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he ManpowerGroup Employment Expectations Survey revealed that net hiring intentions in Puerto Rico are at 33% for the first quarter of 2024, a 3% decrease compared to the previous quarter.

Employers in the southern (57%), western (50%) and central (40%) regions reported the strongest hiring expectations, according to a report issued Tuesday.

Still, Puerto Rico continues to rank number eight in the global ranking, said Melissa Rivera Roena, ManpowerGroup general manager for Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.

She noted that Puerto Rico exceeds the global average (26%) of employers’ hiring expectations, a trend observed in each quarter of the past year. The results of this first quarter show an increase of seven points compared to the same period in 2023, which registered 26%.

“It is positive that employers in Puerto Rico continue to show very high intentions to hire employees because it implies that they want to continue growing their businesses,” Rivera Roena said. “We need to focus efforts to achieve these jobs in the face of an ever-increasing talent shortage. It is necessary to continue making transformations and adaptations to satisfy the needs of people looking for work.”

She said the survey results reflected that companies in the southern region showed the highest hiring expectation (57%), followed by the western region with 50%, the center with 41% and the east with 22%. The northern and metropolitan regions have the lowest trends with 14% and 7%, respectively.

Regarding the size of the companies, the ManpowerGroup general manager indicated that at a general level, the strongest hiring expectation is in medium-sized companies (50-249 employees), with an expectation of 69%, and micro-businesses (1-10 employees), with 36%, followed by large companies (1,000- 4,999 employees) with 35%.

The sectors with the highest hiring intention at a general level in Puerto Rico for the first quarter of 2024 are communication services (74%), which increased by 16 percentage points since the last quarter and 66 points since the first quarter of 2023. Other sectors with the highest labor demand this quarter are information technology (64%), and in third place, manufacturing (49%).

“For the first quarter of 2024, all the nine economic sectors measured by the survey predict positive hiring intentions and all regions of Puerto Rico anticipate an

increase in staffing levels,” said Alberto Alesi, general director of ManpowerGroup for Mexico, Caribbean and Central America.

The president of ManpowerGroup for Latin America, Mónica Flores, pointed out that the positions most sought after by employers in Puerto Rico are in the sectors of information technology and data analysis, operations and logistics, sales and marketing, human resources and customer services.

“In Puerto Rico we continue with high hiring expectations that face the persistent shortage of talent,” Rivera Roena said. “Training and updating are fundamental tools to maintain and adapt talent that is ready for the future of our work.”

She insisted that inclusion, diversity, soft skills, artificial intelligence, managing different generations in the workplace, and continuous learning “are not trendy topics; they are imperative in today’s work landscape.”

“Embracing them is essential to transform the organizational culture and retain and attract the most suitable minds to our ranks,” Rivera Roena said.

She specified that labor trends in Puerto Rico show challenges to incorporating artificial intelligence when considering the jobs available in that area, training personnel to take advantage of the functions of technology and understanding what existing skills need to be updated. Likewise, at least 47% of employers believe that all technical skills must be changed and adapted to achieve more sustainable practices for green transformation.

Melissa Rivera Roena, ManpowerGroup general manager for Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic

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House approves taxpayer incentive, Ponce airport transfer

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he island House of Representatives approved several measures earlier this week, including one to finance the costs of providing an incentive to taxpayers for the 2023 tax year and another that would transfer Mercedita International Airport to the city of Ponce.

House Joint Resolution 583 seeks to allocate $250 million to the Treasury Department from the General Fund to provide tax incentives to middle-class workers for the tax year that ended Dec. 31.

The measure was approved in a 49-0 vote on Monday, the first day of the year’s only regular session, which is also the last session of the current four-year legislative term.

The House also passed a bill making the exposure of obscene material to minors a crime.

An explanatory memorandum for House Bill (HB) 1821, authored by Dignity Project Rep. Lisie Burgos Muñiz, refers to “the criteria that the Supreme Court of the United States describes obscenity as a work that appeals to ‘prurient interest,’ illustrates or describes sexual conduct in a ‘patently offensive’ manner and viewed as a whole lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value.”

Meanwhile, the House approved HB 1310, authored by Popular Democratic Party (PDP) Rep. José “Conny” Varela Fernández, which seeks to amend the “Law for the Administration of

The island House of Representatives approved a number of measures as it opened the year’s only session earlier this week, including one to finance the costs of a taxpayer incentive and another that would transfer Mercedita International Airport to the city of Ponce.

Jury Service in Puerto Rico.”

The measure would exempt doctors, nurses and teachers in the public or private education system of Puerto Rico from serving as jurors.

“Although the legislative intention regarding the objectives of this Law is reaffirmed, it is no less true that the situation of a sector of the population is eligible to be sworn who, due to their nature and the profession they carry out, should be exempt

from giving their time as the trier of fact,” reads the bill. “Such is the case of medical, nursing and teaching professionals at the public and private levels of the country.”

The House also unanimously approved HB 1617, which transfers Mercedita International Airport to the Ponce Port Authority.

“I am satisfied that, finally, this piece of legislation has been passed so that the Mercedita Airport passes to the Ponce Port Authority,” said PDP Rep. Domingo Torres García, who authored the measure. “I am convinced that these facilities have the potential to transform and develop the southern region of Puerto Rico, positively impacting tourism, and consequently creating jobs.”

Mercedita International Airport is one of the main assets believed to be necessary for revitalizing Ponce and neighboring towns. In recent years, it has represented an arrival alternative for more than 50,000 passengers from Orlando, Florida. At the same time, it is the workplace for more than 50 citizens of the southern region, including JetBlue airline, vehicle rental dealers, and administrative and maintenance staff.

“This airport will directly impact the southern region, not only from an economic point of view, but also represents a matter of national security,” Torres García said. “The country’s public policy cannot be aimed at maintaining two airports with international capacity; it is time to see Mercedita International Airport as an extremely important asset.”

Senator proposes new bike lane in San Juan

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eeking to promote the sport of road cycling in parts of the capital city, District 3 (San Juan) Rep. José “Cheito” Hernández Concepción proposed on Tuesday the creation of a bike lane in areas of the Venus Gardens,

Villa Andalucía and Park Gardens urbanizations.

“Road cycling is booming throughout Puerto Rico. The metropolitan area is no exception,” the New Progressive Party lawmaker said. “San Juan, due to its topography and high number of miles of road, offers a unique setting for the practice of this sporting/recreational dis-

cipline. In our Representative District we have a particular area, with elevation where many cyclists already use them [streets] for running.

Our proposal is to create a bike path, like the one that exists in Old San Juan, between the urbanizations of Venus Gardens, Villa Andalucía and Park Gardens.”

Hernández Concepción will be summoning personnel from the Department of Transportation and Public Works (DTOP), the Highways and Transportation Authority, as well as the Traffic Safety Commission, the Municipality of San

Rep. José Hernández Concepción

Juan and cyclist groups to a meeting to outline the parameters for the purpose of delineating the new bike lane.

“Guys know about the bike lane in Old San Juan, which is made up of a demarcated lane with an extension of 3.1 kilometers and which runs through historic areas of the capital city.

This unique road, under the administration of the DTOP, is the model that we are going to use to create a safe road network for the people of San Juan in our District,” the legislator added.

“The area that we are going to create stands out for high inclines, which are used by cyclists to develop resistance, as well as ‘flat’ sectors for speed. That is why many use it and an exclusive lane is needed for this practice.”

“Comrade [Rep.]Víctor Parés is doing something similar in his district, as is the spokesman of our delegation, Carlos ‘Johnny’ Méndez at the old Roosevelt Roads base in Ceiba,” Hernández Concepción said. “The sport of cycling is growing exponentially and we want to give these enthusiasts an exclusive avenue for their enjoyment.”

The lawmaker said the new route will also have lighting for use at night, among other security systems.

Sen. Keren Riquelme Cabrera has also been working on the development of bike lanes around the island.

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Organizations appeal ruling allowing Energy Bureau to approve renewables in eco-sensitive lands

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ix community, municipal, environmental and ecological organizations appealed on Tuesday a lower court ruling allowing the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau (PREB) to approve the establishment of energy projects in farming and sensitive lands.

The organizations argued that the Court of First Instance’s determination to dismiss Mandamus’ appeal after ruling that the PREB has exclusive jurisdiction to determine whether industrial renewable-energy projects can be established in the Special Agricultural Reserve of Puerto Rico.

The groups stated that Supreme Court rulings have not recognized the exclusive jurisdiction of an agency and have not recognized an adequate remedy in law. Therefore, the appeal presented is the only remedy to force the PREB to comply with its ministerial duty, identify suitable places to enable the integration of renewable energy, and execute the Land Use Plan.

“The Bureau has insisted and has consistently determined that it does not have jurisdiction or expertise on the matter; that is, that it does not have expertise or jurisdiction to apply the land use, environment, or agricultural policy to integrate renewable energy. The ruling is unreasonable because it dismissed the Mandamus without mentioning or discussing the position of the Bureau, nor its previous resolutions declaring itself without jurisdiction or expertise on the matter,” the plaintiffs outlined.

“The sentence constitutes a failure of justice. It leaves the parties (plaintiffs) without a forum, prevents an adjudication on the merits, and allows the continued violation of the Land Use Plan and the loss of thousands of agricultural lands classified by law as “essential.”

The plaintiffs argued that the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau “has insisted and has consistently determined that it does not have [...] expertise or jurisdiction to apply the land use, environment, or agricultural policy to integrate renewable energy.” (Photo by Zbynek Burival on Unsplash) The plaintiffs added that the continued noncompliance with Act 6-2014 of the Land Use Plan in almost all projects before the PREB constitutes repeated violations of the Land Use Plan and the Puerto Rico Constitution over which the court has jurisdiction.

They said the PREB’s consideration of projects over the next five tranches required by the Integrated Resource Plan is pending, and therefore, the consideration of probably more than 80 industrial renewable-energy projects without first identifying the location and suitable places for those installations.

“This is despite the fact that the Public Energy Policy estab-

lishes that suitable places are non-operational landfill systems (landfills) and previously contaminated land,” the groups said.

During the judicial process, they presented the “Report on the Analysis of the Location of 17 Energy Generation and Storage Projects and their Possible Impacts on Soils with Different Levels of Protection and Risk,” signed by licensed professional planner Pedro M. Cardona Roig. The study concluded that the projects have a combined impact of 5,961.16 acres of land, of which 85% are protected lands.

The plaintiffs noted that noncompliance aggravates the vulnerability of the lives and property of people in Puerto Rico to climate change, emergencies, floods and hurricanes.

Identifying places suitable for renewable-energy projects is also necessary to mitigate the effects of climate change and emergencies, they said.

In addition, they argued that agencies must comply with the Environmental Public Policy.

“None of the industrial projects proposed to be located in the Special Agricultural Reserve contribute to the fundamental and critical component for a resilient and safe electrical system, nor mitigate damage in the event of emergencies,” they stressed.

The plaintiff organizations are the League of Cities of PR Inc., the Boricuá Organization of Eco Organic Agriculture Inc., the United Pro-Defense Front of the Lajas Valley Inc., El Puente de Williamsburg Inc., the Committee Diálogo Ambiental Inc. and Sierra Club Puerto Rico. They have the legal support of Earthjustice.

The defendants are the PREB, the Department of Economic Development and Commerce, the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, the Office of Permits Management, the Puerto Rico Planning Board and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

Close to 250 new custody officers graduate

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ov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia, along with Correction and Rehabilitation (DCR) Secretary Ana Escobar Pabón, oversaw the graduation on Tuesday of more than 200 cadets who will now join the 3,444 correctional officers who provide surveillance, custody and security services in the island’s prison system.

“My commitment to our correctional officers, which dates back to before I was governor, goes beyond just words as my administration has made sure to increase their compensation and improve their working conditions,” the governor said at a press conference. “Likewise, we have given them modern vehicles for the patrols, new uniforms, firearms and modern security equipment to be able to do their job well.”

Pierluisi added that “I feel very optimistic when seeing the members of this academy that will incorporate 243 new correctional officers into our efforts to ensure the safety of our inmates and also our people.”

“As governor, I am proud to be here to recognize the

vital importance of the work you are about to undertake,” he said. “With this third academy we have added 695 correctional officers who have joined the Department of Correction and Rehabilitation in the past three years, so we are being extremely proactive in ensuring that the security personnel of our correctional institutions and the Corps of Custody Officers are strong, trained and prepared.”

The DCR secretary, meanwhile, emphasized that the current graduating academy has the distinction of adding the most women to the Custody Officers Corps. Escobar Pabón noted that in September 2022, 238 cadets graduated and in June 2023, 214. She said the hiring of this new round of correctional officers largely resolves the need to fill positions that the agency has had for years.

“This is a moment that allows us to reflect on the transcendent task that awaits these graduates,” Escobar Pabón said. “This choice, to dedicate their lives to prison service, deserves our recognition and appreciation. Work in the correctional field is challenging, but it is also an invaluable opportunity to positively impact the lives of

those who find themselves in difficult situations.”

The Correction and Rehabilitation secretary said the hiring of this latest round of correctional officers largely resolves the need to fill positions that the agency has had for years. (Gov. Pedro Pierluisi/Facebook)

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Governor: 2023 homicide rate was lowest in 40 years Remarks come a day after man who allegedly killed 2 and wounded 2 others then takes his own life

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ov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia said Tuesday that the 464 homicides reported by the Puerto Rico Police Bureau in 2023 was the lowest number in 40 years.

“Last year we had an extraordinary reduction in the number of murders in Puerto Rico,” the governor said in response to questions from the press. “You have to go back 40 years to find a number comparable or equal to the number of murders we had.” “But each of these murders is terrible and when they are femicides, they are the same,” he added. “I mean, they’re all very unfortunate and we don’t want them.”

The governor referred to an incident in Toa Alta where on Monday night there was a femicide, another slaying, two people were wounded by gunfire and the man thought to be the perpetrator took his own life when police pulled over the vehicle he was driving, according to reports.

Gov. Pedro Pierluisi

The incident began at around 8 p.m. Monday at a residence on 6th Street in the Muracabones neighborhood of Toa Alta.

According to preliminary information made available Tuesday, a 9-1-1 call alerted police to shots fired at the

scene. Upon arrival at the residence, the lifeless body of 75-year-old Ada Torres Morales, a resident of the place, was found. Meanwhile, one of the injured, identified as 49-yearold José Rosa Torres, was transported in serious condition to the Medical Center in Río Piedras, where he later died.

In addition, two people were shot and wounded. They were transported to a hospital, where it was reported that both were in guarded condition.

It was reported that the aggressor left the location of the shooting in a gray 2012 BMW vehicle, which the police managed to stop at the highway PR-861 entrance to the Los Dominicos residential complex in Bayamón.

The driver, identified as 65-year-old Manuel Santiago Alvarado, then reportedly took his own life.

Agent John Crespo of the Vega Baja Homicide Division, along with prosecutor Daniela Mejías, took charge of the investigation.

As previously reported by the STAR, five slayings recorded over the weekend brought the number of homicides in Puerto Rico to eight as of early Monday, compared to 19 for the first seven days of 2023.

Vázquez Nieves: Mayagüez to get its trauma center

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t long last, The Trauma Center will be a reality in our City of Mayagüez,” former senator Evelyn Vázquez Nieves said Tuesday in a press release.

“Yesterday we had the opportunity to meet with Health Secretary Dr. Carlos Mellado, with whom we discussed the most important issues regarding the Mayagüez Medical Center,” said the former New Progressive Party (NPP) senator for the Mayagüez-Aguadilla District who who aspires to become, in November, the first woman mayor of the so-called “Sultana of the West.” “He agreed, at our request, to include Mayagüez Medical Center in the new network of Mayagüez Trauma Centers in Puerto Rico.”

“We thank the Secretary of the Department of Health for agreeing to make Mayagüez one of the most important cities in the country,” Vázquez Nieves said of the trauma centers identified as a priority. “It tells us that thanks to our legislation as a senator, we will be protecting Mayagüez doctors from the so-called ‘bad practice’ and establishing

the boarding schools to create more specialists. … It will be much easier to process!”

“The reality has been that the Mayagüez Medical Center has had all the necessary resources to crystallize into adequate facilities, in effect, for what has been so long awaited for so many decades,” she said. “We’re going to turn Mayagüez Medical Center into a Trauma Center.”

“There is already money allocated for this purpose,” Vázquez Nieves noted. “You have to pay close attention to the conditions in which the Heliport is located, enable from six to 10 rooms to deal with the various cases of trauma and to purchase a set of equipment to carry out specialized studies, among other things.”

She said that soon “we will also be meeting with Dr. Pablo Rodríguez, former medical director of the Puerto Rico Trauma Center, who helped make all the legislation to temper the conditions of the Mayagüez Medical Center and finally turn it into a Trauma Center.”

The mayoral candidate said it has been clearly established that the current municipal administration of May-

agüez has been totally insensitive to pain, while parties and festivals have been more important than the suffering and need of the people,” “A town without health and quality of life, is a people without happiness,” she said.

Evelyn Vázquez Nieves

Para La Naturaleza blog entry now available on YouTube

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he conversation “Viveros: Just the Beginning in Mitigating Climate Change” with Ahmed Pérez Lugo, superintendent of the non-governmental group Para La Naturaleza’s Reforestation Unit, is now available on the organization’s YouTube channel.

The event took place on Nov. 15, 2023 and was an ur-

gent talk, where the importance of the production, planting and maintenance of tree and shrub species, and the positive impact of reforestation in the context of climate change, was emphasized.

The actions taken to improve habitats in natural and urban areas, in addition to protecting biodiversity, are essential efforts for the conservation of Puerto Rico’s ecosystems, according to a press release from Para La Naturaleza. The Reforestation

Unit, through its nurseries of native and endemic trees, and its plantings, did such work throughout the past year.

“We thank Ahmed for sharing his knowledge and experience to provide solutions to the environmental crisis facing the planet, and we celebrate the presence of those who came together and participated live in this educational dialogue,” Pérez Lugo said. “We invite you to listen and share the conference and the photo gallery of the event.”

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Far right balks as Congress begins push to enact spending deal ding measures by inserting conservative policy dictates aimed at restricting abortion rights and what Republicans see as “woke” administration policies.

Democrats say they will fight the addition of such policy riders. If a large bloc of Republicans opposes the spending bills, the speaker will either need to drop the policy provisions to secure Democratic backing or face a shutdown.

“Democrats will not accept any Republican poison pill policy changes,” Rep. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, the senior Democrat on House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) walks to the House floor in the Capitol in Washington the House Appropriations on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. Johnson will most likely have to rely on substantial Democratic Committee, declared in a support to pass the spending bills. (Al Drago/The New York Times) statement.

The result is that Johnson finds himself in a preBy CARL HULSE dicament similar to the one that led to the ouster of Kevin ongress earlier this week began an uphill push to McCarthy last fall — overseeing a minuscule majority while pass a new bipartisan spending agreement into law facing a potential government shutdown and having to cut a in time to avoid a partial government shutdown next deal with Democrats in the Senate and the White House that week, with House Speaker Mike Johnson encountering stiff is certain to draw opposition and an outcry from the far right.

It is not clear whether disgruntled right-wing Republiresistance from his far-right flank to the deal he struck with cans will try to depose Johnson as they did his predecessor.

Democrats.

But they have already signaled that the latitude some of them Ultraconservative House Republicans have panned the $1.66 trillion agreement Johnson made with Senate Majority afforded him during his first weeks in the job is vanishing, and their patience is wearing thin with his capitulations to Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., saying it is unacceptable.

The agreement essentially hews to the bargain that Con- Democrats.

Some Republicans suggested that Johnson was merely gress passed last year to suspend the debt ceiling, which the hard right opposed at the time and had hoped to scale back. bowing to the reality of divided government.

“Are we learning that negotiating with the Democrats It also includes $69 billion in spending that was added as a in the White House and Senate with a slim majority is hard side deal, money that conservatives sought to block altogether. and you can’t get everything you want, no matter who is in “This is a total failure,” the far-right House Freedom Caucus, a group of Republicans who have proved a thorn in the Speaker’s office?” Rep. Mike Collins, R-Ga., wrote on the side of a series of GOP speakers, wrote on social media. social media.

Democrats in the House and the Senate have so far “I am a NO to the Johnson Schumer budget deal,” expressed support for the deal, which also has backing from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., wrote on social media.

“This $1.6 Trillion dollar budget agreement does nothing to many Republicans in the Senate, where both parties had secure the border, stop the invasion, or stop the weaponized pushed for even more spending.

“I’m encouraged that the speaker and Democratic government targeting Biden’s political enemies and innocent leaders have identified a path toward completing” this Americans.”

The backlash from the extreme right underscored anew year’s spending package, said Senate Minority Leader Mitch that Johnson will most likely have to rely on substantial McConnell, R-Ky. “America faces serious national security Democratic support to pass the spending bills underlying challenges, and Congress must act quickly to deliver the the agreement. It also raised questions about the viability full-year resources this moment requires.”

Democrats suggested Monday that they had gotten of his plan to try to attract Republican backing to spen-

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the better of the deal and were able to achieve their original goal of holding the line on their push for $772 billion in nonmilitary spending.

“And that $772 billion was precisely the number we reached,” Schumer said on the Senate floor Monday. “Not a nickel — not a nickel — was cut.”

He and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen also sought to downplay the impact of $10 billion in accelerated cuts to IRS enforcement funding won by Johnson. Instead of being spread across two years as initially agreed, $20 billion in cuts would be imposed this fiscal year.

Since it was awarded $80 billion through the Inflation Reduction Act, the IRS has been racing to modernize its antiquated technology and beef up its teams of tax collectors to crack down on tax evasion. Yellen expressed optimism that even if some of the funds were taken away, those efforts would be able to proceed.

“In the short run, certainly the medium run, the IRS would be able to continue its important work in modernizing our tax system,” she told reporters after an event in Virginia.

The spending agreement, announced Sunday, would provide a slight increase in Pentagon spending to $886.3 billion. After the deal was struck, the Appropriations Committees in the House and the Senate went to work crunching numbers and applying those spending levels to the 12 measures that fund the government.

Four of the bills expire Jan. 19 and the remaining eight, including legislation funding the Pentagon, would lapse Feb. 2. To have even a chance of hitting the first deadline, the committees will have to operate at warp speed considering that the fiscal year actually began Oct. 1 and not a single bill has even come close to passing Congress.

“We now have a framework agreement to allow us to finally begin the hard work of negotiating — and passing — full-year spending bills,” said Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., the chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee.

With the shutdown clock ticking, senators returning to the Capitol on Monday raised the possibility of a short stopgap measure to give Congress a chance to finish the spending bills and avert any government disruption. Johnson had earlier ruled out another stopgap measure and has so far not indicated a change in that position.

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Challenged on policy views in town-hall event, Haley doesn’t budge

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ikki Haley was repeatedly challenged over policy views that veer away from her more conservative rivals during an hourlong townhall event on Fox News on Monday, but she stood her ground — and called Donald Trump an agent of chaos and Ron DeSantis a liar.

With the Iowa caucuses one week away, Haley has much ground to make up against the front-runner and former president, Trump, but a second-place finish ahead of DeSantis, the Florida governor, could propel her into New Hampshire, which hosts the first primary of 2024.

Haley has consistently attacked DeSantis, but Monday evening, she took some swipes at Trump as well, saying he “copped out” on the United States’ international alliances, lied about her record and brought turmoil with his presidency.

“Chaos follows him, and we cannot be a country in disarray,” she said before a live audience in Des Moines, Iowa, which greeted the jab with applause.

Haley took pointed questions from Iowans and Fox News hosts on her promise to negotiate a compromise on abortion, to bolster U.S. support for Ukraine and to raise the retirement age to stave off insolvency for Social Security and Medicare. All of those positions break with her two main rivals.

On abortion, she repeated her point that any national rules on terminating pregnancy would need to

Nikki Haley, former South Carolina governor and Republican presidential primary candidate, at the Fox News Presidential Town Hall in Des Moines, Iowa, on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. Haley was repeatedly challenged over policy views that veer away from her more conservative rivals during an hourlong townhall event on Fox News on Monday, but she stood her ground — and called Donald Trump an agent of chaos and Ron DeSantis a liar. (Maansi SrivastavaThe New York Times)

clear a 60-vote threshold in the Senate. She jabbed at Trump and DeSantis on the issue, quipping, “The fellas just don’t know how to talk about it.”

On Social Security and Medicare, she stood by what used to be the standard Republican position before the rise of Trump: that those at or nearing retirement would get their full benefits, but that benefits need to be curtailed for younger workers and the affluent.

And she remained firm on an internationalist approach to foreign policy, despite the rising tide of isolationism in her party. “You’ve got to be a friend to get a friend,” she said.

Haley also responded to an ad blitz by a Trump super political action committee in New Hampshire that has been attacking her as “too weak” and “too liberal” on illegal immigration, pointing to her passage of some of the toughest immigration laws in the country during her tenure as governor of South Carolina.

“Look, just because President Trump says something doesn’t make it true,” she said. She also said, “I appreciate all the attention President Trump is giving me. It is quite sweet and thoughtful of him. But he is lying about it.”

Meanwhile, the Trump campaign kept up the barrage meant to slow her momentum. As she spoke, the campaign sent out a flurry of emails, with titles including “Nikki Haley Revives Bush Amnesty Policies,” “Nikki Haley Loves China” and “Nikki Haley Will Raise Your Taxes.”

Protesters calling for Gaza cease-fire interrupt Biden speech

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rotesters interrupted President Joe Biden’s speech at a church in Charleston, South Carolina, on Monday, urging him to call for a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip.

“If you really care about the lives lost here, you should honor the lives lost and call for a cease-fire in Gaza,” one person shouted from the audience at

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Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, where a white supremacist killed nine people in 2015.

A group of protesters then began chanting, “Ceasefire now.”

As supporters of Biden’s countered with chants of “Four more years,” Biden said: “It’s all right, it’s all right.” He then paused as the chants continued, and the protesters were ushered out, before saying that he understood their “passion” and was working to reduce the suffering in Gaza.

The Biden administration has broadly supported Israel — both in word and in the supplying of weaponry — in its invasion and bombardment of Gaza after Hamas terrorists killed about 1,200 people in an attack on Israel on Oct. 7. Israel’s military campaign has killed more than 22,000 people in Gaza in the three months since, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.

As the civilian death toll and humanitarian crisis in Gaza have mounted, Biden has urged Israel to scale back its campaign and take greater precautions to prevent civilian casualties. But he has continued to

support military aid and has not called for a cease-fire, and the United States vetoed a United Nations resolution calling for one.

Voters broadly disapprove of Biden’s handling of the war, and it has become a major political vulnerability for him.

Monday’s protest, though brief, was a stark reminder that Biden will not be able to escape the subject as he seeks reelection. Protesters calling for a cease-fire interrupted at least two of his speeches late last year — one in Minnesota and one in Illinois. More than 500 appointees and employees in the federal government signed a letter calling for a cease-fire in November, staff members held a vigil outside the White House in December, and two officials have resigned in protest of his policies on Israel and Gaza.

But public opinion is deeply divided. A New York Times/Siena College poll in December found: Of the voters who disapproved of Biden’s policies on the war, roughly equal numbers thought he was too supportive of Israel and too supportive of Palestinians.

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Why Iowa turned so red when nearby states went blue

By JONATHAN WEISMAN

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ith the Iowa caucuses five days away, politicians will be crisscrossing the state, blowing through small-town Pizza Ranches, filling high school gyms, and flipping pancakes at church breakfasts.

What Iowans will not be seeing are Democrats. President Joe Biden spoke Friday in Pennsylvania, and he and Vice President Kamala Harris both were in South Carolina over the weekend and on Monday. But Iowa, a state that once sizzled with bipartisan politics, launched Barack Obama to the presidency in 2008 and seesawed between Republican and Democratic governors, has largely been ceded to the GOP as part of a remarkable sorting of voters in the Upper Midwest.

There is no single reason that over the past 15 years the Upper Midwest saw Iowa turn into a beacon of Donald Trump’s populism, North and South Dakota shed storied histories of prairie populism for a conservatism that reflected the national GOP, and Illinois and Minnesota move dramatically leftward. (Sandwiched in between, Wisconsin found an uncomfortable parity between its conservative rural counties and its more industrial and academic centers in Milwaukee and Madison.)

No state in the nation swung as heavily Republican between 2012 and 2020 as Iowa, which went from a 6-percentage-point victory for Barack Obama to an 8-point win for Trump in the last presidential election.

Deindustrialization of rural reaches and the Mississippi River regions had its impact, as did the hollowing out of institutions, from civic organizations to small-town newspapers, that had given the Upper Midwest a character separate from national politics.

Susan Laehn, an Iowa State University political scientist who lives in the small town of Jefferson, Iowa, recounted how an issue that once would have been handled through discussions at church or the Rotary Club instead became infected with national politics, with her husband, the libertarian Greene County attorney, stuck in the middle: New multicolored lighting installed last summer to illuminate the town’s carillon bell tower prompted an angry debate over LGBTQ+ rights, leaving much of the town soured on identity politics that they largely blamed on the national left.

Another issue: Brain drain. The movement of young college graduates out of

Iowa and the Dakotas to the metropolises of Chicago and Minneapolis-St. Paul made a mark on the politics of all five states.

An analysis in 2022 by economists at the University of North Carolina, the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, the University of Michigan and the University of Chicago of data gleaned from LinkedIn showed how states with dynamic economic centers are luring college graduates from more rural states. Iowa loses 34.2% of its college graduates, worse than 40 of the 50 states, just below North Dakota, which loses 31.6%. Illinois, by contrast, gains 20% more college graduates than it produces. Minnesota has about 8% more than it produces.

Even when young families look to move back to the rural areas they grew up in, they are often thwarted by an acute housing shortage, said Benjamin Winchester, a rural sociologist at the University of Minnesota extension in St. Cloud, Minnesota; 75% of rural homeowners are baby boomers or older, and those older residents see boarded-up businesses and believe their communities’ best days are behind them, he said.

As such older voters grow frustrated and more conservative, the trend is accelerating.

Iowa, which had a congressional delegation split between two House Republicans, two House Democrats and two Republican senators in 2020, now has a government almost wholly under Republican control, which has enacted boldly conservative policies that ban almost all abortions and transition care for minors, publicly fund vouchers for private schools and pull books describing sexual acts from school libraries. (The library and abortion laws are now on hold in the courts.) The congressional delegation is now entirely Republican after a 2022 GOP sweep in House races and the reelection of Sen. Chuck Grassley.

Meantime on the east bank of the Mississippi, in Illinois, high-capacity semiautomatic rifles have been banned, the right to an abortion has been enshrined in law and recreational marijuana is legal. Upriver in Minnesota, pot is legal, unauthorized immigrants are getting driver’s licenses, and voting access for felons and teens is expanding.

Such policy dichotomies are influencing the decisions of younger Iowans, said David Loebsack, a former Democratic House member from eastern Iowa.

“These people are going, and I fear they’re going to keep going, given the policies that have been adopted,” he said.

The politics of rural voters in the Upper Midwest may simply be catching up to other rural regions that turned conservative earlier, said Sam Rosenfeld, a political scientist at Colgate University and author of “The Polarizers,” a book on the architects of national polarization. Southern rural white voters turned sharply to the right in the 1960s and 1970s as Black southerners gained power with the civil rights movement and attendant legislation, he noted.

But rural voters in the Upper Midwest, where few Black people lived, held on to a more diverse politics for decades longer.

North Dakota, with its state bank, state grain mill and state grain elevator, has retained vestiges of a socialist past, when progressive politicians railed against rapacious business interests from the Twin Cities. Even still, its politics have changed dramatically.

“Until relatively recently, there was a Midwestern rural white voter who was distinct from a southern rural white voter,” Rosenfeld said. “There was a real progressive tradition in the Midwest un-co-opted by Jim Crow and racial issues.”

Kyle Kondik of the University ofVirginia Center for Politics explains polarization as a tale of the top half versus the bottom half of the population scale. If more than half a state’s vote comes from dominant metropolitan areas, as is the case in Illinois and Minnesota, states tend to be Democratic. If smaller, rural counties dominate, states tend

to move right.

Of the nine largest counties in Iowa, only one, Dubuque, switched from Obama to Trump in 2016. Biden’s margin in those counties in 2020 was only 3 percentage points lower than Obama’s winning 2012 margin.

But Obama also carried 31 of the 90 smaller counties; Biden won none. As a group, Obama lost those rural counties by 2.5 percentage points to his Republican rival, Mitt Romney. Biden lost them to Trump by nearly 30 percentage points.

Kondik attributed some of that to Trump, whose anti-immigrant, protectionist policies diverged from traditional Republican positions. “He was a good fit for the Midwest,” he said.

But the sweeping Republican victories in Iowa in 2022, when Trump was not on the ballot and the GOP faltered in much of the country, point to other factors. Christopher Larimer, a political scientist at the University of Northern Iowa, again pointed to demographics. The huge groundswell of first-time 18-year-old voters who propelled Obama in 2008 were 22 and graduating college in 2012. By 2016, many of them had likely left the state, Larimer said.

“I don’t know if Iowa is any different from anywhere else; it’s caught up in the nationalization of politics,” he said. “Young people are moving into the urban core, and that’s turning the outskirts more red.”

Michael Dabe, a freshman at the University of Dubuque, in his room at his parents’ home in Lake in the Hills, Ill., Jan. 7, 2024. Dabe expects to move to Chicago after graduation. (Kayla Wolf/The New York Times)

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Panel on Boeing plane may not have been properly attached, agency says

By NIRAJ CHOKSHI and MARK WALKER

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ederal investigators said late Monday that it was possible that the bolts that were supposed to keep a fuselage panel in place were never installed before the panel blew off an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 in a near-disastrous accident Friday night.

That is one of the theories that the National Transportation Safety Board is pursing as it investigates the blowout, the board’s chair, Jennifer Homendy, said at a news conference in Portland, Oregon. Her remarks came hours after United Airlines said it had found loose bolts on similar panels on some of its Max 9 jets while preparing them for inspection after the midair emergency, and Alaska Airlines said it had also found “loose hardware” on Max 9s.

The panel that came off the plane, called a door plug, is placed where an emergency exit door would be if a jet had more seats. Homendy said Monday that four bolts, known as stop bolts, should have prevented the door plug from moving upward and coming off the plane.

But the bolts were not on the door plug when investigators recovered it, and they are trying to determine whether they were there to begin with. “We don’t know if they were there or if, again, they came out during the violent explosive decompression event,” Homendy said.

The door plug came off the plane, Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, about 10 minutes after it took off from Portland International Airport, subjecting passengers to howling wind and forcing the pilots to quickly return to the airport.

No serious injuries were reported. The door plug, phones, toys and other personal items all streamed out of the hole in the side of the plane and fell across Portland.

Airlines have canceled hundreds of flights as they prepare to inspect nearly 200 Max 9 aircraft, which will be grounded until regulators and company officials decide they are safe. Some passengers’ travel plans could be disrupted for days. Alaska Airlines used 65 of the planes, about 20% of its fleet, and United used 79, more than any other airline and about 8% of its fleet, according to Cirium, an aviation data provider.

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A Boeing 737 Max 9 at a maintenance hanger at the Portland Airport in Portland, Oregon, on Monday, Jan 8, 2024, after making an emergency landing when a portion of its fuselage fell off mid-flight. Orange steps led up to the hole where a part of an Alaska Airlines plane blew out, forcing an emergency landing at Portland International Airport last week. (Amanda Lucier/ The New York Times) bolts in door plugs in some of its Max 9 planes as it took out seats and sidewall liners for inspections this past weekend.

The door plug that came off the plane was initially installed by Spirit AeroSystems, which makes the body for the 737 Max and other aircraft. Investigators said they were looking into whether work had been carried out on or near the door since the plane entered service in November.

Homendy said Sunday that Alaska Airlines had been warned three times before the Friday flight about problems with cabin pressure on the plane. Those warnings were significant enough that the airline had decided the plane, a Max 9, could no longer be used on flights to Hawaii.

Investigators may look into whether the installation of wireless internet equipment on the plane by a contractor, AAR, between Nov. 27 and Dec. 7 played any part in the pressurization problems, which emerged after that work was complete. In a statement, AAR said Monday that it “did not perform any work on or near any midcabin exit door plug of that specific aircraft.”

The accident Friday could have been far more catastrophic, especially if the plane had been at a higher altitude, experts said. Homendy said Sunday night that the passengers had included three babies and four unaccompanied children between the ages of 5 and 17.

Homendy said in a brief interview Monday that her team was reviewing the plane’s flight data recorder to try to determine if the pressurization warning light could be linked to the door plug. The plane has several backup systems in case one of the pressurization systems fails.

“There may have been something wrong with either the light or that one other unit, but there’s redundancies in

the system,” Homendy said.

Kathleen Bangs, an aviation expert and a former airline pilot, said she believed that the investigation would reveal a failure of the door plug because of the condition of the plane. Typically, explosive decompression incidents happen on older planes that have metal corrosion and fatigue, Bangs said. In this case, she said, the plane was almost new, which indicates that there was most likely an issue with the door plug.

Anthony Brickhouse, a professor of aerospace safety at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, said a blowout at a cruising altitude of more than 30,000 feet could have been disastrous. “We could have been looking at a situation where more of the structure could have come off and would have been looking at a situation where passengers who weren’t strapped in properly would have been blown out because the forces would have been so tremendous,” he said.

Pressurization starts to affect most commercial planes around 8,000 feet, said Brickhouse, who previously investigated aviation accidents for the safety board. Not properly controlling the air entering and leaving the cabin can lead to altitude sickness, or hypoxia, among passengers and the crew.

Hypoxia, a condition that develops when the brain is deprived of oxygen, can happen on planes without appropriate pressurization when they begin flying above 10,000 feet or suffer rapid decompression, the FAA says.

This is why flight attendants tell passengers to use dropdown masks in the event of rapid decompression, Brickhouse said.

In a statement, the FAA said the required inspections would concentrate on the plugs, door components and fasteners.

“Our teams have been working diligently — with thorough FAA review — to provide comprehensive, technical instructions to operators for the required inspections,” Stan Deal, CEO of Boeing’s commercial plane unit, and Mike Delaney, the chief aerospace safety officer, said in a message to employees of that unit Monday.

In a statement, Alaska Airlines said it could not answer many outstanding questions about the plane and what had led to the blowout without approval from the safety board. The airline said it had asked the NTSB to share more information and would do so if allowed. In such investigations, parties are typically restricted in what they can share publicly.

Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun planned to host a companywide safety meeting Tuesday to discuss the company’s response to the episode and reaffirm its commitment to safety. Boeing is still working to secure approval of the smaller Max 7 and larger Max 10.

Boeing shares closed down about 8% on Monday, and shares of Spirit AeroSystems closed down 11%.

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S&P 500, Dow dip as yields move higher ahead of data T he S&P 500 and Dow Industrials slipped on Tuesday, pressured by a modest rise in Treasury yields as investors assess the timing and size of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate cuts in 2024 ahead of inflation data this week.

Expectations the central bank could begin cutting rates as soon as March have been slowly decreasing, with CME’s FedWatch Tool showing a 63.8% chance for a cut of at least 25 basis points (bps) for the month, down from 79% a week ago.

That has kept Treasury yields hovering near the 4% mark, with the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury yield last up slightly at 4.01% after reaching a high of 4.053% in the session.

Investors are bracing this week for more Treasury supply and inflation data through the consumer price index (CPI) and producer price index (PPI). Earnings season unofficially begins on Friday, with reports from banks such as JPMorgan.

“It’s all speculation on what the Fed may or may not do and the bond market clearly got ahead of itself in anticipating rate cuts starting in March,” said Tim Ghriskey, senior portfolio strategist at Ingalls & Snyder in New York.

“The fed futures will move around based on earnings definitely and on the data. ... The market is just jumping one way or the other trying to get ahead of things if they occur.”

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 198.71 points, or 0.54%, to 37,481.92; the S&P 500 lost 8.14 points, or 0.17 %, at 4,755.63; and the Nasdaq Composite gained 21.32 points, or 0.14 %, at 14,864.17.

Most of the 11 major S&P sectors fell, with energy the weakest with a decline of nearly 2%. Tech was one of only three sectors in positive territory, with gains of about 0.3%.

Stocks had rallied on Wednesday, with the Nasdaq and S&P 500 scoring their first daily percentage climbs of more than 1% since Dec. 21 and biggest one-day percentage advances since Nov. 14.

Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic on Monday stressed the need to keep monetary policy tight, while Fed Governor Michelle Bowman retreated from her persistently hawkish view and signaled a willingness to support eventual rate cuts as inflation eases.

Investors will parse Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr’s remarks for his perspectives on the policy outlook later on Tuesday.

Boeing weakened for a second straight session, down 1.3%, as the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board continued its probe into a recent mishap.

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deal. The server maker dropped 7.3%.

Declining issues outnumbered advancers for a 2.1-to-1 ratio on the NYSE and for a 1.6-to-1 ratio on the Nasdaq.

The S&P index recorded 10 new 52-week highs and no new lows, while the Nasdaq recorded 75 new highs and 71 new lows.

Goldman’s prime brokerage department, which serves hedge funds, saw stockpickers’ performances fall 1.07% in

the week between Dec. 29 and Jan. 4, the note said.

Hedge funds got hit by falling technology and mediarelated stocks, said a separate note by Morgan Stanley dated Jan. 5 but seen by Reuters on Monday.

Global hedge funds trading long and short positions in stocks saw a 1.2% negative performance for the week ending Jan. 5, said the note.

Hedge funds did not hold as many short positions going into the week and therefore, what profits they might have picked up from falling stock markets were not enough to cover their bullish bets.

Stock-picking hedge funds often hold both long and short positions in order to take advantage of both upward and downward stock price movements.

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2023 was Earth’s hottest year

By RAYMOND ZHONG and KEITH COLLINS

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he numbers are in, and scientists can now confirm what month after month of extraordinary heat worldwide began signaling long ago. Last year was Earth’s warmest by far in a century and a half.

Global temperatures started blowing past records midyear and didn’t stop. First, June was the planet’s warmest June on record. Then, July was the warmest July. And so on, all the way through December.

Averaged across last year, temperatures worldwide were 1.48 degrees Celsius, or 2.66 Fahrenheit, higher than they were in the second half of the 19th century, the European Union climate monitor announced Tuesday. That is warmer by a sizable margin than 2016, the previous hottest year.

To climate scientists, it comes as no surprise that unabated emissions of greenhouse gases caused global warming to reach new highs. What researchers are still trying to understand is whether 2023 foretells many more years in which heat records are not merely broken, but smashed.

In other words, they are asking whether the numbers are a sign that the planet’s warming is accelerating.

When scientists combine their satellite readings with geological evidence on the climate’s more distant past, 2023 also appears to be among the warmest years in at least 100,000, said Carlo Buontempo, director of the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, at a news briefing. “There were simply no cities, no books, agriculture or domesticated animals on this planet the last time the temperature was so high,” he said.

Every 10th of a degree of global warming represents extra thermodynamic fuel that intensifies heat waves and storms, adds to rising seas and hastens the melting of glaciers and ice sheets.

Those effects were on display last year.

Hot weather baked Iran and China, Greece and Spain, Texas and the American South.

Canada had its most destructive wildfire season on record by far, with more than 45 million acres burned. Less sea ice formed around the coasts of Antarctica, in both summer and winter, than ever measured.

NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the research

group Berkeley Earth are scheduled to release their own estimates of 2023 temperatures this week. Each organization’s data sources and analytical methods are somewhat different, though their results rarely diverge by much.

Under the 2015 Paris Agreement, nations agreed to limit long-term global warming to 2 degrees Celsius, and, if possible, 1.5 degrees. At present rates of greenhouse gas emissions, it will only be a few years before the 1.5-degree goal is a lost cause, researchers say.

Carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are the main driver of global warming. But last year several other natural and human-linked factors also helped boost temperatures.

The 2022 eruption of an underwater volcano off the Pacific island nation of Tonga spewed vast amounts of water vapor into the atmosphere, helping trap more heat near Earth’s surface. Recent limits on sulfur pollution from ships brought down levels of aerosols, or tiny airborne particles that

reflect solar radiation and help cool the planet.

Another factor was El Nino, the recurrent shift in tropical Pacific weather patterns that began last year and is often linked with record-setting heat worldwide. And that contains a warning of potentially worse to come this year.

The reason: In recent decades, very warm years have typically been ones that started in an El Nino state. But last year, the El Nino didn’t start until midyear — which suggests that El Nino wasn’t the main driver of the abnormal warmth at that point, said Emily J. Becker, a climate scientist at the University of Miami.

It is also a strong sign that this year could be hotter than last. “It’s very, very likely to be top three, if not the record,” Becker said, referring to 2024.

Scientists caution that a single year, even one as exceptional as 2023, can tell us only so much about how the planet’s longterm warming might be changing. But other signs suggest the world is heating up more

quickly than before.

About 90% of the energy trapped by greenhouse gases accumulates in the oceans, and scientists have found that the oceans’ uptake of heat has accelerated significantly since the 1990s. “If you look at that curve, it’s clearly not linear,” said Sarah Purkey, an oceanographer with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego.

A group of researchers in France recently found that the Earth’s total heating — across oceans, land, air and ice — had been speeding up for even longer, since 1960.

This broadly matches up with increases in carbon emissions and reductions in aerosols over the past few decades.

But scientists will need to continue studying the data to understand whether other factors might be at work, too, said one of the researchers, Karina von Schuckmann, an oceanographer at Mercator Ocean International in Toulouse, France. “Something unusual is happening that we don’t understand,” von Schuckmann said.

A boat launch ramp that no longer reaches the water at Lake Powell outside Page, Ariz., on Feb. 5, 2023. Overuse of water and a 23-year drought made worse by climate change threatened to provoke a water and power catastrophe across the West. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)

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Russian missiles pound several Ukrainian regions, officials say

By CONSTANT MÉHEUT

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ussia launched a large-scale air attack against Ukraine on Monday, Ukrainian and Russian officials said, pounding several regions with missiles that killed at least four people, wounded more than 30 others and heavily damaged residential buildings and industrial sites.

Air raid alerts blared across the country from about 6 a.m. after the Ukrainian Air Force reported the takeoff of nearly 20 Russian fighter jets that it said fired more than 50 cruise, ballistic and hypersonic missiles. The tactics appeared to be in keeping with Moscow’s strategy of overwhelming Ukrainian air defenses with waves of different types of aerial weapons.

Gen. Valery Zaluzhny, Ukraine’s top commander, said that his forces had intercepted about a third of the missiles, suggesting that many had slipped through. “Critical and civilian infrastructure, industrial and military facilities have been attacked,” he said in a statement.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said it had targeted “Ukrainian military-industrial complex facilities.”

Although the exact targets of the attack and the scale of the damage were not immediately clear, the assault came as Russia has stepped up its airstrikes against Ukraine in recent days, in what appears to be a strategy to degrade Ukrainian industrial and military capabilities and to wear down Ukrainian morale as the war drags on.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine said last week that Russia had launched some 300 missiles and more than 200 attack drones against his country in attacks around the New Year. The United Nations said Saturday that 120 civilians had been killed across Ukraine and nearly 480 others injured since Dec. 29.

Ihor Klymenko, Ukraine’s interior minister, said that the attack Monday had targeted regions across the country, from Khmelnytskyi in the west to Kharkiv in the northeast, adding that rescue workers were trying to pull people from under the rubble.

Unlike previous attacks, the Ukrai-

A Ukrainian soldier with a bullet wound to the leg receives treatment at a stabilization point near the frontline in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, Jan. 8, 2024.

(Finbarr O’Reilly/The New York Times) nian capital, Kyiv, was not hit on Monday. That might be because the city is well protected by powerful air defense systems, including U.S.-designed Patriot batteries, which are able to shoot down most incoming missiles.

But Ukraine’s lack of air defense systems means it has to juggle resources between the front line and cities far from the fighting. As a result, some cities, such as Kryvyi Rih in the southeastern Dnipropetrovsk region, which was attacked on Monday, are less well defended and are easier targets for Moscow.

Oleksii Kuleba, the deputy head of Ukraine’s presidential office, said Kryvyi Rih had suffered a “massive missile attack” that had killed a woman as well as damaging gas stations and administrative and residential buildings and causing power outages.

Serhii Lysak, the governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region, said that 24 people, including five children, had been injured.

He posted pictures on social media showing a raging fire, a flattened house whose ruins were already covered in a thin layer of snow and what appeared to be a warehouse with its facade ripped off.

“The missiles were hitting everywhere,” Lysak wrote.

Data released by the Ukrainian mili-

tary showed that it had failed to intercept any of the powerful ballistic and hypersonic missiles that Russia fired on Monday.

“It is necessary to understand that such targets can only be shot down by means capable of doing so, in particular,

by Patriot systems,” Yurii Ihnat, a Ukrainian Air Force spokesman, told national television on Monday.

The authorities in the western region of Khmelnytskyi said that two people had been killed there. In Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, near the border with Russia, missiles “hit the city’s industrial facilities,” said the mayor, Ihor Terekhov. A woman who had been rescued from the rubble of a building in a small town south of Kharkiv also later died, the regional governor said.

Ukrainian officials had warned for months that Russia was highly likely to strike Ukraine’s energy infrastructure when cold weather began to bite, a repeat of the campaign against the power grid last winter that plunged cities into cold and darkness.

But so far, Ukraine’s energy facilities appear to have been largely unscathed.

Instead, Ukrainian and Western military officials say, Russia has been targeting critical industrial and military infrastructure — and repeatedly hitting civilian areas in the process — in what may be an attempt to degrade the country’s ability to sustain a protracted fight that is rapidly burning through equipment and ammunition.

In two recent attacks that mainly targeted Kyiv, the Russian military hit a factory that produces missiles and aircraft parts, a company producing military clothing and workshops manufacturing drones.

“These new operations suggest at least a temporary change of approach in Russia’s use of long-range strikes,” Britain’s military intelligence services said last week, adding, “Russian planners almost certainly recognize the growing importance of relative defense industrial capacity as they prepare for a long war.”

The extent to which Russia will be able to sustain these large-scale attacks in the long term is unclear.

In recent months, Russia stockpiled high-precision missiles and stepped up ammunition production, military analysts said. From about 40 long-range missiles per month a year ago, Russia now produces more than 100 per month, according to the Royal United Services Institute, a research organization in Britain.

But each of the two recent attacks against Kyiv and other cities involved an average of 120 long-range missiles, a rate that is far above Russia’s monthly production capacity. To keep up with the intensity of the barrages, Moscow has turned to North Korea and Iran to obtain more missiles.

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Pope Francis urges ban on surrogacy, calling it ‘despicable’

By JASON HOROWITZ

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ope Francis earlier this week called surrogate motherhood a “despicable” practice that should be universally banned for its “commercialization” of pregnancy, including the practice among wars, terrorism and other threats to peace and humanity in an annual speech to ambassadors.

An unborn child must not be “turned into an object of trafficking,” Francis said, adding: “I consider despicable the practice of so-called surrogate motherhood, which represents a grave violation of the dignity of the woman and the child, based on the exploitation of situations of the mother’s material needs.” A child, he said, should never be “the basis of a commercial contract,” and called for a global ban on surrogacy “to prohibit this practice universally.”

Surrogacy is already illegal in Italy, and compensated surrogacy is also illegal or restricted in much of Europe. The United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Portugal and several other nations allow surrogacy under certain conditions. Paid surrogacy is legal in some European nations, including Ukraine, Russia and Belarus.

Surrogate mothers in the United States and Canada are often hired by Europeans, including same-sex couples, seeking to have children, though some American states have outlawed the practice.

Francis, a constant critic of consumerism’s corrosive effects on humanity, is deeply wary that a profit motive will warp the traditional creation of life. While Francis has generally avoided the culture wars over issues of reproduction and homosexuality in order to emphasize priorities such as the care of migrants and the poor, he has always upheld church teaching on the issues and maintained an absolute opposition to surrogacy and abortion. He has equated abortion with “hiring a hit man to

A portrait of Pope Francis hangs outside an RCIA class at the St. Michael’s Church rectory in Flushing, Queens on April 2, 2019. (Victor J. Blue/The New York Times)

resolve a problem.”

The Catholic Church has long opposed surrogacy — as it has in vitro fertilization — for a variety of ethical and theological reasons, and Francis has spoken frequently about what he calls “ideological colonization,” the notion that wealthy nations impose their views on people and religious traditions that do not necessarily agree with them. Monday’s denunciation of surrogacy, which was wrapped in that familiar critique, reflected what people close to him call his frustration with what he considers the arrogance of the wealthy West, often toward less affluent parts of the world.

While the pope’s remarks come only weeks after Francis allowed blessings for same-sex couples, many of whom support surrogacy, the church has made it clear that those blessings were not a “justification” or “endorsement of the life that they lead,” but simply an expression of pastoral closeness to believers.

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In June 2022, Francis told a delegation of the Federation of Associations of Catholic Families in Europe that surrogacy was an “inhuman and increasingly widespread practice” in which “women, almost always poor women, are exploited” and children are “treated as merchandise.”

In 2023, he told another group that “while it is appropriate” to use “the most advanced scientific knowledge and technologies” to enhance legitimate desires to conceive, “it is wrong to create test tube embryos and then suppress them, to trade in gametes and to resort to the practice of surrogate parenthood.”

He has in the past also called surrogacy “uterus for rent,” a term often used by Italy’s right-wing prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, who opposes the practice and who has also supported the criminalization of Italians who engage in surrogacy abroad.

In May, Francis and Meloni appeared onstage together in Rome for a conference about increasing Italy’s low birthrate. Meloni said it was critical to make clear that “birth is not for sale, that the womb is not for rent and children are not over-the-counter products that you can choose and then perhaps return.”

In March, Eugenia Roccella, Italy’s minister for equal opportunities and the family, promised to make a law persecuting “uterus for rent,” in Italy and by Italians abroad. Federico

Mollicone, a member of Meloni’s political party, said on television last year that surrogacy was a “crime even worse than pedophilia.” Fabio Rampelli, another party member in parliament, wrote on Facebook that it was a practice available only to “rich homosexual couples” and reduced women to “machines popping out babies upon compensation.”

The church also opposes in vitro fertilization, including for married heterosexual couples, for reasons including the destruction of unwanted embryos created in the process and a more general separation of the act of human procreation from the church’s conception of reproduction as a holy collaboration between a man and a woman.

While the church opposes surrogacy, the Vatican’s office on church teaching has made clear that those children born from surrogacy can be baptized. It made that position clear in a recent statement clarifying that transgender people could be baptized. That same office has in recent weeks, with Francis’ explicit approval, allowed the blessing for same-sex couples.

But Francis made it clear that he sees modern interpretations about gender that erode the biological separation of male and female as a threat to human dignity on par with humanitarian disasters, calling gender theory “extremely dangerous since it cancels differences in its claim to make everyone equal.”

The pope’s remark came during an annual foreign policy address to diplomats accredited to the Holy See that traditionally serves as a lament for all the world’s conflicts and injustices. This year, there was a lot of material to work with, as he called the new year a time when peace was “increasingly threatened, weakened and in some part lost.”

While Francis once was reluctant to name Russia as the aggressor in its war with Ukraine, he specifically mentioned the “large-scale war waged by the Russian Federation against Ukraine,” among his most blunt comments yet on the conflict.

Francis restated his plea for an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, as well as Lebanon, and lamented the “strong Israeli military response” that has killed thousands and prompted a humanitarian crisis in Gaza and reasserted his support for a two-state solution.

He also condemned Hamas’ assault on Israel “and every instance of terrorism and extremism” and called for the release of hostages.

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America must face up to Israel’s extremism

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wo far-right members of Israel’s Cabinet — the national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, and the finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich — caused an international uproar this week with their calls to depopulate the Gaza Strip. “If in Gaza there will be 100,000 or 200,000 Arabs and not 2 million the entire conversation on ‘the day after’ will look different,” said Smotrich, who called for most civilians in Gaza to be resettled in other countries.

The war, said Ben-Gvir, presents an “opportunity to concentrate on encouraging the migration of the residents of Gaza,” facilitating Israeli settlement in the region.

The Biden administration has joined countries all over the world in condemning these naked endorsements of ethnic cleansing. But in doing so, it acted as if Ben-Gvir and Smotrich’s provocations are fundamentally at odds with the worldview of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to whom America continues to give unconditional backing.

In a statement denouncing the ministers’ words as “inflammatory and irresponsible,” the State Department said, “We have been told repeatedly and

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consistently by the government of Israel, including by the prime minister, that such statements do not reflect the policy of the Israeli government.”

Rep. Jim McGovern, a Democrat who has called for a cease-fire, thanked the State Department in a social media post, saying, “It must be clear that America will not write a blank check for mass displacement.”

But it’s not clear, because we’re writing a blank check to a government whose leader is only a bit more coy than Ben-Gvir and Smotrich about his intentions for Gaza. As Israeli news outlets have reported, Netanyahu said this week that the government is considering a “scenario of surrender and deportation” of residents of the Gaza Strip.

(Some outlets reported that Netanyahu was referring only to Hamas leaders.) According to a Times of Israel article, “The ‘voluntary’ resettlement of Palestinians from Gaza is slowly becoming a key official policy of the government, with a senior official saying that Israel has held talks with several countries for their potential absorption.”

Some in Israel’s government have denied this, mostly on grounds of impracticality. “It’s a baseless illusion, in my opinion: No country will absorb 2 million people, or 1 million, or 100,000, or 5,000,” one official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told Israeli journalists. And Thursday, Israel’s defense minister, Yoav Gallant, released a plan for the day after the war that said that, contrary to the dreams of the ultranationalists, there would be no Israeli settlement in Gaza.

But with its widespread destruction of Gaza’s civilian infrastructure, including roughly 70% of its housing, Israel is making most of Gaza uninhabitable for the foreseeable future. Disease is rampant in Gaza, hunger almost universal, and the United Nations reports that much of the enclave is at risk of famine. Amid all this horror, members of Netanyahu’s Likud party — such as Danny Danon, Israel’s former ambassador to the United Nations, and Gila Gamliel, Israel’s intelligence minister — are pushing emigration as a humanitarian solution.

“Instead of funneling money to rebuild Gaza or to the failed UNRWA,” the United Nations agency that works with Palestinian refugees, “the international community can assist in the costs of resettlement, helping the people of Gaza build new lives in their new host countries,” wrote Gamliel in The Jerusalem Post.

Right now, this is a grotesque fantasy. But as Gaza’s suffering ratchets up, some sort of evacuation might come to appear to be a necessary last resort.

At least, that’s what some prominent Israeli officials seem to be counting on.

After Hamas’ sadistic attack on Israel on Oct. 7, Israel was justified in retaliating; any country would have. But there is a difference between the war Israel’s liberal supporters want to pretend that the country is fighting in Gaza and the war Israel is actually waging.

Pro-Israel Democrats want to back a war to remove Hamas from Gaza. But increasingly, it looks as if America is underwriting a war to remove Gazans from Gaza. Experts in international law can debate whether the forced displacement of Palestinians from Gaza can be classified as genocidal, as South Africa is claiming at the International Court of Justice, or as some lesser type of war crime. But whatever you want to call attempts to “thin out” Gaza’s population — as Hebrew newspaper Israel Hayom described an alleged Netanyahu proposal — the United States is implicated in them.

By acting as if Ben-Gvir and Smotrich can be hived off from the government in which they serve, U.S. policymakers are fostering denial about the character of Netanyahu’s rule. Joe Biden often speaks of his 1973 meeting with Golda Meir, then the prime minister, and like many American Zionists, his view of Israel sometimes seems stuck in that era.

If you grew up in a liberal Zionist household, as I did, you’ve probably heard this (possibly apocryphal) Meir quote: “When peace comes we will perhaps in time be able to forgive the Arabs for killing our sons, but it will be harder for us to forgive them for having forced us to kill their sons.” There’s much to criticize in this sentiment — its self-regard, the way it positions Israel as the victim even when it’s doing the killing; still, it at least suggests a tortured ambivalence about meting out violence. But this attitude, which Israelis sometimes call “shooting and crying,” is now as obsolete as Meir’s Zionist socialism, at least among Israel’s leaders.

Among both American and European politicians, said my friend Daniel Levy, a former Israeli negotiator with the Palestinians who now heads the U.S./Middle East Project, there’s a “willful refusal to take seriously just how extreme this government is — whether before Oct. 7 or subsequently.” I’m tempted to say that Ben-Gvir and Smotrich said the quiet part out loud, but in truth they just said the loud part louder.

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Levanta la voz de alerta ante el aumento de los feminicidios en el 2023 en Puerto Rico POR EL STAR STAFF

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AN JUAN – La aspirante a representante por acumulación por el Partido Nuevo Progresista (PNP), Tatiana Pérez Ramírez, levantó la voz, ante el alarmante aumento de feminicidios en Puerto Rico en el 2023, ya que hubo cerca de 23 asesinatos de mujeres de manos de sus parejas o exparejas, según estadísticas del Observatorio de Equidad de Género (OEG) y cifras de la Policía colocan en 19 feminicidios íntimos, al 26 de diciembre. Resultando en un incremento mayor al del 2022, con 8 casos por encima.

Por otra parte el primer feminicidio del año, fue reportado anoche en el barrio Mucarabones, en Toa Alta y el segundo, hoy, en el barrio Hato Viejo, sector La Cumbre, en el pueblo de Ciales.

El temor de la aspirante a representante por acumulación, es que esto se convierta en un patrón y que a pesar de algunos esfuerzos que se ha hecho de algunos sectores, no sea suficiente para proteger la vida de las mujeres.

“La mujer no puede seguir en manos de aquellos hombres que piensan que son propiedad privada de personas que con poco valor y respeto por la vida. Es importante que utilicemos todos nuestros recursos a nivel municipal, estatal y privado para crear lugares, oficinas y ayuda inmediata. Hay que darle mayores herramienta a la mujer para que se pueda defender en los tribunales, en los cuales habrá que revisar de manera minuciosa las leyes que se amparan bajo la protección de la mujer o de una persona que ha sido víctima de violencia doméstica, pues también hay hombres que son víctimas, pero hay que darle más garras al sistema para que las personas que violan las órdenes de protección o que son maltratantes, ya sea de manera física, mental o verbal, sufran consecuencias de manera inmediata”, indicó la educadora de profesión.

“De la misma manera darle más empoderamiento a la Procuradora de la Mujer y ante la falta de recursos, crear legislación para integrar al tercer sector en las áreas de educación, prevención y rehabilitación de todas las partes envueltas,” añadió.

“Tan pronto llegue a la Cámara de Representantes, estarַé presentando legislación dirigida a este tema, además de crear, enmendar leyes y buscar la manera de que tanto a nivel público y de gobierno puedan tener todas las herramientas necesarias para que las personas que son víctimas de violencia doméstica puedan ser atendidas de manera efectiva” expresó Pérez Ramírez.

Representante Víctor Parés destaca resultados positivos del Código de Órden Público en la Ciudad Capital POR EL STAR STAFF

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AN JUAN – El representante por San Juan, Víctor Parés, destacó los logros obtenidos bajo el Código de Órden Público implementado en la ciudad capital y lamentó que varias personas utilicen el asunto para “politiquear y crear discrepancias”.

“El Código de Orden Público busca la sana convivencia entre residentes, comerciantes y visitantes de nuestra Ciudad Capital y se está logrando en el corto

tiempo de haber comenzado. Proponer eliminarlo es la politiquería de aquellos que hablan mucho y no hacen nada por nuestra Ciudad Capital”, exclamó .Parés De igual forma, el legislador del Partido Nuevo Progresista expresó que los planes de trabajo que se han puesto en vigor por parte de la Policía Municipal han reducido significativamente la incidencia de delitos en San Juan.

Según los datos de la uniformada, San Juan culminó el año 2023 con una reducción 12.7 por ciento en

todos los delitos, equivalente a 617 delitos menos y 38 asesinatos menos que en el 2022. Así mismo, en lo que va de año se reflejó una disminución de un 71 por ciento en los asesinatos en San Juan.

“Eliminar el Código de Orden Público por capricho de un pequeño grupo que busca llamar la atención con mucho ruido y poca sustancia quitarle la paz a nuestras comunidades y volver poner el riesgo la vida de los sanjuaneros y sus visitantes”, finalizó diciendo.

Morovis inicia el 2024 con nuevo plan de clasificación, retribución y aumento a empleados municipales POR EL STAR STAFF

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OROVIS – La alcaldesa de Morovis, Carmen Maldonado González, informó que como parte de los trabajos administrativos y a los fines de ser más efectivos en las labores de servicio al pueblo, a partir de enero 2024, se implantará un nuevo plan de clasificación y retribución en su Municipio, así como una jornada de servicios municipales de 8:00 am a 4:00 pm.

“Desde hace más de una década no se revisaba dicho plan, aplicable a los servidores públicos municipales.

Luego de un análisis exhaustivo de costos y beneficios, sometí a la atención de la Legislatura Municipal el nuevo Plan, que contempla, entre otras cosas, ajustes salariales para los servidores públicos municipales”, señaló Maldonado González.

La Alcaldesa ya había adelantado parte de la información en su Mensaje de Finanzas y Actividades Adminis-

trativas en octubre pasado, cuando propuso que el nuevo plan contemplaba ajustes salariales de $200 a $405 en el caso de los empleados regulares, de $109 a $305 en el caso de los empleados de confianza y de $200 a $387 para los Oficiales de la Policía Municipal. “Hacerle justicia a nuestros servidores públicos municipales es una promesa cumplida con nuestros compañeros de labores”, expuso la Alcaldesa.

En aquella ocasión del Mensaje de Finanzas, se confirmó que en efecto el Municipio de Morovis tiene un superávit de $1,357,617, producto de una sana administración de los recursos municipales. “El cumplir con nuestras obligaciones, cuidar de los recursos fiscales y supervisar detalladamente las operaciones diarias, rinde los frutos que tenemos hoy. El compensar a los servidores públicos municipales con $500 de bono de verano, aumentar el bono navideño de $600 a $1,000 y proveer estos ajustes salariales, es promover el mejoramiento del

servidor público”, expuso.

Maldonado González aseguró, además, que al iniciar el último año de este cuatrienio, ha cumplido con el 90% de las promesas hechas a la ciudadanía moroveña. “Soy la primera en señalar que si bien nos falta camino por recorrer, es mucha la energía, la pasión y el compromiso que tengo con nuestros compañeros de trabajo y en especial con nuestro pueblo”, finalizó diciendo la Alcaldesa Maldonado González.

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The great experiment that is ‘The Color Purple’

By SALAMISHAH TILLET

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ast month, I saw something I hadn’t seen in two decades of moviegoing: three Black-directed films in one week.

I watched Blitz Bazawule’s adaptation of “The Color Purple,” a musical about a female survivor overcoming sexual assault and domestic abuse; the concert film “Renaissance,” directed by and starring Beyoncé; and “Origin,” Ava DuVernay’s dramatization of Isabel Wilkerson’s bestselling book “Caste.” Though each is starkly different in everything from story to aesthetic vision, my happenstance of seeing all three so close together revealed their shared interest in telling stories about African American history in new ways.

Beyoncé remembers the AIDS crisis of the late 1980s; DuVernay recognizes early African American researchers of race relations, like Allison Davis, Elizabeth Stubbs Davis and Alfred L. Bright; and Bazawule looks at a 40year period in the life of a Black woman living through Jim Crow and the Jazz Age. That chance week of movies also allowed me to reflect on the unprecedented journey and ultimate cinematic triumph of “The Color Purple.” Starting in rural Georgia in the early 20th century, the story follows Celie, an orphaned girl who is repeatedly violated and twice impregnated by her Pa, a man she considers her father. She is forced to leave her younger sister, Nettie, when Pa marries her off to a much older widower, Albert, whom she knows only as Mister.

Centered on Celie’s finding her voice, discovering her sexuality in her relationship with blues singer Shug Avery, and her journey to forgiveness, selfhood and community with other women, like her daughter-in-law, Sofia, Walker’s novel earned her the National Book Award and made her the first Black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Steven Spielberg’s 1985 movie adaptation earned 11 Oscar nominations; then came a Tony Award for the 2005 Broadway show and two for the 2015 revival, making this one of the most prized narratives in American history.

Nowadays, it is hard to believe that when Spielberg released his adaptation, he and Walker had to cross a picket line of protesters to attend the premiere. But his drama was met with great controversy. While researching my book “In Search of The Color Purple: The Story of an American Masterpiece,” I discovered that many critics, the majority of whom were Black male writers or political leaders, had accused

Steven Spielberg’s 1985 movie adaptation earned 11 Oscar nominations. the filmmakers of reinforcing stereotypes of Black men as hyperviolent through the characterizations of Pa, Albert and Harpo (Albert’s oldest son) and the abuse they inflicted on Celie and Sofia. Other critics took umbrage at Celie’s lesbian relationship as undermining traditional Black family values.

Led by Black organizations like the NAACP, the Nation of Islam and the now defunct Coalition Against Black Exploitation, the campaign against that movie was bitter and divisive. In turn, its defenders, including many Black women who saw themselves in Walker’s characters, felt pitted against others in their own community. The pushback was so effective that the film won no Academy Awards. (It lost the top Oscar to “Out of Africa.”)

“Without a doubt the controversy is the reason we didn’t take home a single award that night,” Oprah Winfrey, who starred as Sofia in the original and later served as a producer of both the stage and movie musicals, told me in an interview in 2018. “I was puzzled and frustrated by the NAACP.” And yet the film was groundbreaking, changing our understanding of what was possible for Black actors and stories in Hollywood.

Ultimately, it paved the way for these new works by Beyoncé, DuVernay and Bazawule.

And unlike its predecessor, Bazawule’s musical version, opening in theaters on Christmas Day, premieres alongside other films with predominantly Black casts, and so his “Color Purple” is free to re-imagine and experiment with form and conventional musical conceit.

Through Celie’s vivid inner life, the dynamic songs and choreography, and playful

cinematic references, this version honors its literary, Broadway and Hollywood forerunners while successfully updating how we see Alice Walker’s characters and, even more surprising, innovating how we can experience the movie musical genre itself.

Arriving in a different feminist moment, Bazawule is not bedeviled by the sexist and homophobic concerns that plagued the first movie. And yet, his most memorable scenes subtly take on those past critiques while adding cinematic layers to Celie’s story. Early in the film, Celie’s active imagination — depicted in the novel through her letter-writing — is shown as both a coping mechanism and a surrealistic narrative detour. When the teenage Celie (Phylicia Pearl Mpasi) discovers that her children are alive after Pa convinced her that they had died, she dreams of avoiding the drudgery of her life.

In the number “She Be Mine,” Celie imagines that she has left Pa’s store and walks through a Southern landscape that is paradoxically lush and marred by the exploitation of Black laborers. As she passes a group of Black men working on a chain gang and Black laundry women washing clothes by a waterfall, we recognize that her escape is limited and illusory and that she is as oppressed in her home as they are in their work.

But when adult Celie (Fantasia BarrinoTaylor) tends to the bodacious blues singer Shug (Taraji P. Henson), her interiority takes over even more. As Shug falls asleep in the bathtub while listening to a record, Celie suddenly imagines a gramophone that’s larger than life, and standing on a spinning vinyl album that doubles as a concert stage, she belts an empowering song.

Bazawule expands his surreal aesthetic when Celie and Shug go to the movies. Sitting in the segregated balcony section as they watch “The Flying Ace,” Richard E. Norman’s 1926 silent with an all-Black cast, Celie imagines them in a different movie — one in color in which they are dressed in ballgowns and singing to each other in front a Duke Ellington-like jazz band. When we return to the present, they kiss, cementing their relationship and finally enabling Celie’s fantasy to come true. In 1985, that kiss was brief and the cause of much public debate. With access to her inner thoughts in 2023, Celie’s hopes and desires become our own: We recognize that her intimacy with Shug is long-awaited and fulfilling.

As Celie finds her voice, rejects the abuse from Albert and gains more and more agency, her flights of fancy seem to disappear. But, by the time we reach the showstopper “Miss Celie’s Pants,” in which she, Shug and other women celebrate Celie’s separation from Albert and her newfound entrepreneurialism, the bold color palette, uplifting music and lively dancing associated with her dreamlike sequences dominate.

Unlike other movie musicals in which the songs distract from the dramatic action, the numbers and composer Kris Bowers’ score are woven together in a way that makes the soundscape feel like the film’s true setting. He understands how to make an entire film sing rather than string together a series of scenes.

And yet the original song Bazawule cowrote for the movie, “Workin’,” for Celie’s stepson, Harpo (Corey Hawkins), stands apart for giving this man more multidimensionality than he had in previous adaptations. In this scene, Harpo rejects Albert’s authority by building his own house, and it’s a harbinger of his evolution. He goes from being a sensitive young adult to an abusive husband to a man who finally breaks his family’s intergenerational cycle of violence against women. Walker’s novel partly shows this metamorphosis, but Bazawule fully realizes it here, nullifying any lingering controversies about Harpo’s fate or flaws in his representation.

Growth, I suspect, was always the point.

It took a while for Winfrey and Scott Sanders to convince their fellow producer Spielberg that the Broadway musical could lead to a new adaptation. “I didn’t really know if ‘Color Purple’ had another movie in it,” he told Variety.

That Bazawule breathes new life into these characters reminds us of what a masterpiece Celie’s story remains for us today.

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his month’s picks riff on disorientation, with an unknowable ex, an unnatural house and an uncanny dad.

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AVISO AMBIENTAL SOBRE INTENCIÓN DE RENOVAR UN PERMISO PARA OPERAR UNA INSTALACIÓN DE DESPERDICIOS SÓLIDOS NO PELIGROSOS El Sr. Raúl E. Rodríguez Torres, presidente según la solicitud de permiso de la instalación Junker Express, CRL., localizada en la PR. 2 km. 41.7 Bo. Algarrobo Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, ha radicado en el Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales una solicitud de renovación de permiso para operar una instalación para el procesamiento de desperdicios sólidos no peligrosos. Luego de realizada la evaluación de los documentos sometidos, este Departamento tiene la intención de emitir el permiso.

El Reglamento para el Manejo de los Desperdicios Sólidos No Peligrosos, Reglamento Núm. 5717 de 14 de noviembre de 1997, establece en el Capítulo IX el requisito de solicitar un permiso como condición previa a la operación de una instalación de desperdicios sólidos no peligrosos, el cual es aplicable a dueños u operadores. La Regla 649 del mencionado capítulo requiere la publicación de este Aviso y regula la celebración de Vistas Públicas, las cuales podrían ser efectuadas de considerarse necesarias por esta Junta, o por peticiones durante el período comprendido para comentarios.

Copia de la solicitud de permiso, al igual que el Borrador de Permiso y otros documentos relevantes al caso, están a la disposición del público para ser examinados en la Oficina Regional de Arecibo, localizada en la Avenida San Patricio Marginal PR-2, Km. 80.6, Arecibo, PR; y en el Área Control Contaminación de Terrenos de la Oficina Central, ubicada en el Edificio de Agencias Ambientales, PR-8838, Sector El Cinco, Río Piedras, PR 00928 de lunes a viernes de 8:00 A.M. a 4:30 P.M ..

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‘Soft Liquid Center’ Steph (Steph Holmbo) starts a new life after leaving her awful boyfriend by getting a new apartment and a new group of friends. But she’s having bizarre dreams of traipsing through the woods, and what’s worse, her furniture sometimes moves on its own. Then, in this strange film’s strangest scene, Steph digs out the flesh of a giant watermelon, turning the floor where she’s sitting into what looks like a brutal crime scene — a taste of the spectral, timecollapsing horrors to come.

For their feature debut, directors Joseph Kolean and Zachary Gutierrez, who go by Perry Home Video, have made an experimental horror film that will stump some people but mesmerized me. (When a friend tells Steph, “I’ve been feeling really weird lately,” I started to as well.)

Holmbo, who co-wrote the script with the directors, told the blog What Sleeps Beneath that the film was inspired by past relationships of hers that were “deeply toxic and unhealthy, often especially in unexplainable ways.” That notion of heartbreak and survival as the ends of supernatural means comes alive here, thanks to a disorienting story, a slow-burn visual style and a score, by Roberto Garza, that knocked me off balance. (Rent or buy on major platforms) ‘Naga’ Critics are divided over the bonkers feature film debut by Saudi writer-director Meshal Aljaser. Detractors think it’s busy and empty. Fans are in love with its visual and narrative thrills. They’re both right.

Set on a single day, the film follows Sara (Adwa Bader, electric), a young woman who, in an act of furtive rebellion against her wealthy, traditionalist family, sneaks out with her secret boyfriend, Saad (Yazeed Almajyul), to a lavish party in the desert. But as Saad speeds along a dark road, he hits a camel, a fatal fate that the animal’s mother mourns off camera with a cry that sounds like it came from hell’s waiting room. From there, this genre-hopping film, equal parts psychological thriller and maverick dark comedy, shifts into warped warp speed.

Watching the film gave me a “Run Lola Run”-like rush. Aljaser’s camera almost never stops swooping and reversing. Angles look like it hurt to get them. One nutso long shot looks like it was filmed from Mars. After almost two hours, I was in love with its showiness. But I was also left wanting for a Saudi genre film this cuckoo and bold to offer a clearer takeaway. (Stream it on Netflix) ‘Saturn Bowling’ Armand (Achille Reggiani) agrees to take over his late father’s bowling alley, to the relief of Armand’s cop half brother, Guillaume (Arieh Worthalter). Boyishly handsome, Armand has no problem taking home a young female bowler one night. But what begins as a fling turns into a horrific rape, a scene that director Patricia Mazuy depicts with the same unflinching brutality that made the monstrous assault in Gaspar Noé’s “Irreversible” a deal breaker for many viewers. Armand, it turns out, is a serial killer, and Guillaume is the inves-

tigator assigned to the case.

Mazuy’s film mines many dark themes — animal cruelty, sins of the father, toxic masculinity — that don’t always gel. Yet, she is such an assured director that she makes this sometimes hard-to-stomach drama — and I mean that narratively and sometimes physically — worth watching. As a police procedural, the film stretches credulity, but as a neo-noir drama about a psychopath and his corrupting emotional zigzags, it shines. Reggiani has a grim countenance that makes his deeply disturbing performance feel natural, which he should take as praise. Simon Beaufils, the cinematographer, makes a bowling alley look like the devil’s playground. (Rent or buy on major platforms) ‘Spirit of Fear’ Chris (Chris Page) wakes up in a room in a big, haphazardly furnished house that he doesn’t recognize. One of his arms is covered in blood. There’s a Post-it note that tells him not to go outside, and another on the bathroom mirror that says, “Don’t stay in here too long.” Another note is even more ominous: “Don’t let it see you.” His handwriting matches that of the person who wrote the messages, but that doesn’t solve the mystery of where he is and why a creepy claw is trying to rip through a shower curtain.

That’s the cryptic setup to writer-director Alex Davidson’s twisty film, but I don’t want to say more. Because what I thought was a psychological thriller with science fiction undertones (and nearly no dialogue) turned out to be a fresh spin on a genre I won’t mention — the better to keep from spoiling this film’s final surprise. (Stream it on Tubi) ‘Cerebrum’ Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t: good advice, generally. But what if the devil you know is your dad? That’s the unsettling premise behind Sebastien Blanc’s freakish science fiction-horror hybrid, his feature film debut.

William (Tobi King Bakare) wakes up from a coma, unable to speak, after being seriously injured in a car accident. His adoptive father, Richard (Steve Oram), takes him home to recover, but warns William that his mother, Amelia (Ramona Von Pusch), who was with William in the car, doesn’t want to see him.

But wait: Why is dad digging a big ditch in the backyard and being evasive about his wife’s whereabouts? And how come the refrigerator is full of rotten food? And what is that thing with glowing eyes in the kitchen?

With a script that’s both contemplative and creepy, Blanc delivers a scary meditation on parenthood and the promise, and perils, of an afterlife. Race, too: William is Black and his parents are white — they speak, but he doesn’t — infusing issues of adoption, forgiveness and consciousness with “Get Out”-like discomfort, even with an ending that veers toward B-movie territory. (Stream it on Tubi)

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10 ways to support your mental health in 2024

By CHRISTINA CARON and DANA G. SMITH

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ince the height of the pandemic, there has been a cultural shift in the way we talk about mental health. It’s as if the years of isolation and uncertainty helped us understand how vital our emotional needs were to our overall well-being.

Now that we’re paying more attention to our inner lives, it’s also essential that we take action. Fortunately, there are a number of things that everyone can do to nourish their mental health and find moments of joy.

Here are some of our favorite tips from the past year as we prepare to enter 2024.

1. Try a proven way to sleep better.

Experts say that getting enough sleep is one of the most important things we can do for our mental health. If you’re having trouble falling or staying asleep, studies have found that cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia, or CBT-I, is as effective as using sleep medications in the short term — and more effective in the long term. CBT-I helps people address anxieties about sleep and find ways to relax. To find a provider, try the Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine directory at behavioralsleep.org.

2. Learn how to tell whether your anxiety is protective or problematic.

It’s normal to feel anxious from time to time.

In fact, having some anxiety can actually be useful.

Experts say an internal alarm system can improve our performance, help us recognize danger and even encourage us to be more conscientious. So we asked Dr. Petros Levounis, president of the American Psychiatric Association: How much anxiety is too much?

“If you start to notice that worry and fear are there constantly, that is a signal that you need some help,” he said.

Other signs to look out for include restlessness, a sense of fear or doom, increased heart rate, sweating, trembling and trouble concentrating.

3. Stop the worry cycle.

If you have a tendency to ruminate, there are a few simple ways to curb the habit. The first is to distract yourself: Research shows that diversions can help get your mind off whatever is stressing you out. Try playing a word game or listening to music, paying close attention to the lyrics.

Other times, it’s better not to fight the urge — but that doesn’t mean you should let your thoughts spiral out of control. Set a timer for 10 to 30 minutes of dedicated rumination time, and give yourself permission to mentally mull things over. When the timer goes off, it’s time to move on.

4. Practice ‘five things tidying.’

When you’re struggling with your mental health, basic tasks such as washing dishes or doing laundry can feel impossible. But living amid mess can make you feel even worse. KC Davis, a licensed professional counselor and author of the book “How to Keep House While Drowning,” advises focusing on function over aesthetics — your home doesn’t have to be perfect, but it should be livable.

An efficient way to keep things from getting out of hand is to practice what she calls “five things tidying.” Tackle the five main categories of clutter — trash, dishes, laundry, things with a place and things without a place — one at a time to help cleaning feel more manageable.

5. Embrace gratitude.

Gratitude is a positive emotion that can arise when you acknowledge that you have goodness in your life and that other people — or higher powers, if you believe in them — have helped you achieve that goodness.

To really reap the benefits of gratitude, experts say, it’s important to express it whenever possible. That might include writing letters of thanks or listing the positive things in your life in a journal. Giving thanks to friends, romantic partners and even co-workers can also offer a relationship boost.

6. Be optimistic about aging.

Research shows that mindset really matters when it comes to health, and it can even extend your life. A classic study found that people who were optimistic about aging lived 7 1/2 years longer than those who had negative perceptions of it.

To adopt a more positive outlook about getting older, shift your focus to the benefits of aging, including better emotional well-being and higher emotional intelligence. Look for aging role models, too: older people who stay physically active and engaged in their communities, or those with traits that you admire.

7. Participate in the arts.

The notion that art can improve mental well-being is something many people intuitively understand

but don’t necessarily put into practice.

You don’t need talent to give it a try, experts say.

Writing a poem, singing or drawing can all help elevate your mood, no matter how creative you consider yourself to be. One of the easiest ways to get started is to color something intricate: Spending 20 minutes coloring a mandala (a complex geometric design) is more helpful for reducing anxiety than free-form coloring for the same length of time, research has found.

8. Look for a little bit of awe every day.

Sometimes we have to remind ourselves to connect with the physical world around us. Enter the awe walk.

Pick a walking spot (either new or familiar) and imagine that you’re seeing it for the first time. Then pay attention to your senses. Feel the wind on your face, touch the petals of a flower. Simply notice the sky. It can be more restorative than you might expect.

9. Take a tech break.

If you’re having trouble focusing, it’s not just you.

Research has found that over the past two decades, the amount of time we spend on a given task has shrunk to an average of just 47 seconds, down from 2 1/2 minutes. Technology is often to blame.

To regain control of your concentration, Larry Rosen, a professor emeritus of psychology at California State University, Dominguez Hills, suggested a strategy he calls “tech breaks.” Set a timer for 15 minutes, then silence and set aside your phone. When time is up, take one or two minutes to check your favorite apps — that’s your tech break — and get back to work for another 15-minute cycle. The goal is to gradually increase the time between your tech breaks, building up to 45 minutes (or more) away from your phone.

10. Take a deep breath.

One of the fastest, easiest ways you can calm your mind and body is by taking slow, deep breaths.

Doing so helps to turn up your parasympathetic nervous system — the counterbalance to the “fight or flight” stress response — and lower your blood pressure and regulate your heart rate.

One breathing exercise that can be particularly helpful for mitigating fear and anxiety is 4-4-8 breathing, where you inhale for four counts, hold your breath for four counts and exhale for eight counts.

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The San Juan Daily Star

Five weeknight dishes: flavorful recipes to reboot and refresh

By EMILY WEINSTEIN

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ell, everyone, I’ve eaten a lot of cookies in the last few weeks, and I’ve had a good time doing it. But now I’m cruising into 2024 ready for food that’s lighter on the butter but still brimming with flavor.

Maybe you’re in the same boat? If so, this week’s recipes are for you: five fast and fresh ways to reboot your cooking for the new year, or at least through the end of resolution season.

1. Stir-Fried Shrimp With Snow Peas and Ginger In 2005, Julia Moskin wrote an excellent article about woks, the best sort for American kitchens (a 14-inch heavygauge carbon-steel wok with a flat bottom) and how to season it. This recipe, adapted from Grace Young’s book, “The Breath of a Wok,” ran alongside it. It is simple, fresh and fast. It cooks in under 5 minutes, so start your pot of rice as you clean the shrimp and chop the ginger, garlic and scallions.

Recipe from Grace Young Adapted by Julia Moskin Yield: 2 to 4 servings Total time: 30 minutes Ingredients: 1 tablespoon plus 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 pound large shrimp, peeled and deveined

1/3 cup chicken broth 2 teaspoons rice wine or dry sherry 1 1/2 teaspoons soy sauce 1 1/2 teaspoons cornstarch 3/4 teaspoon sugar 1/8 teaspoon ground white pepper 1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons vegetable oil 2 tablespoons minced garlic 1 teaspoon minced ginger 6 ounces snow peas, strings removed, washed and dried 1 scallion, chopped Preparation: 1. In a large bowl combine 2 cups cold water and 1 tablespoon salt, stirring until salt is dissolved. Add shrimp, and let stand 5 minutes. Rinse shrimp under cold running water, and set to dry on paper towels. With more towels, pat shrimp dry.

2. In a bowl, combine broth, wine, soy sauce, cornstarch, sugar and pepper.

3. Heat a wok over high heat. To test heat, flick a few drops of water into wok. When water vaporizes within 2 seconds, wok is hot. Swirl in 1 tablespoon oil around sides of wok. Add shrimp, spreading them in a single layer, so they have contact with hot metal. Stir-fry for 2-3 minutes or just until pink, tossing them with a wok shovel or spatula. Add remaining 2 teaspoons oil, garlic and ginger, and stir-fry 5 seconds. Add snow peas and remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt, and stir-fry 1

minute more.

4. Stir cornstarch mixture, swirl it in around sides of wok, and bring to a boil. Stir-fry just until shrimp are cooked through and sauce has thickened, about 30 seconds more. Stir in scallions, and serve immediately.

2. Baked Chicken Breasts Boneless, skinless chicken breasts are a popular cut of meat for their versatility, and because they are so lean, knowing how to properly season and cook them is essential. When it comes to baking, a quick brine in a saltwater solution ensures the meat comes out tender, moist and well-seasoned. (Don’t leave the breasts in the brine for longer than 2 hours, or the salt could negatively affect the texture of the meat.) The chicken is delicious as-is, but it can also be diced or shredded and mixed into salads, soups or any recipe that calls for cooked poultry. Feel free to swap the dried herbs and spices here with your favorite seasoning blends — just stick to around 1 1/2 teaspoons seasoning total for each breast and be mindful of the salt if it’s included in the blend.

By Lidey Heuck Yield: 4 servings Total time: 1 hour, 15 minutes Ingredients: 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts (10 to 12 ounces each) 2 tablespoons kosher salt (such as Diamond Crystal) Extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling 4 teaspoons dried oregano or Italian seasoning 4 teaspoons garlic powder 4 teaspoons sweet paprika (optional) Black pepper, to taste Preparation: 1. In a large bowl, combine 4 cups of room temperature water and the salt. Stir until the salt is dissolved. Add the chicken breasts, making sure they are fully submerged. Brine for at least 30 minutes and up to 2 hours. (Cover and refrigerate if brining for more than 30 minutes.)

2. Heat the oven to 425 degrees and line a sheet pan or large baking dish with parchment paper. While the oven heats, remove the chicken breasts from the brine and pat them dry with paper towels, discarding the brine. Place the chicken

breasts on the prepared pan. Drizzle generously with olive oil, flipping chicken so both sides are coated. Sprinkle with the dried oregano, garlic powder, paprika, if using, and some black pepper.

3. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the breasts reaches 165 degrees. Rest for 10 minutes before slicing into the chicken and serving.

3. Squash and Chickpea Stew With Lemon Grass This comforting weeknight squash stew is inspired by Thai curries that combine rich coconut and fragrant lemon grass, but it’s quite mild and soothing rather than spicy. Deeply orange kabocha is used here, but butternut, delicata or acorn squash would all work well. The secret behind this quick yet flavorful dish is peanut butter; it adds nutty depth to balance the aromatic and bright lemon-grassinfused broth. Chickpeas pair well with squash, but this customizable stew can accommodate any bean (such as white, pinto or black beans); lightly mashing half of the tender squash and beans at the end thickens the sauce.

By Kay Chun Yield: 4 servings Total time: 35 minutes Ingredients: 2 tablespoons neutral oil, such as safflower or canola 1 cup finely chopped shallot 2 lemon grass stalks, tough outer layer discarded and stalk cut into thirds 3 garlic cloves, minced 2 tablespoons minced fresh ginger

The San Juan Daily Star 2 tablespoons creamy peanut butter 2 1/2 pounds kabocha squash (1 small), peeled, seeded and cut into 1/2-inch cubes (about 3 1/2 cups) 1 (15-ounce) can chickpeas, rinsed 1 cup unsweetened coconut milk, stirred Kosher salt and black pepper 5 ounces baby spinach 1 tablespoon lime juice Cooked basmati rice and chopped basil, for serving Preparation: 1. In a large Dutch oven, heat oil over medium. Add shallot and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, 3 minutes.

2. Meanwhile, using a meat mallet or the bottom of a small pot, crush the lemon grass pieces to split open the stalks. (This helps release the aroma and flavor.) Add lemon grass, garlic and ginger to pot and stir until fragrant, 1 minute. Add peanut butter and cook, stirring constantly, until well blended and lightly caramelized on the bottom of the pot, about 2 minutes.

Add squash, chickpeas, coconut milk and 3 cups water; season with salt and pepper.

Bring to a boil over high heat, stirring to lift up any browned bits on the bottom of the pot.

3. Cover, reduce heat to mediumlow and cook at a lively simmer until squash is tender, about 20 minutes. Uncover, discard lemon grass and continue to cook stew, mashing half of the squash and chickpeas, until thickened, another 5 minutes. Add spinach and stir until wilted.

Turn off heat, add lime juice and season with salt and pepper.

4. Divide curry among 4 bowls and top with basil. Serve with rice.

4. Sheet-Pan Salmon and Broccoli With Sesame and Ginger A healthy sheet-pan dinner that comes together in just 20 minutes? Sign us up. Brushing a simple sesame-ginger glaze onto the salmon before it roasts promotes caramelization on the fish, a feat not easily accomplished when roasting salmon fillets. The garnishes give this dinner a professional finish: A squeeze of lime juice, a sprinkle of sesame seeds, and a handful of thinly sliced scallions make for a beautiful plate.

By Lidey Heuck Yield: 4 servings Total time: 20 minutes Ingredients: 4 tablespoons toasted sesame oil 2 tablespoons soy sauce or tamari

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1 tablespoon rice vinegar 1 tablespoon honey 1 (2-inch) piece fresh ginger, peeled and finely grated (about 1 tablespoon) 1 garlic clove, finely grated 1 pound broccoli, trimmed and cut into florets, thick stems discarded 2 scallions, trimmed and cut diagonally into 1 1/2-inch segments, plus thinly sliced scallions for garnish 1 tablespoon olive oil, plus more for brushing the salmon Kosher salt and black pepper 4 (6-ounce) skin-on salmon fillets 1/2 lime, for serving Sesame seeds, for serving Preparation: 1. Heat the oven to 425 degrees. In a small bowl, whisk 3 tablespoons sesame oil with the soy sauce, vinegar, honey, ginger and garlic until smooth. Set the glaze aside.

2. Place the broccoli florets and 1 1/2-inch scallion segments on a sheet pan. Drizzle with 1 tablespoon olive oil and the remaining 1 tablespoon sesame oil. Sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon black pepper, toss well and roast for 5 minutes.

3. While the broccoli and scallions roast, place the salmon fillets on a plate and pat dry with paper towels. Brush all over with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper.

4. Toss the broccoli and scallions and move to the edges of the pan, clearing spaces in the center for the salmon fillets.

Place the salmon fillets, evenly spaced, on the center of the pan. Brush the fillets gen-

erously with the glaze.

5. Return the pan to the oven and roast until the salmon is cooked through but still slightly rare in the center, about 12 minutes.

6. Squeeze the lime over the broccoli and sprinkle with salt. Scatter the sliced scallions and sesame seeds over the salmon, and serve hot.

5. Black Bean Chili With Mushrooms Mushrooms and black beans are the perfect pairing for a hearty weeknight chili with a kick of heat from a fresh jalapeño.

Seared minced mushrooms add a depth of flavor that balances an easy homemade chili spice mix of mild chile, warm cinnamon and smoky chipotle. If you’d like, you can substitute 1 1/2 cups of the broth for 1 1/2 cups of Mexican lager.

By Jocelyn Ramirez Yield: 4 servings Total time: 40 minutes Ingredients: 1 pound cremini or portobello mushrooms, or both, minced (see tip) 1/3 cup neutral oil, such as grapeseed Salt and black pepper 1 medium yellow onion, finely chopped 2 red bell peppers, finely chopped 1 jalapeño, minced 3 garlic cloves, minced 1 teaspoon ground mild chile, such as chile California 3/4 teaspoon chipotle powder 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon, preferably Ceylon 3 tablespoons tomato paste

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2 (14.5-ounce) cans diced tomatoes 2 (15-ounce) cans black beans, rinsed and drained 3 1/2 cups vegetable broth or water 1 tablespoon raw or turbinado sugar 1 ounce dried porcini mushrooms, torn into bite-size pieces (optional) Sour cream (plant-based if you’d like) and torn cilantro leaves, for serving Preparation: 1. Spread the minced mushrooms on a clean dish towel or paper towel and squeeze out excess liquid. Heat the oil in a medium pot over high. Add the mushrooms with a pinch each of salt and pepper and cook, stirring every minute or so, until the mushrooms sear to a darker color and any remaining water in the mushrooms has cooked off, about 5 minutes.

2. Lower the heat to medium and add the onion. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion softens and browns slightly, about 5 minutes. Add the bell peppers, jalapeño and garlic and cook for an additional 2 minutes, stirring frequently, until fragrant and beginning to brown. Add the chile powder, chipotle powder, cumin and cinnamon and stir until fragrant, about 1 minute, then add the tomato paste and mix.

3. Lower the heat to medium-low and add the canned diced tomato and its juices, beans, broth, sugar and porcini mushrooms, if using. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Cover with the lid ajar and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 20 minutes to allow the flavors to meld.

Divide among bowls and serve with sour cream and cilantro.

TIP: To quickly mince mushrooms, pulse them in a food processor.

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

ORIENTAL BANK Demandante V.

SUCESIÓN DE JAIME RIVERA CRUZ COMPUESTA POR FULANA Y FULANO DE TAL Demandados

CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES

Parte con Interés Civil Núm.: BY2023CV00942.

Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón, hago saber a la parte demandada, SUCESIÓN DE JAIME RIVERA CRUZ compuesta por FULANA DE TAL Y FULANO DE TAL; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES, como Parte con Interés y al PÚBLICO EN GENERAL; que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el 14 de septiembre de 2023, por la Secretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor pagadero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o giro postal, a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal, la siguiente propiedad con dirección física: 661 Calle 5, Urb. Campanilla, Toa Baja, 00949-3670 y que se describe como sigue: RÚSTICA: Parcela marcada con el número 661 en el plano de parcelación de la comunidad rural Campanilla del barrio Media Luna del término municipal de Toa Baja, con una cabida superficial de 465.02 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con calle número 5 de la comunidad; por el SUR, con carretera estatal número 865 y pozo profundo de la comunidad; por el ESTE, con parcela número 660 de la comunidad; por el OESTE, con pozo profundo y la calle de la comunidad. Finca #21,513, inscrita al folio 225 del tomo 364 de Toa Baja, Registro de la propiedad de Bayamón, Sección II. La finca antes descrita se encuentra afecta a los siguientes gravámenes: (i) HIPOTECA constituida por Jaime Rivera Cruz en garantía de pagaré a favor de RG Premier Bank of P.R. o a su

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orden, por $112,000.00 al 7 ¼% vencedero el 1 de agosto de 2036, según Escritura #445 en Bayamón a 29 de julio de 2006 ante Hector Moyano Noriega, inscrita al folio 149 del tomo 609 de Toa Baja, finca #21,513 inscripción 7ma. Sujeta a condiciones de aceleración. (ii) DEMANDA radicada en el Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Bayamón, en el caso civil BY2019CV04826, seguido por Banco Cooperativo versus Jaime Rivera Cruz, donde se solicita el pago de la deuda garantizada con la hipoteca relacionada en la inscripción 7ma., reducida a $90,550.28 anotada al Sistema Karibe de Toa Baja, finca #21513, anotación A y Ultima, el 4 de noviembre de 2019. La hipoteca objeto de esta ejecución es la que ha quedado descrita en el inciso (i). Será celebrada la subasta para con el importe de la misma satisfacer la sentencia dictada el 1 de agosto de 2023, mediante la cual se condenó a la parte demandada pagar a la parte demandante la cantidad adeudada y vencida el 1 de marzo de 2019 ascendiente a $90,550.28 de principal, más $25,165.22 de intereses que continuarán acumulándose al 7.1/4% anual hasta el saldo total de la deuda, $4,096.20 a cargos por atrasos, más $3,694.23 a otros cargos, mas $14,928.00 de escrow, más costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, según pactado, más cualquier otro desembolso que haya efectuado o efectúe la parte demandante durante la tramitación de este caso para otros adelantos de conformidad con el Contrato Hipotecario.

La PRIMERA SUBASTA será celebrada el día 31 DE ENERO DE 2024, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de BAYAMÓN, Puerto Rico. Servirá de tipo mínimo para la misma, la cantidad de $112,000.00 sin admitirse oferta inferior. De no haber remate ni adjudicación, celebraré SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 7 DE FEBRERO DE 2024, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar, en la que servirá como tipo mínimo, dos terceras (2/3) partes del precio pactado para la primera subasta, o sea, $74,666.67. Si no hubiese remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, celebraré TERCERA SUBASTA el día 14 DE FEBRERO DE 2024, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar en la que regirá como tipo mínimo, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para la primera subasta, o sea,

$56,000.00. El Alguacil que suscribe hizo constar que toda licitación deberá hacerse para pagar su importe en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América, de acuerdo con la Ley y de acuerdo con lo anunciado en este Aviso de Subasta. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables.

Se entiende que todo licitador que comparezca a la subasta señalada en este caso acepta como bastante la titulación que da base a la misma. Se entiende que cualquier carga y/o gravamen anterior y/o preferente, si la hubiere al crédito que da base a esta ejecución continuará subsistente, entendiéndose, además, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de estos, sin destinarse a su extinción cualquier parte del remanente del precio de licitación. La propiedad para ejecutar será adquirida libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores que tengan inscritos 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 ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, 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 subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante.

Vendida o adjudicada la finca o derecho hipotecado y consignado el precio correspondiente, en esa misma fecha o fecha posterior, el alguacil que celebró la subasta procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura pública de traspaso en representación del dueño o titular de los bienes hipotecados, ante el notario que elija el adjudicatario o comprador, quien deberá abonar el importe de tal escritura. El alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial al nuevo dueño, si así se lo solicita dentro del término de veinte (20) días a partir de la confirmación de la venta o adjudicación. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto

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el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del deudor la ocupen. Y PARA CONOCIMIENTO DE LOS LICITADORES Y DEL PUBLICO EN GENERAL y para su publicación de acuerdo con la Ley, expido el presente Edicto bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal. En BAYAMÓN, Puerto Rico, hoy 04 de diciembre de 2023. EDGARDO ELÍAS VARGAS SANTANA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #193, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE BAYAMÓN.

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WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR FINANCE OF AMERICA STRUCTURED SECURITIES ACQUISITION TRUST 2018-HB1 Demandante Vs.

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Demandados Civil Núm.: GB2021CV00715.

Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

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Wednesday, January 10, 2024 DEMANDADA, AL (A LA) SECRETARIO(A) DE HACIENDA DE PUERTO RICO Y AL PÚBLICO GENERAL:

Certifico y Hago Constar: Que en cumplimiento con el Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por el (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Guaynabo, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América y/o Giro Postal y Cheque Certificado, en mi oficina ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Guaynabo, el 6 DE FEBRERO DE 2024, A LAS 9:20 DE LA MAÑANA, todo derecho título, participación o interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número doscientos setenta y cuatro (274), en el Bloque “P” guion diez (P-10) del Plano de inscripción de la Urbanización “Juan Ponce de Leon”, radicado en el Barrio Frailes del término municipal de Guaynabo, Puerto Rico con área superficial de trecientos noventa y nueve punto cincuenta y tres (399.53) metros cuadrados, y en colindancia por el NORTE de veinticinco (25) metros, con el solar numero doscientos setenta y cinco (27); del Bloque “P” guion diez (P-10) del mencionado Plano; por el SUR, en veinticinco (25) metros con el solar numero doscientos setenta y tres (273) del Bloque “P” guion diez (P-10) del mencionado plano; por el ESTE, en quince (15) metros con el solar numero doscientos setenta y seis del Bloque “P” guion diez (P-10) del mencionado plano; y por el OESTE, en diecisiete (17) metros, con la calle denominada “Street numero veinticinco (25)” del mencionado plano. Inscrita al folio 11 del tomo 157 de Guaynabo, finca 11431, Registro de la Propiedad de Guaynabo. La Hipoteca Revertida consta inscrita al folio 109 del tomo 1500 de Guaynabo, finca 11431, Registro de la Propiedad de Guaynabo, inscripción 11ª. Propiedad localizada en: URB. PONCE DE LEON, #274 CALLE 25, GUAYNABO, PR 00969. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas anteriores o preferentes: Nombre del

Titular: N/A. Suma de la Carga: N/A. Fecha de Vencimiento: N/A. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas posteriores a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante: Nombre del Titular: Secretario de la Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano. Suma de la Carga: $300,000.00.

Fecha de Vencimiento: 17 de marzo de 2090. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad de la propiedad y que todas las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito ejecutante antes descritos, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes.

El rematante acepta dichas cargas y gravámenes anteriores, y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se establece como tipo de mínima subasta la suma de $300,000.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la escritura de hipoteca. De ser necesaria una SEGUNDA SUBASTA por declararse desierta la primera, la misma se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Guaynabo, el 13 DE FEBRERO DE 2024, A LAS 9:20 DE LA MAÑANA, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $200,000.00, 2/3 partes del tipo mínima establecido originalmente. Si tampoco se produce remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se establece como mínima para la TERCERA SUBASTA, la suma de $150,000.00, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Guaynabo, el 20 DE FEBRERO DE 2024, A LAS 9:20 DE LA MAÑANA. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para, con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante, el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor ascendente a la suma de $132,200.00 por concepto de principal, más la suma de $86,251.06 en intereses acumulados al 1 de junio de 2022 y los cuales continúan acumulándose a razón de 5.060% anual hasta su total y completo pago; más la sumas de $25,307.08 en seguro hipotecario; $1,164.23 de impuestos; $4,234.34 en seguro; $800.00 de tasaciones; $760.00 de inspecciones; $1,610.00 de adelantos pendientes; más la cantidad de 10% del pagare original en la suma de $30,000.00, para gastos, costas y honorarios de

The San Juan Daily Star abogado. A tenor con la Regla 44.3 de Procedimiento Civil se condena a la parte demandada a pagar intereses aplicables sobre el importe de la presente sentencia incluyendo costas y honorarios de abogado, desde esta fecha y hasta que sea satisfecha. La venta en pública subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA, si esto fuera necesario, a los efectos de que cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha subasta. Se notifica a todos los interesados que las actas y demás constancias del expediente de este caso están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables para ser examinadas por los (las) interesados (as). Y para su publicación en el periódico The San Juan Daily Star, que es un diario de circulación general en la isla de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, así como para su publicación en los sitios públicos de Puerto Rico. Expedido en Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, hoy 12 de diciembre de 2023. FRANCES TORRES CONTRERAS, ALGUACIL REGIONAL.

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REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING LLC Demandante Vs.

SUCESION GENOVEVA NIEVES MONTES T/C/C GENOVEVA NIEVESMONTE COMPUESTA POR MARIA ARLENE HERNANDEZ NIEVES; JOHN ROE Y JANE ROE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; SUCESION ELISA NIEVES MONTES T/C/C ELISA N. ROSADO T/C/C ELISA NIEVES COMPUESTA POR ANGEL MANUEL ROSADO NIEVES; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE

AMERICA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES

Demandados Civil Núm.: CA2022CV01733.

Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: LA PARTE DEMANDADA, AL (A LA) SECRETARIO(A) DE HACIENDA DE PUERTO RICO Y AL PÚBLICO GENERAL:

Certifico y Hago Constar: Que en cumplimiento con el Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por el (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Carolina, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América y/o Giro Postal y Cheque Certificado, en mi oficina ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, el 29 DE ENERO DE 2024, A LAS 11:15 DE LA MAÑANA, todo derecho título, participación o interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar radicado en el barrio Canóvanas del término municipal de Loíza, marcado con el número 748 el bloque “T” del plano de inscripción de la Urbanización Loíza Valley, con una cabida superficial de 390.00 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, en 30.00 metros con el solar número 749 del bloque “T”; por el SUR, en 30.00 metros con el solar número 747 del Bloque “T; por el ESTE, en 13.00 metros con los solares números 778 y 779 pero según plano es con el solar número 778 del bloque “T”; y por el OESTE, en 30.00 metros con la calle María número 28. Enclava una casa de una planta y construida de concreto reforzado y bloques de concreto para fines residenciales.”

Consta inscrita al folio 293 del tomo 33 de Canóvanas, finca número 2277, Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección III. La Hipoteca Revertida consta inscrita al Tomo Karibe, finca número 2277 de Canóvanas, Registro de Carolina, Sección III, inscripción 6ª. Propiedad localizada en: URB. LOIZA VALLEY, T-748 CALLE MARIA,

The San Juan Daily Star CANOVANAS, PR 00729. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas anteriores o preferentes: Nombre del Titular: N/A. Suma de la Carga: N/A. Fecha de Vencimiento: N/A. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas posteriores a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante: Nombre del Titular: Secretario de la Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano. Suma de la Carga: $184,500.00.

Fecha de Vencimiento: 3 de enero de 2084. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad de la propiedad y que todas las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito ejecutante antes descritos, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes.

El rematante acepta dichas cargas y gravámenes anteriores, y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se establece como tipo de mínima subasta la suma de $184,500.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la escritura de hipoteca. De ser necesaria una SEGUNDA SUBASTA por declararse desierta la primera, la misma se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, el 5 DE FEBRERO DE 2024, A LAS 11:15 DE LA MAÑANA, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $123,000.00, 2/3 partes del tipo mínima establecido originalmente. Si tampoco se produce remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se establece como mínima para la TERCERA SUBASTA, la suma de $92,250.00, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, el 12 DE FEBRERO DE 2024, A LAS 11:15 DE LA MAÑANA. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para, con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante, el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor ascendente la suma de $83,847.56 por concepto de principal, más la suma de $22,476.40 en intereses acumulados al 2 de septiembre de 2022 y los cuales continúan acumulándose a razón de 4.724% anual hasta su total y completo pago; más la sumas de $6,690.86 en seguro hipotecario; $528.15 en seguro; $550.00 de tasaciones; $195.00 de inspecciones; $370.00 en preservación; más la cantidad de 10% del pagare original en la suma de $18,450.00, para gastos, costas y honorarios de abogado,

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esta última habrá de devengar intereses al máximo del tipo legal fijado por la oficina del Comisionado de Instituciones Financieras aplicable a esta fecha, desde este mismo día hasta su total y completo saldo. La venta en pública subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA, si esto fuera necesario, a los efectos de que cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha subasta.

Se notifica a todos los interesados que las actas y demás constancias del expediente de este caso están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables para ser examinadas por los (las) interesados (as). Y para su publicación en el periódico The San Juan Daily Star, que es un diario de circulación general en la isla de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, así como para su publicación en los sitios públicos de Puerto Rico. Expedido en Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy 7 de diciembre de 2023. José R. Cristóbal, Alguacil Regional.

Héctor L. Peña Rodríguez, Alguacil Placa #278.

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LIME HOMES, LTD. Parte demandante Vs.

IVÁN FUENTES ARVELO Y ENEIDA CRUZ MÉNDEZ

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: ACD2014-0002.

Sala Núm.: (604). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: IVÁN FUENTES ARVELO y ENEIDA CRUZ MÉNDEZ: Y AL PÚBLICO EN GENERAL:

El Alguacil que suscribe, certifica y hace constar que en cumplimiento de Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Aguadilla, procederé a vender en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América. Todo pago recibido por el (la) Alguacil por

concepto de subastas será en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del (de la) Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Todo derecho, título, participación e interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: RUSTICA: Parcela marcada con el número ciento cuarenta (140) en el plano de parcelación de la Comunidad Rural Planas del Barrio Planas del término municipal de Isabela, con una cabida superficial de trescientos ochenta y siete punto treinta y seis metros cuadrados (387.36 mc), en lindespor el NORTE, con calle número nueve (9) de la comunidad; por el SUR, con parcela número ciento cuarenta y tres (143) de la comunidad; por el ESTE, con parcela número ciento cuarenta y uno (141) de la comunidad; y por el OESTE, con parcela número ciento treinta y nueve (139) de la comunidad. Enclava una residencia de hormigón y bloques destinada a vivienda, con dos (2) dormitorios, salacomedor, cocina, baño y marquesina. Consta inscrita al folio 203 del tomo 345 de Isabela, finca número #18,722, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Aguadilla. La propiedad está localizada en la siguiente dirección: Carretera 457KM 2.2 Int., Bo. Planas, Isabela, Puerto Rico 00662. Por ser este caso en cobro de dinero, no tiene tipo mínimo. Según figura en el Estudio de título, la propiedad objeto de embargo está gravada al siguiente Gravamen posterior a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante: La SUBASTA, se llevará a cabo el día 23 DE ENERO DE 2024 A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en mis oficinas sitas en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Aguadilla, en área del sótano al final del pasillo, cuya venta en pública subasta se ordenó mediante la Orden de Ejecución de Embargo de fecha 21 de noviembre de 2023. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo, para con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante los términos de la Sentencia dictada a su favor dictada el día 18 de septiembre de 2012, a saber: Suma Principal de $100,377.06, más los intereses acumulados sobre dicha suma a razón de la tasa de 7.00% anual desde el 1ro de junio de 2008, hasta su total y completo pago, más la suma de $10,880.00, para el pago de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados, más los cargos por demora por concepto de mensualidades impagadas, y teniendo ésta el efecto de un auto posesorio, pondrá al comprador en la subasta, si así se lo solicita, en posesión material de la propiedad vendida dentro

de veinte (20) días, según establece la Regla 51.3 de Procedimiento Civil de Puerto Rico.

Para más información, a las personas interesadas se les notifica que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal, durante las horas laborables. Este EDICTO DE SUBASTA, se publicará en los lugares públicos correspondientes y en un periódico de circulación general en la jurisdicción de Puerto Rico. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes.

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

Una vez confirmada la Venta Judicial por el Honorable Tribunal, se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente Escritura de Venta Judicial y se pondrá al comprador en posesión física del inmueble, de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Se informa que la propiedad objeto de ejecución se adquiere libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Expedido en Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, a 14 de diciembre de 2023. CAROL CHALMERS SOTO, ALGUACIL REGIONAL PLACA #526.

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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante v.

ANTHONY ROMERO MAISONET; SANDRA LEE CARRIÓN OSORIO

Demandados CIVIL NÚM: FA2021CV00998 (307). SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE GARANTÍAS. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS.

A: PUBLICO EN GENERAL

El Alguacil del Tribunal que suscribe anuncia y hace constar: A. Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento que me ha sido dirigido por la Secretaria del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Puerto Rico, Sala de Fajardo, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor de contado y en moneda de curso legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América y cuyo pago se efectuará en efectivo, giro postal o cheque

certificado a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, todo derecho, título o interés que tenga la Parte Demandada en el bien inmueble que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar de forma regular marcado con el número treinta y seis (36) del Bloque “M”, con cabida de trescientos treinta y cinco punto cuarenta (235.40) metros cuadrados de la Urbanización Extensión Alamar, radicada en el Barrio Sabana del término municipal de Luquillo, Puerto Rico. En lindes por el NORTE, en once punto setenta y siete (11.77) metros, con la Calle “M”; por el SUR, en once punto setenta y siete (11.77) metros, con Río Sabana; por el ESTE, en veinte (20.00) metros, con el solar “M” treinta y siete; y por el OESTE, en veinte (20.00) metros, con el solar “M” treinta y cinco y servidumbre de paso del sistema pluvial a nombre del Municipio de Luquillo, Puerto Rico. En dicho solar enclava una estructura de hormigón y bloques de una sola planta para vivienda de una familia. Dirección Física: Urb. Extensión Alamar, M-36 Calle M, Luquillo, Puerto Rico 00773. Finca 10,258, inscrita al folio 280 del tomo 187 de Luquillo, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Fajardo. B. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado están de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante las horas laborables bajo el epígrafe de este caso.

C. Que se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. D. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para satisfacer a la parte demandante el importe de la sentencia que ha obtenido ascendente a la suma principal de $61,853.14, la suma de $25,923.56, que incluye intereses según pactados, cargos por demora y otros cargos, que se acumulan diariamente hasta su total y completo pago, más la suma de 10% del principal, por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado. La primera subasta se celebrará el día 7 de febrero de 2024 a las 3:00 PM en la Oficina del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Fajardo, por el tipo mínimo de $72,522.00. De declararse desierta dicha subasta se celebrará una segunda subasta el día 14 de febrero

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de 2024 a las 3:00 PM, en el mismo lugar antes mencionado. El precio para la segunda subasta lo será 2/3 partes del precio mínimo de la primera, o sea, $48,348.00. De declararse desierta dicha segunda subasta, se celebrará una tercera subasta el día 22 de febrero de 2024 a las 3:00 PM en el mismo lugar antes mencionado. El precio para la tercera subasta lo será 1/2 del precio mínimo de la primera, o sea, $36,261.00.

Y PARA QUE ASÍ CONSTE, y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general y por un término de catorce (14) días en los sitios públicos conforme a la ley, expido la presente bajo mi firma y sello de este tribunal, hoy 28 de diciembre de 2023 en Fajardo, Puerto Rico. DENISE BRUNO ORTIZ, Alguacil Auxilar #266. JORGE A. ORTIZ ESTRADA, Alguacil Regional Interino #622.

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FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO Demandante v.

LUIS A. VIERA PEREZ

Demandado CIVIL NÚM. SJ2023CV03689 (908). Sobre: INCUMPLIMIENTO DE CONTRATO; COBRO DE DINERO Y REPOSESIÓN. EDICTO DE SUBASTA.

AL PUBLICO EN GENERAL; A LA PARTE DEMANDADA Y A LOS TENEDORES DE GRAVÁMENES POSTERIORES

YO: ANGEL GÓMEZ GÓMEZ, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas, al público en general: CERTIFICO Y HAGO SABER. Cumpliendo con un Mandamiento de Venta de Ejecución de Sentencia del Secretario del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón, venderé en pública subasta al mejor postor en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos, el cual se encuentra en el Lote de Firstbank localizado en: Centro Industrial Rio Cañas, Calle North, Lote 1516, Carr. 175, Entrada Carrraízo, Caguas, Puerto Rico, el día 2 de febrero de 2024 a las 11:00 de la mañana el siguiente bien mueble:

Marca: TOYOTA Modelo: YARIS Número de Serie: 3MYDLBYV8KY508098 Año: 2019

La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer hasta donde sea posible, para responder por las siguientes cantidades a la parte demandante

al 19 de abril de 2023, acumulaba como deuda las siguientes cantidades: $23,413.00 de principal, más $2,319.61 por concepto de intereses acumulados a razón del 18.45% anual los cuales se continúan acumulando hasta el total y completo pago de la deuda; más $142.28 de cargos por mora los cuales se continúan acumulando hasta el total y completo pago de la deuda; más $106.50 de cargos; más una suma equivalente a 5% del total adeudado para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado según pactado. Por tal razón dicho producto será consignado judicialmente para que su desembolso esté condicionado a la ulterior resolución por el Tribunal con competencia sobre el caso de epígrafe.

Se apercibe a todos los interesados que el vehículo objeto de la subasta se encuentra localizada en el Centro Industrial Rio Cañas, Calle North, Lote 1516, Carr. 175, Entrada Carrraízo, Caguas, Puerto Rico, por lo que todo aquel que quiera participar de su subasta podrá pasar por dicha localización, en horas laborables, previo a su celebración, para inspeccionarlo físicamente. La subasta se llevará a cabo el día y a la hora señalada habiendo las personas interesadas inspeccionado o no el mencionado bien. En adición, por la presente se informa que siendo la propiedad a subastarse un bien mueble no habrá tipo mínimo en la misma, por lo que el vehículo será adjudicado al mejor postor en ese momento. La forma de pago deberá ser en efectivo, giro o cheque de gerente a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Si se declarase desierta la subasta, se dará por terminado este procedimiento pudiendo adjudicarse el acreedor el vehículo dentro de los diez (10) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada, si ésta fuera igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la subasta, y abonándose dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta fuere mayor. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán manifiestos en la Secretaría del Tribunal con competencia sobre el caso de epígrafe durante horas laborables. De acuerdo con el mejor conocimiento de la parte demandante, la propiedad antes descrita que ha de venderse en subasta no tiene gravámenes anteriores, ni posteriores. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación y que las cargas preferentes, si alguna continuará subsistente; entendiéndose que el remanente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad del mismo, sin destinarse a su extinción el

precio del remate. Para la publicación de este Edicto en un periódico de circulación general una vez por semana durante dos (2) semanas consecutivas, y para la colocación del mismo en tres (3) sitios públicos visibles del municipio en que se celebre la subasta, al igual que en el municipio en que reside la parte demandada, libro el presente en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy 27 de diciembre de 2023.

EDGARDO ALDEBOL MIRANDA, ALGUAXIL AUXILIAR, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS. ***

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FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO Demandante v.

CALEB RIVERA TORRES

Demandado CIVIL NÚM.: TJ2023CV00587.

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.

A: CALEB RIVERA TORRES FISICA Y POSTAL: COOPERATIVA CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA 1 AVE. PERIFERAL, APT 207 TRUJILLO ALTO, PUERTO RICO 00976-2123 DE: FIRSTBANK 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. ramajudicial.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 Cobro de Dinero; la parte demandante solicita que se condene a la parte demandada a pagar: la suma principal de $33,591.30 por la tarjeta bancaria número xxxxxxxx-xxxx-9647; más una suma por costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado. Se le apercibe que, si dejare de hacerlo, se dictará contra usted sentencia en rebeldía, concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la deman-

24 da, sin más citarle ni oírle.

Lcdo. José Antonio Lamas Burgos Abogado Número 15693 PO Box 194089, San Juan, PR 00919 Teléfono: (787) 296-9500 Correo Electrónico: jlamas@lvprlaw.com EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y Sello del Tribunal, hoy: 8 de enero de 2024. Lic. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SEC. REGIONAL. DENISSE TORRES RUIZ, Sub-Secretaria.

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

RUBEN D CARRAZCO MEDINA

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: SJ2023CV07329.

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

A: RUBEN D CARRAZCO MEDINA - COND VILLA PANAMERICA EDIF D APT 401, SAN JUAN PR 00924.

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: https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. php/tribunal-electronico, 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, Natalie Bonaparte Servera cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección natalie.bonaparte@orf-law.com y a la dirección notiflcaciones@ orf-law.com.

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RIA. JESSICA SOTO PAGÁN, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYA- Instancia, Sala de Bayamón, en SECRETARIA AUXILIAR. el caso civil número DCD2011MÓN SALA SUPERIOR BANCO POPULAR DE 2002, seguido por Doral Bank, LEGAL NOTICE contra Neysa Colón Pérez, por PUERTO RICO la suma de $187,909.35 mas ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO Demandante V. DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNEYSA COLÓN PÉREZ intereses, anotado el día 16 de agosto de 2019, al tomo KariNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA Demandada SALA DE MAYAGÜEZ be de Vega Alta, finca número Civil Núm.: DCD2011-2302.

16,136, anotación A. El producISLAND PORTFOLIO Sala: 506. Sobre: COBRO DE to de la subasta se destinará a SERVICES, LLC, DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIsatisfacer al demandante hasta COMO AGENTE DE POTECA. ESTADOS UNIDOS donde alcance, la SENTENCIA FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDEN- dictada a su favor, el día 10 de TE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIFUND, LLC. noviembre de 2011 y notificada DOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASODemandante Vs. el 22 de noviembre de 2011, CIADO DE PUERTO RICO, JUAN C NEGRON BAEZ por la cantidad de $187,909.35 SS. AVISO DE SUBASTA. El Demandado de principal, más los intereses que suscribe, Alguacil del TribuCivil Núm.: MZ2022CV01793. que se acumulan conforme nal de Primera Instancia, Sala Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. pactados a razón del 5.45% Superior, Centro Judicial de BaEMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICanual desde el día 1 de agosyamón, Bayamón, Puerto Rico, TO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE to de 2009 hasta la total satishago saber, a la parte demanAMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE facción de la deuda, más los dada y al PÚBLICO EN GENEDE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, recargos por mora pactados y RAL: Que en cumplimiento del EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIAlas partidas por seguro hipoteMandamiento de Ejecución de DO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. cario, más una cantidad equivaSentencia expedido el día 18 lente al 10% del principal para A: JUAN C. de enero de 2022, por la Secostas, gastos y honorarios NEGRON BÁEZ cretaría del Tribunal, procederé URB. BUENAVENTURA a vender y venderé en pública de abogado; y demás créditos accesorios garantizados hipo8045, CALLE NARDO, subasta y al mejor postor la pro- tecariamente. La adjudicación MAYAGÜEZ, PR 00682. piedad que ubica y se describe se hará al mejor postor, quien POR LA PRESENTE se le a continuación: URBANA: Solar deberá consignar el importe emplaza y requiere para que número 16 del Bloque “A”, en el de su oferta en el acto mismo conteste la demanda dentro de plano de Las Palmas de Cerro de la adjudicación, en efectivo los treinta (30) días siguientes Gordo, en el Barrio Cerro Gor- (moneda del curso legal de los a la publicación de este Edicto. do de Vega Alta, con un área de Estados Unidos de América), Usted deberá presentar su ale- 405.273 metros cuadrados. En giro postal o cheque certificado gación responsiva a través del lindes por el NORTE, en 15.20 a nombre del alguacil del TribuSistema Unificado de Manejo y metros, con la Carretera Es- nal. LA PRIMERA SUBASTA se Administración de Casos (SU- tatal número 690; por el SUR, llevará a efecto el día 7 DE FEMAC), la cual puede acceder en 15.81 metros, con la Calle BRERO DE 2024 A LAS 10:45 utilizando la siguiente direc- Juan Nater; por el ESTE, en DE LA MAÑANA, en el cuarto ción electrónica: https://unired. 25.29 metros, con solar núme- piso, Oficina de Alguaciles de ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se ro 15 del mismo bloque y por Subastas de Centro Judicial represente por derecho propio, el OESTE, en 25.94 metros, de Bayamón, Bayamón, Puerto en cuyo caso deberá presentar con solar número 17 del mismo Rico. El precio mínimo fijado su alegación responsiva en la bloque. Enclava en este solar para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es secretaría del tribunal. Si usted una casa de concreto. Inscrita por la cantidad de $211,450.00. deja de presentar su alegación al folio 126 del tomo 274 de Que de ser necesaria la ceresponsiva dentro del referido Vega Alta, Registro de la Pro- lebración de una SEGUNDA término, el tribunal podrá dic- piedad de Bayamón, Sección SUBASTA la misma se llevará tar sentencia en rebeldía en Tercera, finca número 16,136. a efecto el día 14 DE FEBREsu contra y conceder el reme- La propiedad ubica en: 16 Las RO DE 2024 A LAS 10:45 DE dio solicitado en la demanda o Palmas de Cerro Gordo, Vega LA MAÑANA, en el cuarto piso, cualquier otro sin más citarle ni Alta, Puerto Rico. Además, el Oficina de Alguaciles de Suoírle, si el tribunal en el ejerci- Alguacil que suscribe, hago sa- bastas de Centro Judicial de cio de su sana discreción, lo en- ber a todos los acreedores que Bayamón, Bayamón, Puerto tiende procedente. El sistema tengan inscritos o anotados Rico. El precio mínimo para SUMAC notificará copia a los sus derechos sobre los bienes la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será abogados de la parte deman- hipotecados con posterioridad de $140,966.66, equivalentes dante, el Lcdo. Edwin Serrano a la inscripción del crédito del a dos terceras (2/3) partes del cuyas direcciones son: P.O. ejecutante, o de los acreedores tipo mínimo estipulado para la Box 71418 San Juan, Puer- de cargas o derechos reales PRIMERA subasta. Que de ser to Rico 00936-8518, teléfono que los hubiesen pospuesto necesaria la celebración de una (787) 993-3731 a la dirección a la hipoteca ejecutada y las TERCERA SUBASTA la misma edwin.serrano@orf-law.com y personas interesadas en, o con se llevará a efecto el día 21 a la dirección notificaciones@ derecho a exigir el cumplimien- DE FEBRERO DE 2024 A LAS orf-law.com.

EXTENDIDO to de instrumentos negociables 10:45 DE LA MAÑANA, en el BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del garantizados hipotecariamente cuarto piso, Oficina de AlguaciTribunal, en Mayagüez, Puerto con posterioridad al crédito eje- les de Subastas de Centro JuRico, hoy día 03 de noviem- cutado, siempre que surjan de dicial de Bayamón, Bayamón, bre de 2023. En Mayagüez, la certificación registral, para Puerto Rico. El precio mínimo Puerto Rico, el 03 de noviem- que puedan concurrir a la su- para la TERCERA SUBASTA bre de 2023. LCDA. NORMA basta si les convenga o satisfa- será de $105,725.00, equivaG. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SE- cer antes del remate el importe lentes a la mitad (1/2) del tipo CRETARIA. JOSSIE D. BOBÉ del crédito, de sus intereses, mínimo estipulado para la PRIRODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA costas y honorarios de aboga- MERA subasta. Si se declarase dos asegurados, quedando enAUXILIAR. desierta la tercera subasta, se tonces subrogados en los dereadjudicará la finca a favor del LEGAL NOTICE chos del acreedor ejecutante: acreedor por la totalidad de la Aviso de Demanda de fecha 12 ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO cantidad adeudada si ésta es de septiembre de 2011, expeDE PUERTO RICO TRIBUigual o menor que el monto del NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA dido en el Tribunal de Primera 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 de diciembre de 2015 conocida como “Ley del Registro de la Propiedad Inmueble del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico”. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquiere libre de toda carga y gravamen que afecte la mencionada finca según el Artículo 102, inciso 6. Una vez confirmada la venta judicial por el Honorable Tribunal, se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura de venta judicial y se pondrá al comprador en posesión física del inmueble de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda aquella persona o personas que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, y para conocimiento de todos los licitadores y el público en general, el presente Edicto se publicará por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas, con un intervalo de por lo menos siete días entre ambas publicaciones, en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico y se fijará además en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio en que ha de celebrarse dicha venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante, o 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 pueden concurrir a la subasta si les convienen 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.

Se les informa, por último, que: a. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la secretaría del tribunal durante las horas laborables. b. Que se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes.

Se entenderá, que el rematante 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 Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 21 de diciembre de 2023.

ALGUACIL MARIBEL LANZAR VELAZQUEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #735, DIVISIÓN DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN.

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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante V.

de 2005; tienen la opción de aceptar o repudiar la herencia del causante, dentro del término de 30 días a partir de su emplazamiento. De no expresar su intención de aceptar o repudiar dicha herencia dentro del término que se le fijó para contestar a la demanda incoada en su contra, la herencia se tendrá por aceptada, así como el presente emplazamiento.

ABOGADOS DE LA PARTE DEMANDANTE: Lcdo. Reggie Díaz Hernández RUANUM.: 16,393 BERMUDEZ & DIAZ LLP Attorneys at Law Suite 209 500 Calle de la Tanca San Juan, Puerto Rico 00901 Tel.: (787) 523-2670 Fax: (787) 523-2664 rdíazbdprlaw.com EXTENDIDO BAJO Ml FIRMA y el Sello del Tribunal, hoy 26 de diciembre de 2023. LISILDA MARTÍNEZ AGOSTO, SECRETARIA. ENEIDA ARROYO VÉLEZ, SUB-SECRETARIA.

este Tribunal, hoy 22 de diciembre de 2023. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA GENERAL. MARITZA ROSARIO ROSARIO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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PALMAS DEL MAR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. Demandante V.

ANGEL L. PIÑEIRO RIVERA

LA SUCESIÓN DE Demandado(a) DEMETRIO DIAZ Caso Núm.: HU2022CV01511.

(Salón: 206). Sobre: COBRO FLORES COMPUESTA DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. POR XYZ (HEREDEROS NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENDESCONOCIDOS); CIA POR EDICTO. LA SUCESIÓN DE JOSÉ R. GONZÁLEZ RIVERA, JRG@ LUCIA FLORES DIAZ GONZALEZMORALES.COM. COMPUESTA POR A: ANGEL L. PIÑEIRO LEGAL NOTICE ENEIDA FLORES T/C/C ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO RIVERA; DIRECCION; ENEIDA LOPEZ POR SÍ Y DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- 442 WILFRED TERRACE, COMO MIEMBRO DE LA NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CLIFFSIDE PARK, NJ SUCESIÓN, JOHN DOE Y CENTRO JUDICIAL DE VEGA 07010; P/C LCDO. JOSE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE ALTA R. GONZALEZ RIVERA. BANCO POPULAR DE (Nombre de las partes que se le BIENES GANANCIALES notifican la sentencia por edicto) PUERTO RICO COMPUESTA POR EL SECRETARIO(A) que susDemandante V. AMBOS; Y CRIM cribe le notifica a usted que el JULIA MARÍA Demandadas 29 de diciembre de 2023, este SANTIAGO OLIVERAS Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Civil Núm.: CG2023CV04244.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO E INTERPELACIÓN. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

Demandados Civil Núm.: VA2023CV00006.

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

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al Tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento, notificando copia de la misma al abogado de la parte demandante. 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, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente.

Se le advierte, además, a los herederos que, conforme al caso de Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria vs. Latinoamericana de Exportación, Inc., 2005 TSPR 50, Op. De 22 de abril

publicación del presente 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. Se le apercibe que, de no contestar la demanda dentro del término aquí estipulado, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia sin más citarle ni oírle. Los abogados de la parte demandante son: Lcdo. Guillermo A. Somoza Colombani, P.O. Box 366603, San Juan, PR 009366603. Tel. (787) 919-0073, Fax (787) 641-5016. Expido este edicto bajo mi firma y sello de

A: “XYX, JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE” COMO A: JULIA MARÍA POSIBLES HEREDEROS SANTIAGO OLIVERAS. DESCONOCIDOS DE Por la presente se le emplaza LAS SUCESIONES DE y notifica que debe contestar la DEMETRIO DIAZ FLORES demanda dentro del término de Y LUCIA FLORES DIAZ”. treinta (30) días a partir de la

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 02 de enero de 2024.

En Humaceo, Puerto Rico, el 02 de enero de 2024. EVELYN FÉLIX VÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA. KEYLA PÉREZ FIGUEROA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Calle Ecuador, en diecisiete punto cero cero metros (17.00 m.).” Enclava una casa. Finca Demandante Vs. número 13,720, inscrita al folio SUCESION DE LEONOR 241 del tomo 211 de Bayamón FIGUEROA CARRILLO Sur, Registro de la Propiedad T/C/C LEONOR de Bayamón, Sección I. La Hipoteca Revertida consta inscriFIGUEROA T/C/C ta al tomo Karibe, finca 13,720 LEONOR FIGUEROA de Bayamón Sur, Registro de la DE VILLANUEVA COMPUESTA POR JOHN Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección I, inscripción 13ª. PropieDOE Y JANE DOE COMO dad localizada en: URB. EXT. POSIBLES HEREDEROS FOREST HILLS, U-389 CALLE DESCONOCIDOS; ECUADOR, BAYAMON, PUERESTADOS UNIDOS DE TO RICO 00959. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la AMERICA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes INGRESOS MUNICIPALES cargas anteriores o preferenDemandados tes: Nombre del Titular: N/A. Civil Núm.: BY2023CV03128.

Suma de la Carga: N/A. Fecha Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOde Vencimiento: N/A. Según TECA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. figuran en la certificación reESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉgistral, la propiedad objeto de RICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE ejecución está gravada por LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL las siguientes cargas posterioESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO res a la inscripción del crédito DE PUERTO RICO, SS. ejecutante: Nombre del Titular: A: LA PARTE Secretario de la Vivienda y DEMANDADA, AL (A Desarrollo Urbano. Suma de LA) SECRETARIO(A) DE la Carga: $211,500.00. Fecha HACIENDA DE PUERTO de Vencimiento: 6 de mayo de 2084. Se entenderá que todo RICO Y AL PÚBLICO licitador acepta como bastante GENERAL: la titularidad de la propiedad Certifico y Hago Constar: Que y que todas las cargas y graen cumplimiento con el Mandavámenes anteriores y los premiento de Ejecución de Sentenferentes al crédito ejecutante cia que me ha sido dirigido por antes descritos, si los hubiere, el (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal continuarán subsistentes. El de Primera Instancia, Sala Surematante acepta dichas carperior de Bayamón, en el caso gas y gravámenes anteriores, de epígrafe, venderé en pública y queda subrogado en la ressubasta y al mejor postor, por ponsabilidad de los mismos, separado, de contado y por mosin destinarse a su extinción el neda de curso legal de los Estaprecio del remate. Se establece dos Unidos de América y/o Giro como tipo de mínima subasta la Postal y Cheque Certificado, en suma de $141,000.00, según mi oficina ubicada en el Tribunal acordado entre las partes en el de Primera Instancia, Sala de precio pactado en la escritura Bayamón, Cuarto Piso, Oficina de hipoteca. De ser necesaria de Alguaciles de Subastas, el 6 una SEGUNDA SUBASTA por DE FEBRERO DE 2024, A LAS declararse desierta la primera, 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, todo la misma se celebrará en mi derecho título, participación oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal o interés que le corresponda de Primera Instancia, Sala de a la parte demandada o cualBayamón, Cuarto Piso, Oficina quiera de ellos en el inmueble de Alguaciles de Subastas, el hipotecado objeto de ejecución 13 DE FEBRERO DE 2024, A que se describe a continuación: LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, “URBANA: Solar numero Tresy se establece como mínima cientos Ochenta y Nueve (389) para dicha segunda subasta la del Bloque “U” del plano de suma de $94,000.00, 2/3 parinscripción de la Urbanización tes del tipo mínima establecido Forest Hills Extensión, situada originalmente. Si tampoco se en el Barrio Cero Gordo de la produce remate ni adjudicación Municipalidad de Bayamón, en la segunda subasta, se esPuerto Rico, con una área de tablece como mínima para la Trescientos Cincuenta y Cuatro TERCERA SUBASTA, la suma Punto Treinta y Siete Metros de $70,500.00, la mitad (1/2) Cuadrados (354.37 M.C). En del precio pactado y dicha sulindes por el Norte, con el Solar basta se celebrará en mi oficiNumero Trescientos Ochenta y na, ubicada en el Tribunal de Siete (387), en veintiuno punto Primera Instancia, Sala de Bacero cero metros (21.00 m.); yamón, Cuarto Piso, Oficina de por el Sur, con Calle Venecia, Alguaciles de Subastas, el 20 en veintiuno punto cero cero DE FEBRERO DE 2024, A LAS metros (21.00 m.); por el Este, 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA. Dicha con el Solar Numero Seteciensubasta se llevará a cabo para, tos Cincuenta (750), en diecicon su producto satisfacer a la siete punto cero cero metros parte demandante, el importe (17.00 m.), y por el Oeste, con de la Sentencia dictada a su

Wednesday, January 10, 2024 favor ascendente a la suma de $124,556.31 por concepto de principal, más la suma de 38,305.99 en intereses acumulados 15 de agosto de 2023 y los cuales continúan acumulándose a razón de 3.529% anual hasta su total y completo pago; más la sumas de $6,679.19 en seguro hipotecario; $5,915.00 de cargos por servicio; $2,661.26 de seguro de la propiedad; $1,500.00 de tasaciones; $760.00 de inspecciones; $9,736.40 en mantenimiento a la propiedad; $4,138.80 en adelantos pendientes; más la cantidad de 10% del pagare original en la suma de $14,100.00, para gastos, costas y honorarios de abogado. A tenor con la Regla 44.3 de Procedimiento Civil se condena a la parte demandada a pagar intereses aplicables sobre el importe de la presente sentencia incluyendo costas y honorarios de abogado, desde esta fecha y hasta que sea satisfecha. La venta en pública subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA, si esto fuera necesario, a los efectos de que cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha subasta. Se notifica a todos los interesados que las actas y demás constancias del expediente de este caso están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables para ser examinadas por los (las) interesados (as). Y para su publicación en el periódico The San Juan Daily Star, que es un diario de circulación general en la isla de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, así como para su publicación en los sitios públicos de Puerto Rico. Expedido en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy 22 de diciembre de 2023. FRANCES TORRES CONTRERAS, ALGUACIL REGIONAL. MARIBEL LANZAR VELÁZQUEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #735.

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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante Vs.

WALTER IVAN MEDINA DIAZ; WANDA IVETTE DIAZ CORTES

Demandados Civil Núm.: HU2023CV01647.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO

(EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA). EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: WALTER IVAN MEDINA DIAZ; WANDA IVETTE DIAZ CORTES.

POR EL PRESENTE EDICTO se le notifica que se ha radicado en esta Secretaría por la parte demandante, Demanda sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca por la Vía Ordinaria en la que se alega adeuda la suma principal de $64,327.90, incluye la suma de $2,602.57 de principal diferido, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 6.375% anual, desde el día 1ro de mayo de 2023, hasta su completo pago, más recargos acumulados, más la cantidad de $7,125.00, estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, así como cualquier otra suma estipulada en el contrato de préstamo, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. La propiedad hipotecada a ser vendida en pública subasta es: URBANA: Solar radicado en el BARRIO LIMONES del Sector Poblado Laura de Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, compuesto de TRESCIENTOS CUARENTA Y CINCO PUNTO VEINTICINCO (345.25) METROS CUADRADOS; en lindes por el NORTE, con la Calle El Guano; por el SUR, con Sucesión Inocencio Vega; por el ESTE, con Facundo Isern Moctezuma; y por el OESTE, con Cesaria Arroyo. La escritura de hipoteca se encuentra inscrita al folio 365 del tomo 292 de Yabucoa, Registro de la Propiedad de Humacao, finca número 5,981, inscripción octava. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido publicado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día de la publicación. 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: https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que el caso sea un expediente físico o que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal y notificar copia de la misma al (a la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante o a ésta, de no tener representación legal. 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, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Además, se le apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 57-2023, titulada Ley para la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar y para la Seguridad, Bienestar y Protección de los Menores, entre los remedios que el Tribunal podrá conceder se incluyen la ubicación permanente de un (una) menor fuera de su hogar, el inicio de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquier otra medida en el mejor interés del (de la) menor. (Artículo 33, incisos b y f de la Ley Núm. 57-2023).

Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. ta información del (de la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante es la siguiente: Lcda. Adella Surillo Gutiérrez RUA Núm. 5358 Bufete Collazo, Connelly & Surillo, LLC P.O. Box 11550 San Juan, P.R. 00922-1550 Tel. (787) 625-9999 Fax (787) 705-7387 E-mail: asurillo@lawpr.com Se le notifica también por la presente que la parte demandante habrá de presentar para su anotación al Registrador de la Propiedad del Distrito en que está situada la propiedad objeto de este pleito, un aviso de estar pendiente esta acción.

Para publicarse conforme a la Orden dictada por el Tribunal en un periódico de circulación general.EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto que firmo y sello en Humacao, Puerto Rico, hoy 4 de enero de 2024. EVELYN FÉLIX VÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. LISA M. FIGUEROA RUIZ, SUB-SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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PEDRO J. CENTENO LEBRON

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: CY2023CV00018.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO REGLA 60. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. KEVIN SÁNCHEZ CAMPANERO, KEVIN.SANCHEZ@ORFLAW.COM.

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notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 02 de enero de 2024, 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 04 de enero de 2024. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 04 de enero de 2024.

LISILDA MARTÍNEZ AGOSTO, SECRETARIA. GLORIMAR RIVERA RIVERA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

solución, 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 04 de enero de 2024.

En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 04 de enero de 2024. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. MIRCIENID GONZÁLEZ TORRES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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NASHALY SANTOS CLEMENTE

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: BY2023CV03322.

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AIDA M ORTIZ RODRIGUEZ

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 de 04 de enero de 2024. En BAYAMÓN, Puerto Rico, el 04 de enero de 2024. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. MIRCIENID GONZÁLEZ TORRES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: CD2023CV00117.

(Salón: 704). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. LEGAL NOTICE NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO CIA POR EDICTO. EDWIN OMAR SERRANO PEÑA, DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUEDWIN.SERRANO@ORF-LAW.COM. NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA A: AIDA M. ORTIZ CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BARODRIGUEZ. YAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE (Nombre de las partes que se le BAYAMÓN notifican la sentencia por edicto) ISLAND PORTFOLIO EL SECRETARIO(A) que susSERVICES, LLC COMO cribe le notifica a usted que el AGENTE DE ACE ONE 02 DE ENERO DE 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, FUNDING, LLC Sentencia Parcial o Resolución Demandante V. RAFAEL J COLON AYMAT en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: GB2023CV00460. en autos donde podrá usted enSobre: COBRO DE DINERO - terarse detalladamente de los REGLA 60. NOTIFICACIÓN DE términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. vez en un periódico de circulaKEVIN SÁNCHEZ CAMPANERO, KEVIN.SANCHEZ@ORF-LAW.COM. ción general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días A: RAFAEL J siguientes a su notificación. Y, COLON AYMAT. siendo o representando usted (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) una parte en el procedimiento EL SECRETARIO(A) que sus- sujeta a los términos de la Sencribe le notifica a usted que tencia, Sentencia Parcial o Reel 03 de enero de 2024, este solución, de la cual puede esTribunal ha dictado Sentencia, tablecerse recurso de revisión LEGAL NOTICE Sentencia Parcial o Resolución o apelación dentro del término en este caso, que ha sido debi- de 30 días contados a partir ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO damente registrada y archivada de la publicación por edicto de DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUen autos donde podrá usted en- esta notificación, dirijo a usted NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA terarse detalladamente de los esta notificación que se consi- CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN términos de la misma. Esta no- derará hecha en la fecha de la JUAN SALA SUPERIOR DE tificación se publicará una sola publicación de este edicto. Co- SAN JUAN vez en un periódico de circula- pia de esta notificación ha sido ISLAND PORTFOLIO ción general en la Isla de Puer- archivada en los autos de este SERVICES, LLC to Rico, dentro de los 10 días caso, con fecha de 04 de enero COMO AGENTE DE siguientes a su notificación. Y, de 2024. En CAGUAS, Puerto FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS siendo o representando usted Rico, el 04 de enero de 2024.

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Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: SJ2022CV11261.

(Salón: 603). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - REGLA 60. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. EDWIN OMAR SERRANO PEÑA, EDWIN.SERRANO@ORF-LAW.COM. NATALIE BONAPARTE SERVERA, NATALIE.BONAPARTE@ORF-LAW. COM.

A: GRECIA N. CALOCA MARTINEZ.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 25 DE ABRIL 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 de 04 de enero de 2024. En SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, el 04 de enero de 2024. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. LUCRECIA PAGÁN MORALES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

CALDERON JIMÉNEZ.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 02 DE ENERO DE 2024, 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 de 03 de enero de 2024. En SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, el 03 de enero de 2024. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. MILDRED J. FRANCO REVENTÓS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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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 de 04 de enero de 2024. En FAJARDO, Puerto Rico, el 04 de enero de 2024. WANDA SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA. LINDA I. MEDINA MEDINA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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PEDRO TIRADO VIDAL Demandantes V.

SUCESION DE CATALINA VIDAL MORÓ, COMPUESTA POR CATALINA; CARLOS; JUAN; LUIS; CARMEN Y ANDRÉS; TODOS LOS APELLIDO TIRADO VIDAL; FULANO DE TAL; MENGANO DE TAL Y PERENCEJO DE TAL

ser un demandado señalado, se le apercibe que deberá contestar la demanda dentro del periodo de 30 días de haberse publicado este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Administración y Manejo de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Se le advierte de los efectos de no contestar la demanda, lo cual redundará en que se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia para conceder el remedio solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle. Este edicto será publicado en una (1) ocasión en un periódico de circulación general diaria, para que comparezcan si quieren alegar su derecho. Se identificará en letra negrillas tamaño 10 puntos toda primera mención de persona natural y/o jurídica que se menciona en el mismo, conforme a lo dispuesto en las Reglas de Procedimiento Civil, 2009. En Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, a 26 de diciembre de 2023. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. NATHALIE I. ACEVEDO QUIÑONES, SUB-SECRETARIA.

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Certifico y Hago Constar: Que en cumplimiento con el Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por el (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América y/o Giro Postal y Cheque Certificado, en mi oficina ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón, Cuarto Piso, Oficina de Alguaciles de Subastas, el 6 DE FEBRERO DE 2024, A LAS 10:45 DE LA MAÑANA, todo derecho título, participación o interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: “RÚSTICA: Predio de terreno radicado en el Barrio Santa Rosa del término municipal de Dorado, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 455.195 metros cuadrados.

En lindes por el NORTE, en 12.288 metros, con la Sucesión Oquendo; por el SUR, en 12.392 metros con camino vecinal; por el ESTE, en 30.848 metros, con Ruperta Ríos; y por el OESTE, en 35.724 metros, con Ramón Ríos.” Finca número 4724, inscrita al folio 131 del tomo 107 de Dorado, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección IV. La Hipoteca Revertida consta inscrita en Karibe, finca 4724 de Dorado, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección IV, inscripción 6ª. Propiedad localizada en: PR 659 KM 1.2, SECTOR JAZMIN, BO. SANTA ROSA, DORADO, PR 00646. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas anteriores o preferentes: Nombre del Titular: N/A. Suma de la Carga: N/A. Fecha de Vencimiento: N/A. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas posteriores a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante: Nombre del Titular: Secretario de la Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano. Suma de la Carga: $174,000.00. Fecha de Vencimiento: 13 de noviembre de 2084. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad de la propiedad y que todas las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito ejecutante antes descritos, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes.

El rematante acepta dichas cargas y gravámenes anteriores, y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos,

sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se establece como tipo de mínima subasta la suma de $174,000.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la escritura de hipoteca. De ser necesaria una SEGUNDA SUBASTA por declararse desierta la primera, la misma se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón, Cuarto Piso, Oficina de Alguaciles de Subastas, el 13 DE FEBRERO DE 2024, A LAS 10:45 DE LA MAÑANA, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $116,000.00, 2/3 partes del tipo mínima establecido originalmente. Si tampoco se produce remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se establece como mínima para la TERCERA SUBASTA, la suma de $87,000.00, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón, Cuarto Piso, Oficina de Alguaciles de Subastas, el 20 DE FEBRERO DE 2024, A LAS 10:45 DE LA MAÑANA. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para, con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante, el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor ascendente a la suma de $77,227.19 por concepto de principal, más la suma de $29,058.61 en intereses acumulados al 12 de abril de 2023 y los cuales continúan acumulándose a razón de 4.231% anual hasta su total y completo pago; más la sumas de $8,466.03 en seguro hipotecario; $950.00 de tasaciones; $340.00 de inspecciones; $4,563.00 de honorarios de abogado; más la cantidad de 10% del pagare original en la suma de $17,400.00, para gastos, costas y honorarios de abogado, esta última habrá de devengar intereses al máximo del tipo legal fijado por la oficina del Comisionado de Instituciones Financieras aplicable a esta fecha, desde este mismo día hasta su total y completo saldo. La venta en pública subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA, si esto fuera necesario, a los efectos de que cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha subasta. Se notifica a todos los interesados que las actas y demás constancias del expediente de este caso están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables para ser examinadas por los (las) interesados (as). Y para su publicación en el perió-

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(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 04 de enero de 2024, 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 04 de enero de 2024. En Fajardo, Puerto Rico, el 04 de enero de 2024.

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Out of sight, out of mind no more

By RORY SMITH

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t last, we appear to be getting somewhere. Late on New Year’s Day, Mohamed Salah’s beaming face appeared on British television screens. Salah always has the slightly ruffled appearance of a man who has not slept desperately well, but he was in distinctly good cheer.

His Liverpool team had just dismantled Newcastle United to move 3 points clear at the top of the Premier League. He had played wonderfully: scoring two goals, creating one and missing a penalty so as to foster the illusion of drama in what was otherwise a hopelessly one-sided sporting contest.

There was, though, a bittersweet tinge to the jubilation. That was the last that Liverpool will see of Salah — in the flesh, at least — for several weeks. Immediately after the game, he was scheduled to travel to Egypt’s imaginatively titled New Administrative Capital, just outside Cairo, to join his national team’s preparations for the Africa Cup of Nations, which begins Jan. 13. He does not plan to return to Liverpool until the middle of February.

It is natural, of course, that the focus in Britain — and for those who follow the Premier League in general and Liverpool in particular — should be on how Salah’s absence might affect an unusually tense title race. (Liverpool will be fine, apparently. “Anyone can play where I play,” Salah said, modestly. “Anyone can do what I am doing,” he added, pushing his luck a bit.)

In recent years, though, an awareness has seeped in that this approach might be considered just a little parochial.

Europe tends to command soccer’s attention, dominating its discourse and setting the parameters of what is considered worthy of attention or praise. Europe, after all, is home to the world’s biggest clubs and the world’s strongest leagues and the world’s best players. Europe is, by pretty much any metric, the main event.

The effect of this, of course, is the diminution of anything and everything that does not matter to Europe. The Cup of Nations is not the only example of that phenomenon, but it is probably the best. Every two years or so, it is presented as little more than a hindrance, as if it has been invented purely to test the squad depth of the major teams of the Premier League.

There has long been a consistent undercurrent of conversation suggesting that, for the African stars invited to participate, it is somehow optional, in a way that the European

Mohamed Salah on a digital billboard for Pepsi, in Cairo, Egypt, May 14, 2018. (Sima Diab/The New York Times) Championship and Copa América are most certainly not.

Recent years have brought a welcome corrective to that logic. There has, gradually, been a dawning realization that it is not really fair to frame the Cup of Nations purely in relation to its impact on the Premier League. Europeans seem to have accepted that it is not really for them to decide whether players ought to want to play in it, or when it might be held. At times, it has even been possible to believe we are on the cusp of a more profound discovery: that just because something does not matter to you does not mean it does not matter.

That process has, admittedly, been a slow one. It is, certainly, hard to imagine that a German player might be asked to explain the importance of the European Championship, or a Brazilian invited to expound on the significance of the Copa América in the way that Salah was asked to elucidate why he wanted to bother going to the Ivory Coast this month, but still: Slow progress is progress nonetheless.

And yet, soccer still cannot quite shake its innate Eurocentrism.

There is, this year, another tournament running concurrently with the Cup of Nations. This week, 24 national teams from across Asia have gathered in Qatar — where they had some stadiums lying idle, not sure why — for the Asian Cup. This is, it goes without saying, a tournament just

as significant as the Cup of Nations, and by extension the Copa América and the European Championship. It is, the South American equivalent aside, the oldest continental competition in soccer, predating the European Championship by a few years. It will attract hundreds of millions of viewers and, with an admittedly unlikely combination of results, might even capture the hearts and minds of the two most populous nations on the planet.

And yet, even compared to the Cup of Nations, the Asian Cup is largely ignored. It is not even afforded the backhanded compliment of being presented as a nuisance. It is, instead, overlooked almost entirely.

That might, in part, be down to its relative rarity. Although it is typically played at the same time of year as the Africa Cup of Nations — in January and February, in the middle of the European season — the Asian Cup only happens once every four years. It does not intrude quite so frequently on the European consciousness as the biennial Cup of Nations.

The most significant reason, though, is

its impact on Europe. Salah is hardly an exception when it comes to players leaving Europe’s major teams and traveling to Africa this month. Of the 24 teams in the Cup of Nations, only five — South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Mauritania and Namibia — have not named any players drawn from Europe’s five major leagues. Many of the major contenders will base their campaigns on familiar faces.

The contrast with Asia is stark. Only a couple of dozen of the players gathering in Qatar have had to step away from teams in Europe’s most illustrious domestic leagues.

Jordan has one, Iran two and South Korea six. Japan alone could name a full team drawn from the game’s highest-profile leagues. (There are larger contingents from the Dutch Eredivisie, the Belgian Pro League and, thanks largely to Celtic, the Scottish Premier League.)

Europe, in other words, is still afforded — or still assumes — the privilege of ordaining what is important and what is not. Perhaps it is not because attitudes have shifted that the Cup of Nations is tolerated; perhaps, instead, it is tolerated because it feels more familiar to Europeans. The teams, after all, are stuffed with players that Europeans recognize, we appreciate, we miss. The tastemakers have not changed to accommodate it. It has changed to better suit the tastemakers.

There is, needless to say, a sadness here.

There is a wonder in the very unfamiliarity of players and teams, one that has largely been lost in soccer’s digital age. There was a point when heterogeneity was one of the sport’s great pleasures, rather than a tendency that belongs to a distant past.

The Asian Cup, with its squads drawn from distant and disparate leagues, has that in abundance. Its difference should be its strength.

It would, certainly, be worth watching. CBS Sports has picked up the rights in the United States. In Britain, unfortunately, nobody has deigned to do so.

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Mário Zagallo, longtime fixture of Brazilian soccer, dies at 92

By ANDREW DAS

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ário Zagallo, who as both a player and coach helped lead Brazil to four World Cup soccer championships, becoming a national hero and one of only three people to lift the tournament’s trophy in both roles, died last Friday in Rio de Janeiro. He was 92.

His death was confirmed by his family on his social media channels. Barra D’Or Hospital in Rio de Janeiro, where he had been a patient several times in recent months, said the cause was multiple organ failure.

An attack-minded wing as a player and a tactically minded coach known as “the Professor,” Zagallo was part of the Brazil teams that won consecutive World Cup championships in 1958 and 1962 and the head coach of Brazil’s 1970 champions.

His 1970 triumph made Zagallo the first person to win the World Cup as both a player and a coach, a feat that has since been matched only by Franz Beckenbauer of Germany (who died on Sunday at age 78) and Didier Deschamps of France. But it may have been that team’s style of play as much as its success that cemented a recurring role for Zagallo in Brazilian soccer history.

Led by stars like his former teammate Pelé, Jairzinho and Carlos Alberto, Brazil’s 1970 squad is widely considered one of the best soccer teams ever assembled. It was forged in crisis after his popular predecessor fell out with the country’s military government: Zagallo was appointed as head coach less than two months before the tournament’s opening game. Zagallo found himself having to act as the coach of many players who had only recently been his teammates.

“It was easy to command, because the players saw and felt that I had the strength of personality to make the changes that I thought were necessary,” Zagallo recalled in a 2011 interview with The Blizzard, a quarterly soccer magazine. “I imposed myself — and this kind of leadership in front of the group is fundamental, even if you’ve participated in this group before as a player.”

The team adjusted to Zagallo’s tactical alterations and then danced and shimmied its way into the hearts and minds of fans not only in Brazil but around the world.

Under Zagallo’s direction, in the first World Cup telecast around the world in color, Brazil’s team, clad in its famed canary-yellow jerseys, refined soccer to high art in its six straight victories in Mexico. Sweeping through the tournament with a highlight reel of memorable goals, the team showcased the fluid, elegant attacking style known as “o jogo bonito” (“the beautiful game”), which became Brazil’s calling card.

Returning as head coach, Zagallo led Brazil to a fourthplace finish in 1974. Two decades later, back on the national team’s bench as an assistant to Carlos Alberto Parreira, he helped Brazil collect its fourth championship with a victory over Italy in the 1994 final in Pasadena, California.

Parreira’s team, a grinding and more results-oriented squad, was less beloved than previous editions of the Seleção, as Brazil’s national team is known. But it was celebrated for delivering the prize the country covets above all others.

Mário Zagallo and Pelé (Wikipedia) Four years after that, with Zagallo back in the top job and stars like Ronaldo leading yet another potent attack, Brazil returned to the World Cup final. But its run had come amid criticism from a nation of amateur coaches, who feared that, despite his ties to Brazil’s most mythical teams, Zagallo had surrendered to his pragmatic side.

He did little to calm purists when he declared that a victorious end justified any means. “I would rather win playing ugly football than lose playing attractive football,” he said. Brazil, alas, did not: A heavy favorite, it was stunned by host France in the final.

In 2002, when the team traveled to South Korea and Japan to pick up the record fifth title that had eluded it in France, Zagallo was serving as a special adviser to the coaching staff of Luiz Felipe Scolari.

That was his last personal connection with a tournament, and a title, that by that point had defined his life for more than a half century.

A pivotal moment of his life occurred in 1950, when, as a teenage soldier providing security, Zagallo had watched as Brazil was stunned by Uruguay in the final before a crowd of about 200,000 at the Maracanã stadium in Rio de Janeiro. That defeat, in Brazil’s first trip to the final, was a bitter blow to the nation, and he was among the tens of millions of Brazilians who shed tears of disappointment.

“That day has never left my mind,” Zagallo told the BBC in 2013.

He went even further speaking to journalist Andrés Cantor for the book “Goooal: A Celebration Of Soccer” (1996). “From that moment on,” Zagallo recalled about the 1950 World Cup, “I have only soccer memories.”

Eight years later, as a player on the national team, he helped rewrite the ending. In the final in Sweden alongside

a teenage Pelé, Zagallo scored a goal in a 5-2 victory that delivered Brazil’s first world title. Four years later, he was on the team again when Brazil repeated the feat in Chile.

Mário Jorge Lobo Zagallo was born Aug. 9, 1931, in Atalaia, a city in the eastern Brazilian state of Alagoas. His father, Haroldo Cardoso Zagallo, was a textile executive.

His mother, Maria Antonieta Lobo Zagallo, was part of a family that owned a fabric factory.

Mário Zagallo said his father had hoped he would become an accountant and work in the family business.

Instead, he devoted his life to soccer, spending his professional playing career with two Rio clubs, making his debut with Flamengo in 1951 and retiring from Botafogo in 1965.

He married Alcina de Castro, a teacher, in 1955. They had four children: Maria Emilia, Paulo Jorge, Maria Cristina and Mario Cesar. Zagallo’s wife died in 2012. His survivors include his children and several grandchildren.

Since the death of Pelé in 2022, Zagallo had been the last surviving member of the first Brazil squad to win the World Cup. He would go on to burnish his legacy in five decades as a coach, assistant and adviser to generations of Brazilian teams.

He would eventually lead more than a half-dozen clubs in his native Brazil, as well as the national teams of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. But he was never far from his country, serving four distinct tenures as Brazil’s head coach.

And even when he did not hold the post, he remained a fixture, called upon regularly — in success and failure and particularly in times of trouble — as a sage and distinguished link to its greatest teams, and its greatest triumphs.

Mário Zagallo in 1974 (Wikipedia)

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(Mar 21-April 20)

A love partner may be away, Aries, causing you to have to put your passions and desires - not to mention the need for your friend’s company - on hold.

Don’t let this catapult you into a lousy mood. If you’re artistic, throw all your energies and passions into creative work. If you’re athletic, go play a game of tennis or racquetball. Time will pass more quickly that way until your partner returns. Hang in there!

Taurus

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(April 21-May 21)

Today you might be feeling a little out of sorts, Taurus, and most likely will want to stay home. Crashing in front of the TV seems a lot more tempting than going out socializing. Friends, however, may try to talk you into partying with them. Don’t let yourself be talked into anything you don’t feel like doing. Make your friends understand that you’d best relax tonight, and that you can go out with them another time.

Libra

(Sep 24-Oct 23)

Intellectual or spiritual concepts that you’re trying to grasp may seem a little elusive, Libra. Don’t try to push yourself too hard to understand them today; you’ll only confuse yourself that much more. You’re not losing it; your mental biorhythms are simply low.

Instead, look at something else for a while, and let the information churn around in your subconscious.

It may hit you tomorrow and you’ll want to cry, “Eureka!” Be patient with yourself.

Scorpio

(Oct 24-Nov 22)

If you’re involved in a creative project, Scorpio, your imagination might seem to have deserted you. You might rack your brain trying to think up new ideas but draw a blank every time. Perhaps this isn’t the best day to work on your project. Sometimes we need a break from our work to maintain the quality of it. Do something else for today. Tomorrow you’ll be back to normal.

Gemini

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Sagittarius

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Cancer

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Capricorn

(Dec 22-Jan 20)

A close friend or love partner might be feeling a little blue, Gemini, and could therefore ring you up wanting a sympathetic shoulder to cry on. You’ll be of great help to this person this way, but don’t let your friend distract you from other things you need to do.

You may have errands to run, people to see, tasks to take care of. Give your friend as much time as you feel is appropriate, then make your excuses.

Are you going out shopping today, Cancer? If so, expect at some point to be confronted with a wonderful luxury item you’d give your eyeteeth for but can’t really justify purchasing. Don’t be impulsive, but don’t hold back unnecessarily either. Will you really enjoy the item? Or is it something you’d look at for a while, then put away or ignore? Do what you want, but be sure you know what that is! Think about it!

Leo

(July 24-Aug 23)

A friend may ask for your assistance with regard to finances in some way, Sagittarius. It’s nothing major, but it might involve a choice that your friend needs to make. Don’t try to make the decision for him or her, but do point out enough facts to enable them to realize exactly what’s best for them. This way your friend will be sure he or she thought up the idea.

Your wisdom will definitely be appreciated!

A close friend or love partner may not be returning your calls, Capricorn, and your insecurities could well get the best of you, causing you to think your friend doesn’t care anymore. Don’t fall into this trap. Your friend is probably surrounded by a lot of demanding people who need assistance, and therefore isn’t phoning anybody else. Be patient, distract yourself, and give your friend another call tomorrow. The response should be more immediate then!

Aquarius

(Jan 21-Feb 19)

Are you expecting visitors, Leo? If so, you might go into a panic because your house isn’t as spotless and beautiful as you would like it to be. You might be tempted to take broom, mop, and pail and whip through the place like a cyclone! Don’t try to do too much. Your guests won’t care if the unused back bedroom is messy or not. You’ll want to have enough energy to enjoy their company. Take care!

Do you have a date tonight with someone special, Aquarius? If so, expect some delays. You might get tied up with doing your daily errands. This could be frustrating both for you and your partner, but you’ll eventually touch base. Don’t get so upset over the delays that you’re in a bad mood when you meet.

This won’t help at all! Just hang in there and you’ll still have a great evening.

Virgo

Pisces

(Aug 24-Sep 23)

You’re probably looking pretty good, Virgo, but emotionally you might not feel very attractive. This could be one of those days when you look in the mirror and think you’re seeing Frankenstein’s monster. This is a great day to pamper yourself a little. Go for a haircut and a massage, and take a sauna or Jacuzzi while you’re at it. Treat yourself to a fruit smoothie at the local juice bar. You’ll feel better! Enjoy!

(Feb 20-Mar 20)

Overindulgence in food or drink could have you feeling a little under the weather today, Pisces. Therefore it will be difficult to focus on anything that needs your attention. Perhaps you just need to take it slowly so as to recoup your energy. Do just enough to keep your conscience clear, but don’t wear yourself out. Get a good book, a cup of tea, then sit on the couch and relax.

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