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Island GOP chairman says party will appeal to Boricuas’ family values
By JOHN McPHAUL jpmcphaul1@gmail.com
Ángel Cintrón, the Republican Party chairman in Puerto Rico, said the national party intends to send the message to the 4,000,000 Puerto Rican voters in the United States that the GOP is the party of family values.
“Latinos by their nature are conservative, and we are going to appeal to them as the party of family values,” Cintrón said in an interview with the STAR.
In an interview last waeek with the STAR, Natascha Otero-Santiago, the Democratic Party vice chair of Hispanic outreach, said the party intended to send the message to Boricuas that Donald Trump is a danger to U.S. democracy.
Cintrón responded by saying “I respect her point of view, but we are going to run as the party that offers good government, and will bring economic prosperity to the people.”
The GOP also plans to put Puerto Rican statehood front and center of the campaign, added Cintrón, who is also the New Progressive Party (NPP) point man on Republican Party affairs.
Even though the Republicans left statehood out of the party platform this year, Cintrón insisted that the party remains committed to statehood.
“Statehood is mentioned prominently in the Republican Party Rules,” he said.
The rules state that Puerto Rico will have 20 delegates at the party convention, but that if it becomes a state in the interim, it will have delegates in the same proportion
as other states.
As for the Puerto Rico governor’s race, Cintrón said Boricuas will have a clear choice between statehood represented by NPP candidate Jenniffer González Colón and independence represented by Juan Dalmau Ramírez of the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP), who is running for governor as part of an “Alliance” ticket with the Citizen Victory Movement.
Cintrón discounted the possibility that Popular Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate Jesús Manuel Ortiz González poses a threat.
Ortiz has consistently polled behind Dalmau, the first time in history, he said, that the PDP candidate for governor has polled behind the PIP candidate.
“This is the beginning of the end of the PDP,” Cintrón said.
“They still have support in pockets such as Carolina and Caguas, but they have lost a lot of support at the island level,” he said.
By THE STAR STAFF
Daniel Vega Ortiz, the New Progressive Party candidate for the District 25 (Jayuya, Ponce and Juana Díaz) seat in the island House of Representatives, lashed out at LUMA Energy and Genera Puerto Rico on Tuesday for leaving thousands of families in the urban and rural areas of the municipality of Jayuya without electricity service.
The candidate also noted that the House refuses to summon Genera executives to a public hearing, and demanded that sitting District 25 Rep. Domingo Torres García demand explanations from that company, which is in charge of the island’s fleet of generation plants.
“Today, residents of our municipality of Jayuya woke up without electricity again,” Vega Ortiz said. “From the urban area to rural areas, they have no light and that is unacceptable. The excuse that LUMA Energy gives is that there was a breakdown in the 3,400 line which comes from the Dos Bocas hydroelectric plant to Jayuya. According to several estimates, around 6,000 customers do not have service.”
“I demand that LUMA take action now, that it send brigades right now with the objective of restoring electrical service as soon as possible,” the candidate added. “Because of this breakdown, our children cannot take their classes during regular hours, since many schools will dismiss them at noon. The brigades must be here now.”
The affected sectors include the La Monserrate urbanization, the Collores community, the Santa Rosa sector and the La Montaña public housing complex, as well as Matthei I, II and III, the Alturas de Jayuya urbanization, the San Felipe Sector and the Santa Clara community, among others.
“We see how Representative Torres is not proactive in the oversight, not only of LUMA, but of Genera Puerto Rico,” Vega Ortiz said. “The House of Representatives for some reason refuses to bring this company to a public hearing, despite the multiple blackouts recorded due to alleged lack of generation, as well as what has appeared in the media related to delays, in some cases, of up to a year, in the reconstruction work of the generating units in Aguirre,
Sur and San Juan.”
Ángel Cintrón, chairman of the Republican Party in Puerto Rico
Owners of facilities warn of ‘serious crisis’ in elderly care
By THE STAR STAFF
Owners of senior care centers on the island warned of a “serious crisis” in their institutions after the Family Department announced a “halt” to a plan to care for more than 1,000 elderly people abandoned in hospitals and homes with an allocation of $5 million in funds not yet available.
Juanita Aponte, president of the LongTerm Care Center Owners Association, said categorically that senior care centers cannot finance food or medications, or even the burial of new patients who are taken to the institutions.
Aponte in a radio report urged the swift intervention of Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia so
that the $5 million needed for the expansion of facilities and services for the elderly is delivered.
Puerto Rico is aging faster than most places on earth. Exacerbating the pattern is the exodus of more than 700,000 working-age Puerto Ricans — aged 20 to 64 — in the last 15 years, according to Amílcar Matos-Moreno, a post-doctoral researcher at Pennsylvania State University’s Population Research Institute.
The U.S. territory is the first place, Matos-Moreno said, that is experiencing such rapid aging of its population because of recent migration.
Older adults who would traditionally rely on multigenerational family networks now find themselves alone with fewer or no close
relatives and more dependent on caregivers and social service institutions. The biggest challenge is determining who navigates and coordinates essential services for aging Puerto Rico residents when they can’t advocate for themselves.
Mayra Ortiz Tapia, a clinical gerontologist, believes that “95% of families in Puerto Rico are dealing with this” right now.
Close to 741,000 Puerto Rico residents are 65 or older, according to U.S. census data. That’s roughly a quarter (22.7%) of the island’s total population, making its share of older adults the 10th highest in the world, Matos-Moreno said.
Nearly half of adults over 65 on the island (48%) had at least one adult child living outside of Puerto Rico in 2007.
DNER eases public fears following stonefish poisoning
By THE STAR STAFF
The Natural and Environmental Resources Department (DNER) on Tuesday eased fears about the threat posed by stonefish after a boy swimming at El Escambrón beach in San Juan had to be hospitalized from stonefish poisoning.
Nilda Jiménez, a biologist and coordinator of the DNER Protected Species Program, said it is unknown if the incident involved a stonefish even though authorities issued an alert seeking an antidote for the young boy over the weekend.
“In relation to the recent incident at El Escambrón beach, where a child was allegedly stung by an as yet unidentified marine creature, we want to emphasize the importance of staying calm and following the recommendations of the
authorities,” Jiménez said.
Stonefish are the most venomous fish known; stings can be fatal to humans. The boy reportedly survived the incident.
“Although it is unknown whether the incident involves a stonefish, it is essential to note that this species is common in our waters and, although it is poisonous, its presence does not represent a high risk if the appropriate precautions are taken,” Jiménez said. “The stonefish is known for its ability to camouflage itself among rocks and reefs, which can lead to someone accidentally stepping on it. However, it is not an aggressive species and does not attack people.”
To minimize the risk of accidental encounters with stonefish or other marine species, the official urged bathers to avoid walking on reefs and rocky areas, where the stonefish usually
inhabit, to reduce the risk of injury and protect ecosystems.
She urged bathers to use appropriate protective equipment, such as shoes with thick soles or rain boots and to stay in sandy areas, where stonefish are less common, to reduce the risk of contact.
“Use snorkeling equipment (mask, fins and snorkel) to explore reefs by floating above instead of walking on them,” Jiménez said. “Observe the environment and avoid touching any underwater object that cannot be clearly identified.”
The official also urged bathers to avoid touching marine life, to keep a safe distance from any marine organism, even if it seems harmless, and to be informed about local species and the possible risks in an area before swimming there.
“We urge bathers to enjoy our beaches responsibly and to be aware of their surroundings, especially in areas with stones and reefs,” Jiménez said. “We remind you of the importance of following these safety instructions to minimize any risk and enjoy a safe experience on our coasts.”
Stonefish are the most venomous fish known; stings can be fatal to humans. (oceanconservancy.org)
Governor says he’ll be active inaugurating projects over next 4 months
By THE STAR STAFF
Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia on Tuesday offered details about his meeting with several agency heads on pending infrastructure projects.
“Today, I can tell you from memory that the Department of Agriculture was there, the Family Department, the Department of Health, the Department of Recreation and Sports, Natural Resources, Transportation and Public Works, and ASEM [the Medical Services Administration],
among others,” the governor said at a press conference in Barceloneta.
“So, what we do are follow-up meetings to make sure that projects that can start, I’m talking about laying the first stone, do so, and projects that can be concluded, I’m talking about cutting the ribbon, so that the activities are scheduled,” Pierluisi said.
“There are many projects currently underway; … in the Department of Agriculture, we will have more than 10, 12 projects that we will be doing, for which we will be holding press
conferences,” the governor continued. “In the case of ASEM, there are also a number of important projects already planned and underway. For example, the groundbreaking of the Trauma Hospital, that is, the demolition of the existing structure to then build the Trauma Hospital. That will happen at some point in the next two months. We will be breaking ground for the new plaza, the area that practically provides access to the Medical Center -- that will be next week.”
“In the case of Transportation and Public Works, they easily have more than 40 projects
under the Changing Lanes program right now,” Pierluisi added. “Recreation and Sports has a couple of large parks, large sports facilities, which we will be visiting in the next few months.”
“What I can say is that I will be very active …” he said. “That is what I ask the heads of agencies, that we remain very active until January 1st, on the subject of reconstruction.”
The governor was in Barceloneta to announce rehabilitation work on wastewater infrastructure by the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority.
Juanita Aponte, president of the Long-Term Care Center Owners Association
Genera says preparations for TS Ernesto were adequate
By THE STAR STAFF
The preparations and measures implemented before the passage of Tropical Storm Ernesto near Puerto Rico were adequate, said Iván Báez, the vice president of government and public affairs at Genera PR, on Tuesday.
A week after the storm hit in mid-August, tens of thousands of customers remained without power across Puerto Rico.
The official said Genera crews are currently working on the breakdowns caused by the storm, primarily due to breakdowns in the electricity transmission and distribution system operated by LUMA Energy, which in turn forced Genera,
the private operator of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s (PREPA) legacy power plants, to reduce generation.
“Well, at this moment, Genera is working on repairs due to the chain of events that occurred after Ernesto passed,” Báez said. “The [power plant] fleet operated and resisted quite well, as did the other private companies offering the service. Certainly, the load had to be reduced in several of the units because there were many LUMA clients out due to transmission and distribution failures.
The Friday after the event happened, we had a series of chain events, Friday and the following week; many of them were repaired, but we still have two units, units 6 from San Juan and two
from Aguirre, which will take several additional weeks to repair.”
The best demonstration that preparations were sufficient, Báez said, was that “we activated our Emergency Management Center 24/7.”
“During that entire process we had all the areas aligned, fuel, operations, projects, purchases, all the groups aligned, including the Linden Command Center,” the official said.
“We have been here for a year and a month, and still, well, there are always things that can be improved, and we learn from what we have to work on, but certainly, the fleet provided service during the emergency,” Báez said.
PDP closes ranks around bid to cancel LUMA Energy contract
By THE STAR STAFF
The Popular Democratic Party (PDP) governing board on Monday backed the proposals of Jesús Manuel Ortiz González, the party’s president and candidate for governor, to cancel the LUMA Energy contract and to depoliticize the public education process.
“These resolutions not only represent the official position of the PDP, but are also a call to action for all Puerto Ricans,” Ortiz González said in a written statement. “It is imperative that we unite to ensure that the essential services and fundamental rights of our people are protected and managed with the integrity they deserve. I urge the people to remain vigilant and demand that these necessary changes be implemented. Together, we can build a future in which energy and education are at the service of the collective well-being, and not of private
or partisan interests.”
The resolution to cancel the LUMA contract states that “the people of Puerto Rico deserve a clear alternative to the hasty privat-
ization promoted by the NPP [New Progressive Party] through the LUMA contract.”
“Our party’s gubernatorial candidate, Jesús Manuel Ortiz, in compliance with the PDP’s institutional public policy, has opposed since 2018 the hasty privatization of the electrical system promoted by Ricardo Rosselló and the NPP.” the resolution states.
In addition, the PDP candidate for governor’s plan to depoliticize public education was approved.
“Our next Governor, Jesús Manuel Ortiz, has indicated that he will remove partisan politics from public education by reducing the payroll of confidential employees by 75 percent and administering public education at the community level based on the principle of merit,” another resolution states. “Therefore, the Popular Democratic Party adopts and makes its own this honorable commitment of our next Governor.”
By THE STAR STAFF
Barceloneta Mayor Wanda Soler Rosario and Ricardo Rivero, the manager of Puerto Rico Premium Outlets, criticized the directors of LUMA Energy on Tuesday for harming business at the shopping center by canceling needed line repair work.
“We agreed several days ago that today, Tuesday, LUMA would carry out work on the line that supplies power to the shopping center,” Soler Rosario said in a written statement. “Given this situation, the Outlets manager coordinated
in an organized manner with [the] tenants on the closure of the shopping center. It was last night, Monday, after 8 p.m., when we received a message that LUMA was unable to carry out the work, so it canceled it. The abrupt cancellation of the work represents million-dollar losses for both the outlets and for Barceloneta and the area.”
Ricardo Rivero added that it was “the second time that the date for the work to be carried out by LUMA was changed.”
“The first time, they canceled our contract in advance; however, this time it was just a few hours before the agreed time, which was from
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. [Tuesday],” he said. “It is a lack of respect and clear evidence of LUMA’s inability to execute its work plans. The closure of the shopping center has a multiplier effect that impacts the economic development of the area and adversely affects the more than 3,000 employees who work at the outlets. I can tell you in advance that we are evaluating future actions against the consortium in light of the way and manner in which they handled this situation.”
Soler Rosario noted that several days ago in conversations between the municipal administration, Premium Outlets management and
LUMA staff, they agreed to close the shopping center to carry out repair work on an electrical line that provides service to the shopping center.
“It is important to note that the outlet operates seven days a week and closes only on holidays included in its work plans,” the mayor said. “Both Rivero and I understand the need to carry out the work to repair the line and we have indeed coordinated the closure; however, they must now identify other ways to carry out the [repairs in the best way possible] without this representing a new closure of the shopping center.”
The Popular Democratic Party governing board has endorsed the proposals of party leader and candidate for governor Jesús Manuel Ortiz González to cancel the LUMA Energy contract and to depoliticize the public education process.
Iván Báez, vice president of government and public affairs at Genera PR
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Biden plays second fiddle to Harris as they rally for union support
By JONATHAN WEISMAN and NICHOLAS NEHAMAS
President Joe Biden gave a demonstration earlier this week that the Democratic Party now belongs to Vice President Kamala Harris, stepping to the microphone at a campaign event in Pittsburgh to introduce his No. 2 rather than taking the speaking slot of honor for himself.
“Folks, we’ve made a lot of progress, and Kamala and I are going to build on that progress, and she’s going to build on it,” Biden said at a local union hall as he rallied the labor movement in support of Harris, who stood behind him leading the crowd in applause. “I’ll be on the sidelines, but I’ll do everything I can to help.”
But although the atmosphere between Harris and Biden was warm at their first joint campaign appearance, the president hardly seemed eager to take the supporting role. He spoke for more than 24 minutes, roughly eight minutes longer than the vice president’s remarks. And he talked far more about the accomplishments of his administration than Harris’s role in them or an upcoming election against former President Donald Trump that is expected to be razor thin.
When Biden finally invited the Democratic nominee up to speak, the crowd chanted “Kamala” as they clasped hands before he planted a kiss on her forehead.
“Can we please give it up again for our president, Joe Biden,” Harris said before delivering a speech that served as a paean both to organized labor and to the Biden administration’s support of unions.
“We are so proud to be the most pro-union administration in America’s history,” she said.
Harris’ stop in Pittsburgh capped a Labor Day spent seeking to press her advantage with union voters. Earlier in the day, she held an event in Detroit while her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, appeared in Milwaukee.
All told, Harris and Walz managed to visit each of the so-called blue wall states of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, appealing to union voters as the ground troops of a campaign that has barely two months left. Still, the events were far smaller than the rallies Harris has held in recent weeks that have filled up basketball arenas with thousands of supporters.
At Northwestern High School in Detroit, Harris was greeted onstage by the presidents of unions representing autoworkers, laborers, utility workers and teachers.
“I tell people: ‘You may not be a union member, but you better thank a union member,’” Harris told a crowd of nearly 450 people, attributing union action for paid leave, vacation time, higher wages and safer work conditions.
The question hanging over the flurry of campaign events, however, was just how important unions remain in an American labor force where they represent 1 in 10 workers, half the percentage they once represented in the 1980s. It is also not clear whether union members, especially in the old-line industrial and laborer unions, will side with the Democratic ticket as overwhelmingly as they once did, as Trump continues his courtship of the working class.`
In Detroit, Michigan’s Democratic luminaries — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Sen. Debbie Stabenow, and hopefuls
such as Rep. Elissa Slotkin, who is running for Stabenow’s Senate seat — shared the stage with Shawn Fain, president of the United Auto Workers; Brent Booker, general president of the Laborers’ International Union of North America; and Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers; and others.
In Pittsburgh, Harris was joined by Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, and Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., as well as Liz Shuler of the AFL-CIO and Kenny Cooper of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. In Milwaukee, Walz appeared alongside Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers and Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis.
All three governors of the blue wall states are popular with voters and are expected to play key roles in whipping up enthusiasm for Harris. Casey and Baldwin are seeking reelection.
“This is when you labor leaders, y’all got to go knock on your colleagues’ doors,” Shapiro said in Pittsburgh. “You got to text them. You got to call them.”
In contrast to the busy day for Democrats, Trump appeared at least publicly to take the day off. He released a statement praising American workers without mentioning unions.
“We were an Economic Powerhouse, all because of the American Worker!” Trump wrote. “But Kamala and Biden have undone all of that.”
Even as she moves out of Biden’s shadow, Harris is still following him carefully on policy.
During her remarks in Pittsburgh, Harris announced
that she would oppose the takeover of U.S. Steel by a Japanese company, prompting cheers from a crowd of roughly 600 people. Biden had taken the same position in March, shortly before he was endorsed by the United Steelworkers, an influential union based in Pittsburgh. (Trump has also said he opposes the deal.)
“I couldn’t agree more with President Biden: U.S. Steel should remain American-owned and American-operated,” Harris said.
And their first joint campaign appearance seemed to reinforce why Harris is now leading the Democratic ticket. It was hard not to notice the difference between their clarity as orators. Biden told war stories of political campaigns and union leaders from decades ago, his voice fluctuating from a nearly inaudible whisper to a shout as he emphasized his points. Harris stuck to a cleaner and more streamlined message, arguing that she would fight for workers while Trump offered a return to a past of union-busting.
Biden had suggested that he speak first, volunteering himself for an auxiliary performance, according to three people briefed on the event.
Harris’ day of travel also underscored a major division still fracturing the Democratic coalition: the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip. Unions have been some of the loudest voices calling for an immediate cease-fire and the halting of military aid to Israel.
Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, speaks during a campaign event she attended with President Joe Biden at IBEW Local Union 5 in Pittsburgh on Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. (Kristian Thacker/The New York Times)
In a scenic California town, worsening landslides force power shut-offs
42 years ago. “We have to move forward, and the longer we stay mad, the less that gets done.”
Reeves has spent months battling shifting walls and gaping holes in her three-bedroom house. At the same time, she has had to care for her husband who was disabled by a stroke.
But like most of her neighbors, she is not waiting around to be saved. She has reached out to contractors and made numerous calls in attempts to get a loan to reinforce her house with a steel foundation. She refuses to be ousted from the home where her two children were raised.
In so many regions of California, there are beacons of beauty primed for disaster. The state’s vicious cycle of drought and rain means that hillsides can become parched, creating tinder for fires, while downpours can prompt dangerous mudslides.
Over the past two years, deluges of rain have doused the Palos Verdes Peninsula, saturating a deep layer of clay below the ground. That clay, known as bentonite, has become slippery enough to speed up the once slow-moving landslides.
A portion of the main thoroughfare that ribbons around the city has since become a rippled hazard so disfigured by earth’s movement that there is concern it could be shut down. Shattered glass panes and fissures in the floor of the Wayfarers Chapel, a landmark designed by Lloyd Wright, Frank Lloyd Wright’s son, led to its disassembly this year.
The city’s plan had been to drill into the ground and install water-extracting wells, known as hydraugers, that would slow down land movement. But a recent discovery presented a setback: An even deeper landslide that was thought to be dormant is in fact a major source of the trouble.
By CORINA KNOLL
Perched atop a majestic cliff, Rancho Palos Verdes is a stunning city by the sea. Those who live here do so for the grand views of the ocean, the lush valleys, the breeze that sweeps away the heat of the sun.
But the scene on this peninsula 30 miles south of downtown Los Angeles comes with a caveat. Underneath the multimillion-dollar homes is a large complex of landslides. Every day, the ground moves.
For a long time, that movement was so glacial — about an inch a year — it was accepted simply as a quirk of the region.
Now, for some residents, it has become catastrophic. Across a span of one square mile, the pace has quickened to nearly 4 feet a month.
Homes have been yanked apart at the seams, and some have collapsed altogether, their sunken roofs and splintered walls swallowed halfway into the earth. The gas was shut off more than a month ago to a swath of residents. They have since been hunkering down, relying on electric hot plates or propane, scrambling for answers before their life savings cave in around them, too.
Over the weekend, a distressing update arrived for a community there known as Portuguese Bend. The power was turned off to 140 homes, and the loss of electricity threatened
sewer systems. Residents were told to be prepared to leave.
“That was pretty devastating,” a longtime resident, Sallie Reeves, 81, said about the news. She and her neighbors felt they were blindsided by the announcement after having been assured that they would retain electricity.
But a recent small fire in the region sparked by a fallen power line heightened the concern for local leaders who cited safety worries.
“There’s no playbook for an emergency like this one,” Janice Hahn, a member of the board of supervisors, the governing body of Los Angeles County, said Sunday. She called on Gov. Gavin Newsom to visit residents and see the damage firsthand.
“They are watching their homes, they are watching their streets crumble around them,” she said.
An executive for the utility Southern California Edison said the company was working to figure out engineering solutions that might allow power to be restored, while city administrators said they had reached out to hotels for possible housing help.
But residents outraged about the shut-off had already held an emergency meeting the previous night. Gathering on a street corner, they began to share resources and encouragement, as they usually do. A familiar feeling emerged: resolve.
“We just don’t have time to get upset now,” said Reeves, a retired school psychologist who bought her hillside home
“There was a hopeful optimism that we could do something, but now that we’ve done more testing and found that this thing is not going to be solved by what we thought, I think some people are wondering, ‘What’s next?’” said John Cruikshank, mayor of Rancho Palos Verdes.
Leaders of the city, which has 42,000 residents, have made the land movement their highest priority, although possible solutions far outstretch their budget. Meanwhile, it’s unclear how many public resources should be given to struggling constituents, who represent a tiny percentage of the city’s population.
“It seems as if it’s OK we’re helping, but how long can we go?” Cruikshank said, adding that the city had not yet been given outside financial help.
And not all homes in the area have been greatly damaged.
“Some of them that are out in the middle are kind of riding along,” Phipps said. “The ones that are on the edges are the ones that are getting torn apart.”
By Sunday evening, homeowners were even more determined to stick around, having banded together to install generators that would keep the sewer lines running.
The notion that they might evacuate and with such short notice is ridiculous, said Tom Keefer, 67, who manages an apparel wholesale building and moved to the neighborhood three years ago.
“They can send all the warnings they want,” he said. “We’re not leaving.”
A closed-off residential street in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., where landslides have left homes uninhabitable, Aug. 31, 2024. Worsening landslides, which have led to power shut-offs, threaten the scenic oceanside California town, but as the city searches for solutions, many residents are committed to staying. (Loren Elliott/The New York Times)
Musk’s Starlink defies order to block X in Brazil
By JACK NICAS
Elon Musk is doubling down on his fight with Brazilian authorities.
For weeks, the billionaire has refused to comply with Brazilian court orders to suspend certain accounts on his social network, X. He ignored fines and then fired X employees in Brazil so courts couldn’t hold them accountable. And then, after Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered X blocked in the country, he suggested that Brazilians use software to circumvent the ban, despite the risk of large fines that a judge has threatened to impose for doing so.
Now he is defying the Brazilian government again. Starlink — the satellite-internet service controlled by Musk that has 250,000 customers in Brazil — told the country’s telecom agency Sunday that it would not comply with orders to block X, the agency’s president said.
The retort further escalated a dispute that has already had consequences for millions of Brazilians and for Musk’s business — and it suggested that Musk is not prepared to back down anytime soon.
The move also illustrated the sheer power of Musk and his business empire. Having built or bought leading companies with increasing control over how people connect and communicate, Musk is trying to leverage that influence to confront authorities and challenge laws he does not like.
Musk, X and SpaceX, the Musk-controlled company that runs Starlink, did not respond to requests for comment.
Alexandre de Moraes, the Brazilian Supreme Court justice who has led the action against X, froze Starlink’s assets in Brazil last week and blocked it from carrying out transactions in the country. He did so to try to collect on more than $3 million in fines against X for ignoring his orders to suspend accounts. De Moraes has accused X of spreading disinformation and hate speech.
On Sunday, Starlink informed Brazil’s telecom agency, Anatel, that it would not block X until Brazilian officials released Starlink’s frozen assets, Anatel President Carlos Baigorri said in an interview broadcast by Brazilian outlet Globo News.
Baigorri said he had received that response from Starlink’s lawyers. “Let’s wait and see if they formalize this in the records,” he said.
Baigorri said he had informed de Moraes “so that he can take the measures he deems appropriate.” Baigorri said his agency could revoke Starlink’s license to operate in Brazil, which would “hypothetically” prevent the company from offering connections to its Brazilian customers.
Yet Starlink could try to continue to provide service in Brazil without a license, though that would violate Brazilian law. Unlike traditional internet providers, which typically work with a series of internet-infrastructure companies to de-
Starlink technology in the Marubo Indigenous Territory in the Acre state of Brazil, April 5, 2024. Starlink, which arrived in Brazil in 2022, has given remote communities in the Amazon rainforest fast internet connections for the first time. (Victor Moriyama/The New York Times)
liver connections, Starlink essentially connects its satellites directly to customers’ antennas. That could leave fewer ways for regulators to try to disrupt service.
If regulators revoked Starlink’s license and the company didn’t halt its service, Anatel could seize Starlink’s equipment at 23 ground stations it has in the country, which help improve the quality of its internet connections, Baigorri told Globo News.
Starlink has petitioned Brazil’s Supreme Court to unblock its assets, but the court quickly dismissed the request. Starlink has said that it would provide free internet service to its customers in Brazil while it is blocked from making transactions.
Musk has called the financial sanctions on Starlink “absolutely illegal,” saying that de Moraes was punishing shareholders of SpaceX for the actions of X, a separate company. Musk said he owned 40% of SpaceX. He controls a majority of voting shares, according to company filings.
Starlink has exploded in popularity in Brazil since it arrived in 2022. The service is particularly well suited to Brazil’s vast rural areas and the Amazon rainforest. Communities across the Amazon, including remote Indigenous tribes, have used Starlink to log on with fast internet connections for the first time, transforming their way of life.
Starlink has also been a major business success for Musk and SpaceX. The company dominates the satelliteinternet market and has said that it has more than 3 million customers in 102 countries.
Musk flew to Brazil in 2022 to announce Starlink’s arrival there alongside the country’s conservative then-president, Jair Bolsonaro. Musk said Starlink would provide internet connections to 19,000 rural schools in Brazil. Bolsonaro gave Musk a medal and called him a “true legend of freedom.”
Brazilian officials have since said that they have no record of Starlink providing internet to the schools. Baigorri, who helped approve Starlink’s entry into Brazil, told The New York Times in February that he never knew of any actual plans to connect the schools. “I don’t really think that it even existed,” he said.
Musk on Sunday shared a post that lauded him for providing internet to 19,000 Brazilian schools.
By Sunday evening, X had been blocked across Brazil, aside from customers of Starlink.
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Former Moelis, Barclays activism defense bankers to build business at Jasper Street
Two Wall Street bankers are joining Jasper Street Partners to build the firm’s practice helping clients defend against activist investors by identifying vulnerabilities, navigating proxy contests and managing public pressure campaigns.
Duncan Herrington and Peter da Silva Vint, who worked as activism-defense bankers most recently at Moelis and Barclays respectively, are spearheading the new business, Jasper Street executives told Reuters.
Herrington and da Silva Vint will be managing partners and join founders Robert Main, Jessica Wirth Strine, Marc Lindsay and Amy Hernandez Slowik, former Vanguard executives.
Started in 2020, the firm, which this month changed its name from Sustainable Governance Partners, was conceived in a coffee shop on Jasper Street in Media, Pennsylvania, and has offices in Pennsylvania and New York.
“As the gray space between economic activism and issue activism continues to converge, we see huge potential for an adviser that can cross all of that terrain,” Strine told Reuters.
Herrington, who trained as a lawyer before entering banking, left Moelis over the summer and previously worked at Raymond James Financial. Da Silva Vint, who also holds a law degree and an MBA, worked at Moelis, overseeing governance at portfolio companies for BlackRock and, most recently, at Barclays.
The two men reunite at Jasper Street as demand picks up from companies facing agitators like Carl Icahn and Nelson Peltz as well as other interests like unions. A record number of activist campaigns were launched in the first half of the year including at Southwest Airlines, JetBlue and Walt Disney.
Jasper Street expects to form relationships to provide year-round “offense” and “defense” support, Strine said, not just crisis services.
Competitors include big banks like Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan and independent firms such as Spotlight Advisors and Strategic Governance Advisors.
Europe stocks fell on Tuesday in their worst session in nearly a month, as U.S. manufacturing data brought concerns about a slowdown in global growth back to the forefront ahead of an all-important jobs report on Friday.
The pan-European STOXX 600 index dropped 1%, with Germany’s DAX slipping 0.9% from record highs touched earlier in the session. Stocks in France, Spain and Italy dropped between 0.9% and 1.3%.
Declines began early in the session, and increased after U.S. manufacturing data pointed to still-subdued factory activity, increasing jitters over the strength of the world’s largest economy.
All the major European indexes notched their worst session since the global equity selloff in early August that was also sparked by resurgent worries about a U.S. recession.
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“Over the summer, market focus has turned from concerns about persistently high US inflation, that would force the (Federal Reserve) to keep rates restrictive, to fears over a slowdown in the US economy,” analysts at Danske Bank said, though noting they see the risk of a recession as low.
Europe’s energy and basic resources sectors led declines, down 2.8% and 3.3% respectively, with the resource sector seeing its worst day since October 2023.
Commodity prices fell as sluggish economic growth in China, the world’s biggest crude importer, increased worries about demand while a report of an imminent deal to resolve disputes over Libyan oil production further weighed on crude.
Equities could struggle for momentum before Friday’s U.S. non-farm payrolls data, a crucial data point as investors assess the possible quantum of an expected Fed rate cut in September. Key economic data for euro
zone countries is also due this week.
The European Central Bank (ECB) is also expected to ease policy this month, though many policymakers have reiterated the need for caution and data-dependency.
“We expect a less aggressive cutting cycle by the ECB compared to Fed due to limited slack in the labour market, more persistent inflation and a lower starting point,” Danske Bank analysts wrote in a note.
Among other movers, Rolls-Royce recovered some ground, rising 1.7% after slumping in its biggest oneday drop this year, following news of an engine component failure at Cathay Pacific Airways. The airline said it found 15 aircraft in its Airbus A350 fleet that needed components replaced.
Partners Group slumped 9.2% to the bottom of the STOXX 600 after it missed earnings expectations in the first half of the financial year.
As Israel’s rifts widen, Netanyahu remains defiant
By PATRICK KINGSLEY
When Israel’s largest union began a strike Monday, building on the largest anti-government protests since the start of the war in the Gaza Strip, the group hoped to persuade the government to swiftly agree to a cease-fire.
Within hours, its effort fizzled as the union — which represents 800,000 Israelis — complied with a court order to end the strike. And the day ended with a defiant speech from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in which he refused to compromise in the negotiations with Hamas and implicitly rebuked the protesters for straining Israel’s social cohesion.
Despite one of the biggest displays of wartime dissent in Israel’s history, an emotionally potent moment failed to evolve into a political turning point.
“Politically, it could have been much worse for Netanyahu,” said Ariel Kahana, a commentator for Israel Hayom, a leading right-wing newspaper. “It looks like the opposition has lost,” Kahana added.
While the strike slowed or suspended services at thousands of schools and several municipalities, transport networks and hospitals, some sectors were only partly affected. Many municipal authorities and institutions declined to take part.
Unlike in March 2023, when a general strike and mass protests prompted Netanyahu to suspend a contentious plan to overhaul the judiciary, this time his right-wing party maintained the public unity it has displayed throughout the war. Only Yoav Gallant, the defense minister, voted against a recent Cabinet motion to restrict the circumstances in which Israel could agree to a cease-fire, and few, if any, other senior officials from his party, Likud, have broken ranks in public.
“The first condition for victory in this existential war is internal unity,” Netanyahu said in his speech Monday night, even as more protesters tried to break through police lines near his private residence in Jerusalem. “We need to stand together as one against a cruel enemy that wants to destroy us all, each and every one,” he said.
The defiance from Netanyahu and dissent from his critics reflected the growing schism within Israel about the country’s immediate priorities.
Demonstrators block a road in Tel Aviv during a protest calling for a deal for the release of hostages held in Gaza, Sept. 2, 2024. (Avishag Shaar-Yashuv/The New York Times)
The protesters want the government to compromise and agree to a cease-fire and hostage release deal even if it allows Hamas to survive the war. On Tuesday more protests erupted in Tel Aviv. The government and its supporters want to hold out for a deal that will make it easier for the Israeli military to continue fighting Hamas after a short truce — even if playing hardball delays the release of the hostages and more die in captivity.
The protesters were particularly incensed by the announcement Sunday that the Israeli military had discovered the bodies of six Israeli hostages who were previously thought to be alive, and who the military said had recently been killed by Hamas. The government’s critics said that most if not all of them could have been saved if Netanyahu had agreed to a truce.
Funerals for some of the slain hostages took place Monday afternoon in the presence of vast crowds of mourners.
“I really hope that this is a turning point,” said Gil Dickmann, a cousin of one of the hostages buried Monday, Carmel Gat. Speaking at a news briefing hours before the funeral, Dickmann agreed that it was important for Israel to destroy Hamas, but said that the hostages must be freed first.
“Act now and sign this deal,” Dickmann said. “We must save lives before it’s too late.”
By nightfall, Dickmann’s demand had gone unmet, as the prime minister doubled down on his refusal to withdraw from strategic areas of Gaza, a core Hamas demand.
In part, Netanyahu remained unswayed because the protesters were not drawn from his right-wing base, meaning that he faces little political cost for ignoring them, analysts said.
Netanyahu’s right-wing supporters largely accept his argument for driving a hard bargain with Hamas. In fact, the strike and protests are likely to boost Netanyahu in the eyes of right-wing Israelis, because they feel
he is being criticized in bad faith, according to Nadav Shtrauchler, a political analyst and former strategist for Netanyahu.
“His supporters see this strike as a prize for terror,” Shtrauchler said. “For many people on the right wing, it’s not reasonable,” Shtrauchler added.
After Netanyahu rejected the protesters’ demands on Monday night, a firebrand Likud lawmaker, Tally Gotliv, exemplified the buoyant mood of his base. “This is how you do it!” Gotliv wrote on social media. “Mr. Prime Minister, a demonstration of control and leadership.”
In 2023, it was increasingly vocal unease from a handful members of Likud’s moderate wing that helped persuade Netanyahu to slow the pace of his judicial overhaul.
Now, there is less internal opposition. Gallant was the sole Cabinet member who voted against a motion last week that prevents Israel from agreeing to withdraw from Gaza as part of a cease-fire deal, a decision that makes a deal less likely. And Gallant was again a lone voice Sunday, as he called on the Cabinet to reverse its decision.
“No one in Likud is saying: We’re going to bring you down,” Shtrauchler said. “The only opposition is from Gallant.”
Some political moderates may have been put off by the accusatory tone of the protests and strikes, Kahana said. Two recent polls suggested that significant numbers of Israelis still feel there are legitimate reasons to be wary of a cease-fire deal that cedes too much ground to Hamas.
“Everyone wants, of course, the hostages back home now. But at the same time we want our security,” said Kahana, who shares Netanyahu’s wariness of a hasty truce. “The disagreement is about how to bring them home.”
Others may have avoided joining the strike because they feel that the social unrest throughout the first nine months of 2023 made Israel more vulnerable to Hamas’ attack last October.
Israelis of all backgrounds agree that the 2023 domestic unrest weakened Israel in the eyes of its enemies. The fear of creating a similar impression likely dented support for the protests among some Israelis, Kahana said.
“One of the main lessons for mainstream Israelis from 2023 was that we must keep our unity,” he said.
What happens when a half-million people abandon their city
By FRANCES ROBLES
It was once a thriving metropolis in the heart of oil country in Venezuela. That city, Maracaibo, no longer exists.
Today, the city is rife with abandoned houses, some of which look like bombs were dropped on them, because homeowners tore windows and roofs off to sell for scrap before they took off on journeys to Colombia, Chile and the United States. Middle-class neighborhoods are filled with for-sale signs and overgrown yards.
Fewer cars drive down the streets, and fewer criminals are around to steal them. Christmas dinners, once packed with noisy relatives, are lonely affairs aided by webcams.
Nearly 8 million people — more than one-fourth of the population — have fled Venezuela in recent years, driven out by economic misery and political repression.
Nowhere is that exodus more staggeringly acute than in Maracaibo, which has been hollowed out by the loss of about a half-million of its 2.2 million inhabitants — many of them adults in their late teens to middle age. (The population figure is based on surveys, since the government has not conducted an official census in more than a decade.)
“The first blow you sense is the loneliness,” said Maracaibo Mayor Rafael Ramírez. “It’s devastating, and affects you emotionally.”
Maracaibo, which is in western Venezuela and remains the country’s secondlargest city, has been battered by a collapsed economy, routine blackouts, and persistent shortages of gasoline and water.
Many working adults searching for jobs elsewhere have left their children home until they can establish a firmer footing, leaving grandparents to fill the breach.
“Right now, this is a country of old people,” Antonio Sierra, 72, said as he sat in his living room lounge chair and looked through a window at a block where many of the houses are empty.
All three of Sierra’s adult children are gone. One of his sons left behind a baby, Rafael, who is now 7. Last year, even the boy’s teachers left. Sierra and some other grandparents took up a collection to pay a replacement $2 a week to teach first grade.
Maracaibo is bracing for another wave of departures in the coming months given the country’s plunge into instability after a national election in July that the autocratic president, Nicolás Maduro, claimed to win even though vote tallies showed he lost de-
created a Ministry for Older Adults to guarantee access to health care, food and public services.
Sierra’s wife, Marlenis Miranda, 68, said she managed the household around the schedule of when power and water were available.
Electricity comes on maybe once a week, sometimes every other week. When the water turns on every week or so, she fills four huge barrels to use the rest of the week, and reuses bathwater to flush the toilets.
Their son, a former police officer, is driving for Uber in Texas, while their daughter is working at a nursery school in Vermont.
Another son, who in 2013 was the first in the family to leave, is a graphic designer in Barcelona, Spain.
“Sometimes, you look outside on a Saturday and say, ‘Oh, how this looks so alone,’” Miranda said. “So alone.”
cisively.
His government has unleashed a brutal campaign against anyone challenging the electoral results, and with the United States among the many countries that have rejected Maduro’s claim to victory, the U.S. sanctions that have deepened Venezuela’s economic woes are not likely be eased anytime soon.
A mass departure of the country’s dwindling numbers of doctors, nurses, sanitation workers and bus drivers would be even more brutal in Maracaibo, where so many who filled those jobs are already gone.
Ramírez longs for the days when companies held conferences in Maracaibo and when the state oil company produced so much petroleum at a nearby lake that its workers enjoyed a comfortable standard of living.
“This was an oil city, a city that had designed a convention center so that all industries, people, the oil industry, would come here,” Ramírez said. “That city is not going to come back, but it has to be reinvented.”
The sharp increase in migration from Maracaibo, Ramírez said, began about a decade ago. It followed the collapse of the state oil company, which was caused by corruption, a lack of investment and political purges of skilled employees — and exacerbated by U.S. sanctions.
An enormous nationwide power outa-
ge in 2019 triggered days of looting in Maracaibo and tipped the scales. The state of Zulia, which includes Maracaibo, borders Colombia, making leaving on foot easier for people who could not afford airfare. (The power went out again Friday, when a major blackout cut electricity nationwide.)
A recent survey commissioned by the Chamber of Commerce in Zulia showed that nearly 70% of the families interviewed had an immediate family member outside the country.
At least half of the people questioned for another survey commissioned by Maracaibo’s mayor said they were considering leaving, a number considerably higher than the overall national rate of 30% of survey respondents who expressed a desire to go, said Efraín Rincón, a political consultant who conducted the surveys.
“Faced with this reality, we see that the portion of the elderly is growing, but not organically — not because there are more older people,” Rincón said. “It’s because there are fewer young people.”
In Maracaibo, hundreds of thousands of older people earn around $3 a month in retirement benefits, according to a nonprofit, Convite.
Although most people receive some money from relatives abroad, Rincón’s surveys showed that the average amount was less than $25 a month.
The Maduro administration, in an apparent acknowledgment of the problem,
After two of Edith Luzardo’s children left Maracaibo for the United States, Luzardo, stayed behind raising her two grandchildren. When The New York Times visited her in July, she lamented how only five people were left in a house where 24 people once lived.
She debated whether to wait to be approved for entry into the United States under a special Biden administration migration program, but in August, it was briefly suspended.
Two days after the suspension announcement, Luzardo decided to take the treacherous route many Venezuelans have followed, through the Darién Gap, a jungle path connecting Central and South America.
“I’m not afraid,” said Luzardo, 66. “I’m strong.”
Low on money, Luzardo, one of her sons and the two grandchildren she had been raising were stranded for a few days in Costa Rica before finally making it to Mexico, according to her son.
Xiomara Ortega, 68, said so many people planned to leave if Maduro won that she expected to be the only one left in her Maracaibo neighborhood. Two of her daughters are in Colombia, and Ortega is raising six grandchildren.
On most days, she has no water — or even money to buy any. She sweeps neighbors patios for extra cash and steals electricity from a nearby utility pole. She looked around at the sparse low-income settlement and counted three empty houses.
“There’s no one left,” Ortega said. “I will stay.”
Edith Luzardo, in Maracaibo, Venezuela on July 22, 2024, before embarking on a journey north to try to reunite with her children. About a quarter of the residents of Maracaibo, Venezuela’s second-largest city, have moved away — and more are expected to soon follow. (Marian Carrasquero/The New York Times)
The loneliness epidemic has a cure
By DAVID FRENCH
What is the most important single thing that you can do to heal our national divides and to improve the social and economic mobility of your struggling neighbors?
I’d submit that it’s not voting for the right candidate (though you should certainly do that), nor is it engaging in activism to raise visibility for a worthy cause (though I endorse that as well). Instead, it’s something that is at once much simpler but also much more difficult.
Make a new friend.
The story of modern America — especially for workingclass Americans who did not go to college — is a story of declining connections, declining friendships and a loss of a sense of belonging. That sense of isolation makes people miserable, and as the misery spreads, it affects our economy and our culture. The data, quite frankly, is horrifying.
Last month, the American Enterprise Institute released its 2024 American Social Capital Survey. It exposes a stark social divide. People with high school diplomas or less spend less time in public spaces, less time in hobby groups and less time in community groups or in sports leagues than those with college degrees and higher (for simplicity, I’ll refer to the two groups as high school graduates and college graduates). And they’re less likely to host friends, family and neighbors in their homes.
Let’s pause here for a moment. Think about the consequences of this distinction: Tens of millions of workingclass Americans experience a social reality different from that of their more educated peers. The lack of common spaces and common experiences means that isolation can become selfperpetuating.
The friendship numbers are just as sobering. Americans of all stripes are reporting that they have declining numbers of friends, but the decline is most pronounced among high school graduates. Between 1990 and 2024, the percentage of college graduates who reported having zero close friends rose to 10% from 2%, which is upsetting enough. Among high school graduates, the percentage rose to a heartbreaking 24% from 3%.
The news just keeps getting worse. In 1990, an impressive 49% of high school graduates reported having at least six close friends. By 2024, that percentage had been cut by more than half — to 17%. The percentage of college graduates with that many friends declined also, but only to 33% from 45%.
The disappearance of friendship has profound consequences. According to the AEI report, there is a class divide in the percentage of Americans who can rely on someone to give them a ride to the doctor, lend them a small amount of money in an emergency or offer a place to stay. Another way of putting this is that the Americans who are most vulnerable to losing the informal social safety net of friends and relatives may be the people who need it the most.
It should be no surprise, then, that Americans at lower income levels report a far lower sense of belonging than those who are more prosperous. The Center for Inclusion and
Belonging at the American Immigration Council, an immigration advocacy group, and Over Zero, an organization that studies and seeks to prevent identity-group-based violence, have created a comprehensive Belonging Barometer that measures the extent to which Americans feel a sense of belonging in their families, among their friends and in their workplaces, their communities and the nation as a whole. In every category, those with fewer resources reported less belonging.
We should care deeply about these numbers regardless of any larger social or cultural impact they might have. The thought that so many millions of our fellow citizens feel as if they don’t belong, as if they can’t call anyone for help or simply lack the pure joy of fellowship with close friends should grieve us all. It should change the way we behave. It should make us be more intentional about reaching out to people. And it should call us to action in our own neighborhoods and communities.
But declining friendship isn’t just a matter of individual pain. It’s also a matter of national concern. I recently read an intriguing paper by New York University’s Jay Frankel that makes the argument that “emotional abandonment, both in individual lives and on a mass scale, is typically felt as humiliating; and it undermines the sense that life is meaningful and valuable.”
One might think that isolation leads to the quiet desperation that Henry David Thoreau observed in his time, but for many people it triggers a much more aggressive response — including a pull toward authoritarianism. In 2021, The Washington Post’s Michael Bender wrote about his experience embedded with Donald Trump’s most loyal fans, the “Front Row Joes” who traveled from rally to rally across America to support the politician they loved best.
Following Trump, Bender writes, had “made their lives richer.” They came for Trump, but they stayed for the relationships. Trump’s rallies “gave the Joes a reason to travel the country, staying at one another’s homes, sharing hotel rooms and carpooling. Two had married — and later divorced — by Trump’s second year in office.”
If you wonder why the Trump fever won’t break, consider the extent to which the movement transcends politics. “In Trump,” Bender notes, “they’d found someone whose endless thirst for a fight encouraged them to speak up for themselves, not just in politics but also in relationships and at work.”
Of course you can make friends in mass movements (as we see from the Front Row Joes), but there is often a tangible benefit to local engagement. You meet people who live close to you. There’s an ease in creating and maintaining the relationship when there’s physical proximity, and local engagement also means creating local spaces where people can feel at home.
Ever since I started writing about American anxiety, polarization and fear, I’ve gotten an immense amount of correspondence from people who are both worried about the state of the nation and worried about people they know personally — an old friend who’s gone off the deep end or a family member who seems lost to conspiracy theories.
Frequently they ask me for resources. They might ask for the
Supporters wait to hear former President Donald Trump speak at a campaign event at the Schnecksville Fire Hall in Schnecksville, Pa., April 13, 2024. (Damon Winter/The New York Times)
best fact check I’ve read to respond to an election conspiracy theory. Or they might ask if there’s a good book they can send to change a friend’s mind. I’ve started responding to their questions with a question of my own: How much time do you spend with them?
Millions of Americans are lonely. They feel sad, mad and stuck. They’re alienated from their communities and angry at their predicament, and they don’t feel that they have many options to improve their lives. But friendship can help fix each of those problems. With fellowship comes joy. With connection comes opportunity. There are few higher and better callings than to forge a bond with a person and provide a place where they belong.
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Juan Dalmau presenta propuesta para combatir la corrupción y transformar el gobierno
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SAN JUAN – El candidato a la gobernación por el Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño (PIP) y la Alianza, Juan Dalmau, anunció el lunes que la Asamblea de Programa del PIP aprobó unánimemente la propuesta “Patria Nueva” para 2024, enfocada en la transformación gubernamental y la lucha contra la corrupción en Puerto Rico.
“Estamos orgullosos de nuestra Patria, pero debemos hacerla Nueva para acabar con la incompetencia, la corrupción, la profunda pobreza y la desigualdad producto de los gobiernos del PNP y del PPD”, expresó Dalmau en declaraciones escritas. Añadió que la propuesta busca ofrecer al pueblo un gobierno limpio y honesto.
Entre las medidas destacadas, Dalmau propone un gabinete compuesto por personas seleccionadas por mérito y no por afiliación partidista. “El criterio para ser miembro de mi gabinete no será ser miembro de mi partido. Evaluaré cada persona por su dedicación, experiencia, conocimiento y probidad moral”, explicó. Asimismo, enfatizó la necesidad de “romper el espi-
nazo a la corrupción” mediante la implementación de un criterio de competencia para el nombramiento de jueces y fiscales fuera de las ramas constitucionales políticas. “Los que deseen ser jueces y fiscales, deberán competir por mérito, ejecución en experiencia en litigio y acudir a institutos especializados sobre sus cargos”, indicó Dalmau. La propuesta también incluye la creación de un “Panel de Justicia y Verdad” para examinar la conducta de los responsables de la deuda y la quiebra del gobierno, y la “Oficina de la Comunidad Puertorriqueña” en el exterior para facilitar el regreso de los puertorriqueños que desean volver a la Isla.
Finalmente, Dalmau expresó su apoyo a la Ley para “Proteger el Poder Adquisitivo de las Pensiones de los Empleados Públicos”, que aumentaría las pensiones de
160,000 jubilados en un 10 por ciento el primer año, con aumentos periódicos en años subsiguientes. “Debemos garantizar las pensiones en el sector público. Ése es mi compromiso”, concluyó.
Humacaeño obtiene primer lugar en competencia de fisicoculturism o
principiante y segundo lugar junior, informó su orgulloso padre.
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– Allan Yonuel Flecha González, de la urbanización Palacios del Mar en Humacao, hijo del exluchador profesional, Sebastián Guerra (Jonathan Ayala) y ahora Evangelista de la palabra del Señor, compitió el pasado domingo 1 de septiembre, en la competencia Cacique Body & Fitness Sport Games en el Coliseo de Marcelo Trujillo Panisse de la ciudad gris, competencia a cargo de José (Kuto) Lugo. Allan obtuvo el primer lugar categoría
El joven de tan solo 16 años tiene un futuro prometedor y busca motivar a otros jóvenes a que se adentren por el deporte del fisicoculturismo. Actualmente cursa duodécimo grado en la escuela Ana Roque de Duprey de Humacao. Su preparación y nutrición ha estado a cargo del entrenador, Ariel Alvira. Tanto Jarilin, su madre y Jonathan se sienten muy orgullosos de la decisión de Allan de continuar en un deporte que requiere tanta disciplina.
Incautan 588 libras de cocaína y arrestan a dos ciudadanos estadounidenses cerca de Rincón
AGUADILLA – La Oficina de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza de los Estados Unidos (CBP) y las Fuerzas Unidas de Rápida Acción de la Policía de Puerto Rico (FURA) interceptaron el domingo una embarcación cerca de Rincón, en el que incautaron 588 libras de cocaína y arrestando a dos ciudadanos estadounidenses locales. El valor estimado de los narcóticos es de 5.3 millones de dólares.
La operación comenzó cuando el CBP Caribbean Air and Marine detectó una embarcación que se movía en dirección este hacia Domes Beach en Rincón, Puerto Rico. Inmediatamente, el Sector de Comunicaciones
de la Patrulla Fronteriza de Ramey coordinó con FURA para llevar a cabo la intercepción.
FURA interceptó una embarcación Robalo blanca de 23 pies de consola central con un motor fueraborda Yamaha 225, aproximadamente a dos millas de la costa, al este de Domes Beach. A bordo se encontraban dos hombres y varios paquetes de narcóticos, que fueron confiscados junto con la embarcación.
Los agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza del Sector Ramey arrestaron a los dos individuos y confiscaron el contrabando, entregando la droga, la embarcación y a los arrestados a la Fuerza de Ataque del Corredor del Caribe (CCFS) de la DEA para una mayor investigación y procesamiento.
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‘Femme,’ ‘The Teachers’ Lounge’ and more streaming gems
By JASON BAILEY
Ahandful of low-key but formidable dramas dominate this month’s under-the-radar recommendations on your streaming subscription services.
‘Femme’ (2024)
It’s a deceptively simple premise: Drag performer Jules (Nathan Stewart-Jarrett) is badly beaten in a homophobic attack, only to find the main attacker (George MacKay) cruising for companionship months later. Unrecognized out of drag, Jules decides to entrap and humiliate his attacker, and if you think you know where this is going, you’re in for a surprise. Rather than rehashing the tired, simplistic tropes of the revenge thriller, writing and directing duo Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping explore the emotional complexities of the trap Jules must set — and in doing so, pose compelling questions about Jules’ own sense of self-worth. Stewart-Jarrett is marvelously understated, carefully choosing when to let his character’s carefully cultivated persona slip, while McKay is chillingly convincing in his tricky characterization of a closeted, self-loathing gay man. (Stream it on Hulu.)
‘The Teachers’ Lounge’ (2023)
Carla Nowak (Leonie Benesch) is a new sixth-grade teacher who finds out exactly how fragile her sense of trust and idealism is in this harrowing drama from director Ilker Catak. An atmosphere of suspicion and paranoia pervades this German school, thanks to a rash of petty thefts that have teachers and students alike side-eyeing each other. Carla entraps the seemingly clear culprit, and immediately regrets it. Catak, who wrote the screenplay with Johannes Duncker, squeezes the classroom and faculty spaces like a vice, expertly building operatic tension and discomfort (Marvin Miller’s gripping score does much of the work) out of everyday stress, seemingly careening toward an inevitable, violent conclusion; “I wish it had all worked out differently,” Carla says near the end, and by that point, you’re likely to agree. (Stream it on Netflix.)
‘I Smile Back’ (2015)
Sarah Silverman is more than a stand-up supreme and comic personality; she’s also a fine dramatic actress, as evidenced by her turns in “Maestro,” “Take This Waltz” and this indie addiction drama. As Laney, a New Jersey mother and housewife prone to booze, coke and extramarital flings, Silverman uses her unique combination of recklessness and vulnerability to create a character who certainly knows better, and careens into trouble anyway. Silverman can handily carry this kind of dramatic weight; she should have more opportunities to do so. (Stream it on Amazon Prime Video.)
‘Woodshock’ (2017)
Sisters Kate and Laura Mulleavy, the minds and hands behind the Rodarte fashion label, made their filmmaking debut with this vivid mixture of daydreams and nightmares. Kirsten Dunst stars as a young woman who, adrift after the death of her mother, bides her time working in a marijuana dispensary. Her perpetual state of stoned grief becomes the picture’s evocative aesthetic, resulting in something visually akin to the hallucinogenic experimental cinema of the late 1960s, but with a dash of contemporary cynicism thrown in for good measure. (Stream it on Max.)
‘This Closeness’ (2024)
It would be easy to position Kit Zauhar as the heir apparent to Lena Dunham, another New York-based writer, director and actor who makes microbudget movies about the ennui of disaffected 20-somethings. But Zauhar has a voice and style of her own, on full and engaging display in this, her second feature. She stars as Tessa, renting a spare room for a weekend in Philadelphia with her boyfriend (Zane Pais). Ian Edlund plays their host, whose initially strained interactions with Tessa ascend, over the course of the awkward weekend, into genuine and gentle explorations of intimacy and attraction. It’s modest yet meaningful, full of razor-sharp truths that viewers of all ages and dispositions will recognize. (Stream it on Mubi.)
‘Lousy Carter’ (2024)
Bob Byington makes short, slight movies about prickly protagonists, and his latest is no exception. David Krumholtz (so memorable as Isidor Isaac Rabi in “Oppenheimer”) stars as the title character, a grouchy
Austin literature professor so thoroughly disliked that an unexpectedly dire medical diagnosis — he has only six months to live — is mostly met by yawns. Krumholtz works his specific magic with aplomb, making this defiantly repellent character, at the very least, sympathetic, while a score of terrific character actors (including Jocelyn DeBoer, Stephen Root, Martin Starr and Olivia Thirlby) make the most of their brief appearances. But the real find is newcomer Luxy Banner, prickly and perfect as a grad student with no tolerance for Carter’s nonsense. (Stream it on Hulu.)
‘The Rider’ (2018)
Before winning the Oscar for “Nomadland” and stepping into the Marvel machine for “The Eternals,” Chloé Zhao wrote and directed this emotionally resonant story of a rodeo champion who must rethink his entire life, and vision of himself, when he’s badly injured by a bucking bronco. Codifying many of Zhao’s formal trademarks, including charismatic nonprofessional actors and gorgeous Western exteriors (the cinematographer is Joshua James Richards), this heartfelt drama seems slender as it gently unspools, yet it lingers long in the memory. (Stream it on Max.)
‘Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films’ (2014)
Documentary filmmaker Mark Hartley has made a specialty of celebrating high-energy exploitation movies and their makers; his credits include the Ozploitation ode “Not Quite Hollywood” and “Machete Maidens Unleashed!,” a deep dive into the bargain-basement outsourcing of American action movies of the 1970s to the jungles of the Philippines. But his best effort to date is this rollicking remembrance of Cannon Films, which (under the stewardship of Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus) cheerfully cranked out scores of action pictures, horror fright-fests and vulgar sex comedies to fill the shelves of video stores and the screens of drive-ins in the 1980s. Much of their output was trash, and Hartley wisely doesn’t pretend otherwise — the worst movies are often the most fun. But he also takes pains to pinpoint their admirable stabs at respectability, and meticulously chronicles their ill-advised attempt to play with the big-budget big boys. It’s a goofy, endlessly entertaining nostalgia trip for ’80s kids. (Stream it on Amazon Prime Video.)
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“Femme” (2024)
“Lousy Carter” (2024)
When your child is an animal
By AMANDA HESS
“Monkey love is totally different than the way that you have love for your child,” Tonia Haddix, an exotic animal broker, says at the beginning of “Chimp Crazy,” the documentary HBO series investigating the world of chimpanzee ownership. “If it’s your natural born child, it’s just natural because you actually gave birth to that kid. But when you adopt a monkey, the bond is much, much deeper.”
“Chimp Crazy” arrives in a summer of cultural and political obsession about the place of animals in our family lives. When JD Vance became the Republican vice-presidential nominee, his 2021 comment about “childless cat ladies” resurfaced, positioning them as adversaries of the traditional family. New York magazine published a special issue questioning the ethics of pet ownership, featuring a polarizing essay from an anonymous mother who neglected her cat once her human baby arrived. In the background of these stories, you can hear the echoes of an internet-wide argument that pits companion animals against human children, pet and tot forced into a psychic battle for adult recognition.
The
charged cultural conversation about pets and children — see “Chimp Crazy,” “childless cat ladies” and more — reveals the hidden contradictions of family life. (James Kerr/ Scorpion Dagger/The New York Times
These dynamics feel supercharged since 2020, the year when American family life — that insular institution that is expected to provide for all human care needs — became positively airtight. The coronavirus pandemic exaggerated a wider trend toward domestic isolation: pet owners spending more time with their animals, parents more time with their children, everyone less time with one another — except perhaps online, where our domestic scenes collide in a theater of grievance and stress.
When a cat, a dog or certainly a chimp scampers through a family story, it knocks it off-kilter, revealing its hypocrisies and its harms. In “Chimp Crazy,” Haddix emerges as the avatar for all the contradictions of the domestic ideal of private home care: She loves her chimp “babies” with such obsession that she traps them (and herself) in a miserable diorama of family life.
Haddix, a 50-something woman who describes herself as the “Dolly Parton of Chimps,” believes that God chose her to be a caretaker. She was a registered nurse before she became a
live-in volunteer at a ramshackle chimp breeding facility in Missouri, where she speaks of a male chimp named Tonka as if she is his mother. Haddix also has two human children; she just loves them less, and says so on television.
As she appoints herself the parent to an imprisoned wild animal, she asserts an idealized form of mothering — one she describes as selfless, unending and pure. “Chimp Crazy” is the story of just how ruinous this idea of love can be, for the woman and the ape.
As the series continues, it illuminates an underground network of chimp breeders and brokers. Brittany Peet, a lawyer for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, describes it as a “culture of almost entirely women who raise chimpanzees and monkeys as if they’re babies,” starkly lonely mother figures who mythologize apes as eternal children who never talk back, never mature and never leave.
Of course, chimps were not meant to live among people at all; it is only the cage that keeps them there. Again and again, “Chimp Crazy” shows how the human “love” of chimps leads to neglect, abuse and violence. The series is about the folly of loosing a wild animal in the family, but it is also about the void in the family’s center.
As I watched “Chimp Crazy,” I read New York magazine’s issue on pet ownership. The cover features a person dressed in full feline costume, holding the bars of a window as if peering out from inside a jail cell, and its pages are dense with slang — “pet parent,” “fur baby,” “starter child” — that suggest that when we are talking about our pets, we are really talking about ourselves. Or at least, our children.
The essay that blew up online, “Why Did I Stop Loving My Cat When I Had a Baby?,” is an anonymous new mother’s story of how her beloved cat, Lucky, became her postpartum nemesis.
As Lucky is recast as a nuisance, she bears the brunt of the author’s frustration and desperation at the overwhelming burden of caring for her first child. In the essay, the mother couches this as a problem of diminished affection. Her online critics scolded her, in a repeated refrain, that “love is not finite.”
Tonia Haddix loves her chimps; the anonymous magazine writer loathes her cat. In each case, animals suffer, and love only confuses the issue. Infinite love is a pretty idea, but caretaking is labor, and the human capacity to work has limits.
Lucky’s owner, who worries that her treatment of her cat makes her a “psychopath,” neglects the cat as she waits for her love to magically return. As I read her story, I wondered if the very expectation that her heart produce the boundless love necessary to fuel superhuman acts of care prevents her from doing right by her pet, and finding Lucky a caregiver who can meet her needs, no sentimental gloss required.
Confining care to the traditional family — which too often means unloading all the caretaking on one woman — does not do justice to either children or their parents, much less the pets. When Vance told Tucker Carlson a few years ago that America is run by “childless cat ladies,” he waged a culture war against any woman who resists this punishing isolated model of care. As Vance later clarified, “I have nothing against cats”: The cat, with its reputation for aloof independence, merely signifies the woman who is free to pursue a public life outside the home. Vance is not the only one suggesting that women retreat to the home to raise their children with singular obsession. Every few months on X, I’m served evidence of a cultural crosscurrent suggesting that children, and by extension their parents, are unwelcome or unfit for public life. Seared in my memory is an internet fight that broke out last November when a self-described “PetParent” posted about a toddler who ran up to her dog. After blocking the girl with her body, the woman reported that she schooled the girl (“Maybe we don’t run up to dogs we don’t know”) and then schooled her mother: “If she isn’t on voice recall,” the woman said, referring to the mother’s child, “maybe she should be leashed.”
As a child makes her way through the world, she learns through trial and error. Ideally, she encounters neighbors and others who are happy to help. This interaction, whether real or dramatized for maximum attention, instead betrays a condescension toward the child, an unwillingness to recognize her as a person and an eagerness to punish her parent for not controlling her child.
One of the saddest moments in “Chimp Crazy” is when Haddix’s adult son, Justin, reflects on growing up in a family where an ape was more important than he was. He recalls his mother skipping his school events in order to tend to the urgent needs of her pets. “That’s where the big attraction to these primates comes in,” he says. “They’re like children who never grow up, so they’re constantly going to need her care.”
He is coming to terms with his mother’s own need to be needed. When she is with a primate, “you can just tell she’s happy,” he says. “And I can’t get in the way of that.”
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A ‘life review’ can be powerful, at any age
By EMILY LABER-WARREN
Jodi Wellman was devastated when her mother died of a heart attack at age 58. Cleaning out her apartment made her feel even worse. Drawers and closets overflowed with abandoned projects: unpublished manuscripts and business cards for ventures that had never gotten started.
“My mom was a wake-up call for me,” Wellman said. “She had these dreams that she didn’t act on.”
At the time, Wellman was in her early 30s, living in Chicago and working her way up the corporate rungs at a fitness club chain. But, over the course of five years, that work began to feel empty.
Determined not to stagnate like her mother, Wellman quit her job to become an executive coach, eventually entering a master’s degree program in positive psychology. There, she developed a strategy for living fully: Think about death, a lot.
Now also a speaker and the author of “You Only Die Once,” Wellman, 48, believes that focusing on how short life is makes you less likely to squander it. To help her clients figure out how to spend their limited time, she asks them dozens of questions, organized by life phase — things such as what activities made them happiest as a child, and what they would change about their 40s and 50s.
Her approach is a twist on something called “life review,” where people systematically reflect on their past, through conversations or in writing, to identify character strengths and develop self-awareness and acceptance. The process can occur both with a partner or in small groups, and it typically unfolds in six to 10 weekly sessions.
coherent narrative — what Erikson called integration. Those who fail, he wrote, risk falling into despair.
Dr. Robert Butler, the first director of the National Institute on Aging, built on Erikson’s concept. For older people who get stuck on regrets or disappointments, Butler proposed something called life review therapy.
Life review has since been studied in many contexts, such as in people diagnosed with cancer or facing terminal illness, as well as with older people in adult day care facilities or nursing homes. And research suggests the process has many potential benefits, such as reducing depression and anxiety and increasing life satisfaction.
“As people get older and they retire, they lose a sense of purpose sometimes,” said Juliette Shellman, an associate
way,” Westerhof wrote in an email. “Next we make offers for alternative views,” he explained, but the life reviewer has to determine whether those views are appropriate.
One of the most popular forms of life review is guided autobiography, whereby weekly sessions are organized thematically rather than chronologically — things such as family, money, work, health. Each week, the facilitator preps participants for the following week’s theme with questions such as: “How did you get into your major life’s work?” or “Do you regard yourself as generous or stingy?” Participants pen brief autobiographical vignettes between sessions and read them aloud to one another.
Writing your story and having people hear it can be powerful, said Cheryl Svensson, director of the Birren Center for Autobiographical Studies. Some guided autobiography groups continue meeting on their own for years.
Reflecting on the past, through writing or conversation, can help us better appreciate where we are — and where we’re going. (Sonia Pulido/The New York Times)
Life review arose in the 1960s to help people at the end of their lives articulate and make peace with their legacies. But new research suggests that the process of reflecting on previous experiences has value for people at all ages, including young adults and bereaved children. Actress and activist Jane Fonda, now 86, spent the year before turning 60 conducting a life review that she said helped her recognize patterns and cultivate confidence.
“It’s not only looking back,” said Gerben Westerhof, department chair in psychology, health and technology at the University of Twente in the Netherlands, “but also looking forward at who you are. What could be the next chapter of your life?”
Why life review helps
In the 1950s, Erik Erikson, an influential child psychoanalyst, published his theory that each stage of life is associated with a specific psychic challenge. The work of toddlerhood, for example, is to gain autonomy. The goal of young adulthood is to develop intimacy with others. Old age, he posited, is the time to gather one’s life experiences into a
professor at the University of Connecticut School of Nursing. Life review, she explained, can give people “the opportunity to sit back and look at their accomplishments.”
How life review works
A traditional life review unfolds through one-on-one or group conversations with a therapist or facilitator who helps people explore their childhood, their teenage years and later life stages. The facilitator asks questions designed to prompt reflection, such as “Do you remember your first attraction to another person?” and “What pieces of wisdom would you like to hand down to the next generation?”
The facilitator’s role is to build trust, offer interest and try to reframe difficult passages in a more positive light, said Shellman, who also serves as director of the International Center for Life Story Innovations and Practice. For example, a facilitator might help someone who experienced the death of a child explore the positive memories amid the tragedy.
The process begins by listening “in an appreciative
How to conduct a life review
You can work with a professional. The Birren Center for Autobiographical Studies has certified hundreds of guided autobiography instructors, who run in-person and remote classes. Instructors typically charge up to $250 for a five- to eight-week program that involves weekly writing assignments, although prior writing experience isn’t necessary.
For a classic life review that unfolds as a conversation, the International Center for Life Story Innovations and Practice at the University of Connecticut can recommend a trained therapeutic listener.
You can DIY. For a classic life review, Shellman suggested reading “The Handbook of Structured Life Review” by Barbara K. Haight and Barrett Haight, which explains how to be a therapeutic listener and provides questions for each life stage.
“Writing Your Legacy” by Svensson and Richard Campbell explores how to pursue a guided autobiography on your own and includes dozens of additional themes, including life values, food and drink, passions, friendships and cultural heritage.
Try including pictures or props. Keepsakes, photos or even poems can help spark recollections, said Bonnie Kellen, a New York City-based psychologist and life review therapist. And listening to music associated with an earlier time or returning to a location from your past can help, Shellman said.
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PARTES CON INTERES EN LA SUCESIONCOND. CHALETS LAS MUESAS, APT. 1-C, CAYEY, PR 00736; PO
BOX 10000, SUITE 109 E, CAYEY, PR 007379601.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que el caso sea de un expediente físico o que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del tribunal y notificar copia de la misma al (a la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante o a ésta, de no tener representación legal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Además, se le apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 572023, titulada Ley para la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar y para la Seguridad, Bienestar y Protección de los Menores, entre los remedios que el Tribunal podrá conceder se incluyen la ubicación permanente de un (una) menor fuera del hogar, el inciso de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquiera otra medida en el mejor interés del (de la) menor. (Artículo 33, incisos b y f de la Ley Núm. 57-2023). Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. De ser el demandado un heredero de una sucesión, se le apercibe a los herederos antes mencionados que de no expresarse dentro de ese término de treinta (30) días, en torno a su aceptación o repudiación de herencia, la herencia se tendrá por aceptada. También se le apercibe a los herederos antes mencionados que luego del transcurso del término de treinta (30) días antes señalado, contados a par-
tir de la fecha de publicación de este edicto, se presumirá que han aceptado la herencia del(los) causante(s) y, por consiguiente, responden por las cargas de dicha herencia conforme dispone el Artículo 1,578 del Nuevo Código Civil, 31 L.P.R.A. sec. 11,021. Representa a la parte demandante, la representación legal cuyo nombre, dirección y teléfono se consigna de inmediato:
BUFETE FORTUÑO & FORTUÑO FAS, C.S.P. LCDO. JUAN C. FORTUÑO FAS RUA NUM.: 11416 PO BOX 3908, GUAYNABO, PR 00970 TEL: 787-751-5290, FAX: 787-751-6155 E-MAIL: ejecuciones@fortuno-law.com
Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 30 de agosto de 2024. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. VIONNETTE ESPINOSA CASTILLO, SUB-SECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE UTUADO WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR FINANCE OF AMERICA STRUCTURED SECURITIES ACQUISITION TRUST 2019-HB1 Demandante Vs. SUCESION ROSA ELBA PIEVE TORRES T/C/C ROSE E. PIEVE TORRES T/C/C ROSA E. PIEVE-MORALES T/C/C ROSE E. PIEVE MORALES T/C/C ROSA
PIEVE TORRES T/C/C ROSA PIEVE MORALES
T/C/C ROSA ELBA PIEVE T/C/C ROSE E. PIEVE T/C/C ROSA PIEVE COMPUESTA POR DAMIAN ANTONIO MORALES PIEVE, ROSANA DEL CARMEN MORALES PIEVE, LOIDA LIZZETTE MORALES PIEVE, CARLOS ARTURO MORALES PIEVE; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE
AMERICA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS
MUNICIPALES
Demandados
Civil Núm.: AD2024CV00103.
Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO E INTERPELACIÓN POR
EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION ROSA ELBA PIEVE TORRES T/C/C
ROSE E. PIEVE TORRES
T/C/C ROSA E. PIEVEMORALES T/C/C ROSE
E. PIEVE MORALES
T/C/C ROSA PIEVE TORRES T/C/C ROSA PIEVE MORALES T/C/C
ROSA ELBA PIEVE
T/C/C ROSE E. PIEVE
T/C/C ROSA PIEVE.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al Tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: http://unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberé presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaria del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El Artículo 1578 del Código Civil de 2020, dispone: “Transcurridos treinta (30) días desde que se haya producido la delación, cualquier persona interesada puede solicitar al tribunal que le señale al llamado un plazo, para que manifieste si acepta la herencia o si la repudia. Este plazo no excederá de treinta (30) días. El tribunal apercibirá al llamado de que, si transcurrido el plazo señalado no ha manifestado su voluntad de aceptar la herencia o de repudiarla, se dará por aceptada.” Por la presente el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, conforme al Art. 1578, supra, y el caso Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria vs. Latinoamerica-
na de Exportación, Inc., 164 DPR 689 (2005), les ordena que el término de treinta (30) días, hagan declaración aceptado o repudiando la herencia de la causante ROSA ELBA
PIEVE TORRES T/C/C ROSE
E. PIEVE TORRES T/C/C ROSA E. PIEVE-MORALES
T/C/C ROSE E. PIEVE MORALES T/C/C ROSA PIEVE
TORRES T/C/C ROSA PIEVE
MORALES T/C/C ROSA ELBA
PIEVE T/C/C ROSE E. PIEVE
T/C/C ROSA PIEVE. Se les apercibe que de no expresar su intención de aceptar o repudiar la herencia dentro del término que se le fijó, la herencia se tendrá por aceptada. Greenspoon Marder, LLP
Lcda. Frances L. Asencio-Guido R.U.A. 15,622
TRADE CENTRE SOUTH, SUITE 700 100 WEST CYPRESS CREEK ROAD FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33309
Telephone: (954) 343 6273
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Expedido bajo mi firma, y sello del Tribunal, en Utuado, Puerto Rico, hoy día 22 de agosto de 2024. DIANE ÁLVAREZ
VILLANUEVA, SECRETARIA. YAMARIS ESTRONZA MALDONADO, SUB-SECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN
MMG I PR CDGY, LLC
Demandante V. APOLONIO CLAUDIO OQUENDO, SU ESPOSA MARIA NIEVES
MARTINEZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS
Demandado(s)
Civil Núm.: BY2024CV02420.
Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., S.S. A: APOLONIO CLAUDIO
OQUENDO Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA CON MARÍA NIEVES MARTÍNEZ.
Queda emplazada y notificada que en este Tribunal ha radicado Demanda sobre Cobro de Dinero por la vía ordinaria en su contra. 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. POR LA PRESENTE,
se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido diligenciando este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// unired.ramajudicial.pr/sumac/, salvo que represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar alegación responsiva en la secretaria del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Se le advierte que, si no contesta la demanda radicando en su contra, radicando el original de la misma y enviando copia de su contestación a la parte demandante, Lcdo. Francisco Fernández Chiqués, a su dirección PO Box 9749 San Juan, PR 00908, Tel. (787) 722-3040, dentro del término de treinta (30) días de su publicación de este edicto, se le anotara la rebeldía en su contra y se le dictara sentencia en su contra, conforme se solicita en la Demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle. EXPEDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA Y SELLO DE ESTE TRIBUNAL. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 22 de agosto de 2024. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. MARILYN COLÓN CARRASQUILLO, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE SAN JUAN SECRETARIO DEL DEPARTAMENTO DE DESARROLLO
URBANO Y VIVIENDA DE LOS ESTADOS
UNIDOS DE AMERICA
t/c/c SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT Y ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA
Demandante Vs. FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL, COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DEL PAGARE EXTRAVIADO
Demandados
Civil Núm.: SJ2024CV07246. Sobre: CANCELACIón o
RESTITUCIón DE PAGARé EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO ENMENDADO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. A: FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL, personas desconocidas que se designan con estos nombres ficticios, que pueden ser tenedor o tenedores, o puedan tener algún interés en el pagaré hipotecario a que se hace referencia más adelante en el presente edicto, que se publicará una sola vez.
Se les notifica que en la Demanda radicada en el caso de epígrafe se alega que un pagaré hipotecario fue otorgado el 4 de marzo de 2014, se emitió un pagaré ante el Notario Público Lizbet Aviles Vega a favor de Secretario de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano, o a su orden, por la suma de $562,500.00, con intereses al 3.406% y vencedero el 24 de marzo de 2078, testimonio número 9,557 garantizado por hipoteca constituida en virtud de la Escritura Número 85, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble: URBANA: PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: Apartamento Primero, Edificio Trigo 559. Estructura de hormigón dedicada a uso residencial con un área de 3,067.19 pies cuadrados, equivalentes a 285.10 metros cuadrados, radicada en la calle Trigo número 559, Urbanizacion Miramar en Santurce, Puerto Rico; en lindes por el Norte en 6.10 metros con el solar de Michael A. Woodberry y Lorenzo Galindo y en 19.28 metros con el solar perteneciente al apartamento; por el SUR en 19.28 metros con el solar perteneciente al apartamento segundo y en 6.10 metros con el apartamento según; por el ESTE, en 12.11 metros con J.T. Waymounth; y por el OESTE, en 7.50 metros con el solar del apartamento y en 4.61 metros con el solar del apartamento segundo. Le corresponde a este apartamento un porcentaje de participación en los elementos comunes y necesarios del condominio de 54.8374% por ciento. El inmueble gravado mediante la hipoteca antes descrita es la finca 46,939 inscrita al folio 50 del tomo 1217 de agora de Santurce Norte, Registro de la Propiedad, Sección Primera de San Juan. La obligación evidenciada por el pagaré antes descrito fue saldada en su totalidad. Dicho gravamen no
ha podido ser cancelado por haberse extraviado el original del pagaré. El original del pagaré antes descrito no ha podido ser localizado, a pesar de las gestiones realizadas. Secretario de la Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano, o a su orden, es el acreedor que consta en el Registro de la Propiedad. El último tenedor conocido del pagaré antes descrito fue Secretario de la Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días de haber diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo de Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. php/tribunal-electronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente.
Lcda. Pamela Santiago Olivieri RUA NUM. 22028 HMB Law Group, LLC 33 Calle Bolivia, Suite 201 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00917 Tel: 939-759-7668
E-mail: psantiago-olivieri@ hmblawgroup.com psco.law@gmail.com Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 23 de agosto de 2024. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. MICHELLE RIVERA RÍOS, SUB-SECRETARIA LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE CAGUAS SALVADOR CHANLATTE MONTAS Demandante Vs. CORPORACION DE RENOVACION URBANA Y VIVIENDA DE PUERTO RICO (“CRUV”); AUTORIDAD PARA EL FINANCIAMIENTO DE PUERTO RICO; JOHN DOE; RICHARD ROE
Demandados
Civil No.: CG2024CV02937. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE
DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE, COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DEL PAGARÉ. Por medio del presente edicto se les notifica de la radicación de una Demanda de Cancelación de Pagaré Extraviado en la que se solicita la cancelación del siguiente pagaré hipotecario, que se ha extraviado, luego de haber sido saldado por el deudor hipotecario: Hipoteca en garantía de pagaré a favor de LA CORPORACION DE RENOVACIÓN URBANA Y VIVIENDA DE PUERTO RICO, o a su orden, por la suma de veinticuatro mil setecientos dólares ($24,700.00), con intereses al ocho y medio por ciento (8 1/2%) anual, vence el uno (1) de enero de dos mil seis (2006), según consta de la escritura número trescientos cincuenta y dos (#352), otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el quince (15) de diciembre de mil novecientos setenta y cinco (1975), ante el Notario Miguel Angel Rosado Rivera, inscrita al folio doscientos uno (201) del tomo setecientos noventa y uno (791) de Caguas, finca número veinticinco mil novecientos catorce (#25,914), inscripción segunda (2da). La parte demandante solicita del Honorable Tribunal que declare Con Lugar la demanda y en su consecuencia ordene al Secretario del Tribunal que expida Mandamiento al Registrador de la Propiedad correspondiente, para que dicho funcionario proceda a cancelar en los libros a su cargo la referida hipoteca dejando la propiedad aquí descrita libre de dicho gravamen hipotecario. POR EL PRESENTE EDICTO se le emplaza para que presente al Tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que el caso sea un expediente físico o que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal y notificar copia de la misma al (a la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante o a ésta, de no tener representación legal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia
en rebeldía en su contra sin más citarle y oírle y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Además, se le apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 572023, titulada Ley para la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar y para la Seguridad, Bienestar y Protección de los Menores, entre los remedios que el Tribunal podrá conceder se incluyen la ubicación permanente de un (una) menor fuera de su hogar, el inicio de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquier otra medida en el mejor interés del (de la) menor. (Artículo 33, inciso b y f de la Ley Núm. 57-2003). Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. Copia de dicha contestación debe remitirse al abogado del demandante, Lcdo. Ricardo J. Cacho Rodríguez, 54 Calle Resoluciόn, Suite 303 San Juan, PR 00920 Tel: (787) 722-2242; Fax: (787) 722-2243, cachor@microjuris.com dentro del término de treinta (30) días siguientes a la fecha de publicación de este Edicto. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y el sello del Tribunal de Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy 27 de agosto de 2024. CARMEN R. DÍAZ CÁCERES, SECRETARIA. CARMEN L. SOTO PLANAS, SUB-SECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC
Demandante V. FARRAH OQUENDO NIEVES
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: SJ2024CV01379. (Salón: 802 CIVIL). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. KENMUEL JOSÉ RUIZ LÓPEZKENMUEL.RUIZ@ORF-LAW.COM. A: FARRAH
OQUENDO NIEVES. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 27 de agosto 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 27 de agosto de 2024. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 27 de agosto de 2024. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. MILDRED J. FRANCO REVENTOS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PONCE SALA SUPERIOR DE PEÑUELAS ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE ACE ONE FUNDING, LLC Demandante V. LUIS J. RAMOS CORREA Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: PE2023CV00091. (Salón: 3 SALA MUNICIPAL EN SUPERIOR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. GABRIEL ANTONIO RAMOS COLÓN GABRIEL.RAMOS@ORF-LAW.COM. NATALIE BONAPARTE SERVERANATALIE.BONAPARTE@ORF-LAW. COM.
A: LUIS J. RAMOS CORREA P/C LCDA. NATALIE BONAPARTE SERVERA Y LCDO. GABRIEL ANTONIO RAMOS COLÓN. (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 agosto 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 27 de agosto de 2024. En Peñuelas, Puerto Rico, el 27 de agosto de 2024. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA. DELIA APONTE VELÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE HUMACAO SALA SUPERIOR DE YABUCOA ORIENTAL BANK
Demandante V. OSCAR NAVARRO CABRERA
Demandado
Civil Núm.: YB2024CV00166. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: OSCAR NAVARRO CABRERA.
POR MEDIO del presente edicto se le notifica de la radicación de una demanda en cobro de dinero por la vía ordinaria en la que se alega que usted adeuda a la parte demandante, Oriental Bank, ciertas sumas de dinero, y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado de este litigio. El demandante, Oriental Bank, ha solicitado que se dicte sentencia en contra suya y que se le ordene pagar las cantidades reclamadas en la demanda.
POR EL PRESENTE EDICTO se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index/ php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación res-
ponsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra, y conceder el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente, sin más citarle ni oírle. El abogado de la parte demandante es: Jaime Ruiz Saldaña, RUA número 11673; Dirección: PO Box 366276, San Juan, PR 00936-6276; Teléfono: (787) 759-6897; Correo electrónico: legal@jrslawpr.com. Se le advierte que dentro de los diez (10) días siguientes a la publicación del presente edicto, se le estará enviando a usted por correo certificado con acuse de recibo, una copia del emplazamiento y de la demanda presentada al lugar de su última dirección conocida: Camino Nuevo, Carr. 9C1 Km 9.4, Yabucoa, PR 00767; 221 Demorest Ave., Avenel, NJ 07001-1204; PO Box 588, Maunabo, PR 00707-0588. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y el sello del Tribunal en HUMACAO, Puerto Rico, hoy día 9 de agosto de 2024. EVELYN FÉLIX VÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL INTERINA. KEYLA PÉREZ FIGUEROA, SUB-SECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS SALA SUPERIOR BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Parte Demandante Vs. RAFAEL JOSÉ MORALES ABREU
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: CG2022CV02769. (703). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA “IN REM”. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente anuncia y hace constar que en cumplimiento de la Sentencia dictada el 16 de mayo de 2024, la Orden de Ejecución de Sentencia del 1 de agosto de 2024 y el Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia del 1 de agosto de 2024 en el caso de epígrafe, procederé a vender el día 1 DE OCTUBRE DE 2024, A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial de Caguas, Sala Superior, en la Carretera Número Uno (PR 1), Intersección PR 189, Kilómetro 0.4, Barrio Bairoa, (Entrada norte Pueblo Caguas), Caguas, Puerto Rico, al mejor postor en pago de contado
y en moneda de los Estados Unidos de América, cheque de gerente o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal; todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada sobre la siguiente propiedad: URBANA: Urbanización Laderas de Juncos de Juncos. Solar: E-35. Cabida: 694.18 metros cuadrados. Linderos: NORTE, en distancia de 52.66 metros con el solar #34 del bloque E y con servidumbre sanitaria (Sanitary Row); por el SUR, en distancia de 50.36 metros con el solar #36 del bloque E y con servidumbre sanitaria (Sanitary Row); por el ESTE, en distancia de 10.19 metros con PR-31; por el OESTE, en distancia de 16.86 metros con la calle #2. Contiene casa para fines residenciales. La propiedad y la hipoteca constan inscritas al tomo Karibe de Juncos, Finca 18481. Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección II. Inscripción tercera. DIRECCIÓN FÍSICA: LADERAS DE JUNCOS E35 CALLE RÍO CIBUCO JUNCOS, PR 00777. NUMERO DE CATASTRO:
4-922-702-743-28-400-0. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta será de $105,876.00 De no haber adjudicación en la primera subasta se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, el día 8 DE OCTUBRE DE 2024, A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será de dos terceras partes del tipo mínimo fijado en la primera subasta, o sea, $70,584.00 De no haber adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA, el día 16 DE OCTUBRE DE 2024, A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será la mitad del precio pactado, o sea, $52,938.00 Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta es mayor. Dicho remate se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a la demandante el importe de la Sentencia por la $91,177.85 de principal, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 4.50% anual desde el 1 de septiembre de 2019 hasta su completo pago, más $682.43 de recargos acumulados, los cuales continuarán en aumento hasta el saldo total de la deuda, más la cantidad estipulada de $10,587.60 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados, así como cualquier otra suma que contenga el contrato del préstamo, incluyendo pero sin limitarse
a gastos de mantenimiento, inspecciones y otros adelantos “corporate advances”.Surge del Estudio de Título Registral que sobre esta propiedad pesa el siguiente gravamen posterior a la hipoteca que por la presente se pretende ejecutar: AVISO DE DEMANDA: Pleito seguido por Banco Popular de Puerto Rico vs. Rafael José Morales Abreu (soltero), en el Centro Judicial de Caguas, en el caso civil número CG2022CV00377, sobre cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca, en la que se reclama el pago de hipoteca, con un balance de $91,177.85 y otras cantidades, según Demanda de fecha 11 de febrero de 2022. Anotada al Tomo Karibe de Juncos. Anotación A. AVISO DE DEMANDA: Pleito seguido por Banco Popular de Puerto Rico vs. Rafael José Morales Abreu (soltero), ante el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas, en el caso civil número CG2022CV02769, sobre cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca, en la que se reclama el pago de hipoteca, con un balance de $91,177.85 y otras cantidades, según Demanda de fecha 22 de agosto de 2022. Anotada al Tomo Karibe de Juncos. Anotación B. BITACORA: AL ASIENTO 197 DEL DIARIO 663, el 25 de abril de 2012, según consta de la escritura #190, otorgada en Caguas, el 23 de abril de 2012, ante el notario Reinaldo Segurola Pérez, por HR Mortgage Corporation, para que se cancele hipoteca por la suma de $86,000.00.Se notifica al acreedor posterior o a su sucesor o cesionario en derecho para que comparezca a proteger su derecho si así lo desea. Se les advierte a los interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como los de Subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados, durante horas laborables, en el expediente del caso que obra en los archivos de la Secretaría del Tribunal, bajo el número de epígrafe y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general en Puerto Rico por espacio de dos semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana; y para su fijación en los sitios públicos requeridos por ley. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes; entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate y que la propiedad
a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores tal como lo expresa la Ley Núm. 210-2015. Y para el conocimiento de los demandados, de los acreedores posteriores, de los licitadores, partes interesadas y público en general, EXPIDO para su publicación en los lugares públicos correspondientes, el presente Aviso de Pública Subasta en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy 12 de agosto de 2024. ÁNGEL GÓMEZ GÓMEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #593, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS, SALA SUPERIOR.
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Demandante V. RAFAEL
MORALES CANCEL
Demandado
Civil Núm.: SJ2024CV02849. Salón: 503. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: RAFAEL
MORALES CANCEL. POR MEDIO del presente edicto se le notifica de la radicación de una demanda en cobro de dinero por la vía ordinaria en la que se alega que usted adeuda a la parte demandante, Oriental Bank, ciertas sumas de dinero, y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado de este litigio. El demandante, Oriental Bank, ha solicitado que se dicte sentencia en contra suya y que se le ordene pagar las cantidades reclamadas en la demanda. POR EL PRESENTE EDICTO se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index/ php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal. Si usted deja de
presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra, y conceder el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente, sin más citarle ni oírle. El abogado de la parte demandante es: Jaime Ruiz Saldaña, RUA número 11673; Dirección: PO Box 366276, San Juan, PR 00936-6276; Teléfono: (787) 759-6897; Correo electrónico: legal@jrslawpr.com. Se le advierte que dentro de los diez (10) días siguientes a la publicación del presente edicto, se le estará enviando a usted por correo certificado con acuse de recibo, una copia del emplazamiento y de la demanda presentada al lugar de su última dirección conocida: Sector Paracochero 22, Camino Las Cruces, San Juan, PR 00926. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y el sello del Tribunal en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy día 9 de agosto de 2024. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. ELIZABETH AGOSTO NÚÑEZ, SUB-SECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
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Parte Demandante Vs. JEAN CARLOS RODRÍGUEZ JUSINO
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: SB2024CV00074. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.
A: JEAN CARLOS RODRÍGUEZ JUSINO. Se le apercibe que la parte demandante por mediación del Lcdo. José F. Giraud Mejías ha radicado la acción de epígrafe en su contra. Copia de la demanda, emplazamiento y del presente edicto le ha sido enviado por correo a la última dirección postal conocida de récord provista por la parte demanda: 65 Alturas Sabaneras, Sabana grande, Puerto Rico 00637-1602. En dicha demanda se le reclama la suma de $17,366.61 por concepto de préstamo personal. Puede usted obtener mayor información sobre el asunto revisando los autos en el Tribunal. Se le apercibe que tiene usted un término de treinta (30) días
para radicar contestación a dicha demanda de cobro dinero y/o cualquier escrito que estime usted conveniente a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal de epígrafe, pero que de no radicarse escrito alguno ante el Tribunal dentro de dicho término el Tribunal procederá a ventilar el procedimiento sin más citarle ni oírle. Dada en San German, Puerto Rico, hoy 9 de agosto de 2024. LCDA. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MILITZA LORENZO VEGA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA MUNICIPAL DE BAYAMÓN ASOCIACIÓN DE RESIDENTES LOS MONTES, INC.
Demandante Vs. DENISSE IVETTE DE JESÚS LÓPEZ
Demandado(a)
Civil Núm.: BY2022CV06097. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO (R.60). EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.
A: DENISSE IVETTE DE JESÚS LÓPEZFÍSICA: URB. LOS MONTES-MONTE MAR, C-13 CALLE FALCÓN, DORADO, PR 00646; POSTAL: URB. LOS MONTES-MONTE MAR, 150 CALLE FALCÓN, DORADO, PÚBLICO EN GENERAL:
El Alguacil del Tribunal que suscribe anuncia y hace constar: 1. Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento que me ha sido dirigido por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Puerto Rico, Sala de Bayamón, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor de contado y en moneda de curso legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América, todo derecho, título o interés que tenga la Parte Demandada en el bien inmueble que se describe a continuación: “URBANA: URBANIZACIÓN LOS MONTES de Dorado. Solar: C-13: Cabida: 400 metros cuadrados. Linderos: Norte, en una
distancia de 25.00 metros con el solar marcado C-14. Sur, en una distancia de 25.00 metros, con el solar C-12. Este, en una distancia de 16.00 metros, con la calle número 5. Oeste, en una distancia de 16.00 metros, con los solares marcados C-1 y C-2. En el predio enclava una edificación de una planta, con estructura de hormigón reforzado dedicada a vivienda. Finca 10561, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección IV.” Dirección física: Urb. Los Montes-Monte Mar, C-13 Calle Falcón, Dorado, PR 00646. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la secretaría del tribunal durante las horas laborables. 2. Que se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito ejecutante, continuaran subsistentes, entendiéndose que el remanente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. 3. La propiedad para ejecutar se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. 4. Que el licitador y/o mejor postor pagará el importe de su oferta en efectivo, cheque certificado o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil de Tribunal. 5. La propiedad se encuentra afecta a los siguientes gravámenes: A. Hipoteca: En garantía de pagaré a favor de Doral Bank, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $133,750.00. Intereses: 5.50% anual. Vencimiento: 1° de febrero de 2016. Afidávit: #14,285. Tasación: En una cantidad equivalente al principal del original del pagaré. Celebrándose el contrato con las demás condiciones que constan del documento. Condiciones: Relacionadas al folio 10 del tomo 256 de Dorado, finca #2,987, inscripción 7ª, constituida mediante la Escritura #55, otorgada en San Juan, el 7 de febrero de 2006, ante el Notario Edgardo Del Valle Galarza. Inscripción 3ª. B. Modificación de Hipoteca por Inscripción: Cancelación Parcial y Modificación de la Hipoteca a favor de Doral Bank, por la suma principal de $133,750.00, que resulta de la inscripción 3ª, en cuanto a los extremos siguientes: Se cancela parcialmente por la suma de $8,205.53, para un nuevo principal de $125,544.47. Comenzando el 1º de marzo de 2015 hasta el 1° de febrero de 2020 los pagos mensuales serán a una tasa de interés anual de 5.25%, con un pago mensual; de principal e interés de $573.91 y por el último, co-
menzando el 1° de marzo de 2020 hasta el último pago en o antes del 1° de febrero de 2055, sus pagos mensuales de principal e interés serán por la cantidad de $591.85, a una tasa de interés de 5.50% anual; con un último pago por la suma de $10,501.71. Compareciendo la titular y Doral Bank. Escritura #94, otorgada en San Juan, el 29 de enero de 2015, ante el Notario David Toledo David. Inscripción 4ª. C. Anotación de Embargo (Judicial, Ley 209): Afecta por sí a Anotación de Embargo a favor de la Asociación de Residentes Los Montes Inc, por la suma de $5,364.11, en virtud de Orden en el caso civil número BY2022CV06097 sobre cobro de dinero Regla 60 ante el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón, Asociación de Residentes Los Montes, Inc., demandante V.s. Dennisse Ivette De Jesús López demandados a 7 de junio de 2023, anotado en sistema según anotación letra “A”. 6. Dicha subasta se celebrará para con el importe de la misma satisfacer a la parte demandante la suma principal de $5,011.00, por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento vencidas y no pagadas al 28 de noviembre de 2022, más intereses desde que se dicte la sentencia al 8% anual ($1.30 diario), a partir de esa fecha en la cantidad de $627.30, al 23 de julio de 2024; más $148.00 de costas y gastos según sentencia, más $500.00 por concepto de honorarios de abogado otorgados según sentencia; más $254.38 por memorando de costas, más $950.00 por concepto de honorarios del proceso de ejecución de la sentencia mediante embargo de bien mueble, inmueble y vehículo concedidos mediante Orden de fecha de 7 de junio de 2023, más $950.00 por las costas y gastos del proceso en la ejecución de la sentencia mediante Venta en Pública Subasta concedidos en Orden de fecha de 29 de julio de 2024, menos pagos realizados por la parte demandada ($1,738.55) totalizan la cantidad totalizan la cantidad de $6,702.13. La SUBASTA se llevará a cabo en mi Oficina de Alguacil de Subasta, en el 4to piso del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Bayamón, el día 2 DE OCTUBRE DE 2024 A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA. Y para la conveniencia de los licitadores expido el presente Edicto para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general y por un término de catorce (14) días en los lugares públicos que determine la ley. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 8 de agosto de 2024. MARIBEL LANZAR VELÁZQUEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE PONCE
VAPR FEDERAL CREDIT UNION Demandante Vs. MARIBEL
MALDONADO ORTIZ Demandada
Civil Núm.: PO2024CV00780. (301). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO ORDINARIO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: MARIBEL
MALDONADO ORTIZ.
POR EL PRESENTE EDICTO, se le notifica que se ha radicado en esta Secretaría por la parte demandante, Demanda sobre Cobro de Dinero, en la que se alega adeuda la suma de $9,393.60 de principal, más $410.07 de intereses al 14.45% anual acumulados, más cargos por demora $22.02, al 29 de enero de 2024 y de esa fecha en adelante acumula intereses a razón de $4.19 diarios, hasta su completo pago, más un 30% del principal del Pagaré estipulado para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado y recargos acumulados todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. Se le advierte que de no comparecer en autos dentro del término de los treinta (30) días siguientes a partir de la publicación de este Edicto, se le anotará la Rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado, sin más citarle ni oírle, debiendo radicar el original de su contestación en este Tribunal, enviando copia a la abogada de la parte demandante: Lcda. Adela Surillo Gutiérrez, Bufete Collazo & Surillo, LLC, P.O. Box 11550, San Juan, PR 00922-1550; Teléfono: (787) 625-9999. Para publicarse conforme a la Orden dictada por el Tribunal en un periódico de circulación general. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto que firmo y sello en Ponce, Puerto Rico, hoy 19 de agosto de 2024. CARMEN TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA. SANDRA GONZÁLEZ RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL
DE CAROLINA SALA SUPERIOR BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. SUCESIÓN DE JOSÉ IVÁN OLMEDA
RAMÍREZ COMPUESTA POR “JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE” COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION DE JOSÉ IVÁN OLMEDA RAMÍREZ; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS
MUNICIPALES (C.R.I.M.)
- PARTE CON INTERÉS
Demandado
Civil Núm.: CA2023CV04101. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO E INTERPELACIÓN. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: SUCESIÓN DE JOSÉ IVÁN OLMEDA
RAMÍREZ COMPUESTA
POR “JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE” COMO
POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE JOSÉ IVÁN OLMEDA
RAMÍREZ - J APT 4203
ANDALUCIA COND., CAROLINA, PR 00987; 107 COND. ANDALUCIA, APT. 4203, CAROLINA, PR 00987.
Por la presente se le emplaza y notifica que debe contestar la demanda incoada en su contra dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación del presente edicto. Además, en cuanto a la interpelación de los herederos del causante, a que dentro del término legal de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la fecha de la notificación de la presente Orden, acepten o repudien la participación que les corresponda en la herencia del causante conforme dispone el Artículo 959 del Código Civil, 31 L.P.R.A. §2787, de no expresarse dentro de ese término de treinta (30) días en torno a su aceptación o repudiación de herencia, se tendrá por aceptada. También se les APERCIBE a los herederos antes mencionados que luego del transcurso del término de treinta (30) días antes señalado contados a partir de la fecha de la notificación de la presente Orden, se presumirá que han aceptado la herencia del causante y, por consiguien-
te, responden por las cargas de dicha herencia conforme dispone el Artículo 957 del Código Civil, 31 L.P.R.A. §2785. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// unired.ramajudicial.pr/sumac/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio. Si usted deja de presentar y notificar su alegación responsiva dentro de! referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Los abogados de la parte demandante son: ABOGADOS DE LA PARTE
DEMANDANTE: LCDO. REGGIE DÍAZ HERNÁNDEZ RUA NÚM.: 16,393
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Demandante Vs. MIGDALIA ROMERO ROMÁN, FULANO DE TAL Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS
Demandado Civil Núm.: UT2024CV00180. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.
A: MIGDALIA ROMERO ROMÁN, FULANO DE TAL Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS.
POR LA PRESENTE: Se le
notifica que contra usted se ha presentado la Demanda sobre Cobro de Dinero de la cual se acompaña copia. Por la presente se le emplaza a usted y se le requiere para que dentro del término de TREINTA (30) días desde la fecha de la Publicación por Edicto de este Emplazamiento presente su contestación a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Utuado, P.O. Box 2555, Utuado, Puerto Rico 00641-2555 y notifique a la LCDA. GINA H. FERRER
MEDINA, personalmente al Condominio Las Nereidas, Local 1-B, Calle Méndez Vigo esquina Amador Ramírez Silva, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 00680; o por correo al Apartado 2342, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 00681-2342, Teléfonos: (787) 832-9620 y (845) 3453985, Abogada de la parte demandante, apercibiéndose que en caso de no hacerlo así podrá dictarse Sentencia en Rebeldía en contra suya, concediendo el remedio solicitado en la Demanda sin más citarle ni oírle. EXPIDO BAJO
MI FIRMA y el Sello del Tribunal hoy 9 de agosto de 2024. DIANE ÁLVAREZ VILLANUEVA, SECRETARIA. YANELLY PÉREZ SOTO, SUB-SECRETARIA.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE COAMO
FINANCE OF AMERICA REVERSE LLC Demandante Vs. SUCESION PEDRO
ANGEL LEON OCASIO
T/C/C PEDRO A. LEON OCASIO T/C/C
PEDRO ANGEL LEON
T/C/C PEDRO LEON
OCASIO COMPUESTA
POR GILBERTO LEON COLLAZO; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS
DESCONOCIDOS; SUCESION CARMEN ELIS COLLAZO
SANTIAGO T/C/C
CARMEN E. COLLAZO
SANTIAGO T/C/C
CARMEN E. COLLAZO
T/C/C CARMEN ELY COLLAZO COMPUESTA
POR GILBERTO LEON COLLAZO; JOHN ROE Y JANE ROE COMO
POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; SUCESION DE PEDRO
ANGEL LEON COLLAZO COMPUESTA POR JOHN FOE Y JANE FOE COMO
POSIBLES MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES
Demandados
Civil Núm.: CO2024CV00224. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION PEDRO
ANGEL LEON OCASIO T/C/C PEDRO A. LEON OCASIO T/C/C PEDRO ANGEL LEON T/C/C PEDRO LEON OCASIO; JOHN ROE Y JANE ROE COMO POSIBLES MIEMBROS
DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION CARMEN ELIS COLLAZO
SANTIAGO T/C/C
CARMEN E. COLLAZO
SANTIAGO T/C/C
CARMEN E. COLLAZO T/C/C CARMEN ELY COLLAZO; JOHN FOE Y JANE FOE COMO POSIBLES MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION DE PEDRO ANGEL LEON COLLAZO. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al Tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: http://unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberé presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaria del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y
conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente.
Greenspoon Marder, LLP
Lcda. Frances L. Asencio-Guido R.U.A. 15,622
TRADE CENTRE SOUTH, SUITE 700 100 WEST CYPRESS CREEK ROAD FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33309
Telephone: (954) 343 6273
Frances.Asencio@gmlaw.com
Expedido bajo mi firma, y sello del Tribunal, en Coamo, Puerto Rico, hoy día 16 de agosto de 2024. ELIZABETH GONZÁLEZ RIVERA, SECRETARIA. MARÍA DEL C. MERCADO, SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL CONFIDENCIAL.
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THE MONEY HOUSE. INC.
Demandante V. LA SUCESION DE ELBA MILAGROS CRUZ FELICIANO, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDA COMO ELBA M. CRUZ FELICIANO, ELBA M. CRUZ Y COMO ELBA CRUZ FELICIANO COMPUESTA POR TERESA DIAZ CRUZ, KATIA DIAZ APONTE, JULIE ANGELIE DIAZ MELÉNDEZ, ANGEL MANUEL DIAZ MELÉNDEZ, GAMALIER DIAZ MELÉNDEZ, JEREMY MANUEL DIAZ MUÑOZ, ANGEL RAFAEL DIAZ MUÑOZ, EDWIN JAVIER DIAZ APONTE, JEAN JAVIER DIAZ MELÉNDEZ, CLARIBEL DIAZ CRUZ, CRUZ FELIX DIAZ CRUZ, RAFAEL ENRIQUE DIAZ CRUZ, FULANO DE TAL Y FULANA DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS CON INTERÉS EN LA SUCESIÓN, ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA Y CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)
Demandados
Civil Núm.: CG2024CV01569. 703. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EDICTO DE INTERPELACIÓN. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, S.S. A: LA SUCESION DE ELBA MILAGROS CRUZ
FELICIANO, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDA COMO ELBA M. CRUZ FELICIANO, ELBA M. CRUZ Y COMO ELBA CRUZ FELICIANO COMPUESTA POR TERESA DIAZ CRUZ, KATIA DIAZ APONTE, JULIE ANGELIE DIAZ MELÉNDEZ, ANGEL MANUEL DIAZ MELÉNDEZ, GAMALIER DIAZ MELÉNDEZ, JEREMY MANUEL IFIAZ MUÑOZ, ANGEL RAFAEL DIAZ MUÑOZ, EDWIN JAVIER DIAZ APONTE, JEAN JAVIER DIAZ MELÉNDEZ, CLARIBEL DIAZ CRUZ, CRUZ FELIX DIAZ CRUZ, RAFAEL ENRIQUE DIAZ CRUZ, FULANO DE TAL Y FULANA DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS CON INTERÉS EN LA SUCESIÓN. El Artículo 1578 deI Código Civil de 2020. dispone: Transcurridos treinta (30) días desde que se haya producido la delación, cualquier persona interesada puede solicitar al tribunal que le señale al llamado un plazo. para que manifieste si acepta la herencia o si la repudia. Este plazo no excederá de treinta (30) días. El tribunal apercibirá al llamado de que, si transcurrido el plazo señalado no ha manifestado su voluntad de aceptar la herencia o de repudiarla, se dará por aceptada.” Por la presente el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, conforme al Art. 1578, supra y el caso Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria vs. Latinoamericana de Exportación, Inc., 164 DPR 689 (2005), les ordena que el término de treinta (30) días, hagan declaración aceptado o repudiando la herencia de la causante. ELBA MILAGROS CRUZ FELICIANO, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDA COMO
ELBA M. CRUZ FELICIANO, ELBA M. CRUZ Y COMO ELBA CRUZ FELICIANO. Se les apercibe a los herederos antes mencionados que de no expresarse dentro de ese término de treinta (30) días en torno a la aceptación o repudiación de herencia, la misma se tendrá por aceptada. Los abogados de la parte demandante son: Lcdo. Andrés Sáez Marrero
T.S.P.R. Núm. 18074
TROMBERG, MORRIS & PARTNERS, LLC
623 Ponce de León Avenue
Executive Building. Ste. 1100A-2 San Juan, PR 00917 Tel. 877-338-4101 / Fax: 561-338-4077
prservice@tmppllc.com
firma y sello de este Tribunal, hoy 21 de agosto de 2024. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA GENERAL. LIZ WHARTON ROSA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN
BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante Vs. SONIA JUDITH ORTIZ FELICIANO Demandada Civil Núm.: SJ2023CV07002. (604). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO (EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA). EDICTO DE SUBASTA.
AL: PÚBLICO EN GENERAL.
A: SONIA JUDITH ORTIZ FELICIANO; AUTORIDAD PARA EL FINANCIAMIENTO DE LA VIVIENDA DE PUERTO RICO, POR TENER HIPOTECA EN GARANTÍA DE PAGARÉ
A SU FAVOR POR LA SUMA DE $15,000.00.
Yo, EDWIN E. LÓPEZ MULERO, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR, Alguacil de este Tribunal, a la parte demandada y a los acreedores y personas con interés sobre la propiedad que más adelante se describe, y al público en general, HAGO SABER: Que el día 25 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2024, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico, venderé en Pública Subasta la propiedad inmueble que más adelante se describe y cuya venta en pública subasta se ordenó por la vía ordinaria al mejor postor quien hará el pago en dinero en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del o la Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal de San Juan durante horas laborables. Que en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta a celebrarse, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA para la venta de la susodicha propiedad, el día 2 DE OCTUBRE DE 2024, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 9 DE OCTUBRE DE 2024, A LAS 10:00
DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina sita en el lugar antes indicado. La propiedad a venderse en pública subasta se describe como sigue: URBANA: PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: Apartamento residencial número C guion Setecientos Cuatro (C-704) ubicado en el Edificio C del Condominio Jardines de Guayama, VBC guion cincuenta y cinco (VBC-55), localizado entre las calles España, Francia y Guayama, Barrio Hato Rey, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico, con un área privada de SEISCIENTOS NOVENTA Y NUEVE PUNTO CIENTO VEINTICINCO PIES CUADRADOS (699.125 p.c.), equivalentes a SESENTA Y CUATRO PUNTO NOVENTA Y CINCO METROS CUADRADOS (64.95 m.c.), el cual contiene sala, comedor, cocina, baño y tres (3) cuartos dormitorios, colindando por el NORESTE, con parte del solar donde enclava el edificio; por el SUROESTE, con el vestíbulo que da acceso a la entrada del edificio; por el SURESTE, con el apartamento C guion Setecientos Cinco (C-705) (pared medianera) y por el NOROESTE, con parte del solar donde enclava el edificio. Su porcentaje es de punto tres mil quinientos cuarenta y siete (.3547) porciento en los elementos comunes y de dos puntos mil doscientos ochenta y cuatro (2.1284) porciento en los elementos comunes limitados. Inscrita al folio 162 del tomo 1473 de Río Piedras Norte, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección Segunda, finca número 24,679, inscripción séptima. La propiedad hipotecada a ser vendida en pública Subasta se encuentra afecta al siguiente gravamen posterior: Hipoteca en Garantía de Pagaré a favor de la Autoridad para el Financiamiento de la Vivienda de Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $15,000.00, sin intereses, vencedero el día 30 de diciembre de 2011, según consta de la Escritura Número 29, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 30 de diciembre de 2003, ante el Notario Público Juan Marcos Acevedo Ramírez, inscrita al folio 162 del tomo 1473 de Río Piedras Norte, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección Segunda, finca número 24,679, inscripción 8va. Condiciones bajo el “Programa La Llave para tu Hogar”, las cuales estipulan que el inmueble tiene que constituir la residencia principal de los deudores hipotecarios y que no podrán ser arrendada o destinada a otro uso que no sea el de su residencia habitual y permanente. Los deudores hipotecarios no podrán vender, donar, permutar o de algún modo
transferir la propiedad dentro de un período de 8 años contados desde la fecha en que se adjudicó el beneficio o subsidio. El incumplimiento de estas condiciones obligará a los deudores hipotecarios a devolver a la Autoridad para el Financiamiento de la Vivienda de Puerto Rico la totalidad del subsidio o beneficio. La dirección física de la propiedad antes descrita es: Condominio Jardines de Guayama, 170 Calle Guayama, Apartamento C-704, San Juan, Puerto Rico. La Subasta se llevará a efecto para satisfacer a la parte demandante la suma de $24,714.58 de principal, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 6.50% anual, desde el día 1ro. de diciembre de 2021, hasta su completo pago, recargos acumulados; $3,900.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado; así como cualquier otra suma que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca. Dichas sumas están vencidas, son líquidas y exigibles. Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la primera subasta para el inmueble será de $39,000.00 y de ser necesaria una segunda subasta, la cantidad mínima será equivalente a 2/3 partes de aquella, o sea, la suma de $26,000.00 y de ser necesaria una tercera subasta, la cantidad mínima será la mitad del precio pactado, es decir, la suma de $19,500.00. De declararse desierta la tercera subasta se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si esta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor. La propiedad se adjudicará al mejor postor, quien deberá satisfacer el importe de su oferta en moneda legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América en el momento de la adjudicación y que las cargas y gravámenes preferentes, si los hubiese, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad a ser vendida en pública subasta se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Podrán concurrir como postores a todas las subastas los titulares de créditos hipotecarios vigentes y posteriores a la hipoteca que se cobra o ejecuta, si alguno o que figuren como tales en la certificación registral y que podrán utilizar el montante de sus créditos o parte de alguno en sus ofertas. Si la oferta aceptada es por cantidad mayor a la suma
del crédito o créditos preferentes al suyo, al obtener la buena pro del remate, deberá satisfacer en el mismo acto, en efectivo o en cheque de gerente, la totalidad del crédito hipotecario que se ejecuta y la de cualesquiera otro créditos posteriores al que se ejecuta pero preferente al suyo. El exceso constituirá abono total o parcial en su propio crédito. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto para conocimiento y comparecencia de los licitadores, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, 26 de agosto de 2024. EDWIN E. LÓPEZ MULERO, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR, ALGUACIL DE LA DIVISIÓN DE EJECUCIÓN DE SENTENCIAS, Tribunal De Primera Instancia, Sala Superior De San Juan.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA
ORIENTAL BANK
Demandante V. ALMEIDA SANCHEZ HERNANDEZ Y OTROS
Demandado (a) Caso Núm.: CA2023CV03937. (Civil: 409). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO ENMENDADA. BALDOMERO A. COLLAZO TORRES - BCOLLAZO@LAWPR.COM. A: MAYRA PEREZ RIVERA, SHEILA D. PEREZ RIVERA, EDWIN R. PEREZ RIVERA COMO MIEMBROS DE LA SUCESION DE EDWIN R. PEREZ SANCHEZ Y SU VIUDA MIRIAM RIVERA. (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 junio de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por
edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 27 de agosto de 2024. Notas de la Secretaría: SE ENMIENDA A SOLICITUD DEL LCDO. BALDOMERO COLLAZO Y POR ORDEN DEL JUEZ. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 27 de agosto de 2024. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. IDA L. FERNÁNDEZ RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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Parte Demandante Vs. WILMARI RUIZ ALBERT Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: SJ2024CV01399. 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: WILMARI RUIZ
ALBERT - COND CRYSTAL HOUSE APT #1014, SAN JUAN PR 00925 / P.O. BOX 190329, SAN JUAN, PR 009190329, 82 WHITE OAK DR N, NEW CANEY TX 77357-3140. 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 abo-
gado de la parte demandante, Kevin Sánchez Campanero cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección kevin. sanchez@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orflaw.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, hoy día 28 de junio de 2024. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. NANCY I. GARCÍA FIGUEROA, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE SAN GERMÁN Island Portfolio Services, LLC como agente de Fairway Acquisitions Fund, LLC PARTE DEMANDANTE VS. ANGEL L LAZZARINI ORTIZ PARTE DEMANDADA Civil Núm.: VQ2024CV00020. 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: ANGEL L. LAZZARINI ORTIZREPARTO UNIVERSIDAD
C 13 CALLE 12, SAN GERMÁN PR 00683. 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, Kevin Sánchez Campanero cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección kevin. sanchez@orf-law.com y a la
dirección notificaciones@orflaw.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en SAN GERMÁN, Puerto Rico, hoy día 28 de junio de 2024. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. SANTA RODRÍGUEZ BONILLA, SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL.
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Demandante Vs. PAULINA RIVERA RIVERA
Demandado
Civil Núm.: SJ2024CV02901. Salón: 505. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - R.60. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: PAULINA RIVERA RIVERA - URB SAN MARTIN 1050 CALLE 1, SAN JUAN, PR 00924. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial. pr/index.php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia 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 San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy día 28 de junio de 2024. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el
1 de julio de 2024. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. MICHELLE RIVERA RÍOS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
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The quiet collaboration between Paralympic athletes and their assistants
By ELENA BERGERON
In the 22 Paralympic sports in which athletes compete alongside a guide or assistant, successful collaborations are often marked by their quiet.
“During the race we try not to speak so much, just as strictly necessary,” Jerusa Geber dos Santos of Brazil said of her relationship with her guide, Gabriel Garcia. Geber dos Santos, 42, who became blind in her teens, holds the women’s world record in the 100-meter dash (11.83 seconds) in a classification of athletes who are blind or nearly so.
When she competes alongside Garcia, 26, he runs to her left holding a short tether in his right hand while she holds the other end in her left. If they have started well, he matches her strides with the opposite foot and doesn’t need to alert her to a competitor’s pace.
“There is really harmony and synchrony between Gabriel and me,” she said. It’s important that they remain connected through the finish line: An Australian distance runner was stripped of a bronze medal Saturday in Paris because he let go of the tether too early.
The role of Paralympic guide, mainly in classifications of severe vision loss and mobile impairment, is governed by just a few restrictions across sports to ensure that the athletes are in charge. But while the Paralympians are not allowed to gain a competitive advantage from their guides, the supporting athletes can, and often do, contribute in ways that extend beyond the field of play. Able-bodied track guides sometimes help runners pick out the design of the blindfold they’ll compete in (to ensure all competitors have the same visual restriction). And a pilot in a cycling tandem may break up the monotony of training days by taking a blind athlete on the open road instead of a closed track.
Since 2012, guides in most assisted Paralympic sports have received medals alongside the athletes they support. But the relationship between athlete and assistant can extend beyond a technical connection into something more personal and deeply
reciprocal.
Garcia, Brazil’s reigning national champion in the men’s 200, said he trained daily with Geber dos Santos while also preparing to compete on the Brazilian men’s 4x100 Olympic relay team last month. “I actually prefer to be an athlete guide rather than an Olympic athlete,” he said, adding that he felt more pressure to perform at the Paralympics than in the Olympics.
“You have to give 200% of yourself not to cause any mistakes and to keep the other athlete at a high level,” he said.
Geber dos Santos, who enters the Paris competition having run the fastest times in the 100 and 200 at the world championships in Kobe, Japan, in May, has a singular goal for these Paralympics, her fifth.
“I have still not got my gold medal,” she said. “I have two silvers and two bronzes in Paralympic Games, and my golden medal that I have dreamed so much about, I haven’t achieved.”
Weekly check-ins
After American para cyclist Hannah Chadwick, 32, snaps into the pedals of a tandem bike behind her guide, Skyler Espinoza, she’ll feel Espinoza reach back during the roughly 50 seconds of silence before their start and squeeze her hand.
“It’s a reminder that we’re doing it together,” Espinoza said.
Chadwick’s coach, Jennie Reid, thought to pair the two together in 2020, after Chadwick’s first guide decided — with her encouragement — to pursue her solo racing dreams. Espinoza was in USA Cycling’s development program, but she missed the dynamics of team sports that she had enjoyed as a college rower. As a duo, Espinoza and Chadwick share the same cycling and strength training regimen, meeting three or four times a year in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where Chadwick lives, or near Menlo Park, California, Espinoza’s home city, to prep together.
In between, there are weekly check-in calls that include some talk about training, but more discussion of their romantic partners and what’s going in on life.
Chadwick was born blind in a rural Chinese village and adopted at 13 by a family in Humboldt County, California. She said she spent her teens catching up academically, which kept her from participating in sports. “A lot of people have that Olympic dream that I didn’t grow up with,” she said. After discovering cycling at a camp, she threw herself into the sport.
She said she quickly took to the adventure of tandem cycling, in which a blind athlete is guided by a pilot rider who steers the para athlete around a closed track. In time trials, another duo starts simultaneously on the opposite side of the track; they compete against an opposing team in match sprint events like cycling’s world championships. Chadwick, the shorter of the
pair, provides strong bursts of energy, particularly at a race’s start, while Espinoza says her endurance helps later.
The pairing has given Chadwick a window into the camaraderie of team sports. “I definitely have those days when if training starts going well or if it’s too hard, then you think about your teammate and you guys have the same exact goal,” she said. “So like, you don’t train just for yourself, but for other people, too.”
Espinoza, 30, said in an interview Thursday that she often gets complimented for “sacrificing” on behalf of a disabled athlete. She was quick to emphasize that she has also benefited from piloting the tandem: She gets a monthly stipend from the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee and health insurance that was not available to her as an able-bodied athlete.
Espinoza said she was certain that if she hadn’t begun piloting she would never have had the opportunities that para sport has afforded her. “I’m really lucky that Hannah decided to choose me to do this in the same way that I chose to do it with her,” she said.
During qualifying the next day, Chadwick raced a personal best for a sixth-place finish in the 1,000-meter.
Turning her back to the action
Greek boccia player Grigorios Polychronidis uses a ramp attached to his wheelchair to roll the ball during competition. The rules allow his wife and assistant, Katerina Patroni, to add and remove extensions to the ramp and line up the balls according to his instructions.
Polychronidis offers only terse direction during games. Nods and short phrases make up the bulk of his communication with Patroni.
“We talk a lot during the 24 hours that we have today, so in the match, it’s less that we talk. To be honest, sometimes even if I confuse my words, Katerina, because she knows me very well, she knows what I mean,” he said.
To prevent her from influencing Polychronidis’ aim, the rules require Patroni to keep her back turned to the game at all times. Her husband, who uses a motorized wheelchair because his spinal muscular atrophy limits his mobility, gives instructions to her after consulting handwritten notecards that contain information about the different weights of the balls, ramp angles and trajectories.
“Every ball is different,” he said. “They’re my friends.”
After Patroni sets a ball onto the ramp, Polychronidis taps it into motion using a pointer attached to his head. She can hear its impact with other balls and read the look on her husband’s face to know if it has met its target.
A six-time Paralympic medalist (one gold, three silver, two bronze) before these Games, Polychronidis lost his last match of the boccia qualifiers on Saturday after a few stunning tosses from his opponent, Mateus Carvalho of Brazil, late in the match. Polychronidis moved to the next round anyway because he had won the first two matches of the preliminary round. He went on to win the bronze medal.
Exiting the court after her husband’s early-round loss, Patroni held the bottom ramp piece in one hand and the couple shared resigned smiles.
“He doesn’t want to lose, so I can’t blame him ever,” she said after.
“Definitely I cannot blame her, because she does what I say,” he responded. “So it’s my fault.”
The San Juan Daily Star
Jerusa Geber dos Santos of Brazil, right, with her guide, Gabriel Garcia, winning a 100-meter heat during the Paralympic Games at the Stade de France in SaintDenis, France, on Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. For competition partners who share the mutual goal of winning medals, eye contact or a simple touch can be all the communication that’s needed. (James Hill/The New York Times)
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