show where one thing stops and another begins. It all hands off to each other. We’re not following a template of what a musical is, but letting the music lead and allowing the songs to dictate how the story should evolve.”

Creating in this fashion required much trial and error, Peck said. “All of us have had this huge process of building a lot and throwing stuff away. But that’s the only way to find the final recipe.”

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‘Mistress America,’ ‘Tramps’ and more streaming gems

By JASON BAILEY

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pair of charming Gotham-based character comedies are among the highlights of this month’s under-theradar streaming recommendations.

‘Mistress America’ (2015) “Barbie” is the current commercial and critical triumph of the screenwriting (and real-life) partners Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, and “Frances Ha” is their origin story. But comparatively little ink is spilled these days on their middle feature (which Baumbach directed), a delightfully funny comedy that turns the tropes of the college coming-of-age movie and the Manic Pixie Dream Girl on their heads. Lola Kirke stars as Tracy, a college freshman new to New York City who gets a whirlwind introduction to the city via her soon-tobe-stepsister Brooke (Gerwig). Gerwig and Baumbach’s wise screenplay delicately dramatizes how Brooke first seems like Tracy’s platonic ideal of the young urban woman, then slowly reveals herself as messy in a multitude of ways. Gerwig’s multilayered performance is one of her best, while Baumbach orchestrates the picture’s shifts from character drama to door-slamming farce with bouncy ease. Stream it on Max. ‘Tramps’ (2017) Adam Leon is a New York filmmaker of the old school; like his contemporaries, the Safdie brothers, he’s working in the Cassavetes mold, telling ground-level stories about hustlers and grinders who can take whatever the city throws at them (though not without some complaint). He followed up his acclaimed feature debut “Gimme the Loot” with this scrappy, playful story of two strangers (Callum Turner and Grace Van Patten) on a seemingly simple criminal errand who screw it up and have to make it right. Turner and Van Patten’s chemistry is off the charts, the supporting cast is entertaining (particularly comedian Mike Birbiglia as a perpetually harried middleman), and Leon’s direction is economical and enchanting. Stream it on Netflix.

‘X’ (2022) The gifted genre director Ti West writes and directs this giddy, gory cross between “Boogie Nights” and “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre,” in which a group of DIY filmmakers and exotic dancers trek out to the backwoods of the Lone Star state to make a low-budget porn movie. Little do they know, the older couple in the nearby farmhouse are a bit more spry — and murderous — than they might imagine. West’s script and direction are marvelously film-literate, filling the frame and soundtrack with sly in-jokes and references, and his cast

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is delightfully game; the “Wednesday” star Jenna Ortega is a sublime scream queen, Brittany Snow revels in the opportunity to send up her typical persona and Mia Goth is pitchperfect as both the final girl and (under heavy makeup) another key player. It’s not for all tastes, but if you’d like a little

sex and violence on your holiday viewing menu, both are in plentiful supply here. Stream it on Amazon Prime Video.

‘All My Puny Sorrows’ (2022) Alison Pill is one of those actors who should, by all rights, be a major star — she’s charismatic and credible in every role, and can execute comedy and drama with equal aplomb — but rarely gets a role that properly showcases her considerable skills. She gets one in Michael McGowan’s adaptation of a Miriam Toews novel, as Yoli, a writer whose sister Elf (Sarah Gadon) is a famous concert pianist. Elf has also recently attempted to end her own life, not for the first time and, per her assurances, not for the last; she wants her sister’s help traveling to Switzerland for an assisted suicide.

It’s not the cheeriest topic for a motion picture, and the cinematography and Canadian settings are properly dour. But Pill and Gadon are excellent, vividly conveying a familial bond of warmth, empathy and exasperation in equal doses.

Stream it on Hulu.

‘The Zero Theorem’ (2014) Terry Gilliam’s later work hasn’t met with the same critical or commercial adoration as earlier efforts like “The Fisher King” and “12 Monkeys.” But his customary visual inventiveness and narrative ingenuity are on full display in this

futuristic tale of a computer operator (Christoph Waltz) enlisted to mathematically prove the nothingness of existence. The cast is loaded with familiar faces (including Matt Damon, Lucas Hedges, Tilda Swinton and David Thewlis) but Gilliam is, as ever, the real star here, loading his frames with outdated technology and dystopian signifiers, crafting a world that’s both familiar and foreign, fascinating and terrifying. Stream it on Peacock.

‘Love to Love You, Donna Summer’ (2023) Roger Ross Williams opens his bio-documentary of the “Queen of Disco” with the original vocal tracks of the title song, which are aggressively and unapologetically sexual, and reminds us of what a revelation her sound was at that particular moment (in the music industry, and in our culture in general). “Love to Love You” spends a fair amount of its running time in that kind of micro-exploration of her biggest hits, and how she built them. But Williams is more interested in her enigmatic inner life (Brooklyn Sudano, one of Summers’ daughters and the film’s co-director, can only describe her as “complicated”). Drawing on home video footage, archival interviews and audio recordings, Williams and Sudano attempt to not only encapsulate Summers’ life but understand it — a much more difficult task. Stream it on Max. ‘Wham!’ (2023) Documentary filmmaker Chris Smith (“American Movie”) adopts a similar approach to his portrait of the English ’80s hit machine, mostly eschewing contemporary talking head interviews in favor of an archive-heavy approach, primarily to give equal voice and weight to the memories of George Michael. The music is fizzy and the videos retain their period kitsch, but Smith stays firmly centered on the friendship between Michael and his bandmate Andrew Ridgeley — specifically, what becoming international superstars did to that friendship. “Wham!” moves at lightning speed while telling their story with impressive depth, particularly Michael’s difficulties balancing his sexuality with the image he had to present in that wildly homophobic era. It’s an irresistible doc, cheery and charming and warmly affectionate toward its subjects. Stream it on Netflix.

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Chile, known for its wines and piscos, turns to gin

By AMELIA NIERENBERG

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ast Hope Distillery is one of the only real cocktail bars in Puerto Natales, a horseshoe of a city that wraps around a windy inlet in Chilean Patagonia. To enter, visitors buzz, speakeasy-style, then hang up their coats and settle in at the bar. A server sets a glass down.

“Hi,” the server says. “Have you ever tried gin?”

The question can surprise international visitors, most of whom, familiar with the juniper-flavored spirit, have come for a hike in nearby Torres del Paine National Park. But gin is new to some Chileans, so Last Hope’s servers don’t make assumptions.

The approach started out of necessity, said Kiera Shiels, who moved to Chile from Australia with her partner, Matt Oberg, and opened the bar. Guests would turn up, unsure of what to expect. “They hadn’t had gin,” Shiels said.

“They’d barely had cocktails.”

Last Hope, which began selling gin in 2017, was one of the first gin distillers in Chile.

But in the past few years, the country’s gin industry has exploded. From Last Hope (in the south) to Gin Nativo (in the north), there are now about 100 gin brands across the country. And many are winning international recognition.

Just last year, a gin made by Gin Elemental, distilled on the outskirts of Santiago, was awarded a gold medal at the SIP awards, an international, consumer-judged spirits competition, among others. Gin Provincia, made in Chilean wine country, earned the secondhighest score at the London Spirits Competition, just one of its honors. And Tepaluma Gin, in the Patagonian highlands and rainforests, won a gold at the International Wine and Spirit Competition, one of several awards.

“You will see a lot more coming from Chile,” said Andrea Zavala Peña, who founded Tepaluma Gin — one of Chile’s first distilleries — with her husband, Mark Abernethy, in 2017.

“Whether the world knows it or not,” she said, “we’re coming.”

‘The wild has a particular taste’ Fifty years after a coup established a brutal 17-year dictatorship, and just four years after an eruption of mass protests, Chile continues to struggle with deep social divisions. But the country is also working hard to remake its international reputation.

Long known for its wine, Chile is now an established destination for adventure travelers

after it expanded its natural parks and enticed more visitors to Patagonia. Chilean gin, its makers say, can act as a bridge between these two marketing pitches, building on Chile’s reputation for producing distinctive alcohol and effectively bottling its wilderness.

“We have one of the last wild areas of the world,” Zavala Peña explained. “And the wild has a particular taste.”

Capped by the Atacama Desert, shod by Patagonia, and squeezed between the Andes and the Pacific, Chile has no shortage of natural diversity. The country’s gin distillers aren’t only interested in making the best London Dry, said Teresa Undurraga, the director of the Chilean Gin Association. Instead, they are also trying to make gins that taste like Chile.

“This is why we are using native herbs,” said Undurraga, a founder of the distiller Destilados Quintal. “We want to spread our flavors.”

Gin is an ideal base; the neutral, juniperbased alcohol takes on the flavors of added ingredients. Chile’s distillers hope that the herbs and berries they infuse can serve as a passport — an invitation to visit, taste and see. In fact, many Chilean distillers import the alcohol. It’s easier and cheaper. The add-ins, they say, are what counts.

“It’s like a painting,” said Gustavo Carvallo, the co-founder of Gin Provincia, looking out at the famous Colchagua Valley, which surrounds his distillery. The corn alcohol, which he imports from the United States, serves as the canvas. “All the botanicals are the colors.”

Beyond the ‘Ginaissance’ Chile’s booming gin industry comes at what might be the tail-end of a global revival, sometimes called the “Ginaissance,” which began in Britain over a decade ago, partially under the influence of the American craft distilling movement.

The spirit was once seen as fuddy-duddy — a relic of colonial Brits trying to dodge malaria. But international experiments have aired out its reputation. There are distillers in Spain, India, South Africa, Australia, Brazil and Vietnam, among a slew of other countries. And gin is now seen as sophisticated, even worldly. The old-world quinine chaser has been reinvigorated by its new cosmopolitan devotees.

Like many alcohols, gin can “capture a sense of place,” said David T. Smith, chair of the World Gin Awards and the author of several books about gin, including “The Gin Dictionary.” But it’s often easier — and cheaper — to make gin than it is to make many

Jorge Sepulveda, who created the recipe for Gin Elemental, at his distillery on the outskirts of Santiago, Chile, in October 2023. Distilleries are popping up across the country as Chileans use the versatile spirit to showcase their country’s unique botanicals. other spirits, Smith said, which is partly why the industry in Chile grew so quickly.

Gin vs. pisco, whiskey and wine Chilean gin faces stiff competition with the country’s three most beloved alcohols: pisco, whiskey and wine. But the production of gin has practical advantages.

The first is accessibility. Pisco comes from specific regions of Chile and Peru. (In that way, it’s a little bit like Champagne or Parmesan.) Gin doesn’t. It is an everywhere alcohol, which makes it an anywhere alcohol. Anyone can make it.

“The recipe for gin is endlessly adaptable, so you can do whatever you like,” said Henry Jeffreys, a British drinks writer.

The second is time. Whiskey, which is considered the most high-end alcohol by many Chileans, takes years to mature in barrels. But gin can be ready days after it’s made.

Visitors to Last Hope Distillery, for example, can sip Last Hope gin cocktails while bending over oak barrels out back to sniff the first batch of Last Hope whiskey — which has years to go before it’s on the market.

The third is a lack of pretension. Wine, like whiskey, demands refinement. Only a drinker with a certain training can tease out the differences in origin from a single sip. Not so for gin. The botanicals are high-hats, neons, easy to recognize and understand. Even the most unstudied reporter, drinking a gin and tonic after a dayslong Patagonian backpacking

trip, can taste the different flavors — many of which come from ingredients that were grown near the distillers’ homes.

Carvallo harvests boldo from a shrub mere steps from the distillery. (Chileans use tea made from boldo leaves as a folk medicine to soothe a range of ailments, including stomach aches.)

“This is what moves us,” he said, rubbing a leaf between his fingers. “We’re trying to show what Chile has in botanicals and in its culture.”

Camila Aguirre Aburto, a brand ambassador for Gin Provincia, prepares cocktails at a bar in Santiago, Chile, in October 2023.

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What to know about the flu virus

By KNVUL SHEIKH

bers of hospitalizations and deaths in adults. In children, ach fall, the flu emerges as a formidable however, influenza B may force, spreading through the droplets cause more severe disease produced when people cough, sneeze and is associated with higher or talk, and sometimes hitching a ride to our rates of mortality. noses by way of the infected surfaces that we The most common complication of severe influenza touch. Influenza viruses cause tens of millions is pneumonia, a lung infecof illnesses and thousands of deaths in the tion that can result from the United States each year. flu virus or from a secondThere are two players every flu season: influenza Type A and Type B. Influenza A tends ary bacterial infection, Liu to pop up early in the season and accounts for said. The flu can also trigger more than 75% of all cases, while influenza B an extreme inflammatory typically has a distinct but much smaller peak response in the body and in late February or March. worsen existing chronic conditions like asthma or heart “You tend to have one or the other virus predominant at any given time,” said Anice Lowdisease. en, an associate professor of microbiology and How do you know which immunology at the Emory University School of type you have?

Medicine. Here’s what to know about the flu Some rapid tests available at doctors offices and viruses. urgent care centers can disWhat’s the difference between Type A and tinguish between influenza Type B? A and B, although they tend Influenza A viruses come in many varieties. to have low sensitivity, a Four subtypes commonly affect humans, Lowen said — you may have heard of H1N1, for measure of how well a test example. But many more influenza A viruses performs at catching cases of What’s the difference between influenza A and influenza B, and does it matter which you catch? have been identified in animals, which makes flu. Doctors can also order it a potential source of pandemics whenever a more sensitive PCR tests to new type of influenza A jumps to humans, she identify the specific flu virus disease at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in said. All four flu pandemics — in 1918, 1957 and 1968 and New York City. “We haven’t come up with a 100% accurate causing infection, Liu said, “but it doesn’t change managethe swine flu pandemic of 2009 — were caused by Type A way to do it,” Liu said. “That’s why the efficacy of flu vac- ment much.”

How do you treat influenza? viruses. cines varies from season to season.”

The approach to treating the flu, regardless of type, Influenza B viruses, however, only circulate in humans.

In the United States, flu shots are updated annually to They are divided into just two lineages that cause seasonal include two types each of influenza A and B viruses; sci- revolves around relieving symptoms and supporting the outbreaks, Lowen said. Because influenza B viruses evolve entists pick strains of the viruses expected to be dominant body’s natural defenses, Liu said. There are four approved more slowly than influenza A viruses, they have shorter and that year. “Your antibodies and your immunity toward these antiviral medications, including Tamiflu, that are commonmore predictable flu seasons. viruses wane over time,” Liu said. “So the updated vaccine ly prescribed to shorten the duration and severity of illness.

Still, each year experts closely monitor flu patterns all helps remind your body how to react when you face new Doctors typically reserve these antivirals for people at risk of developing severe complications, Liu said, including over the world and try to predict how the viruses might mu- versions of the virus.” tate, said Dr. Sean Liu, an assistant professor of infectious Public health officials recommend everyone six months people 65 years and older; those who are pregnant or have chronic conditions like asthma, diabetes or heart disease; and older get an annual flu shot. and children younger than 5. Because the drugs shave off What are symptoms of an influenza infection?

If you do get sick with the flu, the most common only a day or so of illness, experts believe the benefits are symptoms include a sudden onset of fever, chills, not worth the cost of treatment for most people.

For those recovering at home, doctors recommend muscle aches, fatigue and respiratory ailments, such staying hydrated, getting plenty of rest and using over-theas a cough or sore throat. counter medications to reduce fever as needed. But if your Most otherwise healthy people are sick for three to seven days, Liu said. In some cases, the cough and symptoms persist, you develop a sustained fever of 102 degrees or higher, you have difficulty breathing or you experifatigue can linger for two weeks.

In the past, doctors thought that Type A infec- ence severe chest or stomach pain, it is important to seek tions were more severe than Type B. But studies have medical attention immediately. These may be signs that you shown that both Types A and B result in similar num- need a stronger influenza treatment.

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Alas a la Mujer Foundation gala

By JUDY GORDON-CONDE and JENNIFER CONDE-POWERS

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he Alas a la Mujer Foundation held its impressive gala recently, led by businesswoman and philanthropist Maricarmen Aguayo, who offered a unique evening, celebrating the colors of the fall season with exquisite decorations created by Akua. Ladies and gentlemen in attendance shimmered in gold and orange at the renowned Caribe Hilton hotel.

Guests also enjoyed delicacies during the cocktail hour, followed by a special dinner developed by the hotel’s executive chef. As a continuation of the evening’s excitement, everyone danced to the iconic sounds of the internationally recognized Tuna de Segreles and top artist Melina León, including music from Hora Loca, and then until dawn with the band Cuenta Regresiva. During the festivities, ladies whom the Foundation has supported shared their stories.

The Alas a la Mujer Foundation was created in 2006

by Dr. Sonia Cortés to offer psychological, legal, educational and economic assistance for women in crisis, either from domestic abuse or poverty, across the island.

Juan Ernesto Ayales and Caty Morales

Jannette Rivera, Zulma Durán and Bohemarie Barnes

Maricarmen Aguayo, president of the gala, with her sons Gabriel Santana-Aguayo and Ramiro Santana-Aguayo

Dr. Jennifer Rodríguez and Elbita Gely

Elaine Lugo and Maricucha Aguayo

Lilly Rodríguez, Frances Duprey, Caly Rodríguez, Ramery Rivera and Dr. Maryrose Concepción

Alas a La Mujer Foundation board of directors

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Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. EDICTO. El Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, a todo el que tenga derecho real sobre el inmueble descrito en la Petición de Expediente de Dominio, a las personas ignoradas a quienes pueda perjudicar la inscripción solicitada, así como los colindantes, causahabientes o herederos y en general a toda persona que desee oponerse. Por la presente se le notifica que comparezca, si creyera que le conviene, a este Honorable Tribunal, dentro de veinte (20) días a partir de la publicación de este Edicto, el cual se publicará por tres (3) veces y exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga en el Expediente de Dominio promovido por el peticionario para adquirir el dominio de la siguiente propiedad: “RÚSTICA: Predio de terreno localizado en el barrio Macaná del término municipal de Guayanilla, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de dos mil doscientos sesenta y ocho metros cuadrados con dos mil novecientos once diezmilésimas de otro (2,268.2911 mc), equivalentes a cero cuerdas cinco mil setecientas sesenta y una diezmilésimas de cuerda 0.5771 cda). En lindes por el NORTE, con Camino Municipal; por el SUR, con terrenos de la Sucesión Ocasio antes, hoy Ramón Luis Ocasio Santiago; por el ESTE, con terrenos de la Sucesión Pedro Blasini; y por el OESTE, con solar segregado identificado con el número uno (1) en el plano de inscripción”.

Debe notificar con copia de sus alegaciones a la representación legal del promovente, Lcdo. Joseph Broceo Santiago, P.O. Box 608, Peñuelas, Puerto Rico 00624-06 Teléfono 787836-3020. En Guayanilla en Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico, a 7 de noviembre de 2023. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. ADELAIDA LUGO PACHECO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I. ***

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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante V.

SUCESION DE VICTOR MANUEL RIVERA ORTIZ COMPUESTA POR ANNETTE MILAGROS RIVERA RODRIGUEZ Y OTROS

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: CA2022CV04010.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. MARICELI PEREZ GONZALEZ NOTIFICACIONES@ GARCIACHAMORRO.COM MELISA FIGUEROA CASTRO MELISA.FIGUEROA@GMAIL.COM

A: VICTOR MANUEL RIVERA RODRGIUEZ COMO MIEMBRO CONOCIDO DE LAS SUCESIONES DE VICTOR MANUEL RIVERA ORTIZ T/C/C VICTOR MANUEL RIVERA T/C/C VICTOR M. RIVERA T/C/C VICTOR M. RIVERA ORTIZ Y SUCESIÓN DE ANA DELIA RODRIGUEZ GUZMÁN T/C/C ANA DELIA RODRIGUEZ T/C/C ANA D. RODRIGUEZ T/C/C ANA D. RODRIGUEZ GUZMÁN DE RIVERA. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 17 de noviembre de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso,

Friday, December 1, 2023 con fecha 21 de noviembre de 2023. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 21 de noviembre de 2023.

KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. LOURDES T. DÍAZ MEDINA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE CAMUY

ORIENTAL BANK Demandante V.

VICTOR MANUEL RODRIGUEZ BENITEZ

San Juan, PR 00936-6276; Teléfono: (787) 759-6897; Correo electrónico: legal@jrslawpr. com. Se le advierte que dentro de los diez (10) días siguientes a la publicación del presente edicto, se le estará enviando a usted por correo certificado con acuse de recibo, una copia del emplazamiento y de la demanda presentada al lugar de su última dirección conocida: #HC 1 Box 4757, Camuy, PR 006279264; Los Medinas A-27, Carr.

119 KM 1.8 HM 8, Camuy, PR 00627. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y el sello del Tribunal en Hatilo, Puerto Rico, hoy día 15 de noviembre de 2023.VIVIAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. SUHAIL SERRANO MOYA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

Demandado Civil Núm.: AR2023CV01771.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LEGAL NOTICE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LI- ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO BRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBURICO, SS. NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA A: VICTOR MANUEL CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CARODRIGUEZ BENITEZ. GUAS SALA SUPERIOR POR MEDIO del presente edicBANCO POPULAR DE to se le notifica de la radicación PUERTO RICO de una demanda en cobro de Demandante Vs. dinero por la vía ordinaria en LUIS JAVIER DEL TORO la que se le alega que usted adeuda a la parte demandante, ALONSO, WIZELIA ENITH TORRES PEREZ Y LA Oriental Bank, ciertas sumas de dinero, y las costas, gastos y SOCIEDAD LEGALL DE honorarios de abogado de este BIENES GANANCIALES litigio. El demandante, Oriental COMPUESTA POR Bank, ha solicitado que se dicte AMBOS sentencia en contra suya y que Demandados se le ordene pagar las cantidades reclamadas en la demanda. Civil Núm.: CG2023CV01053.

POR EL PRESENTE EDICTO Sala: 701. Sobre: COBRO DE se le emplaza para que presen- DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE te al tribunal su alegación res- HIPOTECA (VÍA ORDINAponsiva a la demanda dentro RIA). EDICTO DE SUBASTA. de los treinta (30) días de ha- El Alguacil que suscribe por la ber sido diligenciado este em- presente CERTIFICA, ANUNplazamiento, excluyéndose el CIA y hace CONSTAR: Que día del diligenciamiento. Usted en cumplimiento de un Mandeberá presentar su alegación damiento de Ejecución de Senresponsiva a través del Sistema tencia que le ha sido dirigido Unificado de Manejo y Adminis- al Alguacil que suscribe por la tración de Casos (SUMAC), al Secretaría del TRIBUNAL DE cual puede acceder utilizando PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENla siguiente dirección electró- TRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS, nica: https://www.poderjudicial. SALA SUPERIOR, en el caso pr/index/php/tribunal-electro- de epígrafe procederá a vennico/, salvo que se represente der en pública subasta al mepor derecho propio, en cuyo jor postor en efectivo, cheque caso deberá presentar su ale- certificado en moneda legal de gación responsiva en la Se- los Estados Unidos de América cretaría del Tribunal. Si usted el día 9 DE ENERO DE 2024, deja de presentar su alegación A LAS 10:15 DE LA MAÑANA, responsiva en la Secretaría del en su oficina sita en el local que Tribunal. Si usted deja de pre- ocupa en el edificio del TRIBUsentar su alegación responsiva NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA dentro del referido término, el CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CATribunal podrá dictar sentencia GUAS. SALA SUPERIOR, todo en rebeldía en su contra, y con- derecho, título e interés que ceder el remedio solicitado en tenga la parte demandada de la Demanda, o cualquier otro, epígrafe en el inmueble de su si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de propiedad que ubica en URBAsu sana discreción, lo entiende NIZACION CAGUAS MILENIO procedente, sin más citarle ni II, #111 CALLE 8 (CALLE DEL oírle. El abogado de la parte PADRO), CAGUAS, PUERTO demandante es: Jaime Ruiz RICO 00725 y que se descriSaldaña, RUA número 11673; be a continuación: URBANA: Dirección: PO Box 366276, Urbanización Caguas Milenio

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23 II de Caguas, Puerto Rico. Solar: 111. Cabida: 352.3 metros cuadrados. Linderos: NORTE, con la Calle número ocho (8), en una distancia de trece punto quinientos cincuenta metros (13.550m.). SUR, con el Solar número ciento ocho (108) y con el Solar número ciento nueve (109), en una distancia de trece punto quinientos cincuenta metros (13.550 m.). ESTE, con el Solar número ciento diez (110), en una distancia de veintiséis metros (26.000 m.). OESTE, con el Solar número ciento doce (112), en una distancia de veintiséis metros (26.000 m.).

En este solar se ha construido una vivienda de bloques y hormigón reforzado para una familia. La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita al Tomo Karibe de Caguas, bajo la finca número 62,209, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección Primera. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $139,740.00. Si no hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta del inmueble mencionado, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 16 DE ENERO DE 2024, A LAS 10:15 DE LA MAÑANA. En la segunda subasta que se celebre servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio pactado en la primera subasta, o sea la suma de $93,160.00. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 23 DE ENERO DE 2024, A LAS 10:15 DE LA MAÑANA. Para la tercera subasta servirá de tipo mínimo la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para el caso de ejecución, o sea, la suma de $69,870.00.

La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura número 80 otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 30 de julio de 2014, ante la Notario Shakira Paralitici Pérez, la cual consta inscrita al Tomo Karibe de Caguas, Finca número 62,209, inscripción 2da, Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección Primera. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al Demandante total o parcialmente según sea el caso el importe de la Sentencia que ha obtenido contra la parte demandada ascendente a la suma de $115,650.19 por concepto de principal, desde el 1ro de noviembre de 2022, más intereses al tipo pactado de 3.75% anual que continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Además,

la parte demandada adeuda a la parte demandante los cargos por demora equivalentes a 4.00% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha de vencimiento; los créditos accesorios y adelantos hechos en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca; y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado equivalentes a $13,974.00.

Además, la parte demandada se comprometió a pagar una suma equivalente a $13,974.00 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca y una suma equivalente a $13,974.00 para cubrir intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al Procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS, SALA SUPERIOR durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio de remate.

La propiedad no está sujeta a gravamen anterior y/o preferente según las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad.

Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores desconocidos, no inscritos o presentados que sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargos o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito del actor que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad objeto de ejecución y descrita anteriormente se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores una vez el Honorable Tribunal expida la correspondiente Orden de Confirmación de Venta Judicial. Y para conocimiento de licitadores del público en general se publicará este Edicto

de acuerdo con la ley por es- el total y completo pago de la pacio de dos semanas en tres deuda; más de cargos por mora sitios públicos del municipio en los cuales se continúan acumuque ha de celebrarse la venta, lando hasta el total y completo tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribu- pago de la deuda; más una nal y la Colecturía. Este Edicto suma equivalente al 5% del será publicado dos veces en total adeudado para honorarios un diario de circulación general de abogados según pactado. en el Estado Libre Asociado de Se le apercibe que, si dejare de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos hacerlo, se dictará contra usted semanas consecutivas. Expido sentencia en rebeldía, conceel presente Edicto de subasta diéndose el remedio solicitado bajo mi firma y sello de este en la demanda, sin más citarle Tribunal en Caguas, Puerto ni oírle.

Rico, hoy día 27 de noviembre Lcdo. José Antonio Lamas Burgos de 2023. ÁNGEL GÓMEZ GÓ- Número del Tribunal Supremo 15693 PO Box 194089 San Juan, PR 00917 MEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #593, Teléfono: (787) 296-9500 ALGUACIL DE SUBASTAS, Correo Electrónico: TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSjlamas@lvprlaw.com TANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA DE CAGUAS, SALA SUPE- y Sello del Tribunal, hoy 22 de RIOR. noviembre de 2023. LCDA. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. LOURDES T. DÍAZ ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO MEDINA, SUB-SECRETARIA. DE PUERTO RICO TRIBULEGAL NOTICE NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE GUAY- ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO NABO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU-

LEGAL NOTICE

FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO Demandante V.

MARYFLOR PARSONS NIEVES

Demandado Civil Núm.: GB2023CV00887.

Sala: 402. Sobre: INCUMPLIMIENTO DE CONTRATO; COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante Vs.

LA SUCESION DE JUAN RAMON QUIÑONES ALVAREZ COMPUESTA POR JUAN RAMON QUIÑONES SOSA, SOENITH BONILLA EN LA CUOTA VIUDAL USUFRUCTUARIA Y FULANO Y FULANA DE A: MARYFLOR TAL COMO MIEMBROS PARSON NIEVES. DESCONOCIDOS DE LA 1405 CALLE ALELI ROUND HILLS, TRUJILLO SUCESION; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE ALTO, PR 00976.

INGRESOS MUNICIPALES DE: FIRSTBANK (CRIM) PUERTO RICO.

Se le emplaza y requiere que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto.

Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramaiudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Este caso trata sobre Incumplimiento de Contrato, Cobro de Dinero y Reposesión en que la parte demandante solicita que se condene al demandado a pagar las cantidades adeudadas desde al 21 de septiembre de 2023, de $18,493.17 de principal, más intereses acumulados a razón del 9.75% los cuales se continúan acumulando hasta

Demandados Civil Núm.: BY2019CV01747.

Sala: 702. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA “IN REM” (VÍA ORDINARIA). EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente CERTIFICA, ANUNCIA y hace CONSTAR: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que le ha sido dirigido al Alguacil que suscribe por la Secretaría del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMON, SALA SUPERIOR, en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor en efectivo, cheque certificado en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América el 10 DE ENERO DE 2024, A LAS 9:15 DE LA MAÑANA, en la Oficina del Alguacil de Subastas, sita en el cuarto piso del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón, todo de-

24 recho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en: #12 CALLE CLAVEL, BO. QUEBRADA CRUZ, TOA ALTA, PR 00953 y que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar número doce (12): Predio de terreno radicado en el Barrio Quebrada Cruz del término municipal de Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, con un área superficial de seiscientos sesenta y tres punto siete mil setecientos cuarenta y un (663.7741) metros cuadrados. Colindando por el NORTE, con la calle número uno (1), según el Plano de Inscripción, en una distancia de veinte punto novecientos treinta y ocho (20.938) metros; por el SUR, con el terreno dedicado a parque pasivo, en una distancia de treinta y siete punto seiscientos sesenta y cinco (37.665) metros; por el ESTE, con terreno del señor Febus, en una distancia de veintiséis punto trescientos dos (26.302) metros; y por el OESTE, en una distancia de doce punto quinientos treinta y siete (12.537) metros, con acceso hacia la calle número uno (1), según Plano de Inscripción. Este solar contiene una edificación con valor de veinticinco mil dólares ($25,000.00), mediante la escritura número 26, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 17 de noviembre de 1990, ante el notario Julio Marrero Ortiz, e inscrita al folio 292 del tomo 228 de Toa Alta, finca número 10,804, inscripción 4ta. La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita al Folio 291 del Tomo 228 de Toa Alta, bajo la finca número 10,804, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección Tercera. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $103,936.00. Si no hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta del inmueble mencionado, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el 17 DE ENERO DE 2024, A LAS 9:15 DE LA MAÑANA en la Oficina del Alguacil de Subastas, sita en el cuarto piso del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón.

En la segunda subasta que se celebre servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio pactado en la primera subasta, o sea la suma de $69,290.66. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 24 DE ENERO DE 2024, A LAS 9:15 DE LA MAÑANA en la Oficina del Alguacil de Subastas, sita en el cuarto piso del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón. Para la tercera subasta servirá de tipo mínimo la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para el caso de ejecución,

o sea, la suma de $51,968.00.

La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura de hipoteca número 40 otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 29 de enero de 2008, ante la Notario Raúl J. Vilá Selles, inscrita bajo el folio 121 del tomo 465 de Toa Alta, finca número 10,804, inscripción 9na, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección Tercera. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al Demandante total o parcialmente según sea el caso el importe de la Sentencia que ha obtenido contra la parte co-demandada ascendente a la suma de $60,605.39 por concepto de principal, desde el 1ro de septiembre de 2019, más intereses al tipo pactado de 6.50% anual que continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Además, los cargos por demora equivalentes a 4.00% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha de vencimiento; los créditos accesorios y adelantos hechos en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca; y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado equivalentes a $10,393.60.

Además, una suma equivalente a $10,393.60 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca y una suma equivalente a $10,393.60 para cubrir intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley. Por razón de dicho incumplimiento, y al amparo del derecho que le confiere el Pagaré, el demandante ha declarado tales sumas vencidas, líquidas y exigibles en su totalidad. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al Procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMON, SALA SUPERIOR durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio de remate. La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores y/o preferentes según las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores conocidos y desconocidos que tengan inscritos, no inscritos, presentados y/o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o

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interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito del actor que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad objeto de ejecución y descrita anteriormente se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores una vez el Honorable Tribunal expida la correspondiente Orden de Confirmación de Venta Judicial. Y para conocimiento de licitadores del público en general se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley por espacio de dos semanas en tres sitios públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Este Edicto será publicado dos veces en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas. Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 27 de noviembre de 2023. EDGARDO ELÍAS VARGAS SANTANA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #193, ALGUACIL DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN, SALA SUPERIOR.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante Vs.

LA SUCESION DE RUBEN RIVERA ORTIZ COMPUESTA POR ALEXIS, LIONEL Y TAYRA TODOS DE APELLIDOS RIVERA LOPEZ; FULANO Y FULANA DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)

Demandados Civil Núm.: BY2023CV02454.

Sala: 701. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCION DE HIPOTECA (VÍA ORDINARIA).

EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente CERTIFICA, ANUNCIA y hace CONSTAR: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que le ha sido dirigido al Alguacil que suscribe por la Secretaría

del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMON, SALA SUPERIOR, en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor en efectivo, cheque certificado en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América el 10 DE ENERO DE 2024, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la Oficina del Alguacil de Subastas, sita en el cuarto piso del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en: URB. PASEO DULCEMAR, #1487 CALLE R, TOA BAJA, PR 00949 y que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número 1,487 del Bloque “R” de la Urbanización Levittown, radicada en el Barrio Sabana Seca del término municipal de Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, con una cabida de 310.50 metros cuadrados.

En lindes: NORTE, en 13.50 metros, con Paseo Dulcemar; SUR, en 13.50 metros, con una Alameda; ESTE, en 23.00 metros, con el Solar número 1,488; OESTE, en 23.00 metros, con el Solar número 1,486. Sobre dicho solar enclava una casa diseñada para una familia. La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita al Folio 126 del Tomo 48 de Toa Baja, bajo la finca número 4,152, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección Segunda.

El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $117,600.00.

Si no hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta del inmueble mencionado, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el 17 DE ENERO DE 2024, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA en la Oficina del Alguacil de Subastas, sita en el cuarto piso del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón. En la segunda subasta que se celebre servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio pactado en la primera subasta, o sea la suma de $78,400.00.

Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 24 DE ENERO DE 2024, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA en la Oficina del Alguacil de Subastas, sita en el cuarto piso del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón. Para la tercera subasta servirá de tipo mínimo la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para el caso de ejecución, o sea, la suma de $58,800.00. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura de hipoteca número 222 otorgada en Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, el día 29 de septiembre

de 2007, ante el Notario Francisco Arriví Silva, inscrita bajo el Folio 92 del Tomo 214 de Toa Baja, bajo la finca número 4,152, inscripción 8va, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección Segunda. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al Demandante total o parcialmente según sea el caso el importe de la Sentencia que ha obtenido contra la parte co-demandada ascendente a la suma de $70,904.39 por concepto de principal, desde el 1ro de diciembre de 2022, más intereses al tipo pactado de 7.50% anual que continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Además, la parte co-demandada, La Sucesión de Rubén Rivera Ortiz adeuda a la parte demandante los cargos por demora equivalentes a 5.00% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha de vencimiento; los créditos accesorios y adelantos hechos en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca; y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado equivalentes a $11,760.00. Además, la parte co-demandada, La Sucesión de Rubén Rivera Ortiz se comprometió a pagar una suma equivalente a $11,760.00 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca y una suma equivalente a $11,760.00 para cubrir intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley. Por razón de dicho incumplimiento, y al amparo del derecho que le confiere el Pagaré, el demandante ha declarado tales sumas vencidas, líquidas y exigibles en su totalidad. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al Procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMON, SALA SUPERIOR durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio de remate. La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores y/o preferentes según las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores conocidos y desconocidos que tengan inscritos, no inscritos, presentados y/o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o

interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito del actor que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad objeto de ejecución y descrita anteriormente se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores una vez el Honorable Tribunal expida la correspondiente Orden de Confirmación de Venta Judicial. Y para conocimiento de licitadores del público en general se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley por espacio de dos semanas en tres sitios públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Este Edicto será publicado dos veces en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas. Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 27 de noviembre de 2023. EDGARDO ELÍAS VARGAS SANTANA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #593, ALGUACIL DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN, SALA.

CARLOS JUAN, MYRIAM DAMARIS, IVELISSE Y LUIS ALBERTO TODOS DE APELLIDOS ALEMAN MARQUES POR SI Y COMO MIEMBROS DE LA SUCESION DE ROSA ERCILIA MARQUES CESTARIS.

GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS; JUANA RIVERA GONZALEZ (TITULARES REGISTRALES)

Demandados Civil Núm.: CG2023CV03365.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA (VÍA ORDINARIA). EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 21 de noviembre de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución A LA PARTE COen este caso, que ha sido debiDEMANDADA: ANGEL damente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enLUIS HERNÁNDEZ terarse detalladamente de los RIVERA, IRAIDA términos de la misma. Esta noHERNÁNDEZ CASTRO Y tificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circula- LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES ción general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días COMPUESTA POR siguientes a su notificación. Y, AMBOS; MARTA siendo o representando usted HERNANDEZ una parte en el procedimiento RIVERA; FRANCISCO sujeta a los términos de la SenHERNÁNDEZ RIVERA tencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede estaBENEDICTA AGOSTO Y blecerse recurso de revisión o LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE apelación dentro del término de BIENES GANANCIALES 30 días contados a partir de la COMPUESTA POR publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta AMBOS; PORFIRIO notificación que se considerará HERNANDEZ RIVERA, hecha en la fecha de la publiHAYDEE FLORES cación de este edicto. Copia de GARCIA Y LA SOCIEDAD esta notificación ha sido archiLEGAL DE BIENES vada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 27 de noviembre de GANANCIALES 2023. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, COMPUESTA POR el 27 de noviembre de 2023.

AMBOS; JUANA RIVERA KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. LOURDES T. GONZÁLEZ (TITULARES LEGAL NOTICE REGISTRALES); A DÍAZ MEDINA, SECRETARIA LAS SIGUIENTES ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL. DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUDIRECCIONES: BARRIO LEGAL NOTICE NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA LIRIOS SR 9929 KM 4.8 CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CA- ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO LOT 2-A JUNCOS, PR ROLINA SALA SUPERIOR DE DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA 00777.

CAROLINA SALÓN DE SESIOCENTRO JUDICIAL DE CA- Por la presente se le(s) notifica NES CIVIL 402 GUAS SALA SUPERIOR que se ha radicado en la SeORIENTAL BANK cretaría de este Tribunal una E.M.I. EQUITY COMO AGENTE DE Demanda en Cobro de Dinero MORTGAGE, INC. SERVICIOS DE THE y Ejecución de Hipoteca en Demandante Vs. su contra, en la cual se alega MONEY HOUSE, INC. MELVIN GALARZA entre otras cosas que la parte Demandante V. ROBLES (DEUDOR co-demandada Melvin Galarza LA SUCESION DE Robles, adeuda a la parte deHIPOTECARIO; ANGEL ANA LUISA JIMÉNEZ mandante por concepto de hiLUIS HERNANDEZ BESARES Y OTROS poteca la suma de $84,298.56 RIVERA, IRAIDA Demandado(a) por concepto de principal, Caso Núm.: CA2023CV01664. HERNANDEZ CASTRO Y desde el 1ro de junio de 2023, Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HI- LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE más intereses al tipo pactado POTECA: PROPIEDAD RESIBIENES GANANCIALES de 3.00% anual que continúan DENCIAL. NOTIFICACIÓN DE acumulándose hasta el pago COMPUESTA POR SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. total de la obligación. Además AMBOS; MARTA DUNCAN R. MALDONADO la parte co-demandada Melvin EJARQUE HERNANDEZ Galarza Robles adeuda a la EJECUCIONES@CM-PRLAW.COM RIVERA; FRANCISCO parte demandante los cargos A: ALFONSO TOLEDO HERNANDEZ RIVERA, por demora equivalentes a JIMENEZ POR SI Y BENEDICTA AGOSTO Y 4.00% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso COMO MIEMBRO DE LA LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE de 15 días calendarios de la SUCESION DE ANA LUISA BIENES GANANCIALES fecha de vencimiento; los crédiJIMENEZ BESARES, tos accesorios y adelantos heCOMPUESTA POR FULANA Y FULANO DE chos en virtud de la escritura de AMBOS; PORFIRIO TAL POR SI Y COMO y las costas, gastos HERNANDEZ RIVERA, hipoteca; y honorarios de abogado equiPOSIBLES HEREDEROS HAYDEE FLORES valentes a $8,888.00. Además DESCONOCIDOS DE LA GARCIA Y LA SOCIEDAD la parte co-demandada Melvin SUCESION DE ANA LUISA Galarza Robles se compromeLEGAL DE BIENES

JIMENEZ BESARES,

The San Juan Daily Star tió a pagar una suma equivalente a $8,888.00 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca y una suma equivalente a $8,888.00 para cubrir intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley y cualquiera otros adelantos que se hagan en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca número 407, otorgada en Carolina, Puerto Rico, el día 4 de diciembre de 2020, ante el notario Carlos Martínez Olmo, consta presentada al Asiento 2018-000605 del Sistema Karibe y en su día será segregación de la finca número 17,440, inscrita al Folio 47 del Tomo 448 de Juncos, Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección Segunda. Por razón de dicho incumplimiento, y al amparo del derecho que le confiere el Pagaré, el demandante ha declarado tales sumas vencidas, líquidas y exigibles en su totalidad. Este Tribunal ha ordenado que se le(s) cite a usted(es) por edicto que se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general. Por tratarse de una obligación hipotecaria y pudiendo usted tener interés en este caso o quedar afectando por el remedio solicitado, se le emplaza por este edicto que se publicará una vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general de Puerto Rico. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr/sumac/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal y notifique copia de la Contestación de la Demanda a las oficinas de CARDONA & MALDONADO LAW OFFICES, P.S.C. ATENCION al Lcdo. Duncan Maldonado Ejarque, P.O. Box 366221, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-6221; Tel (787) 622-7000, Fax (787) 625-7001, Abogado de la Parte Demandante. Dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto, apercibiéndole que de no hacerlo así dentro del término indicado, el Tribunal podrá anotar su Rebeldía y dictar Sentencia, concediéndose el remedio solicitado sin más citarle(s) ni oírle(s). EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y con el Sello del Tribunal. DADA hoy 28 de noviembre de 2023, en Caguas, Puerto Rico. LISILDA MARTÍNEZ AGOSTO, SECRETARIA. MARTA E. DONATE RESTO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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da. En su inscripción segunda, de diciembre de 2015 conocida al mejor postor, en moneda mo establecido para la primera en un periódico de circulación §2787. de no expresarse dentro

SUCESIÓN DE IVELISSE se indica que la casa que encla- como “Ley del Registro de la de curso legal de los Estados subasta, o a sea la suma de general diaria y en el Estado de ese término de treinta (30) va en este solar consiste prin- Propiedad Inmueble del Estado Unidos de América en efectivo, $70,000.00. Si tampoco hubie- Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, días en torno a su aceptación HUERTAS COLÓN, cipalmente de tres dormitorios, Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico”. cheque certificado, o giro pos- ra remate ni adjudicación en la por espacio de dos semanas o repudiación de herencia, se COMPUESTA POR: sala, comedor, cocina, baño y La propiedad a ser ejecutada tal a nombre del Alguacil del segunda subasta, se celebrará con antelación a la fecha de la tendrá por aceptada. También EDUARDO ROSSO balcón. Inscrita en la finca nú- se adquiere libre de toda carga Tribunal de Primera Instancia, una TERCERA SUBASTA el primera subasta y por lo menos se le APERCIBE a los heremero 4,423 (antes 23,933), al y gravamen que afecte la men- el derecho que tenga la parte día 31 DE ENERO DE 2024, una vez por semana. Los autos deros antes mencionados que HUERTAS (COMO HEREDERO Y COMO folio 127 del tomo 330 de Pon- cionada finca según el Artículo demandada en el inmueble A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, y todos los documentos corres- luego del transcurso del térmiRegistro de la Propiedad de 102, inciso 6. Una vez confir- que se relaciona más adelan- y el tipo mínimo para esta ter- pondientes al procedimiento in- no de treinta (30) días antes DUEÑO REGISTRAL); ce.

Puerto Rico, Sección II de Pon- mada la venta judicial por el Ho- te para pagar la SENTENCIA cera subasta será la mitad del dicado estarán de manifiesto en señalado contados a partir de “JOHN DOE Y ce. El producto de la subasta se norable Tribunal, se procederá por $103,694.62 de balance precio establecido para la pri- la Secretaría del Tribunal du- la fecha de la notificación de la RICHARD ROE” COMO destinará a satisfacer al deman- a otorgar la correspondiente principal, los intereses adeu- mera subasta, o sea, la suma rante las horas laborables. (Art. presente Orden, se presumirá POSIBLES HEREDEROS dante hasta donde alcance, la escritura de venta judicial y se dados sobre dicho principal y de $52,500.00. El mejor postor 102 (1) de la Ley núm. 210- que han aceptado la herencia DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SENTENCIA dictada el 15 de pondrá al comprador en pose- computados al 5.75% anual deberá pagar el importe de su 2015). Expedido el presente en del causante y, por consiguienagosto de 2023 y notificada en sión física del inmueble de con- hasta su total pago y completo oferta en efecto, cheque certifi- Guayama, Puerto Rico, a 21 de te, responden por las cargas de SUCESIÓN DE IVELISSE este caso el 21 de agosto de formidad con las disposiciones pago desde el primero de abril cado o giro postal a nombre del noviembre de 2023. HÉCTOR dicha herencia conforme dispoHUERTAS COLÓN, 2023, siendo publicada en un de Ley. Para conocimiento de de 2012; cargos por demora Alguacil del Tribunal. Si se de- E. MÁRQUEZ NERIS, ALGUA- ne el Artículo 957 del Código Y POR: SUCESIÓN periódico de circulación general la parte demandada y de toda devengados, más la suma de clarase desierta la tercera su- CIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRI- Civil, 31 L.P.R.A. §2785. Usted de Puerto Rico (“The San Juan aquella persona o personas $10,500.00 estipulada para ho- basta, se dará por terminado el MERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE deberá presentar su alegación DE DIANA ROSSO pudiendo adju- GUAYAMA. responsiva a través del Sistema HUERTAS, COMPUESTA Daily Star”) el 24 de agosto de que tengan interés inscrito con norarios de abogado pactada procedimiento, Unificado de Manejo y Adminis2023, en el presente caso civil, posterioridad a la inscripción en la escritura de hipoteca y dicarse el inmueble al acreedor LEGAL NOTICE POR: CHRISTIAN tración de Casos (SUMAC), al a saber la suma de $41,382.40 del gravamen que se está eje- cualesquiera otras sumas que hipotecario dentro de los diez MIRANDA ROSSO, ALEX por concepto de principal; ge- cutando, y para conocimiento por cualesquiera concepto le- días siguientes a la fecha de ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO cual puede acceder utilizando nerando intereses a razón de de todos los licitadores y el gal se devenguen hasta el día la última subasta, si así lo es- DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL la siguiente dirección electróniMIRANDA ROSSO Y 6.50% desde el 1ro de julio de público en general, el presente de la subasta. La propiedad a timase conveniente, por la tota- GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRI- ca: https://unired.ramajudicial.

ALBERTO MIRANDA cargos por demora los Edicto se publicará por espacio venderse en pública subasta lidad de la cantidad adeudada BUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTAN- pr/sumac/, salvo que se repreROSSO; “JOHN DOE Y 2022; cuales al igual que los intereses de dos (2) semanas consecuti- se describe como sigue: UR- conforme a la sentencia, si ésta CIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE sente por derecho propio. Si RICHARD ROE” COMO continúan acumulándose hasta vas, con un intervalo de por lo BANA: URBANA: PROPIEDAD fuera igual o menor que el mon- CAGUAS SALA SUPERIOR usted deja de presentar y noPOSIBLES HEREDEROS el saldo total de la deuda recla- menos siete días entre ambas HORIZONTAL: Apartamento to del tipo de la tercera subasta BANCO POPULAR DE tificar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el mada en este pleito, y la suma publicaciones, en un diario de Quince Cero Cuatro (1504) del y abonándose dicho monto a DESCONOCIDOS PUERTO RICO Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia de $8,135.00 para costas, gas- circulación general en el Estado Condominio Villa Beatriz, radi- la cantidad adeudada si ésta Demandante V. DE LA SUCESIÓN en rebeldía en su contra y contos y honorarios de abogado; Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico cado en el Barrio Beatriz de la fuera mayor. Se avisa a cualLA SUCESIÓN DE LA ceder el remedio solicitado en DE DIANA ROSSO y demás créditos accesorios y se fijará además en tres (3) municipalidad de Cayey, Puerto quier licitador que la propiedad HUERTAS; CENTRO DE garantizados hipotecariamente. lugares públicos del Municipio Rico, con cabida superficial de queda sujeta al gravamen del FINADA MAGDALENA la Demanda, o cualquier otro, RECAUDACIONES DE La adjudicación se hará al me- en que ha de celebrarse dicha ochocientos veinte punto cua- Estado Libre Asociado y CRIM MORALES CASTELLANO si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende COMPUESTA POR INGRESOS MUNICIPALES jor postor, quien deberá consig- venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el renta y nueve pies cuadrados sobre la propiedad inmueble procedente. Los abogados de nar el importe de su oferta en el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Se les (820.49 p/c). En lindes por el por contribuciones adeudadas JOSE LUIS SERRANO (C.R.I.M.) la parte demandante son: acto mismo de la adjudicación, informa, por último, que: a. Que NORTE, con área común; por y que el pago de dichas contriDemandados MORALES, WALBERTO ABOGADOS DE LA PARTE en efectivo (moneda del curso los autos y todos los documen- el SUR, con área común; por el buciones es la responsabilidad Civil Núm.: PO2023CV00808.

DEMANDANTE: SERRANO MORALES, legal de los Estados Unidos de tos correspondientes al proce- ESTE, con pasillo, área común del licitador. Que se entenderá Sala: 406. Sobre: COBRO DE Lcdo. Reggie Díaz Hernández América), giro postal o cheque dimiento incoado estarán de y con pared que lo separa del por todo licitador acepte como GAMALIEL DIAZ RUA Núm.: 16,393 DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE certificado a nombre del algua- manifiesto en la secretaría del apartamiento quince cero nue- suficiente la titulación y que los MORALES, XYZ BERMUDEZ & DIAZ, LLP HIPOTECA. ESTADOS UNIcil del Tribunal. La PRIMERA tribunal durante las horas la- ve (1509); y por el OESTE, con cargos y gravámenes anterio500 Calle De La Tanca DOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRE(HEREDEROS SUBASTA se llevará a efecto borables. b. Que se entenderá pared que lo separa del apar- res y los preferentes al crédiSuite 209 SIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS DESCONOCIDOS); San Juan, Puerto Rico 00901 el día 30 DE ENERO DE 2024 que todo licitador acepta como tamiento catorce cero nueve to del ejecutante continuarán UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE Tel.: (787) 523-2670 / ESTADO LIBRE A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, bastante la titularidad y que las (1409). Apartamiento ubicado subsistentes en entendiéndose ASOCIADO DE PUERTO Fax: (787) 523-2664 en el Centro Judicial de Pon- cargas y gravámenes anterio- en la cuarta planta del edificio que el rematador los acepta y ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE SUBASrdiaz@bdprlaw.com ce, Ponce, Puerto Rico. Que res y los preferentes, si los hu- QUINCE del Condominio Villa queda subrogado en la resRICO A TRAVÉS DEL Expido este edicto bajo mi firma TA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del el precio mínimo fijado para biere, al crédito del ejecutante Beatriz, con entrada princi- ponsabilidad de los mismos, Tribunal de Primera Instancia, DEPARTAMENTO DE y el sello de este Tribunal, hoy sin destinarse su extinción al la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de continuarán subsistentes. Se pal mirando hacia al ESTE, el Sala Superior, Centro Judicial 18 de octubre de 2023. LISILHACIENDA Y CRIM $81,350.00. Que de ser nece- entenderá, que el rematante cual consiste de un área sala- precio rematante. Todos los

de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico, hago saber, a la parte demandada y al PÚBLICO EN GENERAL: Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el día 25 de octubre de 2023, por la Secretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor la propiedad que ubica y se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número trescientos de la manzana doce, de la Urbanización Perla del Sur (Extensión Tercera), radicada en el Barrio Canas de Ponce, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de trescientos treinta y un metros con veinticinco centímetros cuadrados. Colindando por el NORTE, con el solar número trescientos uno, en una distancia de veinticinco metros; por el SUR, con el solar número doscientos noventa y nueve, en una distancia de veinticinco metros; por el ESTE, con el solar número trescientos trece, en LEGAL NOTICE una distancia de trece metros ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO con veinticinco centímetros; y DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUpor el OESTE, con la Calle L, NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA en una distancia de trece meCENTRO JUDICIAL DE PONtros con veinticinco centímeCE SALA SUPERIOR tros. En este solar enclava una BANCO POPULAR DE casa todo de concreto, de una sola planta, dedicada a vivienPUERTO RICO

saria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 6 DE FEBRERO DE 2024 A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $54,233.33, equivalentes a dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una TERCERA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 13 DE FEBRERO DE 2024 A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $40,675.00, equivalentes a la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente; se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor, todo ello a tenor con lo dispone el Articulo 104 de la Ley Núm. 210 del 8

los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate.

EXPIDO, el presente EDICTO, en Ponce, Puerto Rico, hoy día 9 de noviembre de 2023. MANUEL MALDONADO, ALGUACIL, DIVISIÓN DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE PONCE.

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LIME HOMES, LTD.

Parte Demandante Vs.

JOHANNY RIVERA ORTIZ

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: GCD2013-0031.

Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA Y COBRO DE DINERO. ANUNCIO DE SUBASTA. El suscribiente, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Puerto Rico, Sala de Guayama, a los demandados de epígrafe y al público en general hace saber que venderá en pública subasta en la Oficina de Alguaciles, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Humacao,

comedor, cocina balcón, tres habitaciones cada una con ropero, un baño y un “linen closet”. A este apartamiento le corresponde una participación de punto cincuenta y cinco por ciento (.55%) en los elementos comunes del Condominio.

También tiene derecho a dos espacios de estacionamiento identificados con el mismo número del apartamiento. Este apartamiento se encuentra en la Primera Fase del desarrollo del Condominio Villa Beatriz.

Inscrita al Sistema Karibe, finca numero 25470 de Cayey, Registro de la Propiedad, Sección de Caguas I. Dirección Física: 1504 Villa Beatriz, Cayey, Puerto Rico La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a cabo el día 17 DE ENERO DE 2024, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA y servirá de tipo mínimo para la misma la suma de $105,000.00 sin admitirse oferta inferior. En el caso de que el inmueble a ser subastado no fuera adjudicado en la primera subasta, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 24 DE ENERO DE 2024, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, y el precio mínimo para esta segunda subasta será el de dos terceras partes del precio míni-

nombres de los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante, o de los acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, siempre que surgen de la certificación registral, para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Y para conocimiento de licitadores, del público en general y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general diaria en Puerto Rico y en los sitios públicos de acuerdo a las disposiciones de la Regla 51.7 de las de Procedimiento Civil, así como para la publicación

Demandados Civil Núm.: CG2023CV00474.

Sala: 802. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA “IN REM”. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO E INTERPELACIÓN ENMENDADO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, S.S.

DA MARTÍNEZ AGOSTO, SECRETARIA GENERAL. ANA H. LUGO MUÑOZ, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA.

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TRUST MORTGAGE CORP. A: GAMALIEL Demandante Vs. DIAZ MORALES, APEX BANK; ORIENTAL XYZ (HEREDEROS BANK COMO SUCESOR DESCONOCIDOS).

EN DERECHOS DE URBANIZACIÓN VIRGINIA BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA VALLEY, J-12 12 ST., ARGENTARÍA; JOHN DOE JUNCOS, PR. Por la presente se le emplaza Y RICHARD ROE COMO y notifica que debe contestar POSIBLES TENEDORES la demanda incoada en su CON INTERÉS contra dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación del presente edicto.

Además, en cuanto a la interpelación de los herederos del causante, a que dentro del término legal de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la fecha de la notificación de la presente Orden, acepten o repudien la participación que les corresponda en la herencia del causante conforme dispone el Artículo 959 del Código Civil, 31 L.P.R.A.

Demandados Civil Núm.: SJ2023CV10850.

603. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ HIPOTECARIO EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO.

A: APEX BANK. 9721 SHERRILL BLVD., STE. 200, KNOXVILLE, TN 37932.

A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE (PERSONAS

26 DESCONOCIDAS CON POSIBLE INTERÉS).

En este caso la parte demandante ha radicado Demanda para que se decrete judicialmente el saldo de los siguientes pagarés: a. Pagaré a favor de Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, o a su orden, por Cuatrocientos Veinte Mil Dólares ($420,000.00), con intereses al cinco punto uno veinticinco por ciento (5.125%) anual, vencedero el primero (1ro) de septiembre de dos mil treinta y cinco (2035), según consta de la escritura número ciento quince (#115), otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día treinta (30) de agosto de dos mil cinco (2005), ante el Notario Público Rosario González Rosa, modificada en cuanto al principal que será Trescientos Dieciocho Mil Seiscientos Veintisiete Dólares ($318,627.00), se modifica el interés, comenzando el primero de junio de dos mil diecinueve (2019), y durante ciento veinte (120) meses al tres punto setenta y cinco por ciento (3.75%) comenzando el primero de junio de dos mil veintinueve (2029), hasta su vencimiento que será el primero (1ro) de mayo de dos mil cincuenta y nueve (2059), el interés será de cinco punto uno veinticinco por ciento (5.125%) anual, según consta de la escritura número ciento treinta (130) otorgada en San Juan Puerto Rico el treinta (30) de abril de dos mil diecinueve (2019) ante el Notario Público Juan A. Martínez Romero, dicha modificación se subordina y se posterga para que tenga rango preferente a la inscripción quinta, según la escritura número ciento dieciséis (116) otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico el diez (10) de junio de dos mil veinte (2020) ante el Notario Público Juan A. Martínez Romero. b. Pagaré a favor de Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, o a su orden, por la suma principal de Doscientos Setenta Mil Dólares ($270,000.00), con intereses al cinco punto uno veinticinco por ciento (5.125%) anual, vencedero el primero (1ro) de septiembre de dos mil veinte (2020), según consta de la escritura número ciento dieciseis (#116), otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día treinta (30) de agosto de dos mil cinco (2005), ante el Notario Público Rosario González Rosa, modificada en cuanto al principal que será Doscientos Tres Mil Ochocientos Setenta y Ocho Dólares con Setenta y Cuatro Centavos ($203,878.74), se modifica el interés, comenzando el primero (1ro) de junio de dos mil diecinueve (2019) y durante ciento veinte (120) meses al tres punto setenta y cinco por ciento (3.75%), comenzando el primero (1ro) de junio de dos mil veintinueve (2029), hasta su vencimiento que será el primero de mayo de dos mil cincuenta y nueve (2059), el

interés será de cinco punto uno veinticinco por ciento (5.125%) anual, según consta de la escritura número ciento treinta y uno (131) otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico el treinta (30) de abril de dos mil diecinueve (2019) ante el Notario Público Juan A. Martínez Romero. Los cuales están garantizados por hipotecas sobre la propiedad que se describe como sigue: URBANA: Solar radicado en la Urbanización Monteverde Real, localizada en el Barrio Caimito de Río Piedras del término municipal de San Juan, Puerto Rico, que se describe en el plano de inscripción con el número, área y colindancias que se relacionan a continuación: Número del solar: Trece (13) Area: seiscientos cuarenta punto tres mil cuatrocientos cincuenta y un (640.3451) metros cuadrados, equivalentes a cero punto mil seiscientos veintinueve (0.1629) cuerdas. En lindes por el NORTE, en una distancia de dieciséis punto cincuenta (16.50) metros lineales, con terrenos propiedad de la Sucesión Encarnación Díaz; por el SUR, en una distancia de dieciséis punto cincuenta (16.50) metros lineales, con la Calle Vereda de la Urbanización; por el ESTE, en una distancia de treinta y ocho punto ochocientos cincuenta y seis (38.856) metros lineales con el solar número doce (#12) de la Urbanización; y por el OESTE, en una distancia de treinta y ocho punto setecientos sesenta y ocho (38.768) metros lineales, con el solar número catorce (#14) de la Urbanización.

Sobre dicho solar enclava una casa de concreto para fines residenciales. El expresado solar se halla afecto a las siguientes servidumbre: Servidumbre Telefónica: Franja de terreno de cinco (5) pies de ancho que discurre a lo largo de su colindancia Sur. Servidumbre Eléctrica: Franja de terreno cuadrada de cinco (5) pies, para transformador eléctrico, en su colindancia Sur. Servidumbre Pluvial: Franja de terreno de dos punto cero cero (2.00) metros de anchos (ambas), que discurren a lo largo de la colindancia Norte de este solar. Servidumbre en Equidad: (mantenimiento) y de ocupación de espacio aéreo: Franja de terreno de cero punto noventa y un (0.91) metros de anchos por veinte punto ochenta y un (20.81) metros de largos, localizada en la colindancia Sur del solar antes descrito como predio sirviente, a beneficio del solar número catorce (#14) (predio dominante) la cual área esta utilizar el propietario del predio dominante para pintar, reparar, proteger la pared y o cualquier reparación necesaria y/o darle el debido mantenimiento a la pared a su vivienda. A demás en dicho espacio de terreno tiene el predio dominante una cornisa en su vivienda que ocupa “espacio

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aéreo” del predio sirviente la cual ocupación es autorizada por esta servidumbre. El expresado solar es el predio dominante de una servidumbre en equidad y/o mantenimiento y de ocupación de espacio aéreo a su favor de cero punto noventa y un (0.91) metros de ancho por veinte punto ochenta y un (20.81) metros de largo, localizada en su colindancia Norte; siendo el predio sirviente del solar número doce (#12). Esta servidumbre será utilizada cualquier reparación necesaria y/o darle el debido mantenimiento a la pared de su vivienda.

Además en dicho espacio de terreno tiene el predio dominante “cornisa” en su vivienda que ocupa “espacio aéreo” del predio sirviente. Inscrita al folio 85 del tomo 796 de Río Piedras Sur, finca número 21,905, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección Cuarta. La parte demandante alega que dichos Pagarés se han extraviado, según más detalladamente consta en la Demanda radicada que puede examinarse en la Secretaría de este Tribunal. Por tratarse de unas obligaciones hipotecarias, y pudiendo usted tener interés en este caso o quedar afectado por el remedio solicitado, se les emplaza por este Edicto que se publicará en un (1) periódico de circulación general una (1) sola vez y que si no comparecen a contestar dicha Demanda radicando el original de la misma a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual pueden acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www. poderjudicial.pr/index.php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se representen por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberán presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de San Juan, con copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Lcdo. Jorge García Rondón, de PMB 538, 267 Sierra Morena, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00926 dentro del término de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la publicación del Edicto, se les anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia en su contra concediendo el remedio solicitado en la Demanda sin más citarles ni oírles. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto por Orden del Tribunal, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy 22 de noviembre de 2023. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. KAREN OLIVERAS PADILLA, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA.

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término municipal de Peñuelas, secretaría del tribunal. Si usted to Rico, dentro de los 10 días MALDONADO Puerto Rico. Linderos: Norte, deja de presentar su alegación siguientes a su notificación. Y, MENDEZ. PARC con calle municipal existente, responsiva dentro del referido siendo o representando usted BANCO POPULAR TIBURON II, 1 CALLE terrenos propiedad de José término, el tribunal podrá dic- una parte en el procedimiento DE PUERTO RICO, 10, BARCELONETA Ortiz, por el Sur, terrenos pro- tar sentencia en rebeldía en sujeta a los términos de la SenCUSTODIO DE PR 00617-3011; 41ST. piedad de Juanita Rodríguez, su contra y conceder el reme- tencia, Sentencia Parcial o ReLOS ARCHIVOS DIVISION BLDG 11664, por el Este, con calle municipal dio solicitado en la demanda o solución, de la cual puede estaexistente y terrenos de José Or- cualquier otro sin más citarle ni DORAL MORTGAGE TACOMA WA 98433; PO tiz y Lidia N. Pacheco, y por el oírle, si el tribunal en el ejerci- blecerse recurso de revisión o CORPORATION Y OTROS BOX 339555, TACOMA WA Oeste, con Quebrada. Enclava cio de su sana discreción, lo apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la Demandado(a) una estructura de cemento y entiende procedente. El sis98433. publicación por edicto de esta

ORIENTAL BANK Demandante V.

Caso Núm.: IS2023CV00099.

Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JAVIER MONTALVO CINTRÓN JMONTALVO@ DELGADOFERNANDEZ.COM

A: JOHN DOE & RICHARD ROE. DIRECCIÓN SE DESCONOCE.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 16 de noviembre de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 28 de noviembre de 2023. En Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, el 28 de noviembre de 2023. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA. ARLENE GUZMÁN PABÓN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Kevin Sánchez Campanero cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección kevin. sanchez@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law. com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en BARCELONETA, Puerto Rico, hoy día 29 de septiembre de 2023. VIVIAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA. IRIS M. MIRANDA NÚÑEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

bloques de tres habitaciones, sala, cocina, un baño y balcón.

Este Tribunal ordenó que publique la pretensión de tres (3) veces durante el término de veinte (20) días, en un periódico de circulación general diaria para los que tenga algún derecho real sobre el inmueble descrito, las personas ignorada quienes pueda perjudicar la inscripción y en general a toda persona que desee oponerse dentro del término de veinte (20) días de la última publicación del presente edicto debe notificar con copia de sus alegaciones a la representación legal del promovente, Lcdo. Luis M. Barnecet Vélez, Urb. Paraíso de Coamo, 608 Calle Paz, Coamo, PR 00769, Tel. 787-603-2396 email: barnecet@hotmail.com.

EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, hoy 16 día octubre de 2023. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. DAISY QUIÑONES VÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC, COMO AGENTE DE ACE ONE FUNDING, LLC. Demandante Vs.

DIALIZZA VEGA VÉLEZ

Demandada Civil Núm.: TA2023CV00549.

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO Salón: 401. Sobre: COBRO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA TO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS SALA DE PONCE UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTAEDWARD DOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LILEGAL NOTICE MADERA OLIVERA BRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO Peticionario ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO RICO, SS. DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUEX PARTE NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA Caso Número: PE2023CV00075. A: DIALIZZA VEGA VÉLEZ – COND LA ARBOLEDA SALA DE BARCELONETA Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR KM 2.5 CARR #20 APT ISLAND PORTFOLIO EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS 1602 GUAYNABO, PR SERVICES, LLC DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDEN00966.

COMO AGENTE DE TE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESFAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS TADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que PUERTO RICO, SS. FUND, LLC conteste la demanda dentro de POR LA PRESENTE se le noParte Demandante Vs. los treinta (30) días siguientes tifica que el peticionario de epíRICARDO a la publicación de este Edicto.

MALDONADO MENDEZ grafe ha presentado una Peti- Usted deberá presentar su aleción para que se declare a su Parte Demandada gación responsiva a través del favor el dominio de la siguiente Civil Núm.: BC2023CV00025.

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The Premier League needs a commissioner

By RORY SMITH

P

ete Rozelle’s immediate reaction could not accurately be described as unbridled enthusiasm. He was 33. He had, for the last three years, been the general manager of the Los Angeles Rams. He was suave, charming and well liked. But he was nevertheless starting to wonder whether running an NFL team was really the job for him.

And then, outside the Kenilworth Hotel in Miami in January 1960, he was cornered by a cadre of the league’s most fearsome power brokers: the Mara brothers, Jack and Wellington, owners of the New York Giants; Dan Reeves, the Rams’ benefactor; and Paul Brown, the coach and founder and all-purpose potentate of the team in Cleveland that still bears his name.

They had an offer to make Rozelle.

They did not want him to run a franchise. They wanted to put him in charge of the whole league.

It was an offer, in Rozelle’s mind, that he had to refuse. “You’ve got to be kidding,” he told them, according to Michael MacCambridge’s magisterial history of the league, “America’s Game.”

“That is the most ludicrous thing I have ever heard.”

Rozelle’s logic was simple. The job of NFL commissioner looked an awful lot like a poisoned chalice. The league’s various owners were split on almost every issue imaginable — not only on who should be commissioner, but also whether to add another slate of expansion teams, whether to sign a collective television deal and how to stave off the threat of the rival American Football League.

There was even contention over where, exactly, the league’s offices should be. Rozelle was not the only one who might have looked at the job description and decided he would have to be a fool, or a madman, to accept.

Still, over the course of the afternoon, Rozelle was won over. He was convinced by Reeves, Brown and the rest that his candidacy would be successful, that the issues could be resolved, that he would “grow into” the position. His

The richest prize money can buy. wife, Jane, reassured him that he would be a good fit. Later that day, Rozelle was elected commissioner.

The challenges faced by the NFL of the early 1960s are alien to the Premier League of 2023. The Premier League is, by almost any measure, a picture of health. It is the most popular domestic sports league of all time. Television has made it rich beyond measure. It is a playground for billionaires and private equity funds and nation states. It does not fear the emergence of a rival; if anything, its primacy is such that it is asphyxiating its former peers, a wealth gap that isn’t good for the game.

Last Saturday, the Premier League returned after a brief hiatus for international duties with a top-of-the-table meeting between Manchester City and Liverpool, the game that has become its marquee fixture. City is the world’s dominant team. Liverpool is one of soccer’s grandest names. The two teams are packed with global stars, and each is led by one of the most influential coaches of their generation. Millions tuned in to watch. If the Premier League is in crisis, it has taken a strange form.

And yet, below the surface, the competition is buffeted by currents that Rozelle would recognize. Earlier this month, the clubs of the Premier League met in London for one of their periodic

conferences. Among other matters, they voted on whether to introduce a ban on — and this is catchy — “related party loans.”

In truth, this is hardly an existential matter for the league. (It is far more pressing, and far more problematic, elsewhere.) More and more teams in England, as is the case across Europe, are now part of so-called multiclub networks, in which owners possess not one but a whole stable of teams.

The Premier League had, correctly, recognized that this offered teams a chance to circumvent the competition’s extremely lax rules on spending: Nottingham Forest could, say, take a player on loan from its sister club, Olympiacos, at a cheaper rate than it might have to pay on the open market, boosting its performance without affecting its balance sheet.

The fact that this is only an issue now, of course, has nothing to do with Forest’s links to Greece or Brighton’s relationship with a team in Belgium but with Newcastle, which is owned by the same Saudi sovereign wealth fund that has spent the last few months stuffing its four domes-

tic teams with superstars. The Premier League wanted to head off the prospect of those players being conveniently diverted to Newcastle at discounted rates.

But the motion did not pass. The Premier League’s rules state that, to be approved, any vote requires the support of 14 of its 20 teams. This time, it fell one short. Seven teams decided, essentially, that the idea of related party loans was a good one. It is no surprise that those seven teams either are, or soon might be, part of multiclub systems.

It would be naive, though, to assume that the motives on the other side of the argument were any more pure. It is possible that some of the 13 who did back the idea of a ban did so because they believed the loophole might in some way undermine the integrity of the league, or because they felt there really ought to be rules governing a sporting competition.

More likely — as suggested by the timing — they saw a chance to deny their rivals a possible advantage.

There is nothing new in this. Several years ago, a number of teams put to the league the idea that they might pool the performance data produced by their games, so as to allow teams to better understand their opponents. Bundesliga of Germany had already adopted a collective approach. A majority of teams rejected it. Such a move would, they said, favor the clubs that had been early adopters of analytics.

This is how the Premier League works: as a sort of tyranny of a self-interested majority. And, on the surface, teams confusing what is in their interests with what is in the interests of the league

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From page 27 as a whole has done little harm. The league has grown to become a global behemoth.

It is probably now Britain’s greatest cultural export.

Increasingly, though, that approach appears to be nearing a breaking point. Manchester City has been charged with — although not found guilty of — 115 breaches of the league’s financial regulations. This month, Chelsea brought to its attention huge discrepancies in its books.

The day before the league’s executives met in London to present craven self-interest as a form of democracy, Everton was stripped of 10 points in the standings for surpassing the maximum loss permitted by the league. (A lesson here: If you tell people that the aim is to lose no money, but that they can lose $130 million without being punished, they will assume that $130 million is not so much a ceiling as a target.)

In a 41-page report exploring the Everton case, Paragraph 107 is the key. Part of the evidence submitted by Everton, it says, came from a representative of the club who explained that his job was not to make sure that it met the league’s financial requirements, but to “protect and interpret” those requirements “to the benefit” of his employer.

“The Commission notes that the Premier League already needs to devote considerable resources to monitoring compliance by its member clubs,” the report adds. “If all clubs were to adopt a similar approach, the Premier League’s task would become yet more challenging.”

That should not be the case, of course.

The teams of the Premier League should understand that for a sporting competition to have any validity, any meaning, it needs to have an agreed-upon set of rules.

But what Everton, Chelsea and Manchester City prove — like the vote on related party loans — is that the clubs do not want to engage with those rules in good faith. They see them instead as rules to be manipulated and circumvented and sometimes ignored, and view doing so as all part of the game.

Whether that does any actual damage is difficult to say. The allegations against Manchester City have done little to dampen enthusiasm for the league, just as the sight of Newcastle reaching the Champions League with Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo — on loan — would hardly drive fans away.

There comes a point, though, when a fracture happens. Perhaps that is among the clubs, so ensconced in their own universes

that they can no longer agree on anything.

Or perhaps that is between the teams and the fans, once the asterisks start to pile up in previous seasons and nobody is sure whether what they are watching will actually count.

There are two ways of averting that.

One, rather utopian, is to persuade the clubs to work more collectively, to understand that growth is a shared endeavor and that their success is codependent. The other is to create an office, one with genuine power, to enforce the rules (ideally in real time), to issue punishments and to protect the interests of the league.

On several occasions in the 1990s, the Premier League sent emissaries to the United States to see what English soccer could learn from America’s major leagues. They came back with an awareness of the power of television, an understanding of the significance of corporate revenue, and a surprisingly long-standing conviction that cheerleaders would be a good idea in a Yorkshire winter.

Nobody, it seems, recommended instituting a commissioner to shape and guide their business. Given where the Premier League finds itself now, caught in an impasse between irreconcilable camps, it is apparent that is something of an omission.

If the clubs cannot willingly work together, cannot operate for their own wider benefit, then it is obvious they have to be made to do so.

The only problem, of course, is the obvious one. The clubs themselves would have to vote on not only the identity of the commissioner, but also the existence of one. As ever, they would do so entirely along the lines of their own self-interests. In that case, and in that case alone, though, they might just find an unfamiliar unanimity.

A (disputed) vision of the future It is not absolutely clear, at this precise moment, if Inter Miami will be taking part in the tournament that everyone is talking about: the eternally prestigious Riyadh Season Cup. On Nov. 21, Turki al-Sheikh, the chair of the General Entertainment Authority in Saudi Arabia, was under the distinct impression that he had booked the world’s finest Barcelona tribute act to be part of a three-team tournament featuring Miami’s fellow “giants” — his words, not anyone else’s — Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal.

A few hours later, sadly, it became clear that nobody had told Inter Miami.

“Earlier today, an announcement was issued stating that Inter Miami is scheduled to play in the Riyadh Season Cup,” the

Bernardo Silva and Manchester City entered last Saturday’s showdown against Liverpool with a one-point lead in the Premier League table. The game ended in a 1-1 tie. club said in a statement that is, by any standards, a classic of the genre. “This is inaccurate.”

It seems a fair bet to assume that this all ends with Inter Miami pitching up in Saudi Arabia in a few months anyway, and that the dispute was rather more about who was allowed to announce the news, and when, than it was about the actual content of it. Still, even if the whole thing does not materialize, it is hard to escape the impression that the episode offers a fleeting glimpse of soccer’s future.

The appeal of bringing Miami to town, of course, is the prospect of bringing Lionel Messi and Ronaldo into direct compe-

ties or MLS will find a way to have them play each other again at the next available opportunity.

Still, such quibbling is probably futile at this point. Inter Miami against AlNassr in Riyadh, in February, is not even a remote imitation of the sorts of games that defined the rivalry between Messi and Ronaldo. It is instead an exhibition, a staged production, more than a sporting contest. It is soccer as brought to you by WWE. But it is also, needless to say, what people want. Fans will buy tickets to see Messi and Ronaldo face-to-face once more. Broadcasters will pay — perhaps

Everton has vowed to fight a Premier League punishment, but its pockets are not as deep as those of rivals facing the same threat. tition again. It would be, as the now-disputed news release had it, a “Last Dance” sort of occasion, an assertion undercut only a little by the fact that: one, the actual “Last Dance” — the documentary series — is about a meaningful championship, not a friendly match; and two, there is every chance that either the Saudi authori-

not much, but still — to show the game.

People will tune in, idly, reluctantly, with half an eye on something else. And as they do, soccer will take another step on the road to becoming something further from sport and closer to what might best be described as “general entertainment.”

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(Mar 21-April 20)

It looks like you’re making headway again. Now that you’re planning for the future, you could enroll in an educational program or take a trip.

Don’t be so dazzled by today’s bright outlook that you forget the business at hand. Accept this day for what it is - a brief respite amid the chaos.

Tomorrow you’ll return to your work refreshed.

Libra

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This may be a laid-back day for you, but a period of calm will do you a lot of good. You could lounge around in a park and let your imagination go. Today’s astral configuration will make you dream and remember your childhood.

Rather than stressing about all that isn’t getting done, why not go with the flow for a change?

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You can look forward to a bright day. What a relief it will be after the tension of the past several days. This would be a good time to confide in a close friend. It will help relieve some of the pressure you’ve been feeling inside. Be careful not to relax completely. If you do, you may not be able to get out of bed!

It’s a relief when the hostilities subside, isn’t it? It has seemed like people have repeatedly slammed doors in your face. But today a visit or encounter will unlock some mysteries for you.

Will your problems finally be solved? If you’re committed to unEarthing your originality, you’ll be fulfilled.

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(June 22-July 23)

There’s something blossoming inside you today.

The heavy pressure of the past several days has ebbed, and you’re able to go about your business with a lighter heart. It would be a good idea to pay more attention to your body. Try to schedule more aerobic exercise and cut down on fats and sugars. Start some healthier habits.

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Today will be lighthearted - and just in time, too. Life was getting serious there for a while.

Smile and try to go outside your normal routine.

What’s the point of working so hard if you only reward yourself by slumping in a chair at home?

Go for a ride in the country for an hour or two instead. It would do you good.

It’s true that you aren’t ten anymore, but who’s to say you can’t go back to your childhood now and again? Without going so far as to play hopscotch in the street or instigate a food fight in your favorite restaurant, go see some friends for some laughs. You’ve been working hard for a long time now and deserve a bit of fun. Don’t hesitate.

You may be feeling way too serious at the moment. Whether you know it or not, you’re in dire need of cheering up. If someone invites you to a comedy club, go. It may take you a while to get into it, but you’ll end the evening laughing. It will be the best night of your month. If you can, stop second-guessing yourself.

Aquarius

(Jan 21-Feb 19)

The last several days have been a bit of an ordeal, so you could be surprised by the brightness of the day ahead. Although you may not be trying to assert yourself any more than usual, you’ll receive compliments and congratulations from many sources. Baffling, isn’t it? Take advantage of the joys ahead without subjecting them to too much scrutiny.

New winds will begin to blow away the black clouds that have been hovering over you lately.

What more could you want? Today will seem like a walk in the park compared to days past!

You’ll breathe better and come home feeling rested. Try to interact more with the people around you. They will appreciate it if you express genuine interest in their opinions.

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(Aug 24-Sep 23)

You’ll enjoy the gentleness and relaxation today offers. You’ll be more talkative than usual. This interlude will give you an opportunity to refresh yourself by spending some quality time with family. You have strong intuition. Listen to it, as it will advise you wisely.

(Feb 20-Mar 20)

Drop the conclusions you’ve reached concerning your work at the moment. Like it or not, life is going to throw you a curveball. Normally, you wouldn’t consider the sorts of propositions that people will make to you now. The ideas may seem crazy and out of line with who you are. They may be crazy, yes, but they aren’t out of the question!

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CARTOONS

Herman

Speed Bump

Frank & Ernest

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Scary Gary

Wizard of Id

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