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Transition Committee members unconvinced by Justice Dept. opinion on LUMA contract

By THE STAR STAFF

Ramón Luis Rivera Cruz, who chairs the Incoming Transition Committee of governor-elect Jenniffer González Colón, said Tuesday that the opinion that Justice Secretary Domingo Emanuelli Hernández issued on Nov. 15, 2022, on the LUMA Energy contract was “a wishy-washy.”

“Everyone knows that the contract can be legal between two parties, they negotiated some specific parts, but I expected that the Department of Justice could delve into it and determine if some form or way could be identified that the contract could be canceled or otherwise, that it cannot be canceled, because it does not have the tools for those purposes,” Rivera Cruz said at a press conference. “So that was merely saying that the contract was legal.”

One dictionary definition of the term “wishy-washy” is “something dull, bland or water down.”

Emanuelli Hernández said during Tuesday’s hearing before the Transition Committee that the opinion he issued, at the request of the Public-Private Partnerships Authority (P3A) in no way evaluated the compliance of LUMA, the consortium that manages the electric power transmission and distribution system.

“What I tell them is, look, the contract is valid and has some mechanisms to break the contract or go to court. Other than that, no, because it was not entrusted to me,” the Justice chief said in response to questions from attorney Verónica Ferraiouli Hornedo.

“If the circumstances we live with today are a breach or not, you do not show that?” Ferraiouli Hornedo asked.

“I did not study that because it was not presented

to me,” Emanuelli Hernández answered.

“And apart from this opinion that you issued, you have studied whether there has been any circumstance that could lead to a breach,” Ferraiouli Hornedo continued.

“Have you done any study or has the Department of Justice done anything, or do you know of any study or any memorandum, any opinion letter that has to do with LUMA’s compliance with its responsibilities under the contract?”

“No,” the Justice secretary answered.

In a press conference, Emanuelli Hernández insisted that the only one authorized to evaluate breach of contract is the P3A.

“To begin with, the P3A is the entity that can supervise that contract and request the review or file a lawsuit,” he said. “If they understand that their lawyers are not sufficient to file that lawsuit for nullity or termination of the contract, then they ask for a waiver from Justice and Justice decides whether or not it is to be given. But in these types of cases, generally, the P3A has its own law firms and they handle those cases.”

“And if, for example, the governor asked the appointed Secretary of Justice for an opinion on LUMA’s non-compliance, do you understand that the Department of Justice could not give it?” he was asked.

“The fact is that not even the governor can ask for it; it is the P3A,” Emanuelli Hernández said. “The P3A is the one that can ask for that opinion and it is by bringing all the documentation, seeing how evidence is being obtained through the different stages of non-compliance. That is not as easy as people imagine. And I say that it is difficult because it is a responsibility that one has to take to recommend that it be left without effect.”

“I thought that the Secretary of Justice was the attorney for the governor and the attorney for the people and I do not see any reason why he cannot say ‘I made the assignment and I understand if there has been non-compliance,’” Ferraiouli Hornedo stated at a press conference in response to Emanuelli Hernández’s argument. “But I do not understand why the secretary of Justice should make a legal determination. It is his job to tell the governor what the state of law is on things.”

Justice Secretary Domingo Emanuelli Hernández

Yule bonus sent out to public employees

By THE STAR STAFF

Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia announced on Tuesday that the payment of the Christmas Bonus to public employees of the Government of Puerto Rico is already reflected in their accounts.

“Thanks to the fiscal responsibility of this administration, we have not only been able to comply with the Christmas bonus established by law, but also offer an additional bonus, contributing to the economic well-being of our workers and their families during this Christmas season,” the governor said in a written statement. “This is another example of our commitment to rewarding the effort and dedication of each and every public servant.”

to our pensioners is another example of the commitment of this administration to those who dedicated their lives to public service,” Pierluisi said. “This achievement is possible thanks to fiscally responsible management that allows us to fulfill our obligations and offer important benefits to our retirees.”

The benefit includes 82,624 pensioners from the central government, 30,699 from the Teachers’ Retirement System and 416 from the judiciary who retired on or before March 15, 2022.

The governor also announced the disbursement of the Christmas Bonus of $200

Pierluisi said public servants received a bonus of $1,000, a payment made up of the Christmas Bonus of $600, established by law, and an additional bonus of $400 from the Debt Adjustment Plan (PAD by its acronym in Spanish).

for 113,739 pensioners and other beneficiaries of the central government, teachers and judiciary retirement systems, with a total of some $23.4 million allocated.

“The payment of the Christmas Bonus

Luis M. Collazo Rodríguez, executive director of the Government Retirement Board, noted that the bonus is in addition to other benefits such as the $100 Medication Bonus and the $100 contribution to the medical plan.

“This payment reaffirms the public policy in favor of former public servants who contributed to building the Puerto Rico we know today,” he said.

Transition team: Corrections Dept. is in ‘administrative disarray’

By THE STAR STAFF

The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DCR) presents “a worrying administrative deficiency and is in disarray,” members of the Incoming Transition Committee said earlier this week after agency officials deposed at a government transition hearing.

“The consensus we saw is that this department needs dramatic, profound changes and that it is in a difficult position,” Jorge Colberg Toro said at a press conference on Monday afternoon following the hearing.

Bayamón Mayor Ramón Luis Rivera Cruz, who is heading governor-elect Jenniffer Gonzalez Colon’s transition team, added: “This is an agency that the new administration will have to look at closely and see what dramatic changes can be made to it.”

“We have serious concerns about it, because we have noticed considerable administrative failures, a lack of public policy, questionable decision-making, and money management that is not [conducted] in the best way, in a careful way,” Rivera Cruz said.

During the hearing, DCR Secretary Ana Escobar Pabón said that before ending her term of trust at the agency she will make a decision on the eight employees who attended to the case of Hermes Ávila Vázquez, a convicted

murderer who was granted an early release from prison on medical grounds and ended up killing again.

“It is my responsibility and I am going to take it,” Escobar Pabón said in response to questions from Colberg Toro at the hearing.

Regarding Physician Correctional, the company that provides medical services in the island’s correctional institutions, she said she will not cancel the contract, although she is waiting for the Licensing Board’s decision on the doctors involved in the aforementioned release process.

So far, only a nurse who had a romantic relationship with Ávila Vázquez has been dismissed.

Ávila Vázquez, who pleaded guilty to the April femicide of 56-year-old Ivette Joan Meléndez Vega in Manatí, had been released on parole in April 2023, under Law 25 of 1992. The parole was granted because the doctors who evaluated him concluded that the inmate had limiting health conditions.

During Colberg Toro’s question time, attention was drawn to the fact that the statistics that the agency is supposed to publish on different profiles have not been updated, in some cases since 2019. The official insisted that she has updated information or is in the process of updating it.

“I promise to look for all the information

Corrections and Rehabilitation Secretary Ana Escobar Pabón, center, said that before ending her term at the agency she will make a decision on the eight employees who handled the case of a convicted murderer who was granted an early release from prison on medical grounds and ended up killing again.

with the Department’s statistics area and I am surprised that the statistical data that we collect is not there, because if there is an office that is responsible, apart from all the others in the Department, and that fully complies with the entry of information with the Statistics Institute, it is the agency’s statistics and information area,” Escobar Pabón said.

During Sen. Juan Zaragoza Gómez’s question time, the DCR secretary was asked

about the use of non-recurring federal funds for recurring payments. The official denied using federal funds for such purposes, but later acknowledged that $24 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds are being used to pay the $500 salary increases to correctional officers. She said that once the funds run out on Dec. 31 of this year, the central government will have to allocate funds in the budget to make the payments.

Gov. Pedro Pierluisi (Facebook via Governor Pierluisi)

Possible shifts in legal landscape for immigrants is subject of free talk

By THE STAR STAFF

Aware that the immigration issue was a crucial one in the campaign of president-elect Donald Trump and of the need to keep immigrants residing in Puerto Rico informed, on Wednesday, Dec. 4, a free informational talk entitled “Migratory Expectations in the Face of Possible Legal Changes in 2025” will be offered.

Venezuelan lawyer Maritza Varón, the coordinator of the event, said “it is vital for immigrants with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to be informed about legal changes that may impact their situation and rights.”

Recipient families were identified through a joint effort with community leaders, non-profit entities, religious leaders and school principals, ensuring that the Thanksgiving turkeys reached those most in need.

President-elect Trump’s team has said his immigration policy could include actions such as mass deportations, asylum restrictions and the end of birthright citizenship.

The discussion convened by the non-profit organizations Casa Cuba and Casa Venezuela will be led by Varón, along with attorneys Sergio Ramos and Claudia Montoya.

The event, which is free of charge, will take place at the Casa Cuba headquarters on Iris Street in Isla Verde starting at 6:30 p.m.

“We will offer crucial information about possible changes in immigration laws and how they could affect the immigrant community in Puerto Rico,” said Varón, who also

described the event as an initiative that “seeks to empower our community with knowledge necessary to face the challenges that may arise.”

Maritza Varón, a Venezuelan lawyer, will lead the free legal informational discussion along with attorneys Sergio Ramos and Claudia Montoya. (LinkedIn)

More information can be obtained by calling (787) 6711133 or visiting @MVImmigration Services PR service on Facebook and Instagram.

Aguas Buenas families in need receive 338 turkeys

By THE STAR STAFF

As part of Thanksgiving week initiatives, Aguas Buenas Mayor Karina Nieves Serrano, along with San Juan District Sen. Juan Oscar Morales Rodríguez, delivered 338 turkeys to families in vulnerable situations.

The families were identified through a joint effort with community leaders, non-profit entities, religious leaders and school principals, ensuring that the gesture reached those who needed it most in a holiday week marked by a deep sense of gratitude, reflection and family unity.

The mayor stressed the importance of such initiatives to strengthen the spirit of solidarity in disadvantaged communities.

“This season, our commitment is to bring joy and hope to families facing difficult situations,” Nieves Serra-

Guaynabo to turn on its Christmas lights today

By THE STAR STAFF

Guaynabo Mayor Edward O’Neill Rosa is inviting the entire community to enjoy the municipality’s Christmas Lighting at the Tablado del Río, a celebration full of magic and tradition that will take place today starting at 5 p.m.

The Tablado and some parts of the town center have been decorated with lights and festive decorations to welcome the most anticipated time of the year. The activity will feature music on stage, kiosks, crafts, a caravan of children’s characters and a fireworks show.

The evening’s artistic talent includes performances by Victoria Sanabria, Algareplena and Norberto Vélez, and the closing act will be Límite-21.

“We are celebrating in our Five Star City,” the mayor said. “We want our families to come to the lighting to enjoy the joy of Christmas in harmony. Our remodeled Tablado is the ideal place to share the beginning of the Christmas activities that will be taking place during the coming weeks. We are ready to bring joy and hope to all guaynabeños.”

no said in a written statement. “Thanks to the support of Senator Juan Oscar Morales, we were able to make this delivery that represents a gesture of unity and solidarity with our people.”

Morales echoed the impact of the initiative on the most vulnerable communities.

“It is our responsibility as public servants to be present and contribute to improving the quality of life of our families,” he said. “This delivery of turkeys is an example of how working as a team we can make a significant difference in the homes of Aguas Buenas and throughout the district.”

The mayor also announced that the town’s traditional Christmas “trullas” will begin on Monday, Dec. 2.

“We invite all the people of Aguas Buenas to enjoy this great journey full of Christmas spirit and family unity,” Nieves Serrano said.

The Tablado del Río in Guaynabo and some parts of the town center have been decorated with lights and festive decorations to welcome the most anticipated time of the year.

End of Trump cases leaves limits on presidential criminality unclear

By CHARLIE SAVAGE

The end of the two federal criminal cases against President-elect Donald Trump on Monday left momentous, unsettled questions about constraints on criminal wrongdoing by presidents, from the scope of presidential immunity to whether the Justice Department may continue to appoint outside special counsels to investigate high-level wrongdoing.

Both cases against Trump — for his attempt to overturn the 2020 election and his later hoarding of classified government documents and obstruction of efforts to retrieve them — were short-circuited by the fact that he won the 2024 election before they could be definitively resolved.

Jack Smith, the special counsel who brought both cases against Trump, asked courts on Monday to shut them down. The prosecutor cited the Justice Department’s long-standing view that the Constitution implicitly grants temporary immunity to sitting presidents, lest any prosecution distract them from their official duties.

The result is not just that Trump appears set to escape any criminal accountability for his actions. (Smith left the door open to, in theory, refiling the charges after Trump leaves office, but the statute of limitations is likely to have run by then.) It also means that two open constitutional questions the cases have raised appear likely to go without definitive answers as Trump takes office.

One is the extent of the protection from prosecution offered to former presidents by the Supreme Court’s ruling this summer establishing that they have a type of broad but not fully defined immunity for official acts taken while in office.

The other is whether, when a president is suspected of committing crimes, the Justice Department can avoid conflicts of interest by bringing in an outside prosecutor to lead a semi-independent investigation into the matter.

The uncertainty that will linger over those questions could have implications for the future of American democracy beyond whatever constraints Trump will — or will not — feel over the course of his second term.

The issue of presidential immunity was created by the six Republican-appointed justices on the Supreme Court earlier this year. They ruled, in an opinion written by Chief Justice John Roberts, that the Constitution implicitly grants presidents presumptive immunity from prosecution over their official actions.

The ruling said that presumption could in some circumstances be overcome.

Roberts, however, drafted his ruling in a way that left many questions unanswered — perhaps in part because there was an expectation that the matter would come back before the Supreme Court at least once more to be refined

before Trump could go to trial, at least if he lost the election.

“There were a number of different ways of interpreting the Supreme Court’s immunity decision, and now, at least for a while, we are not going to get any further answers from the Supreme Court,” said Jack Goldsmith, a Harvard Law School professor and former senior Justice Department official in the Bush administration.

Beyond saying that a president’s interactions with the Justice Department were a type of official conduct that was absolutely immune — meaning a president can now use his supervisory control of the nation’s federal law enforcement system to commit crimes with impunity outside of the potential for impeachment — Roberts left much ambiguous.

For example, he raised without resolution the possibility that Trump’s pressuring of his vice president, Mike Pence, to abuse his role presiding over the joint session of Congress that certified the 2020 election might fall into an exception the Supreme Court created for official conduct that would not be immune from prosecution.

He also did not definitively say whether most of the other actions for which Trump was charged — like spreading lies about voter fraud and conspiring to recruit fake pro-Trump electors from states that Trump had lost — counted as the unofficial conduct of a candidate for office, or as the official conduct of a president whose job includes taking care that election laws are faithfully executed.

Smith submitted to the trial judge, Tanya S. Chutkan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, a lengthy compendium of the evidence he wanted to use at trial and arguments for why the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling did not cover it. The dispute had been on a path to return to

the Supreme Court for a clarifying ruling that would have provided a guidepost for future disputes over presidential misconduct.

The other major question that now appears likely to end without a definitive answer is whether attorneys general, when seeking to avoid conflicts of interest in politically sensitive investigations, have the authority to bring in an outsider — rather than a sitting U.S. attorney — to lead an inquiry as a special counsel with a degree of day-to-day autonomy.

The Supreme Court had blessed that arrangement as constitutional during President Richard M. Nixon’s Watergate scandal. But in a concurrence in the immunity case, Justice Clarence Thomas raised the possibility that such an arrangement might be illegal. The Trump-appointed trial judge in the documents case, Aileen M. Cannon, then declared that Smith was unlawfully appointed and dismissed the indictment on those grounds. While Smith had previously been a Justice Department public corruption prosecutor, he was working on international war crimes cases at The Hague, Netherlands, when Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed him as special counsel for the Trump inquiries.

The legal legitimacy of Cannon’s ruling attracted skepticism, in part because she was dismissive of precedent by higher courts and in part because she had a history of showing Trump unusual favor, only to be overruled by an appeals court. Smith appealed her ruling to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in Atlanta.

Smith told that court on Monday that he was dropping that appeal as it applied to Trump. He did not drop the appeal concerning the other defendants in that case — two employees of Trump’s who are accused of helping him in the documents conspiracy — but Trump is widely expected to pardon them upon his inauguration, killing off the remainder of the case.

It appears unlikely that the appeals court will rule on the special counsel appointment issue before then — and all but certain that the Supreme Court will have no opportunity to issue a definitive ruling on the matter before that clock runs out.

President Donald Trump addresses a crowd gathered near the White House hours before the attack on the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump is set to regain office without clarity on the scope of presidential immunity and with a lingering cloud over whether outside special counsels can investigate high-level wrongdoing. (Pete Marovich/The New York Times)

On blood-soaked ground, a ‘prayer for the future’ of a divided land

By DAN BARRY

The bugler’s call to assemble had sounded, wreaths had been laid, a choral society had sung and dignitaries had spoken, all on a blood-consecrated hill in the Pennsylvania town of Gettysburg. All to commemorate the 161st anniversary of the speech that came to epitomize what it meant to be presidential.

On Nov. 19, 1863, on this very hill, President Abraham Lincoln unfolded his 6-foot-4 frame to stand and dedicate a national soldiers cemetery made necessary by the horrific Battle of Gettysburg just four months earlier. His 272 words became a civic prayer of unity and purpose for a nation riven by civil war: the Gettysburg Address.

Now, exactly two weeks after a contentious presidential election that seemed only to widen the American divide, it was the daunting honor of a Lincoln scholar named Harold Holzer to channel the 16th president and recite his immortal words. He, too, is bearded, but he grew up in the New York City borough of Queens, not the woods of Kentucky, and he stands 5-foot-9, maybe.

Holzer knew the address almost as well as he knew the Shema, the Jewish prayer. Even so, he had fretted in the days leading up to this moment. “I don’t have the voice for it,” he had said.

The timing of the ceremony, so soon after the election of a once and future president, left Holzer mourning how starkly the understanding of “presidential” had changed between then and now. Between a man known as “Honest Abe” and a man with 34 felony convictions; between one who summoned “the better angels of our nature” and one who referred to his opponent as “retarded” and immigrants without legal status as “poisoning the blood of our country.”

“Heartbreaking,” Holzer said.

On that distant day in 1863, mild like this one, Lincoln and other dignitaries had assembled on a creaking wooden platform at the edge of the town cemetery. Reflections of the three July days of bloodshed, culminating in more than 50,000 casualties, were all around — the bullet-pocked buildings, the cannon-scarred fields, the shell-fragment souvenirs sold along the roadside. The transformed town had been left to contend with thousands of dead and dying soldiers.

The invitation Lincoln received to deliver “a few appropriate remarks” had been an afterthought. A prominent orator, Edward Everett, had already been chosen to deliver the keynote address, and when it came time, the man gave it his all: nearly two hours of classical allusion, detailed description and sentiment.

Then the president, aged by war and the loss of a dear

Sheet music for the song “America,” which was performed by a chorus during a 161st anniversary commemoration of Abraham Lincoln’s famous Gettysburg Address, at Gettysburg National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pa., Nov. 19, 2024. Two weeks after Donal Trump’s election, a gathering commemorated Lincoln’s address, 272 words that have come to epitomize what it means to be presidential. (Todd Heisler/ The New York Times)

son, ridiculed by some as coarse and apelike, rose. In a clear but reedy voice he began — “Four score and seven years ago” — and finished in about two minutes. He sat down, convinced that his brief words had not found purchase.

Now, a couple of hundred yards from where Lincoln had stood, Holzer sat among other VIPs on a bunting-adorned rostrum that faced several hundred guests in foldout chairs as white as the tombstones in the distance. Most were in casual clothes; a few wore Civil War-era attire; at least one wore a MAGA hat.

Holzer wore a tweed jacket, gray pants and, beneath those pants, long johns. Having attended many of these annual commemorations, organized by the Lincoln Fellowship of Pennsylvania, he knew the bite of the November winds that blow across the somber grounds.

He had served many roles over his 75 years: newspaper reporter, press officer for former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo, museum executive and, currently, director of the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College in Manhattan. He had written and edited more than 50 books, nearly all centering on Lincoln and his era, and — come to think of it, he was no longer that nervous.

But before Holzer could approach the lectern, an annual ceremony within this annual ceremony had to take place. Sixteen people from eight countries — Bhutan, Britain, the Dominican Republic, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Mexico and South Africa — stood as one.

They raised their right hands. They renounced fidelity to any other “foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty.” They vowed to defend the Constitution. They pledged their allegiance to the United States of America.

With that, an official from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services welcomed “our newest citizens” to sustained applause. The Gettysburg Area High School Ceremonial Band struck up “America the Beautiful,” and white-haired Daughters of the American Revolution handed them red-white-and-blue trinkets and copies of the Constitution.

Among these new Americans was Hugo Lara Barajas, a truck driver and crane operator originally from Mexico. During the ceremony, his wife, Monceratt Moya, minded their infant, Araceli, while their two other children, Anastasia, 6, and Joaquin, 3, rolled around on the grass and played with a small souvenir American flag.

“I’ve been waiting for this for a very long time,” Barajas would later say. “Now I can vote.”

The scene, a sublime twinning of the solemn and the celebratory, deeply moved one of the onlookers, a grandson of Eastern European immigrants: Holzer. With a black-ink pen, he added a few words to his introductory remarks.

Now it was time. Summoned to the lectern, Holzer unfolded his notes. He explained that what he was about to read was “sacred American scripture,” and that to him, “this speech, this elegy, has never seemed more haunting, more relevant and more crucial than it does today — when it feels not like a relic from the past, but a prayer for the future.”

Then, reading what he had just jotted down, the Lincoln scholar addressed the newest citizens: “No matter what words you may have heard or will hear — words that may seem tumultuous, or angry, or even hurtful — this is the voice of America.”

He began: “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.”

As Holzer read, slowly, flawlessly, the biblical cadence of Lincoln’s simple language cast its mesmeric spell. The words and imagery, intertwining the specific battle of Gettysburg and the ideological battle over equality, carried particular potency, given that a few dozen yards away, inscribed stones marked the resting places of thousands who had died for national unity, hundreds of them rechristened for eternity as “unknown.”

The only sounds were the words. Some bowed their heads.

“That we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain — that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom — and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”

Holzer sat down. Quiet lingered.

“The Battle Hymn of the Republic” was sung. A benediction was said. And the bugler played “Taps.”

Trump plans tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China that could cripple trade

By ANA SWANSON, MATINA STEVISGRIDNEFF and SIMON ROMERO

President-elect Donald Trump said earlier this week that he would impose tariffs on all products coming into the United States from Canada, Mexico and China on his first day in office, a move that would scramble global supply chains and impose heavy costs on companies that rely on doing business with some of the world’s largest economies.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump mentioned a caravan of migrants making its way to the United States from Mexico, and said he would use an executive order to levy a 25% tariff on goods from Canada and Mexico until drugs and migrants stopped coming over the border.

“This Tariff will remain in effect until such time as Drugs, in particular Fentanyl, and all Illegal Aliens stop this Invasion of our Country!” the president-elect wrote.

A U.S. Border Patrol vehicle near the U.S.-Mexico border in Sunland Park, N.M., the day before the U.S. presidential election, Nov. 4, 2024. President-elect Donald Trump said that he would impose the tariff on Day 1 and that it would stay in place until Canada and Mexico halted the flow of drugs and migrants across U.S. borders. (Paul Ratje/The New York Times)

“Both Mexico and Canada have the absolute right and power to easily solve this long simmering problem,” he added. “We hereby demand that they use this power, and until such time that they do, it is time for them to pay a very big price!”

In a separate post, Trump also threatened an additional 10% tariff on all products from China, saying that the country was shipping illegal drugs to the United States.

“Representatives of China told me that they would institute their maximum penalty, that of death, for any drug dealers caught doing this but, unfortunately, they never followed through,” he said.

Taken together, the tariff threats were a dramatic ultimatum against the three largest trading partners of the United States, and a move that threatens to sow chaos in America’s diplomatic and economic relationships even before Trump sets foot in the White House.

News of the tariffs immediately set off alarms in the three nations, with the currencies of Canada and Mexico sliding against the dollar and a spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in Washington warning that “no one will win a trade war.”

The tariffs would also have serious implications for American industries, including auto manufacturers, farmers and food packagers, which busily ship parts, materials and finished goods across U.S. borders. Mexico, China and Canada together account for more than a third of the goods and services both imported and exported by the United States, supporting tens of millions of American jobs.

The three countries together purchased more than $1 trillion of U.S. exports and provided nearly $1.5 trillion of goods and services to the United States in 2023.

The costs could be particularly high for the industries that depend on the tightly integrated North American market, which has been knit together by a free-trade agreement for over three decades. Adding 25% to the price of imported products could make many too costly, potentially crippling trade around the continent. It could also invite retaliation from other governments, which could put their own levies on American exports.

That, in turn, could cause spiking prices and shortages for consumers in the United States and elsewhere, in addition to bankruptcies and job losses. Trump has insisted that foreign companies pay the tariffs, but they are actually paid by the company that imports the products, and in many cases passed on to American consumers.

Imposing tariffs on Canada and Mexico would also violate the terms of the North American trade agreement that Trump signed in 2020, called the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. That could open the United States to legal challenges, and potentially threaten the pact itself and the terms of trade it sets for North America.

While Trump did not explicitly invite any negotiations from Canada, Mexico or China, he has a history of using tariffs as leverage in negotiations. That may raise questions about whether his Monday evening announcements were merely an opening offer in what could be an extended negotiation.

He and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada spoke about two hours after the president-elect’s announcement, at Trudeau’s initiative, said a Canadian official with knowledge of the call who was not authorized

to brief the press and requested anonymity to discuss the exchange. The conversation, the official said, was constructive and focused on trade and security at the border.

Still, if Trump follows through on his plans to impose tariffs on Day 1, that may leave little time for the negotiations needed to delay or defuse the tariffs.

Canadian and Chinese officials defended their efforts to fight fentanyl Monday night, and emphasized the mutual benefits of trade with the United States.

In a statement, the Canadian government sought to focus on the deep, inextricable ties between the two economies.

“Canada is essential to U.S. domestic energy supply, and last year 60% of U.S. crude oil imports originated in Canada,” said the statement, issued by Trudeau; the finance minister, Chrystia Freeland; and the public safety minister, Dominic LeBlanc. It added, “We will of course continue to discuss these issues with the incoming administration.”

Liu Pengyu, a spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in Washington, said that “the idea of China knowingly allowing fentanyl precursors to flow into the United States runs completely counter to facts and reality.”

“China believes that China-U.S. economic and trade cooperation is mutually beneficial,” he added.

Mexican officials did not immediately react, but the announcement most likely did not come as a surprise to them after repeated threats from Trump to impose such tariffs. In the closing days of his campaign, Trump threatened to place tariffs as high as 100% on all goods from Mexico.

Mexican officials had already signaled that they were prepared to respond with retaliatory tariffs of their own.

“If you put 25% tariffs on me, I have to react with tariffs,” Marcelo Ebrard, Mexico’s economy minister, told a radio interviewer this month. “Structurally, we have the conditions to play in Mexico’s favor,” he added.

Préstamos Personales Pequeños otorgados para la semana que terminó el Sábado, 23 de noviembre de 2024

Stocks

S&P 500 to gain over 8% by end of next year after strong 2024

The S&P 500 will rise over 8% between now and end-2025 as U.S. interest rate cuts and potentially less regulation under President-elect Donald Trump extend the market’s strong run, according to a Reuters poll of equity strategists.

Continued U.S. economic health will boost earnings growth, and some strategists cited financials as among their top sector picks going into 2025, partly because of prospects for deregulation under Trump.

Some market participants expect Trump’s agenda of tax cuts and deregulation will propel economic growth and further gains in the market.

The benchmark S&P 500 will end 2025 at 6,500 points, according to the median forecast of 48 equity strategists, analysts, brokers and portfolio managers collected Nov. 15-26. That’s up about 8.5% from its 5,987.37 close on Monday.

The latest end-2025 forecast is sharply higher than the 5,900 forecast in a Reuters poll in August.

Stocks rallied to record highs following the Nov. 5 presidential election which Republican Trump won, four years after being voted out of the White House.

Overall, the S&P 500 has surged about 26% so far in 2024, fueled in part by sharp gains in Nvidia, Microsoft and other U.S. heavyweights dominating the race for artificial intelligence technology.

David Kostin, chief U.S. equity strategist at Goldman Sachs, forecast in his recent 2025 equity outlook that the “Magnificent 7” group of high-performing stocks - which include Nvidia and Microsoft - are likely to outperform next year but “by a much smaller magnitude.”

He sees higher earnings growth overall for the S&P 500 pushing the index to 6,500 by the end of next year.

Analysts expect earnings growth of 14.2% in 2025 for the entire S&P 500, up from 10.2% this year, according to LSEG.

Following this year’s rally, the S&P 500 is trading at 22.6 times expected earnings, compared with a 10-year average of about 18, according to LSEG.

“We’re not concerned about valuations” because of the expected growth in earnings and the economy, Mary Ann Bartels, chief investment strategist at Sanctuary Wealth said.

Also, she said, the Trump administration may be positive for business.

Worries remain over a potential inflationary rebound, which would change how much the Federal Reserve is able to keep cutting rates.

The Fed embarked on its policy easing cycle with a large half-percentage-point rate cut in September, its first reduction in borrowing costs since 2020.

Some of Trump’s plans, especially those for higher

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tariffs, could drive up consumer prices. On Monday, Trump, who takes office on Jan. 20, pledged big tariffs on the United States’ three largest trading partners - Canada, Mexico and China.

Turmoil in the Middle East is also still a concern for investors.

When asked whether a stock market correction of at least 10% is likely early next year, eight of 17 poll participants who answered an additional question said it is likely and two said it is highly likely. Six said it was unlikely and one said highly unlikely.

Among sectors, financials are up about 35% for the year to date, leading gains among S&P 500 sectors, with technology up 33%.

Bank stocks have benefited in part from prospects for increased merger activity.

Deutsche Bank strategists wrote in an outlook report this week they remain overweight financials “where a multitude of tailwinds are converging.”

The poll has the Dow Jones industrial average finishing next year at 46,600. The index closed at 44,736.57 on Monday.

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Netanyahu urges Cabinet to approve cease-fire with Hezbollah

By AARON BOXERMAN and PATRICK KINGSLEY

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the Israeli Cabinet to accept an “outline for a cease-fire” with Hezbollah on Tuesday night, raising hopes that the fighting in Lebanon could soon be suspended after more than a year of conflict.

“The length of the cease-fire will depend on what happens in Lebanon,” Netanyahu said in a televised address. “With the full understanding of the United States, we are preserving full military freedom of action — if Hezbollah breaks the agreement and seeks to arm itself, we will attack.”

Netanyahu said there were three main reasons for a cease-fire: It would allow Israel to focus on Iran, which backs Hezbollah and Hamas; give the military an opportunity to rebuild its stockpiles; and isolate Hamas, the group Israel has been fighting in the Gaza Strip since it led the attacks of Oct. 7, 2023.

Lebanon’s government, which does not control Hezbollah but whose approval is also essential for the deal to move forward, was set to meet Wednesday morning to discuss the cease-fire agreement.

The prime minister’s announcement came after Israeli forces launched a withering barrage of strikes in Lebanon on Tuesday, hitting the heart of Beirut and Hezbollah-dominated neighborhoods south of the city.

The Israeli military also told entire towns in southern Lebanon to evacu-

Smoke billows from multiple Israeli airstrikes targeting Dahieh, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Nov. 26, 2024. Israel continues strikes on southern Beirut amid uncertainty over cease-fire efforts. (Diego Ibarra Sánchez/The New York Times)

ate, including Naqoura, where a U.N. peacekeeping force is based. The intense flurry of strikes came even as Netanyahu signaled he was open to ending Israel’s 13-month war with Hezbollah.

The cease-fire proposal, mediated by U.S. and French diplomats, would start a 60-day process during which both sides would stop fighting and withdraw from southern Lebanon. Israeli forces would return south of the Israel-Lebanon border, while Hezbollah would retreat north of the Litani River, allowing the Lebanese army — which is not a combatant in the IsraelHezbollah conflict — to fill the vacuum.

But many questions about the pro-

posal remain unanswered, including how the Lebanese army would exert authority over the powerful militia. Israel has sought guarantees from the United States that it would have U.S. support to send troops back into southern Lebanon if Hezbollah violated the arrangement.

Netanyahu is said to favor a deal, but some of his ministers, including far-right leaders who hold the balance of power in his coalition, have expressed strong reservations.

Hezbollah’s leader, Sheikh Naim Kassem, suggested last week that the group would accept a truce if Israel stopped striking Lebanon and Lebanon retained its

sovereignty.

The conflict began in October 2023 after Hezbollah, which dominates large parts of southern Lebanon, began firing at Israeli military positions in solidarity with its ally Hamas, which had just raided southern Israel.

Israel returned fire and the conflict gradually escalated into a war that displaced tens of thousands on both sides of the border.

Fighting intensified over the summer as Israel scaled up its strikes, attacking neighborhoods south of Beirut that are dominated by Hezbollah and killing thousands — among them scores of Hezbollah commanders, including the group’s longtime leader, Hassan Nasrallah. On Sept. 30, Israeli troops crossed the border in a full-scale ground invasion, later capturing and decimating several villages.

Here’s what else to know:

— More strikes: On Tuesday, the Israeli military pounded central Beirut and its surrounding area with some of the most intense bombardment of the war. The airstrikes struck in Beirut after a series of evacuation warnings for the center of the city, the first for the area during the war.

— The agreement: The cease-fire would officially be among Israel, Lebanon and the mediating countries, including the United States. A top Lebanese lawmaker has been acting as a liaison with Hezbollah, which the country’s government does not control, and Hezbollah would not technically be a party to the deal. The United States designates Hezbollah a terrorist organization.

Emergency crews walk 14 hours to save sole survivor of Costa Rica plane crash

By MIKE IVES and ISABELLA KWAI

Emergency workers in Costa Rica walked through a remote mountain forest on Tuesday carrying a woman who was in critical condition after she survived a plane crash that killed five of the six people aboard.

The Cessna 206 Stationair crashed Monday afternoon in the Pico Blanco area southwest of the capital, San José, the Costa Rican Red Cross said. The plane was carrying the pilot, the co-pilot and a family.

The 31-year-old woman was the only survivor. Efforts to

rescue her were complicated by the remote location of the crash, which could only be reached on foot.

Emergency workers carried the surviving woman on a stretcher for 14 hours overnight, said Patricia Solórzano Cordero, a Red Cross spokesperson. They reached an ambulance on Tuesday morning just before 7 a.m., she said, with the woman still in critical condition. She was being transported to San Juan de Dios hospital in San José, she said.

A video that Solórzano Cordero shared with The New York Times showed the workers wearing hiking gear and headlamps as they made their way through a dense jungle,

scrambling over roots as they brushed against branches.

The search crew included 60 Red Cross personnel, 13 emergency vehicles and a canine unit, according to Solórzano Cordero. When a group of rescuers found the aircraft at 8:30 p.m., two of the people on board were alive, she said.

Solórzano Cordero said that she did not have details on what caused the crash. The bodies of the other passengers, she said, remained at the crash site, and the Red Cross was prepared to provide support if needed.

Costa Rica’s civil aviation agency did not immediately respond to inquiries about the crash.

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On the outskirts of Beirut, a crowd watches the war, and waits for its end

By CHRISTINA GOLDBAUM

The crowds gather every evening on a scenic hillside on the outskirts of Beirut. Young men, old couples and local journalists, all drawn by the unobstructed view of the Dahiya, the cluster of neighborhoods south of Beirut that has been pummeled by Israeli airstrikes over the past two months.

As dusk settles, people seated on motorcycles and atop cement barriers anxiously wait for the war to unfold in front of them. When there is a thunderous boom of an Israeli airstrike, they quickly scan the skyline for a plume of white smoke curling into the air — the first clue as to what may have been hit.

“Look, look at the balcony, there. Do you see it?” Osama Assaf, 43, said one recent evening, pointing into the distance.

“Where? By the highway?” a young man standing beside him replied.

As the war between Hezbollah and Israel has escalated, the gathering at the escarpment has become a nightly ritual in Baabda, a mountainous suburb on the southeastern outskirts of Beirut, Lebanon’s capital. In peacetime, the area is a picnic spot, where old friends and young lovers smoke fruitflavored tobacco through water pipes and watch a deep red sun melt into the Mediterranean Sea. These days, the hillside offers a window into the war that has decimated the enclave south of the city in the Dahiya.

A cramped patch of high-rise apartments, office buildings and narrow one-way roads, the Dahiya is home mostly to Shiite Muslims and is effectively governed by Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militant group and Shiite political movement in Lebanon. Airstrikes that Israeli officials say are targeting Hezbollah military facilities in the Dahiya have transformed the area into a bombedout ghost town coated in gray ash and littered with rubble.

The hillside overlooking the Dahiya first drew local TV reporters who offered grim updates about the war. Soon, Dahiya residents who had fled the area began converging there as well. Some are desperate to know firsthand if their neighborhood will survive another day. Others are bored, their usually busy lives upended by the war. Occasionally, young Christian men who live nearby come to cheer on the destruction of the mostly Shiite neighborhoods — a glimpse of the sectarian tensions always simmering in Lebanon.

But mostly people are drawn by a mor-

Every night, dozens gather at a hillside on the outskirts of Beirut to watch airstrikes rain down on the city’s southern suburbs.

bid fascination — an urge to hear the rattling booms and see the billowing smoke, if only to make real the horrors of the war.

“Look, there’s more smoke rising from where it hit,” Hussein Qazem, 56, said one recent evening, pointing to where an Israeli airstrike had landed minutes earlier. Pulling out his phone, he checked the two maps issued with the most recent Israeli evacuation orders warning of imminent airstrikes in two Dahiya neighborhoods. “This must be the alHawraa strike,” he muttered.

An hour earlier, Qazem had been eating a late lunch with his family in an apartment they had rented after fleeing the Dahiya when they saw the evacuation warnings flash across their phones. The warnings had become a near daily occurrence since the war escalated, but this time, one of the maps included the apartment he had purchased by spending 30 years working in Saudi Ara-

bia running an import-export business.

His 17-year-old nephew, Wael Wahab, said they should go back quickly — one final visit to say goodbye. The pair jumped on Wahab’s motorcycle and made a mad dash into the neighborhood, whizzing past the shops they once frequented, the storefront windows now only jagged edges of glass, he said. It was only a few minutes — they didn’t know how long they had until the strikes would hit — but it was something.

From the Dahiya, they came to the hillside as a bluish haze was settling over the city. “A plane’s coming,” Wahab said, nodding at a commercial flight as it landed on the runway of Beirut’s international airport — a surreal reminder of life carrying on despite the war. A few minutes later, an Israeli warplane roared overhead, followed by the thundering boom of another airstrike.

“That must be the one targeting our

street,” Wahab said.

They paused for a second. “OK, it’s gone,” Qazem said.

Farther up the escarpment, a gaggle of local television crews had set up shop, lining the curb with their tripods and the thrumming generators that powered satellite dishes. The sidewalk was littered with cigarette butts and empty bottles of water and energy drinks — the fuel of their long nights.

Mohammad Farhat, a 68-year-old resident of the Dahiya, paced behind the reporters, flipping his car keys in his hand. A retired employee of Lebanon’s Education Ministry, he and his wife, Leila Farhat, 65, come here most nights — it’s the best way to get the most up-to-date news on the war, directly from the journalists gathered there, they explained.

“Here we survive on hope — and information,” Mohammad Farhat said.

As he spoke, Leila Farhat rummaged around in the trunk of their car until she found a plastic bag of mixed nuts and a liter of 7-Up. She handed him the nuts, poured the soda into clear plastic cups and passed them to others who had gathered there. “It’s like the new Corniche here,” she said jokingly, referring to the city’s popular seaside promenade.

The pair have been married for nearly 50 years, since Leila Farhat fled her hometown in the south during the country’s bloody civil war and went to the Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon, where she met Mohammad Farhat. “I saved her the drive back to her village,” he joked.

They moved to the Dahiya two decades ago and saw it destroyed once before during the monthlong war between Hezbollah and Israel in 2006. Hezbollah rebuilt it then with millions of dollars in aid from Iran and Qatar. The group emerged from that war with an aura of invincibility that helped assure people that the Dahiya would never be destroyed again. Mohammad Farhat said he was confident that once the war ends, Hezbollah would rebuild the area again. But that would most likely be a long and arduous process — and his resolve to weather yet more hardship in a country plagued by crises was waning.

“We’re retired now, we’re supposed to be relaxing. It’s our time to rest,” he said. “I’ve been to Germany, to the Netherlands, I saw retired people like us there, how they go on vacations. They aren’t thinking about these drones,” he added, nodding up to the sky at the incessant hum overhead.

Crony capitalism is coming to America

By PAUL KRUGMAN

It’s late 2025, and Donald Trump has done what he said he would do: impose high tariffs — taxes on imports — on goods coming from abroad, with extremely high tariffs on imports from China. These tariffs have had exactly the effect many economists predicted, although Trump insisted otherwise: higher prices for American buyers.

Let’s say you have a business that relies on imported parts — maybe from China, maybe from Mexico, maybe from somewhere else. What do you do?

Well, U.S. trade law gives the executive branch broad discretion in tariff-setting, including the ability to grant exemptions in special cases. So you apply for one of those exemptions. Will your request be granted?

In principle, the answer should depend on whether having to pay those tariffs imposes real hardship and threatens American jobs. In practice, you can safely guess that other criteria will play a role. How much money have you contributed to Republicans? When you hold business retreats, are they at Trump golf courses and resorts?

I’m not engaging in idle speculation here. Trump imposed significant tariffs during his first term, and many businesses applied for exemptions. Who got them? A recently published statistical analysis found that

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But that was only a small-scale rehearsal for what could be coming. While we don’t have specifics yet, the tariff proposals Trump floated during the campaign were far wider in scope and, in the case of China, far higher than anything we saw the first time around; the potential for political favoritism will be an order of magnitude greater.

As I understand it, the term “crony capitalism” was invented to describe how things worked in the Philippines under the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos, who ruled from 1965 to 1986. It describes an economy in which business success depends less on good management than on having the right connections — often purchased by doing political or financial favors for those in power. In Viktor Orban’s Hungary, for example, Transparency International estimates that more than a quarter of the economy is controlled by businesses with close ties to the ruling party.

Now it’s very likely that crony capitalism is coming to America.

There have been many analyses of the probable macroeconomic impact of Trump’s tariffs, which will, if they are anywhere near as big as he has suggested, be seriously inflationary. Arguably, however, their corrupting influence will, in the long run, be an even bigger story.

Why do tariffs create more potential for cronyism than other taxes? Because the way they operate under our laws offers so much room for discretionary enforcement. The Treasury secretary can’t simply exempt his friends from income taxes (although Andrew Mellon handed out highly questionable rebates in the 1920s). The president can, however, exempt allies from tariffs. And does anyone really believe that the Trump administration will be too ethical to do so? Trump himself has bragged about his ability to game the system; he has bragged that not paying his fair share of taxes makes him “smart.”

Will tariffs be the only major potential engine of crony capitalism under the incoming administration? It’s doubtful. If you think about it, Trump’s deportation plans will also offer many opportunities for favoritism.

Some of Trump’s advisers, notably Stephen Miller, seem to imagine that they can quickly purge America of immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally, rounding up millions of people and putting them in “vast holding facilities.” Even if you set aside legal issues, however, this is probably logistically impossible. What we’re much more likely to see are years of scattershot enforcement attempts, with raids on various businesses suspected of employing such immigrants.

But what criteria will decide which businesses become

“It’s late 2025, and Donald Trump has done what he said he would do: impose high tariffs — taxes on imports — on goods coming from abroad, with extremely high tariffs on imports from China. (Philotheus Nisch/The New York Times)

priority targets for such raids and which will be left alone, effectively exempted, for years? What do you think?

And there’s more, of course. For example, Trump has suggested a willingness to take away the licenses of TV networks that provide, in his view, unfavorable coverage. If crony capitalism is coming, what will it do to America? Obviously it will be bad for democracy, both by helping to lock in a large Republican financial advantage and by guaranteeing vocal business support for Trump, no matter how much damage his policies do. It will also enrich Trump and those around him.

Beyond that, a system that rewards businesses based on their political connections will surely exert a drag on economic growth. Many attempts to explain Italy’s dismal economic record over the past generation attribute poor performance in part to pervasive cronyism. One recent study found that populist regimes, whether of the left or the right — regimes that are generally crony capitalist as well — tend to suffer a long-run growth penalty of about 1 percentage point each year.

Time will tell. The evidence suggests that the rules for how to succeed in American business are about to change, and not in a good way.

SDepartamento del Trabajo firma acuerdo para promover la seguridad ocupacional en la industria

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SAN JUAN – La Administración de Seguridad y Salud Ocupacional (PR OSHA), adscrita al Departamento del Trabajo y Recursos Humanos (DTRH), firmó este martes un acuerdo con la Asociación de Comerciantes en Materiales de Construcción (ACMC) para impulsar la educación y prevención en seguridad y salud ocupacional en esta industria.

“La seguridad y salud de los trabajadores en Puerto Rico son prioridad para el Departamento. Con este

AN JUAN – La Oficina del Contralor de Puerto Rico emitió este martes una opinión cualificada sobre las operaciones de los sistemas de información de la Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (CEE), señalando atrasos en la implementación del Registro Electrónico de Electores (eRE), establecido por la Ley

acuerdo reafirmamos nuestro compromiso de fomentar mejores prácticas y educar a los patronos para mitigar los accidentes en los lugares de trabajo”, expresó la secretaria interina del DTRH, Naihomy Álamo Rivera, en declaraciones escritas.

El acuerdo, que beneficiará a más de 100 miembros de la ACMC, incluye orientaciones, talleres educativos, asesoramiento y la elaboración de material informativo. Además, permitirá el desarrollo de foros y programas de capacitación dirigidos por PR OSHA durante los próximos tres años.

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Según el informe, la Fase 1 del sistema eRE, que debía estar lista para el 1 de julio de 2022, fue puesta en funcionamiento un año y cuatro meses más tarde, el 30 de octubre de 2023. Esto impidió que los electores tuvieran control sobre sus registros, limitó la validación de direcciones en las listas y retrasó la implementación de un geolocalizador.

Fabio Quevedo Canon, presidente de la ACMC, destacó que “este acuerdo colaborativo con PR OSHA permitirá a nuestros socios aprovechar capacitaciones y servicios que promuevan la salud y seguridad en sus instalaciones, alineados con nuestro objetivo de ampliar los beneficios para la industria”.

El acuerdo busca fortalecer la seguridad y salud en los espacios laborales de la industria de materiales de construcción, mediante medidas preventivas y educativas que aseguren el cumplimiento con las normas aplicables.

“Reconocemos que hubo un atraso en la implementación del módulo eRE, atribuible a factores externos como la espera de enmiendas al Código Electoral y la coordinación con equipos técnicos. Sin embargo, el sistema ya está en pleno funcionamiento y hemos implementado mejoras clave”, expresó Jessika Padilla Rivera, presidenta alterna de la CEE, en declaraciones incluidas en el informe.

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By MANOHLA DARGIS

When Denzel Washington sweeps into “Gladiator II” — Ridley Scott’s epic about ancient Rome and men at war and sometimes in love — it’s with such easy grace that you may mistake his character’s loose bearing with indifference. What you’re seeing is power incarnate, power that’s so raw and so supremely self-possessed that it doesn’t announce itself. It just takes. And it keeps taking as warriors enter the Colosseum to fight and die in the blood sport that gives this sequel to Scott’s 2000 drama “Gladiator” its sober backdrop and much of its juice. It is a performance of charismatic evil and of mesmerizing stardom both.

Like Scott’s filmmaking in this pleasurably immersive spectacle — with its foreign ancients and mentalities, exotic animals and equally unfamiliar calls to human nobility — Washington’s performance has skill, intensity and absolute confidence. Each man has an unqualified belief in entertainment as a value that’s essential to put over an old-fashioned, inherently audacious production like this, the kind that turns the past into a plaything and doesn’t ask you to worry about niceties like historical accuracy. Both director and performer are also veterans when it comes to popular audiences, and since neither has mellowed or slowed with age (Scott turns 87 this year and Washington 70), they still know how to put on a great show.

The first “Gladiator” centers on a Roman general, Maximus (Russell Crowe), who circa A.D. 180 serves an aged emperor, incurs the wrath of a young usurper and ends up clanging swords in the Colosseum, where he quickly becomes a crowd favorite. Crowe, then at the height of his leading-man fame, delivered an appropriately muscular if characteristically sensitive lead performance that holds the screen even when challenged by the vulpine charisma of a scene-stealing Joaquin Phoenix as the new emperor. The two characters are dead by the end, and Rome itself seems like it may follow

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rapidly in their wake; they and all the other ghosts from the original movie haunt the sequel, which is set 16 years later.

“Gladiator II” tells the story of another righteous, ostensibly simple man, this time named Lucius (Paul Mescal) who is swept up by violent political forces seemingly beyond his control. The story opens in Numidia, a slice of land hugging the northernmost coast of the African continent. There, in a humming city, Lucius lives with his wife, and while their smiles suggest they’re happy enough, they are both soon suiting up to fight a flotilla of Roman invaders. Led by General Acacius (Pedro Pascal), the Romans make quick work of the Numidians. In this regard, the invaders are just as ruthlessly economic as Scott, who demonstrates a commensurate show of his power with the epically scaled, vividly staged and shot warfare.

“Gladiator II” doesn’t stray far from the original film — an image of hands and grain pointedly underscores the connections — in either its plotting or fuzzy notions about Roman honor and glory. Written by David Scarpa, who hatched the story with Peter Craig, the sequel follows Lucius who, after his wife dies, is taken prisoner. Shipped off and tossed about, he ends up in a hellscape where he proves his warrior bona fides to Washington’s Macrinus, a wealthy gladiator wrangler. A power player with a heavy past and a plan for the future, Macrinus buys Lucius to fight in the Colosseum before throngs of Romans, whose blood lust and political restlessness (or anomie) is sated by the displays of cruelty. It’s very relatable.

Mescal, a young Irish actor who seemed to come out of nowhere a few years ago, has a handful of credits in the sort of modest, independent movies that first screen at festivals (“All of Us Strangers”). He’s a charismatic screen presence, one that’s appealingly gentle but has enough heat and ambiguity that it isn’t a surprise that he’s played Stanley Kowalski in “A Streetcar Named Desire” (and will again in a forthcoming New York production). Mescal has bulked up

considerably for “Gladiator II” and doesn’t seem altogether comfortable with his newly jacked body, an unease that works for his character’s psychological and physical vulnerability. He doesn’t have Crowe’s natural swagger; he holds you more stealthily.

Not long after Lucius is captured, the story divides into threads that eventually weave together. The Rome of the sequel is even more barbaric and unsettled than before; there are more scurrying, whispering conspirators and showy exhibits of decadence. The wonderful cast (a Scott signature) features an array of interesting new and familiar faces, including some from the first film: Connie Nielsen as the sad-eyed royal, Lucilla, and Derek Jacobi as a senator, Gracchus. (Tim McInnerny, as a dissipated senator, adds delectably unsavory notes.) As the giggly, extravagantly sadistic young twin emperors, Joseph Quinn (as Geta) and Fred Hechinger (Caracalla) are persuasively venal and look so pale that it’s almost a surprise that they have any blood in their veins to spill. Spoiler: It spills.

The first “Gladiator” was one of Scott’s unqualified successes. It was well reviewed, at least by critics who were more interested in his directing than in the weaknesses of the script; it was also a sizable box-office hit and nominated for a dozen Oscars (winning some biggies, including best picture and actor). Given the recent commercial landscape, which for the past few decades has been dominated by superhero movies — many tailored for fans rather than for the general viewership that “Gladiator” solicited — the first film’s mass draw now seems the most old-school thing about it. Despite its contemporary sheen, its digital tools and graphic violence, “Gladiator” hit with audiences because of its old Hollywood-style appeal.

Scott is working with considerably more sophisticated digital tools in the sequel, which add to the verisimilitude that makes it easy to slip into the movie and happily stay there. Even when the story tests your credulity (sharks cruising in the flooded Colosseum is the least of it) Scott holds you fast with his actors, the dynamism of his filmmaking, with shocks of beauty and jolts of queasy humor. Very few directors working today can put across a movie like “Gladiator II” as convincingly, which perhaps explains why the sequel — for all its barbaric violence and the plaintive, at times stirring, discussions about justice and democracy — doesn’t have the mournful quality that the first film did. Scott clearly had a blast making this movie and so did Washington, and they’re inviting you to have one, too, which proves easy.

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General Acacius (Pedro Pascal), left, and Lucius (Paul Mescal) in “Gladiator II.” (Aidan Monaghan / Paramount Pictures)

First close-up of star outside our galaxy shows a giant about to blow

By DENNIS OVERBYE

In a stunning scientific and technological feat, a group of astronomers said last Thursday that it had managed to take the first close-up picture of a star in another galaxy. Not only was the image a distance record for such cosmic intimacy, but the star, bulging like an overripe fruit, looks as if it is getting ready to explode.

“For the first time, we have succeeded in taking a zoomed-in image of a dying star in a galaxy outside our own Milky Way,” Keiichi Ohnaka, an astrophysicist from Andrés Bello National University in Chile, said in a news release from the European Southern Observatory, an international collaboration that runs a phalanx of powerful telescopes in Chile.

Ohnaka and colleagues described their observations in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics.

The star goes by the name of WOH G64. It is in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small galaxy that orbits the Milky Way at a distance of about 160,000 light-years and is visible as a large cloud of light in the Southern Hemisphere. The LMC was the site of the last great supernova explosion witnessed by astronomers in 1987, an event known as SN1987a.

Observations with a spacecraft called the Infrared Astronomical Satellite in the 1980s revealed that WOH G64, once thought to be cool and dim, is actually the most luminous red supergiant star in that galaxy, a behemoth at least 2,000 times bigger than the sun.

When such big stars finally run out of the thermonuclear fuel that keeps their inner fires burning, their cores collapse. Some particularly massive stars vanish without further ado into black holes. But others rebound and explode as supernovas, spewing newly created elements into space to seed new stars and planets before settling into their final states as black holes or tiny dense neutron stars.

But before the end, massive stars can spend thousands of years or more erupting clouds of gas from their surfaces. Call it “Apocalypse Soon,” where “soon” can be a million years from now at the pace at which stars evolve.

Ohnaka and his team achieved their close-up of this process by using the Very Large Telescope, which consists of four 8-meter diameter telescopes on Cerro Paranal, Chile, and an interferometer called GRAVITY that combines the light from the telescopes to achieve the resolution of a much larger telescope.

The new photo shows the mango-shaped star surrounded by wreaths and arcs of gas and dust previously ejected by the dying star. Robert Kirshner, director of the TMT International Observatory in Hawaii and a supernova expert who is not part of Ohnaka’s team, said the image was “definitely an eye opener!” He added, “That star is a mess as it gets ready to explode.”

How long the show will go on is anybody’s guess, the astronomers said.

“If supernova 1987A is one to go by WOH G64 could first turn into a blue supergiant and blow ‘smoke rings’ while wea-

An image provided by the European Southern Observatory shows the star WOH G64, located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, over 160,000 light-years away. It is the first close-up picture of a star outside our own galaxy. (K. Ohnaka et al./ European Southern Observatory via The New York Times)

ring an equatorial ‘belt,’” said Jacco van Loon, a team member from Keele University in England, who has been studying this stellar behemoth for years.

WOH G64 seems to have dimmed, he added, and appears to have become hotter, over the period of time in which he’s been observing it.

“We’ve never before caught such metamorphosis in the act,” he said.

While Ohnaka wasn’t sure what stage has been reached by WOH G64, he added, “I think it is interesting to stay tuned.”

artist’s reconstruction of

The star, first observed in the 1980s, is at least 25 times as massive as the sun and 2,000 times bigger. (L. Calçada/European Southern Observatory via The New York Times)

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WOH G64.

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You might be storing cheese all wrong

By KRISTEN MIGLORE

Cheese is, by nature, a means of preservation, shrinking gallons of milk to around a tenth of their volume and sending the highly perishable liquid on its “leap toward immortality,” as essayist Clifton Fadiman once wrote.

Or, as Anne Saxelby, the champion of American cheesemaking, noted in “The New Rules of Cheese,” published a year before her death in 2021, “There’s a reason the Romans used to carry rations of Pecorino Romano with them on their long conquests.”

Of course, the hunks you unwrap from the fridge to find dotted with bluegreen mold, or slick and reeking of ammonia don’t feel like bundles of self-preservation. Such cheese is strikingly mortal. Can we still eat it?

The good news is: Sometimes you can (but better still is not to get to that point). Below you’ll find how to keep all manner of cheeses at their best for as long as possible, how to know when to say goodbye and how to make the most of those random nubs in the drawer.

How should I store cheese at home?

“Cheese is alive,” said Kyra James, a food educator and certified cheese professional. “And needs oxygen and humidity to stay alive.”

Experts across the field agree that cheese paper — that is, opaque paper covered with a thin layer of wax or plastic in varying compositions — is ideal for wrapping everything except fresh cheeses like ricotta, feta and mozzarella (which should stay in their original packaging with their brine). And yes, for cheeses cut in pieces that you buy wrapped in plastic, it’s a good idea to rewrap if you’d like them to last longer.

“You can keep cut wedges of cheese in these papers for literally weeks at a time with very little change to the quality and flavor,” Saxelby wrote. For sustainability and economy, there are now reusable and compostable cheese papers, and you can even reuse the wrapping from the cheese counter after a rinse and dry.

If you don’t want to buy cheese paper, wrap the cheese in parchment or wax paper, then tuck it into a loosely sealed container or plastic bag. Reusable beeswax wraps are also effective, said David

Asher, natural cheese educator and author of “Milk Into Cheese.”

For short periods, Asher added, sealed glass or plastic containers are fine, “so long as the cheese is kept humid and cool.” Bear in mind that, especially for softer cheeses like blues and Bries, you may want to occasionally open the container to avoid condensation and the development of off-flavors, said Carmen Licon, director of the Dairy Products Technology Center at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo.

Where is the best place to store cheese?

The cheese and produce drawers of your fridge are best at keeping cheese humid and cool. But, to avoid your mild Jack tasting like a burly Stilton, don’t toss them into the same container. And besides, “if you keep all your cheese near one another, spots of mold will happen faster,”

Cheese at the home of Kyra James, a food educator and certified cheese professional, in Danbury, Conn., Oct. 23, 2024. Experts across the field agree that cheese paper — that is, opaque paper covered with a thin layer of wax or plastic in varying compositions — is ideal for wrapping everything except fresh cheeses like ricotta, feta and mozzarella. (Lauren Lancaster/The New York Times)

James said.

To serve, experts recommend taking your cheeses out of the fridge anywhere from 30 minutes to a couple of hours ahead. The flavors will be less muted, and the textures softer. “Warm conditions can even encourage a cheese to ripen and get gooier faster,” Asher said. “In France, many put their wheels of Camembert on top of their refrigerators where it’s warmer, instead of inside of them.”

However, Licon cautions that storing cut pieces inside the refrigerator is safer, as they’re more vulnerable to potential contamination with other microorganisms than whole wheels. For grating or cooking, there’s no benefit to spending time at room temperature.

Can you freeze cheese?

You can, but you might not like the results. The flavor will dim and “once thawed, cheese that has been frozen can exhibit a subtly grainy, sandy and generally unpleasant texture that is linked to the freezing process,” Saxelby wrote. There are a few exceptions: Some soft, unripened cheeses like chevre and mozzarella can be successfully frozen for a few months, Asher said. Grated cheeses and harder varieties with less moisture like cheddar and low-moisture mozzarella (think frozen pizza or mozzarella sticks) will also withstand the freezer better than others, Licon said.

Can’t I just cut around that spot of mold?

The short answer: It depends. For firm melters like Monterey Jack and aged types like Parmesan, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s rule of thumb is to trim a 1-inch margin around the mold (and not drag the knife through the mold deeper into the cheese). It’s worth noting that “cutting this new mold off will not return the rest of the cheese to when it was purchased, so the flavor and texture may be impacted,” James said.

Soft cheeses like Brie and fresh ones like queso fresco or ricotta, once moldy, should be tossed in the compost, Licon said. The mold itself might not be the danger but a potential harbinger: “Soft cheese has higher moisture content and a lot of nutrients that bacteria, mold and yeast love,” she added, which makes them more susceptible to pathogenic bacteria like Listeria that thrive in the same condi-

Kyra James, a food educator and certified cheese professional, grates cheese over soup at her home in Danbury, Conn., Oct. 23, 2024. “Cheese is alive,” James said. “And needs oxygen and humidity to stay alive.” (Lauren Lancaster/The New York Times)

tions.

What are good ways to use up leftover bits of cheese?

James uses them to inspire other meals: fresh cheeses on a salad or to finish a pizza, semifirm like cheddar or Gouda melted together for a quick fondue, and hard varieties shaved over pasta or soup.

Asher jumbles bits into grilled cheese sandwiches or grates them into mashed potatoes for extra savoriness and nutrition.

Licon stirs grated Gouda, pepper Jack or other melting cheeses into cooked vegetables and broils until golden, sometimes adding cream cheese, sour cream or bacon. She also melts cheese into roasted Anaheim chiles, tomatoes and onions for Chihuahua-style chile con queso (which is different from the Tex-Mex dish of the same name, though that could work, too).

And in “The New Rules of Cheese,” Saxelby included what she called “Fridge Nubs Mac & Cheese,” melting any and all cheeses into the roux-based sauce, trimming away only the rinds of firmer aged cheeses. “I’ve been known to toss soft, bloomy rind cheese, stinky cheese, driedout cheddars and blue into the same baking dish,” she wrote. “When baked and sprinkled with buttered breadcrumbs, you really can’t go wrong.”

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How to survive Thanksgiving travel

By THE NEW YORK TIMES

Planes, trains, highways, they’re all going to be packed over the Thanksgiving holiday, traditionally one of the busiest periods for travel.

The Transportation Security Administration is expecting to screen 18.3 million airline passengers from Tuesday

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De conformidad con las disposiciones de la Ley Núm. 132 de 25 de junio de 1968, según enmendada, conocida como Ley para Reglamentar la Extracción de Arena, Grava y Piedra, y el Reglamento Conjunto para la Evaluación y Expedición de Permisos Relacionados al Desarrollo, Uso de Terrenos y Operación de Negocios (Reglamento Conjunto), vigente, Ley Núm. 161- 2009, según enmendada, conocida como “Ley para la Reforma del Proceso de Permisos de Puerto Rico” y cualquier otra disposición de ley aplicable, la Oficina de Gerencia de Permisos (“OGPe”) informa que ha sido radicada para su consideración una Solicitud de Permiso para la Extracción de Materiales de Corteza Terrestre, según adelante se detalla:

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Todo comentario o solicitud deber presentarse haciendo referencia al número de solicitud, y ser enviados a través de notificaciones_ogpe@ddec.pr.gov o al PO Box 41179, San Juan, PR 00940-1179. En la solicitud o comentarios deberá hacerse constar en detalle los hechos en que funda su derecho a comparecer y ser escuchada y si interesa oponerse a lo solicitado, haciendo constar los motivos o fundamentos por los cuales no debe concederse el permiso solicitado. Transcurrido el término de treinta (30) días, no se considerará ninguna solicitud a estos efectos y la OGPe procederá con la evaluación y trámite del documento presentado.

Cualquier persona podrá requerir examinar el expediente o solicitar copia de este mediante solicitud (SCE) a través del Single Business Portal en la página www.sbp.ogpe.pr.gov o en cualquier oficina de la OGPe.

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to Dec. 2, up approximately 6% from the same period in 2023, and a record number. It projects the three busiest travel days will be the Tuesday and Wednesday before Thanksgiving and the Sunday after the holiday.

Most travelers, however, will be on the roads. Nearly 72 million motorists are expected to travel 50 or more miles from home between Tuesday and Monday, according to AAA, the automobile organization. (Nearly 2.3 million people will be on buses, trains or cruise ships.)

For drivers, AAA has suggestions, including recommended departure days and times depending on where you live and how long you can expect to spend in transit at the height of holiday traffic.

If you’re flying, even getting to the airport can be a challenge. For those looking to cut costs, Uber is bringing back its shared-ride feature, now called UberX Share, which matches passengers from airports with a co-rider at up to a 25% discount for each rider, available at eight airports around the country. In New York, the company has also started a shuttle service between four Manhattan locations and LaGuardia Airport.

Other disruptions can also arise. On Monday, members of the Service Employees International Union walked out at Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina to press demands for better pay for cabin cleaners, wheelchair agents and trash truck drivers employed by American Airlines contractors. FlightAware, a tracking website, reported no cancellations at Charlotte and 7% of outbound flights delayed, not an unusually high number.

In advance of the crush, we’ve pulled together some of our best travel advice for those who are flying or renting cars.

Avoid baggage claim purgatory by traveling light

A minimalist mindset makes the airport experience smoother, allowing you to bypass baggage check and the claim carousel of doom during the year’s busiest travel week.

“Pack colors that coordinate so you can bring fewer items yet still have options,” Stephanie Rosenbloom writes in her guide to packing a carry-on. Several commenters on the article also recommend packing cubes, which organize and compress items.

Also, no checked bag means no airline losing your bag.

If the airline loses your checked bag

If it has been a while and your bag hasn’t come around the carousel, start by checking your airline’s app for real-time bag-tracking details, like when it was loaded onto or unloaded from the plane. Then file a missing-bag report ASAP. Airlines will generally reimburse a per-day amount for the cost of immediate-needs items (like clothing and toiletries) that went missing with your bag, but annoyingly, not all airlines publicly disclose how much they reimburse.

If your bag has been missing for more than 12 hours for a domestic flight, you can request a refund for your checked-bag fees.

The dreaded delayed or canceled flight

Download your airline’s app, which often shows up -

Travelers wait in line inside Terminal C at LaGuardia Airport in Queens, Nov. 22, 2023. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times)

dates on a flight’s status or gate changes before anywhere else.

Know your rights: If your flight is canceled, significantly delayed or substantially changed, airlines will try to rebook you on another flight. (A significant delay is three hours or more for domestic flights.) If you decide not to fly, you are owed an automatic refund in your original form of payment within 20 days (thanks to a new Transportation Department rule that came into effect last month).

When a delay or cancellation is caused by the airline, passengers — in most cases — are entitled to a handful of services (like meal vouchers) after three hours. Most airlines will cover the costs of a hotel stay and associated transport if it comes to that, too.

But getting what you’re entitled to can be a challenge when hundreds of other passengers are seeking assistance. Try asking for help at the airline’s service desk instead of at the gate, or if you have access to it, at the airline’s lounge.

Watch for extra fees at the car rental counter ... Be careful not to pay for insurance twice. If you already have auto insurance, often that coverage extends to a rental. Check if the credit card you book with also provides coverage against theft and damage (many do).

“Credit card insurance is only collision, not liability,” said Jonathan Weinberg, the founder of AutoSlash, a car rental platform — so you may want to add liability insurance (unless it’s covered by your auto insurance).

Also be wary of the sly upsell. When the car you’ve reserved is not available when you arrive, it’s a common practice for rental agencies give you the next-best available car at no extra charge. This may not always be made clear, and agencies have been known to ask if you want to upgrade for a fee. Before accepting, request your original class of car. If it is not available, you are entitled to a free upgrade.

When you return the vehicle, take a picture of the fuel gauge showing a full tank. Companies have been known to tack on extra gas charges, and photographic proof usually wipes those charges away.

... And on toll roads

Once you’re on the road, avoid using the rental company’s transponder, which can rack up hefty charges. Depending on which state you’re driving in, some apps let you pay toll charges from your phone. You could also buy a toll pass for your region ahead of time, or sign up for a payby-mail option.

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vación Urbana y Vivienda de Puerto Rico, para su proyecto de solares denominado Urbanización Manuel Corchado Jurabe, radicada en el Barrio Guayabo de Isabela, con una cabida superficial de trescientos sesenta punto sesenta (360.60) metros cuadrados, en lindes por el Norte, con solar numero doscientos ochenta y uno (281), distancia de quince punto cero cero (15.00) metros; por el Sur, con la Calle numero once (11), distancia de quince punto cero cero (15.00) metros; por el Este, con el solar numero doscientos ochenta (280), distancia de veintitrés punto diecisiete (23.17) metros; y por el Oeste, con el solar numero doscientos setenta y ocho (278), distancia de veinticuatro punto noventa y uno (24.91) metros. Contiene una casa de una sola planta, sencilla compuesta de las siguientes partes, todos los cimientos, pisos, tres paredes de cargas de hormigón reforzado paredes de baño en bloques de hormigón instalación sanitaria.” Consta inscrita al folio 75 del tomo 266 de Isabela, finca número 13636, Registro de la Propiedad de Aguadilla. La Hipoteca Revertida consta inscrita al tomo Karibe, finca número 13636 de Isabela, Registro de la Propiedad de Aguadilla, inscripción 5a. Propiedad localizada en: URB. MANUEL CORCHADO, 55 CALLE VIOLETA, ISABELA, PR 00662. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas anteriores o preferentes: Nombre del Titular: N/A. Suma de la Carga: N/A. Fecha de Vencimiento: N/A. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas posteriores a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante: Nombre del Titular: Secretario de la Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano. Suma de la Carga: $197,250.00. Fecha de Vencimiento: 7 de enero de 2083. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad de la propiedad y que todas las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito ejecutante antes descritos, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes. El rematante acepta dichas cargas y gravámenes anteriores, y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se establece como tipo de mínima subasta la suma de $197,250.00,

según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la escritura de hipoteca. De ser necesaria una SEGUNDA SUBASTA por declararse desierta la primera, la misma se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Aguadilla, el 11 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2024, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $131,500.00, 2/3 partes del tipo mínima establecido originalmente. Si tampoco se produce remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se establece como mínima para la TERCERA SUBASTA, la suma de $98,625.00, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Aguadilla, el 18 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2024, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para, con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante, el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor ascendente a la suma de $80,589.29 por concepto de principal, más la suma de $51,750.77 en intereses acumulados al 9 de mayo de 2024 y los cuales continúan acumulándose a razón de 3.952% anual hasta su total y completo pago; $16,041.39 de seguro hipotecario (MIP); $3,454.75 de seguro contra riesgo; $425.00 de tasación; $930.00 de inspecciones; $2,200.00 de adelantos pendiente; $490.00 de mantenimiento a la propiedad; más la cantidad de 10% del pagare original en la suma de $19,725.00, para gastos, costas y honorarios de abogado. A tenor con la Regla 44.3 de Procedimiento Civil se condena a la parte demandada a pagar intereses aplicables sobre el importe de la presente sentencia incluyendo costas y honorarios de abogado, desde esta fecha y hasta que sea satisfecha. La venta en pública subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA, si esto fuera necesario, a los efectos de que cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha subasta. Se notifica a todos los interesados que las actas y demás constancias del expediente de este caso están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal

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Demandante V. JOAMIL DELGADO CORREA, Y LA SOCIEDAD DE BIENES GANANCIALES

COMPUESTA POR JOAMIL DELGADO CORREA, Y CONYUGE A, Y TITULAR ABC

Demandados Civil Núm.: CG2024CV02467. Sala: 703. 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: EL DEMANDADO: JOAMIL DELGADO CORREA, POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR JOAMIL DELGADO Y CÓNYUGE A; CÓNYUGE A, POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL COMPUESTA POR AMBOS; Y TITULAR ABC - URB. BUNKER #132 CALLE BRASIL CAGUAS, PR 00725-5418. Mediante la presente se le notifica que ha sido presentada en este Tribunal una Demanda en su contra en el pleito de epígrafe. Las abogadas de la parte demandante son, Lcdo. Luis J. Sotomayor Landrón y Lcda. Amarys Bolorin Solivan, Lugo Mender Group, LLC, loo Carr. 165 suite 501, Guaynabo, P.R. 00968-8052; Tel: (787) 7070404 / Fax: (787) 707-0412. Por este medio se le emplaza y se le advierte que este edicto se publicará en un (1) periódico de circulación general una (1) sola vez. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración y de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder por el portal cibernético del Poder Judicial www.poderjudicial.pr, bajo el Tribunal Electrónico, salvo que se represente por derecho pro-

pio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal. Si no comparece a contestar dentro del término de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la publicación de este edicto, se le anotará la Rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia en su contra, concediendo el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle, disponiéndose además, que en los diez (10) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto se le dirigirá por correo certificado con acuse de recibo una copia del Emplazamiento por Edicto y de la Demanda presentada a sus últimas direcciones conocidas en: Urb, Bunker #132 Calle Brasil Caguas, PR 00725-5418. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal en Caguas, Puerto Rico a 22 de noviembre de 2024. Irasemis Díaz Sánchez, Secretaria. Vionnette Espinosa Castillo, Sub-Secretaria.

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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante V. MARCIA LISSETTE SIERRA FALÚ T/C/C

MARCIA SIERRA FALÚ Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: FA2024CV00749. (Salón: 307). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. BELMA ALONSO GARCÍAOFICINABELMAALONSO@GMAIL. COM. MARINILDA RIVERA VARGASMRIVERAVARGAS@YAHOO.COM. A: MARCIA LISSETTE SIERRA FALU T/C/C MARIA SIERRA FALÚ, URB. ALTURAS DE SAN PEDRO, D36 CALLE SAN FERNANDO, FAJARDO PR 00738-5068 Y/O URB ALTURAS DE SAN PEDRO, D36, CALLE B, FAJARDO PR 007385068 Y/O PO BOX 565 TRUJILLO ALTO PR 00877-0565 Y/O URB VILLA CAROLINA 81-23, CALLE 85 (ALTOS), CAROLINA PR 009854959.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 15 de noviembre de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia,

Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 20 de noviembre de 2024. En Fajardo, Puerto Rico, el 20 de noviembre de 2024. WANDA SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA.LINDA I. MEDINA MEDINA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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CENTRO JUDICIAL DE HUMACAO SALA SUPERIOR DE HUMACAO

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Demandante V. AMPARO TORRES CRUZ Y OTROS

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: HU2024CV00090. (Salón: 205). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. BELMA ALONSO GARCÍAOFICINABELMAALONSO@GMAIL. COM.

MARINILDA RIVERA VARGASMRIVERAVARGAS@YAHOO.COM. A: AMPARO TORRES CRUZ Y LUIS NAVARRO PÉREZ A SUS ÚLTIMAS DIRECCIONES

CONOCIDAS: CIUDAD CRISTIANA, X12 AVENIDA 4, HUMACAO, PR 00792; 1341 RAINTREE BND, APT 104, CLERMONT, FL 34714- 8515; Y PO BOX 409, PUNTA SANTIAGO, PR 00741-0409.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 18 de noviembre de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamen-

te de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 20 de noviembre de 2024. En Humacao, Puerto Rico, el 20 de noviembre de 2024. Evelyn Félix Vázquez, Secretaria. Lisa M. Figueroa Ruiz, Secretaria Auxiliar Del Tribunal.

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Demandante V. DOMINICK RIVERA RIVERA

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: AR2024CV00036. (Salón: 404 - CIVIL SUPERIOR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. GINA H. FERRER MEDINA - LAWOFFICES. GINAFERRERMEDINA@GMAIL. COM.

A: DOMINICK RIVERA RIVERA.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 01 de julio de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted

esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 21 de noviembre de 2024. En Arecibo, Puerto Rico, el 21 de noviembre de 2024. Vivian Y. Fresse González, Secretaria. Pilar H. Mercado González, Secretaria Auxiliar Del Tribunal.

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Demandante Vs. KATHY TORRES CAMACHO

Demandada

Civil Núm.: MZ2024RF00622. Sobre: CUSTODIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. A: KATHY TORRES CAMACHO - COMUNIDAD LA LOMA INT., HORMIGUERO, PUERTO RICO 00660 O SEA LA PARTE DEMANDADA ARRIBA MENCIONADA.

POR LA PRESENTE: Se le notifica a usted, Sra. Kathy Torres Camacho, que la parte demandante de epígrafe ha radicado en esta Secretaría una Demanda de Divorcio por la causal de Ruptura Irreparable que aquí se menciona.

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), al cual puede acceder utilizado 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 solicitando en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente.

Nombre del Abogado: LOURDES M. ORTIZ PAGÁN RUA: 9103

Dirección: PO Box 593, Cabo Rojo, PR 00623

Tel: (787) 831-1984 / Fax (787) 833-5118

Correo electrónico: lourdesm_ortizpagan@hotmail.com

EXPEDIDO POR ORDEN DEL TRIBUNAL, en Mayagüez, Puerto Rico hoy 18 de noviembre de 2024. Lic. Norma G. Santana Irizarry, Secretaria Regional Ii. Lourdes García Cuebas, Sec Auxiliar Del Tribunal I.

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Demandante Vs. CRISTOPHER GIOVANNI PEÑA CRUZ, JANE DOE Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES

COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandados

Civil Núm.: CA2024CV02620. (403). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO ORDINARIO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: CRISTOPHER GIOVANNI PEÑA

CRUZ, JANE DOE Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS.

Quedan emplazados y notificados de que en este Tribunal se ha radicado una demanda en su contra sobre Cobro de Dinero. Se le notifica para que comparezca ante el Tribunal dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este edicto y exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga, en el presente caso. Se le notifica que deberá presentar su alegación a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https.//unired. poderjudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Centro Judicial de Carolina, Sala Superior, y enviando copia a la parte demandante: Lcda. Andrea Carolina Chaves Figueroa; PO Box 193813, San Juan, PR 00919; achaves@esqlegalpr.com. Se le apercibe y notifica que si no contesta la demanda radicada en su contra dentro del término de treinta (30) días de la publicación de este edicto, se le anotará la rebeldía en su contra y se dictará sentencia en su contra, conforme se solicita en la demanda, sin más citársele ni oírsele. Expedido bajo mi

firma y sello del Tribunal a 15 de noviembre de 2024. LCDA. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. LILLIAM ORTIZ NIEVES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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Demandante V. JUAN ALBERTO CRUZ MORALES Y OTROS

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: BY2024CV02957. (Salón: 504). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO ENMENDADA. REGGIE DÍAZ HERNÁNDEZRDIAZ@BDPRLAW.COM.

A: JUAN ALBERTO CRUZ MORALES, IRIS NEREIDA TORRES SERRANO Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS Y JOHN DOE DORAL MORTGAGE LLC ANTES DORAL MORTGAGE

CORPORATION. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 09 de octubre de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 22 de noviembre de 2024. Notas de la Secretaría: CUMPLIENDO CON ORDEN DEL 20.NOV/2024. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 22 de noviembre de 2024. Alicia Ayala Sanjurjo, Secretaria. Lureimy Alicea González, Secretaria Auxiliar del Tribunal.

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Demandante V. CÁNDIDA RIVERA GARCÍA Y OTROS

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: BY2024CV01624. (Salón: 506). Sobre: USUCAPIÓN. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JAIME RODRÍGUEZ RIVERABUFETE.RODRIGUEZRIVERA@ GMAIL.COM. A: ANGEL LUIS RIVERA GARCIA O SU SUCESION

DESCONOCIDA Y PRESUNTA COMPUESTA

POR A, B Y C; FELICIANO RIVERA PEREZ O SU SUCESION DESCONOCIDA Y PRESUNTA COMPUEST A POR D, E Y F; MARIA SALOME

RAMOS CARRILLO O SU SUCESION DESCONOCIDA Y PRESUNTA COMPUESTA

POR G, H E I: PEDRO

RIVERA GARCIA O SU SUCESION DESCONOCIDA Y PRESUNTA COMPUESTA

POR J, K Y L; CARMEN SCHRODER MURGA O SU SUCESION DESCONOCIDA Y PRESUNTA COMPUESTA POR M, N Y Ñ; PERFECTA NEGRON LOPEZ O SU SUCESION DESCONOCIDA Y PRESUNTA COMPUESTA

POR O, P Y Q; PEDRO JUAN RIVERA CAMPOS, JIMMY RIVERA CAMPOS, EDWARD RALPH RIVERA CAMPOS Y CUALQUIERA

PERSONA IGNORADA QUE PUEDA TENER

INTERES EN ESTE CASO. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 30 de octubre de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte

en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 31 de octubre de 2024. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 31 de octubre de 2024. Alicia Ayala Sanjurjo, Secretaria. Marilyn Colón Carrasquillo, Secretaria Auxiliar Del Tribunal I.

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Demandante V. FRANGELICA MICHELLE RODRÍGUEZ SANTIAGO POR SI Y COMO

REPRESENTANTE DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA CON FULANO DE TAL Y OTROS

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: PO2024CV00776. (Salón: 604 CIVIL SUPERIOR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFCACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. GINA H. FERRER MEDINA - LAWOFFICES. GINAFERRERMEDINA@GMAIL. COM.

A: FRANGELICA

MICHELLE RODRÍGUEZ SANTIAGO, LEAMSI TORRES PÉREZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 18 de noviembre de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolu-

ción, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 18 de noviembre de 2024. En Ponce, Puerto Rico, el 18 de noviembre de 2024. Carmen G. Tirú Quiñones, Secretaria. Elba Santos Ortiz, Secretaria Auxiliar Del Tribunal.

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HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.

Demandante V. JESUS MANUEL RIVERA ZAPATA Y OTROS

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: VB2024CV00595. (Salón: 201 CD, CM, TR Y CR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

JESSICA D. MARTÍNEZ BIRRIELJMARTBIRR@YAHOO.COM.

A: JESUS MANUEL RIVERA ZAPATA, POR SÍ Y REPRESENTACIÓN SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES PATRICIA ANN RIVERA T/C/C PATRICIA ANN HYDES, POR SÍ Y REPRESENTACIÓN SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES; SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 20 de noviembre de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de

esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 20 de noviembre de 2024. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, el 20 de noviembre de 2024. Alicia Ayala Sanjurjo, Secretaria. Maritza Rosario Rosario, Secretaria Auxiliar Del Tribunal.

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Demandante V. JOSEPH ALVARY

CABAN DAPENA Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: PO2024CV01225. (Salón: 602 CIVIL SUPERIOR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

GINA H. FERRER MEDINA - LAWOFFICES. GINAFERRERMEDINA@GMAIL. COM.

A: JOSEPH ALVARY

CABAN DAPENA, PARA SER NOTIFICADO POR EDICTO.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 22 de noviembre de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 22 de noviembre de 2024. En Ponce, Puerto Rico, el 22 de noviembre de 2024. Carmen G. Tirú Quiñones, Secretaria. Loyda Torres Irizarry, Secretaria Auxiliar Del Tribunal.

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Demandante V. KATHERINE PAGÁN RIVERA

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: PO2024CV01903. (Salón: 605 CIVIL SUPERIOR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JOSÉ G. GIRAUD MEJÍASJGIRAUD@MCMLAWPR.COM. A: KATHERINE PAGÁN RIVERA. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 22 de noviembre de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 22 de noviembre de 2024. En Ponce, Puerto Rico, el 22 de noviembre de 2024. Carmen G. Tirú Quiñones, Secretaria. Hilda Janessi Rosado Rodríguez, Secretaria Auxiliar Del Tribunal.

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Demandante V. SUCESION JOSE

BASILIO BURGOS ORTIZ

COMPUESTA POR JOHN DOE Y OTROS

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: OR2024CV00100. (Salón: 001). Sobre: USUCAPIÓN. NOTIFICACIÓN DE

LIZANNETTE MORALES CRESPOLMORALES@LMCLEGAL.COM.

A: SUCESION JOSE

BASILIO BURGOS ORTIZ

COMPUESTA POR JOHN DOE, RICHARD ROE.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 18 de noviembre de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 20 de noviembre de 2024. En Orocovis, Puerto Rico, el 20 de noviembre de 2024. Elizabeth González Rivera, Secretaria. Anybell Díaz Torres, Secretaria Auxiliar Del Tribunal.

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Demandante V. GREGORY PEREZ ENCARNACION

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: CA2024CV00526. (Civil: 406). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. NATALIE BONAPARTE SERVERANATALIE.BONAPARTE@ORF-LAW. COM.

A: GREGORY PEREZ ENCARNACION.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 19 de noviembre de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y ar-

chivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 22 de noviembre de 2024. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 22 de noviembre de 2024. Kanelly Zayas Robles, Secretaria. Maricruz Aponte Alicea, Secretaria Auxiliar Del Tribunal.

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Demandante V. ROSA M. MIRANDA FIGUEROA

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: AI2024CV00211. (Salón: 002). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. NATALIE BONAPARTE SERVERANATALIE.BONAPARTE@ORF-LAW. COM.

A: ROSA M MIRANDA FIGUEROA - PO BOX 497, AIBONITO, PR 00705. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 21 de noviembre de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión

o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 22 de noviembre de 2024. En Aibonito, Puerto Rico, el 22 de noviembre de 2024. Elizabeth González Rivera, Secretaria. Maritza Aponte Rodríguez, Secretaria Auxiliar Del Tribunal.

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Demandante V.

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Y OTROS

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: JD2024CV00581. (Salón: 1 SALA SUPERIOR). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

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EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 21 de noviembre de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 21 de noviembre de 2024. En Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico, el 21 de noviembre de 2024. Carmen G. Tirú Quiñones, Secretaria. Vanessa Rodríguez

Maldonado, Secretaria Auxiliar Del Tribunal.

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Demandante V. AUTORIDAD PARA EL FINANCIAMIENTO DE LA VIVIENDA DE PUERTO RICO Y OTROS

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: FA2024CV00910. (Salón: 307). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. LESLIE J. HERNÁNDEZ CRESPOLJHC_99@YAHOO.COM. A: JOHN DOE (DIRECCIÓN DESCONOCIDA).

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 20 de noviembre de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 22 de noviembre de 2024. En Fajardo, Puerto Rico, el 22 de noviembre de 2024. Wanda Seguí Reyes, Secretaria. Linda I. Medina Medina, Secretaria Auxiliar Del Tribunal.

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Demandantes V. SUCESIÓN DE EUSEBIO MORALES SOLIS; ET. AL. Demandados Civil Núm.: HU2024CV01273.

(205). Sobre: EXPEDIENTE CONTRADICTORIO Y REANUDACIÓN DE TRACTO SUCESIVO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. A: a) Maribel Arroyo como miembro de la Sucesión de Bernardina Martínez Solís. b) Luis Jr. Martínez como miembro de la Sucesión de Luis Martínez Solís. c) Nelson Arroyo, Wilfredo Arroyo y Yesenia Arroyo, como miembros de la Sucesión de Bernardina Martínez Solís t/c/c Gregoria Arroyo y como Gregoria Martínez; d) Noemí Martínez, como miembro de la Sucesión de Luis Martínez Solís; e) Anthony Rodríguez, como miembro de la Sucesión de Luis Martínez Solís y de la Sucesión de Miriam Martínez; f) María del Carmen Tirado Martínez y Juan Manuel Tirado Martínez, como miembros de la Sucesión de Eusebia Martínez Solís; g) Ángel Luis Morales Solís, Aurelia Morales Solís, Domitila Morales Solís, Francisco Morales Solís y Santiago Morales Solís, como miembros de la Sucesión de Ceferina Solís Tirado. h) Rafael Martínez Morales, como miembro de la Sucesión de Luisa Morales Solís. i) Julio Morales Solís, Santiago Morales Solís Morales y Ana Morales Solís, como miembros de la Sucesión de Ceferina Solís Tirado; j) Santiago Morales Tirado, Leocadio Morales Tirado y Julio Morales Solís, como miembros de las Sucesiones de Eusebio Morales y Bernardina Tirado; k) Modesto Martínez Solís como miembro de las Sucesiones de Bernardina Tirado y como sucesor de Juana Solís. l) Fulano de Tal y Fulana de Tal. Quedan emplazados y notificados de que en este Tribunal se ha radicado una demanda en su contra sobre Expediente Contradictorio, Reanudación de Tracto. Se le notifica para que comparezcan ante el Tri-

bunal dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este edicto y exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga, en el presente caso. Se le notifica que deberá presentar su alegación 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 Centro Judicial de Humacao, Sala Superior, y enviando copia a la parte demandante: Lcda. Grace M. Figueroa Irizarry; PO Box 193813, San Juan, PR 00919; gracefigueroalawoffice@gmail.com. Se le apercibe y notifica que si no contesta la demanda radicada en su contra dentro del término de treinta (30) días de la publicación de este edicto, se le anotará la rebeldía en su contra y se dictará sentencia en su contra, conforme se solicita en la demanda, sin más citársele ni oírsele. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal a 22 de noviembre de 2024. Evelyn Félix Vázquez, Secretaria General. Lisa M. Figueroa Ruiz, Secretaria Auxiliar.

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A: JAVIER ALEX OCASIO COLLAZO, JANE DOE Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS.

Quedan emplazados y notificados de que en este Tribunal se ha radicado una demanda en su contra sobre Cobro de Dinero. Se le notifica para que comparezca ante el Tribunal dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publica-

ción de este edicto y exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga, en el presente caso. Se les notifica que deberán presentar su alegación a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https.//unired. poderjudicial.pr., salvo que se representen por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberán presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Centro Judicial de Mayagüez, Sala Superior, y enviando copia a la parte demandante: Lcda. Andrea Carolina Chaves Figueroa; PO Box 193813, San Juan, PR 00919; achaves@ esqlegalpr.com. Se les apercibe y notifica que si no contestan la demanda radicada en su contra dentro del término de treinta (30) días de la publicación de este edicto, se les anotará la rebeldía en su contra y se dictará sentencia en su contra, conforme se solicita en la demanda, sin más citársele ni oírsele. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal a 22 de noviembre de 2024. Lcda. Norma G. Santana Irizarry, Secretaria Regional. Jossie D. Bobe Rodríguez, Secretaria Auxiliar.

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Demandante V. JOEL OMAR LOPEZ PADILLA

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: PO2024CV01062 (Salón 602 CIVIL SUPERIOR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO.

GINA H FERRER MEDINA LAWOFFICES.

GINAFERRERMEDINA@GMAIL.COM NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. A: JOEL OMAR LOPEZ PADILLA, PARA SER NOTIFICADO POR EDICO (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 15 de noviembre de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o re-

presentando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 22 de noviembre de 2024. En PONCE, Puerto Rico, el 22 de noviembre de 2024. Carmen G Tiru Quiñones, Secretaria. F/Loyda Torres Irizarry, Secretaria Auxiliar Del Tribunal.

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Demandante Vs. LUIS O. TAFFANELLI MULERO

Demandado Civil Núm.: BY2024CV02853. Salón: 500-A. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO ORDINARIO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: LUIS O. TAFFANELLI MULERO1627 BO JUAN SANCHEZ, BAYAMON, PR 00959; 2317 SORRENTO CIR, WINTER PARK, FL, 32792. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www. poderjudicial.pr/index.php/ tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende proce-

dente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, el Lcdo. Jan Miguel Otero Martínez cuyas direcciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección jan.otero@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orflaw.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 3 de octubre de 2024. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 3 de octubre de 2024. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. NOELIA MATÍAS SALAS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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AYALA ALGARIN Demandado Civil Núm.: BY2024CV02818. Salón: 500-A. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO ORDINARIO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: MARISOL

AYALA ALGARINURB BAYAMON GARDENS CALLE

ANTHONY # KK-3, BAYAMON, PR 00956. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www. poderjudicial.pr/index.php/ tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia a los abogados de

notificaciones@orf-law.com.

la parte demandante, el Lcdo. Jan Miguel Otero Martínez cuyas direcciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección jan. otero@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law. com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 3 de octubre de 2024. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 3 de octubre de 2024. Lcda. Laura I. Santa Sánchez, Secretaria. Noelia Matías Salas, Secretaria Auxiliar.

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Parte Demandante Vs. WILFREDO

VAZQUEZ CASTILLO

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: VI2024CV00053. 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: WILFREDO VAZQUEZ CASTILLOURB LAS ALONDRAS A30 CALLE 1, VILLALBA PR 00766. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:///www.poderjudicial.pr/ index.php/tribunal-electronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, 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

EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico, hoy día 2 de octubre de 2024. Carmen G. Tirú Quiñones, Secretaria. Waleska E. Rivera Torres, Secretaria Auxiliar.

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Parte Demandante Vs. PABLO X. SANCHEZ ROSA

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: LP2024CV00161. Salón: 205. 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: PABLO X. SÁNCHEZ ROSAURB EST DE LOS ARTESANOS 383 CALLE LITOGRAFIA, LAS PIEDRAS PR 00771-7386. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www. poderjudicial.pr/index.php/ tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, el Lcdo. Juan Antonio Ruiz Robles cuyas direcciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección juan. ruiz@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law. com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Humacao, Puerto Rico, hoy día 4 de octubre de 2024. En Humacao, Puerto Rico, el 4 de

octubre de 2024. Evelyn Félix Vázquez, Secretaria. Laura De Jesús González, Secretaria Auxiliar.

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Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: SJ2024CV06195. Salón: 906. 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: SHAKIRA M. DELGADO QUIÑONESURB EL SENORIAL 2011 CALLE A MACHADO APT

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It’s time for the BBWAA to add a reliever of the year award

By ANDREW BAGGARLY / THE ATHLETIC

Cleveland Guardians closer Emmanuel

Clase had perhaps the most dominant season by a reliever in MLB history. He came as close as any relief pitcher has in 15 years to winning a Cy Young Award.

Which is to say, he didn’t come close at all.

The Detroit Tigers’ ace, Tarik Skubal, was a unanimous and deserving winner last week. Clase finished a distant third. But even a figurative bronze counts as a remarkable achievement for a reliever in balloting for an award that has increasingly become the domain of starting pitchers.

Clase is the first reliever to turn in a topthree finish since Francisco Rodríguez in 2008. No reliever had even cracked the top five since Kenley Jansen in 2017. And, of course, no reliever has won the award since Eric Gagne in 2003. The last American League reliever to win the Cy Young Award was Dennis Eckersley in 1992.

Measure for measure, Clase joined Eckersley on the very short list of greatest relief seasons in history. Clase posted a 0.61 earned run average in 74 appearances. He led the American League with 47 saves. He issued just 10 walks. He was the major reason the Guardians finished 82-0 when leading after eight innings.

He even recorded a save in the All-Star Game.

There are just three relievers in history who have thrown at least 70 innings and finished with an ERA of 0.61 or lower: Clase, Eckersley in 1990 (0.61) and Fernando Rodney in 2012 (0.60).

But Clase had no shot at joining Eckersley as a Cy Young winner. That’s because there has been a clear shift among Baseball Writers’ Association of America voters when it comes to sizing up their Cy Young candidates. The award has become a value proposition. And when it comes to statistics like wins above replacement, even a relief pitcher who has a truly transcendent season has no chance of measuring up.

Clase generated 4.5 WAR by the Baseball Reference version of the metric, which was highly impressive. It was the most by a relief pitcher since Jonathan Papelbon in 2006. But in 2024, there were nine starting pitchers who generated more.

I have been thinking about writing this piece for a while. Before Clase’s 2024 season, I had planned to cite the example of Félix Bautista’s finish in the 2023 AL Cy Young voting. Bautista, of the Baltimore Orioles, was far and away the best relief pitcher in the American

League in 2023, with a 1.48 ERA and 33 saves. He appeared on just three of 30 ballots — all fifth-place votes — and finished with 3 points.

Obviously, Bautista had no shot at winning the award. But that wasn’t the part that resonated with me. What stood out was that Bautista couldn’t even beat out starting pitchers who might otherwise be considered marginal candidates. Minnesota’s Pablo López turned in a perfectly fine season in the Twins’ rotation in which he went 11-8 with a 3.66 ERA. He finished with 11 points in the balloting.

Bautista generated 3.0 WAR. López generated 3.3.

It has gotten to the point where it’s almost silly to even bother putting relievers on the Cy Young ballot. They are apples in an orchard of oranges.

None of this is necessarily a bad thing. There’s no injustice in relief pitchers failing to merit a place at the top — or anywhere, really — on Cy Young ballots. It’s not an oversight or flawed logic that explains why no relief pitcher has received a first-place Cy Young vote since 2016 (Zach Britton) or why a reliever can have a truly transcendent season and barely merit anything beyond a fifth-place vote.

The Cy Young Award has always been an honor principally reserved for starting pitchers. The only thing that has changed is that the principles have pretty much become unbreak-

able now.

So maybe the writers’ association should do something about it. Maybe it’s time to create a new award to honor the best relief pitcher in each league.

It’s true that MLB already has annual awards for the league’s best firemen: the Mariano Rivera AL Reliever of the Year Award and the Trevor Hoffman NL Reliever of the Year Award were first issued in 2014, replacing the Delivery Man of the Year Award, which had its beginnings in 2005. The Rolaids Relief Man Award, in addition to creating a lot of brand awareness for antacid medication, was given out from 1976 to 2012.

But MLB’s current awards are voted on by a panel of retired relief pitchers. They do not involve the participation of the BBWAA’s voting members. And the writers’ awards — most valuable player, Cy Young, rookie of the year, manager of the year — continue to be the gold standard among the league’s postseason honors. Problematic as it might be, these awards are now the basis for enticements like the prospect promotion incentive that can net a team an extra draft pick. Paul Skenes, who was named the 2024 NL rookie of the year, received an extra year of service time as a result.

The writers’ awards are the postseason awards. They are the most historic. And they are the nearest to being above reproach.

Valuing relief pitchers has always been a tricky proposition for BBWAA members who are eligible to vote for the Hall of Fame, and it will be interesting to see whether Billy Wagner is able to break through next month in his final year on the ballot. But clearly, the association has demonstrated that relief pitchers are worthy of the honor. The only unanimous inductee in the history of Hall of Fame voting isn’t a charismatic and transcendent star center fielder like Ken Griffey Jr. or a durable, generation-spanning rotation presence like Nolan Ryan. It’s the longtime New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera.

Here’s the thing: Rivera never won a BBWAA award. And that makes the lack of a writers’ association award for relievers seem like something that can and should be addressed.

Here’s the other thing to consider: Relief pitchers have never been more important than they are in today’s game. They are pitching more innings than ever. They were changing the composition of major league rosters so drastically that rule changes had to be put into place to cap the number of pitchers a team could carry. Even with those limitations, one-third of your typical major league team is made up of relievers. And for one-third of the league, there’s no chance to be a legitimate candidate to win a writers’ association award.

A colleague of mine at The Athletic, Jayson Stark, proposed adding a BBWAA award for relievers some years back. His presentation didn’t gain traction. The primary argument against was the concern that there weren’t enough eligible association members to fill out voting committees for an additional award. But since then, the association opened membership to MLB.com reporters. There are more international media members who have an active card and cover games. There are more “non-legacy media” outlets who employ full-time writers and reporters. In some markets, the problem has become that there aren’t enough voting assignments to go around.

The association’s awards are valuable — so much so that Major League Baseball offered to guarantee a certain amount of access (to minor leaguers, to coaching staffs, etc.) to association members in exchange for the rights to fold the awards into an annual Oscars-like show to be held in Las Vegas. A membershipwide vote rejected the league’s proposal. But the exercise demonstrated just how much the BBWAA’s awards truly matter.

So let’s expand them. It’s time for an AL and NL reliever of the year. Close the deal.

Cleveland Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase in 2023 (Wikipedia)

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