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atural and Environmental Resources Secretary Anaís Rodríguez Vega said over the weekend that she will investigate Friday night’s reported “Christmas Boat Parade” event in La Parguera, Lajas, which had been denied a permit by the agency.

“According to the request for permits that was made to us to carry out the Christmas Boat Parade, we conclude and maintain that this type of activity does not comply with the necessary legal and environmental parameters, which is why they were denied,” Rodríguez Vega said in a written statement issued Saturday. “However, while the images that have emerged of apparent similar activity could be interpreted as a challenge to authority, we will not comment lightly as to whether or not there were violations of the law. It is now up to us to carry out the investigations that are necessary to be able to reach any conclusion.”

Residents of Lajas accused Mayor Jayson “Jay” Martínez Maldonado of sponsoring the activity where, community leader Jorge Echeverria told the press, the boats looked like they had “a thousand lights lit.”

“Although some boat owners who were illuminated tried to cover up the official number of the boat assigned by the DNER, thanks to the residents of La Parguera and visitors it was possible to identify each of the boats that participated and the names of the owners or operators of the same,” said Israel Molina, a biologist and member of the group Friends of a Better Environment in La Parguera. “In the same way, photos and ‘video’ were taken that show the environmental disorder in defiance of the order issued by the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, which prohibits the lighting of Christmas lights so as not to affect the ecosystem of La Parguera Bay. We denounce the defiant attitude of the organizers of the activity who pretend

to be absolute owners of the Bay property, carrying out a criminal environmental act which violates the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the federal laws and regulations that apply to the conservation of the phenomenon of bioluminescence, or lighting by biological means, as is the case in Mosquito Bay in Vieques, La Parguera and Moncio José in Lajas and Laguna Grande in Fajardo.”

“Those who staged this event are the same ones who traditionally attack the mangrove ecosystem around La Parguera on holidays, especially at Easter,” the environmental advocate noted. “No agency or public official should overlook this challenge by people who are mostly not permanent residents of La Parguera, although it is recognized that they have built houses within the Bay, dumping sanitary waste, polluting chemical liquids and leftovers from liquid foods into the sea, among other things.”

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he Highways and Transportation Authority will build about 400 meters of reinforced concrete safety barriers in front of the Las Cumbres-Laurel urbanization, with the purpose of providing protection against motor vehicle accidents.

“For some time, the residents of the Las Cumbres urbanization have requested greater protection against possible vehicular accidents, particularly in front of the entrance to that housing complex,” San Juan District 4 Rep. Víctor Parés Otero said Sunday. “Today, after making several efforts with the [Highways and Transportation Authority] executive

director, our friend Edwin González, and the engineer and secretary of the Department of Transportation and Public Works (DTOP), Eileen Vélez, we announce the beginning of the construction work of this modern concrete barrier that will provide the security that the residents have requested.”

The construction will take place along highway PR-199 in Cupey, and will involve an investment of $289,157. The project will create about 25 direct jobs and many indirect jobs.

“This is part of our road safety program in the Cupey area with the aim of providing greater safety,” the lawmaker said. “In the same way, we are evaluating implementing the same [type of solution] in other parts of San Juan.”

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PIP/MVP alliance wants to end Pell Grants, warn NPP lawmaker & youth leader

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ew Progressive Party (NPP) Rep. José Aponte Hernández, along with the president of the Progressive Youth Organization, Keishla “Keka” Rodríguez, warned on Sunday that the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP)-Citizen Victory Movement (MVC) alliance publicly seeks to eliminate federal aid -- the Pell Grant program specifically -- for the university education of young people in Puerto Rico.

“Clearly and publicly, the gubernatorial candidate in 2024 of the pro-independence PIP/MVC party, Juan Dalmau, said that if he is elected governor he ‘will not request more federal funds’ and that Pell grants, the federal aid that is used by the vast majority of young people for post-high school studies, in addition to not requesting it, they will end in a period of 10 years,” Aponte Hernández said in a press release. “That is, in the next decade no young Puerto Rican will be able to attend a university because there are no scholarships to help pay for these studies.”

“The PIP/MVC coalition has it in for young people in Puerto Rico,” Rodríguez added. “They want young people not to get a college education, because they know very well that without

Progressive Youth Organization President Keishla Rodríguez (X photo) the money from the Pell Grants it becomes virtually impossible to study for a university degree on the island. On the contrary, Dalmau and his colleague, Manuel Natal, are going to condemn young Puerto Ricans to have to make an economic effort to be

able to study and unfortunately they are going to start getting into debt from a very young age, when today we have a mechanism of help that we would not have under their leftist policies.”

“We cannot give the vote to someone who wants to leave our young people without education,” the NPP youth leader said. “This is what they represent in the so-called New Country Alliance.”

The Pell Grant is currently providing aid up to a maximum of $7,395 for the 2023-2024 academic year, which began in August, the NPP officials pointed out. That is for up to six years of full-time study, they said.

“Eliminating federal funding as the [coalition] of the PIP/ MVC wants means the closure of businesses, the closure of private schools, of health centers, and the closure of private universities and postsecondary educational institutions,” Aponte Hernández said. “What Dalmau seeks is to eliminate freedom of choice and without a doubt, without the Pell Grants, that no young person has a professional career. That is a very, very dangerous path.”

Rodriguez noted that “the reality is that if we use the University of Puerto Rico as an example, the data shows that 80 percent of its students pay for their courses through the Pell Grant.”

Fiscal effect of room tax cut for local residents is small, Legislature’s budget office says

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he fiscal effect of legislation that would establish a 3% exemption in the payment of the room tax to Puerto Rico residents is about $14 million, the Legislative Assembly Budget Office (OPAL by its Spanish acronym) has estimated.

The office evaluated Senate Bill 1257, which seeks to establish the room tax cut to promote domestic tourism.

“The fiscal effect of implementing this measure was estimated at $14.7 million on the

budget of the Tourism Company, and not on the General Fund,” the report notes. “In terms of the General Fund, SB 1257 has no effect since said inputs do not go into the Department of the Treasury.”

To estimate the effect of the measure, the OPAL made assumptions that the room tax rates were 7% for hotels and 11% in hotels with casinos.

The measure, which was authored by Sens.

Ramón Ruiz Nieves, Javier Aponte Dalmau and Elizabeth Rosa Vélez, seeks an amendment to Act 272 of 2003, which establishes the room

tax to grant tax relief to the residents of Puerto “resident of Puerto Rico” as a person who has an Rico, define domestic tourism, promote local official identification from the commonwealth, such as a driver’s license, and has a residence tourism, and for other purposes.

The measure notes that the government’s in Puerto Rico.

Likewise, “internal tourism” is defined as: mission is to provide and guarantee constituents the best possible quality of life. Tourism is “when a resident of Puerto Rico occupies any a fundamental part of the local economy. The room or rooms of a Lodging, or the right to use initiative aims to promote and encourage internal or possess the services and facilities inherent to tourism and access of Puerto Rico residents to the use or possession of a room by a period of the island’s inns and paradores. no more than five nights.”

Due to various atmospheric events and the COVID-19 pandemic, tourism activity has decreased in recent years, the bill says.

“It is necessary to encourage the local economy, promoting the utilization of resources through tax relief for residents of Puerto Rico,” the bill notes.

“Domestic tourism is a beneficial activity for society since it allows residents to enjoy the beauties and landscapes that Puerto Rico offers. At the same time, internal tourism guarantees jobs and injects [capital] into the economies of the municipalities, resulting in a win-win experience for all parties.”

The measure also defines Sen. Ramón Ruiz Nieves

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Health Dept. issues action plan to curb island’s rising obesity rates

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he Food and Nutrition Commission of Puerto Rico (CANPR by its Spanish initials), which is attached to the Health Department, presented a new action plan over the weekend for the prevention of obesity in Puerto Rico and to raise awareness about the dangers of obesity, which is on the rise on the island.

“Obesity is silent and affects people of all ages,” CANPR Chairwoman Nivia A. Fernández Hernández said. “It’s time to commit to adopting healthy habits. We must take action and prioritize obesity prevention.”

The new plan, which is in line with public health policy, establishes action strategies to promote healthy lifestyles for all, emphasizing action strategies for children and adults.

Records indicate that from 2014 to 2022, the prevalence of overweight and obesity in adults aged 18 years or older increased to 70.7% from 65.9% in Puerto Rico, according to data from the Risk Factor Surveillance System. The prevalence of childhood obesity fluctuates between 18% and 24%. The World Health Organi-

A new Health Department plan to raise awareness about the dangers of obesity establishes action strategies to promote healthy lifestyles for all, emphasizing strategies for children and adults. zation published in 2021 that more than 2.8 million people die each year in the world due to obesity.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Puerto Rico has an obesity prevalence of 30–35%.

In Puerto Rico, more than a third of adults are obese.

The plan establishes several strategic lines to guide multisectoral efforts over the next two years. These are: primary health care and promotion of breastfeeding and healthy eating; improving the environment concerning nutrition and physical activity; tax policies and regulation of food advertising; surveillance, research

and evaluation.

Other proposed measures include providing public urban spaces for physical activity, and implementing recreational cycle path programs, rapid public transport systems, and family farming initiatives.

Fernández Hernández note that the new plan, which covers 2023-2025, is part of the joint efforts of the CANPR and the Pan American Health Organization together with interagency and multisectoral sectors, such as government officials, academics and experts in the field of health, food, nutrition and physical activity, and members of the food industry, and professional and nonprofit organizations, among others.

CANPR Executive Director Luz Rodríguez said “the Action Plan for the Prevention of Obesity in Puerto Rico aims to stop the accelerated increase in obesity so that there is no increase in current prevalence rates.”

Obesity is one of the risk factors for the development of chronic diseases in Puerto Rico, including cancer, diabetes, heart disease and cardiovascular diseases.

Thus the call is for citizens to maintain a healthy diet, control it, and maintain a healthy weight.

Vieques to ‘light up’ for Christmas on Saturday

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ieques Mayor José “Junito” Corcino Acevedo announced that this Saturday, Dec. 2, Christmas will be “lit up” in the offshore island municipality with a series of shows for the whole family.

“Christmas is the time of year awaited by the Vieques family. All over the length and breadth of our island we can see residences and shops illuminated, ready for the arrival of Christmas and the New Year’s holidays,” the mayor said in a written statement issued Sunday. “The municipal administration ofVieques joins in this great celebration with our traditional Christmas lighting next Saturday.”

Corcino said the activities associated with the traditional Christmas lighting of Vieques are scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. at the Luis Muñoz Rivera Public Square.

“We will have everything for the people ofVieques, as well as those who visit us from other municipalities and states,” the mayor said. “There will be many

musical shows, with variety for everyone. We will also have several inflatables for children to enjoy in a safe environment.”

The events begin with the traditionalVieques Christmas parade, which will depart from the Jardines de Vieques public housing complex and extend to the public plaza, where the official protocol activities will take place.

Corcino said a security program organized by the municipal police and the Puerto Rico Police Bureau, as well as other municipal and state agencies, is already in place to deal with the flow of tourists that is expected during the coming weekend.

“The Christmas lighting activities in Vieques is a unique event that attracts tourists from all over Puerto Rico, as well as from the states and even international visitors,” the mayor said. “Faced with this reality, we have developed an impact program with municipal and state police leading the way. Likewise, many of our shops will be open to serve these tourists. What we want is for everyone to enjoy themselves.”

Vieques Mayor José Corcino Acevedo

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Governor given until Dec. 1 to submit revised PREPA budget

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ov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia has until Dec. 1 to submit a revised fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget proposal for the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) to the Financial Oversight and Management Board.

The new proposal must address certain issues referenced in a notice of violation issued by the oversight board for an earlier version of the FY24 budget for the commonwealth’s utility, a Nov. 22 letter stated.

The 13-page letter sent by the oversight board’s executive director, Robert Mujica, to Pierluisi said it serves as a notice of violation concerning the proposed FY24 amended budget for PREPA submitted to the board on Nov. 7. The intended purposes of amending PREPA’s FY24 certified budget are: to identify an interim solution to PREPA’s unfunded pension system, and to recognize the changes made by the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau (PREB) as a result of its reconsideration of the budgets it determined for PREPA, LUMA Energy and Genera PR. “There is now a third purpose for amending PREPA’s budget: a potential increase to PREPA’s HoldCo & HydroCo’s FY24 certified budget,” the letter notes. “This third purpose has arisen following PREPA’s motion with PREB requesting an increase to its budget, consistent with the proposed amended budget.”

PREPA has requested an increase to the current allocation for the HoldCo and HydroCo budgets while pointing to the use of alternate funding sources outside of rates

Financial Oversight and Management Board Executive Director Robert Mujica and Gov. Pedro Pierluisi to enable such an increase. Among the funding sources listed by PREPA are: FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) reimbursements; “bad debt recoveries” (i.e., recoveries of settlements between PREPA and certain instrumentalities over legacy unpaid receivables); and insurance settlements. The oversight board said it supports PREPA’s efforts to identify and obtain these funding sources.

“It should be noted that the PREPA FY24 certified budget already includes a cash funding bridge to fill the FY24 budget gap,” the letter said. “Therefore, PREPA’s request raises concerns that current revenues may be insufficient to adequately fund the util-

ity’s (including GenCo, GridCo, HoldCo and HydroCo) operations and maintenance requirements.”

As such, while PREPA may raise certain costs that are not currently reflected in its budget, that does not mean that all requests it has presented are necessary, justified, supported in the record, and essential, the oversight board noted. Determinations of budgets are based on demonstrated need and reasonableness of the costs proposed to satisfy that need and not on the amount of funds on hand, the board added.

“Most one-time funds received in the first two categories mentioned in PREPA’s request

(FEMA reimbursements and bad debt recoveries) have been committed to other priorities over the coming months and are thus largely unavailable for PREPA’s other purposes,” the oversight board said. “This makes it essential for PREPA to finalize its proposed insurance settlements and to identify and certify the amount of money it will receive from these sources. As we understand it, the majority of the settlement amounts for Hurricane Maria recoveries have already been paid to PREPA over the years.”

Moreover, PREPA must identify the amount of the new money that will be considered unrestricted and how its use will affect its cash flows, the board said.

PREPA’s cash flow reports are occasionally of concern given how low cash levels can go, due to the lagging nature of quarterly rider reconciliations, requests for reimbursements, and occasionally due to collections, it said.

Use of one-time cash inflows (that are not necessary for liquidity) should generally be prudently tied to one-time expenses or, on an exceptional basis, as a bridge during a transition period, the oversight board pointed out.

“That bridge, however, must lead to solid ground,” the board said. “In this instance such solid ground is either a recurring funding source or a reduction in expenses, on which the entity can continue to firmly walk on thereafter. Therefore, any recurring expenses funded through one-time cash inflows should only be done temporarily and shortly thereafter receive a recurring funding source or be eliminated entirely. Otherwise, the entity runs the risk of operational deficits in the mid to long term.”

Caguas welcomes Christmas with traditional performances

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aguas Mayor William Miranda Torres lit up Christmas 2023 in the “Criollo City” late last week with a traditional event that spread across three stages and featured 16 performances, artisans and kiosks deployed throughout the traditional urban center of Caguas.

The event began at 5 p.m. Friday as the mayor welcomed the thousands of people who came to the city to witness the show that brought together local and international artists, in a safe environment where, according to the police, no crimes or incidents were reported.

“The Plaza Santiago R. Palmer, the Paseo José Gautier Benítez and the Paseo de las Artes are the scene of 16 first-rate artistic shows,” Miranda Torres said in his welcoming message. “This is the best way to celebrate the

start of Christmas. It is also an opportunity that highlights the tourism potential of quality events during the festive season. What happens here has a positive impact on our artisans, restaurants and kiosks throughout the city center. It is an economic injection for the entire city.”

The traditional event had three stages at various points in the traditional urban center. On the Paseo Gautier Benítez was the stage for the traditional criollo workshop, Tuna Bardos, Herminio de Jesús, Luisito Matos and his tribute to El Gallo, and Grupo Manía.

Meanwhile, the following artists performed at the Plaza Santiago R. Palmer: Reynaldo “El Chino” Santiago, La Tuna Segreles, José Nogueras, Charlie Aponte and Milly Quezada. The Paseo de las Artes hosted the artisan market and performances by the Caguas Children’s Choir, the Creole Choir, Tuna América, Andrés Jiménez, Rey “This is the best way to celebrate the start of Christmas,” Caguas Mayor William Miranda Torres said.

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DeSantis faces critical decision on cruise ships in Key West

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ince the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, when cruise ships filled with sickened passengers were blocked from U.S. ports, residents in Key West, Florida, have been trying to limit the size and number of vacation vessels on the tiny island, using the momentum created during the pandemic to argue for continuing restrictions on cruise vessels.

Activists flooded City Commission meetings, protested on the dock, collected signatures and managed to pass three ballot measures in 2020 imposing stricter controls to protect the marine environment and limit passengers to 1,500 a day — only to see the state Legislature, with the approval of Gov. Ron DeSantis, void the new restrictions the following year.

Now the wealthy hotelier who operates Key West’s cruise ship port is doubling down, asking the state for permission to expand, which would allow bigger ships with more passengers to operate legally out of the port.

The issue will soon land on the desk of DeSantis, who has received nearly $1 million in campaign donations from the pier’s owner. It represents a tough balancing act for the Republican governor, a 2024 presidential candidate who has touted his environmental record but has also been a booster of Florida’s tourism industry.

Safer Cleaner Ships, the organization behind the move to keep large cruise ships out of Key West, recently fired another salvo: It filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the local port owner, Pier B Development Corp., citing state records it said showed the company had underpaid millions of dollars in state fees and taxes. The Florida attorney general’s office dismissed the suit in part on jurisdictional grounds, a decision that activists said was a sign of continuing state support for a campaign donor, the owner of one of the country’s largest private hotel chains.

The cruise industry, meanwhile, quietly funded a campaign against the 2020 ballot measures, The Miami Herald reported, warning residents that a reduction in cruise ship revenues could lead to drastic cuts in policing and other public services.

Before the pandemic, nearly 1 million people a year were visiting Key West aboard cruise ships. But when COVID-19 brought that to a halt, the city’s $2.4 billion tourism industry — responsible for 44% of its jobs — did not collapse.

Instead, hotel tax revenue rose 15%, and with 1.4 million arrivals, the airport set a record in 2021.

“People said, ‘If you limit cruise ships, it will kill business! Jobs!’ That’s been proven false by the passage of time,” said Arlo Haskell, one of the anti-cruise ship group’s founders.

The activists have focused on the waters around the Florida Keys, which they argue improved signifi-

A cruise ship docked in Key West, Fla. on Nov. 17, 2023.

Since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, when cruise ships filled with sickened passengers were blocked from U.S. ports, residents in Key West, Fla., have been trying to limit the size and number of vacation vessels on the tiny island, using the momentum created during the pandemic to argue for continuing restrictions on cruise vessels. cantly during the pandemic without a constant stream of cruise ships churning up sand and threatening coral reefs — an argument that resonated for a broad range of Key West residents.

Safer Cleaner Ships collected 2,500 signatures on the ballot measures to change the city charter; they each passed with majorities of more than 60%.

In the months after the election, 11 companies owned by the pier operator, Mark Walsh, donated a total of nearly $1 million to DeSantis’ political committee, The Miami Herald revealed.

Months later, DeSantis signed legislation that prohibited any local ballot measure from restricting marine commerce. Opponents were outraged, with many publicly calling it “pay to play.”

DeSantis’ office declined to comment on the issue, as did Walsh, whose lawyer, however, said the companies’ donations were in support of the governor’s general pro-tourism stance, especially during COVID-19.

In response to concerns that cruise ships were damaging coral reefs, Walsh urged the city in a 2021 letter to “look at the science, and what is currently being done to restore the reef environment,” an effort to which he offered to contribute.

The city settled on a compromise, prohibiting ships from mooring at the two docks the city controls.

That left the privately owned dock, Pier B, operated by Walsh’s company, as the only dock available to cruise vessels. The cutback resulted in a 50% drop in cruise ship traffic, an outcome the anti-cruise ship activists saw as positive but that tourism business owners described as a substantial blow.

Edwin Swift III, president of Historic Tours of America, said his business, which offers trolley tours of the city, has been down 40%.

“The whole thing is being mishandled by the

politicians,” he said.

The Safer Cleaner Ships group decided to dig further into the cruise dock company’s operations and after combing state databases filed a lawsuit alleging that the company had misreported the revenue it had earned. Using the amount of disembarkation fees Pier B had paid to the city, the group calculated that the company had underpaid the state at least $5 million in lease payments and “hundreds of thousands more” in taxes from disembarkation fees. “That’s the public’s money,” Haskell said.

The lawsuit was filed under seal in 2022 as a whistleblower case under the Florida False Claims Act, which empowers citizens to sue on behalf of state or local governments. The state attorney general’s office unsealed the suit last week, telling The New York Times that the state had investigated the matter and decided not to pursue the case.

Chase Sizemore, a spokesperson for the office, said the group’s claims were not within the jurisdiction of the False Claims Act and that many of the allegations regarding lease fees had been “investigated and lacked merit.” The tax revenue allegations, he said, had been referred to the appropriate agency for follow-up.

Jon Moore, a spokesperson for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the agency that manages the lease, said a recent audit found “no issues” of concern related to the whistleblower claims.

The issue of what, if any, environmental damage is caused by cruise ships continues to be a contentious one. Each side has competing scientists arguing its point.

William Precht, a coral reef specialist hired by Walsh, provided photographs showing living coral reefs even at the dock where the ships port. Any sand kicked up by the ships dissipates before it can damage the reefs, he said.

“In my 40 years of working on the Florida reef tract, there haven’t been any reefs killed by cruise ships,” he said.

The Florida Keys Marine Sanctuary, a federally administered agency charged with protecting waters in the area, said in a statement that studies showing healthy reefs growing vertically on the pier do not take into consideration the coral on the sea floor that may be harmed by sand churned up by the ships.

And other scientists have cautioned that the sand threatens even coral reefs that are farther from the port.

“That channel is not Vegas; what happens there doesn’t stay there,” said Henry Briceño, director of Florida International University’s Water Quality Monitoring Network, who conducted a study on the area that has been cited by cruise ship opponents. “What happens there goes to the coral reef.”

The governor, who has called the reefs a “state treasure,” is expected to make a decision with his Cabinet in December.

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Behind Johnson’s rise, a GOP consumed by the far right

By CARL HULSE

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he roots of the Republican crackup this fall that paralyzed the House, fueled the unexpected rise of Speaker Mike Johnson and now threatens to force a government shutdown crisis early next year lie in a fateful choice the party made more than a decade ago that has come back to haunt its leaders.

In early 2009, congressional Republicans were staring down a long exile in the political wilderness. Barack Obama was about to assume the presidency, and Democrats were within reach of a filibuster-proof, 60-vote supermajority in the Senate and the largest House majority in more than 20 years after the economic crisis of 2008.

But Republicans saw a glimmer of hope in the energized far-right populist movement that emerged out of a backlash to Obama — the first Black president — and his party’s aggressive economic and social agenda, which included a federal health care plan. Republicans seized on the Tea Party and associated groups, with their nativist leanings and vehemently antiestablishment impulses, as their ticket back to power.

“We benefited from the anger that was generated against the one-way legislation of the Obama years,” said Eric Cantor, the former House leader fromVirginia who became the No. 2 Republican after the 2010 midterm elections catapulted the party back into the majority. “It was my way or the highway.”

Cantor and his fairly conventional leadership team of anti-tax, pro-business Republicans set out to harness that rage to achieve their party’s long-standing aims. But instead, the movement consumed them.

Within four years, Cantor was knocked out in a shocking primary upset by a Tea Partybacked candidate who had campaigned as an anti-immigration hard-liner bent on toppling the political establishment. It was a sign of what

Then-House Minority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) at the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, Oct. 23, 2013. was to come for more mainstream Republicans.

“We decided the anger was going to be about fiscal discipline and transforming Medicare into a defined contribution program,” Cantor said recently. “But it turned out it was really just anger — anger toward Washington — and it wasn’t so policy-based.”

The forces that toppled Cantor — and three successive Republican speakers — reached their inexorable conclusion last month with the election of Johnson as speaker, cementing a far-right takeover that began in those first months after Obama took office.

Johnson, who identifies as an archconservative, is the natural heir to the political tumult that began with the Tea Party before evolving into Trumpism. It is embodied in its purest form by the Freedom Caucus, the uncompromising group of conservatives who have tied up the House with their demands for steep spending cuts. And the situation won’t get any easier when Congress returns from its Thanksgiving respite to confront its unsettled spending issues and what to do about assistance to Israel and Ukraine.

The ranks of more traditional Republicans

have been significantly thinned after the far right turned on them in successive election cycles. They have been driven out of Congress in frustration or knocked out in primaries, which have become the decisive contests in the nation’s heavily gerrymandered House districts.

“They thought they could control it,” Michael Podhorzer, the former political director of the AFL-CIO who has studied the House’s far-right progression, said of GOP leaders. “But once you agree essentially that Democrats are satanic, there is no room in the party for someone who says we need to compromise with Democrats to accomplish what we need to get done.”

The result, Podhorzer said, is a Republican majority that his research shows across various data points to be more extreme, more evangelical Christian and less experienced in governing than in the past. Those characteristics have been evident as House Republicans have spent much of the year in chaos.

“It isn’t that they are really clever at how they crash the institution,” Podhorzer said.

“They just don’t know how to drive.”

From the start, members who were more rooted in the traditional GOP, which had managed to win back the House majority in 1994 after 40 years, struggled to mesh with the Tea Party movement, which was driven to upend the status quo. Many top Republicans had voted for the bank bailout of 2008, a disqualifying capital crime in the eyes of the far-right activists.

Leading congressional Republicans were leery of the Tea Party’s thinly veiled racism, illustrated by insulting references to Obama and the questioning of his birthplace, though they said they saw the activists as mainly motivated by an anti-tax, anti-government fervor.

Traditional Republicans appeared at Tea Party rallies where they were barely tolerated, while far-right Reps. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota and Steve King of Iowa, then outliers in the party, were the stars. They tried to mollify activists with tough talk on taxes and

beating back the Obama agenda, but they saw mixed results.

The Republican National Committee also sought to align itself with the Tea Party, encouraging angry voters to send virtual tea bags to Congress in a 2009 Tax Day protest. Tea Party activists rebuked the national party, saying it hadn’t earned the right to the tea bag message.

But the Tea Party paid huge electoral benefits to the House GOP in 2010, as it swept out Democrats and swept in scores of relatively unknown far-right conservatives, some of whom would scorn their own leaders as much as the Democrats. The steady march to the modern House Republican Conference had begun.

The ramifications of the far-right bargain for congressional Republicans quickly became clear. Cantor was defeated in 2014, and Speaker John Boehner, dogged by hard-line conservatives he branded “knuckleheads,” resigned in 2015.

In 2018, Speaker Paul Ryan, Boehner’s successor and the party’s vice-presidential nominee in 2012, had his fill of clashes with President Donald Trump — who aligned himself with the Tea Party in its early days — and chose not to run for reelection.

Then Rep. Kevin McCarthy — the last of a trio called the “Young Guns,” with Cantor and Ryan, that once seemed to be the future of the party — fell from the speakership in October.That ended the reign of House Republican speakers who had tried unsuccessfully to weaponize the ultraconservatives in their ranks while holding them at arm’s length.

McCarthy’s ouster cleared the way for Johnson, who was chosen only after House Republicans rejected more established leaders, Reps. Steve Scalise of Louisiana and Tom Emmer of Minnesota, who would have easily ascended in the previous era.

Despite his unquestioned conservative bona fides, Johnson is already encountering difficulties in managing the most extreme element within his ranks.

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Stabbing of Derek Chauvin raises questions about inmate safety

By GLENN THRUSH and SERGE F. KOVALESKI

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he stabbing Friday of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd in 2020, at a special unit inside a Tucson, Arizona, prison is the latest in a series of attacks against high-profile inmates in the troubled, short-staffed federal Bureau of Prisons.

The assault comes less than five months after Larry Nassar, a doctor convicted of sexually abusing young female gymnasts, was stabbed multiple times at the federal prison in Florida. It also follows the release of Justice Department reports detailing incompetence and mismanagement at federal detention centers that led to the deaths in recent years of James Bulger, the Boston gangster known as Whitey, and Jeffrey Epstein, who had been charged with sex trafficking.

The Bureau of Prisons confirmed that an inmate at the Tucson prison was stabbed around 12:30 p.m. Friday, though the bureau did not identify Chauvin, 47, by name. The agency said in a statement that the inmate required “life-saving measures” before being rushed to a hospital emergency room nearby.

The office of Keith Ellison, the Minnesota attorney general who prosecuted the former police officer, identified the inmate as Chauvin.

He is likely to survive, according to two people with knowledge of the situation who were not authorized to discuss the incident publicly.

On Saturday, the prison remained on lockdown while law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, examined the crime scene and interviewed witnesses. Family visits to the facility have been suspended indefinitely, according to the prison’s website.

The Tucson facility where Chauvin was stabbed is referred to as a “dropout yard,” one of several special protective units within the Bureau of Prisons system housing informants, people convicted of sex crimes, former gang members and former law enforcement personnel, among others, according to Joe Rojas, who retired this month as president of the union local representing workers at the Federal Correctional Complex near Coleman, Florida.

These specialized facilities — including units in Tucson, Coleman (where Nassar was stabbed), and Terre Haute, Indiana — are supposed to provide an additional measure of safety for high-profile inmates. In turn, such inmates tend to avoid conflicts and disciplinary

The Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan, where the financier Jeffrey Epstein was found dead, on Aug. 13, 2019. A Justice Department report found that “a combination of negligence, misconduct and outright job performance failures” allowed him to hang himself in his cell. infractions prevalent in the wider prison population, for fear of losing their protected status.

“There is a different inmate code at these places,” Rojas said.

It was not clear how Chauvin, who is serving a sentence of just over two decades in federal prison after he was convicted of state murder charges and a federal charge of violating the constitutional rights of Floyd, was assaulted. Nor was it clear why prison officials failed to protect one of the most hated, and vulnerable, inmates in the 160,000-person federal prison system.

A bureau spokesperson did not respond to requests for comment.

Chauvin, who is white, killed Floyd, who was Black, by kneeling on his neck for 9 1/2 minutes while he lay handcuffed on the street. The incident set off the largest protests of a generation and led to calls to reform or defund the police.

Chauvin negotiated a plea deal with prosecutors in his federal case, in part, to serve his sentence in a federal prison, which his legal team considered safer than a state prison. Before his federal deal, Chauvin was serving a state sentence in solitary confinement for 23 hours each day in Minnesota.

State prison officials said at the time that Chauvin had been isolated because of concerns for his safety.

Ellison expressed concerns about the level of protection on the former officer.

“I am sad to hear that Derek Chauvin

was the target of violence,” Ellison, who was informed by federal officials of the attack late Friday, said in a statement. “He was duly convicted of his crimes and, like any incarcerated individual, he should be able to serve his sentence without fear of retaliation or violence.”

While the specific details of the attack on Chauvin are not yet known, they appear to fit into a pattern of other attacks documented by Michael E. Horowitz, the Justice Department’s inspector general, who has issued two reports in the past year calling upon the prison bureau to improve procedures and oversight of highprofile inmates.

In December last year, Horowitz issued a scathing 65-page report on the death of Bulger at the federal prison in Hazelton, WestVirginia, detailing “staff and management performance failures; bureaucratic incompetence; and flawed, confusing, and insufficient policies and procedures,” that allowed inmates to fatally beat the 89-year-old with a padlock hours after he had been transferred into the general population.

In June, the inspector general concluded a yearslong probe into the death of Epstein, a well-connected financier who was found dead in a cell with a bedsheet tied around his neck in 2019, disclosing a similar pattern of lax management and missteps.

While the inspector general’s office confirmed the department’s determination that Epstein had killed himself, the report

described a remarkable, at times unexplained, succession of circumstances that made it easy for him to take his own life. For example, the jail’s staff members allowed Epstein to hoard extra bedding and clothing, even though he had tried to hang himself earlier.

“The combination of negligence, misconduct and outright job performance failures documented in this report all contributed to an environment in which arguably one of the B.O.P.’s most notorious inmates was provided with the opportunity to take his own life,” Horowitz’s report said.

Theodore Kaczynski, the man known as the Unabomber, who killed three people and injured 23 in a bombing rampage from 1978 to 1995, died by suicide in June at a federal prison medical center in North Carolina.

Nassar, who is serving a sentence of up to 60 years, was attacked by an inmate wielding a homemade weapon in a common area of a specialized protective unit at the U.S. Penitentiary Coleman II. Bulger, Epstein and Nassar were all assigned to the federal prison complex in Tucson at one time or another.

Bureau of Prison officials have struggled to cope with an exodus of staff — particularly among corrections officers and medical workers — who are able to find better-paying, lower-stress jobs in the private sector, a factor Horowitz acknowledged in the Bulger and Epstein reports. In many instances, prison officials have been forced to staff guard shifts with teachers, case managers, counselors, facilities workers and even secretaries.

Colette Peters, the director of the Bureau of Prisons, said in an interview earlier this year that filling vacancies “is our No. 1 priority,” even as she tackles a host of other issues, including the sexual abuse of female prisoners and staff members, the overuse of solitary confinement and an increase in suicides.

It is not clear if any of those issues played a role in the attack on Chauvin. But Richard Hernandez, a corrections officer who serves as president of American Federation of Government Employees Local 3955, which represents the staff at Tucson, said chronic staffing problems “have had an impact on the overall functioning” of prisons, including at Tucson.

The targeting of Chauvin is likely to increase scrutiny of the bureau even as the national debate over police reform continues to play out.

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X may lose up to $75 million in revenue as more advertisers pull out

By RYAN MAC and KATE CONGER

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, the social media company formerly known as Twitter, could lose as much as $75 million in advertising revenue by the end of the year as dozens of major brands pause their marketing campaigns after its owner, Elon Musk, endorsed an antisemitic conspiracy theory this month.

Internal documents viewed by The New York Times this week show that the company is in a more difficult position than previously known and that concerns about Musk and the platform have spread far beyond companies including IBM, Apple and The Walt Disney Co., which paused their advertising campaigns on X last week. The documents list more than 200 ad units of companies from the likes of Airbnb, Amazon, Coca-Cola and Microsoft, many of which have halted or are considering pausing their ads on the social network.

The documents come from X’s sales team and are meant to track the impact of all advertising lapses this month, including those by companies that have paused and others that may be at risk of doing so. They list how much ad revenue X employees fear the company could lose through the end of the year if advertisers do not return.

On Friday, X said in a statement that $11 million in revenue was at risk and that the exact figure fluctuated as some advertisers returned to the platform and others increased spending. The company said the numbers viewed by the Times were either outdated or represented an internal exercise to evaluate total risk.

The advertising freezes come during the final three months of the year, which is traditionally the social media company’s strongest quarter as brands run holiday promotions for events such as Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

In the last three months of 2021 — the last year the company reported fourth-quarter earnings before Musk took over — the company recorded $1.57 billion in revenue, of which nearly 90% came from advertising.

Since Musk’s $44 billion acquisition of Twitter last year, some brands have been hesitant to advertise on the platform, concerned with Musk’s behavior and content moderation decisions, which have led to a rise in incendiary and hateful content. U.S. advertising on the platform is down nearly 60% this year, prompting the company to try to woo back advertisers in an effort that CEO Linda Yaccarino is spearheading. X is also campaigning for advertisers to return during the holiday period to make up for revenue shortfalls earlier in the year.

The documents, however, reveal that has not been going to plan. More than 100 brands are shown as having “fully paused” their ads while dozens of others are listed as “at risk.” Many paused on or after Nov. 15, when Musk wrote in a post on X that the conspiracy theory that Jewish people supported the immigration of minorities to replace white populations was “the actual truth.”

Two days before Christie’s appearance, a super political action committee, called Tell It Like It Is, pulled its advertising from X, according to the documents.

A representative for the political fundraising group did not respond to a request for comment.

In an internal meeting with employees at X this week, Yaccarino cut a defiant mood. She made no mention of Musk’s endorsement of the antisemitic post and attributed the company’s problems to a report by left-wing media watchdog group Media Matters, which showed that ads on X from companies such as IBM and Apple appeared next to posts promoting white nationalist and Nazi content.

On Monday, after Musk called Media Matters “an evil Linda Yaccarino inherited falling ad revenue when she started in June as chief organization,” X sued the group executive of Twitter, now called X. and argued that its report, which was published after Musk’s staOrganizations that have paused their ads on X range tement, “manipulated the algofrom political campaigns to fast food chains to tech giants, rithms governing the user experience on X to bypass saaccording to the documents. Airbnb, for example, halted feguards and create images of X’s largest advertisers’ paid more than $1 million in advertising, while Uber cut back posts adjacent to racist, incendiary content.” Yaccarino on ads worth more than $800,000, halting campaigns in has blamed the Media Matters’ report for X’s declining U.S. and international markets. Both tech companies de- ad sales. clined to comment.

“Kowtowing to external criticism or pressures is simOther large brands, including Jack in the Box, Co- ply not how X will ever operate,” she wrote in an email ca-Cola and Netflix, paused some of their campaigns. to X employees Wednesday that was seen by the Times.

Netflix’s halted ads were worth nearly $3 million, accor- “The people at X are free speech defenders. We stand ding to X’s estimates. Jack in the Box, Coca-Cola and Net- in solidarity with those who believe in this fundamental flix did not respond to requests for comment. right and the critical checks and balances of a thriving Various subsidiaries of Microsoft have also stopped democracy.” advertising — leading to a potential loss of more than $4 Musk spent time this week celebrating companies million in revenue for X’s fourth quarter, based on the do- that have continued to advertise on X, including the Nacuments — as have Amazon’s units for books and music tional Football League. Using a heart emoji, X’s billionaire and one subsidiary of Google. The search giant and some owner said he loved the NFL. (The New York Times largely other brands that have paused spending, including NBC stopped marketing on the platform in early 2023, though Universal, have continued to post content on the platform the company’s sports publication, The Athletic, has contiwithout paying X to ensure it reaches a broad audience. nued to purchase ads, according to a spokesperson.)

Google and Microsoft declined to comment. AmaMusk also noted that the company would donate zon did not return requests for comment. “all revenue from advertising & subscriptions associated On the NBC program “Meet the Press” last Sunday, with the war in Gaza to hospitals in Israel and the Red Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie called Cross/Crescent in Gaza.” The funding will include reveMusk’s comment part of a recent outpouring of an “outra- nue from ads bought by charity groups, news organizageous type of hate.” tions and other groups that advertised content related to “Whether it’s Elon Musk, whether it’s professors on the conflict. our college campuses or students that they are misleading, Following her boss, Yaccarino added to Musk’s orior whether it’s individuals who are speaking out in an anti- ginal post with a plea. semitic way on the streets of our cities,” he said.

“Lean in and help,” she wrote on X.

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Wall St Ends Mixed in Truncated Black Friday Trading U

.S. stocks ended little changed in holiday-shortened trading on Friday, with low volume and conviction as investors watched the start of the seasonal shopping season for signs of consumer resiliency.

The S&P 500 closed nominally higher, while the Dow eked out a modest gain. The Nasdaq was dragged slightly lower by weakness in megacap momentum stocks.

All three indexes notched their fourth consecutive weekly gains.

“We had mixed macroeconomic data and the postThanksgiving session is only half a day, so there aren’t that many participants,” said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Spartan Capital Securities in New York. “But we’re seeing a market that’s on the right path of a year-end rally.”

Retailers around the world were attempting to attract millions of shoppers, many offering steep “Black Friday” discounts the day after the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday.

“Consumers are being very frugal and while they might spend, they’re looking for bargains,” Cardillo added. “The higher cost of money is hitting consumers’ pocketbook.”

A survey by NRF, a U.S. retail trade group, showed U.S. shoppers are planning to spend an average of $875 on holiday purchases this year, an annual increase of about 5%.

S&P Global’s advance purchasing managers’ index (PMI) showed steady U.S. business activity in November, but private sector employment declined for the first time in almost 3-1/2 years, possibly due to the Federal Reserve’s restrictive monetary policy.

Next week’s most anticipated data include the Commerce Department’s second estimate on third-quarter gross domestic product on Thursday, followed on Friday by its wide-ranging Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) report, which will provide further clues on the extent of the Fed’s rate-hike impact.

The focus has increasingly shifted to the likely timing of the U.S. central bank’s first rate cut, which will be largely determined by the rate at which inflation cools down toward the Fed’s average 2% target.

New and pending home sales, home prices, consumer prices and ISM PMI are also expected next week.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 117.12 points, or 0.33%, to 35,390.15, the S&P 500 gained 2.72 points, or 0.06%, at 4,559.34 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 15.00 points, or 0.11%, to 14,250.86.

Of the 11 major sectors in the S&P 500, nine ended with gains, led by healthcare. Communication services and tech closed in the red.

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Hamas and Israel complete 3rd exchange of hostages for prisoners

By VIVIAN YEE and ISABEL KERSHNER

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amas released 17 more hostages Sunday, including one American — Avigail Idan, who turned 4 on Friday — and said it would seek to extend a temporary cease-fire with Israel after the current four-day pause is over.

Under the deal reached last week, the cease-fire began Friday and is slated to continue into Monday. It is the longest break in fighting in the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, when gunmen from Hamas and other militant groups launched a deadly attack on southern Israel.

Israel has said that it is prepared to grant another day’s pause for every 10 hostages Hamas releases beyond the 50 outlined in the agreement, but the Palestinian group, which controls Gaza, had not previously responded to the offer publicly.

The statement by Hamas came hours after the Israeli prime minister’s office said 14 Israelis, including nine children, and three foreigners had been released on the third day of the agreement, under which both sides agreed to exchange Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners and detainees.

Avigail, the 4-year-old, a dual Israeli and U.S. citizen, and the others released Sunday were among roughly 240 people taken to Gaza as hostages by Hamas and its allies Oct. 7, according to Israeli officials.

“Thank God she’s home,” U.S. President Joe Biden said of Avigail. Members of her family previously told The New York Times that her parents, Roy Idan and Sma-

President Joe Biden delivers remarks following a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel during a press conference in Nantucket, Mass., on Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023. dar Idan, had been fatally shot at the Kfar Aza kibbutz. Her siblings — Michael, 9, and Amelia, 6 — survived the violence.

The Israeli prime minister’s office said multiple members of three families had been released Sunday. TV images showed Israelis lining the road near the Hatzerim air base in southern Israel, waving flags and cheering as the convoy of minibuses carrying 12 of the freed hostages made its way there.

Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, chief spokesperson of the Israeli military, said another

hostage, Elma Avraham, was flown by army helicopter directly from Gaza to an Israeli hospital in serious condition. The Israeli military said four others — one Israeli and three foreign nationals — had crossed into Egypt. Within hours of the hostages’ release, Israel’s prison service said it had released 39 Palestinians in its custody.

Majed Al-Ansari, a spokesperson for the foreign ministry of Qatar, which helped broker the deal, said on social media that the released hostages included a Russian national and three Thai citizens.

Under the deal announced last week, Hamas agreed to free at least 50 hostages, all women and children, while Israel would release from its prisons 150 Palestinian women and minors, some of whom were detained for violent crimes. Hamas had previously also released 10 Thai citizens and one Filipino.

On Sunday night, Hamas released a statement saying that it “seeks to extend the truce after the four-day period ends.”

In a positive indication of Israel’s continued openness to the idea of extending the truce, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a video statement soon after the Hamas statement in which he noted that there was already an outline for the possibility of freeing an additional 10 hostages for each additional day of truce, adding that he would welcome that.

Just a day earlier, there were fears the agreement could be in peril: Hamas threatened Saturday to postpone the second trade, claiming that Israel had reneged on parts of the agreement. But after an hourslong delay, the exchange went ahead with Hamas handing over 13 Israeli hostages, and Israel releasing 39 Palestinian prisoners and detainees.

An extended cease-fire could create more opportunities for other countries, particularly the United States, to pressure Israel to scale back its military goals. The Israeli response to the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attack on southern Israel has killed more than 13,000 Palestinians in Gaza, according to health officials there, leading to rising alarm among Israel’s allies about its campaign.

Freed Israeli hostages share details of captivity, relatives say

By ISABEL KERSHNER

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mother released from captivity in the Gaza Strip with her young son told relatives that they had slept on chairs pushed together. An 85-year-old grandmother from a different family described counting the days to keep track of time.

On Sunday, two days after the first group of 13 hostages was released and brought back to Israel, details began to emerge of the nearly 50 days they and others released on Saturday spent as captives of armed groups in the Palestinian enclave, via conversations with relatives.

The freed hostages have not spoken directly to the news media and most are still being treated in private areas of Israeli hospitals. Much of the information about

where, and how, they were held remains classified.

Relatives who have spoken or met with some of the released hostages said all seemed to have spent their weeks in captivity totally cut off from the outside world, and to have returned thinner.

“They were eating, but not regularly and not all of the time,” said Merav Mor Raviv, a cousin of Keren Munder, 54, who was released Friday along with her son, Ohad Munder-Zichri, 9, and her mother, Ruth Munder, 78. “They ate a lot of rice and bread,” Raviv said, adding that Keren told her that both she and her mother had lost about 6 to 8 kilograms, or 13 to 18 pounds.

Raviv related that the Munders had slept in a reception room on improvised benches they fashioned by pushing three chairs together, and that when they wanted to go to

the bathroom they would have to knock on a door and wait — sometimes for up to two hours.

Adva Adar’s grandmother, Yaffa Adar, 85, was among the hostages released Friday. She noted that her grandmother had lost weight and was aware that she had been held for nearly 50 days because she had kept count.

Raviv and Adva Adar spoke to reporters Sunday via a video call organized by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, a nongovernmental group set up to support the hostages and their families, and Media Central, an Israeli nonprofit group that provides services to journalists.

In an indication of how isolated the hostages were, Raviv said, Ruth Munder learned only after being released that her son, Roi, had been killed during the Oct. 7 assault.

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Who Saturday’s released Israeli hostages are

By ISABEL KERSHNER, GAYA GUPTA and NADAV GAVRIELOV

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amas released a second group of 13 Israeli hostages Saturday as part of a cease-fire deal, a day after it released another 13.

Saturday’s group of Israelis — all women and children — included six members of an extended family from the ravaged Israeli border village of Be’eri, all of whom were kidnapped during Hamas’ Oct. 7 terror attack in Israel.

Here’s what we know about the Israelis released Saturday.

Shoshan Haran, 67 Shoshan Haran was taken hostage from Kibbutz Be’eri along with another six members of her extended family. Her husband, Avshalom Haran, was killed in the Oct. 7 assault, as was her sister, Lilach Kipnis, a psychologist and peace activist, and her husband, Evyatar Kipnis, 65.

The body of Evyatar Kipnis’ caregiver, Paul Castelvi, was found in a nearby forest.

The extended family, all residents of Be’eri, had been celebrating the Jewish holiday of Sukkot at Shoshan Haran’s home when the village was struck. Several members of the family were considered missing for days and weeks before they were identified as being among the dead or kidnapped.

Shoshan Haran holds Israeli and German citizenship. A plant protection expert with a doctorate in agronomy, she worked in the seed industry for many years, then

The 13 hostages, identified by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office, included some whose families have advocated in international media for their release. Many are from Kibbutz Be’eri, one of the communities hardest hit by Hamas’ massacre. founded Fair Planet, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping small farms in developing countries.

Adi Shoham, 38; Naveh, 8; Yahel, 3 Adi Shoham, Shoshan Haran’s daughter and a resident of Be’eri, was freed with her son, Naveh, 8, and her daughter, Yahel, 3. Her husband, Tal Shoham, 38, remains in captivity.

A psychologist, Adi Shoham worked in recent years to promote mindfulness as a means of easing the stress of residents of southern Israel who have lived under the threat of rocket fire from Gaza for more than two decades.

Yuval Haran, 36, Adi Shoham’s brother and Shoshan Haran’s son, was away from the kibbutz Oct. 7 and became the voice of his captive family. He was in the vanguard of a five-day march this month from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

“I’m tired of sitting around,” he said. “I want to start walking to where the decisions are made.”

Sharon Avigdori, 52; Noam Avigdori, 12 Sharon Avigdori, a sister of Avshalom Haran and a drama therapist, was visiting her family in Be’eri with her daughter, Noam Avigdori, when they were seized.

Sharon Avigdori works with people on the autism spectrum and lives in Hod Hasharon, in central Israel. Her husband, Hen Avigdori, and their son Omer, 16, had stayed home that weekend.

Hen Avigdori, a television writer, told The Jerusalem Post this month that he was “a man on a mission” to bring back his wife and daughter. He said his wife’s work “changes the world.”

He described his daughter as a young socialite and a top student. “She likes learning, she is hilarious, she has a very sarcastic sense of humor; she cracks me up,” he said.

Emily Hand, 9 Emily Hand, an Irish Israeli, was kidnapped from a sleepover at a friend’s house in Kibbutz Be’eri and turned 9 while in captivity.

Her family initially believed she had been killed in the attack but was later informed that she was kidnapped. Her older sister, Natalie Hand, told Israel’s Channel 12 that the family had cried for Emily when it was informed she had been killed.

“We were told that she had been murdered; we were in mourning,” she said.

Then, “on Oct. 31, they told us that it was highly likely that she had been abducted.”

Speaking at a news conference at the Israeli Embassy in London recently, her father, Thomas Hand, said, “I’m going to pull every little string that I can for my own daughter, and hopefully that helps the rest as well.”

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Maya Regev, 21 Maya Regev was at the Tribe of Nova music festival Oct. 7 when Hamas attackers infiltrated Israel and massacred hundreds of young festivalgoers. Her brother, Itay, with whom she attended the festival, is still believed to be held in Gaza.

Their father, Ilan Regev Derby, described in October being haunted by the last conversation he had with Maya Regev, which he recorded on his phone. She called as the attackers closed in.

In one Hamas video, Itay is shown, hands bound, in the back of a pickup, alive. Another friend they attended the festival with, Omer Shem Tov, is also still believed to be held in Gaza.

In a statement, Mirit Regev, Maya’s mother, on Sunday expressed the mixed feelings of many families.

“I’m excited and happy that Maya is on her way to us now. Nonetheless, my heart is split because my son, Itay, is still in Hamas’ captivity in Gaza,” she said, adding, “I am going to hug Maya so hard. We will not stop until Itay and all the hostages get back home.”

Alma Or, 13; Noam Or, 17

Alma Or and Noam Or were kidnapped from their home in Be’eri, a kibbutz near the border of the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7. They were taken hostage with their father, Dror, who is believed to still be held in Gaza.

Their mother, Yonat, was one of dozens killed in Kibbutz Be’eri.

Hila Rotem Shoshani, 12 Hila Rotem Shoshani was hiding in her family’s safe room with her mother, Raaya, the morning of Oct. 7, before they were kidnapped from their home in Kibbutz Be’eri, according to The Times of Israel.

The outlet reported that Raaya, who is still believed to be held in Gaza, texted her brother around noon, telling him that she and her daughter were being taken. It was the last time anyone heard from her. Their family was told Oct. 29 that the mother and daughter were being held captive.

Noga Weiss, 18; Shiri Weiss, 53 Shiri Weiss and Noga Weiss, mother and daughter, were kidnapped from Kibbutz Be’eri on Oct. 7.

Noga was hiding under a bed when she texted the family group chat that her mother was taken from their safe room, her second cousin, Oren Rubinstein, said at a

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Noga fled her house, which was engulfed in flames, and attempted to hide outdoors in bushes nearby, according to Rubinstein. The last her family heard from her was a text: “They’re coming.”

Her family was able to track her live location through WhatsApp as she moved into Gaza, he said.

Rubinstein has demanded their release in rallies throughout the San Francisco area, where he lives.

“This is a nightmare,” he said at the rally, which was recorded and posted on YouTube by Unxeptable, an organization formed by Israeli citizens in 2020 to protest their country’s right-wing government.

“And we have to remember — we have to support who is going to bring them home. The IDF is going to bring them home; the U.S. Special Forces are going to bring them home.”

Shiri’s husband, Ilan Weiss, left their home the morning of Oct. 7 to join an emergency squad, according to The Times of Israel, and is still considered missing. According to the kibbutz administration, Shiri’s brother Gil — a member of the local civilian emergency response team — was killed during the battle for Be’eri.

Shopping mall fire kills at least 10 in Pakistan

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mall, said in an interview.

“The smoke was so thick, devastating fire engulfed a multistory shopping I couldn’t understand what center in the Pakistani port city of Karachi on happened.”

Saturday, killing at least 10 people and injuring Karachi — the country’s dozens more, officials said. The disaster drew attention economic hub, with a poto the continuing fire risks in a densely populated city pulation of 20.3 million — is home to a vast network where building codes are often ignored.

The fire began around 6:30 a.m. on the second floor of factories and towering of the RJ Mall, a commercial high-rise that housed call high-rises, but the city’s centers and other businesses in addition to shops, on firefighting infrastructure a busy road in the city. The blaze quickly spread to is inadequate to deal with the fourth, fifth and sixth floors, trapping several dozen its frequent fires. This past week, urban planners and people. engineers at a symposium The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

Video footage captured the scene as rescuers wor- said that about 90% of all ked to get victims out. Firefighters tackled the blaze with structures in Karachi — residential, commercial and extinguishers, their efforts hampered by thick smoke.

“When the fire started, I just ran out of the building,” industrial — lacked fire Zaheed Ahmed, a worker at a clothing shop in the prevention and firefighting systems.

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The clearest lesson of Javier Milei’s thumping victory

By ROSS DOUTHAT

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he election of Javier Milei, a wild-haired showboating weirdo with five cloned mastiffs and a habit of psychic communion with their departed pet of origin, as president of Argentina has inspired a lot of discussion about the true nature of right-wing populism in our age of general discontent.

Milei has many of the signifiers of a Trumpian politics: the gonzo energy, the criticism of corrupt elites, the rants against the left, the support from social and religious conservatives.

At the same time, on economic policy he is much more of a doctrinaire libertarian than a Trump-style mercantilist or populist, a more extreme version of Barry Goldwater and Paul Ryan rather than a defender of entitlement spending and tariffs.

Whereas the party that he defeated, the Peronist formation that has governed Argentina for most of the 21st century, is actually more economically nationalist and populist, having ascended in the aftermath of the 2001 financial crisis that ended Argentina’s most notable experiment with neoliberal economics.

You can interpret the Trump-Milei divergence in several ways. One reading is that the style of right-wing populism is the essence of the thing, that its policy substance is negotiable so long as it puts forward figures who promise national rebirth and embody some kind of clownish, usually masculine rebellion against the norms of cultural progressivism.

Another reading is that, yes, the policy is somewhat

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negotiable but there are actually deep ideological affinities between right-wing economic nationalism and what might be called paleolibertarianism, despite their disagreement on specific issues. In American terms, this means that Trumpism was anticipated in different ways by Ross Perot and Ron Paul; in global terms, it means that we should expect the parties of the populist right to move back and forth between dirigiste and libertarian tendencies, depending on the economic context and political winds.

Here is a third interpretation: While popular discontents have undermined the neoliberal consensus of the 1990s and 2000s all across the developed world, the age of populism is creating very different alignments in the Latin American periphery than in the Euro-American core.

In Western Europe and the United States, you now consistently see a center-left party of the professional classes facing off against a populist and working-class coalition on the right. The center-left parties have become more progressive on economic policy relative to the era of Bill Clinton and Tony Blair, but they have moved much more sharply left on cultural issues while retaining their mandarin and meritocratic leadership, their neoliberal flavor. And they have mostly been able to contain, defeat or co-opt more radical left-wing challengers — Joe Biden by overcoming Bernie Sanders in the 2020 Democratic primaries, Keir Starmer by marginalizing Corbynism in Britain’s Labour Party, Emmanuel Macron by forcing French leftists to cast a lesser-of-two-evils ballot in his favor in his runoffs against Marine Le Pen. The populist right, meanwhile, has often found success by moderating its libertarian impulses in order to woo downscale voters away from the progressive coalition, yielding a right-of-center politics that usually favors certain kinds of protectionism and redistribution. That could mean a Trumpian defense of entitlement programs, the halfhearted attempts by Boris Johnson’s Tories to invest in the neglected north of England or the spending on family benefits that you see from Viktor Orban in Hungary and the recently unseated populist coalition in Poland.

You can imagine the gulf between these two coalitions keeping the West in a state of simmering near crisis — especially with Trump’s crisis-courting personality in the mix. But you can also imagine a future in which this order stabilizes and normalizes somewhat and people stop talking about an earthquake every time a populist wins power or democracy being saved every time an establishment party wins an election.

The situation is quite different in Latin America. There the neoliberal consensus was always weaker, the center more fragile, and so the age of populist rebellion has created a clearer polarization between further left and further right — with the left culturally progressive but usually more avowedly socialist than Biden, Starmer or Macron and the right culturally traditional but usually more libertarian than Trump, Orban or Le Pen. The new alignment in Argentina, with its libertarian revolutionary overcoming a populist-nationalist left, is

one example of this pattern; the contest between Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil last year was another. But the recent swings in Chilean politics are especially instructive. In the early 2010s Chile seemed to have a relatively stable political environment, with a centerleft party governing through a market-friendly Constitution and a center-right opposition at pains to distance itself from the Pinochet dictatorship. Then popular rebellions cast this order down, creating a wild yaw leftward and an attempt to impose a new left-wing Constitution that yielded backlash in its turn — leaving the country divided between an unpopular left-wing government headed by a former student activist and a temporarily ascendant right-wing opposition led by a Pinochet apologist.

In each case, relative to the divides of France and the United States, you see a weaker center and a deeper polarization between competing populist extremes. And if the question for Latin America now is how stable democracy itself will be under such polarized conditions, the question for Europe and America is whether the Argentine or Chilean situation is a harbinger of their own futures. Perhaps not immediately but after a further round of populist rebellions, which could await beyond some crisis or disaster or simply on the far side of demographic change.

In such a future, figures like Biden and Starmer and Macron would no longer be able to manage governing coalitions, and the initiative on the left would pass to more radical parties like Podemos in Spain or the Greens in Germany, to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortezan progressives in the U.S. Congress, to whatever kind of politics emerges from the encounter between the European left and the continent’s growing Arab and Muslim populations. This would give the populist right an opportunity to promise stability and claim the center — but it would also create incentives for the right to radicalize further, yielding bigger ideological swings every time an incumbent coalition lost.

Which is, in a way, the clearest lesson of Milei’s thumping victory: If you can’t reach stability after one round of populist convulsion, there’s no inherent limit on how wild the next cycle of rebellion might get.

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Celebran aspiración de Terestella González Denton para ocupar la alcaldía de San Juan POR EL STAR STAFF

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AN JUAN – Los exlegisladores sanjuaneros Margarita Ostolaza Bey y José R. Nadal Power acogieron beneplácito la determinación de la empresaria y académica Terestella González Denton de aspirar a la alcaldía de San Juan por el Partido Popular Democrático (PPD). Luego de un proceso de análisis y evaluación, la también abogada anunció su determinación la pasada semana.

“Aunque ya se conocía que su proceso de análisis había iniciado hace meses, para los sanjuaneros es una gran noticia que Terestella haya dado un paso al frente. Tiene una excelente combinación de preparación académica, experiencia en el gobierno como directora de la Compañía de Turismo, así como en la empresa privada como gestora empresarial. Como nacida, criada y educada en San Juan, conoce ampliamente la capital, su gente y sus necesidades”, señaló

la profesora Ostolaza Bey, quien sirvió como senadora y legisladora municipal en la capital.

Por su parte, el exsenador Nadal expresó que “me gusta esta postulación porque Terestella se ha tomado el tiempo necesario para analizar esta determinación. Al ella haber sido gestora de importantes leyes en favor de turismo, tiene la visión para ir en grande.

Para todos en la capital es importante que el desarrollo económico sea amplio, para todos los sectores y niveles”. El también abogado es reconocido por la creación de la Ley para Fomentar las Industrias Creativas de Puerto Rico, junto al exsenador Ramón Luis Nieves.

González Denton posee un Juris Doctor de la Escuela de Derecho de la Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, así como un posgrado en Asuntos Internacionales de la Escuela de Diplomacia en Madrid, España. Como parte de sus logros empresariales luego se haber dirigido la Compañía de Turismo, es haber

sido consultora en ese tema para el gobierno de Panamá, así como el de Bolivia, y en la República Dominicana, por invitación del Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos.

DACO emite más multas que el año pasado por las Ventas del Madrugador POR CYBERNEWS

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AYAMÓN – La secretaria interina del Departamento de Asuntos Lisoannette González Ruiz dijo el viernes que hubo una cantidad mayor de aviso de multas en comparación con el año pasado, como parte de las inspecciones a las Ventas del Madrugador. “Por anuncio engañoso, hubo una joyería que tenía un letrero de un 50 por ciento y cuando los consumidores llegaron, en realidad no había productos al 50 por ciento. Falta de rotulación y la falta de tablas de descuentos de los productos”, dijo la secretaria en conferencia de prensa.

Al momento, van 12 multas emitidas en las regiones de Ponce (dos multas), Mayagüez (5 multas), Arecibo (una multa), San Juan (tres multas) y Caguas (una multa). El aviso de multa va desde mil hasta 10 mil dólares.

Todavía el proceso no es final y firme, aunque la secretaria expresó que en la mayoría de los casos que se avisa la multa, la agencia se sostiene en la infracción.

En año pasado se emitieron dos multas.

Entre los artículos mas solicitados en esta Venta del Madrugador fueron los televisores, las computadoras, consolas de videojuegos, algunos productos de ferretería y bocinas portátiles.

Por su parte, el presidente de la Asociación de Comercio al Detal, José “Pepe Ganga” González mencionó que la estrategia de ampliar el tiempo de venta especial fue positiva para los consumidores y el comercio.

“Bueno, ya de hace como, básicamente desde la pandemia hacia acá, el comercio en general, en vez de enfocarse en tener todas las ofertas en un solo día, o las mejores ofertas en un solo día, donde se creaban aquellos tumultos de gente en las tiendas o en los centros comerciales, pues se ha ampliado el tiempo de estas ventas”, expresó González.

Intervienen con 12 personas que pretendían entrar ilegalmente dentro de barcaza en San Juan POR CYBERNEWS

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AN JUAN – Las autoridades detuvieron el sábado a 12 migrantes polizones que se encontraban en una barcaza que entraba al puerto de San Juan.

“No puedo enfatizar suficiente lo peligroso que es tener polizones a bordo o que salten de una barcaza en movimiento”, dijo el capitán Robert Pirone, comandante interino del Sector San Juan de la Guardia Costera en declaraciones escritas.

Luego de recibir una confidencia, los oficiales encontraron en la barcaza a nueve personas, uno de ellos no respondía. Supuestamente, otros tres polizones del grupo saltaron al agua durante el tránsito del buque justo en la entrada del puerto de San Juan.

Los vigilantes de la Guardia Costera dirigieron a las unidades de la Guardia Costera en la escena para

buscar a los tres polizones reportados en el agua, mientras una unidad de las Fuerzas Unidas de Acción Rápida Acción (FURA) también respondió para ayudar.

Poco después, las autoridades de la Patrulla Fronteriza detuvieron a dos de los polizones que lograron nadar hasta la orilla, mientras que el polizón restante fue rescatado del agua por un equipo de la Estación de la Guardia Costera de San Juan.

La persona con problemas médicos fue transportado a un hospital y los restantes fueron llevados a las oficinas de San Juan para el proceso de deportación.

Desde el 1 de octubre de 2023 hasta el 31 de octubre de 2023, la Guardia Costera ha llevado a cabo nueve interdicciones de viajes irregulares de migración ilegal en el Pasaje de Mona y aguas cercanas a Puerto Rico.

Durante este período, se interceptaron 206 ciudadanos no estadounidenses, incluyendo 201 dominicanos y cinco haitianos.

Desde el 1 de octubre de 2022 hasta el 30 de septiembre de 2023, la Guardia Costera ha llevado a cabo 67 interdicciones de viajes marítimos irregulares de migración ilegal en el Paso de Mona y aguas cercanas a Puerto Rico.

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‘Napoleon’ review: A lumpy, grumpy little man

By MANOHLA DARGIS

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hen he was in his mid-20s and first visited the studio where he would later shoot “Citizen Kane,” Orson Welles is said to have likened the movies to the best electric train set a boy could have. Welles is a defining inspiration for Ridley Scott, who is best known for monumentally scaled historical epics including “Gladiator” and “Kingdom of Heaven.” In these movies as well as in his latest spectacle, “Napoleon,” Scott plays, to push Welles’ metaphor further, with the biggest train sets conceivable — giant, beautiful, gleaming machines that can, by turns, transport and overwhelm you. He’s a heavy metal guy.

“Napoleon” is a very big movie, as you would expect given that it follows its title subject from the bloody delirium of the French Revolution to battlefields across Europe, Africa and, catastrophically, into Russia. More startling, however, is that the movie is also often eccentric and at times eccentrically funny. You expect refined craft and technique from Scott and the pleasures of spectacle filmmaking at its most expansive. You expect heft, seriousness, not snort-out-loud humor, which I guess explains why, while watching the movie, I flashed on Karl Marx’s axiom about history being first tragedy and then farce.

It opens in Paris amid that convulsion of violence called the Terror, with surging, shouting crowds and the metallic hiss of the falling guillotine blade. Aristocrats are losing their heads (Scott re-creates one execution with gory verisimilitude), and Napoleon Bonaparte — a mesmerizing, off-kilter, lumpish Joaquin Phoenix — will soon profit from the chaos. Before long, the story has jumped forward and now Napoleon is in the southern French port city of Toulon, where he strategically routs the Anglo-Spanish fleet that has taken the city.

Scott establishes Napoleon’s early rise to power with bold imagery and brusque narrative economy, vividly setting the historical moment with scenes from both inside the corridors of revolutionary power — enter Robespierre — and the surging anarchy out in the streets.

Napoleon’s rise at this point is largely facilitated by politician Paul Barras (Tahar Rahim), a silky operator with the pacific mien of a patiently lurking predator and an inescapable aristocratic hauteur. Everyone addresses one another as Citizen, which, in Barras’ case comes across as the 18th-century version of performative political correctness. Together, Barras and Napoleon consolidate their positions. Exit Robespierre.

Joséphine (a fine Vanessa Kirby) makes her entrance soon after, catching Napoleon’s notice (her decolletage helps) and ushering in the story’s second plotline. A widow who-

Joaquin Phoenix as Napoleon Bonaparte in one of the expansive battle scenes of Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon.” se husband lost his head during the Terror, Joséphine has been recently released from prison, an ordeal that has left her with short, choppy hair and a very keen sense of self-preservation. It’s not at all clear what she actually sees in Napoleon, other than his uniform, growing reputation and obvious interest in her. She’s (relatively) poor for a society woman and has children, so desperation plays a role, although the movie suggests that what Joséphine truly sees is power.

The war scenes are extraordinary, vigorous, harrowing and rightly grotesque. The tremendous scale of some of these battles helps give them their visceral power, as does Scott’s complex staging and use of masses of human actors and horses. With cannon blasts, bursts of smoke and the sights and sounds of armies of men thundering over fields toward their deaths, he conveys the frenzy of war, its heat and terror. As the fighting grimly continues, and the body count mounts, the absolute waste of it all becomes overwhelming, which is, I imagine, why Scott seems so uninterested in Napoleon’s vaunted military genius.

“Napoleon” is consistently surprising partly because it doesn’t conform to the conventions of mainstream historical epics, which is especially true of its startling, adamantly unromanticized title character. (The movie also doesn’t always conform to the historical record, and some may take issue with the portrayal of the Battle of Austerlitz.) In the early scenes, Napoleon seems to be another of Phoenix’s taciturn, unnervingly volatile, enigmatically damaged, violent men. The difference is that this Napoleon, with his bloat, scowls and consuming needs, often resembles nothing as much as an angrily petulant baby, one whose cruelty and pathological vanity make the horror he unleashes unnervingly familiar.

— ‘Napoleon’: Rated R for intense scenes of war. Running time: 2 hours 38 minutes. In theaters.

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Five science fiction movies to stream now

By ELISABETH VINCENTELLI ‘If You Were the Last’

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fter three years of buddy banter and watching the same movies over and over, astronauts Adam and Jane, marooned on a busted ship, accept the fact that they won’t get back to Earth and finally give in to their mutual attraction. Of course that’s when their navigation system starts working again, enabling them to return home — where their spouses are waiting. Uh-oh. Does it count as cheating if you thought you were doomed?

Anthony Mackie (recently seen in the “Twisted Metal” series) and Zoë Chao (“Party Down”) convincingly, playfully connect as both sparring partners and lovers, and pairing them in a romantic comedy of the sci-fi persuasion was a felicitous move. While the story is relatively straightforward, director Kristian Mercado puts a fun twist on it: The ship is cartoonishly designed, with flat surfaces that often look drawn, while everything on Earth is filmed in a naturalistic manner. This suggest that the space sexcapades were not part of “real” life. But what if they led to feelings that are simultaneously grounded and lightheaded? Never mind where Adam and Jane are: You are likely to find yourself rooting for them, which is a good rom-com’s ultimate ob-

jective. (Stream it on Peacock.)

‘The Gravity’ Set in gritty, racially mixed housing projects, the banlieue movie has become a thriving subgenre of French cinema since “La Haine” in 1995. It has gone through multiple variations, taking the form of thrillers, coming-of-age tales, comedies and fam-

ily dramas. Now comes “The Gravity,” in which teen gangs, drug dealers and people with dreams of escape confront one another against an ominous apocalyptic background.

Most of French-Burkinabé director Cédric Ido’s film takes place before a freak alignment of all eight planets in the solar system.

Nobody knows exactly what will happen, but everybody is on edge. Daniel (Max Gomis) is about to move away with his girlfriend (Hafsia Herzi) and their daughter, but the pull of the neighborhood is strong — and no one is pulling stronger than his own brother, Joshua (Steve Tientcheu), a wheelchair-using tinkerer and dealer. What’s most striking about “The Gravity” is the precision with which Ido builds mood, using camera work and editing that are Zoë Chao and Anthony Mackie in “If You Were the Last.” economical and precise. As Daniel faces off with his own flesh and blood as well as a quasi-mystical gang, the Ronins, the movie plays 2144 in this Canadian movie, major floods pregnancy. Rachel’s husband, Alvy (Chiwetel off the idea of gravitational pull, both literal have frozen over, creating vast expanses of Ejiofor), is a botanist who generally prefers letand metaphorical, suggesting that people can snow and ice. The one-eyed foundling Sumi ting nature run its course — he has his work be kept in place by implacable forces. (Rent or (Viva Lee) was raised by a polar bear, so when cut out for him in this barely futuristic setting we meet her, the little girl expresses herself — but he grudgingly supports her decision. buy it on most major platforms.) in grunts and growls. It follows that when The couple have such incompatible outlooks ‘Crater’ Kyle Patrick Alvarez’s movie is pretty she meets strangers (only women seem to on pretty much everything that you wonder much “The Goonies” but on the moon. Too be left), she does not understand what they how they have made it that far. But it’s almost bad “Moonies” has quite a different mean- say. Director Kirsten Carthew fully commits impossible to not get caught up in the many ing because it would have been a great title. to the premise and there are no subtitles for issues that “The Pod Generation” brings up, Set in 2257, the film takes place on a long- the (made-up) language we hear, putting us like, for example, Rachel’s happily oblivious established lunar colony that’s basically a glo- in the same position as our pint-size heroine. embrace of technology, which she assumes rified dormitory for miners harvesting helium, This might frustrate some viewers, but “Polar- is not just always benevolent, but also prefera crucial component for intergalactic travel. is” is easy to follow. Which does not mean it’s able to the real world. (Rent or buy it on most The mining company’s treatment of the work- always easy to understand. Carthew mixes a major platforms.) ers amounts to semi-enslavement, which this certain amount of realism, especially when it Disney production addresses in a peripheral comes to violence and the brutal Morads and way. (“Crater” premiered on Disney+ in May their jury-rigged snowmobiles, with a fableand was pulled just seven weeks later as part like, almost mystical dimension. Sumi has a of a cost-cutting move; now it is finally avail- preternatural obsession with following the title’s North Star, and who is the frozen girl able again on demand.)

The real focus is a band of local kids who (Khamisa Wilsher) who may or may not be hutry to help their friend Caleb (Isaiah Russell- man? So many questions, so few answers. Just Bailey) get to a far-flung crater that holds spe- accept “Polaris” on its own poetic terms. (Rent cial meaning for him, before he is shipped off or buy it on most major platforms.)

‘The Pod Generation’ to distant Omega — an idyllic outpost reachWith its pastel palette, soothing music able only after 75 years of cryo-sleep that and manicured settings, French director Sowould forever sever him from his buddies. The group, which includes the soulful heartthrob phie Barthes’ film looks like an extended ad Dylan (Billy Barratt, the clairvoyant Caspar on for a wellness retreat. It does not take long, Apple TV+’s “Invasion”), steals a big rover and however, to realize that its society, in which sets off on a trek. The expedition takes maybe artificial intelligence is integrated into every a little too long to reach the crater, with she- aspect of life, is just as nightmarish as a postnanigans and pit stops at abandoned moon apocalyptic scorched Earth. Successful excondos along the way. But it’s all made worth ecutive Rachel (Emilia Clarke) embraces AI in it by a lovely, bittersweet coda about what every facet of her existence — she even has a awaits Caleb on Omega. (Rent or buy it on virtual therapist — and decides to have a child through a Goop-y outfit called the Womb most major platforms.)

Center. Her fetus will grow inside an egglike ‘Polaris’ By the time humanity limps to the year pod so her life and body won’t be disrupted by ‘Polaris’

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Don’t try this on vacation: Learning from other travelers’ mistakes

By DEREK M. NORMAN

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ometimes the most effective lessons sting a bit. For Nadia Caffesse, that pain came in the form of a number of tiny needles lodged in her hands, forearms and chest.

In September 2006, Caffesse, now 45, and her family were driving through Big Bend National Park in Texas, where she found herself admiring the native blind prickly pear cactuses jutting out along the rocky roadside. One of them would make a nice addition to her garden, she thought, so she decided to ask her family to pull over so she could pick one.

She was violating a cardinal rule when visiting a national park: Take only memories and leave only footprints.

“They aren’t just pretty words,” she said. “They are a poetic threat.”

She knew she’d made a mistake the second she grabbed the paddle of the cactus. “The pain was instant, searing and, because of the diffuse nature of all those tiny needles, unrelenting,” Caffesse recalled.

She finished her day not with a souvenir to take home, but with red, swollen arms and an enduring respect for the rules.

We often hear of tourist misbehavior, some egregious and some innocent, drawing public outrage. This year alone, a man was recorded carving his and his girlfriend’s name into a wall at the Roman Colosseum; children in England defaced a more than 200-year-old statue with bright blue crayon; and in Paris, the opening of the Eiffel Tower was delayed one morning after security officials said they had found two American tourists sleeping in the monument overnight.

In an effort to help future travelers learn from others’ mistakes, The New York Times asked readers to share examples of instances in which they’ve committed a travel foul or have acted against good tourist etiquette and, maybe, their better judgment. In the more than 200 submissions we received, one consistent theme emerged: There are lessons here.

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We’ve all seen misbehavior while traveling, but every misstep can lead to a lesson. (Richard A. Chance/The New York Times) Maybe you’ve noticed while crossing international borders just how strict authorities can be about bringing in produce or agricultural goods.

Jennifer Fergesen, a 29-year-old food writer from New Jersey, was on a monthslong trip to various countries after finishing her master’s degree several years ago. On her way back from the Philippines, she had a layover for a couple of days in Austria. She decided to bring some fruit with her from Manila — a bag full of mangoes and mangosteens — to have for breakfast once she arrived at the hostel in Vienna.

Fergesen conducted a quick Google search and perused an official European Union travel website, concluding that bringing a few pieces of fruit for personal consumption would be fine. But she didn’t expect company at breakfast.

“As I cut open the last mangosteen, I noticed something white under the upper leaves,” Fergesen said. “When I touched it, countless baby spiders ran in every direction across the breakfast room. I crushed the mother spider but couldn’t find a single baby.”

She followed Austrian agricultural news for a year afterward, she said, “looking for word about a new invasive spider.”

A drop in the dark Humans, unlike runaway baby spiders, can hire tour guides to help them find their way. And if you happen to be exploring dark, underground burial sites, it might be worth tracking one down.

In the early 1980s, Michael Koegel, 64, then studying abroad in England, found himself in Rome with a few friends.

Near the Appian Way, an ancient Roman road, they discovered an entrance to some catacombs and decided to explore.

As the friends marched single file into the dark, illuminated by the dim glow of their cigarette lighters and a candle they’d found, they could hear, but not see, a tour somewhere in the distance.

All was going smoothly until one friend, who was directly in front of Koegel and holding the candle, suddenly vanished.

“I heard the rush of gravel and a sickly thud,” Koegel recalled. “Afraid to move, I thrust my lighter into the darkness, but saw nothing. I called out his name several times but got no response.”

Finally after several tense minutes, they heard a muffled, “I’m OK.” The friend had fallen about 8 feet down, Koegel said. Thankfully, his injuries were minor.

“Being naïve is not an excuse for bad behavior,” Koegel said. “I was let loose in Europe for nearly a year at a very young age and felt invincible and above the law.”

Planter’s punch Most readers’ confessions involved breaking rules, but a few travelers got tangled up trying to be good. It turns out that sometimes being overly polite can have consequences, too.

When Laurel Thurston, a lawyer from California, traveled to Paris one summer in the 1990s, every night the hotel host would generously offer her a complimentary, “but undrinkable” aperitif, which she stealthily disposed of in a nearby plant, so as to not offend her host.

What Thurston did not know, she said, was that this particular plant was a rare specimen, nurtured for two generations.

“Ten nights in, the plant was noticeably fading, to the host’s baffled consternation,” she recalled. “Whoops!”

Thurston kept mum about the plant’s boozy new diet, but tried to make up for it by tipping extravagantly, she said.

The kids were all right If we aren’t going to enjoy the complimentary drinks offered by locals, the

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least we can do is accept their advice.

In 2007, John Rapos, 59, and his husband were in Morocco and on their way to the village of Aït-BenHaddou, a UNESCO World Heritage site a few hours from Marrakech. Somehow, they veered off the not-soclearly-marked road and found themselves driving their rental car in a dry gravel riverbed.

“Several kids started chasing our car, and we thought they were being aggressive so we rolled up our windows and tried to ignore them,” Rapos recalled. “It turns out they were just trying to direct us back to the road.”

Once Rapos and his husband understood that the children were gesturing at them to turn around, they were able to find their way back to the correct course.

“I’m not sure I have great lessons for other travelers, but I think for me, travel experiences can be enhanced by being a little more open to people than I normally am,” Rapos said.

And a more practical lesson Rapos learned from the experience: “If the road doesn’t seem right, it probably isn’t.”

Sometimes the stars align On rare occasions, our embarrassing misadventures lead to life changes, not just life lessons.

A couple of years ago, Lindsay Gantz, a 28-yearold nurse from Buffalo, New York, hit it off with her tour guide while zip lining in Monteverde, Costa Rica. After spending the day together, the two went to dinner. Afterward, they rode on his motorcycle to what they thought was a secluded field to stargaze. In the passion of the moment, the splendor of the cosmos gave way to more earthly pleasures.

“We didn’t realize that the location was not so secluded until the police lights were shining down on us in a somewhat compromised position,” Gantz recalled.

“Apparently there were neighbors nearby who overheard us.”

The police were understanding, she said. They took the young lovers’ information and asked them to leave the property. Now, she said, she is “extremely respectful and mindful” of laws in Costa Rica, and elsewhere.

Oh, and that charming zip line tour guide? He’s now her husband.

Making amends While many travel mistakes are harmless and made without bad intention, some can be more serious — even criminal.

We received some anecdotes describing instances in which someone took something from an archaeological or historical site or inherited such an artifact from a family member. (We won’t name names; you know who you are.) And it raised a question: How can I return something that was taken, and will I get into trouble?

It depends on the circumstances under which it was taken, the value of the object and why it was taken, said Patty Gerstenblith, a law professor at DePaul University and director of its Center for Art, Museum & Cultural Heritage Law.

Zip lining in Costa Rica.

If you are in the United States and want to return an item, a good first step is to contact the branches of U.S. law enforcement that deal specifically with art, cultural heritage and antiquities, Gerstenblith said. For example, the FBI has a team that investigates art related crimes, and the Department of Homeland Security has a Cultural Property, Art and Antiquities Program that specializes in investigating crimes related to looted or stolen cultural property. U.S. law enforcement could help facilitate the transport and return of any objects, as well as communicate with foreign governments.

It may be tempting to mail back an improperly acquired object with no return address or drop it off outside an embassy or a consulate, but neither strategy will guarantee anonymity, Gerstenblith said. Hiring a lawyer could help ease any legal consequences.

“People may be fined,” said Gerstenblith. “I don’t know how often people go to prison for that sort of thing.

And a lot has to do with whether their goal is commercial. If they pick up something with the goal of selling it, they’ll be treated more harshly than somebody who puts it in their pocket and takes it home.”

There are reasons that removing items from important sites carries consequences, Gerstenblith said.

“Everybody thinks essentially that they’re an exception, that their doing one little thing isn’t hurting the bigger picture,” she said. “But the truth is, it is. Because then everybody else thinks they can do it, too. And if 1,000 people come and they each pick up a stone off the site, or out of a national park, pretty soon there’s nothing left.”

But even as we make mistakes while traveling, the silver lining is that hopefully, we learn something valuable from the experience, or even better, it gives us a

profound new perspective — which is, after all, one reason we travel at all.

“We love a keepsake from beyond the gift shop because it somehow feels more real,” said Caffesse, the traveler whose coveted prickly pear cactus souvenir certainly felt real.

But Caffesse realized that if she had succeeded in bringing home the cactus, it would have lost what made it so special to her in the first place.

It’s better, she said, to just leave the things that delight us exactly where they are.

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Parcela de terreno en el barrio Frailes del término municipal de Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, compuesta de CIENTO CINCUENTA METROS CUADRADOS. En lindes por el NORTE: con terreno de Ramón Ramos; por el SUR: con la finca principal; por el ESTE: con José Torres y por el OESTE: con Gaspar Virella y área de acceso a la vía pública.

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RICHARD ROE” COMO Puerto Rico, Sección I de San escritura de primera hipoteca, venta judicial y se pondrá al DENTE DE LOS ESTADOS para una familia, con un valor en posesión física UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE de $12,000.00, según consta POSIBLES HEREDEROS Juan. La propiedad ubica se- desde la fecha antes menciona- comprador DE PUERTO de la Escritura #11, otorgada gún pagaré: Apt. 7E Cond. Los da y hasta la fecha del pago del inmueble de conformidad ASOCIADO DESCONOCIDOS DE LA Nardos B, San Juan, PR 00907. total de las mismas, más la con las disposiciones de Ley. RICO, SS. AVISO DE PÚBLICA en San Juan, el 8 de junio de SUCESIÓN DE ANA JULIA Además, el Alguacil que suscri- suma de $5,500.00 para cos- Para conocimiento de la parte SUBASTA. El Alguacil que sus- 1969, ante el notario José RaROSADO DÍAZ; CENTRO be, hago saber a todos los tas, gastos y honorarios de demandada y de toda aquella cribe por la presente anuncia fael Cobián, inscrita al folio 83 DE RECAUDACIONES DE acreedores que tengan inscri- abogado; y demás créditos ac- persona o personas que tengan y hace constar que en cumpli- del tomo 232 de Sabana Llana, inscrito con posteriori- miento de la Sentencia dictada Finca 10351, inscripción 2da.

INGRESOS MUNICIPALES tos o anotados sus derechos cesorios garantizados hipote- interés sobre los bienes hipotecados cariamente (“Sentencia”). La dad a la inscripción del grava- el 24 de agosto de 2023 y no- La propiedad consta inscrita al (CRIM) con posterioridad a la inscrip- adjudicación se hará al mejor men que se está ejecutando, y

Demandados Civil Núm.: SJ2022CV10370.

Sala: 508. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA “IN REM”. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico, hago saber, a la parte demandada y al PÚBLICO EN GENERAL: Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia notificado por el Tribunal el día 31 de octubre de 2023, por la Secretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor la propiedad que ubica y se describe a continuación: URBANA: Propiedad Horizontal: Condominio Los Nardos. Edificio B apartamento número siete E (7-E) para fines residenciales con un area superficial de setecientos cincuenta y seis pies cuadrados (756.00 p/c). En lindes por el NORTE, en treinta un pies con seis pulgadas (31’6”) con una pared que da al patio interior del edificio y en parte al salón de recepción (lobby); por el SUR, hacia donde la puerta principal da entrada de este apartamento en treinta y un pies con seis pulgadas (31’6”) con una pared estructural que da al exterior del edificio y al solar donde enclava el mismo; por el ESTE, en veinticuatro pies con seis pulgadas (24’6”) con una pared exterior del edificio y al salón donde enclava el mismo y en parte con el apartamento número siete D (7-D) y por el OESTE, en veinticuatro pies con seis pulgadas (24’6”) con una pared al exterior del edificio y al solar donde enclava el mismo y en parte con el apartamento número siete F (7-F).

Consta este apartamento de sala-comedor, tres cuartos dormitorios con sus respectivos guardarropas, un cuarto de baño y cocina. Tiene un valor de participación en los gastos, dividendos, derechos y deberes sobre los elementos comunes del punto cero uno dos seis cero uno cero por ciento (.0126010%). Inscrita en la finca número 7,984, al folio 120 del tomo 259 de Santurce Sur, Registro de la Propiedad de

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ción del crédito del ejecutante, o de los acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, siempre que surjan de la certificación registral, para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante: Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor de La Autoridad para el Financiamiento de la Vivienda de Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $15,000.00, sin intereses, vencedero el día 24 de mayo de 2012, constituida mediante la escritura número 371, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 25 de mayo de 2004, ante la notario María Isabel García Mantilla, e inscrita al folio 39 del tomo 378 de Santurce Sur, finca número 7,984, inscripción 6ta. Sujeta a Condiciones Restrictivas por un término de 8 años. Aviso de Demanda de fecha 28 de noviembre de 2022, expedido en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, en el Caso Civil número SJ2022CV10370, por concepto de Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca, por la Vía Ordinaria, seguido por el Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, versus Ana Julia Rosado Díaz, por la suma de $34,998.40 y otras sumas, anotado el día 6 de febrero de 2023, al tomo Karibe de Santurce Sur, finca número 7984, Anotación B. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance la SENTENCIA dictada a su favor el día 19 de septiembre de 2023, archivada en autos y notificada el 25 de septiembre de 2023, en el presente caso civil, a saber, la suma de $34,998.40 por concepto de principal, más los intereses sobre dicha suma a razón del 7.00%, anual desde el 1ro de mayo de 2022, hasta su completo pago, más las primas de seguro hipotecario, recargos por demora y cualesquiera otras cantidades pactadas en la

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postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el acto mismo de la adjudicación, en efectivo (moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América), giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del alguacil del Tribunal. LA PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a efecto el día 11 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2023 A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en la Oficina / Sala de Alguaciles de Subastas del Tribunal, Sala Superior de San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Que el precio mínimo fijado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $55,000.00. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 8 DE ENERO DE 2024 A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA en la Oficina / Sala de Alguaciles de Subastas del Tribunal, Sala Superior de San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $36,666.66, equivalentes a dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una TERCERA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 16 DE ENERO DE 2024 A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA en la Oficina / Sala de Alguaciles de Subastas del Tribunal, Sala Superior de San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico. El precio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $27,500.00, equivalentes a la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente; se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor, todo ello a tenor con lo dispone el Articulo 104 de la Ley Núm.

210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015 conocida como “Ley del Registro de la Propiedad Inmueble del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico”. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquiere libre de toda carga y gravamen que afecte la mencionada finca según el Artículo 102, inciso 6.

Una vez confirmada la venta judicial por el Honorable Tribunal, se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura de

para conocimiento de todos los licitadores y el público en general, el presente Edicto se publicará por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas, con un intervalo de por lo menos siete días entre ambas publicaciones, en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico y se fijará además en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio en que ha de celebrarse dicha venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Se les informa, por último, que: a. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la secretaría del tribunal durante las horas laborables. b. Que se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. EXPIDO, el presente EDICTO, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy día 3 de noviembre de 2023. Juan A. Santana García, Alguacil Auxiliar, División De Subastas, Tribunal De Primera Instancia, Sala Superior De San Juan.

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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Parte Demandante Vs.

SUCESIÓN DE RUBÉN CRUZ MORALES COMPUESTA POR MILENA CRUZ Y MENGANO DE TAL, POSIBLE HEREDERO DESCONOCIDO; SARA SOTO CRUZ, POR SÍ Y EN LA CUOTA VIUDAL USUFRUCTUARIA

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: SJ2022CV02750.

(604). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESI-

tificada el 1 de septiembre de 2023, la Orden de Ejecución de Sentencia del 20 de octubre de 2023 y el Mandamiento de Ejecución del 3 de noviembre de 2023 en el caso de epígrafe, procederé a vender el día 12 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2023, A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial de San Juan, Sala Superior, en la Avenida Muñoz Rivera, Esquina Coll y Toste, Parada 37, San Juan, Puerto Rico, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda de los Estados Unidos de América, cheque de gerente o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal; todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada sobre la siguiente propiedad: URBANA: Solar marcado con el Número diez (10) de la manzana AF del plano preparado por la Autoridad sobre Hogares de Puerto Rico hoy Corporación de Renovación Urbana y Vivienda de Puerto Rico para su proyecto de solares denominado San José Development PRHA-15, radicada en el Barrio Sabana Llana del término municipal de Rio Piedras, hoy San Juan, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 251.51 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con el Solar Número AF guion nueve (AF-9) de la mencionada urbanización, distancia de 22.92 metros; por el SUR, con una acera de travesía de dicho proyecto, distancia de 22.92 metros; por el ESTE, con la servidumbre de paso de la Calle Número treinta y cinco (35) de la susodicha urbanización, distancia de 10.97 metros; y por el OESTE, con el Solar Número AF guion treinta (AF30) del mencionado proyecto San José Development PRHA15, distancia de 10.97 metros.

Edificación: Enclava una casa de concreto armado con techo del mismo material que mide 30 pies de frente con un fondo de 40 pies. En la medida de frente se incluye una marquesina que mide 10 pies de frente por 28 pies de fondo. Tiene instalación sanitaria de agua y luz y consta de 4 cuartos de habitaciones dormitorios, sala, cocina, 2 baños, un laundry room y un balcón que mide 10 pies de frente y 24 pies de fondo. Construida esta casa de una planta

folio 82 del tomo 232 de Sabana Llana, Finca 10351. Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección V. La hipoteca consta inscrita al tomo Karibe de Sabana Llana, Finca 10351 del Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección V, inscripción octava (8va). Dirección Física: Urb. Embalse San José, AF-10 Calle Borgoña, San Juan, PR 00923. Número de Catastro: 79-063-044-579-11-001. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta será de $59,509.00. De no haber adjudicación en la primera subasta se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, el día 9 DE ENERO DE 2024, A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será de dos terceras partes del tipo mínimo fijado en la primera subasta, o sea, $39,672.66.

De no haber adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA, el día 17 DE ENERO DE 2024, A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será la mitad del precio pactado, o sea, $29,754.50. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta es mayor. Dicho remate se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante el importe de la Sentencia por la suma de $36,330.27 de principal, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 8% anual desde el 1 de noviembre de 2019 hasta su completo pago, más $468.60 de recargos acumulados, los cuales continuarán en aumento hasta el saldo total de la deuda, más la cantidad estipulada de $5,950.90 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados, así como cualquier otra suma que contenga el contrato del préstamo, incluyendo pero sin limitarse a gastos de mantenimiento, inspecciones y otros adelantos “corporate advances”. Surge del Estudio de Título Registral que sobre esta propiedad pesa el siguiente gravamen posterior que afecta la propiedad que se pretende ejecutar: a. Aviso de Demanda: Pleito seguido

The San Juan Daily Star por Banco Popular de Puerto Rico Vs. Sucesión de Rubén Cruz Morales compuesta por Fulano y Mengano de Tal, Sara Soto Cruz, René Cobián Ferrer también conocido como René Cobián, Pedro Cobián Ferrer, como Pedro Cobián y Edwin Cobián Ferrer también conocido como Edwin Cobián, ante el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Superior de San Juan, en el Caso Civil Número SJ2022CV02750, sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca, en la que se reclama el pago de hipoteca, con un balance de $36,330.27y otras cantidades, según Demanda de fecha 8 de abril de 2022. Anotada al Tomo Karibe de Sabana Llana. Anotación A. Se notifica al acreedor posterior o a su sucesor o cesionario en derecho para que comparezca a proteger su derecho si así lo desea.

Se les advierte a los interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como los de Subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados, durante horas laborables, en el expediente del caso que obra en los archivos de la Secretaría del Tribunal, bajo el número de epígrafe y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general en Puerto Rico por espacio de dos semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana; y para su fijación en los sitios públicos requeridos por ley. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes; entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate y que la propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores tal como lo expresa la Ley Núm.

210-2015. Y para el conocimiento de los demandados, de los acreedores posteriores, de los licitadores, partes interesadas y público en general, EXPIDO para su publicación en los lugares públicos correspondientes, el presente Aviso de Pública Subasta en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy 9 de noviembre de 2023. PEDRO HIEYE GONZÁLEZ, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN, SALA SUPERIOR.

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Civil Núm.: HU2023CV00721.

Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO BAJO EL ART. 13 DE LA LEY 118, PROCEDIMIENTO EXPEDITO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.E.U.U., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR, SS.

A: LAS PERSONAS IGNORADAS Y DESCONOCIDAS A QUIENES PUDIERA PERJUDICAR LA INSCRIPCIÓN DEL DOMINIO A FAVOR DE LA PARTE PETICIONARIA EN EL REGISTRO DE LA PROPIEDAD DE LA FINCA QUE MÁS ADELANTE SE DESCRIBIRÁ Y A TODA PERSONA EN GENERAL QUE CON DERECHO PARA ELLO DESEE OPONERSE A ESTE EXPEDIENTE.

POR LA PRESENTE se les notifica para que comparezcan, si lo creyeren pertinente, ante este Honorable Tribunal dentro de los TREINTA (30) días contados a partir de la última publicación de este edicto a exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga en el expediente promovido por la parte peticionaria para adquirir su dominio sobre la finca que se describe más 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 usted 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 más 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: Solar sin residencia en el Barrio Juan Martin Sector La Villa del término municipal de Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 446.352 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el Norte en una alineación de 8.302 con acceso público; por el Noreste en varias alineaciones de 11.361 y 6.146 con terreno perteneciente a Ezequiela Cruz González; por el Este en una alineación de LEGAL NOTICE 16.901 con terreno perteneESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO ciente a Ezequiela Cruz GonDE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- zález; por el Sureste en una NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA alineación de 11.501 con terreno perteneciente a Ezequiela SALA SUPERIOR HUMACAO Cruz González y por el Oeste WILFREDO en varias alineaciones de 9.840 CINTRON CRUZ y 27.997 con camino Eugenio

Carrión Álvarez. El abogado de TECA POR LA VÍA ORDINAla parte peticionaria es la Lcdo. RIA). EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Ernesto Rovira Gándara, PMB AL: PÚBLICO EN 767, 1353 Ave. Luis Vigoreaux, GENERAL. Guaynabo, PR 00966; Tel. A: SUCESION DE LUZ (787)-758-3277; Email: eroviPAQUITA MALDONADO ra@partnerslegalservicespr. com. Este edicto deberá ser SANCHEZ; SUCESION DE publicado en tres (3) ocasiones ROCA IRIZARRY NIEVES, dentro del término de veinte COMPUESTA POR SUS (20) días, en un periódico de HIJOS JORGE LUIS circulación general diaria, para GUTIERREZ IRIZARRY, que comparezcan si quieren WANDA I. GUTIERREZ alegar su derecho. Toda primera mención de persona natural IRIZARRY Y JORGE y/o jurídica que se mencione IGNACIO RODRIGUEZ en el mismo, se identificará en IRIZARRY; SUCESION letra tamaño 10 puntos y negriDE JOSEPH ROBERT llas, conforme a lo dispuesto en las Reglas de Procedimiento ESPINOSA RODRIGUEZ, Civil, 2009. Se le apercibe que COMPUESTA POR de no comparecer los interesaSUS HIJOS HAROLD dos y/o partes citadas, o en su JOSEPH ESPINOSA defecto los organismos públiSCHULZE Y JOSEPH cos afectados en el término imROBERT ESPINOSA prorrogable de treinta (30) días SCHULZE; FULANO DE a contar de la fecha de la última publicación del edicto, el TribuTAL Y ZUTANO DE TAL, nal podrá conceder el remedio COMO HEREDEROS solicitado por la parte peticionaDESCONOCIDOS O ria, sin más citarle ni oírle. En POSIBLES TITULARES HUMACAO, Puerto Rico, a 6 de noviembre de 2023. IVELISSE DEL INMUEBLE OBJETO C. FONSECA RODRÍGUEZ, DE EJECUCIÓN; SECRETARIA REGIONAL. WALESKA ST KITTS DALIAS REYES DE LEÓN, FIGUEROA; CENTRO SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL DE RECAUDACION DE TRIBUNAL. INGRESOS MUNICIPALES ***

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

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante Vs.

(CRIM); LUZ PAQUITA MALDONADO SANCHEZ, (AHORA LA SUCESIÓN) POR TENER HIPOTECA EN GARANTÍA DE PAGARÉ A SU FAVOR POR LA SUMA DE $30,037.51.

Yo,

RAQUEL

QUIÑONES

SOTO, Alguacil de este TribuSUCESION DE LUZ PAQUITA MALDONADO nal, a la parte demandada y a los acreedores y personas con SANCHEZ; SUCESION DE interés sobre la propiedad que ROCA IRIZARRY NIEVES, más adelante se describe, y al COMPUESTA POR SUS público en general, HAGO SABER: Que el día 10 DE ENERO HIJOS JORGE LUIS GUTIERREZ IRIZARRY, DE 2024, A LAS 11:00 DE LA en mi oficina, sita en WANDA I. GUTIERREZ MAÑANA el Tribunal de Primera InstanIRIZARRY Y JORGE cia, Sala Superior de Humacao, IGNACIO RODRIGUEZ Humacao, Puerto Rico, vendeIRIZARRY; SUCESION ré en Pública Subasta la propieDE JOSEPH ROBERT dad inmueble que más adelanESPINOSA RODRIGUEZ, te se describe y cuya venta en pública subasta se ordenó por COMPUESTA POR la vía ordinaria al mejor postor SUS HIJOS HAROLD quien hará el pago en dinero en efectivo, giro postal o cheque JOSEPH ESPINOSA certificado a nombre del o la AlSCHULZE Y JOSEPH guacil del Tribunal de Primera ROBERT ESPINOSA Instancia. Los autos y todos los SCHULZE; FULANO DE documentos correspondientes TAL Y ZUTANO DE TAL, al procedimiento incoado, estaCOMO HEREDEROS rán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Humacao DESCONOCIDOS O POSIBLES TITULARES durante horas laborables. Que caso de no producir remate DEL INMUEBLE OBJETO en ni adjudicación en la primera DE EJECUCIÓN; subasta a celebrarse, se ceWALESKA ST KITTS lebrará una segunda subasta para la venta de la susodicha FIGUEROA

Demandados Civil Núm.: HU2021CV00871.

(208). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO (EJECUCIÓN DE HIPO-

propiedad, el día 17 de enero de 2024, a las 11:00 de la mañana y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se ce-

lebrará una tercera subasta el día 24 de enero de 2024, a las 11:00 de la mañana en mi oficina sita en el lugar antes indicado. La propiedad a venderse en pública subasta se describe como sigue: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número ONCE (11) del plano de la URBANIZACIÓN TROPICAL BEACH, radicado en el Barrio Santiago y Lima de Naguabo, con una cabida superficial de SEISCIENTOS DIEZ PUNTO CINCUENTA (610.50) METROS CUADRADOS; colinda por el NORTE, en 33.13 metros, con una franja de terreno que sirve como servidumbre pluvial; por el SUR, en 42.84 metros, con el solar número Diez (10); por el ESTE, en 31.00 metros, con el Río Santiago; y por el OESTE, en 12.00 metros, con la Calle “C”. En el solar antes descrito se está construyendo una casa de concreto armado de una sola planta para dedicarse a vivienda. La escritura de hipoteca se encuentra inscrita al folio 43 vuelto del tomo 89 de Naguabo, Registro de la Propiedad de Humacao, finca número 4,773 inscripción sexta. La dirección física de la propiedad antes descrita es: Urbanización Tropical Beach, Calle C, F-11, Naguabo, Puerto Rico. La subasta se llevará a efecto para satisfacer a la parte demandante la suma de $27,804.80 de principal, intereses al 7.25% anual, desde el 1ro. de enero de 2020, hasta su completo pago, más la cantidad de $5,200.00 estipulada para costas, gastos, y honorarios de abogado, más recargos acumulados, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la primera subasta para el inmueble será de $52,000.00 y de ser necesaria una segunda subasta, la cantidad mínima será equivalente a 2/3 partes de aquella, o sea, la suma de $34,666.67 y de ser necesaria una tercera subasta, la cantidad mínima será la mitad del precio pactado, es decir, la suma de $26,000.00.

Si se declara desierta la tercera subasta se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si esta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor. La propiedad se adjudicará al mejor postor, quien deberá satisfacer el importe de su oferta en moneda legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América en el momento de la adjudicación y que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes preferentes, si los hubiese, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los

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mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate.

La propiedad a ser vendida en pública subasta se encuentra afecta al siguiente gravamen posterior: Hipoteca en Garantía de Pagaré a favor de Luz Paquita Maldonado Sánchez, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $30,037.51, con intereses al 7.0% anual, vencedero en seis (6) años, según consta de la Escritura Número 297, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 13 de noviembre de 2002, ante el Notario Público René Avilés Pérez; inscrita al tomo Karibe de Naguabo, Registro de la Propiedad de Humacao, finca número 4,773 inscripción octava (8va.). La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Podrán concurrir como postores a todas las subastas los titulares de créditos hipotecarios vigentes y posteriores a la hipoteca que se cobra o ejecuta, si alguno o que figuren como tales en la certificación registral y que podrán utilizar el montante de sus créditos o parte de alguno en sus ofertas. Si la oferta aceptada es por cantidad mayor a la suma del crédito o créditos preferentes al suyo, al obtener la buena pro del remate, deberá satisfacer en el mismo acto, en efectivo o en cheque de gerente, la totalidad del crédito hipotecario que se ejecuta y la de cualesquiera otro créditos posteriores al que se ejecuta pero preferente al suyo. El exceso constituirá abono total o parcial en su propio crédito. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto para conocimiento y comparecencia de los licitadores, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en Humacao, Puerto Rico, a 31 de octubre de 2023. JOSÉ L. RODRÍGUEZ, ALGUACIL REGIONAL INTERINO, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL, SALA SUPERIOR DE HUMACAO. RAQUEL QUIÑONES SOTO, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR.

SUCESIÓN; PRISCILA ra Subasta; $72,000.00 para la ROBLES VELAZQUEZ, Segunda Subasta; $54,000.00 para la Tercera Subasta. La COMO PARTE CON venta se llevará a cabo para INTERÉS; CENTRO con su producto satisfacer a la DE DEPARTAMENTO parte demandante, hasta donde sea posible, el importe de DE HACIENDA POR la sentencia dictada el pasado CONDUCTO DE LA 18 de noviembre de 2022 en el DIVISION DE CAUDALES caso de epígrafe, ascendente RELICTOS; CENTRO DE a las siguientes cantidades: RECAUDACIONES DE $79,135.08 de principal, más INGRESOS MUNICIPALES $2,957.67 de intereses acumu-

lados hasta el 28 de septiembre de 2020 más los que continúen acumulándose hasta el pago total y completo de la deuda a razón de $14.29 diarios, más la cantidad de $170.65 por reAL PUBLICO EN cargos, más $1,382.14 de otros GENERAL; A LA cargos, más los que continúen PARTE DEMANDADA acumulándose hasta el pago Y A LOS TENEDORES total y completo de la deuda; más la suma de $10,800.00 DE GRAVÁMENES por honorarios de abogados POSTERIORES YO, ÁNGEL GÓMEZ GÓMEZ, pactados. En caso de que el ALGUACIL PLACA #593, Al- inmueble a ser subastado no guacil del Tribunal de Primera fuera adjudicado en la primera Instancia, Sala de Caguas, al subasta, se celebrará una SEpúblico en general, POR LA GUNDA SUBASTA el día 16 DE PRESENTE HAGO SABER: ENERO DE 2024, A LAS 9:30 CERTIFICO Y HAGO SABER: DE LA MAÑANA, y el tipo míniCumpliendo con un Manda- mo para ésta será el de las dos miento de Ejecución de Sen- terceras partes del precio mínitencia del Secretario de este mo establecido para la primera Tribunal, venderé en pública subasta. Si tampoco hubiera subasta al mejor postor en mo- remate ni adjudicación en la neda legal de los Estados Uni- segunda subasta, se celebrará dos, en mi oficina, en el Tribu- una TERCERA SUBASTA el nal de Primera Instancia, Sala día 23 DE ENERO DE 2024, A de Caguas, el día 9 DE ENERO LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, y el DE 2024, A LAS 9:30 DE LA tipo mínimo para esta subasta MAÑANA, la siguiente propie- será la mitad del precio mínimo dad: URBANA: Solar número pactado para la primera subasdiez (10) del Bloque “K” de la ta. Cuando se declare desierta Urbanización Bonneville Terra- la tercera subasta, se adjudicace Extensión, radicada en el rá la finca a favor del acreedor Barrio Turabo del término mu- por la totalidad de la cantidad nicipal de Caguas, Puerto Rico, adeudada si esta fuera igual o con un área superficial de tres- menor que el monto del tipo de cientos setenta y tres puntos la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal veinticuatro (373.24). En lindes lo estima conveniente. Se abopor el NORTE, en una distancia nará dicho monto a la cantidad de veinticuatro (24.00) metros adeudada si ésta fuere mayor. con el solar número once (11) Todas las subastas deberán ser del Bloque “K” de la Urbaniza- acordadas y celebradas según ción; por el SUR, en una distan- lo ordenado por el Tribunal. La cia de veintitrés punto doscien- subasta antes indicada se llevatos cuarenta y nueve (23.249) rá a cabo en mi oficina, sita en metros con la calle número el Tribunal de Primera Instannueve (9) de la Urbanización; cia, Sala de Caguas. Los autos LEGAL NOTICE por el ESTE, en una distancia y todos los documentos corresESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO de quince punto seiscientos pondientes al procedimiento DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL sesenta y uno (15.661) metros incoado estarán de manifiesto DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA con el solar número nueve (9) en la Secretaría del Tribunal SALA DE CAGUAS del Bloque “K” de la Urbaniza- durante las horas laborables. El ORIENTAL BANK ción; y por el OESTE, en una inmueble consta afecto por el Demandante V. distancia de catorce punto no- siguiente gravamen preferenSUCESIÓN DE MARIBEL vecientos diez (14.910) metros cial: a. Sentencia dictada el día 26 de febrero de 2004, por el RODRÍGUEZ RIVERA con la calle número once (11) Tribunal de Primera Instancia, de la Urbanización Sobre dicho COMPUESTA POR solar enclava una casa de dos Sala de Caguas, en el Caso CiMALVIN DAVILA plantas de concreto reforzado vil número ECD2003-0776, seRODRIGUEZ Y MARISEL con techo del mismo material. guido por RG Mortgage Corp., DAVILA RODRIGUEZ, Consta inscrita al folio 61 del demandante versus Alfonso tomo 610 de Caguas, finca Dávila Suren y Maribel RodríPOR SI Y COMO 19,937, Registro de la Propie- guez Rivera, por una cuantía MIEMBRO DE LA dad de Caguas, 1ra Sección. de $105,355.66, más intereses, SUCESIÓN; SUCESIÓN La dirección física es: Urb. Bon- anotado al folio 65 del Registro DE MARÍA RIVERA neville Terace Ext. Bloque K-10 de Sentencias número 2. b.

MALAVÉ COMPUESTA Caguas, PR 00725. Los tipos Al Asiento 2023-008799-SEN POR PEDRO RODRIGUEZ mínimos fijados para la ejecu- para los Libros Auxiliares, se ción del bien inmueble antes presentó el 4 de octubre de RIVERA, POR SI Y mencionado lo son las sumas 2023, Instancia del 2 de ocCOMO MIEMBRO DE LA de $108,000.00 para la Prime- tubre de 2023, ante el notario Demandados Civil Núm.: CG2021CV01183.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA.

24 Alberto De Diego Collar, en la cual se solicita la cancelación de la Sentencia por la suma de $105,355.66, anotado al tomo 65 del Libro de Sentencia número 2, por haber Transcurrido el Plazo de Caducidad de 4 años, según lo dispuesto en el Artículo 53 de la Ley 210-2015.

El inmueble antes relacionado consta afecto al siguiente gravamen posterior: c. Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor de Lorraine Aloise Penfield, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $16,200.00, con intereses al 5¼% anual, vencedero el día 15 de abril de 2007, constituida mediante la escritura número 5, otorgada en Caguas, Puerto Rico, el día 4 de marzo de 2005, ante el notario Libertario Pérez Rodríguez, e inscrita al folio 182 del tomo 1694 de Caguas, finca número 19,937, inscripción 12da. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación y que las cargas preferentes, si alguna, continuarán subsistentes; entiéndase que el rematante los acepta y quedan subrogados en la responsabilidad del mismo sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate.

La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Para la publicación de este edicto en un periódico de circulación general una vez por semana, durante dos semanas consecutivas, y para la colocación del mismo en tres sitios públicos visibles del municipio en que se celebre la subasta, libro el presente en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy día 1 de noviembre del 2023. ÁNGEL GÓMEZ GÓMEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #593, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE CAGUAS.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA SALA SUPERIOR

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante V.

ROBERT EDILIO VENTURA REYES

Demandado Civil Núm.: CA2023CV02989.

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

A: ROBERT EDILIO VENTURA REYES. BLK 191 NO. 11, 24 ST., VILLA CAROLINA, PUERTO RICO 00985; VILLA CAROLINA, 11 BLQ 191 CALLE 524, CAROLINA,

Demandante V. PUERTO RICO 00985; 757 SUCESIÓN DE CARMEN CALLE BOLÍVAR PDA FIGUEROA POLANCO 24 SAN JUAN, PUERTO COMPUESTA POR RICO 00909-2839.

JONATHAN MARRERO Por la presente se le emplaza y notifica que debe contestar la FIGUEROA, ZOE demanda incoada en su contra NARVÁEZ FIGUEROA, dentro del término de treinta NATASHA GARCIA (30) días a partir de la publicaFIGUEROA; JULIO ción del presente edicto. Usted A. RODRIGUEZ deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema FUIGUEROA; PAMELA Unificado de Manejo y AdminisDELGADO FIGUEROA tración de Casos (SUMAC), al Y RAFAEL GARCÍA cual puede acceder utilizando ROMÁN POR SÍ Y la siguiente dirección electróCOMO MIEMBRO DE nica: https://www.poderjudicial. pr/index.php/tribunal-electroLA CUOTA VIUDAL nico, salvo que el caso sea de USUFRUCTUARIA un expediente físico o que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal y notificar copia de la misma al (a la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante o a ésta, de no tener representación legal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente.

Además, se le apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 57-2023, titulada Ley para la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar y para la Seguridad, Bienestar y Protección de los Menores, entre los remedios que el Tribunal podrá conceder se incluyen la ubicación permanente de un (una) menor fuera de su hogar, el inicio de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquier otra medida en el mejor interés del (de la) menor. (Artículo 33, incisos b y f de la Ley Núm. 57-2023).

Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. Los abogados de la parte demandante son: ABOGADOS DE LA PARTE DEMANDANTE: Lcdo. Reggie Díaz Hernández RUA Núm.: 16,393 BERMUDEZ & DÍAZ, LLP 500 Calle De La Tanca, Suite 209 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00901 Tel.: (787) 523-2670 / Fax: (787) 523-2664 rdiaz@bdprlaw.com EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y Sello del Tribunal, hoy, 9 de noviembre de 2023. LCDA. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. KEILA GARCÍA SOLÍS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN

CONDOMINIO BAHÍA PROPERTIES, LLC

The San Juan Daily Star

Monday, November 27, 2023

Demandado Civil Núm.: SJ2023CV06369.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO VÍA ORDINARIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO E INTERPELACIÓN POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU. DE AMÉRICA, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: SUCESIÓN DE CARMEN FIGUEROA POLANCO COMPUESTA POR: ZOE NARVÁEZ FIGUEROA, NATASHA GARCIA FIGUEROA Y RAFAEL GARCÍA ROMÁN POR SÍ Y COMO MIEMBRO DE LA CUOTA VIUDAL USUFRUCTUARIA.

Quedan emplazados y notificados que en este Tribunal se ha radicado Demanda Enmendada sobre cobro de dinero en la que se alega que la parte demandada, SUCESIÓN DE CARMEN FIGUEROA POLANCO COMPUESTA POR JONATHAN MARRERO FIGUEROA, ZOE NARVÁEZ FIGUEROA, NATASHA GARCIA FIGUEROA; JULIO A. RODRIGUEZ FUIGUEROA; PAMELA DELGADO FIGUEROA Y RAFAEL GARCÍA ROMÁN POR SÍ Y COMO MIEMBRO DE LA CUOTA VIUDAL USUFRUCTUARIA, le adeuda a Condominio Bahía Properties, LLC., la suma total de $43,080.40 correspondiente a las cuotas de mantenimiento del local AG-9, por concepto de gastos comunes de mantenimiento adeudados a la fecha de la presentación de la demanda, más las sumas que se acumulen por concepto de mensualidades de gastos comunes, intereses, penalidades y recargos de los meses subsiguientes, más las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado. Por otro lado, se notifica que en este Tribunal se ha solicitado y aceptado una interpelación judicial de la parte demandante Sucesión de Carmen Figueroa Polanco compuesta por: Zoe Narváez Figueroa, Natasha Garcia Fi-

gueroa y Rafael García Román por sí y como miembro de la cuota viudal usufructuaria, para que dentro del término legal de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la fecha de la publicación del presente edicto, acepten o repudien la participación que les corresponda en la Sucesión. Si los herederos no se expresaren dentro de ese término de treinta (30) días en torno a su aceptación o repudiación de la herencia, ésta se tendrá por aceptada. Se le advierte que este edicto se publicará en un periódico de circulación general una sola vez y que, si no comparecen a contestar dicha Demanda Enmendada y además, aceptar y repudiar la herencia esta se tendrá por aceptada, y que luego del transcurso del término 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://www.poderjudicial.pr/ index.php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia concediendo el remedio así solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle y se presumirá que han aceptado la herencia del causante, y por consiguiente, responden por las cargas de la herencia conforme dispone el Artículo 957 del Código Civil, 31 L.P.R.A. §2785. El abogado de la parte demandante es el Lcdo. Alejandro Bellver Espinosa, cuya dirección física y postal es: Cond. El Centro I, Suite 801, 500 Muñoz Rivera Ave., San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918; cuyo número de teléfono es (787) 946-5268, y su correo electrónico es: alejandro@bellverlaw. com. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy día 16 de noviembre de 2023. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. BRENDA RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA.

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

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante V.

SANDRA GARCIA MOLINA

Demandados Civil Núm.: FA2019CV01249.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO

DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Fajardo, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, hago saber, a la parte demandada y al PÚBLICO EN GENERAL: Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el día 16 de octubre de 2023, por la Secretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor la propiedad que ubica y se describe a continuación: Urbana: URBANIZACION LAS QUINTAS DE FAJARDO de Fajardo. Solar: G-32. Cabida: 249.29 Metros Cuadrados. Linderos: Norte, en una distancia de 10.05 metros con los solares 10 y 11. Sur, en 9.67 metros, con la calle número 6. Este, en 25.15 metros con el solar 31. Oeste, en 24.50 metros, con el solar 33. Sobre este solar enclava una casa de concreto reforzado destinada a vivienda para una familia. Inscrita al folio 34 del tomo 509 de Fajardo (ágora), finca #14019A, inscripción 6ta, del Registro de la Propiedad de Fajardo.

Dirección física de la propiedad según pagaré: G 32 Calle 6, Quintas de Fajardo (I), Fajardo, Puerto Rico. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA enmendada dictada a su favor el día 25 de enero de 2020, notificada el 28 de enero de 2020, en el presente caso civil, a saber la suma de $73,007.48 de principal, más los intereses acumulados a razón de 4.500% anual computados desde el día 1 de abril de 2015, hasta su total saldo, recargos por demora y $8,585.00 por costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado. La adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el acto mismo de la adjudicación, en efectivo (moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América), giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del alguacil del Tribunal. LA PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a efecto el día 11 DE ENERO DE 2024 A LAS 3:00 DE LA TARDE, en la Oficina / Sala de Alguaciles de Subastas del Tribunal, Sala Superior de Fajardo, Fajardo, Puerto Rico. Que el precio mínimo fijado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $85,850.00. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 19 DE ENERO DE 2024 A LAS 3:00 DE LA TARDE, en la Oficina / Sala de Alguaciles de Subastas del Tribunal, Sala Superior de Fajardo, Fajardo, Puerto Rico. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $57,233.33, equivalentes a dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Que de ser necesaria la celebración

de una TERCERA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 26 DE ENERO DE 2024 A LAS 3:00 DE LA TARDE, en la Oficina / Sala de Alguaciles de Subastas del Tribunal, Sala Superior de Fajardo, Fajardo, Puerto Rico. El precio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $42,925.00, equivalentes a la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente; se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor, todo ello a tenor con lo dispone el Articulo 104 de la Ley Núm. 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015 conocida como “Ley del Registro de la Propiedad Inmueble del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico”. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquiere libre de toda carga y gravamen que afecte la mencionada finca según el Artículo 102, inciso 6. Una vez confirmada la venta judicial por el Honorable Tribunal, se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura de venta judicial y se pondrá al comprador en posesión física del inmueble de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda aquella persona o personas que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, y para conocimiento de todos los licitadores y el público en general, el presente Edicto se publicará por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas, con un intervalo de por lo menos siete días entre ambas publicaciones, en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico y se fijará además en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio en que ha de celebrarse dicha venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Se les informa, por último, que: a. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la secretaría del tribunal durante las horas laborables. b. Que se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate.

EXPIDO, el presente EDICTO, en Fajardo, Puerto Rico, hoy día 26 de octubre de 2023.

MILDRED I. TORO COLÓN, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA

#197, DIVISIÓN DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE FAJARDO. JORGE A. ORTIZ ESTRADA, ALGUACIL REGIONAL INTERINO PLACA #622.

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FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO

Parte Demandante Vs.

JOSEFINA ARCE QUIÑONES Parte Demandada

VISTA DEL SUR PLANTATION & COUNTRY CLUB INC., BRAZILIAN COUNTRY HOMES INC., EDUARDO BERMUDEZ PARR, ANA MAYORAL, SOCIEDAD DE BIENES GANANCIALES O COMUNIDAD DE BIENES ENTRE ELLOS, EDUARDO BERMUDEZ STUBBE, ZUTANA DE TAL Y LA SOCIEDAD DE BIENES GANANCIALES ENTRE ELLOS; AIG INSURANCE COMPANYPUERTO RICO NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY; ASEGURADORAS A, B Y C.

Civil Núm.: GCD2013-0488.

Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA Y COBRO DE DINERO. ANUNCIO DE SUBASTA. El suscribiente, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Puerto Rico, Sala de Guayama, a los demandados de epígrafe y al público en general hace saber que venderá en pública subasta en la Oficina de Alguaciles, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Guayama, al mejor postor, en moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América en efectivo, cheque certificado, o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, el derecho que tenga la parte demandada en el inmueble que se relaciona más adelante para pagar la SENTENCIA por $305,841.55 de balance principal, los intereses adeudados sobre dicho principal y computados al 7.25% anual hasta su total pago y completo pago; cargos por demora devengados, más la suma de $49,844.50 estipulada para honorarios de abogado pactada en la escritura de hipoteca y cualesquiera otras sumas que por cualesquiera concepto legal se devenguen hasta el día de la subasta. La propiedad a venderse en pública subasta se describe como sigue: RUSTICA: Solar nueve B (9-B) radicado en el Barrio Lapa del

término municipal de Cayey, Puerto Rico, compuesto de uno punto cero tres cero siete cuerdas (1.0307 cdas), equivalentes a cuatro mil cincuenta metros cuadrados con mil seiscientos ocho diezmilésimas (4,050.5608 m.c.). Colindando por el Norte, con calle dedicada a uso publico, por el Sur, con el remanente y Vista Sur Plantation & Country Club, por el Este, con Vista Sur Plantation & Country Club y por el Oeste, con el remanente. Inscrita al folio Karibe de Cayey, finca numero veinticuatro mil trescientos treinta y uno (24331), Registro de Caguas I. Dirección Física: Solar 9-B, Vista Sur Plantation, Cayey, Puerto Rico 00736. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a cabo el día 9 DE ENERO DE 2024, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, y servirá de tipo mínimo para la misma la suma de $498,445.00 sin admitirse oferta inferior. En el caso de que el inmueble a ser subastado no fuera adjudicado en la primera subasta, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 17 DE ENERO DE 2024, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, y el precio mínimo para esta segunda subasta será el de dos terceras partes del precio mínimo establecido para la primera subasta, o a sea la suma de $332,296.66. Si tampoco hubiera remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 24 DE ENERO DE 2024, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, y el tipo mínimo para esta tercera subasta será la mitad del precio establecido para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de $249,222.50. El mejor postor deberá pagar el importe de su oferta en efecto, cheque certificado o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse el inmueble al acreedor hipotecario dentro de los diez días siguientes a la fecha de la última subasta, si así lo estimase conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada conforme a la sentencia, si ésta fuera igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta y abonándose dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta fuera mayor. Se avisa a cualquier licitador que la propiedad queda sujeta al gravamen del Estado Libre Asociado y CRIM sobre la propiedad inmueble por contribuciones adeudadas y que el pago de dichas contribuciones es la responsabilidad del licitador. Que se entenderá por todo licitador acepte como suficiente la titulación y que los cargos y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes en entendiéndose que el rematador los acepta y queda subrogado en la res-

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Civil Núm.: N3CI201000579. te demandante: $191,203.20 del Tribunal. Se entenderá que del término de 30 días conta- SUCESION JOVITA ROSA ROMAN MÉNDEZ A: IRIS MARGARITA Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. adeudada según la Sentencia, todo licitador acepta como bas- dos a partir de la publicación Demandado ROSARIO T/C/C JOVITA RODRÍGUEZ DE LEÓN Civil Núm.: HA2022CV00229. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉ- más los otros gastos, intereses tante la titulación y que las car- por edicto de esta notificación, ROSA T/C/C JOVITA POR SÍ Y COMO gas y gravámenes anteriores y dirijo a usted esta notificación RICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE y recargos que se acumulan Saló: 100. Sobre: COBRO DE MARTINEZ. MIEMBRO DE LA DINERO ORDINARIO. EM- LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LI- hasta la fecha de su total y los preferentes, si los hubiere al que se considerará hecha en la POR LA PRESENTE se le crédito de ejecutante, continuafecha de la publicación de este BRE ASOCIADO DE PR, SS. completo pago, más las costas SOCIEDAD LEGAL PLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. emplaza para que presente al DE GANANCIALES ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉ- AVISO DE VENTA EN PÚBLI- y gastos del proceso. Debido al rán subsiguientes entendiéndo- edicto. Copia de esta notificaCA SUBASTA. El que suscribe, incumplimiento de la parte de- se que el rematante los acepta ción ha sido archivada en los Tribunal su alegación responRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE COMPUESTA CON SU siva a la demanda dentro de LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera mandada, con los términos de y queda subrogado en la res- autos de este caso, con fecha ESPOSO, GILBERTO los treinta (30) días a partir de ponsabilidad de los mismos, sin 17 de noviembre de 2023.

En contrato habido entre las partes Instancia, Sala Superior de FaESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO MEDINA SAFÓN jado, a la parte demandada y al se declara con lugar la deman- destinarse a su extinción el pre- Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 17 de la publicación de este edicto.

DE PUERTO RICO, SS. URB. LA SERRANÍA, público en general les notifico da y se ordena la ejecución de cio del remate. La propiedad a noviembre de 2023. LAURA I. Usted deberá presentar su aleA: ROSANGELA que, cumpliendo con un Man- hipoteca y venta en pública su- ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETA- gación responsiva a través del 102 CALLE AMAPOLA, ROMÁN MÉNDEZ damiento que se ha librado en basta de la propiedad objeto de de gravámenes posteriores. Y RIA. LUISA I. ANDINO AYALA, Sistema Unificado de Manejo y CAGUAS, PR 00725; URB. VALLE VERDE el presente caso por el Secre- este pleito, declarando vencida para conocimiento de la parte SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL Administración de Casos (SUURB. LA SERRANÍA, MAC), al cual puede acceder 52 CALLE GRANADA, tario del Tribunal de epígrafe la suma de $191,203.20 adeu- demandada, de los acreedores TRIBUNAL. CAGUAS, PR 00725; utilizando la siguiente direccon fecha 25 de enero de 2023 dada según la Sentencia, más posteriores, de los licitadores, HATILLO, PR 00659.

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1527 AVE. PONCE DE POR LA PRESENTE se le y para satisfacer la Sentencia los otros gastos, intereses y re- partes interesadas y público ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO en general, expido el presente cargos que se acumulan hasta dictada en el caso de autos feLEÓN, STE 105, SAN emplaza y requiere para que represente por derecho propio, conteste la demanda dentro de chada 8 de septiembre de 2015 la fecha de su total y completo Aviso para su publicación en DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUJUAN, PR 00926; y notificada el 22 de septiembre pago, más las costas y gastos los lugares públicos correspon- NAL DE PRIMERA INSTAN- en cuyo caso deberé presentar los treinta (30) días siguientes 1527 PONCE DE LEÓN su alegación responsiva en la a la publicación de este Edicto. de 2015, procederá a vender del proceso. La subasta se dientes. Librado en Fajardo, CIA SALA SUPERIOR DE RIO AVE., SAN JUAN, PR secretaria del tribunal. Si usted Usted deberá presentar su ale- el día 17 DE ENERO DE 2024 llevará a cabo el día 17 DE Puerto Rico, a 26 de octubre GRANDE EN FAJARDO 00926; 1519 AVE. PONCE gación responsiva a través del A LAS 3:00 DE LA TARDE, ENERO DE 2024 A LAS 3:00 de 2023. MILDRED I. TORO FINANCE OF AMERICA deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido DE LEÓN, SUITE 412, 413, Sistema Unificado de Manejo y en mi oficina, localizada en el DE LA TARDE. La venta de la COLÓN, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR REVERSE LLC término, el tribunal podrá dicPLACA #197, ALGUACIL DEL Tribunal de Primera Instancia, propiedad será realizada para SAN JUAN, PR 00919; Administración de Casos (SUDemandante Vs. tar sentencia en rebeldía en su Sala Superior de Fajardo, la cubrir el importe adeudado a la TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSMAC), la cual puede acceder SOLAR 50 Y 51, REPARTO SUCESION JOSE contra y conceder el remedio utilizando la siguiente direc- adjudicación se hará al mejor demandante, el cual al momen- TANCIA, SALA DE FAJARDO. LINDA GARDENS, ANTONIO MARTINEZ solicitado en la demanda, o SHEILA S. CRUZ SÁNCHEZ, to de la Sentencia ascendía a postor, quien deberá consignar ción electrónica: https://unired.

GUAYNABO, PR 00969; ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se el importe de su oferta en el la suma de $191,203.20 adeu- ALGUACIL AUXILIAR #427.

VEGA T/C/C JOSE A. cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en (Nombre de las partes que se le MARTINEZ VEGA T/C/C el ejercicio de su sana discrerepresente por derecho propio, acto mismo de la adjudicación, dada según la Sentencia, más JORGE A. ORTIZ ESTRADA, notifican la sentencia por edicto) lo entiende procedente.

ALGUACIL REGIONAL INTElos otros gastos, intereses y reen efectivo (moneda del curso JOSE MARTINEZ VEGA ción, Greenspoon EL SECRETARIO(A) que sus- en cuyo caso deberá presenMarder, LLP legal de los Estados Unidos de cargos que se acumulan hasta RINO #622. tar su alegación responsiva T/C/C JOSE ANTONIO Lcda. Frances L. Asencio-Guido cribe le notifica a usted que América), giro postal o cheque la fecha de su total y completo en la secretaría del tribunal.

R.U.A. 15,622 el 15 DE NOVIEMBRE DE LEGAL NOTICE MARTINEZ T/C/C JOSE certificado a nombre del al- pago, más las costas y gastos TRADE CENTRE SOUTH, SUITE 700 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Si usted deja de presentar su A. MARTINEZ T/C/C ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO guacil del Tribunal todo título, del proceso.

Se le advierte a los 100 WEST CYPRESS CREEK ROAD Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial alegación responsiva dentro FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33309 derecho o interés de la parte licitadores que la adjudicación DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUJOSE MARTINEZ o Resolución en este caso, del referido término, el tribunal Telephone: (954) 343 6273 demandada sobre la siguien- se hará al mejor postor, quien NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA COMPUESTA POR JOHN que ha sido debidamente re- podrá dictar sentencia en reFrances.Asencio@gmlaw.com te propiedad: URBANA: Solar deberá consignar el importe de CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAbeldía en su contra y conceder DOE Y JANE DOE COMO gistrada y archivada en autos Expedido bajo mi firma, y sello marcado con el número cinco su oferta en el mismo acto de YAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE donde podrá usted enterarse el remedio solicitado en la dePOSIBLES HEREDEROS del Tribunal, en Fajardo, Puerto BAYAMÓN SALÓN DE SESIO(5) del Bloque “A” (2da fase) la adjudicación en moneda de detalladamente de los términos manda o cualquier otro sin más Rico, hoy día 06 de noviembre DESCONOCIDOS; de la Urbanización Mansiones curso legal de los Estados Uni- NES SALÓN 401 de la misma. Esta notificación citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en de 2023. WANDA I. SEGUÍ SUCESION JOVITA de Hacienda Jiménez, locali- dos de Norteamérica, efectivo, TANIA MARIE se publicará una sola vez en el ejercicio de su sana discreREYES, SECRETARIA. LINDA zado en el Barrio Jiménez de la giro y/o cheque de gerente a VÁZQUEZ MALDONADO ROSA ROSARIO T/C/C ción, lo entiende procedente. un periódico de circulación I. MEDINA MEDINA, SUB-SEMunicipalidad de Río Grande, nombre del Alguacil del TribuDemandante V. JOVITA ROSA T/C/C general en la Isla de Puerto El sistema SUMAC notificará CRETARIA. Puerto Rico, con una cabida nal, y para conocimiento de la FIRSTBANK PUERTO Rico, dentro de los 10 días si- copia a los abogados de la parJOVITA MARTINEZ superficial de 643.658 metros parte demandada y de toda(s) te demandante, el Lcdo.

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DE RECAUDACION DE Urbanización; por el ESTE, cimiento de los licitadores y el EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICADELIA ALICEA ROSA EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRtérmino de 30 días contados a en distancia de 23.958 metros público en general, y para su CIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR INGRESOS MUNICIPALES A/K/A DELIA ELICEA partir de la publicación por edic- MA y el sello del Tribunal, en lineales, con el solar número publicación en un periódico de EDICTO. Demandados to de esta notificación, dirijo a CAMUY, Puerto Rico, hoy día ROSA AND THE ESTATE 4 de la Urbanización; y por el circulación general, una vez por Civil Núm.: RG2023CV00478.

17 de OCTUBRE de 2023.

En A: JOHN DOE Y usted esta notificación que se OF JOSE DANIEL DIAZ OESTE, en distancia de 31.217 semana durante el termino de RICHARD ROE COMO Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HI- GONZALEZ COMPOSED considerará hecha en la fecha Hatillo, Puerto Rico, el 17 de metros lineales, con solar nú- dos (2) semanas consecutivas POTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO OCTUBRE de 2023.

VIVIAN Y. de la publicación de este edicPOSIBLES TENEDORES POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNILEGAL NOTICE mero 6 de la Urbanización. con un intervalo de por lo meBY RAFAEL DIAZ to. Copia de esta notificación FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECREDESCONOCIDOS. ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO Enclava una estructura de hor- nos siete (7) días entre ambas DOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PREGONZALEZ; DANIEL ha sido archivada en los autos TARIA. ISAMAR RODRÍGUEZ (Nombre de las partes que se le DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUSIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS SECRETARIA migón y bloques de hormigón publicaciones, y para su fijación DIAZ GONZALEZ; MARIA de este caso, con fecha de 17 GONZÁLEZ, notifican la sentencia por edicto) NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANtipo residencial para una sola en tres (3) lugares públicos del UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE de NOVIEMBRE de 2023. En AUXILIAR. EL SECRETARIO(A) que susDEL CARMEN DIAZ CIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE familia. Inscrita al tomo Karibe municipio en que ha de celeASOCIADO DE PUERTO GUAYNABO, Puerto Rico, el cribe le notifica a usted que el GONZALEZ; JORGE LUIS LEGAL NOTICE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR de Río Grande, finca número brarse la venta, tales como, la RICO, SS. 17 de NOVIEMBRE de 2023.

14 de noviembre de 2023, este DE GUAYNABO SALÓN DE 29,881, inscripción 4ta, Regis- Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la ColecDIAZ ALICEA; ELIZABETH A: JOHN DOE Y LAURA I. SANTA SANCHEZ, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, tro de la Propiedad de Carolina, turía, y se le notificará además SESIONES SALÓN 201.

DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUDIAZ ALICEA; DAVID DIAZ JANE DOE COMO Secretaria. f/SARA ROSA VISentencia Parcial o Resolución Sección Tercera. Que con el im- a la parte demandada y a su BAUTISTA CAYMAN ALICEA; MARIA EUGENIA LLEGAS, Secretario(a) Auxiliar NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA en este caso, que ha sido debiPOSIBLES MIEMBROS SALA SUPERIOR DE FAJAR- porte de dicha venta se habrá abogado o abogada vía correo damente registrada y archivada ASSET COMPANY del Tribunal.

DIAZ ALICEA; MARA DESCONOCIDOS DE de satisfacer a la parte demancertificado con acuse de recibo DO Demandante v. en autos donde podrá usted LEE DIAZ ROSADO; LA SUCESION JOSE dante las cantidades adeuda- siempre que haya comparecido LEGAL NOTICE BANCO POPULAR DE enterarse detalladamente de RELIANCE JANISE ALEJANDRA das, según la Sentencia dictada al pleito. Si el (la) deudor (a) ANTONIO MARTINEZ los términos de la misma. Esta PUERTO RICO MANUFACTURING, INC Y ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO en el caso de epígrafe, por el por Sentencia no comparece DIAZ ROSADO; MALESH VEGA T/C/C JOSE A. DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUnotificación se publicará una Demandante V. OTROS Tribunal de Primera Instancia, al pleito, la notificación será enMARIE DIAZ ROSADO; NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA sola vez en un periódico de MARTINEZ VEGA T/C/C FELIX IVAN GONZALEZ Demandado(a) Sala Superior de Fajardo. El re- viada vía correo certificado con SALA DE HATILLO JOSE ARNALDO DIAZ Caso Núm.: BY2022CV02433.

MEJIAS T/C/C FELIX I. mate comenzará por las sumas acuse de recibo a las últimas circulación general en la Isla JOSE MARTINEZ VEGA de Puerto Rico, dentro de los ISLAND PORTFOLIO ROSADO AND MATILDE T/C/C JOSE ANTONIO Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO adeudadas declaradas en la direcciones conocidas. Se les GONZALEZ MEJIAS, 10 días siguientes a su notificaSERVICES, LLC, PEREIRA NIEVES IN THE - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOSentencia, y se llevará a cabo advierte a todos los interesaMARTINEZ T/C/C JOSE YAZMIN DIAZ LOPEZ Y ción. Y, siendo o representando TIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA para con su producto, satisfa- dos que todos los documentos COMO AGENTE DE WIDOW’S RIGHT OF A. MARTINEZ T/C/C LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE usted una parte en el procediPOR EDICTO. FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS BIENES GANANCIALES cer dichas sumas. Las cuantías relacionados con la presente miento sujeta a los términos JOSE MARTINEZ; JOHN USUFRUCT LUIS G PARRILLA HERNANDEZ de la sentencia se describen de acción de ejecución de hipoteDefendant FUND, LLC de la Sentencia, Sentencia ROE Y JANE ROE COMO LPARRILLA@FERRAIUOLI.COM COMPUESTA POR la siguiente manera: al día la ca, así como la de la subasta, Civil Núm.: 23-CV-1077ADC. Demandante Vs. PALOMA MARÍA DOMÍNGUEZ Parcial o Resolución, de la cual POSIBLES MIEMBROS estarán disponibles para ser parte demandada adeuda las AMBOS Re: FORECLOSURE OF SÁNCHEZ puede establecerse recurso ROSANGELA siguientes cantidades a la par- examinados en la Secretaría DESCONOCIDOS DE LA MORTGAGE; COLLECTION Demandados PDOMINGUEZ@FERRAIUOLI.COM de revisión o apelación dentro

ponsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse su extinción al precio rematante. Todos los nombres de los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante, o de los acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, siempre que surgen de la certificación registral, para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Y para conocimiento de licitadores, del público en general y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general diaria en Puerto Rico y en los sitios públicos de acuerdo a las disposiciones de la Regla 51.7 de las de Procedimiento Civil, así como para la publicación en un periódico de circulación general diaria y en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas con antelación a la fecha de la primera subasta y por lo menos una vez por semana. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento indicado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante las horas laborables.

(Art. 102 (1) de la Ley núm.

210-2015). Expedido el presente en Guayama, Puerto Rico, a 14 de noviembre de 2023.

ENID NAZARIO CORREA, ALGUACIL #407,ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE GUAYAMA.

26 OF MONIES. SUMMONS BY Court and noticed by this Summons, the Court will proceed to PUBLICATION. TO: Delia Alicea Rosa hear and adjudicate this cause and the members of the against you based on the relief demanded in the Complaint, Estate of Jose Daniel and the court shall proceed Diaz Gonzalez: Rafael to adjudication without further Diaz Gonzalez; Daniel notice. In San Juan, Puerto Diaz Gonzalez; Maria del Rico, this 12th day of October, Carmen Diaz Gonzalez; 2023. ADA I. GARCIA-RIVEESQ., CPA, CLERK OF Jorge Luis Diaz Gonzalez; RA, THE COURT, U.S. DISTRICT David Diaz Alicea; Maria COURT. VIVIANA DIAZ, DEEugenia Diaz Alicea; Mara PUTY CLERK.

Lee Diaz Rosado; Janise Alejandra Diaz Rosado; Malesh Marie Diaz Rosado; Jose Arnaldo Diaz Rosado and Matilde Pereira Nieves in the widow’s right of usufruct.

The Plaintiff has filed proceedings against Defendant for Foreclosure of Mortgage and collection of monies in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico for the property located at: Parcelas Juana Jimenez, Barrio Hato Nuevo, #88 Calle 4, Gurabo, PR 00778.

This Court has entered an Order providing for summons by publication in accordance with the provisions of Rule 4.6 of the Rules of Civil Procedure for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and pursuant Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(e) and Rule 4.6.

THEREFORE, you are hereby SUMMONED to appear, plead, or answer the Complaint filed herein no later than twenty-one (21) days after publication of this Summons by serving original plea or answer in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, and serving a copy to counsel for Plaintiff: MARICELI PÉREZ GONZÁLEZ, Esq. No. 216,204 GARCIA CHAMORRO LAW GROUP, P.S.C. 1225 AVE. PONCE DE LEON SUITE 706 SAN JUAN, PR 00907 Tel. 787‐977-1932 / Fax. 787‐722-1932 Email: mperez@garciachamorro.com This Summons shall be published by edict only once in a newspaper of general circulation in the island of Puerto Rico.

Within ten (10) days following publication of this Summons, a copy of this Summons and the Complaint will be sent to defendant: Delia Alicea Rosa and the members of the Estate of Jose Daniel Diaz Gonzalez: Rafael Diaz Gonzalez; Daniel Diaz Gonzalez; Maria del Carmen Diaz Gonzalez; Jorge Luis Diaz Gonzalez; David Diaz Alicea; Maria Eugenia Diaz Alicea; Mara Lee Diaz Rosado; Janise Alejandra Diaz Rosado; Malesh Marie Diaz Rosado; Jose Arnaldo Diaz Rosado and Matilde Pereira Nieves in the widow’s right of usufruct, by certified mail/return receipt requested, addressed to its last know address. Should you fail to appear, plead, or answer to the Complaint as ordered by the

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

ASOCIACIÓN DE RESIDENTES DE LOS MONTES, INC. Demandante Vs.

PABLO JOSÉ CARTAGENA ANTONGIORGI, IVELESE FELICIANO FORTIS, AMBOS POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandados Civil Núm.: BY2022CV06091.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO (R.60). EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: PABLO JOSÉ CARTAGENA ANTONGIORGI, IVELESE FELICIANO FORTIS, AMBOS POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS. FÍSICA & POSTAL: URB. LOS MONTES - MONTE SOL, 106 CALLE REINA, DORADO, PR 00646.

PÚBLICO EN GENERAL:

El Alguacil del Tribunal que suscribe anuncia y hace constar: 1.

Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento que me ha sido dirigido por la contado y en moneda de curso legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América, todo derecho, título o interés que tenga la Parte Demandada en el bien inmueble que se describe a continuación: URBANA: “URBANA: URBANIZACIÓN LOS MONTES de Dorado.

Unidad Residencial: J-4. Cabida: 350.00 Metros Cuadrados.

SU DESCRIPCIÓN LEGAL ES COMO SIGUE: URBANA: Predio de terreno identificado como el Solar J-4, en el plano de la Sección Montesol (Fase “I”) de la URBANIZACIÓN LOS

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MONTES en Dorado, radicado en el Barrio Espinosa del término municipal de Dorado, Puerto Rico, con una cabida de 350.00 Metros Cuadrados, equivalentes a 0.0890 cuerdas; en lindes por el NORTE, en una distancia de 14.00 metros, con la “Main Avenue”; por el SUR, en una distancia de 14.00 metros, con la Calle #8; por el ESTE, en una distancia de 25.00 metros, con el Solar marcado J-3; y por el OESTE, en una distancia de 25.00 metros, con el Solar marcado J-5. En el predio enclava una edificación de una planta, con estructura de hormigón reforzado, dedicada a vivienda.

TRACTO: Es segregación de la finca #610 de Dorado. Finca #10818, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección IV.” Dirección física: Urb. Los Montes- Monte Sol, J-04 Calle Reina, Dorado PR 00646. 2.

Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la secretaría del tribunal durante las horas laborables. 3. Que se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito ejecutante, continuaran subsistentes, entendiéndose que el remanente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. 4. La propiedad para ejecutar se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. 5. Que el licitador y/o mejor postor pagará el importe de su oferta en efectivo, cheque certificado o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil de Tribunal. 6. La propiedad se encuentra afecta a los siguientes gravámenes: A. Hipoteca: En garantía de un pagaré a favor del Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Puerto Rico, a su orden, por la suma principal de $158,355.00, intereses al 4.50% anual y vencedera el 1º de noviembre de 2041. Affidávit 38,794. Tasada en una cantidad de $158,355.00, en caso de ejecución de Hipoteca.

Escritura #729, otorgada en San Juan, el 16 de noviembre de 2011, ante el Notario Raúl J. Vilá Sellés. Inscripción 6ª.

B. Anotación de Demanda: A favor de San Carlos Mortgage LLC, por la cantidad adeudada de $150,333.73. Demanda de fecha 3 de mayo de 2023, en el Centro Judicial de Bayamón.

Caso Civil: #BY2023CV02340, sobre Ejecución de Hipoteca.

San Carlos Mortgage LLC: Demandante vs. Pablo José Cartagena Antongiorgi t/c/c Pablo J. Cartagena Antongiorgi t/c/c Pablo Cartagena Antongiorgi, Ivelese Feliciano Fortis t/c/c Ivelise Feliciano Fortis t/c/c Ivelisse Feliciano Fortis y la Sociedad Legal de Bienes Gananciales compuesta por ambos.

Anotación “A”. C. Anotación de Embargo (Judicial, Ley 209): A favor de la Asociación de Residentes Los Montes, Inc., por la cantidad adeudada de $8,544.96. Mandamiento de fecha 11 de julio de 2023, en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón. Caso: #BY2022CV06091, sobre Cobro de Dinero Regla. Asociación de Residentes Los Montes, Inc.: Demandante v. Pablo José Cartagena Antongiorgi, Ivelese Feliciano Fortis, ambos por si y en representación de la Sociedad Legal de Gananciales compuesta por ambos: Demandados. Anotación B”.

7. Dicha subasta se celebrará para con el importe de la misma satisfacer a la parte demandante la suma principal $7,412.50, por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento vencidas y no pagadas al 30 de noviembre de 2023, más intereses desde que se dicte la sentencia al 8.00% anual ($1.84 diario), a partir de esa fecha en la cantidad de $364.99, al 9 de noviembre de 2023; más $148.00 de costas y gastos según sentencia, más $500.00 por concepto de honorarios de abogado otorgados según sentencia; más $349.89 por concepto de memorando de gastos, concedidos el 15 de mayo de 2023, más $950.00 por concepto de honorarios del proceso de ejecución de la sentencia (mueble, inmueble, vehículo) concedidos mediante Orden de fecha de 10 de julio de 2023; más $950.00 por las costas y gastos del proceso en la ejecución de la sentencia mediante Venta en Pública Subasta concedidos en Orden de fecha de 31 de octubre de 2023, totalizan la cantidad de $10,675.38. La subasta se llevará a cabo en mi Oficina de Alguacil de Subasta, en el 4to piso del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Bayamón, el día 17 DE ENERO DE 2024 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA. Y para la conveniencia de los licitadores expido el presente Edicto para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general y por un término de catorce (14) días en los lugares públicos que determine la ley.

En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 9 de noviembre de 2023. LCDO. MELVYN FONTÁN LOZADA, DPTO. LEGAL, TEL. 787-7953720. MARIBEL LANZAR VELÁZQUEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #735.

LOPEZ DE VICTORIA

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: TB2023CV00279.

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

A: JORGE F LOPEZ DE VICTORIA. 1 COND LAGOS DEL NORTE APT 511, TOA BAJA PR 00949-1603.

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Kenmuel J. Ruiz Lopez cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 009368518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección kenmuel.ruiz@ orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com.

EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en TOA BAJA, Puerto Rico, hoy día 10 de octubre de 2023. LDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. SANDRA I. BÁEZ HERNÁNDEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

DE RECAUDACIONES SOBRE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES

Parte Demandada Caso Civil Núm.: MT2023CV00486. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA - IN REM. EMPLAZAMIENTO Y NOTIFICACIÓN DE INTERPELACIÓN POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PERSONA CON INTERÉS EN LA SUCESIÓN DE NELSON SOTO RAMOS.

POR LA PRESENTE se les emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá radicar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: http:// unired.ramajudicial.pr/sumac/, salvo que se presente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá radicar el original de su contestación ante el Tribunal correspondiente y notifique con copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, Leda. Marjaliisa Colon Villanueva, al PO BOX 7970, Ponce, P.R. 00732; Teléfono: 787-843-4168. En dicha demanda se tramita un procedimiento de ejecución de hipoteca IN REM bajo el número mencionado en el epígrafe.

Se alega en dicho procedimiento que la parte Demandada incurrió en el incumplimiento del Contrato de Hipoteca, al no poder pagar las mensualidades vencidas correspondientes a los meses de octubre de 2021 hasta el presente, más los cargos por demora correspondientes. Además, adeuda a la parte demandante las costas, LEGAL NOTICE gastos y honorarios de abogaESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO do en que incurra el tenedor DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- del pagaré en este litigio. De NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA acuerdo con dicho Contrato de SALA DE CIALES Garantía Hipotecaria la parte LEGACY MORTGAGE Demandante declaró vencida ASSET TRUST 2019-PR1 la totalidad de la deuda ascendente a la suma de $89,112.02 Parte Demandante Vs. de balance de principal, más LA SUCESIÓN DE intereses sobre dicha suma NELSON SOTO RAMOS los al 4.500% anual desde el día 1 COMPUESTA POR LEGAL NOTICE de septiembre de 2021 de así MARILYN ORTEGA como todos aquellos créditos y ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO RIVERA, JOHN DOE Y sumas que surjan de la faz de DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA RICHARD ROE COMO la obligación hipotecaria y de hipoteca que la garantiza, inSALA DE TOA BAJA POSIBLES HEREDEROS la cluyendo la suma pactada para ISLAND PORTFOLIO DESCONOCIDOS DE costas, gastos y honorarios de SERVICES, LLC COMO LA SUCESIÓN DE abogado. La parte DemandanAGENTE DE ACE ONE NELSON SOTO RAMOS; te presentó para su inscripción FUNDING, LLC LA ADMINISTRACIÓN en el Registro de la Propiedad Parte Demandante Vs. PARA EL SUSTENTO DE correspondiente, un AVISO DE PLEITO PENDIENTE (“Lis JORGE F

MENORES Y EL CENTRO

Pendens”) sobre la propiedad objeto de esta acción cuya propiedad es la siguiente: RÚSTICA: Parcela marcado con el número setenta y ocho (78) en el plano de parcelación de la comunidad rural Pesas Dos (II) del barrio Pesas del término municipal de Ciales, con una cabida superficial de mil treinta punto diecinueve (1030.19) metros cuadrados. En lindes por el Norte, parcela número setenta y siete (77) de la comunidad; por el Sur, con parcela número setenta y nueve (79) de la comunidad; por el Este, con quebrada; por el Oeste, con calle número dos (2) de la comunidad. Inscrita al folio ciento veinte (120) del Tomo doscientos treinta y cuatro (234) de Ciales, finca número diez mil quinientos noventa y nueve (10,599).

En Ciales, Puerto Rico, a 13 de noviembre de 2023. VIVIAN FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL. JANETTE GONZÁLEZ ARGAS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, el Lcdo. Edwin Serrano cuyas direcciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección edwin.serrano@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orflaw.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy día 17 de octubre de 2023.

En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 17 de octubre de 2023. LCDA. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. MARICRUZ APONTE ALICEA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA SALA DE FAMILIA Y MENORES DE BAYAMÓN

JEFFREY ANDINO HERNÁNDEZ

Parte Demandante Vs

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO PAOLA ZOE DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUSANTIAGO FERRER NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA Parte Demandada SALA DE ARECIBO Caso Civil Núm.: ISLAND PORTFOLIO BY2023RF01954. Sala: 3006.

SERVICES, LLC, COMO Sobre: DIVORCIO RUPTURA AGENTE DE ACE ONE IRREPARABLE. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRIFUNDING, LLC. CA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS Demandante Vs. EE. UU., ESTADO LIBRE ASOYOMAIRA L. CIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

GARCIA DELGADO

Demandado Civil Núm.: CA2023CV01606.

Salón: 1. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: YOMAIRA L. GARCIA DELGADO – VILLA FONTANA PARK, 5N1 PARQUE LAS PALOMAS, CAROLINA, PR 00983.

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto.

Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni

A: PAOLA ZOE SANTIAGO FERRER, PARTE DEMANDADA, Y A TODA PERSONA QUE DESEE OPONERSE.

POR LA PRESENTE se le notifica que deberá comparecer ante este Honorable Tribunal dentro de TREINTA (30) DIAS a partir de la publicación de este edicto, el cual se publicará una vez en un periódico de circulación general, para exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga en la presente petición sobre DEMANDA DE DIVORCIO POR RUPTURA IRREPARABLE, promovido por la Parte Demandante. La Parte Demandada deberá notificar sus alegaciones responsivas mediante el sistema electrónico del Tribunal conocido como SUMAC y copiar a la representación legal de la Demandante, LCDA. CARMEN E. ALFONSO ARROYO, con dirección en 41 AVE FERNANDO L. RIBAS, BOX 355, UTUADO, P.R. 00641; a su correo electrónico: alfonsoabogada@gmail. com. EXPEDIDO POR ORDEN DEL TRIBUNAL, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy 16 de noviembre de 2023. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA GENERAL. NORMARY A. ÁLAMO ARRIAGA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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Willie Hernández, relief pitcher who had a banner 1984, dies at 69

By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN

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illie Hernández, who won the American League’s Most Valuable Player Award in 1984 when his brilliant relief pitching helped propel the Detroit Tigers to a World Series championship, died last Monday in Sebring, Florida. He was 69.

His death was announced by the Tigers. His wife, Dulce Carrasco, told the Puerto Rican newspaper Primera Hora that he had experienced heart problems for many years.

Hernández, a left-hander, also won the Cy Young Award as the AL’s leading pitcher in 1984. He was the fourth American League pitcher and seventh pitcher overall to win both the Cy Young and MVP laurels, which are voted on by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.

“It’s unbelievable, winning these two awards in the same year for a relief pitcher,” he told The New York Times on winning the MVP honor.

Hernández led major league pitchers in appearances (80) and games finished (68) in 1984, when he posted a 9-3 record with a 1.92 earned run average. He had 32 saves in 33 chances after tallying a total of only 27 saves in his seven previous seasons.

The 1984 Tigers finished 104-58 in the regular season, then swept the Kansas City Royals in the American League Championship Series and defeated the San Diego Padres, 4-1, in the World Series.

Hernández appeared in three games in the World Series and had saves in two of them. He yielded just one run and four hits in 5-1/3 innings. He earned the final out of the clinching Game 5, getting Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn to hit a soft fly to left field.

Hernández became only the third pitcher in major league history, after Sandy Koufax and Denny McLain, to win the Cy Young and MVP awards and appear with World Series champions in the same season. He was an All-Star in 1984 and the two seasons that followed.

Guillermo Hernández Villanueva was born Nov. 14, 1954, in Aguada, Puerto Rico, the seventh of eight children. His father, Dinicio, worked in a sugar cane factory, and his mother, Dominga, was a house-

Willie Hernández pitching for the victorious Detroit Tigers in the fifth and final game of the 1984 World Series in Detroit. He recorded two saves and gave up just one run in 5 and a third innings in winning the Series’s M.V.P. award. keeper. He played baseball as a youth, joined the Puerto Rican national team in 1973 after his high school graduation and signed with the Philadelphia Phillies’ organization in September for a $25,000 bonus (the equivalent of about $170,000 today).

After pitching in the Phillies’ and Chicago Cubs’ minor league systems, Hernández made his major league debut with the Cubs in April 1977. He became their leading relief pitcher in 1982.

Hernández began the 1983 season with the Cubs but was traded to the Phillies in May. He helped take them to the National League pennant and appeared in three games in the 1983 World Series without giving up a hit, although they lost to the Baltimore Orioles in five games.

The Phillies traded him to the Tigers in March 1984, and he went on to enjoy his marquee season, concentrating on a cut fastball, which pounded right-handed batters inside, and a screwball.

Hernández pitched for the Tigers through the 1989 season. In his 13 major league seasons, he appeared in 744 games, 733 as a relief pitcher. He compiled a winloss record of 70-63 with a 3.38 earned run average, 788 strikeouts and 147 saves.

After retiring from baseball, he operat-

ed a manufacturing company and a cattle ries. He will always be remembered as a ranch in Puerto Rico.

World Series champion.”

On April 4, 2019, Hernández returned to Detroit to throw the ceremonial first pitch at the Tigers’ home opener to commemorate the 35th anniversary of their winning the 1984 World Series. The team has not won a championship since then.

Hernández had two sons, Guillermo and Xavier, from his first marriage, to Carmen Rivera, which ended in divorce. Apart from his second wife, a list of survivors was not immediately available.

Alan Trammell, the Hall of Fame shortstop and Hernández’s longtime Tigers teammate, said in a statement, “I will never forget our team’s celebration together on the mound after he recorded the final Hernández in 1978, when he played for the Chicago Cubs. He out of the 1984 World Se- had made his major league debut with the team the previous season.

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Baseball flourishes in Colombia’s capital. But not because of Colombians.

By JAMES WAGNER

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aseball is not popular in Colombia.

Except on the Caribbean coast, soccer dominates. In Bogotá, the capital, many know very little about “béisbol.” And the city has only two public baseball fields.

But swing by Hermes Barros Cabas baseball stadium on any weekend, and it doesn’t feel that way. On a recent Sunday, five groups of children dressed in their team uniforms filled every corner of the main field.

Coaches threw batting practice, while children snagged ground balls or pop flies.

Parents shouted words of encouragement or instruction. The smell of coffee and fried snacks wafted behind the bleachers.

Most of the people there, though, weren’t Colombian.

The vast majority of the 500 players in the Bogotá baseball league are from neighboring Venezuela, where baseball is the most popular sport. As Venezuelans often say, it’s in their blood.

“No matter what country I went to, I’d bring my umpiring equipment,” said the league’s head umpire, Pastor Colmenares, 50. When he left Venezuela for Colombia in search of higher paying work in 2017, Colmenares’ only suitcase was filled with his baseball gear.

Venezuela’s economic collapse and political repression have created the largest refugee crisis in the Western Hemisphere, and no country in Latin America has seen a bigger influx of Venezuelan migrants than Colombia (an estimated 2.9 million in a country of 52 million). And no Colombian city has been a more popular destination than Bogotá (an estimated 600,000 in a city of nearly 8 million).

For many Venezuelans, whose lives were upended in their homeland, they are now facing an uncertain future — and, in some cases, they have been met with a hostile reception by Colombians. For them, the league offers a measure of refuge.

“To me, it means hope,” said Félix Ortega, 51, a software consultant who moved to Colombia from Venezuela in 2018, and whose sons, Sebastián, 13, and Rodrigo, 8, play in the league.

“My kids maintain that contact with our culture,’’ he continued. “But it’s also a meeting place for all of us. It’s like having a piece of Venezuela here.”

The league, in various forms, has been around since 1945 and was mostly made up of Colombians. But that changed in re-

cent years, as more Venezuelans arrived.

“We’ve opened the door for them,” said the league’s president, José Francisco Martínez Petro, who is Colombian, adding that the newcomers bring established baseball know-how and have raised the league’s level.

Of the amateur league’s nine clubs, each of which fields multiple teams across different age groups, starting at 3 years old, there is one that is distinctly Venezuelan: the Leones. Unlike other teams that are named after Major League Baseball clubs in the United States, the Leones are a nod to the most successful Venezuelan professional team, which not every Venezuelan in Bogotá was a fan of back home.

“Once you’re here, it doesn’t matter,” said Gabriel Arcos, a systems engineer who grew up cheering for a Leones’ rival in Venezuela and moved to Bogotá in 2016.

“Maybe you don’t like the Leones of Caracas, but like I always say, these are the Leones of Bogotá.”

Four years ago, when Iraida Acosta took over as president of the Leones, she said there were only six Venezuelan children. Now, she said, most of its 64 players are Venezuelan.

Acosta, 54, said that in 2017, she and her 9-year-old son left their Venezuelan hometown near the Caribbean coast to visit her husband, who had come to Bogotá six months earlier to find work. They ended up staying because the economic opportunities were better.

Still, it wasn’t easy.

“The culture, although being brother countries, is totally different,” she said, adding later, “I cried a lot when I came here.”

When Acosta rode Bogotá’s public buses, she said she avoided speaking so people wouldn’t hear her accent. She said people would use a disrespectful term for Venezuelans in Colombia and mutter, “Go back to your country.”

She discovered the baseball league on Facebook, enrolled her son and found a community. She became friends with Colombians who were running the Leones club, and they turned it over to her when family health complications arose.

Other Colombians Acosta met through baseball have made her feel welcome. The sport, she said, has provided a common ground.

“Without all of the immigration — forced or desired or whatever — we wouldn’t have the quality here that we have now in players and coaches,” said Hernán

Boys from the Leones baseball team at the Hermes Barros Cabas baseball stadium in Bogotá.

Vasquez, 36, a Colombian who is an assistant Leones coach and whose 7-year-old son plays in the league.

Vasquez, who joked that he is now Venezuelan by association given how many he spends time with, is angered that many Colombians have singled out Venezuelans as the source of their country’s problems, such as rising crime rates.

“The majority — 99% of the Venezuelans that I know — are professionals who came to work,” he said.

Colmenares left Barquisimeto, a city in northwestern Venezuela, six years ago because he said his three jobs — metal worker, umpire and occasionally construction worker — still didn’t provide enough money to adequately feed his family. “When I arrived, my skin was practically stuck to my bones,” he said.

At first, Colmenares said he struggled to find a job, going from business to business, offering to do anything. “There was a lot of us looking for work,” he said. “You’d see a lot of, ‘Oh, you’re Venezuelan. No, no, no, we don’t want anything to do with the Venezuelans.’”

After finally finding work as a metal worker, Colmenares slowly built a life in Bogotá. His wife and daughter later joined him in Colombia, while another daughter and his son live in Chile. (He hasn’t met his 6-year old granddaughter who was born in Chile.)

Colmenares also found his footing in his true passion: umpiring. When he joined the league, he said only one other umpire was Venezuelan. Today, 11 of the 12 are.

“The league represents everything for me,” he said through tears. “After my fam-

ily, it’s umpiring.”

Others have found a similar haven.

When Arcos left Caracas seven years ago because of dwindling opportunities, he arrived in Bogotá by himself. He started working, found an apartment, and his wife and 4-year-old son arrived three months later.

They spent their first New Year’s in the city alone. For over two years, they mostly stayed home or explored Bogotá on their own.

But one day, en route to play soccer with co-workers, Arcos came upon the league’s baseball field and signed up his son the following week. His family was soon spending every weekend there.

Guests for their children’s birthday parties all come from the league.

“It completely changed our lives,” Arcos, 34, said.

Still, baseball hasn’t been quite the same as back home. Parents have complained that the competition for their children isn’t as good as in Venezuela. The league cannot always field a team for national tournaments, officials said, because Colombian baseball federation rules cap the number of foreign players at 20% of a roster.

And unlike in Venezuela where baseball fields are everywhere, the Bogotá league’s stadium is in the center of the traffic-clogged city, and reaching it can take more than an hour each way.

When Suleibi Romero Gonzalez cannot get her son Darvish, 11, to practice or games because she is busy running her Venezuelan restaurant, she and another mother take turns taking their children to the field.

Romero, 37, a separated mother of three, came to Bogotá alone in 2017, and then brought her family. She and her husband at the time both loved baseball and wanted their oldest son to continue playing.

“It’s beneficial because it’s the same group he’s been playing with since they were 5 years old,” she said.

Even as many Venezuelans leave Colombia for the United States, the baseball league remains a nexus for the Venezuelan diaspora. Acosta said families who haven’t even left Venezuela yet reach out regularly on social media.

The messages, she said, typically say, “‘Hi, I need information. I’m coming to Colombia soon and I want my son to register to play over there.’”

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(Mar 21-April 20)

A female friend may seem to be upset with you and might not admit it. If you ask what’s wrong, she’ll probably say, “Nothing.” Use your intuition to deduce what’s bothering her and then try to make it up to her in some way. You might want to reevaluate your friendship. She may be too uncommunicative. The term “acquaintance” might suit her better than “friend.”

Libra

(Sep 24-Oct 23)

Today you might feel especially passionate and desirous of some time alone with your significant other. However, your partner may be detained by other responsibilities or might not be in the mood. This could be frustrating, but don’t get angry. You aren’t being rejected, although it might seem that way. Make a date for tomorrow.

Better late than never!

Taurus

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Scorpio

Emotions might run high with today’s astral energies. Your friends may be snapping at each other and even getting into quarrels. Stay out of it! It’s best to concentrate on getting the problem taken care of and take away the reason for the tension rather than try to control it.

Hang in there.

Your significant other may be expected at your house tonight but not show up, and may not even communicate with you. This might cause you to be understandably worried. Don’t make yourself crazy. All signs are that your partner is OK. Traffic is the likeliest culprit keeping the two of you apart. Your friend may show up a lot later than expected.

Gemini

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Sagittarius

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Cancer

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Capricorn

(Dec 22-Jan 20)

Some people with whom you spend a lot of time could get into a debate over spiritual or metaphysical concepts. This could make you and everyone else very uncomfortable. This isn’t the time to try to mediate. Both parties involved are too attached to their points of view. It’s best just to nip it in the bud and ask them not to discuss it now. Change the subject!

Disagreements and hot tempers could hinder the completion of an important project. There may be a detail to the plan that some people just can’t agree on. It’s best to attempt to rework it rather than try to bring everyone around to the current point of view. Everyone is too tense to listen to reason.

Leo

(July 24-Aug 23)

You might have gotten home later last night than is good for you, and you may feel a little tired and dragged out. Take your vitamins and don’t use coffee as a stimulant. Take a brisk walk to clear your head and get the endorphins going.

It will lift your spirits. This will enable you to function as sharply as you normally do.

Virgo

(Aug 24-Sep 23)

Your emotions may cloud your intuition today.

You might not pick up on the thoughts and feelings of others the way you normally do, and you could feel at a disadvantage. This is only a temporary condition. Today you’ll just have to rely on logic. This could be helpful in the end.

Intuition is at its most useful when it’s combined with intellect.

(Oct 24-Nov 22)

Someone you need to contact for information may be temporarily unavailable. You might have to try to find whatever you need somewhere else. This could be difficult. You could go in circles as you’re referred to someone who refers you back to the person you can’t reach. You might have to put off this problem and work on something else.

You’re probably doing better financially than you have for a long time, but you still might not have reached some of the monetary goals you’d set.

This could be on your mind today. If you aren’t careful, you could work yourself into a frenzy. It might be more productive to calmly find a way to progress more quickly. You can do it.

Aquarius

(Jan 21-Feb 19)

Your parents or another couple close to you may be quarreling, and you might be expected to take sides. Don’t do it! It’s better to stand aside and let them work it out for themselves while reminding them that you care for them both. The best you can do under these circumstances is try to help mediate a compromise, but finding a win/win situation could be hard.

Pisces

(Feb 20-Mar 20)

Someone you know well could be saying one thing to you while your intuition tells you another. Your friend is probably troubled by something embarrassing. Don’t press for information. It will come out in good time. If you want to help, distract your friend by taking him or her out to dinner or a movie. This should take your minds off the trouble for a while.

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CARTOONS

Herman

Speed Bump

Frank & Ernest

BC

Scary Gary

Wizard of Id

For Better or for Worse

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