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President María del Mar Rosa Rodríguez on Tuesday condemned the dismissal of two professors from the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) Río Piedras Campus as retaliation against the union for denouncing practices that undermine academic excellence in the General Studies Faculty.
“After [the administration eliminated] English and Spanish workshop courses due to budget cuts to the UPR, the APPU published a bulletin denouncing the unjustified elimination of these courses on Wednesday, May 22, 2024 and two days after the publication of the newsletter, the professors received dismissal letters,” Rosa Rodríguez said. “One of the professors is secretary of the APPU National Board. Both have been vocal in defending these courses and were fired without further explanation, despite their academic excellence and excellent evaluations.”
The union leader emphasized that the two laid-off instructors were left without a job for the next year solely for expressing their academic opinion, despite having served in their respective departments for many years, while people closer to the administration are employed despite having less experience and fewer qualifications. As a result of the dismissal of the professors, and given the refusal of the UPR president to meet with the APPU, the union filed a complaint of union retaliation before the Labor Relations Board on Monday.
“The UPR administration has to understand that the teaching staff voted in October 2023 to have a teaching union. Teaching is protected by law against these acts of abuse due to union activity,” Rosa Rodríguez pointed out. “These are clear examples of union retaliation, and as a teaching union that is
focused on defending academic excellence at the UPR, we are not going to allow retaliation against APPU teaching staff who exercise their right to express themselves and criticize what we see as incorrect. That is why we have filed a formal complaint with the Labor Relations Board for union retaliation and it is up to the UPR to respond. Both dismissals are unjustified. There are procedures to establish an order of priority and a registry of eligibles that allows departmental directors to hire teachers based on merit and not because of cronyism. These processes were not followed with the [dismissed] teachers; they were [laid off] just for raising their voices.”
One of the two dismissed professors is APPU National Board Secretary Verónica Castro Tirado, who has been a fulltime professor in the Spanish Department for five years. She coordinated the curricular review of the laboratory courses in the 2019-2020 academic year. She has won research grants in the discipline after submitting external funding proposals.
The other dismissed instructor, Dr. Rosa Mejías, a non-tenured professor in the English Department who is also affiliated with the union, has been teaching courses in the department since 2017 with excellent evaluations, the APPU president noted. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Mejías assumed departmental coordination from 2020 to 2023. She had to coordinate the intensive English courses, including laboratory courses. She was always a defender of the courses, and for raising her voice against budget cuts, she was fired, the APPU president reiterated.
Rosa Rodríguez added that both professors, who have served the UPR well and are prominent in their fields, received letters indicating that their contract would not be renewed in August.
María Gisela Rosado, president of the APPU chapter at the Río Piedras Campus, defended the instructors’ position in advocating for the permanence of the courses that address the linguistic gap of students who need to improve their reading and writing skills in both languages.
“The APPU has been emphatic that these laboratory courses should not be eliminated because the student body needs them,” she insisted. “No matter what a student is going to study, his/her command of Spanish and English is necessary. After the delays caused by Hurricane Maria and the COVID pandemic, it is even more urgent to maintain these remedial laboratories in English and Spanish so that every UPR student acquires the necessary linguistic skills to develop in the profession they have chosen. These Spanish and English laboratories serve, above all, socioeconomically disadvantaged student populations, whose purpose is to improve their skills and adapt to the required university level, which is why teaching has always defended these courses.”
LUMA Energy and the island Department of Transportation and Public Works (DTOP) on Tuesday approved the plan to move a transformer from Caguas to Santa Isabel.
DTOP Secretary Eileen Vélez Vega noted that the evaluation included a structural analysis of more than 42 bridges and the construction of a temporary bridge due to a drainage structure on the route.
“Since LUMA received the plan for the transfer of the transformer, a team of engineers from the DTOP and the Highway and Transportation Authority proceeded to responsibly evaluate its impact on the road infrastructure,” Vélez Vega said in a written statement. The transfer is expected to begin tonight. The transformer will be transported to the San Juan dock, then by barge to the port of Ponce and finally to its destination in Santa Isabel.
“The spirit of collaboration has been constant and from the beginning to be able to support our clients in the south,” LUMA
Transportation and Public Works Secretary Eileen Vélez Vega said the evaluation included a structural analysis of more than 42 bridges and the construction of a temporary bridge due to a drainage structure on the route. (LUMA Energy/Facebook)
President Juan Saca said.
NMEAD Commissioner Nino Correa Filomeno stressed the importance of coordination between government agencies and mayors to ensure a safe transfer.
“Since we became aware of the need to transport this transformer to Santa Isabel, we have remained in constant communication between all agencies, the mayors and LUMA,” Correa Filomeno said. Public Safety Secretary Alexis Torres Ríos offered assurances that the necessary resources are being allocated to implement the transfer plan with all security measures.
LUMA staff have been working to stabilize service in Santa Isabel, Coamo and Aibonito. As of Sunday, June 9, power has been restored to those areas, and additional steps are being taken to improve power supply. The installation of the transformer at the Santa Isabel substation will take some four weeks, including all the necessary tests to ensure its operation.
Coamo Mayor Juan Carlos García Padilla announced on Tuesday that LUMA Energy has begun reconstruction work on line 100, which connects Salinas with Santa Isabel, with the aim of improving the electrical system that currently keeps Santa Isabel, Coamo and Aibonito connected to a single line without backup.
Since the beginning of the crisis on June 1, García Padilla and Santa Isabel Mayor Rafael Burgos Santiago have demanded that LUMA repair lines 100 and 200, which were damaged after the passage of Hurricane Maria. Although at first the company did not agree due to the cost of the project, it has now decided to start the necessary work.
“They informed me the great news that LUMA finally understood the need to have line 100 in operation to give
redundancy to the system,” García Padilla said in a written statement. “We cannot depend on the 4800 line alone. We made a fair claim for the residents of the three affected municipalities and they have told us that they have begun the work. This is a great achievement for everyone.”
The mayor added that with the installation of the transformer that will be transported to the Useras substation in Santa Isabel, along with line 4800 and line 100 in operation, residents of the affected municipalities will have greater energy security.
“This is what we have explained to the LUMA company since the system collapsed,” García Padilla said “I hope that in a few weeks we will be able to energize the transformer and line 100 for the benefit of families who have suffered a lot. We still have line 200, which is still necessary and which the company has to evaluate to continue strengthening the system.”
Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) Sen. María de Lourdes
Santiago Negrón and Rep. Denis Márquez Lebrón on Tuesday introduced a concurrent resolution proposing to put energy production in public hands with an adequate transition to the production of renewable energy.
The executive branch objected to the legislation, opting instead for greater oversight of private energy contractors.
The PIP measure would create a “Special Committee for the Recovery of the Energy System of the People of Puerto Rico” composed of 10 people, including professors from the University of Puerto Rico, professionals in public administration, economics and law, a member of a community organization dedicated to the adoption and implementation of renewable energy sources, and representation of the island energy system’s labor sector. The committee would have the function of designing a plan
to carry out a transition in one year toward a public and efficient model of energy generation, transmission and distribution that will include a new public corporation in charge of energy generation, transmission and distribution; study the consequences of canceling, terminating or terminating public-private contracts and the consequences of debt restructuring; recognize access to energy as an essential public service and human right; and envision access to energy as an indispensable mechanism for sustainable economic development in congruence with the preservation of the environment.
Santiago Negrón, the measure’s main proponent said the “recovery of our energy system has to be the great collective project of the Puerto Rican people.”
“Privatization holds hostage any possibility of economic development in our country,” she said. “It seems to us that at this moment the best contribution that the legislative assembly can make is to begin a dialogue with committed and trained
people who can mark the road map so that, as a country, we can guarantee the human right that is energy.”
Márquez Lebrón added: “Our proposal for the creation of the Special Committee is the urgent action that the Legislature must take to begin the process of reversing the misguided and terrible decision to privatize our electrical system.”
“We also have the obligation to carry out the necessary actions to end the disastrous public policy that caused the serious situation that the country is experiencing,” he said. “We cannot forget that, during the past four years, from our legislative space and in the streets alongside the workers, we insistently denounced the leonine nature of the LUMA contract and warned about its inability to manage our electrical system. During this four-year period … we have also monitored and charged that the main objective of Genera is to buy gas from themselves, thus undermining the path that should lead the country to renewable energy.”
U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said earlier this week that the process of decentralizing public schools in Puerto Rico will begin as a pilot plan in August.
The federal education chief insisted that the process will commence this summer despite the fact that the administration of Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia administration ends on Jan. 2, 2025 and the Biden administration is engaged in a campaign for reelection.
“For me the decentralization process is more important than any person who is in a position, including me. The process is for students in Puerto Rico and parents who have wanted a change for a long time, need a change. I know everybody talks about it and says ‘yes, I want to see it,’ but we need to see action,” Cardona said in response to questions from the press. “I am here to listen to what is working, what is not being worked
Labor and Human Resources Secretary Gabriel Maldonado González
By THE STAR STAFFThe island Labor and Human Resources Department is expanding the reach of the “Infinite Talent” initiative with an educational program designed to empower parents and guardians of people with functional diversity in Puerto Rico,
on and to apply momentum so that they continue with the decentralization process. What I want to see are local decisions. I want to see that when a school needs something, that they can order it without waiting a long time. I want to see that teachers don’t have to pay out of pocket to have things for the student. I want to see that if there’s a local concern they can talk to the superintendents that they took on. That is why the process to decentralize the school system is very important, and I am here to listen, but also to continue pushing because I want to see it and I know that people here in Puerto Rico also want to see it.”
The federal official noted that six months is enough time to begin the pilot plan of decentralization, but reiterated the urgency of creating the regulation.
“In six months I hope that the provisional LEA [local education agency] will be there,” Cardona said. “We need the regulations, but we also need a system where there are local leaders who can make the decisions.”
strengthening support networks for this population.
Labor and Human Resources Secretary Gabriel Maldonado González announced earlier this week that the program will provide essential tools and support to parents, making it easier for them to guide their children toward greater autonomy and success at a personal and professional level.
“After reaching the first year of the launch of the Infinite Talent initiative, we have seen how hundreds of employers, job seekers and service providers have joined this project because they believe in the initiative and equality, and have seen the achievements as well as the positive development of our youth,” Maldonado González said in a written statement. “As part of the strengthening of the initiative, we now include parents to help them develop their children’s talents, and provide them with tools that allow them to expand their knowledge about this population, as well as the alternatives and opportunities they have. Through ‘Infinite Parents’ we offer a unique opportunity for parents to learn, interact and share experiences with other parents who face similar challenges.”
“Infinite Parents” consists of three days of interactive workshops and panel discussions, which will take place from Tuesday, June 25 to Thursday, June 27, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., through the Zoom platform. Participants will be able to ask questions, interact live, and share experiences with other parents in similar situations.
During the workshops, specific topics will be addressed each day:
Tuesday, June 25, Job Search Support: Strategies and resources to assist parents in finding their children’s jobs.
Wednesday, June 26, Fostering Autonomy and Confidence: Methods to promote independence and confidence in young people with functional diversity.
Thursday, June 27, Infinite Parents Panel: Three parents of people with disabilities will share their experiences, answer questions, and form a community of support for participants.
Tutors or guardians of people with functional diversity interested in participating in Infinite Parents must register at the following link: https://bit.ly/padresinfinitos.
The Roosevelt Roads Local Redevelopment Authority (LRA) has begun designing the first Marine Business Research and Innovation Center (MBRIC) at the onetime U.S. Coast Guard dock on the grounds of the former naval base at Roosevelt Roads in Ceiba. LRA director Joel A. Pizá Batiz provided the information on Tuesday.
The U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) is investing $12.8 million in the project, and $3.2 million is coming from the LRA, for a total investment of $16 million.
The MBRIC structure, which will occupy some 2.93 acres of land, will be designed by Puerto Rican firm Adorno Arquitec-
tos with the aim of ensuring a modern and functional space that encourages creativity and innovation.
The design represents a vision inspired by the well-known Indian Stone, a petroglyph of Taíno origin located on the coast in the old naval base, and is intended to create an atmosphere of harmony with nature. In keeping with that vision, the new structure will reflect how the Indians fished, and made pens to catch the fish. The LRA and the Puerto Rico government aim through the project to reaffirm their commitment to strengthening the infrastructure on the land of the former naval base as a vehicle to position the Roosevelt Road community as an ideal destination to promote the blue economy.
The design, whose contract has the endorsement of the EDA, must be completed within eight months.
The MBRIC’s purpose is to establish itself as a hub of sustainable and scientific development with advanced technology, connecting high-impact marine-related businesses with investment opportunities in order to promote the future of the blue economy in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. The broader vision is to drive the progress of the municipalities of Ceiba, Naguabo and the eastern region as a whole, supporting the strengthening of the workforce, and creating direct and indirect jobs.
The MBRIC “represents a fundamental pillar in our commitment to revitalizing the lands of the former Roosevelt Roads naval base, which will undoubtedly result in the engine of economic and tourism growth in the region, promoting the blue economy and in turn positioning Puerto Rico as a leader in marine innovation and sustainability,” Pizá Batiz said.
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Larry White was thrown a little off-kilter by the soupy, 93-degree temperature in Chicago on Monday morning. It’s only mid-June, he said with annoyance, and until this week he barely needed the air-conditioning in his high-rise apartment on the city’s North Side. When he stopped at McDonald’s, he ordered a large hot coffee out of habit.
“What am I doing with this?” White said. He studied the skin on his forearm, already glistening with sweat. “Barely starting the day and I’m getting burned.”
A heat wave that is expected to punish much of the country before week’s end enveloped the Midwest, leaving the region scorched and sweltering.
In Chicago, beaches were packed by midmorning, and in a stroke of good luck, Monday was the first day that hundreds of city pools, water playgrounds and splash pads opened for the summer.
While a Midwestern heat wave in mid-June is not unprecedented, this one is striking in its duration, said Jake Petr, the lead forecaster with National Weather Service Chicago, and may augur another brutal summer. Most of the country is expected to see temperatures higher than usual for the next three to four weeks, forecasters said.
The heat is moving quickly to the Northeast. Meteorologists said the temperatures would peak on Thursday or Friday, with heat indexes exceeding 100 degrees in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York and Connecticut.
Chicago and Cook County designated cooling centers throughout the region in existing senior centers, libraries and athletic facilities, giving the more than 5 million residents of Cook County a place to rest if they had nowhere to go.
Construction workers atop Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, where the temperature reached 94 degrees on Monday, June 17, 2024. Heat overwhelmed cities across the Midwest, and was headed to the Northeast, with high temperatures expected to linger for days. (Bryan Birks/The New York Times)
Typically it takes an excessive heat warning from the National Weather Service for the city to open cooling centers, said Brian Berg, a spokesperson for the Chicago Department of Family and Support Services. “But we didn’t wait for that this time,” he said. “We feel it’s quite uncomfortable, and we want everybody to be safe.”
Across the Midwest, people who work outdoors had to adapt to the relatively early blast of heat, which meteorologists said could stretch for days. In Davenport, Iowa, the temperature reached 93 degrees; in Peoria, Illinois, 95 degrees.
Jasen Moore, 42, who works outside all day in and around Milwaukee locating utility lines, was dressed in a yellow reflective sun hat, yellow T-shirt and jeans.
“If you start feeling dizzy or you’re wobbly in the legs, take a break, go to the truck, turn on the AC,” he said, adding that he drinks about five bottles of water daily. “Take a little time off, then get back to it.”
In Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where high temperatures and humidity were expected to last well into the week, a
construction crew building a new dental office had steeled themselves for the intense heat.
Most of the workers were covered head-to-toe to protect against the sun, but Colin Thompson, 32, a redhead with fair skin, braved the heat with a sleeveless T-shirt.
“I use a lot of sunscreen,” he said. “And we get in the shade whenever we can.”
The crew began its day at 7:30 a.m. local time, when temperatures are cooler, Thompson said. They take lunch at midday, “so you’re not outside at the hottest part.”
Some people in Iowa said they saw the early heat wave as only the most recent example of shifting, more extreme weather. As humans continue adding greenhouse gases to the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels, experts say, record-breaking heat will become even more common, as will extreme weather events such as droughts, wildfires and floods.
Roger Schantz, 75, a retired shop teacher, said it had been unusually hot early this year and unusually humid. His brother, Dean Schantz, said that recent rainstorms were
extremely heavy, with storms popping up “quicker and bigger.”
“I haven’t seen any migratory butterflies this summer or hummingbirds. I think it’s just too hot,” he said.
Using crops as barometers, he added: “The saying is that corn is supposed to be knee-high by July 4, but it is already higher than that.”
The Detroit area was under an excessive heat warning on Monday, and Bruce Moore, a 70-yearold retiree, was avoiding direct sun in Palmer Park as temperatures neared 100 degrees.
Fifty years of playing tennis helped him acclimate to humid weather, he said. But he is used to Michigan’s hottest stretches happening in July or August, not mid-June.
Practicing his serve on the tennis court would have to wait until early evening. “I have water in the car and I’m staying in the shade,” he said.
The weather service in Chicago predicted that high temperatures and muggy conditions could continue throughout the week. By midday Monday the heat index — a measure of how the temperature feels with the humidity — had already hit 102 degrees in Cincinnati and 95 in Chicago.
Residents of Chicago were inundated with warnings about the weather and its dangers. Matt Martin, a member of Chicago City Council from the North Side, sent an email to constituents reminding them to check on vulnerable relatives, to stay indoors if possible and to avoid alcoholic beverages. In a neighborhood Facebook group, a dog walker advised dog owners to press their own palms against the sidewalk to test whether it was too hot for little paws.
Not everyone saw a problem with the heat.
Angel Ayala, 67, left his apartment a few blocks from Lake Michigan with a Chicago Bulls cap pulled low to shield his face from the sun as he waited for an Uber. He didn’t have air-conditioning, he said, but it wasn’t strictly necessary.
Ayala, a native of New York City, said that Chicago weather was easy to handle. “I’ve got the ceiling fan and a little round fan, and I’m used to it,” he said. “We’ve got the lake.”
Préstamos Personales Pequeños otorgados para la semana que terminó el Sábado, 15 de junio de 2024
By ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGS, MIRIAM JORDAN, JAZMINE ULLOA and HAMED ALEAZIZ
President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced sweeping new protections for hundreds of thousands of immigrants who have been living in the United States illegally for years but are married to American citizens.
Under the new policy, some 500,000 spouses will be shielded from deportation and given a pathway to citizenship and the ability to work legally in the United States. It is one of the most expansive presidential actions to protect immigrants in more than a decade.
Biden will celebrate the program during a White House ceremony Tuesday marking the 12-year anniversary of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, which protects people who came to the United States as children from deportation.
The decision comes as Biden tries to strike a balance on one of the most dominant political issues in 2024. Aware that many Americans want tougher policies on the border, Biden just two weeks ago announced a crackdown that suspended longtime guarantees that give anyone who steps onto U.S. soil the right to seek asylum here.
Biden is also expected Tuesday to detail separate actions that will make it easier for young people living in the country illegally, many of them known as Dreamers, to access work visas.
Almost immediately after he issued the order to suspend asylum at the border, White House officials began privately reassuring progressives that the president would also help immigrants who had been in the nation without legal permission for years, according to people familiar with the conversations, who spoke
on the condition of anonymity to describe private discussions.
Tuesday’s move could help Biden address some of the blowback that his asylum restrictions elicited among members of his progressive base, who have accused the White House of betraying campaign promises to enact a more humane approach to immigrants.
The new benefits for spouses will not take effect immediately; senior Biden administration officials said they expected the program to launch by the end of the summer. Those eligible will then be able to apply for the benefits.
Marrying an American citizen generally provides a pathway to U.S. citizenship. But people who crossed the southern border illegally — rather than arriving in the country with a visa — must return to their home countries to complete the process for a green card.
That means long separations from their spouses and families. The new program allows families to remain in the country while they pursue legal status.
To be eligible, the spouses must have lived in the United States for 10 years and been married to an American citizen as of June 17. They cannot have a criminal record. The benefits would also extend to the roughly 50,000 children of spouses living in the country illegally who became stepchildren to American citizens.
The latest policy could help Biden in battleground swing states such as Nevada, Arizona and Georgia, where more than 100,000 voters in each of those states live in “mixed status” households, according to the American Business Immigration Coalition, which represents hundreds of companies and supports the proposed policy change.
“It’s the right thing to do, and it’s the smart thing to do,”
said Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., who said Biden’s action would boost the economy in her state. “The road to the White House runs through Nevada, and people in my state are paying attention.”
Biden is relying on a program known as “parole in place,” which has been used for other populations, like families of military members. The status gives noncitizens the ability to temporarily live and work in the United States without fear of deportation.
In the days leading up to the announcement, some allies of former President Donald Trump have seized on the policy to accuse Biden of being weak on border security. “This is an attack on Democracy,” Stephen Miller, the architect of Trump’s anti-immigration policy, said on social media Monday.
One of the people that could be directly affected by the change is Ashley DeAzevedo, head of American Families United, whose husband is in the country without legal permission. Her group supports mixed-status families like hers. The couple has been married for more than a decade and has an 11-year-old child.
“It would be an absolute game changer to not have to worry about being separated, because right now he could technically be removed,” she said. “There’s always a concern if he gets pulled over or anything like that. It could be, you know, just catastrophic for our family.”
While some Democrats applauded Biden’s new policy, many immigration advocates remained concerned about the life span of the original program the White House will celebrate Tuesday. In the years since President Barack Obama created DACA in 2012, it has benefited hundreds of thousands of young adults, enabling them to secure jobs and live without fear of deportation.
But DACA has been closed to new applicants since 2017, when Trump tried to end the program. It remains ensnared in litigation, and its long-term survival remains in question, even though it was revived for existing beneficiaries. DACA participants are now, on average, in their mid-30s.
Recipients who were once children fearful of having their parents deported “are now the parents afraid of getting deported,” said Bruna Bouhid-Sollod, senior political director United We Dream Action, an advocacy group for DACA recipients.
Biden appeared intent on addressing those fears with a forthcoming policy that would ease the process for Dreamers to be sponsored for a work visa by their employer, and would ease the way for an eventual green card. The administration is expected to issue guidance in coming days that will benefit both current DACA recipients and other people who have been shut out of the program since Trump was in office.
“It’s been a big fear for me that DACA could end,” said Monica Sandoval, 32, an emergency room nurse in Columbus, Indiana, who enrolled in the program immediately after it was unveiled.
Sandoval has renewed every two years, enabling her to keep her job and her nursing license.
She hoped the new process would allow her employer, a regional hospital, to sponsor her for a work visa and then a green card.
“This would be life-changing for me,” said Sandoval, who was brought to the United States when she was 12 and is the mother of two young children. “It would bring security to me and my kids, and I’d know for sure that I could keep doing the work I love to do.”
Ryan Selkis, a cryptocurrency executive, was eating dinner at Mar-a-Lago last month when he got an unexpected invitation: Former President Donald Trump wanted him to come to the stage and say a few words.
Selkis, who runs the crypto data firm Messari, was among a couple of hundred attendees at an event celebrating Trump’s series of nonfungible tokens, the digital collectibles known as NFTs. When he reached the lectern, Selkis turned to face the former president.
“There’s 50 million crypto holders in the U.S.,” the executive declared. “That’s a lot of voters.”
That message has become a political talking point in the crypto world, as the industry tries to shake off a wave of scandals and establish itself as a powerful force in the 2024 election cycle. Three large crypto firms have banded together to finance a group of affiliated super political action committees, investing about $150 million to elect pro-crypto candidates in congressional races.
The PACs are not planning to participate in the presidential election, a spokesperson for the groups said. But top crypto executives have tried to mobilize the industry behind Trump, who has reciprocated by praising digital currencies and hosting executives at Mar-a-Lago.
Many crypto supporters view the 2024 election as a pivotal moment. After a series of crypto firms collapsed two years ago, the Biden administration embarked on an aggressive crackdown, bringing lawsuits and criminal charges against some of the industry’s leading figures. The Securities and Exchange Commission is pursuing cases that could effectively force the crypto industry out of the United States.
“The 2024 elections will be the most consequential in crypto’s history,” said Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple, a crypto company that has sparred with the federal government for years. “You are seeing a technology become a partisan political issue.”
Garlinghouse, Selkis and other executives have argued that newly energized “crypto voters” could sway the outcome of the election. They often cite a survey, commissioned by crypto exchange Coinbase, that suggests that 52 million Americans own digital currencies. (The Federal Reserve estimates that the total is 7% of the adult population, or roughly 18 million people.)
But voters’ supposed passion for crypto may be less important than the industry’s campaign war chest. Ripple, Coinbase and venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz have each donated about $50 million to the crypto PACs, which plan to spend those funds in several competitive Senate races. In March, the largest PAC, Fairshake, spent about $10 million on attack ads against Rep. Katie Porter, a Democratic candidate in the California Senate primary who was allied with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a longtime crypto critic. Porter lost her race.
“A single relatively small industry is literally trying to buy enough politicians to hijack the public agenda,” said Dennis Kelleher, president of Better Markets, a financial reform advocacy group. “It’s pretty breathtaking.”
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairperson Gary Gensler at The New York Times headquarters in New York on June 5, 2024. The crypto industry’s political awakening — and enormous pool of cash — is already affecting high-profile races across the country. (Amir Hamja/The New York Times)
The industry’s vast resources have turned a niche set of issues into a talking point in the presidential campaign. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an independent presidential candidate, made his first official campaign appearance at a bitcoin event in Miami, and he has attended multiple industry conferences, sometimes holding fundraising meetings with wealthy executives on the sidelines.
President Joe Biden has long been seen as anti-crypto because his Securities and Exchange Commission chair, Gary Gensler, has sued so many crypto companies. But some Biden supporters, including investor Mark Cuban, have pressed his campaign to mend fences.
The campaign has been receptive to the message, Cuban said in an email. In recent weeks, Biden officials have reached out to Coinbase and Ripple, asking to discuss crypto policy, four people familiar with those discussions said. Still, much of the industry appears to be coalescing around Trump. While the former president once said that bitcoin “seems like a scam” and has frequently been critical of the tech industry, he has made several supportive comments about crypto over the past month, promising to end the regulatory crackdown. On Tuesday, Trump met at Mar-a-Lago with executives from some of the world’s largest bitcoin mining companies, including Marathon Digital and Riot Platforms.
Bitcoin should be “MADE IN THE USA!!!” he posted on his social network.
The last time the crypto industry spent large sums on a political race, its top donor was Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of FTX, who spent tens of millions of dollars supporting both Democrats and Republicans in the 2022 midterms. Two years later, Bankman-Fried’s company is bankrupt, and he’s serving a 25-year prison sentence for fraud.
The collapse of FTX was an enormous setback for the crypto industry’s efforts in Washington. Last year, the SEC sued Coinbase and other crypto companies, arguing that the digital assets they allowed customers to buy and sell were unregistered securities. In May, the industry notched a rare legislative victory when Congress voted to overturn an SEC accounting guideline
that crypto companies had disputed. Biden vetoed the resolution. Now, the industry is fighting back. Fairshake has announced plans to participate in four other Senate races this year, including close contests in Ohio and Montana, where Democrats who have been critical of crypto are up for reelection. Privately, crypto executives have credited Fairshake with softening some skeptical legislators, including Sen. Sherrod Brown, DOhio, according to two people familiar with the conversations. Brown, who chairs the Senate Banking Committee, said in April that he was open to advancing a bill that the industry supported.
A few weeks after the California Senate primary in March, Rep. Adam Schiff, the Democrat who defeated Porter, visited Coinbase’s offices in Mountain View, California. He met with representatives from Coinbase, Andreessen Horowitz and the crypto-focused investment firms Electric Capital, Paradigm Capital and Haun Ventures, two people familiar with the meeting said.
Trump has not always been a crypto supporter. He has said that he preferred dollars to bitcoin, and in 2019, he tweeted that digital currencies were “based on thin air.” But lately, some crypto executives — in the market for a political savior — have embraced him.
Selkis, who identifies as a libertarian, attended the Mara-Lago event in May after getting a ticket from a colleague who couldn’t make it. “I’m in the middle of eating my salad, and I get cold-called on the stage by the president,” Selkis recalled in an interview.
That night, Trump declared, “If you’re in favor of crypto, you better vote for Trump.” He has also announced that his campaign would accept donations in digital currency and pledged to commute the life sentence of Ross Ulbricht, a cult hero in the crypto world who ran the online drug marketplace Silk Road.
Not everyone in the crypto world is on board with Trump. At a conference in May, Marvin Ammori, a Democrat who works for crypto firm Uniswap, debated Selkis onstage about the industry’s political strategy, warning that Trump might not follow through on his campaign promises.
Still, this month, Trump attended a fundraiser at the San Francisco home of David Sacks, a prominent venture capitalist, and reiterated his support for crypto, according to three people who attended. Among the guests were Selkis, crypto executives Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss and Paul Grewal, chief legal officer at Coinbase, the people said.
“The crypto vote has already been won by President Trump,” Selkis said. “It’s over.”
Tasa mínima, promedio ponderado, y máxima para préstamos personales pequeños otorgados para la semana que terminó el sábado, 15 de junio de 2024
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed at record highs on Tuesday as Nvidia extended its surge to new peaks, while the Dow was barely changed in pre-holiday trading following softer-than-expected U.S. retail sales data.
Nvidia overtook Microsoft to become the world’s most valuable company.
Other chip stocks, including Qualcomm, Arm Holdings and Micron, also extended their recent rallies, boosting the Philadelphia SE Semiconductor index to a record high.
“It’s really the AI story,” said Ty Draper, financial advisor at Beacon Capital Management in Franklin, Tennessee.
The Nasdaq notched a seventh record closing high in a row, with gains in many chip stocks despite losses in Alphabet, Amazon and Meta Platforms.
Retail sales rose 0.1% in May, versus the 0.3% growth forecast by economists polled by Reuters, while another report showed surprisingly strong May industrial production and manufacturing output.
Following the news, markets slightly increased bets on two Federal Reserve interest rate cuts this year, LSEG’s FedWatch showed, despite U.S. central bankers’ most recent projections for just one easing.
Technology was the top S&P 500 sector gainer, while communication services led declines.
Investors focused on Fed officials’ comments on Tuesday. New York Fed President John Williams said rates will come down gradually over time, while Richmond Fed’s Thomas Barkin said he required more months of economic data before supporting a rate cut.
Some market observers noted nothing surprising emerged. “That’s why the markets stay unchanged today,” said Jim Awad, senior managing director at Clearstead Advisors LLC in New York.
U.S. markets will be closed on Wednesday for the Juneteenth holiday.
Hopes for multiple rate cuts this year, excitement for AI-related companies and robust earnings from other tech firms have bolstered equities in recent months, with gains concentrated in a few heavily weighted stocks.
According to preliminary data, the S&P 500 gained 14.23 points, or 0.25%, to end at 5,487.46 points, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 9.09 points, or 0.05%, to 17,862.23. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 54.07 points, or 0.15%, to 38,832.17.
Shares of education technology provider Chegg rose after announcing job cuts in a restructuring.
Homebuilder Lennar fell after forecasting lower-thanexpected third-quarter home deliveries.
President Vladimir Putin of Russia has arrived in North Korea, according to Russian state media, visiting for the first time in 24 years after vowing to bring ties with Pyongyang to new heights and jointly rebuff what he called the “global neocolonial dictatorship” of the United States.
The North’s leader, Kim Jong Un, met the Russian president on the airport tarmac early Wednesday local time, Russian state news agencies reported.
The war against Ukraine has driven Putin closer to Kim, who has won new status with the Kremlin by opening his vast munitions stores to Moscow.
Nine months ago, after Kim arrived by armored train in the Russian Far East, the two men met at a Russian cosmodrome and toasted their “sacred struggle” against the West. The North Korean leader, in between visiting sensitive Russian rocket and fighter jet facilities, invited Putin to make a reciprocal visit.
Now, the Russian president has taken him up on the offer. And the deepening relationship between the two authoritarian leaders poses a particular challenge for Washington. The United States once relied on Moscow’s cooperation in its attempts to curb North Korea’s nuclear and missile program. Now, it faces a Kremlin intent on playing spoiler to American geopolitical interests around the world.
Russian state media released footage showing large Russian flags and portraits of a smiling Putin lining the streets of Pyongyang as North Korea prepared to welcome the Russian leader.
What does Russia want?
Before the trip, Putin issued an order authorizing the conclusion of a new “comprehensive strategic partnership” agreement with North Korea.
He also published an article in Rodong, the North’s main newspaper, praising Kim for resisting “economic pressure, provocations, blackmail and military threats from the United States” and thanking Pyongyang for its strong support of Russia’s operations in Ukraine.
Victory over Ukraine has been the guiding principle of Russian foreign policy for more than two years, and Putin’s top prior-
leaders would discuss energy, transport, agriculture, economic and security issues during the trip.
What does North Korea want?
Kim, whose grandfather came to power with Moscow’s backing in 1948 and founded North Korea, has been steadily expanding his arsenal of high-end weapons and looking increasingly for the Kremlin’s help.
The warming of relations between Moscow and Pyongyang has led to a breakdown of international efforts aimed at containing North Korea’s nuclear and missile ambitions and has raised questions about future sanctions enforcement.
Since the two leaders met last year, questions have persisted about what Kim has received in return for supplying Moscow with ballistic missiles and much-needed artillery shells.
ity on the trip will be to ensure North Korea’s continued cooperation in helping him achieve his aims on the battlefield.
North Korea is one of the world’s most impoverished and isolated countries, but it has one of the biggest militaries.
The exact scope of the North’s military aid for Moscow’s war is unclear. Many analysts say the contribution has been meaningful, because the Russian military requires evermore ammunition in its war of attrition against Ukraine. Russian forces have recently been making territorial gains against Ukraine in part because they are able to expend more ammunition.
In an interview with Bloomberg last week, the South Korean defense minister, Shin Won-sik, said Seoul had tracked at least 10,000 shipping containers that could hold as many as 4.8 million artillery shells being ferried from North Korea to Russia. The minister predicted that Putin would ask for more during his trip.
Before Kim’s visit to Russia last year, U.S. intelligence reported that Moscow had purchased millions of artillery shells from North Korea. The United States has since accused Russia at the United Nations of firing multiple North Korean ballistic missiles into Ukraine.
But questions about the quality of the North’s supplies have arisen. Officials in Ukraine have said that Russia fired roughly 50 North Korean ballistic missiles at Ukrai-
nian territory last winter and that the fail rate of the weapons was high.
The burgeoning relationship with Moscow has already yielded dividends for Pyongyang. In March, Russia vetoed the annual renewal of the U.N. panel of experts that had been scrutinizing North Korean sanctions violations for 15 years. The move highlighted the drastic shift in Moscow’s stance toward Pyongyang after years of playing a role in U.N. disarmament efforts there.
Before their mandate expired, U.N. monitors verified that debris from a January attack on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv had come from a North Korean missile and said the weapons transfer had violated the U.N. arms embargo on Pyongyang, according to Reuters. The embargo prohibits the export and import of weapons.
Putin is unlikely to acknowledge any ammunition or weapons deliveries during the trip. Russia has denied any military transfers that violate the U.N. embargo.
The Kremlin foreign policy aide, Yuri V. Ushakov, told journalists at a briefing on Monday that the two
Among other things, the conflict has given Pyongyang the rare opportunity to evaluate the performance of its missiles in live combat and potentially perfect their design.
Isolated from the rest of the world owing to international sanctions, North Korea has a range of needs outside the military sector that Moscow could also help meet. South Korean officials have said that Russia, the world’s biggest wheat exporter, is supplying food and raw materials, as well as parts for weapons manufacturing.
President Joe Biden and NATO Secretary-
General Jens Stoltenberg announced earlier this week that a record number of allies were meeting their military spending commitments as the two leaders sought to present a robust and unwavering response to Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Biden and Stoltenberg met ahead of the annual NATO summit next month in Washington, where member countries are expected to discuss additional measures to help secure longterm security, funding and eventual membership for Ukraine. Stoltenberg announced on Monday that NATO was prepared to take on a larger role in Ukraine’s security in the meantime.
“I expect that when we meet next month, we will agree to have a NATO role in providing security assistance and training,” Stoltenberg said. “This will reduce the burden on the United States and strengthen our support to Ukraine.”
That is possible in part because the number of allies meeting their informal commitments to spend at least 2% of their gross domestic product on their militaries has soared. When NATO allies made the pledge in 2014, only three members — including the United States — met that
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg speaks to reporters outside the White House in Washington, June 17, 2024. (Tom Brenner/The New York Times)
mark, Stoltenberg said. About five years ago, roughly 10 did, he said, and this year more than 20 of the alliance’s 32 members will. Stoltenberg also said allies have increased military spending this year by 18% — the biggest jump in decades.
The reassurances from the two leaders come as questions have arisen anew about the
alliance and the commitment to Ukraine. Russia has recently made advances on the front lines after a temporary delay in military aid to Ukraine caused by congressional gridlock. And Biden’s main rival in the November election, former President Donald Trump, has expressed skepticism toward assistance for Ukraine and the value of NATO itself.
But Biden made clear in remarks before the meeting that he considers NATO essential. “Together, we’ve deterred further Russian aggression in Europe,” he said.
Next month’s summit is expected to build on efforts secured by Western allies at the Group of 7 summit in Italy last week, which included the approval of a $50 billion loan to Ukraine backed by unlocking frozen Russian assets, and a new, 10-year security pact signed by Biden and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that would train and equip Ukraine’s forces.
The increase in spending by NATO allies is likely to blunt one line of attack from Trump, who has long criticized other members of the alliance for not paying their fair share. But his potential return to the White House has left other members of NATO fearful for the future of the alliance.
Trump threatened to withdraw the United
States from the alliance if European countries did not increase their spending, and in February said he would encourage Russia to “do whatever the hell they want” to NATO members if they had failed to pay. This month, more than 40 House Republicans voted to defund the organization, alleging that too many members were not meeting the 2% commitment.
In an address at a Washington think tank before Monday’s meeting with Biden, Stoltenberg appeared to acknowledge the difficulties Trump’s allies in Congress had caused for Ukraine by holding up $60 billion in aid, which was eventually approved in April. He said that “serious delays and gaps in delivering support” had led to “consequences on the front line” this winter and spring.
“We cannot let this happen again,” Stoltenberg said. “This is why, at the summit, I expect allied leaders to agree for NATO to lead the coordination and provision of security assistance and training for Ukraine. It is also why I have proposed a long-term financial pledge, with fresh funding every year.”
“The more credible our long-term support, the quicker Moscow will realize it cannot wait us out and the sooner this war can end,” Stoltenberg said.
Security concerns for agency workers have led the United States Agriculture Department to suspend its inspections of avocados and mangos imported from Mexico “until further notice,” the USDA said earlier this week. Produce already cleared for export will not be affected by the decision, but avocado supplies in the United States, which mostly come from the Mexican state of Michoacan, could eventually be affected if the inspections are not resumed.
The inspections “will remain paused until the security situation is reviewed and protocols and safeguards are in place,” a USDA spokesperson said in an email.
The agency did not say what had prompted the security concerns. But Mexican news outlets recently reported that two USDA inspectors had been illegally detained at a checkpoint run by community members. In Michoacan, which stretches from the mountains west of Mexico City to the Pacific Ocean, some Indigenous communities have set up security patrols to defend themselves against criminal groups.
The U.S. Embassy in Mexico confirmed Monday that the inspectors were no longer in detention.
“The interruption of avocado exports from Michoacan was due to an incident unrelated to the avocado industry,” Julio Sahagún Calderón, the president of Mexico’s association of avocado producers and packers, known as APEAM, said in a statement. He added that the group was working “intensively” with Mexican and U.S. authorities to resume the inspection of avocados from Michoacan.
This is not the first time that U.S. safety inspectors have faced security threats in Michoacan, where residents have been caught in the middle of a brutal turf war between drug cartels.
In 2022, the United States decided to temporarily block all imports of avocados from Mexico after a verbal threat was made to a safety inspector. The ban was lifted days later after Mexico enacted more safety measures for USDA inspectors.
In addition to fighting over the drug trade, the cartels have sought to muscle their way into the legal economy, particularly the profitable avocado industry, the success of which has
been fueled by the voracious U.S. appetite for the creamy fruit.
Orchards that produce avocados for export to the United States, along with the packing houses that process them, must be certified by both the Mexican authorities and USDA inspectors.
The agency is committed to resuming inspections “as swiftly as possible,” the USDA spokesperson said. He said that “avocados and mangos in transit are not impacted” by the suspension “as they have already undergone the inspection process.”
The popularity and profitability of avocados has caused environmental concerns in Mexico, with avocado orchards popping up in protected areas that are supposed to be off limits to both farmers and loggers. This has resulted in the loss of forests and the depletion of aquifers.
A report last year by Climate Rights International, a nonprofit organization documenting the human rights consequences of climate change, found that as of March 2023, the United States and Mexico had certified more than 50,000 avocado orchards in Michoacan for export.
Big chunks of the history of the COVID-19 pandemic were rewritten over the last month or so in a way that will have terrible consequences for many years to come.
Under questioning by a congressional subcommittee, top officials from the National Institutes of Health, along with Dr. Anthony Fauci, acknowledged that some key parts of the public health guidance their agencies promoted during the first year of the COVID pandemic were not backed up by solid science. What’s more, inconvenient information was kept from the public — suppressed, denied or disparaged as crackpot nonsense.
Remember the rule that we should all stay at least 6 feet apart? “It sort of just appeared,” Fauci said during a preliminary interview for the subcommittee hearing, adding that he “was not aware of any studies” that supported it. Remember the insistence that the virus was primarily spread by droplets that quickly fell to the floor? During his recent public hearing, he acknowledged that to the contrary, the virus is airborne.
As for the repeated assertion that COVID originated in a “wet market” in Wuhan, China, not in an infectious diseases laboratory there, NIH officials were privately expressing alarm over that lab’s lax biosafety practices and risky research. In his public testimony, Fauci conceded that even now there “has not been definitive proof one way or the other” of COVID-19’s origins.
Officials didn’t just spread these dubious ideas, they also demeaned anyone who dared to question them. “Dr. Fauci Throws Cold Water on Conspiracy Theory That Coronavirus Was Created in a Chinese Lab” was one typical headline. At the hearings, it emerged that Dr. David Morens, a senior NIH figure, was deleting emails that discussed pandemic origins and using his personal account to avoid public oversight.
“We’re all smart enough to know to never have smoking guns, and if we did we wouldn’t put them in emails and if we found them we’d delete them,” he wrote to the head of a nonprofit involved in research at the Wuhan lab.
I wish I could say these were all just examples of the science evolving in real time, but they actually demonstrate obstinacy, arrogance and cowardice. Instead of circling the wagons, these officials should have been responsibly and transparently informing the public to the best of their knowledge and abilities. Their delays, falsehoods and misrepresentations had terrible real-time effects on the lives of Americans. Failure to acknowledge the basic facts of COVID transmission led authorities to pointlessly close beaches and parks, leaving city dwellers to huddle in the much more dangerous confines of cramped and poorly ventilated apartments. The same failure also delayed the opening of schools and caused untold millions of dollars to be wasted on plexiglass barriers (that likely made things worse) rather than effective air filters that would have helped kids to return to one another’s company.
Beaches and schools are open again, but the most severe ramifications of these failures may last for decades, because they gave people cause to doubt the word of scientific and public health authorities.
If the government misled people about how COVID is transmitted, why would Americans believe what it says about vaccines or bird flu or HIV? How should people distinguish between wild conspiracy theories and actual conspiracies?
I started reporting on COVID in February 2020. It was already clear that a catastrophe was hurtling toward us. But people who took that fact seriously were often pooh-poohed as alarmist, doomers or preppers because many health officials were, at that point, downplaying the threat.
The next month, startled by the official claims that masks were harmful, I begged the authorities to level with the public about the potential benefits of masking rather than seemingly tailoring their message to avoid panic over the supply shortage. That strategy, I noted, was sure to backfire — as it did.
The questions around masks led me to the 6-foot rule and the debate over how COVID was spread. “FACT CHECK: COVID-19 is NOT airborne,” the World Health Organization declared on social media — even though SARS, a virus very much like COVID, had long since been understood to be airborne. Frustrated scientists pleaded with the CDC and the WHO to take into account the new evidence. By the way, as of this writing, that “FACT CHECK” post is still up.
I later implored the authorities to open parks (that was April 2020) as well as to recognize airborne transmission and the protective effect of ventilation and to stop shaming people for going to the beach (both in July 2020). I even joined some of those scientists to write articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals.
But as I reported on these topics, one theme kept coming up: High-level officials were afraid to tell the truth — or just to admit that they didn’t have all the answers — lest they spook the public.
It emerged during these congressional hearings that U.S. scientific authorities had no idea what viruses the Wuhan lab was using or what work it was doing. So how could they issue all those confident assurances?
The hearings occasionally turned into a clown show, with some lawmakers looking to score cheap political points. But others pulled their punches, no doubt worried about validating the misinformation that swirls around these issues. This attitude reflects a fundamental and dangerous misunderstanding.
Misinformation is not something that can be overcome solely by spelling out facts just the right way. Defeating it requires earning and keeping the public’s trust.
During Fauci’s testimony this past week, Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Md., brought up the Tuskegee experiment, in which Black men with syphilis were denied treatment so doctors could study how the disease progressed. Ironically, he claimed that they were deliberately injected with syphilis — which is false, and a conspiracy theory, but that fact check is irrelevant to the main question: Can vulnerable populations trust that the medical establishment will inform and protect them?
During the pandemic, research showed that many African Americans were reluctant to get vaccines, but it wasn’t because they were all COVID denialists. Many were continuing to take
Big chunks of the history of the COVID pandemic were rewritten over the last month or so in a way that will have terrible consequences for many years to come, Zeynep Tufekci writes. (Nicole Natri/The New York Times)
precautions such as wearing masks and avoiding crowds. They just didn’t trust that scientists had leveled with the public about the risks of vaccination.
Opportunists and “do your own research” chaos agents will take advantage of these lapses for a long time to come, fueling conspiracy theories and bad ideas of every stripe. The newest one I’ve heard is that COVID is ravaging people’s immune systems on a mass scale comparable to that of HIV. On what authority can such a falsehood now be debunked?
As the expression goes, trust is built in drops and lost in buckets, and this bucket is going to take a very long time to refill.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – La comisionada residente, Jenniffer González Colón, anunció el martes varias asignaciones de fondos federales que suman 211,538,616 dólares y que impactarán programas de salud mental, sinhogarismo, transporte, agricultura, ambiente y energía en Puerto Rico.
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de Energía aprobó 199,875,850 dólares provenientes del proyecto de Resiliencia Energética, a través de la empresa Sunnova, para la segunda fase del contrato destinado a implementar sistemas residenciales de energía solar y almacenamiento de baterías para hogares vulnerables en todo Puerto Rico. González destacó esta asignación como un impulso a la diversificación de fuentes de energía y la seguridad energética de las familias, especialmente ante la inestabilidad energética de la Isla. Estos fondos forman parte de la asignación suplementaria de 1,000 millones de dólares legislada en el Congreso para subvencionar a través del Departamento de Energía la instalación de estos sistemas en residencias con necesidades económicas, específicamente en Puerto Rico. González ha promovido consistentemente el uso de energía renovable en Puerto Rico, presentando iniciativas legislativas para facilitar y aumentar el acceso a energía eólica y energía limpia.
Además, el Departamento de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano (HUD) aprobó 2 millones de dólares a la Administración de Servicios de Salud Mental y Contra la Adicción (ASSMCA) y 400,000 dólares a la organización Solo Por Hoy, Inc., bajo el Programa de Mejoramiento del Sistema para Jóvenes Sin Hogar (YHSI). Estas subvenciones buscan mejorar o establecer un sistema de respuesta para jóvenes sin hogar.
La semana pasada, la comisionada residente anunció en sus redes la asignación de 5 millones de dólares
por parte del Departamento de Transportación federal al Aeropuerto Luis Muñoz Marín. Estos fondos son para financiar parcialmente el diseño y la construcción de una estructura fotovoltaica de dos megavatios para suministrar energía sostenible y resistente al Terminal A.
Tres empresas agrícolas se beneficiaron de los fondos del Programa Piloto de Protección y Estabilización del Trabajo Agrícola (FLSP) del Departamento de Agricultura (USDA). Este programa apoya a los patronos agrícolas en la implementación de estándares laborales sólidos. Las compañías beneficiadas son Coquí Global Enterprise, LLC con 400,000 dólares, Jempl Vetiver, LLC con 200,000 dólares y MS Produce, LLC con 200,000 dólares.
La Oficina Nacional de Administración Oceánica y Atmosférica (NOAA) asignó 3,462,766 dólares a la organización Protectores de Cuencas Inc. bajo el Programa de Iniciativa de Fuerza Laboral Preparada para el Clima. Esta asignación busca capacitar para trabajos en conservación y restauración ecológica, incluyendo la restauración de manglares y humedales, infraestructura verde para aguas pluviales, y mitigación de peligros costeros e inundaciones.
González Colón felicitó a cada uno de los recipientes de estos fondos por haber completado satisfactoriamente los requisitos establecidos y lograr estas asignaciones que nacen de discusiones presupuestarias en el Congreso.
La consulta de status se va a convocar cuando sea “estratégicamente posible” dice gobernador
AGUAS BUENAS – El gobernador Pedro Rafael Pierluisi Urrutia dijo el lunes que cuando sea “estratégicamente viable”, va a convocar la consulta de estatus para las elecciones de noviembre.“Siempre he dicho que esa decisión la voy a tomar en algún momento ahora en el verano, tengo que hacerlo a tiempo para que se imprima la papeleta que se tiene que imprimir y que no afecte el proceso de la elección como tal. Cuando ya llegue el momento tomar la decisión, porque logísticamente no puedo esperar más, la voy a tomar. Y repito lo que he dicho antes, a pesar de unas voces que han salido en contra, me veo claramente inclinado a convocar la consulta de igualmente, como lo dije anteriormente, pienso que las opciones que debe tener la consulta son las opciones del proyecto HR 8393, que contó con la aprobación de la Cámara de Representantes federal. O sea que no hay que inventar, no hay que improvisar”, dijo el gobernador a preguntas de la prensa.
“Aquí en Puerto Rico no hubo objeción en aquel proceso de parte ni del Partido Independentista ni de parte de Victoria Ciudadana, que no objetaron públicamente eso. En el Partido Popular Democrático hay un sector que favorece la opción de la libre asociación, así que también ese sector lo veía, ese proyecto y esa opción con buenos
ojos. Si reconozco que hay un sector dentro del Partido Popular Democrático que todavía me sorprende, pero todavía defiende el estatus actual y niega que sea un estatus colonial y territorial, pero son los menos, o sea, esos son los menos y tú tienes que en estas cosas buscar el bienestar general y si lo que estás esperando es unanimidad, nunca la vas a tener”, añadió.
Pierluisi expresó que a pesar de que se pospuso por conflictos de calendario la vista en el Senado federal sobre el estatus, la decisión de convocar la consulta está tomada.
“Yo lo que estoy diciendo es que va a llegar el momento en que tengo que tomar la decisión y que si la vista no se ha dado para ese momento, eso no va a causar el que yo no la tome. También es repetido que me veo muy inclinado a convocar la consulta y utilizar las Opciones del HR 83 93, así que lo único que estoy añadiendo, si acaso, es que alguien me dijo ahora que como la vista no se da, pues entonces va a convocar. Pues la contestación es que hoy no voy a convocar, que mañana tampoco, pero que va a llegar un momento en el que logísticamente tengo que tomar la decisión, porque si no afecto el proceso eleccionario. Todavía hay un margen que tengo para tomar la decisión. Margen de tiempo, que todavía no se ha dado la vista y que yo había dicho sería bueno que la vista se dé antes de que llegue ese punto. Eso ya
es una cuestión de logística y yo ahí tengo que hablar básicamente, discutir esto con Vanessa Santo Domingo, posiblemente con Edwin Mundo, los conocedores del tema electoral que conocen el tiempo que tarda o toma tú imprimir la papeleta e incorporar esa consulta dentro del proceso electoral”, sostuvo.
Angela Bofill, a New York-bred singer whose sultry alto propelled a string of R&B hits in the late 1970s and early ’80s before strokes derailed her career in the 2000s, died Thursday in Vallejo, California. She was 70. Her death, at the home of her daughter, Shauna Bofill Vincent, was announced in a social media post by her manager, Rich Engel. He did not specify a cause.
With a silky blend of Latin, jazz, adult-contemporary and soul, Bofill is best remembered for jazzy love songs including “This Time I’ll Be Sweeter” and funk-inflected pop numbers like “Something About You.” Armed with a 3 1/2-octave range, her voice was “as cool as sherbet, creamy, delicately colored, mildly flavored,” as Ariel Swartley wrote in Rolling Stone magazine in 1979.
Starting in 1978, Bofill logged six albums in the Top 40 of the Billboard R&B charts, with five of them crossing over to the Top 100 of the pop charts. She also scored seven Top 40 R&B singles, including “Angel of the Night,” (1979) and “Too Tough” (1983).
Angela Tomasa Bofill was born May 2, 1954, in New York City to a Puerto Rican mother and a Cuban father and grew up in the Wi lliamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, in Manhattan and in the west Bronx. She started writing songs as a child.
By her teens, she was showing off her vocal chops in a duo with her sister Sandra and a group called the Puerto Rican Supremes, and as a member of the prestigious All-City Chorus, a group composed of top high school singers in the city’s five boroughs.
After graduating from Hunter College High School in Manhattan in 1972, she created a buzz on the city’s club circuit, singing in the band of future Latin Grammy winner Richie Marrero.
She studied at the Hartford Conservatory in Connecticut and graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the Manhattan School of Music in 1976. Bofill worked with the Dance Theater of Harlem as a singer, writer and arranger before signing to GRP Records and releasing her critically acclaimed debut album, “Angie,” in 1978.
The album’s signature single, “This Time I’ll Be Sweeter,” a song previously recorded by Martha Reeves, Roberta Flack and others, rose to No. 23 on what was then known as Billboard’s soul chart.
In a profile in The Daily News after the album’s release, columnist Pete Hamill singled out one track, “Under
“Angel of the Night” (1979), was an even bigger critical and commercial success, fueled by the singles “What I Wouldn’t Do (For the Love of You)” and “I Try,” which she performed on “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson,” along with the title track.
Clive Davis, the Arista Records founder, lured her to his label in 1981.
By the mid-1980s, Bofill was living with her husband, country music performer Rick Vincent, in the Napa Valley of California and raising her baby daughter. (The couple divorced in 1994; complete information about survivors was not immediately available).
In a 1985 interview with Ben Fong-Torres, a music writer for The San Francisco Chronicle, Bofill said motherhood had not only grounded her emotionally — “I’m more assertive; I know what I want more” — but also affected her musical abilities. “I gained three notes on my upper register,” she said. “If I’d had a boy, I’d have become a bass, who knows.”
the Moon and Over the Sky” — one of four songs on the album that Bo fill wrote or co-wrote — as “a city dream: lyrical and defiant, with the congas rolling through the middle, and the sounds of Santeria add a thread of the unearthly.”
“You dream this kind of music on subways,” he added.
At the time, Bofill was still living in the west Bronx, where the urban decay spreading through the borough was all too apparent to her.
“It’s so sad,” she told Hamill. “Where I used to live, the same building that was flourishing with people is now the pits. I used to go to a candy store on the corner and hang out, and that’s gone. It looks like the ancient ruins of Rome.”
“Maybe I can be part of the solution,” she added. “Even the poorest family has a radio. Even the poorest family can have music.”
Hailed as a rare Latin singer to cross over to the R&B charts, Bofill continued her ascent. Her follow-up album,
She released her last studio album, “Love in Slow Motion,” in 1996. Her music career ended when she had strokes in 2006 and 2007 that left her partly paralyzed and speech-impaired.
Still, Bofill rarely expressed regret and tried to be lighthearted in talking about her misfortunes in interviews. She recounted to The Washington Post in 2011 how she had wearied of the rigors of the road before her first stroke.
“I asked God, ‘Give me break,’” she recalled in disjointed syntax. “Tell the truth, I need a break. I’m going, going. No break long time. Over 26 years, no break. I prayed one day, ‘God, I need a break.’ Bam! That’s when stroke hit.”
She added, “Next time, God, maybe another kind break.”
tant is whether you’re taking antibiotics at all, and for how long.
Q: I was prescribed a yearlong course of antibiotics to prevent recurrent urinary tract infections. Should I be worried about antimicrobial resistance?
A: Whenever you take antibiotics, no matter the dose or duration, there is a risk of developing resistance, said Dr. Sarah Kabbani, a public health physician at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Antibiotics work by killing bacteria in your body. But some bacteria will survive and thrive, which can make future infections more difficult to treat. This result, called antimicrobial resistance, is responsible for more than 35,000 deaths in the United States each year.
While antibiotics are necessary for serious, lifethreatening infections, they’re sometimes prescribed for less urgent situations. Here’s how to tell if an antibiotic is right for you.
What to consider
The most important question to discuss with your doctor before taking an antibiotic is: Do I really need it?
It’s very possible that you don’t, said Dr. Bradley Langford, a pharmacist specializing in antimicrobial resistance at Public Health Ontario in Toronto. According to the CDC, at least 28% of antibiotics prescribed in outpatient settings like doctors’ offices and emergency departments are unnecessary.
In recent years, U.S. health experts have recommended being more conservative in prescribing antibiotics for common situations, like for treating acne or preventing infections from dental procedures.
If a provider does recommend an antibiotic, research suggests that the shorter the course, the lower the resistance risk, and in many cases, shorter courses are just as effective as longer ones.
Still, some providers continue to prescribe longer courses than are necessary, Kabbani said, so whatever your situation, ask if you’re on the shortest course possible.
Also consider the type of antibiotic. Broad-spectrum antibiotics, which target many types of bacteria, are more likely to cause resistance than those that target fewer types. And lower dosages don’t automatically mean less chance of resistance, Langford said. What’s more impor-
Most of us know that we shouldn’t take antibiotics for viral infections, like colds, coughs and flus. But guidelines for other situations may be less straightforward.
Prophylactic antibiotics are often prescribed before surgeries to reduce the risk of infection. In those cases, antibiotics are worth taking, Kabbani said.
But taking antibiotics before a dental procedure is often not necessary, she said; the drugs should be reserved for those at higher risk of complications, according to the American Dental Association.
If you have chronic UTIs, defined as more than two in six months or more than three in a year, short courses of prophylactic antibiotics — typically lasting from three months to a year — can reduce their recurrence in adults. But the drugs still carry risks for resistance and unwanted side effects (like rashes, diarrhea or yeast infections).
Doctors are increasingly recommending that if you have recurrent UTIs, it’s best to start with alternative prevention methods, such as drinking more fluids, Langford said. Cranberry products, like juices or supplements, may help, too. Or, if you regularly get UTIs after sexual intercourse, you might take a single dose of an antibiotic just after intercourse.
There’s “very limited evidence” for taking prophylactic antibiotics for recurrent UTIs indefinitely, Kabbani said. But if you are prescribed them for an extended course, make sure you know how long it should last; usually, it’s no more than a year, Langford said.
If your doctor detects bacteria in your urine but you don’t have symptoms, avoid antibiotics, research suggests, as they may increase your risk for developing symptomatic UTIs in the future.
— Skin Conditions
People with skin conditions like rosacea or acne are commonly prescribed antibiotics. In fact, dermatologists prescribe more antibiotics than providers in any other medical specialty, said Dr. John Barbieri, a dermatologist at
If it’s not medically necessary, you may want to consider the risk of antimicrobial resistance.
Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.
For severe rosacea, antibiotics are often the best treatment, Barbieri said. Though medicated creams or gels or gentle skin care routines can help with milder cases.
For acne, alternative and effective treatments are available, like benzoyl peroxide washes, topical retinoids and products with salicylic acid.
Topical antibiotics like clindamycin may help mild cases of acne, with fewer side effects than oral antibiotics, but they can still cause antimicrobial resistance. So take them in combination with other topical treatments, like benzoyl peroxide, experts say, to reduce your exposure.
If your acne is severe, oral antibiotics like doxycycline or sarecycline won’t “cure” it, but they can improve an outbreak quickly, Barbieri said, so they may be helpful for temporarily managing your acne while pursuing other, longer-term treatments.
If you can’t use an alternative treatment because of its side effects or because of another health condition, it’s “reasonable” to use oral antibiotics for longer periods, Barbieri said. That decision will ultimately depend on your unique situation, Langford said, so it’s important to discuss every possible option with your provider. For some, “the benefit of antibiotics will outweigh the risk,” he added. But many people won’t need them at all.
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In the spring of 1967, workers building a small airport behind Chichén Itzá, the ancient Maya city in Mexico, ran into a problem: Their excavations had uncovered human remains in the pathway of the proposed runway. The airport was set to serve VIPs who wanted to visit Chichén Itzá. But with the remains so close to a major archaeological site, the work had to be halted until the bones could be examined.
Any hope for a quick resolution dissolved when archaeologists who were called to the scene uncovered a chultún — an underground rainwater-storage container that, in Maya mythology, was viewed as an entrance to the subterranean land of the dead. Connected to the cistern was a cave containing more than 100 sets of human remains, almost all belonging to children. In a push to finish the airport, researchers were given just two months to excavate and exhume the cache of bones.
Nearly 60 years later, ancient DNA extracted from 64 of the children is offering new insights into the religious rituals of the ancient Maya and their ties to modern descendants. In a paper published on Wednesday in the journal Nature, an international cohort of researchers revealed that the children — sacrificial victims killed between 500 and 900 A.D. — were all local Maya boys that may have been specifically selected to be killed in sibling pairs.
“These are the first ancient Maya genomes to be published,” said Johannes Krause, an archaeogeneticist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany. The DNA work provided a previously unseen glimpse into the identities of the sacrificed children. “One feels quite moved by such a finding,” Krause said, noting that he himself has a young son.
The search into the genome of the Maya boys did not start as an exercise in ancient Maya rituals. In the mid-2000s, Rodrigo Barquera — now an immunogeneticist at the Max Planck Institute — was hoping to discover the genetic legacy of Mesoamerica’s deadliest pandemic.
In 1545, an outbreak of Salmonella enterica spread like wildfire across what is now Mexico. Over the next century, the disease killed up to 90% of the Indigenous population. Pandemics like these often leave their mark on the immune genes of survivors. To uncover this genetic legacy, Barquera and his colleagues needed to compare the DNA from the precolonial remains with that of people who were born after the calamity.
The children found in the chultún were one such preColumbian group certain to have never come across the pandemic while alive. So in 2015, the team received permission to destroy a small part of their skulls to sequence DNA.
The team first used DNA to determine the sex of the children as part of routine sequencing. The skeletons of people under a certain age do not offer much information about biological sex, so this aspect of the children was a mystery.
It took a year for those first results to come in, and when they did: “Wow,” Barquera said.
All 64 of the skulls belonged to boys. “We kept rerunning the tests because we couldn’t believe that all of them were male,” he said. “It was just so amazing.”
Early archaeologists studying the Maya had proposed that the culture was preoccupied with sacrificing young virgin women. That theory has been challenged in recent decades with the discovery that most people sacrificed in the sacred cenote — a natural sinkhole at Chichén Itzá — were children.
“That obviously flew in the face of the argument that it was mostly young virgin women being thrown into the cenote,” said Jaime Awe, an archaeologist at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff who was not involved in the study. The obsession with virgins in archaeological circles most likely arose from a combination of colonial ideas and limited data, he said.
Now, DNA confirms that the children from the chultún were all male, he said, adding: “We would not have known who they were had the DNA study not been conducted.”
Subsequent genetic testing also showed that many of the boys were related to one another, and among them were two sets of identical twins. Why these boys were chosen for sacrifice is unknown, Barquera said. But it is possible that siblings, or close relatives, were selected to reflect the trials of the Hero Twins, key figures in Maya cosmology who underwent cycles of sacrifice and rebirth.
“Rituals from ancient times tend to be particular,” Awe said. “This study indicates that for some religious ceremonies, it was important that only male children were selected for sacrifice.”
The boys are now giving back to modern Maya who live around Chichén Itzá, Barquera and his colleagues found. The
team compared the boys’ DNA with that of Maya living in Tixcacaltuyub, a town around an hour’s drive from Chichén Itzá, and found strong genetic continuity between the two groups. As Barquera expected, the 1545 pandemic did leave a mark on the Maya, bequeathing Tixcacaltuyub residents with at least one genetic variant associated with salmonella immunity.
Barquera and a few colleagues traveled to Tixcacaltuyub to share their findings at local schools and with study participants. They also shared previous genetic work conducted by other groups indicating that ancestors of the Maya first moved into the region around 9,000 years ago. Together, the genetic work hints that the peninsula’s large population experienced little migration or genetic exchange since the Maya’s earliest ancestors first moved in.
DNA provides “clear proof that these people are descendants of the folks that developed one of the world’s most accomplished civilizations,” Awe said.
Barquera added that the study participants were thrilled to receive confirmation that they were genetically related to the builders of Chichén Itzá.
“People who live close to these archaeological sites ask, ‘Why do you have so much respect for the people who built these sites, and then treat the Indigenous people who live around them like inferiors?’” he said.
With these DNA results, he added, they can now say: “Look, we’re related to the ones who made these pyramids. So maybe stop being racist toward us.”
Workers’ excavations had uncovered human remains in the pathway of the proposed runway. (Marv Watson/Unsplash)ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE MAYA-
GÜEZ
BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante Vs. SUCESIÓN DE RICARDO CABASSA ROSARIO COMPUESTA POR SU VIUDA VERÓNICA GARCÍA SÁNCHEZ T/C/C VERÓNICA GARCÍA DE CABASSA, POR SÍ; MARVIN CABASSA
MOLINA; STEPHANIE CABASSA MOLINA T/C/C STEPHANIE NUÑEZ; FRANCES CABASSA; RICARDO CABASSA Y ALBERTO CABASSA; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS
DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERÉS EN DICHA SUCESIÓN
Demandados
Civil Núm.: MZ2022CV01686. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EDICTO ANUNCIANDO PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe, funcionario del Tribunal de la Sala Superior de Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, por la presente anuncia y hace saber al público en general que en cumplimiento con la Sentencia dictada en este caso con fecha 5 de julio de 2023, y según Orden y Mandamiento del 9 de noviembre de 2023 librado por este honorable Tribunal, procederé a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor, y por dinero en efectivo, cheque certificado o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal con todo título derecho y/o interés de la parte demandada sobre la propiedad que se describe a continuación: RÚSTICA: Porción de terreno marcada con el número “seis” en el plano de inscripción comprensiva de cuatrocientos siete metros cuadrados y veinticinco centésimas de otro, radicada en el barrio Miradero del término municipal de Cabo Rojo; en lindes por el NORTE, en dieciséis metros veintinueve centímetros con terrenos de Félix Raúl Ramírez Campis y María Colberg, antes, hoy Iglesia de Dios Pentecostal; por el SUR, en dieciséis metros veintinueve centímetros con la parcela marcada con el número diecisiete en el plano de inscripción a dedicarse a uso público; por el ESTE, en veinticinco metros, con el solar número cuatro
en el plano de inscripción; y por el OESTE, en veinticinco metros con el solar marcado con el número ocho en el plano de inscripción. Contiene una casa de hormigón y bloques de hormigón de una sola planta dedicada a vivienda. FINCA
NÚMERO: 8,327, inscrita al folio 61 del tomo 808 de Cabo Rojo, Registro de San Germán. Dirección Física: BARRIO MIRADERO, LOTE 6, CABO ROJO PR 00623. Se anuncia por medio de este edicto que la PRIMERA SUBASTA habrá de celebrarse el día 30 DE JULIO DE 2024, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina sita en el edificio que ocupa el Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala Superior de Mayagüez. Siendo ésta la primera subasta que se celebrará en este caso, será el precio mínimo aceptable como oferta en la Primera Subasta, eso es el tipo mínimo pactado en la Escritura de Hipoteca para la propiedad, la suma de $78,000.00. De no haber remanente o adjudicación en esta primera subasta por dicha suma mínima, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 6 DE AGOSTO DE 2024, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar antes señalado en la cual el precio mínimo serán dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo pactado en la escritura de hipoteca, la suma de $52,000.00. De no haber remanente o adjudicación en esta segunda subasta por el tipo mínimo indicado en el párrafo anterior, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en el mismo lugar antes señalado el día 13 DE AGOSTO DE 2024, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la cual el tipo mínimo aceptable como oferta será la mitad (1/2) del precio mínimo pactado en la escritura de hipoteca, la suma de $39,000.00. Si se declare desierta la tercera subasta se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo mínimo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta es mayor. Con el importe de esta venta se habrá de satisfacer el balance de la sentencia dictada en este caso el cual consiste en el pago de $62,974.94 de principal, más intereses convenidos al 7.1250% anual más recargos hasta su pago, más el pago de lo pactado en la sentencia para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados. Se dispone que una vez celebrada la subasta y vendido el inmueble relacionado, el alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial a los nuevos dueños den-
tro del término de veinte (20) días a partir de la celebración de la Subasta. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del demandado/deudor la ocupen. El Alguacil de este Tribunal efectuará el lanzamiento de los ocupantes de ser necesario. Si la subasta es adjudicada a un tercero y luego se deja sin efecto, el tercero a favor de quién se adjudicó la subasta solo tendrá derecho a la devolución del monto consignado más no tendrá derecho a entablar recurso o reclamo adicional alguno (judicial o extrajudicial) contra el demandante y/o el acreedor y/o inversionista, dueño pagaré y/o su abogado. Si se anula la venta, el comprador tendrá derecho a la devolución del depósito de la venta judicial menos los honorarios y costos incurridos en el proceso de venta judicial. No tendrá ningún otro recurso contra el acreedor hipotecario ejecutante ni la representación legal de éste. Por la presente, también se notifica e informa a Fulano de Tal y Sutano de Tal, personas desconocidas que puedan tener derechos en la propiedad o título objeto de este edicto. La Venta en Pública Subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga y 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 eso fuera necesario, a los efectos de cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha Subasta. 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. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría de este Tribunal durante horas laborables y para la concurrencia de los licitadores expido el presente Edicto que se publicará en un periódico de circulación diaria en toda la Isla de Puerto Rico por espacio dos (2) semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana y se fijará, además, en el Tribunal de Primera Instan-
cia, Alcaldía y la Colecturía de Rentas Internas del Municipio donde se celebrará la Subasta y en la Colecturía más cercana del lugar de la residencia de la parte demandada. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente que firmo y sello, hoy día 24 de mayo de 2024. ALG. GLORIAN VÁZQUEZ VÉLEZ, ALGUACIL #077, SALA SUPERIOR DE MAYAGÜEZ.
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FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE
ASSOCIATION T/C/C
FANNIE MAE
Demandante Vs. SUCESIÓN DE CARLOS
AUGUSTO ROBERT RUIZ COMPUESTA POR SUS HEREDEROS
CONCOCIDOS JUDITH
DEL CARMEN ROBERT
MARTÍNEZ T/C/C JUDITH
SALAZAR T/C/C CARMEN
ROBERT MARTINEZ, JOSE ROBERT T/C/C
JOSE EDUARDO ROBERT
COLON, CARLOS RAFAEL ROBERT
COLON, FRANCES MARIE
ROBERT PAGAN, MARIA
ANGELLIE ROBERT
PAGAN T/C/C MARIE
A. ROBERT PAGAN, LILLIAM DEL CARMEN
ROBERT PELLOT T/C/C
LILIAM DEL CARMEN
ROBERT PELLOT
Y RAFAEL ROBERT
LYONS; SUCESION DE LILLIAM DEL CARMEN
ROBERT COLON T/C/C
LILIAM DEL CARMEN
ROBERT COLON
COMPUESTA POR MARIA
COLON; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS
DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERÉS EN DICHAS SUCESIONES
Demandados
Civil Núm.: AG2019CV00660.
Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTE-
CA. EDICTO ANUNCIANDO
PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe, funcionario del Tribunal de la Sala Superior de Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, por la presente anuncia y hace saber al público en general que en cumplimiento con la Sentencia
dictada en este caso con fecha 14 de marzo de 2024, y según Orden y Mandamiento del 23 de mayo de 2024 librado por este honorable Tribunal, procederé a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor, y por dinero en efectivo, cheque certificado o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal con todo título derecho y/o interés de la parte demandada sobre la propiedad que se describe a continuación: RÚSTICA: Parcela F radicada en el barrio Pueblo de término municipal de Moca, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de mil setecientos treinta y siete punto cero ocho metros cuadrados (1,737.08); en lindes por el NORTE, con Luis García; por el SUR, con parcela identificada con la letra G y con calle dedicada a Uso Público; por el ESTE, con la Carretera Estatal número ciento once (111) y por el OESTE, con parcela identificada con la letra E y con la calle dedicada a Uso Público.
FINCA NÚMERO: 8,921, inscrita al folio 200 del tomo 331 de Moca, registro de San Sebastián. Dirección Física: BARRIO PUEBLO, PARCELA F (15 TOMAS GONZALEZ), MOCA PR 00676. Se anuncia por medio de este edicto que la PRIMERA SUBASTA habrá de celebrarse el día 30 DE JULIO DE 2024, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina sita en el edificio que ocupa el Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala Superior de Aguadilla, área del Sótano, final del pasillo, Calle Progreso #70, Aguadilla, PR. Siendo ésta la primera subasta que se celebrará en este caso, será el precio mínimo aceptable como oferta en la Primera Subasta, eso es el tipo mínimo pactado en la Escritura de Hipoteca para la propiedad, la suma de $300,700.00. De no haber remanente o adjudicación en esta primera subasta por dicha suma mínima, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 6 DE AGOSTO DE 2024, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar antes señalado en la cual el precio mínimo serán dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo pactado en la escritura de hipoteca, la suma de $200,466.66. De no haber remanente o adjudicación en esta segunda subasta por el tipo mínimo indicado en el párrafo anterior, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en el mismo lugar antes señalado el día 13 DE AGOSTO DE 2024, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la cual el tipo mínimo aceptable como oferta será la mitad (1/2) del precio mínimo pactado en la escritura de hipoteca, la suma de $150,350.00. Si se declare desierta la tercera subasta se
adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo mínimo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta es mayor. Con el importe de esta venta se habrá de satisfacer el balance de la sentencia dictada en este caso el cual consiste en el pago de $204,647.24 de principal, más intereses convenidos al 5.3750% anual más recargos hasta su pago, más el pago de lo pactado en la sentencia para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados. Se dispone que una vez celebrada la subasta y vendido el inmueble relacionado, el alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial a los nuevos dueños dentro del término de veinte (20) días a partir de la celebración de la Subasta. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del demandado/deudor la ocupen. El Alguacil de este Tribunal efectuará el lanzamiento de los ocupantes de ser necesario. Si la subasta es adjudicada a un tercero y luego se deja sin efecto, el tercero a favor de quién se adjudicó la subasta solo tendrá derecho a la devolución del monto consignado más no tendrá derecho a entablar recurso o reclamo adicional alguno (judicial o extrajudicial) contra el demandante y/o el acreedor y/o inversionista, dueño pagaré y/o su abogado. Si se anula la venta, el comprador tendrá derecho a la devolución del depósito de la venta judicial menos los honorarios y costos incurridos en el proceso de venta judicial. No tendrá ningún otro recurso contra el acreedor hipotecario ejecutante ni la representación legal de éste. Por la presente, también se notifica e informa a Fulano de Tal y Sutano de Tal, personas desconocidas que puedan tener derechos en la propiedad o título objeto de este edicto. La Venta en Pública Subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga y 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 eso fuera necesario, a los efectos de cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha Subasta. 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. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría de este Tribunal durante horas laborables y para la concurrencia de los licitadores expido el presente Edicto que se publicará en un periódico de circulación diaria en toda la Isla de Puerto Rico por espacio dos (2) semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana y se fijará, además, en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Alcaldía y la Colecturía de Rentas Internas del Municipio donde se celebrará la Subasta y en la Colecturía más cercana del lugar de la residencia de la parte demandada. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente que firmo y sello, hoy día 5 de junio de 2024. CAROL CHALMERS SOTO, ALGUACIL REGIONAL #526, SALA SUPERIOR DE AGUADILLA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE MANATÍ ORIENTAL BANK
Demandante V. SUCESION DE WILLIAM LORAN RIVERA COMPUESTA POR SUS HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERES FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL DEMANDADOS
Civil Núm.: AR2023CV02348. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EDICTO ANUNCIANDO PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe, funcionario del Tribunal de la Sala Superior de Manati, Puerto Rico, por la presente anuncia y hace saber al público en general que en cumplimiento con la Sentencia dictada en este caso con fecha 26 de marzo de 2024, y según Orden y Mandamiento del 20 de mayo de 2024 librado por este honorable Tribunal, procederé a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor, y por dinero en efectivo, cheque certificado o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal con todo título derecho y/o interés de la parte demandada sobre la propiedad que se describe a continuación:
URBANA: Solar radicado en la Urbanización ‘Villa Georgetti’ sito en el Barrio Pueblo del término municipal de Barceloneta, Puerto Rico, que se describe en el Plano de Inscripción de la urbanización, con el número, área y colindancias que se relacionan a continuación: Bloque y Número: ‘F’ Diecisiete (F-17). Área: Trescientos dieciocho metros cuadrados con cincuenta centímetros (318.50mc). En lindes: por el NORTE, en trece metros (13.00) con la Calle número tres (3) de la urbanización; por el SUR, en trece metros (813.00) metros con los solares número seis (6) y número siete (7) del Bloque F; por el ESTE, en veinticuatro metros con cincuenta centímetros (24.50m) con el solar número dieciséis (16) del Bloque ‘F’; y por el OESTE, en veinticuatro metros cincuenta centímetros (24.50) con el solar número dieciocho (18) del Bloque ‘F’. Finca Número 11,662, inscrita al tomo móvil 216 de Barceloneta. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Manatí. Nota aclaratoria: En el Registro de la Propiedad la descripción registral consta tal y como fue transcrita anteriormente. En la Escritura número 277, otorgada en (no expresa), Puerto Rico, el día 29 de mayo de 2009, consta lo siguiente; Por el SUR, en trece metros (13.00) metros. Dirección Física: URB. VILLA GEORGETTI, 17-F, CALLE LOS CAÑOS (CALLE LOS CANOS), BARCELONETA, PR 00617. Se anuncia por medio de este edicto que la PRIMERA SUBASTA habrá de celebrarse el día 17 DE JULIO DE 2024, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina sita en el edificio que ocupa el Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala Superior de Manatí. Siendo ésta la primera subasta que se celebrará en este caso, será el precio mínimo aceptable como oferta en la Primera Subasta, eso es el tipo mínimo pactado en la Escritura de Hipoteca para la propiedad, la suma de $102,350.00. De no haber remanente o adjudicación en esta primera subasta por dicha suma mínima, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 24 DE JULIO DE 2024, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar antes señalado en la cual el precio mínimo serán dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo pactado en la escritura de hipoteca, la suma de $68,233.33. De no haber remanente o adjudicación en esta segunda subasta por el tipo mínimo indicado en el párrafo anterior, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en el mismo lugar antes señalado el día 1RO DE AGOSTO DE
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA DE HUMACAO PALMAS DEL MAR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
Parte Demandante Vs. LUISA POHL DETWILER
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: HU2024CV00299.
Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS.
A: LUISA POHL DETWILER.
POR LA PRESENTE, se le emplaza y requiere para que notifique a:
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EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el Sello del Tribunal, hoy día 5 de junio de 2024. EVELYN FÉLIX VÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA. ARSENIA MARTÍNEZ SÁNCHEZ, SUB-SECRETARIA.
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PARTE DEMANDANTE vs. ROBERTO
RODRIGUEZ ROBLES
PARTE DEMANDADA CIVIL NÚM. AÑ2023CV00132.
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: ROBERTO RODRIGUEZ ROBLES
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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/tribunalelectronico, 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 notificaciones@orflaw.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en AÑASCO, Puerto Rico, hoy día 1 de marzo de 2024. Lcda. Norma G. Santana Irizarry, Sec Auxiliar. Jailene Acevedo Guzman, Secretario(a) Auxiliar.
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Demandante Vs. SUCESIÓN DE JOSÉ
ACEVEDO ACEVEDO T/C/C JOSÉ ÁNGEL ACEVEDO ACEVEDO COMPUESTA POR ANA MARÍA PÉREZ ACEVEDO
T/C/C ANA MARÍA PÉREZ VIRUET POR SÍ Y COMO MIEMBRO DE LA SUCESIÓN, JOSÉ ACEVEDO PÉREZ, FULANO Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO MIEMBROS DE NOMBRE DESCONOCIDO, CENTRO
DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES, Y LOS
ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA
Demandados Civil Núm.: CA2024CV01835.
Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA - IN REM. MANDAMIENTO DE INTERPELACIÓN.
ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. POR CUANTO: En el presente caso se ha dictado la siguiente Orden: “ORDEN DE INTERPELACIÓN: Vista la Demanda presentada por la parte demandante solicitando la interpelación judicial de la sucesión de José Acevedo Acevedo t/c/c José Ángel Acevedo Acevedo compuesta por Ana María Pérez Acevedo t/c/c Ana María Pérez Viruet por sí y como miembro de la sucesión, José Acevedo Pérez, Fulano y Sutano de Tal como miembros de nombre desconocido, conforme al Artículo 1578 del Código Civil de Puerto Rico edición de 2020. Se Ordena a los herederos de la Sucesión a que dentro del término legal de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la notificación de esta Orden, acepten o repudien la participación que les corresponda en la herencia de los causantes. Se le Apercibe a los herederos antes mencionados que: (a) de no expresarse dentro del término de treinta (30) días en torno a su aceptación o repudiación de la herencia; o (b) de no solicitar término adicional para ello dentro del término de treinta (30) días; la herencia se presumirá por aceptada, respondiendo con ello por las obligaciones por los legados y por las cargas hereditarias hasta el valor de los bienes hereditarios que recibe según dispone el Artículo 1587 del Código Civil de Puerto Rico de 2020. NOTIFÍQUESE. Dada en Carolina, Puerto Rico, a 11 de junio de 2024. HON. DIANA Z. PÉREZ PABÓN, JUEZA SUPERIOR”.
POR TANTO, en vista de la Orden dictada, se libra este Mandamiento de Interpelación a ser diligenciado por la parte demandante sobre los herederos que componen la Sucesión de José Acevedo Acevedo t/c/c José Ángel Acevedo Acevedo. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, a 13 de junio de 2024. LCDA. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. LOURDES DÍAZ MEDINA, SECRETARIA
AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA
TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INS-
TANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CABO ROJO
DAMARIS CONTRERAS RODRIGUEZ
Demandante Vs. HERIBERTO VELAZQUEZ
MARTINEZ Y SU ESPOSA BLANCA
LYDIA VILLEGAS Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES; IVONNE NICOLE CARLO
ORONA, SANTA MATOS COTY, BRIAN KING APPLEGATE, LUIS OSUNA CARTAGENA, JOHN DOE, RICHARD ROE, JUAN DEL PUEBLO Y JANE ROE
Demandados Civil Núm.: CB2023CV00344. Materia: DIVISIÓN DE COMUNIDAD. EDICTO. A: SANTA MATOS COTY; LUIS OSUNA CARTAGENA.
Por Ia Presente se les emplaza para que presenten su alegación responsiva dentro del término de TREINTA (30) DIAS siguientes a Ia publicación de este emplazamiento por Edicto que será publicado una sola vez en un periódico de circulación diana general en Ia Isla de Puerto Rico. Usted(es) deberá(n) presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando Ia siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramaiudicial.pr.sumac/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en Ia Secretaría de este Tribunal de Primera Instancia y notificando copia de Ia misma al Lcdo. Luis Roberto Santos Montalvo con oficinas localizadas en Calle Concordia 256, Bo El Seco, Edificio Oil Energy, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, 00680; teléfono (787) 833-5466, y cuya dirección postal es P.O. Box 1809, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 00681. 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 por Ia parte demandante en Ia Demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. EXPEDIDO, bajo Ia firma de este Tribunal, en Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, hoy día 3 de junio de 2024. LCDA. NORMA
G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MARÍA
M. AVILÉS BONILLA, SECRE-
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS
GINARIS GOMEZ
BERRIOS T.C.C GINARIS MICHELLE GÓMEZ
BERRIOS
Demandante Vs JOSEAN
GALARZA ROMAN
Demandado
Civil Núm.: JU2024RF00060. Sobre: CUSTODIA Y PRIVACIÓN DE PATRIA POTESTAD. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: JOSEAN GALARZA
ROMAN - BARRIO ESPINO, CARRETERA
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POR LA PRESENTE se le notifica a usted, que se ha radicado en esta secretaría la demanda de epígrafe. 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. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, 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. 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.
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Se expidió bajo mi firma y sello de este Honorable Tribunal, en Humacao, Puerto Rico, a 13 de junio de 2024. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. IVELISSE GÓMEZ FALCÓN, SUB-SECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE FAJARDO SALA SUPERIOR DE FAJARDO
AMARILIS RIVERO
MELENDEZ
Demandante V. VICTOR JAVIER RAMOS
PIÑERO Y OTROS
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: CE2023RF00035.
(Salón: 203 RF). Sobre: CUSTODIA - MONOPARENTAL O COMPARTIDA Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. DAIRENE SANTO DOMINGO RIVERAD.SANTODOMINGORIVERA @GMAIL.COM. A: VICTOR JAVIER RAMOS PIÑERO - RESIDENCIAL PEDRO ROSARIO NIEVES, EDIFICIO 8, APARTAMENTO 47, FAJARDO PR 00738. MARINES RIVERA RIVERO - PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ESTADOS UNIDOS.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 16 de mayo 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 13 de junio de 2024. En Fajardo, Puerto Rico, el 13 de junio de 2024. WANDA
SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA. GLORAIDA RODRÍGUEZ
RIVERA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA
NICHOLE
BERRIOS BENÍTEZ
Demandante V.
SUCN. DON PEDRO
BERRIOS Y DOÑA
MATILDE RIVERA
T/C/C... COMPUESTA
POR SUCN DE SERAFIN
BERRIOS RUIZ, SUCN
JORGE BERRIOS RUIZ, SUCN LUIS BERRIOS
RUIZ SUCN CRESILDA
BERRIOS RUIZ Y SUCN DE CONCEPCION BERRI Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: CA2022CV04177. (Civil: 401). Sobre: USUCAPIÓN. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. RAMON A. PEREZ GONZALEZLCDOPEREZGONZALEZ@HOTMAIL. COM.
A: LA SUCESIÓN DE DON PEDRO BERRIOS Y DOÑA MATILDE RIVERA TAMBIÉN CONOCIDA COMO MATILDE RUIZ, COMPUESTA POR: SUCESIÓN DE SERAFÍN BERRIOS RUIZ, SUCESIÓN DE JORGE BERRIOS RUIZ, SUCESIÓN DE LUIS BERRIOS RUIZ, SUCESIÓN DE CRESILDA BERRIOS RUIZ, SUCESIÓN DE CONCEPCIÓN BERRIOS RUIZ; SUCESIÓN DE SERAFÍN BERRIOS RUIZ COMPUESTA POR: SUCESIÓN DE HÉCTOR E. BERRIOS BENÍTEZ, SUCESIÓN DE JAIME I. BERRIOS BENÍTEZ, SUCESIÓN DE EDDIE S. BERRIOS BENÍTEZ, SUCESIÓN DE LUIS R. BERRIOS BENÍTEZ, EFRAÍN O. BERRIOS BENÍTEZ, EDWIN W. BERRIOS BENÍTEZ, JOHN DOE Y JANE ROE, COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DE LAS SUCESIONES ANTES MENCIONADOS Y/O TERCEROS QUIENES TAMBIÉN PUEDAN TENER ALGÚN DERECHO O RECLAMACIÓN SOBRE LA PROPIEDAD, DE LOS CUALES SE DESCONOCEN SUS NOMBRES Y DOMICILIOS Y/O LAS PERSONAS IGNORADAS Y DESCONOCIDAS A QUIENES PUDIERA PERJUDICAR LA DEMANDA DE USUCAPIÓN, REAUNUDACIÓN DE TRACTO REGISTRAL, E INSCRIPCIÓN A FAVOR DE LA PARTE DEMANDANTE EN EL REGISTRO DE LA PROPIEDAD DE LA FINCA QUE MÁS ADELANTE SE DESCRIBIRÁ Y A TODA PERSONA EN GENERAL QUE CON DERECHO PARA ELLO DESEE
OPONERSE A ESTA SOLICITUD. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 07 de marzo 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 10 de junio de 2024. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 10 de junio de 2024. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. ROSA M. VIERA VELÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE FAJARDO SALA SUPERIOR DE FAJARDO ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE ACE ONE FUNDING, LLC Demandante V. DIOMAR MOJICA RODRIGUEZ Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: LU2023CV00125. (Salón: 206). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. KEVIN SÁNCHEZ CAMPANEROKEVIN.SANCHEZ@ORF-LAW.COM. A: DIOMAR MOJICA RODRÍGUEZ - BO. JUAN MARTÍN, CARR 984 KM 2.6 LUQUILLO, PR 00773; HC 1 BOX 8234 LUQUILLO, PR 00773. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 10 de junio 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 11 de junio de 2024. En Fajardo, Puerto Rico, el 11 de junio de 2024. WANDA SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA.
AMARILIS MÁRQUEZ MÁRQUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE FAJARDO SALA SUPERIOR DE FAJARDO
ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE ACE ONE FUNDING, LLC
Demandante V. TESSIE M.
FELICIANO ROSA
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: CE2023CV00065. (Salón: 206). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. KEVIN SÁNCHEZ CAMPANEROKEVIN.SANCHEZ@ORF-LAW.COM. A: TESSIE M. FELICIANO ROSA - URB JARDINES DE CEIBA, D23 CALLE 4, CEIBA PR 00735-3008. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 10 de junio 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 11 de junio de 2024. En Fajardo, Puerto Rico, el 11 de junio de 2024. WANDA SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA.
AMARILIS MÁRQUEZ MÁRQUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE HUMACAO SALA SUPERIOR DE LAS PIEDRAS PR RECOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT JV, LLC Demandante V. NELSON VELEZ NIEVES H/N/C RED CUP Y OTROS Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: LP2022CV00012. (Salón: 209). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. KENMUEL JOSÉ RUIZ LÓPEZKENMUEL.RUIZ@ORF-LAW.COM. RAÚL JAVIER PÉREZ MARTÍNEZRAUL.PEREZ@ORF-LAW.COM. A: NELSON VELEZ NIEVES H/N/C RED CUP, LIZA SANTANA DAVILA, LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS, URB. OLIMPIC VILLE #49 LAS PIEDRAS, PR 007791 Y PO BOX 49, LAS PIEDRAS, PR 00771 P/C LCDO. KENMUEL JOSE RUIZ LOPEZ. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 18 DE AGOSTO 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 11 de junio de 2024. En Las Piedras, Puerto Rico, el 11 de junio de 2024. EVELYN FÉLIX VÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA. LISA M. FIGUEROA RUIZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS
FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO
Parte Demandante Vs. IRVIN ORTIZ GONZÁLEZ, SU ESPOSA GLORINETTE ORTIZ MORALES Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: CG2020CV00022. Salón Núm.: (701). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA Y COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. A: IRVIN ORTIZ GONZÁLEZ, SU ESPOSA GLORINETTE ORTIZ MORALES Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS: 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 Caguas, 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: Propiedad Horizontal: Apartamento: 12. CONDOMINIO VILLA VICTORIA de Cidra. Cabida: 39.0267 Metros Cuadrados. URBANA: PROPIEDAD HORIZONAL: Apartamento residencial identificado con el número 12, siendo este de forma rectangular, con una cabida superficial de 420.08 pies cuadrados, equivalentes a 39.0267 metros cuadrados, localizado en el primer nivel del edificio conocido como CONDOMINIO VILLA VICTORIA que está situado en la Carretera número 734 en la Comunidad Gándara, del Barrio Sud del término municipal de Cidra, Puerto Rico. Consta de un (1) nivel, siendo sus linderos los siguientes: por el NORTE, con
el área de estacionamientos, en una distancia de doce pies con cinco y un cuarto de pulgada (12’ 5¼”) equivalentes a tres punto setenta y nueve metros lineales (3.79 m.l.); por el SUR, con área verde, en una distancia de doce pies con cinco y un cuarto de pulgada (12’ 5¼”) equivalentes a tres punto setenta y nueve metros lineales (3.79 m.l.); por el ESTE, con el Apartamento número trece (13) de este proyecto, en una distancia de treinta y tres pies con nueve y un cuarto de pulgadas (33’ 9¼”) equivalentes a diez punto veintinueve metros lineales (10.29 m.l); por el OESTE, con el Apartamento número once (11), en una distancia de treinta y tres pies con nueve y un cuarto de pulgadas (33’ 9¼”) equivalentes a diez punto veintinueve metros lineales (10.29 m.l). Consta el mismo de una (1) habitación, un closet de lavandería, pasillo, baño completo con inodoro, lavamanos, ducha y accesorios, cocina y sala/comedor. La puerta de entrada de este apartamento está situada en su lindero Norte y por ella se entra a la sala del apartamento. Este apartamento tiene una participación de 5.66% en los elementos comunes generales del condominio. Le corresponde a este apartamento el uso y disfrute del estacionamiento identificado con el mismo número del apartamento. Consta inscrita al tomo Karibe de Cidra, finca número #21,835, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección II de Caguas. La propiedad objeto de ejecución está localizada en la siguiente dirección: Condominio Villa Victoria, Apartamento #12, Cidra, P.R. 00739. Se informa que la propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravamen posterior, una vez sea otorgada la escritura de venta judicial y obtenida la Orden y Mandamiento de cancelación de gravamen posterior. (Art. 51, Ley 210-2015). En relación a la finca a subastarse, se establece como tipo mínimo de licitación en la Primera Subasta la suma de $53,804.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la Escritura de Hipoteca #180, otorgada en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el día 25 de abril de 2013, ante el notario David E. Vera Umpierre, e inscrita al tomo Karibe de Cidra, finca número 21,835, inscripción 2da y última. La PRIMERA SUBASTA, se llevará a cabo el día 10 DE JULIO DE 2024 A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en mis oficinas sitas en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas, el tipo mínimo para la primera subasta es la suma de $53,804.00. Si la primera subasta del inmueble no produjere remate, ni adjudicación, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 17 DE
JULIO DE 2024 A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo sitio y servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes del precio pactada para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de $35,869.33. Si la segunda subasta no produjere remate, ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 24 DE JULIO DE 2024 A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar y regirá como tipo mínimo de la tercera subasta la mitad del precio pactado para la primera, o sea, la suma de $26,902.00. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo, para con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor, a saber: La suma de global de $50,843.61, la cual se desglosa a continuación: la suma principal de $50,163.45, con intereses a 6.50% anual, desde el 1ro de agosto de 2018, hasta el presente y los que se continúen acumulando hasta su total y completo pago, más una suma diferida de $680.16, la cual no genera intereses, más los cargos por demora que se corresponden a los plazos atrasados desde la fecha anteriormente indicada a razón de la tasa pactada de 5% de cualquier pago que éste en mora por más de quince (15) días desde la fecha de su vencimiento, más una suma equivalente al 10% de la obligación principal ($5,380.40), por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, más cualquier otra suma que resulte por cualesquiera otros adelantos que se hayan hecho la demandante, en virtud de las disposiciones de la escritura de hipoteca y del Pagaré hipotecario. 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 referentes, 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. Se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente Escritura de Venta Judicial y el Alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial al nuevo dueño, si así se lo solicita dentro del término de veinte (20) días, de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedi-
miento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del deudor la ocupen. Expedido en Caguas, Puerto Rico, a 11 de junio de 2024. MARIANGELY ROSADO ROMÁN, ALGUACIL PLACA #953. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE GUAYAMA SALA SUPERIOR DE SALINAS SUN WEST MORTGAGE INC. POR SÍ Y COMO AGENTE DE SERVICIOS DE BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO, QUIEN A SU VEZ ES SUCESOR DE POPULAR MORTGAGE INC.
Demandante V. SUCESIÓN DE ELISAMUEL RODRIGUEZ T/C/C ELISAMUEL RODRIGUEZ RAMOS Y OTROS
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: SA2024CV00043. (Salón: 202 SUPERIOR). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. FERNANDO J. GIERBOLINI GONZÁLEZ - FGIERBOLINI@ MSGLAWPR.COM. A: CODEMANDADOS ZAIDA AMADOR, FULANO DE TAL, SUTANO DE TAL, JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE; COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE ELISAMUEL RODRÍGUEZ T/C/C ELISAMUEL RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS Y LA SUCESIÓN DE DORENE MILLER T/C/C DORENE MILLER FIEDELBAUM, Y MARIE DOE Y RICHARD ROE, COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DEL PAGARÉ.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 07 de junio 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 Sen-
tencia, 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 10 de junio de 2024. En Salinas, Puerto Rico, el 10 de junio de 2024. Marisol Rosado Rodríguez, Secretaria. Daniella E. Ramos Cáceres, Secretaria Auxiliar Del Tribunal.
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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. SUCESION DE MANUEL ANGEL RICERA RODRIGUEZ Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: SA2024CV00019. (Salón: 202 SUPERIOR). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA: PROPIEDAD RESIDENCIAL. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. FERNANDO J. GIERBOLINI GONZÁLEZ - FGIERBOLINI@ MSGLAWPR.COM.
A: FULANO(A) DE TAL, SUTANO(A) DE TAL, MENGANO(A) DE TAL Y MENGANITO(A) DE TAL COMO MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE MANUEL ÁNGEL RIVERA RODRÍGUEZ Y ANA MARÍA MACEIRA T/C/C ANA MARÍA MACEIRA. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 07 de junio 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. Co-
pia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 10 de junio de 2024. En Salinas, Puerto Rico, el 10 de junio de 2024. Marisol Rosado Rodríguez, Secretaria. Daniella E. Ramos Caceres, Secretaria Auxiliar Del Tribunal.
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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante V. SUCN CARMEN IRIS REYES AYALA Y OTROS Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: TB2023CV00095. (Salón: 701). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. GUILLERMO A. SOMOZA COLOMBANI - BILLYSOMOZA@ YAHOO.COM. A: JOSÉ ANTONIO GONZÁLEZ REYES; FULANO DE TAL, POSIBLE HEREDERO DESCONOCIDO DE LA SUCESIÓN DE CARMEN IRIS REYES AYALA T/C/C CARMEN I. REYES AYALA Y MENGANO DE TAL, POSIBLE HEREDERO DESCONOCIDO DE LA SUCESIÓN DE CARMEN IRIS REYES AYALA T/C/C CARMEN I. REYES AYALA. EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 11 de junio 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 13 de junio de 2024. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 13 de junio de 2024. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. CARMEN M. PINTADO NIEVES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
Fill in the empty fields with the numbers from 1 through 9.
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Every row must contain the numbers from 1 through 9
Every column must contain the numbers from 1 through 9
Every 3x3 square must contain the numbers from 1 through 9
Luis Arráez arrived in the majors in May 2019, entering a blowout of the Seattle Mariners as a defensive replacement. Three innings later, he doubled for his first hit with the Minnesota Twins. When he kept hitting, comparisons with a pair of Hall of Famers followed.
“One of my friends called me Little Tony Gwynn,” Arráez said. “And then, especially the fans from Minnesota called me Little Rod Carew. That’s amazing for me.”
Those connections feel as relevant as ever. Last month, hours after being traded by the Miami Marlins, Arráez made his debut for the San Diego Padres, the franchise that built a statue of Gwynn. Arráez, the only player to win a batting title in the American and National leagues across consecutive seasons, doubled in his first at-bat. He collected three more hits that day. And he later learned that Carew, his mentor, was once a mentor to Gwynn.
“Tony and I were great friends,” Carew said in a recent phone interview.
Now, the knowledge of that relationship is inspiring a spiritual successor.
“It’s big, big for me,” Arráez said.
When Gwynn made his debut for the Padres in 1982, he and Carew resided in different stratospheres. Gwynn was a rookie not far removed from a two-sport career at San Diego State. Carew, a Twins great who had joined the California Angels, was playing in his 16th consecutive All-Star season.
But in a fellow left-handed hitter, Gwynn saw a blueprint.
“He patterned his game after him early in his career, for sure,” said Padres broadcaster Tony Gwynn Jr., whose father died in 2014 at age 54. “He was like, ‘That’s who I can be.’”
Gwynn won a batting title in his third season, just as Carew did. The two men ultimately combined for 15 batting titles — eight for Gwynn, seven for Carew — cementing their legacies as two of the best pure hitters in baseball history.
Along the way, they went from strangers to regular conversation partners. They bonded over lunches in Southern California and hospital visits to young cancer patients.
“The great thing I think that we had is the quietness about us and the way we approached hitting,” said Carew, 78. “It wasn’t a do-or-die thing for us. I’ve told many people this: God blessed us with the ability to do something that nobody else can do. And do we give those secrets away?”
He laughed.
“But, you know, that’s what it’s like,” Carew said. “I feel
Luis
that Tony was a great hitter. He could do things a lot of guys couldn’t do, and I feel the same way about myself.”
In a sport that has increasingly valued power production over contact ability, Carew seldom felt that way about anyone else after Gwynn’s retirement. Then, during a 2016 visit to the Twins’ affiliate in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Carew met a teenager who finished that season hitting .347. A few years later, they reconnected during major league spring training.
Carew began to share his secrets.
“He’s like my grandfather,” Arráez said. “He’s taught me a lot of good things, especially for the game.”
Some of Carew’s secrets are more lost art than encrypted code. The leaguewide batting average this season is .240, the worst mark since 1968 — the year before the mound was lowered to 10 inches and the strike zone was reduced to its modern size. Arráez, a career .326 hitter, swears by such antiquated practices as using the whole field and letting the ball travel.
Arráez, a leadoff man, is among a dwindling collection of players who pay little attention to metrics such as launch angle and exit velocity. He owns the slowest average swing in the majors but also the highest squared-up rate. He has
only 25 career home runs but more than 65 games of three or more hits.
“I got power, too, but it’s not my game,” said Arráez, 27. “My game is just getting base hits and getting on base.”
For teammates and coaches, his seeming ability to do so at will is a constant source of amazement.
“I think if more guys could do it, they would,” said pitcher Dylan Cease, who faced Arráez when they both played in the AL Central. “Like, anyone would love to hit .340. But there’s one that can do it.”
“You don’t do much,” hitting coach Víctor Rodríguez said of his approach to instructing Arráez. “That’s the best coaching with guys like that. Not coaching them at all, because they know what they’re doing.”
Since Arráez joined the team May 4, the Padres have been leading the majors in batting average (above .270) and were ranked second in on-base percentage. Arráez has batted .351 in 35 games.
“I try to stay out of his way,” said Carew, who has not spoken with his protege as often since the Twins traded Arráez last year. “I want him to feel that he has accomplished a lot of this by being a good student and learning and understanding what it takes to get up there and be a good hitter.”
Yet, Arráez, a two-time All-Star, remains a polarizing figure in this era. He does not possess mammoth power or play a premium position. He is not a speedster, and although he has held his own at first base with San Diego, the metrics cast him as one of the weakest defenders in the league. FanGraphs values his contributions this season at a mere 0.8 wins above replacement, the kind of dissonance that can lead to pointed observations about the state of the industry.
“It’s a shame how many amateur and lower-level professional hitters have been excluded from continuing to play because they don’t meet a measurable,” Padres manager Mike Shildt said recently. “They don’t meet an exit velocity or a bat speed or a launch angle or any of those things that this game is now basically recruiting and monetizing blindly. They’re just getting hits. And somehow that became out of vogue in our industry in general.”
When watching Arráez go about his daily work, certain flashes of recognition come to Gwynn’s son. The habit of scanning the defense before digging into the left-handed batter’s box. The patented opposite-field stroke. The casual conversations about hitting that take place around the ballpark.
“When I watch Luis, I can see the ’82-to-’91 version of my dad,” Gwynn said. “And I can see the clips I’ve seen of Rod. I can see a lot of those in him.”
For Arráez, it is a thrill to be likened to both Hall of Famers. As an overlooked amateur player in Venezuela, Arráez once thought he was destined to become a physical education teacher. Years later, he found himself receiving special attention each spring from Carew and Tony Oliva, another Twins great.
No one nowadays pays tribute to Carew and Gwynn the way Arráez does. This season, he could become the first major leaguer in the modern era to win batting titles for three different teams.
“It’s fun to talk to somebody who has the foundation that he has,” Gwynn’s son said. “The basics are the basics I grew up with.”
Answers to the Sudoku and Crossword on page 21
