The Financial Oversight and Management Board opposed a request from the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s (PREPA) fuel line lenders to seek discovery of a court settlement reached by PREPA and one of its creditors, Vitol Inc., that the oversight board will use to move forward the bankrupt utility’s debt adjustment plan.
The oversight board said in a motion last Thursday that the fuel line lenders’ motion “is premature because it seeks discovery regarding the confirmability of a non-existent hypothetical proposed plan.”
The fuel line lenders earlier this month said they learned for the first time on Nov. 2 that Vitol had settled litigation with PREPA for about $45 million and that it would be put in its own class to try to push through PREPA’s debt adjustment plan.
The oversight board’s counsel stated that Vitol had agreed to accept 50% of the ultimate recovery percentage for the general unsecured claims class. Vitol will be placed in its own class, which will receive such separate treatment, and Vitol will vote in favor of the plan, creating an impaired accepting class.
Given the importance of the oversight board’s responsibil ity for filing a debt adjustment plan for PREPA on Dec. 1 with a realistic prospect of confirmation, the fuel line lenders said they believe that information about the actual terms of the agreement between the oversight board and Vitol, including the circumstances under which Vitol’s commitment to vote in favor of the plan arose, must be made available promptly.
The U.S. Bank National Association as trustee under the trust agreement for the PREPA bonds, Assured Guaranty Corp. and Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp., the Ad Hoc Group of PREPA Bondholders, National Public Finance Guarantee Corp., and Syncora Guarantee Inc. asked to join the urgent motion of PREPA’s fuel line lenders seeking to examine the Vitol settlement agreement.
The trustee, on behalf of the PREPA bondholders and other bondholders, has filed a proof of claim arising from over $8 billion in unpaid PREPA debt. The utility has been in bankruptcy since 2017.
“The Court made clear at the [Nov. 2] omnibus hearing that it expects the plan submitted on Dec. 1 to be much more than a mere placeholder, but rather to reflect the Oversight Board’s realistic effort — including as a result of its negotiation and compromise with affected parties — to satisfy PROMESA’s [the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Act’s] confirmation requirements,” the groups said.
“The Trustee and PREPA Bondholders share the fuel line lenders’ concerns with the Oversight Board’s proposed path toward a confirmable Plan, and so also share the same need for discovery to evaluate information about the actual terms
The Financial Oversight and Management Board said in a filing last week that the fuel line lenders’ motion “is premature because it seeks discovery regarding the confirmability of a non-existent hypothetical proposed plan.”
of the agreement between the Board and Vitol, including the circumstances under which Vitol’s commitment to vote in favor of the plan arose,” the groups said in the motion signed by Heriberto Burgos Pérez, of the law firm Casellas Alcover & Burgos.
The oversight board said that after the bankruptcy court denied PREPA’s summary judgment motion against Vitol and granted Vitol a judgment in the approximate amount of $41 million on Vitol’s unsecured, prepetition claim, PREPA ap pealed. Vitol and PREPA had been in litigation since 2009 after the power utility sought to get back money it had paid for fuel because Vitol had been convicted in November 2007 of a crime in New York state court.
Then, PREPA and Vitol settled the appeal. The settlement provides that PREPA will dismiss its appeal in exchange for Vitol’s agreement that its treatment under PREPA’s Title III plan of adjustment will provide Vitol half the consideration provided to other non-bond general unsecured claims and a release from PREPA.
“Because that treatment is unique to Vitol in that Vitol will receive half what other unsecured claims receive and will obtain a release from PREPA (which PREPA is not providing other creditors), Vitol will be in a separate class under any PREPA Title III plan of adjustment,” the oversight board said.
Under PROMESA, a debt adjustment plan containing more than one impaired class with one class accepting, or no impaired accepting class in a single-class plan, can be confirmed under section 1129(b) without acceptance of other classes.
The foregoing “is disturbing” to the holders of fuel line claims because Vitol’s acceptance of the foregoing treatment satisfies the Bankruptcy Code requirement that a plan have at least one impaired accepting class, the oversight board said.
“Living here is a bit complicated,” Collazo Torres said with the kind of understatement that Puerto Ricans frequently deploy. “Once you get used to it, you keep going.”
In Utuado’s Parcelas Riera community, where Collazo Torres lives, single-family homes are scattered along Road 605, a wind ing road that is not fully accessible by car. It is the lone road in and out, and some sections have been battered by so many floods and landslides that they resemble a muddy slide. After Fiona, Collazo Torres and her family had to shovel their way through mud to reopen a path to her front door.
Still, Collazo Torres, who remains in her home on the same plot of land as her daugh ters and extended family, said that she and her husband, José Francisco Cruz López, 67, a math teacher who dreams of retirement, are better off than many who lost their homes or belongings during Fiona.
“We are alive,” she said, “and we are in good health.”
By LAURA N. PÉREZ SÁNCHEZMaritza Collazo Torres moved to the mountains of central Puerto Rico in 2020, fleeing a string of earthquakes that were rattling other parts of the island.
Two-and-a-half years later, Collazo Tor res’ one-bedroom wooden home in the town of Utuado is on the verge of collapse — not because of an earthquake, but because of a hurricane.
Hurricane Fiona’s deluge in September left the house 3 feet from a steep, newly formed cliff just outside her bedroom window. An inspector from the Federal Emergency Man agement Agency (FEMA) recently warned her
that, one day, the land would shift further and she and her husband could wake up at the bottom of the cliff.
“‘If you are able to open your eyes, you’ll do so down there,’” Collazo Torres, 57, recalled the inspector telling her.
Fiona left Puerto Rico with significant flooding and a widespread power blackout. More than a month later, the impact remains most evident in remote communities like Utuado, which for years have suffered dispro portionately from natural disasters, economic instability and government neglect. Many had not fully recovered from Hurricane Maria, which ravaged the island in 2017, when Fiona arrived with its extreme rainfall.
Collazo Torres, who grew up in Utuado, said that Road 605, which leads to town, has had little maintenance for at least two decades. It is a symbol of the precariousness that has taken root in Puerto Rico, and of the island’s inability, amid a fiscal and debt crisis, repeated disasters and the coronavirus pandemic, to provide public services to the needy.
Still, since returning to Utuado, Collazo Torres has been able to help her family. Living on the same parcel of land as her daughters has allowed her to take care of her grandchil dren after school and provide company to her daughters’ mother-in-law, Gloria Santiago, who lives with her parakeets on the other side of the crumbling cliff.
Her house was one of about 300,000
dwellings damaged by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. Santiago, 67, and her late husband, Virgilio Jiménez Medina, received around $3,000 from FEMA for home repairs. Their extended family also contributed money and labor, but even with their help, it was not enough to fully rebuild.
Her monthly budget of just over $200 comes entirely from public assistance pro grams. Sometimes she cannot afford even the basics.
“Last month, I could not buy milk,” she said.
About 40 miles west of San Juan, Utuado is a sprawling rural town with a population of 28,000. About 54% of residents live below the poverty level, according to the census. Mayor Jorge Pérez Heredia, 50, says his hometown faces many challenges — some created by Hurricane Maria, others stemming from the island’s long financial crisis.
“Pretty much every community up in the mountains” of Utuado is in the same condition as Collazo Torres’, he said, adding that the town’s limited budget is a hurdle for buying construction materials, hiring new workers to repair roads and bridges, or offering services such as public transportation. “Up here, in the mountains, everything is more expensive, no matter what kind of service you need.”
Of Utuado’s 65 bridges, 44 are in need of repair, the mayor said.
Since Pérez Heredia took office in 2021, municipal budget cuts ordered by the fiscal board that Congress created to oversee Puerto Rico’s finances have led the island’s govern ment to cut allocations to Utuado by about $1 million a year. Still, federal funds designated for disaster recovery projects following Hur ricane Maria have allowed Utuado to increase its budget to a little more than $10 million in
2022 from $8 million in fiscal year 2020.
“When this windfall of federal money is done,” Pérez Heredia said, “the majority of Puerto Rico’s municipalities won’t be able to operate.”
Pérez Heredia knew about Road 605’s poor conditions before he became mayor. As an electric utility worker, he used to go to Parcelas Riera to repair power lines. In 2020, to promote his mayoral candidacy, he drove up to some of the highest parts of this community with his wife, who had re cently bought a new four-wheel-drive SUV.
“She would ask me where we were going,” he said. “She was afraid her new Jeep was going to get ruined.”
That is exactly what happened to the nine cars and SUVs that Miguel Montalvo Colón, 70, had collected over the years atop one of Parcelas Riera’s highest hills, around the concrete house he shared with his wife. Two weeks after Hurricane Maria, she died at 62 while being discharged from the third hospital she had visited, which had diagnosed a urinary tract infection.
Hurricane Fiona dumped more than 23 inches of rain on Utuado and worsened the already dangerous road that leads
to Montalvo Colón’s house. Since Fiona made landfall Sept. 18, the retired farmer has been living with one of his daughters in a part of town that is more than a halfhour drive from Parcelas Riera. Montalvo
Colón can no longer drive to or from his remote home.
Every time he needs to get there, who ever gives him a ride leaves him on the northern bank of a creek that Montalvo
Colón — and anyone without a four-wheeldrive vehicle — must cross on foot.
From there, Montalvo Colón, who has survived four heart attacks and open-heart surgery, must make a slippery, uphill trek of about 40 minutes along Road 605 — and back down afterward.
Pérez Heredia said he has identified $300,000 to resurface Parcelas Riera’s roads, but he thinks he still might be a few thousand dollars shy of the total cost.
Montalvo Colón said he stopped expecting politicians to deliver on their promises a long time ago: Utuado — and the road to his house — began backsliding after Hurricane Georges in 1998, he said.
Friends, aware of his decadeslong struggle with reaching the home where he grew up and raised his children, ask him why he does not sell it and use the money to buy a new place in Utuado’s town center.
“I don’t want to,” Montalvo Colón said he tells them. “This is where my father had his farm, where I live in peace and quiet. Back in town there’s too much noise, and I already have my little house where I feel at home.”
On its last day to pass bills Friday, the island Senate passed House Joint Resolution (HJR) 415, which allocates funds to pay the “upside participation bonus,” and a bill that seeks to protect neighborhood pharmacies.
The former measure seeks to include as part of the central government budget for fiscal year (FY) 2023 an allocation of $556.1 million from a surplus left over from FY 2022 to pay the upside participation bonus for FY 2022. Part of the money would also go toward certain sales tax payments and rum taxes.
The bill follows the terms of the commonwealth debt adjustment plan by allocating funds under the custody of the Treasury Department for $475 million to pay the upside participation bond for FY 2022. In addition, it uses $81.1 million to replenish the FY 2023 allocation for sales and use tax and rum tax contingent value instruments.
Senators also passed HJR 410 to order the Puerto Rico Health Insurance Admin istration (ASES by its Spanish acronym)
to paralyze any procedure regarding the opening, modification or conversion of the current pharmacy network within the Vital Plan, which is the government-ad ministered, Medicaid-funded health plan
on the island. The bill also maintains the public policy of sustaining the network of existing pharmacy providers.
Popular Democratic Party Sen. Ramón Ruiz Nieves of Ponce stated that
“we are talking about over 850 neighbor hood pharmacies that generate 14,000 direct jobs and over 5,000 indirect jobs and have continued to provide service to about 1.3 million providers.” “Even with the problem of PBMs [pharmacy benefit managers] and payments, neighborhood pharmacies have always been present. Sometimes they spend months waiting for the provider to issue their payments, and they are still there.”
Independent Sen. José A. Vargas Vidot added that “neighborhood pharmacies are not a commercial network.”
“Instead, they are part of a public health structure,” he said.
New Progressive Party Sen. Thomas Rivera Schatz also remarked on his vote in favor of the measure.
“The large pharmacy chains that were in the Vital Plan at one point decided to turn their backs on Puerto Rico,” he said. “We see the difference in service between the large pharmacy chains and neighborhood pharmacies. … This mea sure warns the government not to enter into negotiations to harm community pharmacies.”
The island House of Representatives passed several measures related to so cial justice and the economy last week.
Given the lack of housing available for rent in Puerto Rico, the House passed legis lation Thursday that seeks to create a registry of rental properties with data and profiles of both landlords and tenants.
House Bill (HB) 1331, authored by the Popular Democratic Party (PDP) Rep. José “Cheito” Rivera Madera, obtained 28 votes in favor and 19 votes against.
The bill also aims to guarantee gov ernment aid and programs to assist people going through an eviction process due to the inability to pay rent. According to the measure, in 2021, there were 700 evictions on the island.
“Not having a registry of private homes available for rent makes it difficult to deter mine if Puerto Rico has a rental crisis,” the bill reads. “Likewise, it hinders the planning of projects and the development of areas.”
The Housing Department is the govern ment agency in charge of properties in Puerto Rico. Although the agency manages public housing and special communities, it must ensure sufficient private properties to rent as an essential part of the available housing supply, the bill reads.
Lawmakers also approved HB 548 to
establish that new or remodeled residences in Puerto Rico are resistant to the inevitable passage of major storms. The homes would also have alternative electricity and drinking water supply methods.
The measure, filed by PDP Rep. Ángel Matos García, seeks to create the Safe and Resistant Home Law and order the Permit Management Office to update the Puerto Rico Construction Code.
Meanwhile, HB 1470, a bill establish ing caps for single-family and multi-family housing, passed in the lower chamber. The measure also seeks to vary the administra tive adjustment mechanism and establish a moratorium on the payment of impact fees for projects or phases of projects that begin construction on or before Dec. 31, 2025.
With 29 votes in favor and 17 against, the House also endorsed HB 1498 to transfer former Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) employees to jobs at municipalities. The workers had been transferred to positions in government agencies.
PDP Rep. Kebin Maldonado Martiz intro duced the measure in October after mayors hired former PREPA employees and retirees to restore power service after the passage of Hurricane Fiona.
“We prudently understand that these for mer PREPA employees who were assigned to government entities serve the country better by being assigned to the Municipalities of
Puerto Rico,” the bill reads.
The workers will preserve all their rights and obligations.
Lawmakers also passed HB 1311, which would amend the “Law for the Prevention of and Intervention with Domestic Violence,” or Act 54, to recognize economic violence as a form of domestic violence.
“Although Act 54 includes economic violence in its definition of psychological
violence, the reality is that the absence of an express reference in the law allows the courts to refuse to recognize clear instances of domestic violence,” stated a report filed by the Women’s Affairs Committee.
Examples of economic violence in the context of domestic violence include the non payment of rent or mortgages, the exclusive control of financial accounts, threats of evic tion, or the cutting off of essential services.
By THE STAR STAFF
On Wednesday, the Office of Innovation and Technol ogy Services (PRITS) will hold the virtual conference
“M•Power: Women in Innovation and Technology,” in
which five women from various professions will speak from their perspectives about the changes that must be made to achieve equity in the fields of technology and innovation in Puerto Rico.
The event will feature the participation of Delphine Donné from Logitech, Rosanna Durruthy from LinkedIn, Marilé Colón Robles from NASA/SSAI, Jöelle Romeu Mejía from Boeing and Nannette Martínez Ortiz, the interim director of PRITS.
“Over the years, the fields of technology and innovation have been characterized by gender inequality,” Martínez Ortiz said. “Even when other industries have made progress in this regard, the participation of women in technology careers has remained at 21 percent in part due to lack of female represen tation and conditions that negatively affect the work culture.”
The PRITS interim director added that “in this virtual event we will be hearing from four women who, from different professional fields, have led innovation and technology efforts.”
“It is important to give these role models a platform, especially to counteract the impact of the pandemic on the workforce,” she said.
Martínez Ortiz referred to a study conducted by the Women in Tech Council, which revealed that by 2021 there were still 1.4 million mothers of school-age children yet to recover jobs
from COVID-19.
M•Power: Women in Innovation & Technology will be held virtually from 10 a.m. to noon. Those interested in being part of the virtual conference must register at https://mpower.pr.gov/
Democrats sealed control of the Senate on Saturday as Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada narrowly defeated Adam La xalt, a Republican former state attorney general, a decisive moment in an extraordinary midterm election in which Democrats defied historical patterns and predictions of major losses.
Control of the House has still not been decided, several days after an Election Day that fell short of predictions that Republicans would sweep to power in Washington in a repudiation of President Joe Biden’s leadership. Although Republicans still have an edge in capturing the House, their majority would certainly be small.
But with Cortez Masto’s victory in Nevada, Democrats have nailed down the 50 seats they need to retain control of the upper chamber, a major feat considering that voters typically punish the president’s party during the midterms.
The Democratic victory will bolster Biden’s political capital as he moves toward a possible bid for a second term. Even if Re publicans do take the House, he will be able to stock the judiciary with his nominees and will be insulated from politically freighted GOP legislation. And Democrats will be free to mount their own investigations to counter the threatened onslaught from a Republicancontrolled lower chamber.
“I feel good, and I’m looking forward to the next couple of years,” Biden told reporters in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Cortez Masto’s modest lead — half a percentage point — was secure enough for The Associated Press to project a winner Saturday night. Most of the remaining votes left to be counted were from mail ballots, which have tended to break for Cortez Masto by a wide margin.
Speaking in New York, a triumphant Sen. Chuck Schumer, the Democratic majority lea der, called his party’s victory “a vindication for Democrats, our agenda and for the American people.” He added, “The American people rejected the anti-democratic extremist MAGA Republicans.”
A Dec. 6 runoff in Georgia between Sen. Raphael Warnock and his Republican challenger, Herschel Walker, will offer only a slight padding of Democrats’ majority or a consolation prize to Republicans.
The Democratic victory in Nevada, along with Sen. Mark Kelly’s reelection in Arizona, which was called late Friday, affirmed the thin firewall that the party is trying to fortify in the West. Biden won Arizona by a mere 10,457 votes in 2020; Nevada has been more con sistently Democratic in presidential years but erratic in midterms.
Cortez Masto, who became the first Latina senator six years ago, had to come from behind to beat Laxalt, who was backed by former Pre sident Donald Trump.
Her victory was sealed Saturday night when 22,323 mail-in ballots were recorded from Clark County. The Democrat’s 14,084 votes were enough to vault her into a large enough lead to ensure her victory.
Laxalt indicated on Twitter on Saturday that he might not drag out the race with claims of fraud, despite efforts earlier this year to map out a litigation strategy. Hours before the race was called, he acknowledged that Cortez Masto might “overtake us” and thanked his supporters.
But a close adviser to Sen. Mitch McCon nell of Kentucky, the Republican leader, seemed to question the results on Twitter. The adviser, Josh Holmes, called her comeback “statistically unforeseeable” — although he offered no evi dence of fraud or error.
Cortez Masto’s success was all the more noteworthy coming a day after the Republican candidate for governor, Sheriff Joseph Lom bardo of Clark County, ousted the Democratic incumbent, Gov. Steve Sisolak. Cortez Masto outperformed Sisolak in Nevada’s rural counties and was able to keep voters in her fold who said they mildly disapproved of the job Biden was doing, according to Republican polling.
Nevada held some of the biggest surpri ses of a surprising midterm. Even Democrats had been worried about a blowout: the loss of a governorship, a senator and three House Democrats. In the end, only the governor lost.
Republicans were dealt another blow Saturday night when Jim Marchant, who hel ped organize a national slate of Trump-aligned candidates aiming to take over state election systems, lost Nevada’s race for secretary of state to Cisco Aguilar, a Democrat. The result meant that every election denier hoping to run future elections in a major battleground state had been defeated.
And Democrats were racking up vic tories elsewhere: In Washington, one of the
biggest upsets of the midterms was declared when a Democratic political neophyte, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, beat Joe Kent, a hard-right veteran backed by Trump who in a primary had ousted the current Republican representative, Jaime Herrera Beutler, as retribution for her vote to impeach Trump. Kent’s loss was the second time Republicans had ousted a member of their party who backed impeachment, only to lose the seat to Democrats.
A Democratic Senate will be invaluable to Biden, even if Republicans narrowly secure control of the House. In addition to having two more years to confirm judges, Biden will have more control over personnel in his government with the confirmation of nominees under the guidance of Schumer.
By never bringing House bills to a vote, Senate Democrats will be able to insulate Biden from having to veto politically difficult legislation. Senate Democrats will be able to answer political messaging bills passed by the House with political messages of their own, using bipartisan measures like the infrastruc ture bill and the gun control bill that came out of the current 50-50 Senate in an effort to pressure House Republicans to act.
“Because the American people turned out to elect Democrats in the Senate, there is now a firewall against the threat a nationwide abortion ban, cuts to Medicare, Medicaid or Social Security, and the extreme MAGA Republican policies,” Schumer said Saturday night. “Republicans in the House should be on notice.”
In past showdowns, bipartisan solutions secured in the Senate have ultimately been swallowed by the House. That becomes more likely in the case of a divided Congress, with the Senate in Democratic hands.
Senate Democrats will also be a voice for the administration when Congress must
pass bills to fund the government and raise the statutory borrowing limit. But Republicans, if they win control of the House, will almost certainly try to extract concessions, under the threat of government shutdowns or even a potentially disastrous debt default.
For much of the midterm campaigns, Re publicans and independent analysts saw GOP control of the House as a foregone conclusion, given Biden’s unpopularity and the headwinds that economic uncertainty and inflation repre sented for Democratic candidates.
But control of the Senate appeared to be a seesaw battle. Those same political headwinds burdened Democratic candidates for the Sena te, but weak Republican challengers, many of them endorsed or hand-picked by Trump, gave Democrats a fighting chance in swing states like Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Georgia, Arizona and Nevada.
In the heated aftermath of the Supreme Court’s repeal of Roe v. Wade, which ended constitutional protections for abortion, Demo crats thought they could bolster their 50-vote control by two or three seats. Then the pendu lum seemed to swing late in the campaigns, and Republicans convinced themselves that the anger over abortion was waning. Sen. Rick Scott of Florida, the leader of Senate Republi cans’ political arm, said in late October that he saw a path to a 55-seat Republican majority, predicting that even Democratic states like Washington and Colorado were in play.
In the end, the field proved to be much smaller. Democrats were able to capture just one Republican seat, that of the retiring Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, which was won by the state’s lieutenant governor, John Fetter man. But, so far, Republicans have defeated no Democratic incumbents in Senate races. And only one Democratic incumbent, Warnock in Georgia, is left to possibly defeat.
but even have a path to expand it if the party prevails in a Georgia runoff.
All the conditions appeared to have been set for a Democratic wipeout: inflation at 40year highs, concerns about crime, elevated gas prices, the typical thrust for change.
How the midterms turned out so improb ably was, in many ways, a function of forces beyond Democrats’ control. A Supreme Court de cision that stripped away a half-century of abor tion rights galvanized their base. A polarizing, unpopular and ever-present former president, Donald Trump, provided the type of ready-made foil whom White Houses rarely enjoy.
forecasting a wave that never materialized, and Senate Republicans were waylaid by backbiting and disagreements at the highest ranks.
The former president
From start to finish, Trump was a recurring distraction for party leaders trying to engineer a congressional takeover. He turned the accep tance of his lie about the 2020 election into a litmus test and prized displays of loyalty over political skill. The scramble among senior Re publicans to harness Trump as a force for good and not for chaos continued through the hours before Election Day, to head off a preelection announcement of a 2024 presidential run.
The president’s initial rollout of “ultraMAGA” — in a speech about the economy — was met with derision, even from some Democrats.
But Biden and the Democrats stuck with it, pressing voters to render a verdict on something other than Democrats’ handling of the economy. The October assault on Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband punctuated the high price of extremism, and Biden delivered an address on the threats to democracy to keep it at the fore.
By SHANE GOLDMACHERLate one mid-September evening, the lead ers of the House Democratic campaign arm were in the middle of a marathon meeting, grappling with an increasingly hostile midterm landscape. Two choices were on the table: a more defensive posture to limit their losses in the face of a potential red wave or a more aggressive approach in hopes of saving their paper-thin majority.
The decision was made. They would go all-in for the majority — the pundits, polling and punishing political environment be damned. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, the chair of the group, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Com mittee, walked to the whiteboard and scrawled a single word.
BELIEVE.
The man who made that Ted Lasso-style exhortation went down to defeat Tuesday. And Democrats are still facing the likelihood of ced ing control of the House of Representatives to Republicans.
Yet Democrats turned in the strongest mid term showing in two decades for a party holding the White House, keeping the House on such a razor’s edge that control is still up for grabs days after the polls closed. In the Senate, Democrats not only defended their 50-50 control, after the Nevada Senate race was called late Saturday,
But interviews with party strategists, law makers and current and former White House officials also revealed crucial tactical decisions, strategic miscalculations, misreading of polls, infighting and behind-the-scenes maneuvering in both parties that led the GOP to blow its chance at a blowout.
In the end, Democrats defied both history and the political gravity of President Joe Biden’s low approval ratings, while Republicans squan dered what some saw as a once-in-a-generation opportunity to seize power.
In an interview days before the election, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the House Republican leader, said it looked “like a perfect storm” was brewing. “I call this a hinge election,” he said. “This is the year that you go take market share.” Instead, his party is limping toward a majority so tenuous it could make governance next to impossible.
Biden and the Democrats spent months unrelentingly defining their Republican op position as extremists in the thrall of Trump, ignoring internal Democratic second-guessing and demands to focus more heavily on the economy. It seems to have worked: Democrats won a crucial slice of voters who were otherwise displeased with the president, breaking with historical precedent in midterms.
Republicans might not have had a shot at the House at all if not for a court ruling that let stand a Republican gerrymander in Florida and another that tossed a Democratic gerrymander in New York. Those two deci sions swung as many as six seats — potentially the entire GOP margin.
Republicans did score some tactical successes: A handful of recruiting coups and interventions in primaries could end up making all the dif ference, given the narrowness of the margin. But House Re publicans also misinterpreted late movement in polling as
Complicating matters in the Senate was the fact that Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader, and Trump are not on speaking terms. After several first-time, Trumpbacked candidates won primaries, McConnell complained over the summer about his party’s “candidate quality.”
Among his targets was Arizona’s Blake Masters.
During the summer, Steven Law, the head of a McConnell-aligned super political action committee, told financier Peter Thiel, who had spent millions supporting Masters, that Masters had scored the worst focus group results of any candidate he had ever seen, according to people familiar with the conversation.
Law’s group later canceled all of its Arizona television reservations. On Friday evening, Mas ters lost as the race was called for his Democratic opponent, Sen. Mark Kelly.
The super PAC’s budget had been sapped by the need to prop up another Trump-backed candidate, J.D. Vance, who emerged from the Ohio primary bruised and broke.
“It just didn’t look like Vance was going to have the critical mass of resources to play a major factor in his own race,” said Law, whose super PAC redirected $32 million to Ohio. Vance won.
How Democrats embraced ‘MAGA’
For years, Biden has been fond of saying that “this is not your father’s Republican Party” to highlight the GOP’s rightward drift. But the consensus-seeking former senator was loath to paint with too broad a brush.
Informal conversations with historians helped change his mind.
The historians explained to Biden the power of labels and how they had been used in the past to successfully confront far-right factions, helping him gain comfort in publicly tagging Republican extremism as “MAGA Re publicans,” according to a White House official who discussed the issue with him. A study by Biden allies identified “MAGA” as the most ef fective label — a phrase connoting “extreme,” “power-hungry” and “radical” for some voters.
Democrats actually won voters who “somewhat disapproved” of Biden, accord ing to initial exit polling, by a margin of 49% to 45%. That is a far cry from the 2010 and 2018 midterms, when voters who somewhat disapproved of Barack Obama and Trump overwhelmingly backed the opposing party — by margins of 40 points and nearly 30 points.
The abortion and money factor
The first reverberations of the biggest political earthquake of the cycle were felt online. The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, upending a half-century of federally guaranteed abortion rights. Almost immedi ately, money came pouring into ActBlue, the Democratic online donation site.
An analysis of federal records showed that since the fall of Roe, Democrats had raised $627.7 million through ActBlue — more than 2 1/2 times the $239.3 million Republican haul on WinRed, the GOP donation portal — expanding an existing money edge.
The cash disparity served as an early warning sign for Republican enthusiasm. In contrast to other midterms, the party in power was the one most energized by what was be ing taken away from it. From coast to coast, Democratic campaigns ran abortion ads over the summer, casting Republicans as extremists.
In late August, the Republican National Committee gathered its biggest donors for an emergency call. Money and morale were down. Democratic poll numbers were up. “It was a moment we had to calm everybody down,” Ronna McDaniel, the party chair, said in an interview. “We were stopping the panic.”
The Republican financial cavalry soon arrived. The leading House and Senate GOP super PACs combined to spend more than $400 million after Sept 1.
Republicans used their financial might to stretch the House map deep into Democratic territory, though most of those races — outside New York — ended in losses. A House Repub lican strategist said private polling had showed their candidates surging late. They presumed a backlash to the president would push them over the finish line. It did not.
The commissioner of Customs and Border Protection sub mitted his resignation Saturday after a daylong standoff with his boss, the Homeland Security secretary, who just days earlier had demanded that he either step down or be fired.
The White House issued a brief statement Saturday eve ning acknowledging that President Joe Biden had accepted the resignation of the commissioner, Chris Magnus, less than a year after appointing him to run one of the largest law enforcement agencies in the world. As commissioner, Magnus oversaw the United States’ international borders, a role that encompassed border management as well as customs and trade.
The Homeland Security secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, has not publicly explained why he insisted that Magnus step down so urgently, and there have been no allegations of wrongdoing.
The Biden administration has faced record-breaking illegal border crossings and struggled internally over how to deal with the challenge, which in the lead-up to the midterms was viewed as a political vulnerability with no quick solution.
Republicans have pledged to impeach Mayorkas for his management of the border if they regain control of the House.
In a statement Saturday evening, Magnus said, “I resigned because I believe this decision provides me with the best path
for advancing my commitment to professional, innovative and community-engaged policing.”
It was an abrupt end to a bizarre episode that began Friday morning when Magnus said he had no plans to resign — a response that senior leaders at the Homeland Security Department had not expected. Magnus said Mayorkas had asked him to resign or face being fired Wednesday, telling him that he had lost confidence in him.
When Biden appointed Magnus, a former police chief with a reputation for bringing reform, he was the first openly gay commissioner of the agency. Democrats hoped his deca des of experience running police departments and changing long-standing law enforcement cultures would bring what many had considered to be much-needed reform to the U.S.
Border Patrol, an agency that is part of CBP.
The Border Patrol has long been criticized for its white male-dominated workforce and persistent problems with discrimination both inside the agency and in its treatment of migrants.
Magnus said that efforts he had made to address some of those issues were met with constant pushback from the Border Patrol, which, through its union, has harshly criticized the Biden administration for its border policies and also called for a Republican-led House to impeach Mayorkas. In the end, Magnus said, the secretary sided with the Border Patrol. The union said “good riddance” to Magnus in a Twitter post Friday.
“He was so busy chasing imaginary ‘culture’ problems in B.P., he forgot his primary job,” the union wrote. The union president has said that Magnus should have been focused on finding solutions to the high number of illegal border cros sings. “B.P. doesn’t have a culture problem. It has a leadership problem, starting with Biden.”
In a message to the CBP workforce, Mayorkas said, “Commissioner Chris Magnus has resigned and left the agency. We are thankful to Commissioner Magnus for his contributions over the past year and wish him well.”
The deputy commissioner, Troy Miller, has returned to the role of acting commissioner, which he held before Magnus was confirmed by the Senate late last year.
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seeking a bailout Tuesday, the firm moved to sell the majority of its FTT tokens and told its portfolio companies to do the same, said Paul Veradittakit, an investor at the firm.
“The safest thing right now is to hold cash or self-custody,” Veradittakit said. Selfcustody means holding one’s own assets, rather than parking them with a service pro vider such as an exchange.
News of the possible theft started spreading on Twitter late Friday, as crypto enthusiasts examined public transaction re cords documenting the movement of crypto currencies. A report by crypto research firm Elliptic pegged the amount that may have been stolen or hacked at $515 million.
The exact nature of the transfers remai ned unclear. It could have been the result of a hacker gaining access to the exchange’s system or an insider with special access see king to abscond with funds. Asked about the transfers, Bankman-Fried said in a text to The New York Times, “We’re sorting through it with the bankruptcy” team.
But a major theft would make it even more difficult for FTX to refund customers and other creditors who have already lost bi llions of dollars in the firm’s collapse.
After failing to meet a surge of with drawal requests this past week, FTX is esti mated to owe $8 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. Amateur investors stored their crypto savings on FTX, which was widely regarded as a safe and easy-touse platform, even in the wild world of cryp to. How much those customers are repaid will depend on the bankruptcy process. In an initial filing Friday, FTX said it had more than 100,000 creditors.
When a traditional bank teeters on co llapse, there is often an expectation that the government could step in and save it. That is not the case with crypto, which has expe rienced a series of bank runs this year that have left customers scrambling to cash out before their investments vaporized.
By DAVID YAFFE-BELLANYAday after it filed for bankruptcy, co llapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX said Saturday that it was investigating “unauthorized transactions” flowing from its accounts, as crypto researchers documented suspicious transfers of $515 million that may have been the result of a hack or theft.
John Ray III, the newly instated CEO of FTX, said in a statement that “unauthori zed access to certain assets has occurred” and that the company was in touch with law enforcement officials and regulators. As part of the bankruptcy process, the company has been moving its remaining crypto funds to a more secure form of storage.
The suspicious movement of funds marked a new twist in a dramatic series of events that kicked off earlier this past week, when the exchange faced a run on deposits and was unable to meet demand. On Friday, the company filed for bankruptcy, and Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX’s founder and CEO, an nounced his resignation, with Ray, a corpora te turnaround specialist, replacing him.
The implosion of Bankman-Fried’s cryptocurrency exchange has already cost customers billions of dollars in lost crypto deposits, setting off law enforcement inves tigations that could lead to criminal charges.
But the full impact of FTX’s dramatic collapse is only beginning to take shape. In his relatively short time as a multibillionai
re, Bankman-Fried built up an astonishingly broad business empire, with investments in dozens of smaller crypto firms and partner ships with businesses as varied as Anthony Scaramucci’s investment firm SkyBridge Ca pital and the NBA.’s Miami Heat. He also be came an influential Democratic Party donor, promising to spend as much as $1 billion du ring the 2024 election cycle.
Now, all those ventures have been thrust into chaos.
BlockFi, a crypto lending platform that Bankman-Fried had helped finance, said this past week that it was suspending operations as a result of the collapse. The price of So lana, a cryptocurrency that Bankman-Fried promoted heavily, has crashed. And the team behind the FTX Future Fund, a charitable operation bankrolled by Bankman-Fried, an nounced their resignations.
FTX paid high yields to companies that stored assets on its platform, which led many crypto startups to treat it as a bank. Genesis, a trading platform, said this past week that it had $175 million in funds locked up with FTX. The company moved to secure a $140 million cash infusion from its parent com pany, Digital Currency Group, a spokesper son for the firm said.
Pantera Capital, a crypto hedge fund, told investors in a letter Friday that under 3% of its $4.5 billion in assets had been in FTX stock and FTT, a token created by the company, before the collapse. As FTX was
In its post, Elliptic said the cryptocu rrencies that were suspiciously transferred from FTX were rapidly moved through de centralized exchanges — crypto marketpla ces that operate based on code and have fewer guardrails than centralized exchanges such as Coinbase. The researchers described the transfers as “a common technique used by hackers in order to prevent their haul being seized.”
When cryptocurrency is stolen, it’s of ten difficult for the thieves to convert it into usable cash. Because crypto transaction re cords are public, experts can track the move ment of the funds, gathering clues about the identities of the thieves.
“You as a customer are like, ‘Oh, shoot, I don’t want to be the last one where there’s no funds left to actually give me my money back, so I’m going to try to withdraw,’” Vera dittakit said.
As speculation about the suspicious FTX fund transfers spread on Twitter, crypto industry officials appeared to be piecing to gether the situation in real time. After reports circulated that someone involved in moving funds had an account on Kraken, another crypto exchange, Kraken’s chief security offi cer, Nick Percoco, tweeted, “We know the identity of the user.”
Ryne Miller, general counsel of the U.S. arm of FTX, quickly responded. “Interested in anything you are open to share,” he said. “Could you reach out to me?”
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq ended sharply higher on Fri day, extending a rally started the day before after a soft inflation reading raised hopes the Federal Reserve would get less aggressive with U.S. interest rate hikes.
Amazon AMZN.O jumped 4.3%, with Apple AAPL.O and Microsoft MSFT.O both up more than 1% and contrib uting to the Nasdaq’s gain.
On Thursday, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq racked up their biggest daily percentage gains in more than 2-1/2 years as annual inflation slipped below 8% for the first time in eight months.
Declines in healthcare stocks limited the Dow Jones In dustrial Average’s gain, with UnitedHealth Group UNH.N down 4.1% for the day.
“What we’re really seeing today is simply a followthrough on yesterday. There’s a lot of cash sitting on the side lines that is being put to work,” said Tim Ghriskey, senior portfolio strategist at Ingalls & Snyder in New York.
“Perhaps it signals some type of bottom being put in the market, some type of line drawn in the sand. But even if we put in a bottom, we’re a long way away from setting new highs,” Ghriskey said.
Investors see an 81% chance of a 50-basis point rate hike in December and a 19% chance of a 75-basis point hike, according to CME Fedwatch tool.
Adding some nervousness on Wall Street, crypto ex change FTX said it would start U.S. bankruptcy proceedings and that CEO Sam Bankman-Fried resigned due to a liquid ity crisis that prompted intervention from regulators around the world.
The S&P 500 climbed 0.93% to end the session at 3,993.05 points.
The Nasdaq gained 1.88% to 11,323.33 points, while Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.10% to 33,749.18 points.
Volume on U.S. exchanges was relatively heavy, with 13.5 billion shares traded, compared to an average of 12.0 billion shares over the previous 20 sessions.
Of the 11 S&P 500 sector indexes, six rose, led by en ergy .SPNY , up 3.07%, followed by a 2.48% gain in com munication services .SPLRCL .
The S&P 500 growth index .IGX , which includes inter est rate-sensitive technology stocks, rose 1.6%, beating the value index’s .IVX gain of 0.3%.
For the week, the S&P 500 rose 5.9%, the Dow added 4.15% and the Nasdaq jumped 8.1%. It was the S&P 500’s biggest weekly gain since June and the Nasdaq’s largest weekly gain since March.
Worries about an economic downturn have hammered Wall Street this year. The S&P 500 remains down about 16% year to date, on course for its biggest annual decline since 2008.
U.S.-listed shares of Chinese companies rose, with Ali baba Group Holding Ltd BABA.N gaining 1.4% after China eased some of its strict COVID-19 rules.
Advancing issues outnumbered falling ones within the S&P 500 .AD.SPX by a 1.7-to-one ratio.
The S&PCore services prices rose 0.5%. Away from rents and other services, goods disinflation is broadening.
Prices of used cars and trucks plunged 2.4%. The cost of apparel declined for the second straight month as retailers
offered discounts to move unwanted inventory.
There were also decreases in prices of furniture and bedding as well as appliances. As a result, core goods prices fell 0.4% after being unchanged in September, a function of slowing demand and recovering fractured global supply chains.
Airline fares declined 1.1%. Healthcare costs fell 0.5% as the government incorporated updated data used to esti mate health insurance prices.
“The BLS methodology measuring health insurance prices has provided upward price pressure the last twelve months but should now give downward pressure the next year,” said Will Compernolle, a senior economist at FHN Financial in New York.
Ukrainian soldiers worked to secure the city of Kherson on Saturday and battled Russian forces on its outskirts, the military said, one day after Ukraine’s special forces entered the south ern port city to rapturous cheers from resi dents who had endured months of Russian occupation.
Despite the Russian withdrawal, the Ukrainian military’s intelligence agency said Saturday that there remained Russian sol diers in fixed defensive positions and that it was unclear whether they would fight, flee or surrender.
As Ukrainian forces entered the city, the magnitude of the humanitarian crisis, includ ing a lack of water and electricity, became apparent. Nevertheless, for a second day, residents poured into the streets to celebrate.
The jubilant sounds of cheering and car horns mingled with occasional explo sions from incoming artillery on the city’s outskirts. The military also said Ukrainian forces were clearing mines and explosives left behind by the departing Russian forces, and searching for any Russian soldiers who might be hiding in abandoned homes.
As night fell and the city went dark, blacked out by electrical cables blown up during the fighting, a party that had begun Friday in the city’s central square went on.
Ukrainian songs banned under the oc cupation blared from a speaker. People cheered and sang along, dancing to the light of car headlights and flashlights. Couples embraced and swayed to a slow song by Ukrainian band Oceans of Elza, marking a little pocket of hope in a war that is not over.
Kherson, an urban hub with a prewar population in the hundreds of thousands, is mostly without heat, water, electricity, medi cines and cellphone service. One Ukrainian official called it “a humanitarian catastro
phe.” And Saturday, reports of explosions at a critical dam roughly 40 miles to the northeast cast a growing shadow over the celebration.
Looming to the east are formations of Russian forces and their artillery, mostly still intact following their very publicized recent retreat. Kremlin-installed officials who had been occupying Kherson announced Satur day that they had set up a new administrative capital in a seaside resort town, Henichesk, about 110 miles deep behind Russian lines.
The sudden change, prompted by Rus sia’s searing loss on the battlefield, comes less than a month and a half after Moscow moved to annex the region, with its capital in Kherson city.
The city’s residents were still processing the fast-moving events Saturday. Only a day before, they had been hiding their Ukrai nian flags from Russian soldiers. Now, they
wrapped themselves in their flag’s blue and gold and hugged Ukrainian soldiers in the streets.
“People walk on the streets and congrat ulate each other,” said Serhiy, a retiree who asked that his last name not be published for security reasons. “It’s just a holiday!”
One Ukrainian special forces soldier, speaking on the condition of anonymity for security reasons, described the moment as a burst of emotions. He said he was think ing of how much work had been done in the past eight months to make the events of the past two days happen and of how many soldiers had died in the process.
Another Ukrainian army soldier, a for eign volunteer, said their arrival to the city was like “Paris, 1944.”
Amid the celebrating, however, the daunting scale of the humanitarian crisis in the area was coming into focus Saturday. Many people in Kherson have no heat, power or running water. Food and medicine are in short sup ply. Ukrainian military of ficials said the city was not yet safe for a large-scale humanitarian relief effort.
Further adding to the growing list of humanitar ian concerns, Kremlinaligned Russian news outlets published a video
Saturday purporting to show a large explo sion in the area of the Kakhivska hydro electric power plant, which is a part of the Kakhova dam complex, roughly 40 miles northeast of Kherson.
It was unclear when the blast took place, but local residents said they had heard a large explosion Friday afternoon.
U.S. President Joe Biden’s national secu rity adviser, Jake Sullivan, expressed cautious optimism Saturday over Russia’s withdrawal from Kherson, calling it a “big moment” for the Ukrainian forces. He also reiterated that the Biden administration would not push for a diplomatic end to the war.
A rift in the U.S. government spilled into public view this week as Gen. Mark Milley, chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, began press ing for Ukrainian forces to consider capital izing on their momentum by negotiating an end to the fighting before winter sets in. Biden’s advisers, including Sullivan, have publicly pushed back on any suggestion that they should pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to cede territory to Russian invaders.
“Ukraine is the party of peace in this conflict, and Russia is the party of war,” Sul livan said. “Russia invaded Ukraine. If Russia chose to stop fighting in Ukraine and left, it would be the end of the war. If Ukraine chose to stop fighting and give up, it would be the end of Ukraine.”
He said that what happened in Kherson had not changed the administration’s posi tion, partly because Moscow has continued to make claims about annexing territory.
Natalia Humeniuk, spokesperson for the Ukrainian military’s southern command, said some Russian soldiers in and around Kherson city were still actively engaged with Ukrainian forces. There were also re ports, she said, of Russian soldiers surren dering to the Ukrainians or changing into civilian clothes and hiding in apartments.
“How many forgotten soldiers remain, it is very difficult to say at this point,” she said in an interview with Freedom TV, a Russian-language channel in Ukraine that focuses on broadcasting abroad.
She added that Ukrainian forces were “a stone’s throw away” from Russian forces that were fortifying positions on the other side of the Dnieper River, making them vul nerable to artillery fire. Ukraine’s military also reported fighting in towns and villages outside Kherson city, including around the endangered dam in the city of Nova Kak hovka.
In the darkness, the little girl called out for her mother, her tiny form lit by the moon. The two had left their home in Venezuela a week before, bound for the United States. To get there, though, they would have to cross a brutal jungle called the Darién.
But in the chaos of the trek, the child had lost her only parent. To contain her fear, Sarah Cuauro, just 6 years old, began to sing.
“The glory of God, giant and sacred,” she croaked through tears. “He carries me in his arms.”
A devastating combination of pandemic fallout, climate change, growing conflict and rising inflation is creating a seismic shift in global migration, sending millions of people from their homes. The United Nations says there are now at least 103 million forcibly dis placed people around the world.
In few places is that shift more evident than in the Darién Gap, a hostile, sparsely populated, roadless land bridge connect ing South America and Central America that must be traversed to reach the United States on foot.
For decades, the Darién was considered so dangerous, only a few thousand dared to cross it each year. Today, it is a traffic jam.
Since January, at least 215,000 people have traveled through the Darién, nearly twice as many as last year and nearly 20 times the yearly average between 2010 and 2020.
The enormous flood of migrants through the Darién is feeding a growing political prob lem in the United States, where more than 2.3 million people have been apprehended at the southern border this year, an unprecedented surge that has put intense pressure on Presi dent Joe Biden to stem the flow.
The people crossing the Darién this year are overwhelmingly Venezuelan, many of them worn down by years of economic ca lamity under an authoritarian government. At least 33,000 of the people who’ve made the journey this year are children.
Some migrants come from desperately poor families. But many, like Sarah and her mother, Dayry Alexandra Cuauro, 36, who was a lawyer in Venezuela, were once mid dle class, and now, thrust into desperation by their homeland’s financial ruin, have de cided to risk their lives in the jungle. Cuauro left Venezuela with Sarah on a bus with their passports, $820 in cash and a blessing from Cuauro’s mother.
To understand the journey so many are taking, two New York Times journalists crossed the 70-mile Darién route in Sep
tember and October, interviewing migrants, guides, law enforcement, community leaders and aid workers.
The route began at a Colombian beach town, passed through several farms and Indig enous communities, crossed over a grueling mountain called the Hill of Death and then wound along several rivers before arriving at a government camp in Panama.
The Darién jungle was once among the world’s most untouched rainforests. Parts were so inaccessible that when engineers built the Pan-American Highway in the 1930s, linking Alaska to Argentina, only one major stretch was left unfinished: a 66-mile roadless piece called the Darién Gap.
Today, the most common path through the gap begins in the Colombian beach town of Capurganá, where Sarah and her mother clambered from motorboats advertising “re sponsible tourism” onto a dock crowded with other migrants.
Men from a newly formed cooperative called Asotracap ushered the group into a walled compound where they explained that the migrants would be assigned guides who would take them the first few days into the jungle for a fee of $50 to $150 a person.
Sarah and her mother had joined a group with nine others. Together, they hand ed over $1,200.
The first days took them up a halfdozen hills in a part of the forest inhabited by small communities. On the second day of their jungle trip, Sarah and her mother passed a cluster of trees hiding a body, decomposing in a tent, dead of unknown causes. On day three, they reached a river, where locals were charging $10 for a 90-second boat crossing. On day four, they camped in a town where locals encircled the migrant camp with wire,
charging $20 a person to leave.
And on that fourth morning, just before reaching the towering mud-slick mountain known as the Hill of Death, Sarah and her mother lost each other.
The morning Sarah and her mother were set to climb the Hill of Death, Cuau ro had asked a friend she had made on the journey, Ángel García, 42, to help carry her daughter.
Almost the moment they had left Ca purganá, Cuauro’s boots had begun to grind at her skin, and her feet were now so blis tered and filled with pus she could barely walk.
García, who had left his own 6-yearold son at home in Colombia, hoisted Sarah on his shoulders, looking back constantly for her mother. Eventually, he turned around, and she was gone.
That night, Sarah slept in a tent with García and two of his friends. The men dot ed on her, but they seemed terrified by their new responsibility. They had no idea where Sarah’s mother was or if she was injured — or worse.
They had very little left to eat and sev eral days more to hike. They needed to get Sarah as quickly as possible to the end of the route, where they believed there were offi cials who could help her.
They packed up their tent. “And my mom?” Sarah asked García.
“We’ll see her on the route,” he told her.
On the eighth day of their trek through the jungle, Sarah and García arrived at a camp in a town that marked the next-to-last stop in the Darién.
Panamanian officials had set up a mi gration checkpoint in an effort to count the number of people crossing through the for est. They separated Sarah from García, put ting her in a backroom with other children who had also lost their parents.
Sarah had now been separated from her mother for three days. Hours went by.
And then, sud denly, Cuauro ap peared, rushing into the room. All along, she had been just a few hours behind, trying desperately to keep up.
Their joy was
short-lived.
Like many Venezuelans, Cuauro left for the Darién believing that if she managed to cross the jungle and make it through Cen tral America and Mexico, the United States would let her in.
Because Washington has no relation ship with Caracas, it had no way of deport ing Venezuelans back home. And in recent months, the United States had allowed thou sands of Venezuelans to enter the country and ask for asylum.
Word of this had spread rapidly, help ing to drive a massive surge to the border. Now the Biden administration was strug gling to deal with a widening humanitarian and political crisis.
Sarah and her mother exited the Darién on Oct. 10. Two days later, the Department of Homeland Security announced that Ven ezuelans who arrived at the U.S. southern border would no longer be allowed to enter the United States.
Instead, citing a Trump-era pandemic health order, officials said they would be sent back to Mexico. At the same time, a small number of Venezuelans — 24,000 people — would be given legal entry if they applied from abroad and if they had a U.S. sponsor.
Sponsors had to be U.S. citizens or meet other residency requirements and demonstrate an ability to financially support an immigrant for up to two years.
Cuauro was devastated. She had no sponsor. They had used all their money.
Cuauro and her daughter wound up in a shelter in Honduras with a dozen other Venezuelan migrants. There, she waited for her family to gather enough money to buy them flights home.
A sister had arrived in Florida a few months before, after turning herself in at the border, and told Cuauro that she was racing to find someone who would sponsor them under the new entry program before all the slots were filled.
By CHRIS BUCKLEY and DAVID E. SANGER
Just weeks after President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, laid out competing visions of how the United States and China are vying for military, technological and political preeminence, their first face-toface meeting as top leaders will test whether they can halt a downward spiral that has taken relations to the lowest level since President Ri chard Nixon began the opening to Beijing half a century ago.
Their scheduled meeting Monday in In donesia will take place months after China brandished its military potential to choke off Taiwan, and the United States imposed a series of export controls devised to hobble China’s ability to produce the most advanced compu ter chips — necessary for its newest military equipment and crucial to competing in sectors like artificial intelligence and quantum compu ting.
Compounding the tension is Beijing’s part nership with Moscow, which has remained steadfast even after Russia’s invasion of Ukrai ne. Yet that relationship, denounced by the Biden administration, is so opaque that U.S. officials disagree on its true nature.
Whether it’s a partnership of convenience or a robust alliance, Beijing and Moscow share a growing interest in frustrating the American agenda, many in Washington believe. In turn, many in China see the combination of the U.S. export controls and NATO support for Ukraine as a foreshadowing of how Washington could try to contain China and stymie its claims to Taiwan, a self-ruled island.
“This is, in a sense, the first superpower summit of the Cold War Version 2.0,” said Evan S. Medeiros, a Georgetown University professor who was President Barack Obama’s top adviser on Asia-Pacific affairs. “Will both leaders discuss, even implicitly, the terms of coexistence amid competition? Or, by default, will they let loose the dogs of unconstrained rivalry?”
Tamping down expectations about the summit with Xi, American officials recently told reporters that they expected no joint sta tement on points of agreement to emerge. Still, Washington will dissect what Xi says publicly and privately, especially about Russia, Ukraine and Taiwan.
This month, Xi told the visiting German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, that China opposes “the threat or use of nuclear weapons,” an oblique but unusually public reproach to Rus sian president Vladimir Putin’s saber rattling with tactical nuclear weapons.
If Xi cannot say something similar with an American president next to him, one senior administration official noted, it will be telling.
China sees Russia as a vital counterweight to Western power, and Xi may hesitate to criticize Putin in front of Biden.
“If Putin used nuclear weapons, he would become the public enemy of humankind, op posed by all countries, including China,” said Hu Wei, a foreign policy scholar in Shanghai. But, he added, “If Putin falls, the United States and the West will then focus on strategic con tainment of China.”
For American officials, the Xi-Putin re lationship is a topic of internal debate. Colin Kahl, the No. 3 official in the Pentagon, told reporters Tuesday that Chinese leaders have “been much more willing to signal that this thing is edging toward an alliance as opposed to just a superficial partnership.” Biden seems doubtful. “I don’t think there’s a lot of respect that China has for Russia or for Putin,” he said the next day.
Xi and Biden have talked on the phone five times in the past 18 months. This will be different: For the first time since assuming the presidency, Biden will “sit in the same room with Xi Jinping, be direct and straightforward with him as he always is, and expect the same in return from Xi,” Jake Sullivan, the National Security Adviser, said at a White House brie fing Thursday.
“There just is no substitute for this kind of leader-to-leader communication in navigating and managing such a consequential relations hip,” Sullivan said.
During the past three decades, trips by American presidents to Beijing and Chinese presidents to Washington became relatively commonplace. Testy exchanges over disputes were often balanced by promises to cooperate on areas of mutual interest, whether climate
change or containing North Korea’s nuclear program. For now, it is hard to imagine a mee ting taking place in either capital, especially with China still under heavy COVID controls.
Summits on neutral ground, like this one in Bali before the Group of 20 meeting of lea ders, have an increasingly Cold War feel — more about managing potential conflict than finding common ground. The rancorous dis trust means that even short-term stabilization and cooperation on shared challenges, like stopping pandemics, could be fragile.
Neither side calls it a Cold War, a term evoking a world divided between Western and Soviet camps bristling with nuclear arse nals. And the differences are real between that era and this one, with its vast trade flows and technological commerce between China and Western powers.
The Apple iPhone and many other staples of American life are assembled almost entirely in China. Instead of trying to build a formal bloc of allies as the Soviets did, Beijing has sought to influence nations through major pro jects that create dependency, including wiring them with Chinese-made communications networks.
Even so, the declarations surrounding Xi’s appointment to a third term and Biden’s new national security, defense and nuclear strate gies have described an era of growing global uncertainty heightened by competition — economic, military, technological, political — between their countries.
The anxieties have been magnified by China’s plans to expand and modernize its still relatively limited nuclear arsenal to one that could reach at least 1,000 warheads by 2030, according to the Pentagon. China sees threats
in U.S.-led security initiatives, including propo sals to help build nuclear-powered submarines for Australia.
“It may not be the Cold War, with a capi tal C and capital W, as in a replay of the U.S.Soviet experience,” Medeiros said. But, he added, “because of China’s substantial capa bilities and its global reach, this cold war will be more challenging in many ways than the previous one.”
The Biden administration last month is sued extensive new restrictions on selling se miconductor technology to China, focusing on the multimillion-dollar machines needed to make the chips with the smallest circuitry and the fastest speeds. It was a clear effort to slow China’s progress in one of the few technologi cal areas where it is still playing catch-up.
In a 48-page National Security Strategy document, Biden wrote that China “is the only country with both the intent to reshape the international order and, increasingly, the eco nomic, diplomatic, military and technological power to advance that objective.” The U.S. National Defense Strategy paper, weeks later, declared that China “remains our most conse quential strategic competitor for the coming decades.”
The stakes rose for the relationship after Xi, 69, secured a third five-year term as Com munist Party leader in October and set in pla ce a resolutely loyal leadership lineup likely to keep him in power even longer than that. At the party congress that crowned Xi, he war ned of an increasingly perilous world, where unnamed foes — implicitly, the United States and allies — were trying to “blackmail, con tain, blockade, and exert maximum pressure on China.”
Since then, Xi and his officials have re peated similar warnings. Wearing camouflage to visit a People’s Liberation Army command center, Xi told China’s military to steel for the intensifying challenges. “Hostile forces” were bent on blocking China’s rise, Ding Xuexiang, a top aide to Xi, wrote in People’s Daily, the party’s main newspaper.
“The United States regards our country as its main strategic rival and most severe longterm challenge, and is doing its utmost to con tain us and beat us down,” said an article in Guangming Daily, another prominent partyrun newspaper.
Xi’s speech to the congress last month suggested that his assessment of international trends has grown bleaker. That shift may re flect worries about the repercussions of the war in Ukraine, and vanished hopes that Biden would take a milder approach to China than the Trump administration did.
The Biden administration’s support for Taiwan has become a sore point.
Aconvulsion has shaken America and many other Western democracies over the past few years. People became disgusted with established power, trust in many institutions neared rock bottom, populist fury rose from right and left.
On the right, in the United States, this manifested as Donald Trump. To his great credit, Trump reinvented the GOP. He destroyed the corporate husk of Reaganism and set the party on the path to being a multiracial working-class party. To his great discredit, he enshrouded this transition in bigotry, buffoonery and corruption. He ushered in an age of performance politics — an age in which leaders put more emphasis on attention-grabbing postures than on practical change.
The left had its own smaller version of performative populism. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez became a major political figure thanks to her important contributions to Instagram. The Green New Deal was not a legislative package but a cotton candy media concoction. Slogans like “Abolish ICE” and “Defund the police” were not practical policies, just cool catchphrases to put on posters.
The populist convulsion had its moment, but on the left, prominent Democrats tried to harness its energy while
reining in its unelectable excesses. In 2020, James Clyburn threw his weight behind an establishmentarian moderate, Joe Biden. That year, after progressives appeared to cost the Democrats several House seats with randy talk of socialism, moderate Democrat Rep. Abigail Spanberger roasted the left and was one of those who helped pull the party back toward the center on crime and other issues. Biden rejected the performative style of the populist moment while harnessing some progressive ideas.
Performative populism has begun to ebb. Twitter doesn’t have the hold on the media class it had two years ago. Peak wokeness has passed. There seem to be fewer cancellations recently, and less intellectual intimidation. I was a skeptic of the Jan. 6 committee at first, but I now recognize it’s played an important cultural role. That committee forced America to look into the abyss, to see the nihilistic violence that lay at the heart of Trumpian populism.
The election of 2022 marked the moment when America began to put performative populism behind us. Though the results are partial, and Trump acolytes could still help Republicans control Congress, this election we saw the emergence of an anti-Trump majority.
According to a national exit poll, nearly 60% of voters said they had an unfavorable view of Trump. Almost half of the voters who said they “somewhat disapprove” of Biden as president still voted for Democrats, presumably because they were not going to vote for Trumpianism. In a Reuters/Ipsos poll in September, 58% of respondents said that the MAGA movement was threatening America’s democratic foundations.
The single most important result of this election was the triumph of the normies. Establishmentarian, practical leaders who are not always screaming angrily at you did phenomenally well, on right and left: Gov. Mike DeWine in Ohio, Governorelect Josh Shapiro in Pennsylvania. Workmanlike incumbents from Sen. John Thune in South Dakota to Sen. Ron Wyden in Oregon had successful nights. Gov. Tony Evers of Wisconsin had the quotation that summarized the election: “Boring wins.”
Americans are still deeply unhappy with the state of the country, but their theory of change seems to have begun to shift. Less histrionic media soap opera. Less existential politics of menace. Let’s find people who can get stuff done.
The telling election results were at the secretary of state level. The America First Secretary of State Coalition features candidates who rejected the 2020 election results and who would have been a threat to election integrity if they had won Tuesday. Most either lost or seem on their way to losing. Meanwhile, Brad Raffensperger, the secretary of state of Georgia who stood up to Trump’s bullying, won by a wide margin.
Because Democrats restrained their more extreme tendencies while Republicans didn’t, they held their own among independents in a year that
People near the Capitol building in Washington, Nov. 2, 2022. A convulsion has shaken America and many western Democracies over the past few years, writes New York Times columnist David Brooks.
could have been a GOP romp. On abortion and many other issues, the median voter rule still applies. If you can get toward the spot where moderate voters reside, you will win elections.
To be clear, I am not saying the fever has broken within the minds of those in the MAGA movement. I am not saying MAGA Republicans won’t unleash a lot of looniness in the next Congress. I am saying voters have built a wall around that movement to make sure it no longer wins the power it once enjoyed. I am saying voters have given Republicans clear marching orders — to do what Democrats did and beat back the populist excesses on their own side.
There are two large truths I’ll leave you with. The first is that both parties are fundamentally weak. The Democrats are weak because they have become the party of the educated elite. The Republicans are weak because of Trump. The Republican weakness is easier to expunge. If Republicans get rid of Trump, they could become the dominant party in America. If they don’t, they will decline.
Second, the battle to preserve the liberal world order is fully underway. While populist authoritarianism remains a powerful force worldwide, people, from Kyiv to Kalamazoo, have risen up to push us toward a world in which rules matter, practicality matters, stability and character matter.
As Irving Kristol once wrote, the people in our democracy “are not uncommonly wise, but their experience tends to make them uncommonly sensible.”
SAN JUAN – Durante la Asamblea de Reglamento del Partido Popular Democrático (PPD), unos 380 delegados escogieron el 7 de mayo de 2023 para elegir a un presidente o presidenta para esa colec tividad.
“Yo como presidente acato esa votación y tam bién recibo no solamente algunas críticas sino el deseo de que se revise lo propuesto por la Junta de Gobierno (del PPD). Así que designo al compañero Josean Santiago a un comité de diálogo para que ar monice todas las peticiones de todos los sectores de la colectividad y nos lleve a aprobar lo que aproba mos hoy; un reglamento”, dijo el presidente del PPD, José Luis Dalmau Santiago en conferencia de prensa.
“Hoy no es día de candidaturas, hoy no es día de aprobar otra cosa que no sea la revisión del regla mento”, añadió.
Explicó que durante la Asamblea de Reglamen
to se propusieron dos enmiendas: que la fecha para escoger al presidente del PPD sea el 7 de mayo de 2023 y que se incluya a los miembros por acumula ción como parte de la junta de Gobierno del Parti do Popular Democrático. Ambas enmiendas fueron aprobadas por unanimidad.
“Teniendo ya aprobado un reglamento, este par
tido para culminar su reorganización y estar listo para el próximo ciclo electoral”, comentó Dalmau Santiago.
Nuevamente, Dalmau Santiago se hizo disponi ble para ocupar esa posición. “Nunca he descartado servirle al pueblo popular que siempre me ha apo yado”, dijo.
por primera vez las ligas Sub 12 y Sub 15 con 37 equi pos.
– El doctor José Daniel Quiles Rosas fue reelecto de forma unánime para un tercer término como presidente de la Federación de Béisbol de Puer to Rico (FBPR), en una actividad celebrada en Fajar do.
“Los apoderados han visto el trabajo que se ha he cho, el cambio dramático que ha dado la Federación de Béisbol en los últimos años. Estoy agradecido y orgulloso por el respaldo. Seguiremos trabajando por el béisbol de Puerto Rico”, expresó el líder federativo al concluir la reunión.
Quiles Rosas fue respaldado para el término 2022-2026 junto a su directiva, compuesta por el vicepresidente Car los Príncipe, el tesorero Nicolás Rivera y el secretario Eu genio ‘Kassim’ Torres.
En su mensaje de aceptación, Quiles Rosas re
saltó los logros alcanzados como presidente de la FBPR en los pasados cuatro años. Resumió la labor de las selecciones en sus distintas categorías y la or ganización de los torneos a nivel juvenil y supe rior.
Bajo su presidencia, se fortaleció el programa de Equipos Nacionales, con medallas de oro en los Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe en 2018 y la primera en unos Juegos Panamericanos en 2019. En su mandato, Puerto Rico ha obtenido plata en las pasadas dos edicio nes del World Baseball Classic y se reactivaron los Equi pos Nacionales Juveniles, con participación en todas las categorías.
A nivel local, el torneo de Béisbol Superior Doble A no ha tenido equipos con campeonatos consecutivos durante su presidencia y el béisbol femenino aumentó sus franquicias a nivel superior, con destacadas actua ciones de su Equipo Nacional. Además, se organizaron
La temporada 84 del Béisbol Superior Doble A co menzará el 12 de febrero en el estadio Pedro Monta ñez de Cayey, hogar de los campeones Toritos. El tor neo abrirá con un solo partido. El resto de los equipos entrarán al terreno el 17 de febrero. Se aumentó de 16 a 20 la cantidad de juegos en la temporada regu lar. Mientras, se repetirá el formato de la postemporada 2022.
Entraron como nuevos apoderados el doc tor Juan Robles (San Sebastián), Joel Camare no (Las Piedras) y el doctor Jorge Román (Aguadi lla).
La próxima reunión de apoderados será el 18 de diciembre. En la misma se llevará a cabo el sorteo de jugadores de nuevo ingreso con miras a la temporada 2023.
SAN JUAN – El informe preliminar de COVID-19 del Departamento de Salud (DS) reportó el do mingo una muerte y 154 personas hospitalizadas.
El total de muertes atribuidas es de 5,299.
Hay 146 adultos hospitalizados y 8 menores. El monitoreo cubre el periodo del 27 de octubre al 10 de noviembre de 2022.
La tasa de positividad está a 15.09 por ciento.
When Colombian writer Carolina Sanín described the tension she believes exists between femi nism and transgender activism in a video for the news site Cambio, she was doing what is expected of her as a columnist: expressing her unguarded views on a topic of her choosing. Her previous monologues for the website had touched on everything from social media pronouns to Christopher Columbus to the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
But with her Oct. 30 post, titled “Identity, women and the next world,” Sanín, 49, landed at the center of what she has portrayed as a United States-style controver sy over political correctness, one that has divided literary circles in Latin America and raised questions about the limits of free speech.
In the video, which was longer than her usual Cam bio submissions, Sanín expressed her support for the rights of transgender people, who are often a target of violence and discrimination in the region. She also said that “equa ting completely the identity of trans women with women who are born women erases the historical experience” of both groups, and that transgender activism can reinforce gender stereotypes.
“Now girls feel that when they don’t adjust comple tely to what is expected of a girl or adolescent women it means they are actually males,” Sanín says in the video.
Many of the views Sanín expressed were not dissi milar to those expressed by author J.K. Rowling, which have led actors from the “Harry Potter” movies to distan ce themselves from her. Her perspectives also track, to a point, with so-called gender critical beliefs that center on the differences between biological sex and gender expres sion. Sanín had written about some of these issues befo re, notably for a 2017 article in Vice called “The world without women,” and has been labeled by some as a trans-exclusionary radical feminist, or TERF.
She anticipated the video might have repercussions for her personal and professional life, and said so at the beginning of the post. Initially, the video made few ripples. Then, on Nov. 4, Sanín tweeted that Almadía, a publisher that contracted the rights to publish two of her novels in Mexico, had canceled plans for publication because of her “questioning of identity politics.”
Controversy erupted as writers from across Latin America, including some of the region’s most prominent novelists, reacted vehemently, applauding or denouncing the publisher’s decision, as it was described by Sanín. Al madía has not responded to requests for confirmation or issued any statement about the incident.
On Twitter and in earlier interviews with Mexi can media, Sanín suggested that she had started to have doubts about the status of her agreement with Almadía
months before publishing the video, as communication with the publisher started to break down earlier this year. She said her former agent, who negotiated the contract, relayed the news of the cancellation and that the publisher had “not explained a thing to her.”
Mónica Ojeda, the author of “Jawbone,” which is shortlisted for the 2022 National Book Award for Transla ted Literature and touches on themes of womanhood and adolescence, tweeted that she was “loving Almadía more than ever.” Others, including Argentine novelist Mariana Enríquez and Mexican writer Margo Glantz, whose work serves as a reference point of feminist thinking in Latin America, were among those who questioned the wisdom of canceling Sanín’s contract while also expressing their disagreement with the substance of her ideas.
“It caused misunderstanding that in turn caused noi se and confusion,” said Glantz of the cancellation of the contract, adding that Sanín’s views have long been well known. She said that Almadía had always treated her “im peccably,” and that she considers Sanín a friend.
When Enríquez, who has earned a reputation as a strong advocate for transgender rights, in part through the representations of sexuality and identity in her writing, tweeted her support for Sanín, she was labeled by some on Twitter as a TERF herself.
On Nov. 9, Linterna Verde, a nonprofit based in Colombia that monitors public opinion on social media, issued a statement saying it was not possible to conclude that Sanín’s post had led to an increase in toxic language toward transgender people online, as some had used their
work to claim. Sanín declined to speak to the Times on the record, saying that her views had been distorted and that, for now, she believed that continuing to try to explain herself would be counterproductive.
According to Sigal Ben-Porath, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and author of the upcoming book “Cancel Wars,” about free speech on college cam puses, the vehement discourse on transgender issues makes sense given the mix of misunderstanding and hate speech transgender people often face. Ben-Porath noted that transgender voices in the public sphere are “newer and emergent, and therefore I think they are more protec tive of their boundaries.”
“There is a lot of fear in this discussion,” said BenPorath, “Fears about safety, but also fears about losing rights. What we’re missing is trust, and a belief in some shared vision for the future.”
In responding to the controversy, Sanín has repea tedly expressed her solidarity with transgender people. But some experts view the substance and tenor of her vi deo as reflecting common anti-transgender tropes. Many of Sanín’s views fit with a “propagandistic discourse” in which mistaken ideas about transgender identity are repli cated across borders, said Danila Suárez Tomé, a fellow at the Institute of Philosophical Research at the Argentine Society for Philosophical Analysis.
“It’s completely normal to not understand what’s happening when categories we’ve been using are suddenly overtaken,” said Suárez. “But reacting to that in an uncu rious way, in an unscientific way, isn’t the right response.”
Kevin O’Neill, a comic book art ist best known as a creator of the series Marshal Law, a graphically violent exploration of superheroes, and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, which united characters from across liter ature, died Nov. 3 in London. He was 69.
The cause was cancer, said Tony Ben nett, a friend of O’Neill’s and the founder of Knockabout Comics in London, which publishes international editions of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
O’Neill’s art style was one of a kind: highly detailed, somewhat exaggerated and capable of veering toward lurid. An early Green Lantern story he drew for DC Comics was rejected by the Comics Code Authority, which set the industry standards on what comics could depict. Although the aliens that O’Neill depicted were demonic, contorted and grotesque, the objection was not to any particular image, but to his entire style.
In a 2014 interview with the website Comic Book Resources, O’Neill said he found the experience bizarre. “I’d heard all these stories about it’s just little old ladies in a room reviewing pages and stamping the back,” he said, adding, “It’s a really regressive way of producing com ics.”
The story, written by Alan Moore, was published in 1986 — without the author ity’s seal of approval, which by 2011 was dropped by most publishers in favor of their own ratings systems.
A more fruitful collaboration with Moore began in 1999 with the introduc tion of the League of Extraordinary Gen tlemen, a team of classic literary char acters including Allan Quatermain, the Invisible Man, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Captain Nemo and Mina Murray, one of Dracula’s victims. The team was original ly featured in a six-issue series, and there were several sequels through 2019.
The series also inspired a 2003 film starring Sean Connery as Quatermain. Reviewing the movie in The New York Times, Elvis Mitchell described it as list less and “neither gentle nor extraordi nary.” But the creators of the comic book would have the last laugh.
“When the movie came out, all the reviews were universally terrible, but a large number of them said you should read the book,” said Scott Dunbier, who edited the original series. “Our sales sky rocketed.”
In a statement to the Times after O’Neill’s death, Moore said: “Nobody drew like Kevin O’Neill. When I was put ting together my formative ideas for The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen in the lead-out groove of the last century, I quickly realized that nobody save Kevin was qualified to present such a dizzying range of characters, periods, situations and styles with the vitality and ingenuity
that the narrative — a ridiculous mashup of all human fiction since classical antiq uity — seemed to demand.”
Their collaboration on this series, Moore said, began what was perhaps the longest, happiest and most productive partnership of both men’s careers.
O’Neill was born Aug. 22, 1953, in southeast London. His father was a con tractor, his mother a homemaker.
He took his first step into the comic book industry in 1969, when he was hired as an office assistant for Buster, a humor publication for children. He would move on to coloring comic reprints and creat ing his own fanzine. His career took a big
leap forward when he began working as an artist and an editor on the science fic tion comics anthology 2000 AD, which premiered in 1977.
One of O’Neill’s accomplishments at 2000 AD was to successfully lobby to get credits added to the stories. “This was a huge breakthrough,” said Dave Gib bons, co-creator with Moore of the series Watchmen and a friend of O’Neill’s, “be cause previously in British comics, they used to actually employ people to remove artist signatures, with this kind of lame ex cuse that it would spoil the mystery for the reader if they saw it was drawn by somebody.”
That was a romantic notion, but it was also a business tactic: Identifying the creators would most likely lead the writ ers and artists to demand more compen sation.
Information on O’Neill’s survivors was not immediately available.
While at 2000 AD, O’Neill met Pat Mills, its founding editor. “Kevin already had a portfolio of real cool science fiction material,” Mills said. “In fact, I still have those physical pages. They show graphic scenes of future war.”
O’Neill and Mills would go on to cre ate the popular series Nemesis the War lock, about a fire-breathing alien demon — the hero — in battle against a fanatical ly religious human dictator. Another suc cess came in 1987 with Marshal Law, set in San Futuro, a city built on the remains of San Francisco after an earthquake, about a government operative whose mis sion is to take down rogue superheroes. His initial case involves a serial killer and his possible ties to a superhero.
“Marshal Law is quite cruel to super heroes, but there is a little bit of affection where Kevin is concerned,” Mills said. He noted that O’Neill would often display his humor in graffiti and other panel details.
Moore also remarked on O’Neill’s sense of humor, which was evident in what proved to be their last phone con versation. Moore said he noted that the two had never had a disagreement in their decadeslong collaboration. O’Neill, he said, “agreed, pointing out that we’d never had sex either, and that he was im mensely grateful for both these things.”
Making the World Heritage List from UNESCO, the United Nations’ educational, scientific and cultural organization, is a kind of gold seal of approval in the tourism world. The list, which began in 1978, has more than 1,150 sites nominated by their host nations and inclu des tourist destinations such as the Great Wall of China, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and the Central Amazon Conservation Complex in Brazil.
It also features some of the world’s most-famous and most-visited glaciers, including those in Yosemite and Ye llowstone national parks. But according to a report released by the agency last week, one-third of them are expected to disappear by 2050 because of climate change.
The glaciers that are likely to disappear include the last remaining ones in Africa, in Kilimanjaro National Park and on Mount Kenya; those on the Pyrenees’ Mont Perdu, which spans the borders of France and Spain; and in Italy’s Dolomites.
The report, released days before the U.N.’s COP27 climate change conference was set to begin in Egypt, posed a challenge to the travel industry, which is a large contribu tor to global carbon emissions, with a footprint estimated between 8% and 11% of total greenhouse gases, according to the World Travel & Tourism Council, or WTTC. Aviation represents around 17% of total travel carbon emissions.
The report was a stark reminder of the critical role the travel industry plays in preserving sensitive sites and reducing carbon emissions, said James Thornton, the CEO of Intrepid Travel, a travel company that specializes in sustainable travel and that organizes journeys to many of the glaciers named in the report.
“It’s very much a wake-up call,” he said. “The key message is that ultimately for the travel industry there is no vaccine for climate change. We must take urgent action to rapidly decarbonize.”
Fifty of UNESCO’s World Heritage sites are home to glaciers, and 18,600 glaciers have been identified at those sites. One-third of the glaciers in these sites are “condemned to disappear by 2050,” according to the report.
“These are projections,” said Tales Carvalho Resende, a UNESCO researcher from Brazil and one of the authors of the report. “We hope we are wrong, of course, but these are projections based on hard science.”
The glaciers will disappear regardless of any “climate scenarios,” he said. But the remaining two-thirds of the gla ciers in the World Heritage sites could still be saved if global warming is limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius or 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the report.
The glaciers on the list are losing 58 billion tons of ice a year, an amount equivalent to the combined annual water use of France and Spain, according to UNESCO. The melting is responsible for nearly 5% of observed global sea-level rise, according to the study.
Enormous declines in the price of renewables and a global political mobilization have led scientists to conclude that warming this century will most likely fall between 2 or 3 degrees, far below the catastrophic projections of 4 to 6
degrees that were once made. But limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees is highly unlikely and even 1 or 2 more degrees of warming will lead to more extreme weather, environmental disruption and suffering for millions of humans.
Still, Resende said, the UNESCO report shows that the travel industry can play an enormous role in preserving World Heritage sites and helping change traveler behavior.
He pointed to a 2019 ban forbidding tourists from climbing Uluru, a giant monolith in Australia that is sacred to the Anangu, an Aboriginal group that is the custodian of the rock. The ban, which came after decades of campaigning by the Anangu people, has largely been respected by tourists and has given park rangers time to maintain the flora and fauna at Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, a World Heritage site.
Resende described it as an example of how education and collaboration with local communities can compel tourists to change their travel habits and learn how to better protect sensitive destinations — lessons that can perhaps be applied to curbing emission-producing behaviors.
Travel companies like Expedia and Kayak can also encourage people to travel less frequently by advertising more weeklong trips instead of threeday or weekend excursions, he said. A traveler who flies once a year for a longer vacation would in theory have a smaller carbon footprint than a traveler who takes multiple, shorter trips on planes, Resende said.
At the last COP conferen ce, held in Glasgow, Scotland, last year, more than 300 mem bers of the trillion-dollar global tourism industry, including tou rism operators, heads of hotel chains and leaders of tourism boards, came together to sign
the Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action in Tourism. Since then, more than 530 stakeholders have signed the pledge.
The deal required them to submit a concrete and transparent plan within 12 months to cut carbon emissions in half by 2030 and reach “net zero” by 2050.
Travel companies have a “special obligation” to confront the industry’s carbon footprint, said Jeff Roy, the executive vice president of Collette Tours, a travel company that organizes trips to World Heritage sites.
“The good news is that the travel industry has banded together to share resources and work collaboratively to transform tourism in relation to climate action in a way that we have never seen before,” he said in a statement. “There is far more to be done and quickly, as the pace of climate change is accelerating.”
Intrepid, for example, has started busing tourists bet ween some destinations instead of flying, a change from past practices, Thornton said.
The release of the report sparked concerns that tourists would flock to the glaciers and see them before they disap pear, worsening overcrowded conditions at national parks and other delicate natural areas.
“All national parks suffer from too many visitors and they’ve had to do drastic things over the last 10 years to deal with this issue,” said Fred Bianchi, the director of Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s Glacier National Park project center in Montana. The park was not mentioned in the UNESCO report, but scientists fear the park could be glacier free by 2030.
The pandemic led many parks to put in a reservation system to avoid heavy foot traffic. The UNESCO report pro vides another incentive for keeping that type of system in place, Bianchi said.
But more tourists should see the damage caused by man-made climate change, said Luther Likes, a booking agent at Gray Line Travel, which organizes trips to Yosemite National Park, where the two glaciers, Lyell and Maclure, have been retreating for decades.
“It’s something to see it in pictures, but to see it in person has a different impact,” Likes said. “It’s terrifying, honestly.”
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Civil Núm.: JCD2017-0304. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HI POTECA - IN REM. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTA DOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LI BRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: LA PARTE DEMANDADA, AL (A LA) SECRETARIO(A) DE HACIENDA DE PUERTO RICO Y AL PÚBLICO
GENERAL: Certifico y Hago Constar: Que en cumplimiento con el Manda miento de Ejecución de Senten cia que me ha sido dirigido por el (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Su perior de Ponce, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América y/o Giro Postal y Cheque Cer tificado, en mi oficina ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Ins tancia, Sala de Ponce, el 10 DE ENERO DE 2023, A LAS 1:45 DE LA TARDE, todo derecho título, participación o interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se des cribe a continuación: RUSTICA: Predio de terreno ubicado en el kilómetro 4 hectómetro cuatro de la Carretera Estatal #501 del Barrio Marueño del térmi no municipal de Ponce, Puerto Rico, con un área superficial de 2,748.15 metros cuadrados en lindes por el: NORTE en una distancia de 75.75 metros con Lola Gueit; SUR en una distan cia de 58.42 metros con Lola
Gueit; ESTE en una distancia de 39.77 metros con Lola Gueit; OESTE en dos alineaciones de 20.44 metros y 22.36 metros con la Carretera Estatal #501.
Sobre dicho predio de terreno ubican dos estructuras de con creto, hierro y zinc, destinadas a bar restaurant y gallera. La parcela antes descrita es el remanente de la este número, luego de habérsele segregado una parcela con cabida de mil quinientos dieciocho metros con dieciocho centímetros cua drados. Según la inscripción número 10, se dice que contie ne actualmente dos edificacio nes: La primera casa de vivien da techada de zinc, con medio balcón céntrico, sin número de gobierno y contiene sala, come dor, cuatro cuartos dormitorios, cocina y galería, servicio sani tario y pozo de agua. La segun da casa en forma de kiosko, de madera techada en zinc y piso de concreto, con dos servicios sanitarios, uno para dama y otro para caballeros, con su cocina de madera techada de zinc y piso de concreto. Finca número 12114 (antes 18184), inscrita al folio 102 del tomo 362 de Ponce, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sec ción II de Ponce. La antes men cionada hipoteca se encuentra inscrita al folio 52 del tomo 1154 de Ponce, finca número 12114 (antes 18184), Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sec ción II de Ponce, inscripción 17ma. Propiedad localizada en: PR 501 KM 4.4, BO. MARUE ÑO, PONCE, PR 00731. Se gún figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas anterio res o preferentes: Nombre del Titular: N/A. Suma de la Carga: N/A. Fecha de Vencimiento: N/A. Según figuran en la certi ficación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gra vada por las siguientes cargas posteriores a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante: Nombre del Titular: COOPERATIVA DE A/C DE SANTA ISABEL. Suma de la Carga: $30,000.00. Fecha de Vencimiento: 10 de junio de 2019. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad de la propiedad y que todas las cargas y gra vámenes anteriores y los pre ferentes al crédito ejecutante antes descritos, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes. El rematante acepta dichas car gas y gravámenes anteriores, y queda subrogado en la res ponsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se establece como tipo de mínima subasta la suma de $115,200.00, según
acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la escritura de hipoteca. De ser necesaria una SEGUNDA SUBASTA por declararse desierta la primera, la misma se celebrará en mi ofi cina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Pon ce, el 17 DE ENERO DE 2023, A LAS 1:45 DE LA TARDE, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $76,800.00, 2/3 partes del tipo mínima establecido origi nalmente. Si tampoco se pro duce remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se estable ce como mínima para la TER CERA SUBASTA, la suma de $57,600.00, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubi cada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Ponce, el 24 DE ENERO DE 2023, A LAS 1:45 DE LA TARDE. Dicha su basta se llevará a cabo para, con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante, el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor ascendente a la suma de $95,411.74 por concepto de principal, más intereses al 6.500% anual, mas recargos por todo pago en atraso, mas $11,520.00, como cantidad estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados, así como cualquier otra suma que contenga el contrato de prés tamo. La venta en pública su basta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afec te la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace sa ber la fecha, hora y sitio de la PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TER CERA SUBASTA, si esto fuera necesario, a los efectos de que cualquier persona o perso nas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha subasta. Se notifica a todos los interesados que las actas y demás constancias del expediente de este caso están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas la borables para ser examinadas por los (las) interesados (as). Y para su publicación en el perió dico The San Juan Daily Star, que es un diario de circulación general en la isla de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos se manas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publica ciones, así como para su pu blicación en los sitios públicos de Puerto Rico. Expedido en Ponce, Puerto Rico, hoy 17 de octubre de 2022. JORGE HER NÁNDEZ PAGÁN, ALGUACIL REGIONAL. MIGUEL A. TO RRES AYALA, ALGUACIL AU XILIAR PLACA #560.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA MUNICIPAL DE SAN JUAN.
DE RESIDENTES DE ALTURAS DE SANTA MARIA, INC DEMANDANTE VS. JULIA M. DELGADO FIGUEROA, JOHN DOE; AMBOS POR SI Y EN REPRESENTACION
DEMANDADOS
CIVIL NUM.: KCM2012-1301 (803). SOBRE: COBRO DE DI NERO (R.60). EDICTO. ESTA DOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTA DOS UNIDOS EL ESTADO LI BRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. YO, EDWIN E. LOPEZ
MULERO, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, al pUblico hago sa ber: Que en cumplimiento de Ia Sentencia que se libró con fe cha del 30 de julio de 2012, por el Honorable Tribunal de Prime ra Instancia, Sala Municipal de San Juan, en el caso de epígra fe, venderé par Ia suma princi pal de $4,450.00, par concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento vencidas y no pagadas at 30 de Julio de 2012, más intereses desde que se dicte Ia sentencia al 4.25% anual ($0.58 diario), a partir de esa fecha en Ia canti dad de $2,120.48, al 29 de Julio de 2022; más $138.00 de cos tas y gastos segUn sentencia, más $400.00 par concepto de honorarios de abogado otor gados segUn sentencia; más $750.00 por concepto de las costas y gastos del proceso de ejecución de Ia sentencia mediante embargo de bien mueble, concedidos mediante Orden de fecha de 27 de mayo de 2014; más $750.00 par con cepto de las costas y gastas del proceso de ejecución de Ia sen tencia inmueble, concedidos mediante Orden de fecha de 22 de enero de 2015; más $950.00 de Ia Moción solicitando autori zación para Ia Ejecución de mueble e inmueble según a probado mediante orden de 3 de enero de 2022, menos pa gos realizados par Ia parte de mandada ($2,755.56), totalizan Ia cantidad de $6,802.92; más las costas y gastos del proceso en Ia ejecución de Ia senten cia. “URBANA: Urbanización Alturas de Santa Maria de Monacillos. Solar: 4 DEL BLO
QUE C. Cabida: 331.37 metros cuadrados. Linderos: NORTE, en 26.88 metros, con el solar C-3. SUR, en 24.11 metros, con el solar C-5. ESTE, en 13.35 metros con Ia calle Nogal. OESTE, en 13.00 metros, con los solares C-10 y C-Il. Enclava una casa de concreto para uso residencial. Es segregación de Ia Finca 20,617, inscrita al Folio 27 vto. Del Tomo 602 de Mona cillos. Descrita conforme a Ia inscripción Ira at Folio 36 del Tomo 653 de Monacillos. Finca 21488 de Monacillos, Registro de Ia Propiedad de San Juan, Sección Ill.” Dirección Física: Urb. Alturas de Santa MarIa, 98 Calle Nogal, San Juan, PR 00969. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondien tes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en Ia se cretarla del tribunal durante las horas laborables. La propiedad será vendida sujeta a gravá menes anteriores y preferen tes: ¯ Hipoteca, a favor de RG MORTGAGE CORPORATION, o a su orden, por Ia suma de $124,800.00 de principal al 7 5/8 % anual, hasta que se reali ce el pago total. ¯ Embargo Es tatal: Embargo Estatal, Regis tro de Guaynabo, Notificación: GUA-19-0080 por Ia suma de $44,923.38 a favor de Departa mento de Hacienda presentado al Asiento 2018-009814-EST el dIa 9 de noviembre de 2018 por Ia suma de $44,923.38, siendo el deudor Julia Delgado Figueroa. NOTA: Del Registro surge el gravamen señalado, sin embargo, no tenemos datos suficientes para determinar si Ia titular y Ia deudora de este gravamen es Ia misma perso na. Embargo Estatal: A favor de Departamento de ‘Hacien da (DH) presentado al Asiento 2022-006555-EST el dIa 11 de julio de 2022 por Ia suma de $30,815.99, siendo el deudor Julia Milagros Delgado Figue roa. La subasta se llevará a cabo en mi oficina localizada en el local que ocupa en el Tri bunal de Primera Instancia, Su perior de San Juan, el dIa 30 de noviembre de 2022 a las 11:00 de Ia mañana. Advirtiéndose que el que obtuviera Ia buena pro consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda de curso legal o cheque certificado a nombre de; Alguacil Tribunal Primera Instancia. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquiere libre de cargas y gravámenes posterio res, Ley 210-2015. Y para Ia conveniencia de los licitadores expido el presente Edicto que se publicará en los lugares pú blicos que determine Ia ley. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, a 18 de octubre de 2022. EDWIN E.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR PR
Demandante V. ARGOS
Demandados
Civil Núm.: KCD2013-0538.
Sala: 504. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA OR DINARIA. AVISO DE SUBAS TA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PUEBLO DE PUERTO RICO, S.S. YO, PEDRO HIEYE GONZÁLEZ, el Alguacil que suscribe, por la presente anuncia y hace constar, que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido por la Secretaria del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Puerto Rico, procederé a vender en pública subasta y al mejor pos tor, quien pagará el importe de la venta en dinero efectivo, en cheque certificado o en cheque de gerente a la orden del al guacil suscribiente en moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América el día 21 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2022 A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina localizada en el Cen tro Judicial de San Juan, todo título, derecho o interés que corresponda a las partes co demandadas sobre el inmueble que se describe a continuación: “URBANA: Solar marcado con el número diez (10), en el plano de inscripción de la Urbaniza ción El Mirador de Borinquen, radicado en la calle Marginal de la Urbanización Borinquen Gardens, con un área super ficial de mil ciento trece punto ciento setenta y ocho metros cuadrados (1,113.178 m.c.), equivalentes a cero punto dos mil ochocientos treinta y tres cuerdas (0.2833 cdas.). En lindes por el NORTE, con el solar nueve (9) de dicha Urba nización y lote “A”; por el SUR, con las parcelas cinco (5) y seis
(6) según agrupadas propiedad de Courtyard Inc. y con el solar once (11) de dicha urbaniza ción; por el ESTE, con la calle “A” de dicha urbanización; y por el OESTE, con las parcelas cinco (5) y seis (6) según agru padas propiedad de Courtyard Inc. Y constituyen servidumbre de paso sanitario sobre la finca que se formó de la agrupación, a favor del remanente de la fin ca principal de Courtyard Inc. Enclavada una casa.” La pro piedad antes descrita consta inscrita al folio 189 del tomo 787 de Rio Piedras Sur, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección IV de San Juan, finca número veintiún mil seiscientos cincuenta (21,650). DIREC
CIÓN FÍSICA: URB. MIRADOR DE BORINQUEN GARDENS, A-10, SAN JUAN, PR 00926.
AFECTA POR SU PROCE
DENCIA: SERVIDUMBRES a favor de la Autoridad de Fuen tes Fluviales de Puerto Rico; Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados de Puerto Rico; Auutoridad de Energía Electri ca de Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico Telephone Company, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico.
AFECTA POR SI: HIPOTECA: En garantía de un pagaré a favor de BANCO DE DESA RROLLO ECONÓMICO PARA PUERTO RICO, o a su orden, por la suma de $300,000.00, con interés al 2% sobre Prime Rate, y vencedero a la presen tación, según consta escritura #20, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 31 de marzo de 2010, ante el notario Ismael Enrique Justino Torres, inscrita al folio 189 del tomo 787 de Rio Piedras Sur, finca #21,650, ins cripción 2da. MODIFICACION DE HIPOTECA: es objeto de esta modificación la Hipoteca por $300,000.00, que surge de la inscripción 2da; comparece Titular y Banco de Desarrollo Económico de Puerto Rio como tenedor del pagaré, y conviene en modificar los términos de la misma en cuanto a los si guientes extremos: se amplia por la suma de $141,000.00, para un nuevo principal de $441,000.00, intereses al 2% sobre Prime Rate, vencedero a la presentación. Según consta de la escritura #29, otorgada el día 11 de octubre de 2012, ante el notario Naaman M. Burgos Montes. Inscrito al folio 189 del tomo 787 de Rio Piedras Sur, finca #21,650, inscripción 3ra. El gravamen objeto de ejecu ción en este procedimiento es la que surge de la Escritura de Hipoteca número 20, otorgada el 31 de marzo de 2010 ante el Notario Público Isamel En rique Jusino Torres, en la cual se establece como precio míni
mo para la primera subasta la suma de $300,000.00. De no adjudicarse la propiedad en la primera subasta, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, en las mismas oficinas de este Alguacil, el día 29 DE NOVIEM BRE DE 2022 A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA. El precio mínimo para la segunda subasta se rán dos terceras partes (2/3) del tipo mínimo de la primera subasta, o sea, $200,000.00. De no adjudicarse la propie dad en esa segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en las mismas ofi cinas de este Alguacil, el día 7 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2022 A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA. El precio mínimo para la terce ra subasta será la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo de la primera subasta, o sea, $150,000.00.
Esta subasta se hará para satisfacer a la Parte Deman dante, hasta donde alcance, el importe adeudado bajo la sen tencia en este caso, que al 30 de junio de 2020 ascienden la cantidad total de $393,642.72, desglosado en $299,652.50 de principal, $94,903.64 de in tereses acumulados, más los que se continúen acumulando hasta el saldo total y completo de la deuda a razón de $65.68 diarios, menos $913.42 de re serva, y una cantidad adicional de $30,000.00 por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, según pactados en el Pagaré Hipotecario que garan tiza la deuda. Se entiende que todo licitador que comparezca a la subasta señalada en este caso acepta como bastante la titularidad que da base a las mismas. La venta en pública subasta de la propiedad des crita anteriormente se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte dicha pro piedad. Se entiende que cual quier carga y/o gravamen ante rior y/o preferente, si lo hubiera, al crédito que da base a esta ejecución, continuará subsis tente, entendiéndose, además, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la respon sabilidad de estos, sin destinar se a su extinción el precio del remate. POR LA PRESENTE, se le notifica a los titulares de créditos y/o cargas registrales posteriores, si alguno, que se celebrarán las SUBASTAS en las fechas, horas y sitio ante riormente señalados, y se les invita a que concurran a dichas subastas, si les conviniere, o se les invita a satisfacer, antes del remate, el importe del crédito, sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abo gado asegurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del Acreedor ejecu
DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA FOR AMBOSLOPEZ MULERO, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR TRIBUNAL DE PRI MERA INSTANCIA SALA SU PERIOR DE SAN JUAN.
A. HIPOTECA: R & G Mortga ge Corporation, o a su orden, por la suma de $174,000.00 de principal al 7.00% anual. Vencimiento: 1ro de junio de 2037. B. MODIFICACIÓN DE HIPOTECA: Banco Popular de Puerto Rico modificación de hipoteca): Comparece Ma ría De Los Ángeles Quiñones Rivera y el Banco Popular de Puerto Rico y acuerdan en mo dificar la hipoteca por la suma de $174,000.00 en cüanto a lo siguiente: Se amplía el prin cipal en una suma adicional de $34,684.26 para un nuevo principal de $208,684.26. Du rante los primeros 60 meses, se modifica el interés al 2.00% anual, modificándose el pago mensual de principal e interés a la suma de $556.82, comen zando el 1 ro de mayo de 2014.
Durante los siguientes 12 me ses, se modifica el interés al 3.00% anual, modificándose el pago mensual de principal e interés a la suma de $646.93.
Durante los siguientes 12 me ses, se modifica el interés al 4.00% anual, modificándose el pago mensual de principal e interés a la suma de $7 42.01.
Durante los restantes meses, el interés será al 4.25% anual y el pago mensual de principal e interés será de $766.28. La fecha del último pago de prin cipal e interés será el 1 ro de abril de 2054. Se incluye copia de Estudio de Título. 7. Dicha subasta se celebrará para con el importe de la misma satisfa cer a la parte demandante la suma principal de $5,436.80, cantidad que incluye cuotas de mantenimiento vencidas y no pagadas al 2 de junio de 2015, más costas, gastos y honora rios de abogado; más intereses desde que se dicte la sentencia al 4.25% anual ($0.63 diario}, a partir de esa fecha en la cantidad de $1,644.00, al 20 de julio de 2021; más $950.00 por concepto de las costas y gastos del proceso de ejecu ción de la sentencia mediante embargo de bien mueble, in mueble y vehículo, concedidos mediante Ordenes de fecha de 12 de octubre de 2016; menos pagos realizados por la parte demandada $4,426.00}, totali zan la cantidad de $3.604.80; más $950.00 por concepto de honorarios de abogado en el proceso de ejecución de la sen tencia mediante venta en públi ca subasta, más las costas y gastos del proceso de acuerdo a lo dispuesto en la Regla 51.1
O de las de Procedimiento Civil de 2009, más intereses diarios a razón de 4.25% anual ($0.63 diario}, a partir del 21 de julio de 2021, todo ello sin presta ción de fianza por solicitarse luego de dictada la sentencia.
La subasta se llevará a cabo en mi oficina localizada en el local que ocupa en el Tribunal de Pri
mera Instancia, Superior de Ba yamón, el día 5 de diciembre de 2022 a las 10:15 de la mañana.
Y para la conveniencia de los licitadores expido el presente Edicto para su publicación en un periódico de circulación ge neral y por un término de ca torce (14) días en los lugares públicos que determine la ley. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 28 de octubre de 2022. Edgardo Elias Vargas Santana, Alguacil Auxiliar Plaza 193.
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Estado Libre Asociado de Puer to Rico TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA Tribunal de Pri mera Instancia Sala Superior de BAYAMON.
REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING, LLC Demandante v. SUCESIÓN DE JACINTO GONZÁLEZ TRÍAS, T/C/C VÍCTOR JACINTO GONZÁLEZ TRÍAZ compuesta por IRIS VELÁZQUEZ, FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL como posibles herederos desconocidos; SUCESIÓN DE IRIS GARCÍA MÉNDEZ compuesta por FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL como posibles herederos desconocidos; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES; y a los ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA
Demandado(a) Civil: BY2019CV05880. SALA 701. Sobre: EJECUCION DE SENTENCIA POR LA VIA OR DINARIA. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. A: IRIS VELAZQUEZ, FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DE NOMBRES DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION DE JACINTO GONZALEZ TRIAS, T/C/C VICTOR JACINTO GONZALEZ TRIAZ Y SUCESION DE IRIS GARCIA MENDEZ COMPUESTA POR FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS (Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO (A) que sus cribe le notifica a usted que 8 de noviembre de 2022 , este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debi damente 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 notifica ción. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedi miento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual pue de establecer se recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edic to de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edic to. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 10 de noviembre de 2022. En BA YAMON , Puerto Rico , el 10 de noviembre de 2022. LCDA.
LAURA l. SANTA SANCHEZ, Secretario(a). F/MARIA E. CO LLAZO, Secretario(a) Auxiliar.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INS TANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING, LLC
Parte Demandante Vs. SUCESIÓN DE JOSÉ DOLORES RODRÍGUEZ FONSECA T/C/C JOSÉ D. RODRÍGUEZ FONSECA T/C/C JOSÉ RODRÍGUEZ FONSECA COMPUESTA POR JAVIER RODRÍGUEZ BENÍTEZ, BEATRIZ RODRÍGUEZ BENÍTEZ, FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO MIEMBROS DE NOMBRES DESCONOCIDOS; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES; Y LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: SJ2022CV02688. (604). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA IN REM. NOTIFI CACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
A: SUCESIÓN DE JOSÉ DOLORES RODRÍGUEZ FONSECA T/C/C JOSÉ D. RODRÍGUEZ FONSECA T/C/C JOSÉ RODRÍGUEZ FONSECA COMPUESTA POR JAVIER RODRÍGUEZ BENÍTEZ, BEATRIZ RODRÍGUEZ BENÍTEZ, FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO MIEMBROS
LA SECRETARIA que suscri be le notifica a usted que el 3 de noviembre de 2022, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debi damente 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 notifica ción. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedi miento 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 60 días contados a partir de la publicación por edic to de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edic to. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 9 de noviembre de 2022. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 9 de no viembre de 2022. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SE CRETARIA REGIONAL. ELSA MAGALY CANDELARIO CA BRERA, SECRETARIA AUXI LIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INS TANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante V. HERMENEGILDO MARTINEZ REMIGIO, ISABEL LUISA MONTAÑEZ ORTIZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS
Demandado(a) Civil: BY2021CV04025. Sala: 506. Sobre: COBRO DE DINE RO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPO TECA (VÍA ORDINARIA). NO TIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
A: ISABEL LUISA MONTAÑEZ ORTIZ, POR SI Y COMO REPRESENTANTE DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA CON EL SR. HERMENEGILDO MARTINEZ REMIGIO, A SUS ULTIMAS DIRECCIONES CONOCIDAS: FISICA: 81
CALLE PALMAS SABANA SECA WARD TOA BAJA, PR 00949; Y POSTAL: PO BOX 926 SABANA SECA, PR 00952. (Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que sus cribe le notifica a usted que el 8 de noviembre de 2022, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debi damente 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 notifica ción. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedi miento 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 conta dos 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 notifica ción ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 8 de noviembre de 2022. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 8 de noviembre de 2022. LAURA I.
SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRE TARIA. MARILYN COLÓN CA RRASQUILLO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE FAJAR DO
Parte Demandante Vs. LUIS HERNÁNDEZ
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: FA2021CV00553. Salón Núm.: (303). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA Y COBRO DE DINERO. EDIC TO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTA DOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS.
El Alguacil que suscribe, cer tifica y hace constar que en cumplimiento de Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por la Se cretaría del Tribunal de Prime ra Instancia, Sala Superior de Fajardo, procederé a vender en pública subasta y al mejor pos tor, 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 subas tas será en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del (de la) Alguacil del Tribu nal de Primera Instancia. Todo derecho, título, participación e interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cual quiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: URBANA: PROPIEDAD HORI ZONTAL: Condominio Ocean Club At Seven Seas de Fajar do. Apartamento AW-401 The Sunset Village 4to y 5to nivel. Cabida: 256.53 metros cuadra dos. Su entrada principal está en su colindancia Sur en el ni vel 4to siendo sus linderos los siguientes: En el primer nivel: por el NORTE, en una distan cia de 12.01 metros, más 0.61 metros, con espacio exterior; por el SUR, en una distancia de 1.90 metros, más 0.61 metros, con espacio exterior, en 2.62 metros con área común y en 7.49 metros con el apartamento AW-402; por el ESTE, en 1.68 metros, más 7.62 metros, más 1.60 metros con espacio exte rior; y por el OESTE, en una distancia de 7.17 metros más 2.36 metros, con espacio exte rior y en 1.37 metros con área común. En el segundo nivel: por el NORTE, en una distan cia de 12.01 metros, más 1.07 metros, con espacio exterior; por el SUR, en una distancia de 1.90 metros, más 1.07 metros con espacio exterior y en 10.11 metros con el segundo nivel del apartamento AW-402; por el ESTE, en una distancia de 1.68 metros, más 7.62 metros, más 1.60 metros con espacio exte rior; y por el OESTE, en una distancia de 7.17 metros, más 3.73 metros con espacio exte rior. Contiene en el primer nivel: sala-comedor, cocina, balcón cubierto, un cuarto principal con un baño completo, un closet de pared, dos cuartos adicionales con un closet de pared cada uno, un baño completo en el pasillo y closet de lavandería y una escalera de espiral que conduce al segundo nivel. Con tiene en el segundo nivel: área de “foyer” salón familiar, baño completo con ducha, un closet de pared y una terraza descu bierta. Le corresponde dos (2) espacios de estacionamiento descubierto con cabida cada uno para un (1) automóvil, iden tificados en el correspondiente plano con el mismo número que se identifica a la unidad; y una participación en los elementos comunes del Condominio, que incluye sus anejos de 0.5132%. Consta inscrita al tomo Kari be de Fajardo, finca número #20,382. Registro de la Propie dad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Fajardo. La propiedad objeto de ejecución está localizada en la siguiente dirección: Condo minio The Ocean Club At Seven
Seas, Apto. AW-401, Fajardo, P.R. 00738. Se informa que la propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gra vamen 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 es tablece como tipo mínimo de licitación en la Primera Subasta la suma de $209,197.76, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la Escri tura de Modificación, escritura #268, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico el día 30 de agosto de 2013, ante la notario Wales ka C. Colón Villanueva, ambas inscritas al tomo Karibe de Fa jardo, finca #20,382, Inscripción 3ra. La PRIMERA SUBASTA, se llevará a cabo el día 6 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2022 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en mis oficinas sitas en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Supe rior de Fajardo, el tipo mínimo para la primera subasta es la suma de $209,197.76. Si la primera subasta del inmueble no produjere remate, ni ad judicación, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 13 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2022 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo sitio y servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes del precio pactada para la pri mera subasta, o sea, la suma de $139,465.17. Si la segunda subasta no produjere remate, ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 20 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2022 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar y regirá como tipo mínimo de la tercera su basta la mitad del precio pac tado para la primera, o sea, la suma de $104,598.88. 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: Suma Principal de $192,812.97, más intereses a razón del 6.75% anual, desde el 1ro de junio de 2020, hasta el presente y los que se continúen acumulando hasta su total y completo pago, más los cargos por demora que se correspon den a los plazos atrasados desde la fecha anteriormente indicada a razón de la tasa pac tada de 5% de cualquier pago que éste en mora por más de quince (15) días desde la fecha de su vencimiento, más ade lantos para el pago de seguros y contribuciones, entre otros; más una suma equivalente a $20,919.78, por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, más cualquier otra suma que resulte por cuales quiera 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 perso nas interesadas se les notifica que los autos y todos los do cumentos 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 correspon dientes y en un periódico de circulación general en la juris dicción de Puerto Rico. Se en tenderá que todo licitador acep ta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los referentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecu tante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá que el rematante los acepta y queda subroga do en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del re mate. Se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente Escritura de Venta Judicial y el Alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial al nuevo dueño, si así se lo solici ta dentro del término de veinte (20) días, de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá or denar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamien to del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del deudor la ocupen. Expedido en Fajardo, Puerto Rico, a 9 de noviembre de 2022. DENISE BRUNO OR TIZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #266. JORGE A. ORTIZ ESTRADA, ALGUACIL REGIONAL INTE RINO #622.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INS TANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN
ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC
Demandante V. JOSÉ R VÉLEZ
Demandado(a) Civil: BY2022CV01009. Salón: 703. Sobre: COBRO DE DINE RO - INCUMPLIMIENTO DE CONTRATO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. A: JOSÉ R VÉLEZ
POR SI Y EN
(Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que sus cribe le notifica a usted que el 4 de noviembre de 2022, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debi damente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted en terarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta no tificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circula ción general en la Isla de Puer to 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 Re solución, de la cual puede esta blecerse 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 publi cación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archi vada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 4 de noviembre de 2022. En BAYAMÓN, Puer to Rico, el 7 de noviembre de 2022. LAURA I. SANTA SÁN CHEZ, SECRETARIA. LURE IMY ALICEA GONZÁLEZ, SE CRETARIA AUXILIAR.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INS TANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN
BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Parte Demandante Vs.
damente 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 notifica ción. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedi miento 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 conta dos 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 notifica ción ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 7 de noviembre de 2022. En San Jun, Puerto Rico, el 7 de noviembre de 2022. GRISEL
DA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL.
ELSA MAGALY CANDELARIO CABRERA, SECRETARIA AU XILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante Vs. LA SUCESION DE ANTONIO NAZARIO VARGAS COMPUESTA POR ALICIA NAZARIO VARGAS; FULANO Y FULANA DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)
del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDI CIAL DE SAN JUAN, SALA SUPERIOR, todo derecho, títu lo e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en: APARTAMENTO 805A, EDIFICIO QUINTANA, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO 00917 y que se describe a continuación: URBAN: PROPIEDAD HORI ZONTAL: Apartment number eight hundred five of Building number one. As apartment of rectangular shape with an area of four hundred fifty se ven square feet with forty two hundredths of a square foot, equivalent to forty two square meters with fifty hundredths of a square meters, with boundaries on the SOUTH, in twenty feet and four inches with exterior wall which separates it from the common hallway through which it has exit and entry access; on the NORTH, in twenty feet and four inches with external wall which faces the interior square common to buildings one and two; on the EAST, in twenty two feet and six inches with common wall which separates it from apartment number eight hundred six; and by the WEST, in twenty two feet and six in ches with a common wall which separates it from apartment number eight hundred four. This apartment consists of one bedroom, living-dining room, kitchen and bathroom. Le co rresponde en los elementos comunes generales punto diecinueve por ciento (.19%).
La propiedad antes relaciona da consta inscrita al folio 203 del tomo 912 de Rio Piedras Norte, finca número 27,263, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección Segunda.
El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $50,000.00.
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: SJ2021CV07521.
(604). Sobre: COBRO DE DI NERO; EJECUCIÓN DE HI POTECA. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
CONOCIDO COMO DAVID OUVIÑAS IZQUIERDO Y COMO DAVID OUVINAS IZQUIERDO; YAEL MONIQUE RYAN TONGUE.
LA SECRETARIA que suscri be le notifica a usted que el 3 de noviembre de 2022, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debi
Demandados Civil Núm.: SJ2022CV03343. Sala: 508. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA (VÍA ORDINA RIA). EDICTO DE SUBAS TA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente CERTIFICA, ANUNCIA y hace CONSTAR: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que le ha sido diri gido al Alguacil que suscribe por la Secretaría del TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN, SALA SUPERIOR, en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor en efectivo, cheque certificado en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América el 13 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en su oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el edificio
Si no hubiere remate ni adju dicación en la primera subas ta del inmueble mencionado, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 10 DE ENERO DE 2023, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA. En la se gunda subasta que se celebre servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio pactado en la primera subasta, o sea la suma de $33,333.33.
Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una TER CERA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 18 DE ENERO DE 2023, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA. Para la tercera subasta servirá de tipo mínimo la mitad (1/2) del pre cio pactado para el caso de ejecución, o sea, la suma de $25,000.00. La hipoteca a eje cutarse en el caso de epígrafe
fue constituida mediante la es critura de hipoteca número 491 otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 18 de julio de 2007, ante el Notario Pedro R. Cintrón Rivera y consta inscrita al Fo lio 166 del Tomo 1532 de Río Piedras Norte, finca número 27,263, inscripción Octava en el Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección Segun da. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al Demandante total o parcialmente según sea el caso el importe de la Sentencia que ha obtenido ascendente a la suma de $21,313.38 por concepto de principal, desde el 1ro de noviembre de 2020, más intereses al tipo pactado de 6.50% anual que continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Además, La Sucesión de Antonio Naza rio Vargas adeuda a la parte demandante los cargos por demora equivalentes a 3.00% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha de vencimiento; los créditos accesorios y adelantos hechos en virtud de la escritura de hi poteca; y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado equi valentes a $2,750.00. Además, La Sucesión de Antonio Naza rio Vargas se comprometió a pagar una suma equivalente a $100.00 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipo teca y una suma equivalente a $100.00 para cubrir intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondien tes al Procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la SE CRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CEN TRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN, SALA SUPERIOR durante las horas laborables. Se enten derá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continua rán subsistentes entendiéndo se que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la res ponsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio de remate. La propiedad está sujeta a un gravamen an terior y/o preferente según las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad, y según surge de un estudio de título que, sobre la finca descrita anteriormente, que se ejecuta mediante este procedimiento que se relaciona a continuación: Hipoteca en ga rantía de un pagaré a favor de la Administración de la Vivienda Pública de Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $14,000.00, sin intereses, ven cedero el día 18 de agosto de 2017, constituida mediante la
escritura número 28, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 18 de julio de 2007, ante la notario Iris Agnes Albizu Rive ra, e inscrita al folio 166 vuelto del tomo 1532 de Río Piedras Norte, finca número 27,263, inscripción 9na. Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor de Autoridad para el Financia miento de la Vivienda de Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $10,000.00, sin intereses, vencedero el día 18 de agosto de 2015, constituida mediante la escritura número 492, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 18 de julio de 2007, ante el notario Pedro R. Cintrón Rivera, e inscrita al folio 166 del tomo 1532 de Río Piedras Norte, finca número 27,263, inscripción 10ma. Su jeta a Condiciones Restrictivas a favor de La Llave Para Tu Hogar, no expresa término.
Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores desconocidos, no inscritos o presentados que sus acreedores de cargos o de rechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del ac tor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endo so o al portador garantizados hipotecariamente con posterio ridad al crédito del actor que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados quedan do subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad objeto de ejecución y descrita anteriormente se adquirirá libre de cargas y gra vámenes posteriores una vez el Honorable Tribunal expida la correspondiente Orden de Confirmación de Venta Judicial. Y para conocimiento de licita dores del público en general se publicará este Edicto de acuer do con la ley por espacio de dos semanas en tres sitios públicos del municipio en que ha de ce lebrarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colec turía. Este Edicto será publica do dos veces en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas. Expido el pre sente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy día 3 de noviembre de 2022. ERIK
F. OSUNA ACEVEDO, ALGUA CIL AUXILIAR, ALGUACIL DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CEN TRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN, SALA SUPERIOR.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO
DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante Vs. ANGEL YAMIL DE JESUS GONZALEZ, TATIANA ELI ORTEGA SOTO Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES
Demandados Civil Núm.: SJ2022CV01675. Sala: 604. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HI POTECA (VÍA ORDINARIA). EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El Al guacil que suscribe por la pre sente CERTIFICA, ANUNCIA y hace CONSTAR: Que en cum plimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que le ha sido dirigido al Alguacil que suscribe por la Secretaría del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDI CIAL DE SAN JUAN, SALA SU PERIOR, en el caso de epígra fe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor en efectivo, cheque certificado en moneda legal de los Esta dos Unidos de América el 14 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en su oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el edificio del TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN, SALA SUPERIOR, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en: APT. A-411, COND. TORRES DE CERVANTES, SAN JUAN, PR 00924 y que se describe a con tinuación: URBANA: PROPIE DAD HORIZONTAL. Aparta mento Residencial Número Cuatrocientos once (411) de forma rectangular, localizado en el piso Número Cuatro (4) Edificio “A” del Proyecto VBC Ciento cincuenta y ocho (VBC158) Condominio Valle de Berwind, hoy conocido como Torre de Cervantes, que ubica en la Calle Elder esquina Aveni da Sabana Llana y la Calle “B” del Barrio Sabana Llana del tér mino de Rio Piedras, del Muni cipio de San Juan, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de novecientos doce punto ocho tres cero cero (912.8300) pies cuadrados, siendo sus medidas lineales Treinta y Nueve pies Dos y Tres Cuartos pulgadas (39’ 2 3/4”) de largo por Veinti cuatro pies Once pulgadas (24 ‘11”) de ancho en lindes: Por el NORTE: Dieciocho pies Cinco pulgadas (18’5”) con el Aparta miento Número Cuatrocientos Nueve (409); por el SUR: Vein ticuatro pies Once pulgadas (24 ‘11”) con el Apartamiento Nú mero Cuatrocientos (413); por
el ESTE: Treinta pies Seis y Media pulgadas ( 30’ 6 1/2”) con la pared exterior del edifi cio; por el OESTE: Treinta y Nueve pies Dos y Tres Cuartos pulgadas (39’2 3/4”) con el pa sillo. La puerta principal del apartamiento tiene acceso al pasillo central del edificio. Esta unidad residencial consta de lo siguiente: salacomedor, balcón, cocina, baño, pasillo con closet, calentador de agua de treinta (30) galones, nevera, estufa y tres (3) cuartos de dormitorio con su closet cada uno. El valor del apartamiento es de Cin cuenta y Dos Mil Ochocientos dólares ($52,800) y tiene un porciento (%) de participación en los elementos comunes de Punto Cero Cero Dos Tres Nue ve Uno Seis (.0023916). Le co rresponde un (1) espacio de estacionamiento identificado con el mismo número del apar tamiento. La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita al folio 175 del tomo 601 de Saba na Llana, finca número 24,484, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección Quinta. El tipo mínimo para la primera su basta del inmueble antes rela cionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $87,220.00. Si no hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta del in mueble mencionado, se cele brará una SEGUNDA SUBAS TA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 11 DE ENE RO DE 2023, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA. En la segunda su basta que se celebre servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio pactado en la primera subasta, o sea la suma de $58,146.67. Si tampo co hubiere remate ni adjudica ción en la segunda subasta se celebrará una TERCERA SU BASTA en las oficinas del Al guacil que suscribe el día 19 DE ENERO DE 2023, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA. Para la tercera subasta servirá de tipo mínimo la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para el caso de ejecu ción, o sea, la suma de $43,610.00. La hipoteca a eje cutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la es critura de hipoteca número 1,037 otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 28 de di ciembre de 2007, ante el Nota rio Héctor M. Lúgaro Figueroa y consta inscrita al Folio 217 del Tomo 1023 de Sabana Llana, finca número 24,484, inscrip ción Decimo Primera (11ra) en el Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección Quinta. Di cha subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al Demandante total o parcial mente según sea el caso el im porte de la Sentencia que ha obtenido ascendente a la suma de $66,473.15 por concepto de principal, desde el 1ro de octu bre de 2021, más intereses al
tipo pactado de 6.50% anual que continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obliga ción. Además, la parte deman dada adeuda a la parte deman dante los cargos por demora equivalentes a 3.00% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha de ven cimiento; los créditos acceso rios y adelantos hechos en vir tud de la escritura de hipoteca; y las costas, gastos y honora rios de abogado equivalentes a $8,722.00. Además, la parte demandada se comprometió a pagar una suma equivalente a $100.00 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipote ca y una suma equivalente a $100.00 para cubrir intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondien tes al Procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la SE CRETARIA
TRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN, SALA SUPERIOR durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación del inmue ble y que las cargas y graváme nes anteriores y los preferen tes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsis tentes entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabili dad de los mismos, sin desti narse a su extinción el precio de remate. La propiedad está sujeta a un gravamen anterior y/o preferente según las cons tancias del Registro de la Pro piedad, y según surge de un estudio de título que, sobre la finca descrita anteriormente, que se ejecuta mediante este procedimiento que se relaciona a continuación: Hipoteca en ga rantía de un pagaré a favor de la Autoridad para el Financia miento de la Vivienda de Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $4,397.00, sin inte reses, vencedero en 6 años, constituida mediante la escritu ra número 1038, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 28 de diciembre de 2007, ante el notario Héctor M. Lúgaro Fi gueroa, e inscrita al folio 217 del tomo 1023 de Sábana Lla na, finca número 24,484, ins cripción 12ma. NOTA: Sujeta a Condiciones Restrictivas por el término de 6 años. Por la pre sente se notifica a los acreedo res desconocidos, no inscritos o presentados que sus acree dores de cargos o derechos reales que los hubiesen pos puesto a la hipoteca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, te nedores de o interesados en tí tulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizados hipo tecariamente con posterioridad al crédito del actor que se cele brarán las subastas en las fe
CONOCIDO COMO DAVID OUVIÑAS IZQUIERDO Y COMO DAVID OUVINAS IZQUIERDO; YAEL MONIQUE RYAN TONGUE
chas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abo gado asegurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La pro piedad objeto de ejecución y descrita anteriormente se ad quirirá libre de cargas y gravá menes posteriores una vez el Honorable Tribunal expida la correspondiente Orden de Con firmación de Venta Judicial. Y para conocimiento de licitado res del público en general se publicará este Edicto de acuer do con la ley por espacio de dos semanas en tres sitios públicos del municipio en que ha de ce lebrarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colec turía. Este Edicto será publica do dos veces en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas. Expido el presen te Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy día 8 de noviembre de 2022. PE
DRO HIEYE GONZÁLEZ, AL GUACIL DE SUBASTAS, TRI BUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDI CIAL DE SAN JUAN, SALA SU PERIOR.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYA MÓN SALA SUPERIOR
Demandante Vs.
Demandado Civil Núm.: BY2021CV01785. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTE CA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉ RICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.E. U.U., EL ESTADO LI BRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. Yo, MARIBEL LAN
ZAR VELÁZQUEZ, Alguacil Au xiliar del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Bayamón, al Público HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha del 1ro de agosto de 2022, por la Secretaria del
Tribunal Superior de Bayamón en relación con la Sentencia Sumaria en Rebeldía dictada y notificada el 31 de mayo de 2022, y habiéndose publicado la Notificación de Sentencia por Edictos el 6 de junio de 2022, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor la propiedad inmueble que se describe a continuación: URBANA: So lar número 18, Manzana Z de Flamboyán Gardens, Juan Sánchez de Bayamón, con ca bida de cuatrocientos cincuenta (450.00) metros cuadrados, linda por el NORTE, con Solar Dos-Diecisiete (2-17), distan cia de treinta (30.00) metros; por el SUR, con Paseo Público en distancia de treinta (30.00) metros; por el ESTE, con ca lle Tres-A (3-A), distancia de quince (15.00) metros y por el OESTE, con Paseo Público en quince (15.00) metros. Enclava casa para una familia. Consta inscrita al folio dieciséis (16) del tomo seiscientos sesenta y cinco (665) de Bayamón Sur, Finca Número Treinta Mil Sete cientos Veinticuatro (30,724), Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección Primera. Se designó esta propiedad como Hogar Seguro en virtud de la Ley 195 del 13 de septiembre de 2011, mediante la Escritura Número 17, otorgada en Ba yamón, Puerto Rico, el día 16 de noviembre de 2013, ante el Notario Efraín López Santiago, inscrito al folio 111 del tomo 1946 de Bayamón Sur, inscrip ción 6ta. Sujeta a Condiciones de venta por el término de 10 años, bajo el Programa Praga de Bono de Vivienda, la cual concedió la suma de $6,000.00 para sufragar Gastos de Cie rre, según inscripción 4ta. Por su procedencia se encuentra afecta a: a. Servidumbre a fa vor de la Autoridad de Acueduc tos y Alcantarillados de Puerto Rico. b. Servidumbre a favor del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico. b. Condiciones restrictivas de Edificación y Uso. Dirección de la propiedad: Urb. Flamboyán Gardens, Z-18 Calle 3-A, Bayamón, Puerto Rico 00959-5837. Se apercibe a los licitadores para que proce dan con la inspección física del inmueble objeto de ejecución previo a la celebración de las subastas. El precio mínimo de licitación con relación a la pro piedad anteriormente descrita y la fecha y hora de cada subasta es como sigue: PRIMERA SU BASTA: Se celebrará el 1 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2022 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA. PRE CIO MÍNIMO: $121,833.00. SEGUNDA SUBASTA: Se ce lebrará el 8 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2022 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA. PRECIO MÍNIMO: $81,222.00. TERCERA SU BASTA: Se celebrará el 15 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2022 A LAS
10:30 DE LA MAÑANA. PRE CIO MÍNIMO: $60,916.50. Las subastas se llevarán a cabo para satisfacer al Banco de mandante de las siguientes su mas de dinero adeudadas por la parte demandante conforme a la Sentencia dictada, a saber, la suma de $109,983.13 adeu dada por concepto de principal e intereses vencidos al 1ro de abril de 2021, y los que se continúen acumulando al tipo pactado hasta el pago total y completo de la obligación, los cargos por demora vencidos que a igual fecha ascienden a $962.50, y los que se continúen acumulando al tipo pactado hasta el pago total y comple to de la obligación, las sumas adeudadas por concepto de seguros y/o contribuciones, la suma de $416.50 por concepto de adelantos, más la suma de $15.00 por concepto de cheque devuelto, la suma de $2,310.21 adeudada por concepto de las mensualidades pospuestas re lativas a la moratoria concedida por el paso del Huracán María por Puerto Rico, más la suma de $12,183.30 por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, según pactados. Las subastas de dicha propiedad se llevarán a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Tribunal de Bayamón, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de Améri ca, en adición a los gastos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. En cualquier momento luego de haberse comenzado el acto de la subasta, el Alguacil podrá requerir de los licitadores que le evidencien la capacidad de pago de sus posturas. Del producto obtenido en dicha venta, el Alguacil pagará en pri mer término los gastos del Al guacil, en segundo término las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados hasta la suma con venida, en tercer término los intereses acumulados hasta la fecha de la subasta según pac tados hasta su total y completo pago, en cuarto término, las su mas establecidas para el pago de recargos por demora hasta la fecha de la subasta y en quinto término la suma principal adeudada. Disponiéndose, que si quedare algún remanente luego de pagarse las sumas mencionadas, el mismo deberá ser depositado en la Secretaría del Tribunal para ser entregado a la parte demandada, previa solicitud y orden del Tribunal. El inmueble anteriormente descrito se encuentra afecto al siguiente gravamen posterior: ANOTACIÓN PREVENTIVA DE DEMANDA radicada en el Tri bunal de Primera Instancia de Puerto Rico, Sala de Bayamón,
Civil Número BY2021CV01785 sobre Cobro de Dinero y Eje cución de Hipoteca por la Vía Ordinaria de fecha 10 de mayo de 2021, seguida por Firstbank Puerto Rico (Demandante) Vs. Eliseo Díaz Molina (De mandado). Por la misma se reclama el pago de la suma de $109,983.13, más intereses vencidos y otros cargos anota do al Tomo Karibe de Bayamón Sur, Finca Número 30,724, Anotación “A”, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sec ción Primera, el cual se refiere al caso del epígrafe en la pre sente causa de acción. Se en tenderá que todo licitador acep ta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito ejecutante, si los hubie re, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rema tante los acepta y queda su brogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, toda vez que el precio de remate no se destina a su extinción. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes pos teriores. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Su perior de Bayamón, durante horas laborables. Y PARA LA CONCURRENCIA, de los licita dores expido el presente Edicto que se publicará en el Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Alcal día y la Colecturía de Rentas Internas del Municipio donde se celebrará la subasta por es pacio de dos semanas y en un periódico de circulación general del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico por espacio de dos semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 13 de octubre de 2022. MARIBEL LANZAR VE LÁZQUEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #735.
ESTADO
VIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO.
A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD
Demandados
Civil Núm.: MT2022CV00778.
Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PA GARÉ HIPOTECARIO EXTRA
En este caso la parte deman dante ha radicado Demanda para que se decrete judicial mente el saldo del siguiente pa gare: Hipoteca en garantía de pagare a favor de R & G Mort gage Corporation por la suma de $22,991.00, con intereses al 8 1/2% anual, vence el 1ro. de enero del año 2008, según consta de la escritura 264 otor gada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 28 de diciembre de 1992, ante el Notario Público Fran cisco J. Silva Salcedo, inscrita al folio #282 del tomo #300 de Manatí, finca #12067, inscrip ción 4ta. y última y está garanti zado por hipoteca sobre la pro piedad sita en Bloque I Lote 43 Urbanización Jardines de Mó naco Manatí, Puerto Rico, que se describe como sigue: Casa de hormigón de una planta, tres dormitorios y un baño. Bloque 1 lote 43 de Jardines de Mónaco, Manatí, Puerto Rico. URBANA: Radicado en el Barrio Coto Sur y Río Arriba Saliente del térmi no municipal de Manatí, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 325.00 metros cuadrados y en lindes Norte, en 25.00 me tros con solar #44; por el Sur, en 25.00 metros con el solar 42; por el Este, en 13.00 metros con el solar #18 y por el Oeste, en 13.00 metros con la calle B. Inscrita al folio 280 del tomo 300 de Manatí, finca 12067, Registro de la Propiedad de Manatí. La parte demandan te alega que dicho Pagaré se ha extraviado, según más detalladamente consta en la Demanda radicada que puede examinarse en la Secretaría de este Tribunal. Por tratarse de unas obligaciones hipotecarias, y pudiendo usted tener interés en este caso o quedar afectado por el remedio solicitado, se les emplaza por este Edicto que se publicará en un (1) periódico de circulación general una (1) sola vez y que si no comparecen a contestar dicha Demanda radi cando el original de la misma a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual pueden acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se representen por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberán presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Utuado, con co pia al abogado de la parte de mandante, Lcdo. Jorge García Rondón, de PMB 538, 267 Sie rra Morena, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00926 dentro del término de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la publicación del
Edicto, se les anotará la rebel día y se dictará sentencia en su contra concediendo el remedio solicitado en la Demanda sin más citarles ni oírles. EN TES TIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto por Orden del Tribunal, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en Manatí, Puerto Rico, hoy 31 de octubre de 2022. VIVIAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. SARAY SALGA DO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CARO LINA
WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR FINANCE OF AMERICA STRUCTURED SECURITIES
ACQUISITION TRUST 2019 -HB1 Demandante Vs. SUCESION IVETTE MARGARITA TORRES ESPINOSA T/C/C IVETTE TORRES ESPINOSA T/C/C IVETTE TORRES T/C/C IVETTE M. TORRES ESPINOSA COMPUESTA POR IRMA AMARILYS BERMUDEZ TORRES, JOCELYN MARIE BERMUDEZ TORRES; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES Demandados Civil Núm.: CA2022CV00973. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPO TECA. INTERPELACIÓN POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESI DENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: IRMA AMARILYS BERMUDEZ TORRES, JOCELYN MARIE BERMUDEZ TORRES; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION IVETTE MARGARITA TORRES ESPINOSA T/C/C IVETTE TORRES ESPINOSA T/C/C IVETTE TORRES T/C/C IVETTE M. TORRES ESPINOSA.
El Artículo 1578 del Código Civil de 2020, dispone: “Trans curridos treinta (30) días des de que se haya producido la delación, cualquier persona interesada puede solicitar al tribunal que le señale al lla mado un plazo, para que ma nifieste si acepta la herencia o si la repudia. Este plazo no excederá de treinta (30) días. El tribunal apercibirá al llamado de que, si transcurrido el plazo señalado no ha manifestado su voluntad de aceptar la herencia o de repudiarla, se dará por aceptada.” Por la presente el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, conforme al Art. 1578, supra, y el caso Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria vs. Latinoamericana de Exportación, Inc., 164 DPR 689 (2005), les ordena que el término de treinta (30) días, hagan declaración aceptado o repudiando la herencia de la causante IVETTE MARGARI
TA TORRES ESPINOSA T/C/C
IVETTE TORRES ESPINOSA T/C/C IVETTE TORRES T/C/C
IVETTE M. TORRES ESPINO SA. Se les apercibe que de no expresar su intención de acep tar o repudiar la herencia den tro del término que se le fijó, la herencia se tendrá por acepta da. Los abogados de la parte demandante son: GREENS POON MARDER, LLP, TRADE CENTRE SOUTH, SUITE 700, 100 WEST CYPRESS CREEK ROAD, FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33309, Tel. (954) 343 6273, Fax. (954) 343 6982. Expedido bajo mi firma, y sello del Tribu nal, en Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy 29 de octubre de 2022.
LCDA. MARILYN APONTE RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. KEILA GARCÍA SOLÍS, SUB-SECRETARIA.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE HATILLO BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante V. MARÍA
SANTIAGO,
CUOTA
USUFRUCTUARIA;
CORREA
COMPUESTA
MIEMBROS
CORREA
ENRIQUE CORREA RIVERA, FULANO DE TAL HEREDERO DESCONOCIDO; SUCESIÓN DE RUTH CORREA RIVERA COMPUESTA POR NATASHA CORREA Y LAWRENCE CORREA, MENGANO DE TAL HEREDERO
DESCONOCIDO; SUCESIÓN DE FÉLIX CORREA RIVERA COMPUESTA POR KEISHA CORREA Y BRIAN CORREA Y ZUTANO DE TAL HEREDERO DESCONOCIDO; DEPARTAMENTO DE HACIENDA; DEPARTAMENTO DE JUSTICIA Demandados Civil Núm.: HA2019CV00074. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EM PLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉ RICA, PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUER TO RICO, S.S.
A: ENRIQUE CORREA RIVERA Y FULANO DE TAL HEREDERO DESCONOCIDO COMO MIEMBROS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE FÉLIX CORREA ÁLVAREZ; NATASHA CORREA, LAWRENCE CORREA Y MENGANO DE TAL HEREDERO DESCONOCIDO COMO MIEMBROS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE RUTH CORREA RIVERA; KEISHA CORREA, BRIAN CORREA Y ZUTANO DE TAL HEREDERO DESCONOCIDO COMO MIEMBROS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE FÉLIX CORREA RIVERA. Quedan emplazados y notifica dos que en este Tribunal se ha radicado Demanda sobre cobro de dinero y Ejecución de Hi poteca en la que se alega que la parte demandada, MARÍA RIVERA SANTIAGO, POR SI Y EN LA CUOTA VIUDAL USU
FRUCTUARIA; SUCESIÓN DE FÉLIX CORREA ÁLVA REZ COMPUESTA POR SUS MIEMBROS LAURITA CO RREA RIVERA, ENRIQUE CO RREA RIVERA, FULANO DE TAL HEREDERO DESCONO CIDO; SUCESIÓN DE RUTH CORREA RIVERA COMPUES TA POR NATASHA CORREA, LAWRENCE CORREA Y MEN GANO DE TAL HEREDERO DESCONOCIDO, SUCESIÓN DE FÉLIX CORREA RIVERA COMPUESTA POR KEISHA CORREA, BRIAN CORREA Y ZUTANO DE TAL HEREDERO DESCONOCIDO le adeudan a Banco Popular la suma de $8,681.31 por concepto de principal, más intereses al 7.5% anual, más 4% de todo pago en atraso, más $5,495.90 como cantidad estipulada de hono
LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE MANATÍ RUBEN HERNANDEZ ROMAN Demandante Vs. FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION COMO SUCESOR EN DERECHOS DE R&G MORTGAGE CORPORATION, JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES CON INTERÉS
RIVERA
POR SI Y EN LA
VIUDAL
SUCESIÓN DE FÉLIX
ÁLVAREZ
POR SUS
LAURITA
RIVERA,
rarios de abogados, así como cualquier otra suma que con tenga el contrato de préstamo.
Se les advierte que este edicto se publicará en un periódico de circulación general una sola vez y que, si no comparecen a contestar dicha Demanda y que luego del transcurso del térmi no de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación del Edicto, a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// unired.ramajudicial.pr/sumac/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal, se le anotará la rebel día y se dictará Sentencia con cediendo el remedio así solici tado sin más citarles ni oírles.
Por la presente el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, conforme al caso de Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria vs. Latinoamericana de Exportación, Inc., 164 DPR 689 (2005), le ordena que en el término de treinta (30) días, haga declaración aceptan do o repudiando la herencia de la SUCESIÓN DE FÉLIX CORREA ÁLVAREZ; LA SU CESIÓN DE RUTH CORREA
RIVERA Y DE LA SUCESION DE FELIX CORREA RIVERA.
Se le apercibe que de no ex presar su intención de aceptar o repudiar la herencia dentro del término que se le fijó, la herencia se tendrá por acep tada. Los abogados de la parte demandante son: Lcdo. Gui llermo A. Somoza Colombani, P.O. Box 366603, San Juan, PR 00936-6603. Tel. (787) 9190073, Fax (787) 641-5016. Ex pido este edicto bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, hoy 6 de septiembre de 2022. VIVIAN Y.
FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRE TARIA REGIONAL. BRENDA TORRES MUÑIZ, SECRETA RIA AUXILIAR.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA SALA MUNICIPAL DE CAGUAS COOPERATIVA DE
Demandante V. JERIMETH T. CARRIÓN
Demandado(a)
Civil: CG2020CV02063. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. NOTIFI CACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
A: JERIMETH T. CARRIÓN CABRERA.
URB. ALTURAS DE VILLA DEL REY F-31 CALLE 28, CAGUAS, PR 00725. TEL. 939-288-0123. (Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que sus cribe le notifica a usted que el 20 de octubre de 2022, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debi damente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted en terarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta no tificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circula ción general en la Isla de Puer to 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 Re solución, de la cual puede es tablecerse 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 consi derará 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 de 8 de no viembre de 2022. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 8 de noviembre de 2022.
LISILDA MARTÍNEZ AGOSTO, SECRETARIA. ZAI DA AGUAYO ÁLAMO, SECRE TARIA AUXILIAR.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INS TANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN
ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC., COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC
Parte Demandante Vs. INGRID M. RIOS NEGRONI Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: SJ2022CV01435.
Salón de Sesiones: 603. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. NOTIFI CACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO POR SUMAC.
A: INGRID M. RIOS NEGRONI. URB. BALDRICH 584
CALLE MAXIMO GOMEZ, SAN JUAN P.R. 00918.
EL SECRETARIO (A) que sus cribe le notifica a usted que el 1 de noviembre de 2022, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debi damente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de esta. Esta no tificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circula ción general en la Isla de Puer to Rico, dentro de los diez (10) días siguientes a su notifica ción. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedi
miento 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 conta dos 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 notifica ción ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 7 de noviembre de 2022. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 7 de noviembre de 2022. GRISEL DA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. JOHANNA RODRÍGUEZ BENÍ TEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE VEGA BAJA BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante V. VIRGENMINA GARCÍA ORTIZ Y LA SUCESIÓN DE RAÚL TRINIDAD GARCÍA COMPUESTA POR RAÚL SELAIC TRINIDAD GARCÍA; CARLOS ABDIEL TRINIDAD GARCÍA Y LA SUCESIÓN DE WADY OMAR TRINIDAD GARCÍA, COMPUESTA POR: FULANO DE TAL Y MENGANO DE TAL LOS POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y ZUTANA DE TAL, EN LA CUOTA VIUDAL USUFRUCTUARIA; DEPARTAMENTO DE HACIENDA; DEPARTAMENTO DE JUSTICIA
Demandado Civil Núm.: VB2022CV00437.
Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EM PLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉ RICA, PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUER TO RICO, S.S. A: VIRGENMINA GARCÍA ORTIZ Y RAÚL SELAIC TRINIDAD GARCÍA, CARLOS ABDIEL TRINIDAD GARCÍA Y LA SUCESIÓN DE WADY OMAR TRINIDAD GARCÍA, COMPUESTA POR FULANO DE TAL Y MENGANO DE TAL, LOS POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y ZUTANA DE TAL, EN
LA CUOTA VIUDAL USUFRUCTUARIA.
Por la presente se le emplaza y notifica que debe contestar la demanda dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación del presente edicto. Usted deberá presentar su ale gación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SU MAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente direc ción electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Se le apercibe que de no contestar la demanda dentro del término aquí estipulado, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sen tencia sin más citarle ni oírle.
Por la presente el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, conforme al caso de Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria vs. Latinoamericana de Exportación, Inc., 164 D.P.R. 689 (2005), le ordena que en el término de treinta (30) días, haga declaración aceptando o repudiando la herencia de la SUCESION DE RAÚL TRINI DAD GARCÍA Y LA SUCESIÓN DE WADY OMAR TRINIDAD GRACÍA. Se le apercibe que de no expresar su intención de aceptar o repudiar la herencia dentro del término que se le fijó, la herencia se tendrá por aceptada. Los abogados de la parte demandante son: Lcdo. Guillermo A. Somoza Colomba ni, P.O. Box 366603, San Juan, PR 00936-6603. Tel. (787) 9190073, Fax (787) 641-5016. Ex pido este edicto bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, hoy 12 de septiembre de 2022. LCDA.
LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MARITZA ROSARIO ROSA RIO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE MARICAO ORIENTAL
Demandante V.
Demandado Civil Núm.: MC2022CV00018.
Sala: 307. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO POR LA VÍA ORDINA RIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDEN TE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ES TADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
POR MEDIO del presente edic to se le notifica de la radicación de una demanda en cobro de. dinero por la vía ordinaria en la que se alega que usted adeuda
a la parte demandante, Oriental Bank, ciertas sumas de dinero, y las costas, gastos y honora rios de abogado de este litigio. El demandante, Oriental Bank, ha solicitado que se dicte sen tencia en contra suya y que se le ordene pagar las cantidades reclamadas en la demanda. POR EL PRESENTE EDICTO se le emplaza para que presen te al tribunal s.u alegación res ponsiva a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días de ha ber sido diligenciado este em plazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Adminis tración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electró nica: https://www.poderjudicial. pr/index/php/tribunal-electroni co/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal. Si usted deja de pre sentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra, y con ceder el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente, sin más citarle ni oírle. El abogado de la parte demandante es: Jaime Ruiz Saldaña, RUA número 11673; Dirección: PO Box 366276, San Juan, PR 00936-6276; Te léfono: (787) 759-6897; Correo electrónico: legal@jrslawpr. com. Se le advierte que ·dentro de los diez (10) días siguientes a la publicación del presente edicto, se le estará enviando a usted por correo certificado con acuse de recibo, una co pia del emplazamiento y de la demanda presentada al lugar de su última dirección cono cida: Bo. Montoso, Carr. 105 KM 22.1, Maricao, PR 00606; HC 1 Box 8805, Maricao, PR 00606-9408. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y el sello del Tribunal, en Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, hoy día 2 de noviembre de 2022.
LCDA. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA RE GIONAL II. REBECA MEDINA FIGUEROA, SECRETARIA AU XILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I.
IN THE UNITED STATES DIS TRICT COURT FOR THE DIS TRICT OF PUERTO RICO LIME RESIDENTIAL, LTD. Plaintiff V.
Defendants Civil No.: 20-cv-1054. (ADC).
WHEREAS: On August 2, 2022, Default Judgment was entered and grated on same day in fa vor of Plaintiff to recover from defendants the principal amou nt of $262,020.88, plus interests at a rate of 3.25% per annum since May 1, 2019, which conti nues to accrue until the debit is paid in full, late charged on the amount of 5.00% of each and any monthly installment not re ceived by the note holder within 15 days after the installment is due, all advances made in accordance with the mortgage note including, but not limited to, insurance premiums, taxes and inspections as well as 10% ($22,325.00) to cover costs, expenses, and attorney’s fees guaranteed under the mortgage obligation. The records of the case and of these proceedings may be examined by interes ted parties at the Office of the Clerk of the United States Dis trict Court, Room 150 Federal Office Building, 150 Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico.
WHEREAS: Pursuant to the terms of the aforementioned Judgment, Order of Execution, and the Writ of Execution the reof, the undersigned Special Master was ordered to sell at public auction for U.S. curren cy in cash or certified check without appraisement or right of redemption to the highest bidder and at the office of the Clerk of the Court, Room 150 – Federal Office Building, 150 Carlos Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, to cover the sums adjudged to be paid to the plaintiff, the following pro perty described in Spanish: RÚSTICA: Solar marcado con el número cuatro del Bloque A de la Urbanización Vista Los Peñones, en el Barrio Mem brillo de Camuy, Puerto Rico, con un área superficial de mil cincuenta y cuatro metros con setecientos cuarenta y seis mi límetros (1,054.746) en lindes por el NORTE, en dieciocho metros con novecientos once milímetros con terrenos de Pascual Rosa; por el SUR, en quince metros con seiscientos quince milímetros con la ca rretera estatal número cuatro cientos ochenta y cinco; por el ESTE, en sesenta y un metros con cuatrocientos cuarenta y seis milímetros con el Solar nú mero cinco; y por el OESTE, en cincuenta y cinco metros con setecientos cuarenta y ocho milímetros en el Solar número tres del mismo Bloque A. The
property is recorded at Page 125 of Volume 140 of Camuy, lot #7,259, Property Registry of Arecibo II. The mortgage is recorded at Page 91 of Volu me 371 of Camuy, lot #7,259, Property Registry of Arecibo II. Property address: Urbaniza ción Vistas Los Peñones, A-4 Carretera 485, KM 1.3, Ca muy, P.R. 00627. The deed of mortgage is recorded at Page 91 of Volume 371 of Camuy, Property Registry of Arecibo, Second Section. WHEREAS: This property is subject to the following liens: Senior Liens: NONE. Junior Liens: NONE. Potential bidders are advised to verify the extent of preferential liens with the holders thereof. It shall be understood that each bidder accepts as sufficient the title and that prior and pre ferential liens to the one being foreclosed upon, including but not limited to any property tax, liens, (express, tacit, implied or legal) shall continue in effect it being understood further that the successful bidder accepts them and is subrogated in the responsibility for the same and that the bid price shall not be applied toward their cancella tion. THEREFORE, the FIRST PUBLIC SALE shall be held on the 17TH DAY OF JANUARY OF 2023, AT: 9:15 AM. The minimum bid that will be accep ted is the sum of $223,250.00. In the event said first auction does not produce a bidder and the property is not adju dicated, a SECOND PUBLIC AUCTION shall be held on the 24TH DAY OF JANUARY OF 2023, AT: 9:15 AM and the mi nimum bid that will be accepted is the sum $148,833.33, which is two-thirds of the amount of the minimum bid for the first public sale. If a second auction does not result in the adjudica tion and sale of the property, a THIRD PUBLIC AUCTION will be held on the 31ST DAY OF JANUARY OF 2023, AT: 9:15 AM, and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $111,625.00, which is one-half of the minimum bid in the first public sale. Should there be no award or adjudication at the third public sale, the property may be awarded to the credi tor for the entire amount of its debt if it is equal to or less than the amount of the minimum bid of the third public sale, credi ting this amount to the amount owed if it is greater. The un dersigned Special Master shall not accept in payment of the property to be sold anything but United States currency (cash), or certified checks, except in case the property is sold and adjudicated to the plaintiff, in which case the amount of the bid made by said plaintiff shall be credited and deducted from its credit; said plaintiff being bound to pay in cash or certified
check only any excess of its bid over the secured indebtedness that remains unsatisfied. WHE
REAS: Said sale to be made by the undersigned Special Master subject to confirmation by the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and the deed of conveyance and possession to the property will be executed and delivered only after such confirmation. Upon confirmation of the sale, an or der shall be issued cancelling all junior liens. For further parti culars, reference is made to the judgment entered by the Court in this case, which can be exa mined in the Office of Clerk of the United States District Court, District of Puerto Rico. In San Juan, Puerto Rico, this 3rd day of November of 2022. PEDRO A. VÉLEZ BAERGA, SPECIAL MASTER, 787-672-8269.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE CAGUAS COOPERATIVA DE AHORRO Y
Parte Demandante V. GEORGE
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: CG2022CV02234. Sala: 801. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO ORDINARIO. EM PLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉ RICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: GEORGEPOR LA PRESENTE, se le emplaza y requiere para que notifique a:
AGS LEGAL COLLECTIONS, LLC Abogados de la parte demandante Lcdo. Ricardo A Acevedo BianchiRUA 20637
Lcdo. José R. González RiveraRUA 13105
Lcdo. Juan A Santos BerriosRUA 9774 P.O. Box 10242 Humacao, Puerto Rico 00792
Teléfono: (939) 545-4300
Email: rab@agslegalpr.com o jrg@agslegalpr.com
POR LA PRESENTE se le em plaza para que presente al tri bunal su alegación responsiva, con copia a la representación legal de la parte demandante, dentro de los 30 días de haber sido publicado este emplaza miento, excluyéndose el día su publicación. Usted deberá pre sentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// unired.ramajudicial.pr/sumac/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación
Re:responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de pre sentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y con ceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Extendido bajo mi firma y Sello del Tribunal, en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy día 3 de noviembre de 2022. LI
SILDA MARTÍNEZ AGOSTO, SECRETARIA. MARTA E. DO NATE RESTO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYA MÓN SALA SUPERIOR BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. SUCESIÓN DE EDNA MARGARITA FONTÁNEZ
BRIGANTY T/C/C EDNA FONTÁNEZ
BRIGANTY, COMPUESTA
POR “JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE” COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; EL CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM) Demandados Civil Núm.: BY2022CV05348. Sala: 503. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HI POTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO
POR EDICTO E INTERPELA CIÓN. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ES TADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, S. S. EMPLA ZAMIENTO POR EDICTO E INTERPELACIÓN DIRIGIDOS
A: “JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE” COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE EDNA MARGARITA FONTÁNEZ
BRIGANTY T/C/C EDNA FONTÁNEZ BRIGANTY.
KM 8.1 SR 816 NUEVO WARD BAYAMÓN, PR 00956, Y PO BOX 19244 SAN JUAN, PR 00910.
Queden emplazados, notifica dos e interpelados, que en este Tribunal se ha radicado De manda sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca de la que surge lo siguiente: Que la parte demandante ha declara do la totalidad de la deuda que origina la presente causa de acción vencida; y al día 1ro de julio de 2018, la parte deman dada le adeuda las siguientes cantidades: $160,715.88 por
concepto de principal; generan do intereses a razón de 2.50% desde el 1ro de junio de 2018; cargos por demora los cuales al igual que los intereses con tinúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda reclama da en este pleito, y la suma de $16,116.64 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado; y demás créditos accesorios ga rantizados hipotecariamente. La propiedad hipotecada cuya ejecución se solicita tiene la siguiente descripción y locali zación: RÚSTICA: Predio de terreno radicado en el Barrio Nuevo del término municipal de Bayamón, Puerto Rico, con cabida superficial de mil metros cuadrados y en lindes por el NORTE, en treintiocho punto treintitres metros con terrenos propiedad de la Sucesión Ma nuel Martínez; por el SUR, en treinta y cuatro punto cero dos metros con la carretera Estatal ochocientos dieciséis; por el ESTE, en veinte y siete punto ochentisiete metros con el re manente de la finca principal de la cual se segrega; y por el OESTE, en veintinueve metros con terrenos propiedad de To más Centeno. Inscrita en la fin ca número 52,041, al folio 121 del tomo 1,174 de Bayamón Sur. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección I de Bayamón. Por la presente se le emplaza y notifica que debe contestar la demanda incoada en su contra dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación del presente edicto. Además, en cuanto a la interpe lación de los herederos del cau sante, a que dentro del término legal de treinta (30) días conta dos a partir de la fecha de la no tificación de la presente Orden, acepten o repudien la participa ción que les corresponda en la herencia del causante confor me dispone el Artículo al Art. 1578 del Código Civil de Puerto Rico (31 L.P.R.A. §11021), de no expresarse dentro de ese término de treinta (30) días en torno a su aceptación o repu diación de herencia, se tendrá por aceptada. También se le APERCIBE a los herederos antes mencionados que luego del transcurso del término de treinta (30) días antes señalado contados a partir de la fecha de la notificación de la presen te Orden, se presumirá que han aceptado la herencia del causante y, por consiguiente, responden por las cargas de dicha herencia conforme dis pone el conforme al Art. 1578 del Código Civil de Puerto Rico (31 L.P.R.A. §11021). Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Adminis tración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electróni ca: https://unired.ramajudicial.
pr/sumac/, salvo que se repre sente por derecho propio. Si usted deja de presentar y no tificar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y con ceder el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Los abogados de la parte demandante son: ABOGADOS DE LA PARTE
DEMANDANTE:
Lcdo. Reggie Díaz Hernández RUA Núm.: 16,393 BERMÚDEZ & DÍAZ, LLP Edificio Ochoa, 500 Calle De La Tanca Suite 209 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00901 Tel.: (787) 523-2670 / Fax: (787) 523-2664 rdíaz@bdprlaw.com
Expido este edicto bajo mi fir ma y el sello de este Tribunal, hoy 08 de noviembre de 2022.
Lcda. Laura L. Santa Sánchez, Secretaria Regional. Marilyn Colón Carrasquillo, Secretaria Auxiliar Del Tribunal.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CARO LINA
REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING LLC.
Demandante Vs. SUCESION NANCY LOPEZ MARTINEZ T/C/C NANCY LOPEZ COMPUESTA POR JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES
Demandados Civil Núm.: CA2021CV00551. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPO TECA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉ RICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: LA PARTE
Certifico y Hago Constar: Que en cumplimiento con el Manda miento de Ejecución de Senten cia que me ha sido dirigido por el (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Su perior de Carolina, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América y/o Giro Postal y Cheque Certifica do, en mi oficina ubicada en el
Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, el 12 DE ENERO DE 2023, A LAS 1:30
DE LA TARDE, todo derecho título, participación o interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se des cribe a continuación: URBANA: Solar marcado con el numero Treinta (30) del Bloque “B” del plano de la URBANIZACION ROLLING HILLS, situada en el Barrio Martin González del término municipal de Carolina, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de TRESCIENTOS CUARENTA Y TRES PUN TO VEINTICINCO METROS CUADRADOS (343.25 M.C.)
En lindes por el NORTE, en doce punto cincuenta y cuatro metros (12.54 m.), con una ala meda; por el SUR, en catorce punto noventa y dos (14.92 m.), con la Calle numero Dos (2); por el ESTE, en veinticinco punto cero cero metros (25.00 m.), con el Solar numero Vein tinueve (29) del Bloque “B”; y por el OESTE, en veinticinco punto cero cero metros (25.00 m.), con el Solar numero Trein ta y Uno (31) del Bloque “B”. Inscrita al folio 51 del tomo 397 de Carolina Sur, finca 15,643, Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección II. La Hipo teca Revertida consta inscrita al folio 53 vto. del tomo 397 de Carolina Sur, finca 15,643, Re gistro de la Propiedad de Caro lina, Sección II, inscripción 4ª. Propiedad localizada en: URB. ROLLING HILLS, #B-30 CA LLE ARGENTINA, CAROLINA, PUERTO RICO 00987. Según figuran en la certificación re gistral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas anteriores o preferentes: Nombre del Ti tular: N/A. Suma de la Carga: N/A. Fecha de Vencimiento: N/A. Según figuran en la certi ficación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gra vada por las siguientes cargas posteriores a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante: Nombre del Titular: Secretario de la Vivien da y Desarrollo Urbano. Suma de la Carga: $180,000.00. Fecha de Vencimiento: 16 de abril de 2097. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad de la pro piedad y que todas las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito ejecutan te antes descritos, si los hubie re, continuarán subsistentes.
El rematante acepta dichas cargas y gravámenes anterio res, y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se establece como tipo de mínima subasta la suma de $120,000.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la escritura
de hipoteca. De ser necesaria una SEGUNDA SUBASTA por declararse desierta la primera, la misma se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, el 19 DE ENERO DE 2023, A LAS 1:30 DE LA TAR DE, y se establece como míni ma para dicha segunda subas ta la suma de $80,000.00, 2/3 partes del tipo mínima estable cido originalmente. Si tampoco se produce remate ni adjudica ción en la segunda subasta, se establece como mínima para la TERCERA SUBASTA, la suma de $60,000.00, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y di cha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, el 26 DE ENERO DE 2023, A LAS 1:30 DE LA TAR DE. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para, con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandan te, el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor ascendente a la suma de $87,262.30 por concepto de principal, más la suma de $13,386.06 en intereses acumulados al 31 de julio de 2021 y los cuales continúan acumulándose a razón de 3.780% anual hasta su total y completo pago; más la sumas de $3,898.56 en se guro hipotecario; $5,145.00 de tarifas de servicios; $499.00 en seguro; $440.00 de tasacio nes; $340.00 de inspecciones; $1,570.00 en preservación; $1,235.00 de adelantos pen dientes; más la cantidad de 10% del pagare original en la suma de $12,000.00, para gas tos, costas y honorarios de abo gado, esta última habrá de de vengar intereses al máximo del tipo legal fijado por la oficina del Comisionado de Instituciones Financieras aplicable a esta fe cha, desde este mismo día has ta su total y completo saldo. La venta en pública subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte la mencio nada finca, a cuyo efecto se no tifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SU BASTA, si esto fuera necesario, a los efectos de que cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha subasta. Se notifica a todos los intere sados que las actas y demás constancias del expediente de este caso están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables para ser examinadas por los (las) interesados (as). Y para su publicación en el periódico The San Juan Daily Star, que es un diario de circulación general en la isla de Puerto Rico, por es pacio de dos semanas conse cutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre
ambas publicaciones, así como para su publicación en los sitios públicos de Puerto Rico. Expe dido en Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy 25 de octubre de 2022.
SAMUEL GONZÁLEZ ISAAC, ALGUACIL PLACA #173.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRI BUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTAN CIA SALA DE AGUADILLA JAMILETTE CORTÉS VELÁZQUEZ Peticionaria EX- PARTE Civil Núm.: AG2022CV01115. Salón: 601. Sobre: EXPEDIEN TE DE DOMINIO PARA RECTI FICACIÓN DE CABIDA. EDIC TO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., ESTADO LI BRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS.
A: LAS PERSONAS IGNORADAS Y DESCONOCIDAS A QUIENES PUDIERA PERJUDICAR LA INSCRIPCION DEL DOMINIO A FAVOR DE LA PARTE PETICIONARIA EN EL REGISTRO DE LA PROPIEDAD DE LA FINCA QUE MAS ADELANTE SE DESCRIBIRA Y A TODA PERSONA EN GENERAL QUE CON DERECHO PARA ELLO DESEE OPONERSE A ESTE EXPEDIENTE.
POR LA PRESENTE se les notifica para que comparezcan, si lo creyeren pertinente, ante este Honorable Tribunal dentro de los veinte (20) días a partir de la última publicación de este edicto a exponer lo que a su derechos convenga en el ex pediente promovido por la parte peticionaria para adquirir su dominio sobre la finca que se describe mas adelante. Usted deberá presentar su posición 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 en la secretaría del Tribunal. Si us ted deja de expresarse dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia, previo a escuchar la prueba de valor de la parte peticionaria en su contra, sin mas citarle ni oírle, y conceder el remedio solicitado en la petición, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. RÚSTICA: Parcela marcada con el número CIEN TO OCHENTA Y UNO (181) en el plano de parcelación de
la Comunidad Rural Mantilla del Barrio Arenales Bajos del término municipal de Isabela, con una cabida superficial de SETECIENTOS CINCO PUN TO CERO NOVENTA METROS CUADRADOS (705.090 m.c.).
En lindes por el Norte, con un canal de riego y solar marca do con el número en el plano de inscripción; por el Sur, con las parcelas número ciento ochenta y dos A (182 A) y cien to Ochenta y Dos (182) de la comunidad; por el Este, con faja de seguridad que la se para con la Sucesión Aguilar; y por el Oeste, con la carrete ra municipal. Se solicita una rectificación de cabida ya que dicha propiedad fue objeto de una mensura realizada por el Agrimensor Francisco Pérez Agront con licencia número 8034, resultando la misma con la siguiente cabida y descrip ción: RÚSTICA: Parcela mar cada con el número CIENTO OCHENTA Y UNO (181) en el plano de parcelación de la Co munidad Rural Mantilla del Ba rrio Arenales Bajos del término municipal de Isabela, con una cabida superficial de MIL CUA RENTA Y SEIS PUNTO NUE
VE MIL QUINIENTOS NUE VE METROS CUADRADOS (1046.9509 m.c). En lindes por el Norte, con un canal de riego y solar marcado con el número en el plano de inscripción; por el Sur, con las parcelas número ciento ochenta y dos A (182 A) y ciento Ochenta y Dos (182) de la comunidad; por el Este, con faja de seguridad que la separa con la Sucesión Aguilar; y por el Oeste, con la carrete ra municipal. Consta inscrita al folio doscientos cuarenta y seis (246) del tomo doscientos setenta y seis (276) de Isabela, FINCA NÚMERO CATORCE MIL DOSCIENTOS OCHENTA Y OCHO (14288). El aboga do de la parte peticionaria es el Lcdo. Benjamin Hernández Lopez, 545 Calle Gabriel Car dona, Moca Puerto Rico 00676, teléfono: 939-202-0892. Se le informa además, que el Tribu nal ha señalado vista en este caso para el 24 DE FEBRERO DE 2023, A LAS 4:15 DE LA TARDE, mediante videoconfe rencia, a la cual usted puede comparecer asistido por abo gado y presentar oposición a la petición. Este edicto deberá ser publicado en tres (3) ocasiones dentro del término de veinte (20) días, en un periódico de circulación general diaria, para que comparezcan si quiere ale gar su derecho. Toda primera mención de persona natural y/o jurídica que se mencione en el mismo, se identificará en letra tamaño 10 puntos y negrillas, conforma a lo dispuesto en las Reglas de Procedimiento Civil, 2009. Se le apercibe que de no comparecer los interesados y/o partes citadas, o en su defecto
los organismos públicos afecta dos en el término improrrogable de veinte (20) días a contar desde la fecha de la última pu blicación del edicto, el Tribunal podrá conceder el remedio so licitado por la parte peticiona ria, sin más citarle ni oírle. En Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, a 18 de octubre de 2022. Sarahí Reyes Pérez, Secretaria Regional. Ar lene Guzmán Pabón, Secreta ria Auxiliar Del Tribunal.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INS TANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN MARTA
Parte Demandante Vs.
ESPOSA
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: SJ2022CV03985. Salón de Sesiones: 603. Sobre: USUCAPIÓN. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO POR SUMAC.
EL SECRETARIO (A) que sus cribe le notifica a usted que el 31 de octubre de 2022, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debi damente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de esta. Esta no tificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circula ción general en la Isla de Puer to Rico, dentro de los diez (10) días siguientes a su notifica ción. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedi miento 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 conta dos 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 notifica ción ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 8 de noviembre de 2022. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 8 de noviembre de 2022. Griselda Rodríguez Collado, Secretaria Regional. Johanna Rodríguez Benítez, Secretaria Auxiliar.
Before Kyrie Irving linked to an antise mitic film on Twitter, before he sug gested that the Earth was flat or re fused to get the COVID-19 vaccine, he had the weight of a city’s NBA championship dreams tied to the flick of his wrist.
The moment made him a superstar: With less than a minute left in a winner-takes-all matchup with Stephen Curry’s Golden State in June 2016, Irving hit the title-winning shot for the Cleveland Cavaliers. He is regarded as one of the sport’s most skillful artists, a virtuoso with a basketball in his hands.
Now, Los Angeles Lakers star LeB ron James, who played with Irving on that championship Cleveland team, is lobbying for Irving to be allowed to play again, after the Brooklyn Nets suspended Irving indefi nitely when he would not say that he did not have antisemitic beliefs.
He has apologized for linking to the film, but a simple resolution is not assured in the uproar — his greatest controversy yet. It could seriously hurt his basketball ca reer. The Nets hope it will lead to personal growth. But based on Irving’s track record — of social justice activism, of spiritual ex ploration, of stubbornness and amplification of dangerous conspiracy theories — it could go any number of ways.
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver told The New York Times last Thursday that he did not believe Irving was antisemit ic, though he said that did not excuse the post. And on Friday, Nets owner Joe Tsai, the NBA players’ union and the Anti-Defa mation League, which had been critical of Irving, signaled that they may be ready to move forward.
But the uncertainty, as it often has in recent years, centers squarely on Irving him self.
His college career at Duke University lasted just 11 games because of a foot injury. But in that short span, he wowed scouts and became the No. 1 overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft. He joined a struggling Cavaliers team: James, who had played for the team since 2003 and led it to the NBA Finals, left in the summer of 2010 to play for the Miami Heat.
Irving, who won the Rookie of the Year Award, spent his first few seasons scoring lots of points, but it wasn’t until James re turned in the summer of 2014 that the Cava liers started winning games. Yet Irving’s rise
wasn’t entirely dependent on James.
His jersey ranked among the league’s top sellers. He signed an endorsement deal with Pepsi in 2012.
Ricardo Fort, a former marketing ex ecutive for The Coca-Cola Co., said that by investing in Irving early in his career, Pepsi helped morph him into a star. “It’s different than when you sign a big star,” Fort said. “You are taking more equity than you are building equity for the player.”
Around that time, PepsiCo, Pepsi’s par ent company, was trying to reverse declining sales by making more inroads in pop cul ture, such as by sponsoring the NFL’s Super Bowl halftime show. Irving helped conceive of “Uncle Drew,” a series of commercials in which he portrayed a gray-bearded basket ball player who dazzled in pickup games. The first commercial aired in 2012 and re ceived more than 50 million views on You Tube. In 2018, the bit turned into a feature film that grossed more than $42 million do mestically, according to Box Office Mojo.
But before that, Irving signed a signature shoe deal with Nike. The Kyrie 1 shoe was released in December 2014, and the line be came one of the brand’s top sellers, worn by men and women across all basketball levels. One version was inspired by the Nickelode on show “SpongeBob SquarePants.” (Nike suspended its relationship with Irving after
his film post.)
While Irving was cultivating a reputa tion as a playful pitchman, he was also find ing his voice about more important issues.
Irving has played coy during the back lash to his post about the antisemitic film, saying both that he was “in a unique position to have a level of influence” and that he was “no different than the next human being.”
But his record of activ ism shows he is aware of the power of his voice.
In 2014, Irving was one of many NBA players who wore T-shirts that read “I Can’t Breathe” to honor Eric Garner, a Black man who was killed by a New York police officer who held him in a chokehold.
Two years later, Irving was at the height of his star dom because of the cham pionship-winning shot over Curry. In November 2016, he tweeted support for dem onstrators protesting the Dakota Access oil pipeline in North Dakota, which pro
testers said would harm nearby sacred sites and the local water supply. Irving’s mother was a member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, one of the groups protesting.
Three months later, Irving said the Earth was flat.
“I’m telling you, it’s right in front of our faces,” Irving said on a podcast in February 2017. “They lie to us.”
Despite a wave of jokes and criticism from fans and teachers, Irving doubled down in an interview with the Times more than a year later.
“Can you openly admit that you know the Earth is constitutionally round?” he said. “Like, you know that for sure? Like, I don’t know.”
He said he understood his “responsibil ity” as an influential figure.
But by then, he had forced a trade to the Boston Celtics from Cleveland and had floated conspiracy theories about the death of Bob Marley and President John F. Ken nedy’s assassination. He has also supported the anti-government New World Order con spiracy theory backed by Infowars host Alex Jones.
Irving finally apologized for his flatEarth comments in October 2018, but they loomed over him even after he left the Celt ics in July 2019 to form a so-called super team with Kevin Durant and the Nets.
Before now, none of Irving’s public stances had received as much attention as his decision not to be vaccinated against the coronavirus during the 2021-22 NBA season, making him ineligible to play in home games because of a city mandate. He became an avatar for people on the right wing, such as Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who were skeptical of the vaccine, angry about government requirements or both. Irving has called vaccine mandates “one the biggest violations of HU MAN RIGHTS in history.”
Irving’s stance put the NBA in an uncomfortable posi tion, since the league had been vocally supportive of the vac cine, including by running public service announcements.
“Obviously, athletes are people and they can make their own decisions,” said Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, a vice dean and
public health professor at Johns Hopkins University, who said the NBA had a major role in getting Americans to take the coronavirus seriously. “It’s just unfortunate when they use their platforms to undermine the steps that people can take to save their own lives and the lives of people in their family.”
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The contentious fallout from Irving’s film post puts him at a new inflection point.
The next few weeks could determine his future, as a basketball player and voice of influence, and affect the sport more widely.
Silver, the NBA’s commissioner since 2014, said that Ir ving’s post and response to the backlash had been “damag ing” to Irving and could be so for the Nets and the league.
“This isn’t just about antisemitism,” Silver said. “This is about hate speech directed against any group. The league,
going back many decades — even before I entered it — has a very strong record of responding.”
Sports fans have long been willing to overlook bad be havior for stars — if wins follow. Irving, through ticket sales and merchandise, generates money for both the Nets and the NBA at large. He has top-level stars in his corner, like James, and a dedicated fan base. But disciplining him in a manner seen as too light could alienate some Nets fans in New York City, which has an estimated Jewish population of at least 1 million. It could also further undermine the NBA’s public stance that “hate speech of any kind is unacceptable,” as the league said in a statement without naming Irving on Oct. 29.
Silver and the Nets faced harsh criticism when the team did not suspend Irving until a week after his post. The league is walking a tightrope.
And now, as always, it goes back to Irving.
Last Wednesday, the New York Mets formally announced their first major move of the offseason: the re-signing of closer Edwin Díaz to a five-year, $102 million contract, the largest for a relief pitcher in baseball history. The Mets, who won 101 games during the 2022 regular season, expect to compete for a playoff spot again next year, and a reliable late-innings reliever is essential for a top team.
But the Mets, who have numerous other players who reached free agency, have more work to do. Chief among them: trying to re-sign Jacob deGrom, the ace who exercised the opt-out clause in his five-year, $137.5 million contract extension, passing on $30.5 million in 2023 for the chance at getting a larger deal.
Even though he missed large chunks of the past two seasons with injuries, other teams will probably flock to de Grom, 34, a two-time National League Cy Young Award win ner. In 156 1/3 innings over the past two seasons, he posted a 1.90 ERA. After he returned from a shoulder injury last season, he produced a 3.08 ERA in 11 starts and guided the Mets to their only win in their wild-card-round loss to the San Diego Padres.
Last winter, the Mets lured another ace who had multi ple Cy Young Awards, Max Scherzer, to Flushing, New York, with a deal worth $130 million over three years, setting a record for highest average annual salary, at $43.3 million, despite Scherzer’s being 37 at the time.
Billy Eppler, the Mets’ general manager, said he spoke to deGrom before the team went home for the offseason after their early playoff exit. And before deGrom triggered his optout clause this week, Eppler said he and Stephen Veltman, deGrom’s agent, had a couple of conversations.
“We just kind of made a pact to stay in touch,” Eppler said last Tuesday at the annual Major League Baseball gen eral managers’ meetings, held this year in Las Vegas.
Eppler declined to quantify his level of optimism that the Mets could retain their star, but he did say deGrom had expressed a desire to stay with the only organization he has ever known. Eppler added: “There’s a good deal of interest there on his part. That was articulated a number of times throughout the season and reiterated in our most recent con versation.”
There are several teams around MLB in need of start
Jacob deGrom has been limited to 26 starts over the last two seasons because of injuries, but he has pit ched well with a 1.90 E.R.A. in that span.
ing pitching, including the Texas Rangers, who have a new ballpark and the resources to attract a top free agent veteran starter like Clayton Kershaw, a Dallas native, or deGrom. Signing deGrom would very likely require a multiyear deal north of $100 million.
Should the Mets prove successful, they would be carry ing four nine-figure contracts: for shortstop Francisco Lindor ($341 million over 10 years), Scherzer, Díaz and deGrom. The team is owned, after all, by Steven A. Cohen, a hedge fund manager with a reported net worth of $15 billion who has shown a willingness to spend to overhaul the franchise, who approved a MLB-leading $288 million payroll in 2022 and who didn’t mind that a new payroll luxury tax was nick named after him.
“When Steve Cohen reached out and signed Scherzer, he really raised the flag that we are here to be a champion ship-level organization,” Scott Boras, the agent for Scherzer and many other stars, said Wednesday. He added later, “It brought a really credible illustration of what the new Mets organization is about, and that had not been there for a long time.”
Asked Wednesday if it was difficult to have such large contracts on one team while other roster needs remained, Eppler said: “It would be a heavy allocation to say the least. But you’d look to solve other areas of your roster internally if that could be done or in the trade market, where you don’t have to pay the free agent rate, so to speak. That’s a needle that can be threaded, but you’d have to be mindful of it.”
The Mets, of course, have other rotation holes to plug
beyond deGrom. Chris Bassitt, a reliable starter who had a 3.42 ERA in 2022, is a free agent. So is Taijuan Walker (3.49 ERA). On Thursday, Eppler told reporters that the Mets are picking up the $14 million club option for Carlos Carrasco (3.97 ERA).
Eppler said the Mets told center fielder Brandon Nimmo, like deGrom a homegrown standout who is a free agent, that they would like to keep him.
Free agency didn’t officially begin until last Thursday, but teams were free to negotiate with their current players beforehand. Eppler said he didn’t know how soon deGrom wanted to sign, but said the Mets would also do their due diligence on other options in the meantime.
That’s part of the communication from our side to them — and to everybody — is that we’ve got business to do,” he said. “There are players we want to acquire and things we want to accomplish this wintertime, so we’re going to get down to it.”
He added later: “We want to stay in communication with each other and be very transparent with each other, so they’ll feel like we have a sense for what we’re doing and hopefully we have a sense of what they’re doing. And we’ll see what happens.”
The San Francisco Giants and outfielder Aaron Judge, who spent seven seasons with the New York Yankees but is now a free agent for the first time in his career, have been linked for obvious reasons. Judge grew up less than two hours away from San Francisco in Northern California, at tended Giants games as a child and watched Barry Bonds. And the Giants are a big-market team that missed the play offs in 2022, were below average offensively and have rela tively little committed to their 2023 payroll.
Asked about the team’s interest in Judge, who is the pre sumptive favorite for the American League Most Valuable Player Award and who smashed an AL-record 62 home runs this year, Farhan Zaidi, the Giants’ president of baseball op erations, declined to talk about specific free-agent players last Wednesday.
But broadly, Zaidi said: “From a financial standpoint, there’s nobody that would be out of our capability to meet what we expect the contract demands will be. And then it’ll just be a question of whether there’s mutual interest and how we put together the best possible team.”
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Today’s Venus/Pluto link can be a blessing in disgui se, if it helps you to see what’s going on. You’ll find it easy to look behind someone’s words to what they are really thinking or feeling. And there could be qui te a difference between the two. This is where you might want to do some straight talking. The sooner the truth is acknowledged, the better for you and others too, Aries.
Don’t tell anyone what you have planned for to day, in case they object. With a strong emphasis on the sign of Scorpio, certain people may be only too eager to meddle in your affairs and make your decisions for you. A need for some freedom and a chance to do what you want, might be a motiva ting factor. Don’t feel bad or guilty, as you need this chance to relax and recharge.
Thinking about making something public? Think again Gemini, as under today’s confusing skies it could backfire. Keeping it to yourself is by far the best option. Plus, an intense Venus/Pluto aspect can inspire you to pool resources, and collaborate on a project or business that you’re passionate about. If you stay focused and persevere, you may have a suc cess on your hands.
As a powerful aspect comes to a peak, your instinct to trust someone is the right one. Whether you want to collaborate or are romantically inclined, you’ll sense that success is within your grasp if you stick with each other. If so, avoid second-guessing and looking for evidence to the contrary, Cancer. You are close to accomplishing your goal, so relax and enjoy the journey.
The Sun’s tie to Neptune, suggests you might not want to venture very far. If you’ve been immersed in an issue or project that’s taken its toll, take a break to get your bearings. You may daydream, and if so, see where it takes you. It could be the springboard to sparkling ideas and creative opportunities, or to you realizing that someone means more to you than you thought.
The coming day or so can be a time of networking and mixing and mingling, that keeps you on your toes. If you enjoy being a social butterfly, then you’ll be ready to make the most of this phase and eager to get involved as much as you can. New friends and kindred spirits may show up, and there’s a chance of romance. Getting out more with your partner could be good for you too.
If you can’t get something you want, then maybe you are too eager. No matter how much you push to get it, it could fail to land on your plate. Yet the things you lightly hold in mind might materialize much fas ter, because you’re allowing space for them to show up. One has a grasping quality that could keep your dreams at bay, while the other is open to receive, and so it arrives!
Venus’s tie-in with Pluto your guide planet, can put you in a passionate mood, Scorpio. Conversations may have more intensity than usual, and if you want something you’ll be willing to do whatever it takes to get it. The thing is not to appear too desperate, as this could be a turn off. If you badly want a certain outcome, lighten up and play it cool, and it might fall into your lap.
It’s a time to indulge, with a flowing Moon/Neptu ne angle inspiring you to enjoy life’s pleasures by indulging to the max. And it needn’t be anything too major, as even the little things can set you up for a great day. Yet a very compelling aspect could enhance a desire for something you’ve been drea ming about for a while. This may disturb your peace unless you can let it go.
Have feelings for someone? These can intensify and could peak today, meaning you may find it hard to get them out of your mind. If you’re feeling a tad ob sessed, try not to let it override other activities. This is a temporary aspect, and it’s possible that your opi nion of them might shift very quickly. Even if you did get what you want, you can soon find that you’ve lost interest.
Forget your to-do list, as this weekend the cosmos encourages you to let it all go and enjoy some pea ce. Mars in Gemini puts the spotlight on socializing, and you may be keen to arrange a reunion. Linking up with someone you haven’t seen in a while could be very enjoyable. If you feel a deep-seated need to recharge, make the time to totally pamper yourself. You deserve it!
You’ll find someone very engaging, even if you’ve only just met them. A compelling influence means you’ll enjoy chatting with them, or be keen to sign up to a cause they represent. If this person is on your wavelength, then it will be the most natural thing to want to stay in touch. If you do Pisces, knowing them could change and even transform your life, more than you realize.
