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Candidato presidencial de centroderecha de Perú resulta ileso tras ataque armado
Associated Press
LIMA (AP) — Un candidato presidencial peruano salió ileso el martes de un ataque a tiros cuando supervisaba unos terrenos de su propiedad en una zona del sur de Lima, en medio de la ola de criminalidad que afecta al país sudamericano.
Es el segundo ataque contra un candidato en Perú luego de que el viernes el postulante a diputado Percy Ipanaqué fue asesinado de siete balazos por hombres armados en el norte del país. Nadie ha sido detenido por el crimen, del que se desconocen los motivos.
Rafael Belaunde, de 50 años y candidato presidencial del partido centroderechista Libertad Popular, fue atacado el martes por dos hombres que iban en una motocicleta cuando se disponía a salir manejando en su vehículo por una trocha que conecta con una vía principal del sur de Lima, en una zona poco poblada.
El jefe policial de Perú, Óscar Arriola, dijo a la televisora local N que los atacantes dispararon contra el candidato unas nueve veces, pero sólo cuatro impactos dieron dentro del vehículo. El candidato, quien conducía, respondió disparando unas 12 veces, añadió Arriola. No se conocen las razones del ataque.
Arriola dijo que Belaunde indicó que visita sus terrenos tres veces por semana y no tiene litigios, no sufre extorsiones ni ha sido amenazado. Belaunde es un empresario con negocios en diversos rubros, incluido el inmobiliario.
Belaunde —quien apenas cosecha un 2% de intención de voto, según una encuesta nacional de noviembre de la firma Ipsos Perú— ha criticado a la coalición de partidos políticos que gobiernan el Parlamento.
“Han legislado a favor de las organizaciones criminales, han legislado a favor de la extorsión, de la minería ilegal, del tráfico de explosivos” lo cual ha permitido “proliferar la inseguridad ciudadana en todo el Perú”, dijo Belaunde a la televisora SolTV.
Perú sufre una ola alcista de criminalidad, en especial de asesinatos y extorsiones. Los expertos creen que una serie de leyes que debilitan la lucha contra el crimen aprobadas por el actual Congreso han favorecido el impulso de la criminalidad.
Desde el inicio del gobierno de José Jerí el 10 de octubre se han registrado 268 homicidios, un promedio de 5,36 muertes por día, la mayor cifra diaria desde 2016, según datos oficiales del Sistema de Información de Defunciones (SINADEF).
Las elecciones generales están programadas para abril de 2026 cuando se elegirá a un presidente, 130 diputados y 60 senadores.
Portugal de Cristiano Ronaldo enfrentará a México en la reinuguración del estadio Azteca
CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) — La selección de Portugal, encabezada por el astro Cristiano Ronaldo, enfrentará a la de México en partido de preparación para el Mundial 2026 que servirá para reinaugurar el estadio Azteca en marzo próximo, confirmó el martes la Federación Mexicana de Fútbol.
Los dirigentes del fútbol mexicano tenían meses trabajando por asegurar el choque ante al cuadro luso, pero requerían confirmar que el equipo avanzaría directo al Mundial y no mediante el repechaje, que se jugará en esa ventana.
El encuentro ante Portugal se realizará el sábado 28 de marzo en la nueva cancha del estadio Azteca, recientemente renombrado Banorte, y que había estado cerrado desde mayo del año pasado para su remodelación.
Además del encuentro ante los portugueses, los mexicanos enfrentarán a Bélgica el 31 de marzo, en el estadio Soldier Field de Chicago.
Se tratan de los primeros dos encuentros confirmados para la selección mexicana el próximo año.
El entrenador Javier Aguirre dijo luego del último encuentro de 2025, un revés 2-1 ante Paraguay, que buscaría hacer una gira en enero por Centroamérica con jugadores de la liga local, pero todavía no se han concretado.
Con esa derrota ante los paraguayos, el equipo de Aguirre terminó el año sumido en una racha de seis encuentros sin poder ganar.
México ha enfrentado a Portugal, sexto de la clasificación de la FIFA, en cinco ocasiones en su historia y sus mejores resultados han sido un par de empates.
El último encuentro del seleccionado mexicano ante los lusos fue en la Copa Confederaciones 2017.
Ante Bélgica, el Tri tiene un saldo favorable en los siete encuentros que se han medido en el pasado, consiguiendo tres victorias con dos empates y dos derrotas.
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David Paul Jones, Skokie’s first Black homeowner who became a village official, dies at 93
David Paul Jones and his wife, Martha, were Skokie’s first Black homeowners in 1961, and despite initial racial hostility toward them, Jones went on to become active in the village’s civic life, serving for many years on its Human Relations Commission and its Board of Fire and Police Commission.
“He was just the kindest man,” said Barbara Meyer, a retired corporation counsel for Skokie. “I knew him while he was chair of the Fire and Police Commission, and he did an amazing job and cared about the community he lived in.”
Jones, 93, died of natural causes on Sept. 30 at the Presbyterian Westminster Place assisted living community in Evanston, said his daughter Becky Betts. He had lived in Skokie from 1961 until 2019, when he moved to Evanston.
Born in Syracuse, New York, in 1932, Jones spent his early years living in Nedrow, a Syracuse suburb. At age 14, he moved by himself to Chicago to live with relatives. He then moved with those relatives to a farm near tiny Cassopolis, Michigan, in the southwest part of the state, graduating from Cassopolis High School in 1950.
Jones studied for two years at the University of Illinois’ Navy Pier campus before transferring to the university’s Urbana-Champaign campus, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in economics in 1955. He served for 21 months on active duty in the Army in South Korea from 1955 until 1956, receiving a first lieutenant’s commission.
Back home, Jones got married in 1957 and began pursuing a master’s degree in social and industrial relations from Loyola University Chicago, which he completed in 1960. His master’s thesis was on Illinois’ temporary emergency unemployment insurance benefit program.
Jones’ first local job, from 1957 until 1959, was as a research analyst in the Illinois Department of Labor’s Division of Unemployment Compensation. He later worked for the City of Chicago in urban planning.
“He had an extremely curious mind, and was always the sort of person who would ask a little bit more and would completely engage with the information that was given before him,” said his daughter Gail Jones Klopfer. “He wasn’t quick to judge, and I think that goes along with being an analyst. He would try to find all the information he could about a subject, and then he would get more excited about things when other people were interested as well.”
In 1961, Jones and his wife decided to move from the South Side to Skokie — for very practical reasons, Betts said.
“My mom worked for Stepan Chemical, which moved to Northfield, and my mom had been commuting for a while with a group of fellow coworkers, all of whom were male. My dad was not a huge fan of that. He didn’t like that it was such a long commute for her and also that she had to commute with these men,” Betts said. “So they looked in northern suburbs like Highland Park, Evanston and Skokie. Evanston was more integrated, but they just weren’t finding a house that they liked. So they found a new home in Skokie. They weren’t trying to make some sort of statement. For practical reasons, it was a much better commute for my mom, and (my dad) also could take public transportation to the city easily.”
Skokie has had Black residents since before 1920, according to the Skokie Heritage Museum’s review of census records. However, none had ever owned a home in the village. Federal and local fair housing laws had not yet been enacted in the early 1960s.
When the Joneses tried to buy a house in Skokie, they encountered difficulty. They accepted help from a white couple who bought a split-level on Kildare Avenue on their behalf. That white couple, who had connected with the Joneses through the Evanston chapter of the NAACP, then immediately transferred the property to the Joneses.
The real estate agent who represented the homebuilder, Joseph J. Hansen, took out an ad in a February 1961 issue of the Skokie Review newspaper, attempting to distance himself from the sale by insisting that he sold the house to the white couple and not to the Joneses.
David and Martha Jones were immediately welcomed by some in the community. Skokie’s then-village manager and Village Board issued a statement in January 1961 that “the constitutional and civil rights of all citizens and property owners, old and new, will be protected with all the resources at our command” and that “we are confident that all citizens of Skokie share our determination to maintain law and order.”
However, the couple’s new home faced numerous acts of vandalism. The Tribune wrote in May 1961 that the Joneses’ home had been the subject of violence, spurring Skokie to place the house under 24-hour guard. After that guard was removed, the Tribune wrote, the home’s picture window was smashed by rocks thrown by vandals, who also scribbled on the window and the front door, “Go to hell.”
At one point, Betts said, arsonists tried to set the home on fire, and vandals poured white paint on the home. Some neighbors yelled racial epithets at Martha Jones, and the couple found razor blades hidden inside a cake sent to the home under the guise of welcoming them. Eventually, however, racist actions toward the couple subsided, and Jones and his wife went on to remain in their home for the next 58 years.
“To hear my dad tell it, it was no big deal to find a house and purchase that house,” said another daughter, Paula Manchester. “Only after they started seeing the reactions and seeing other people who were trying to help them that they realized this was a big deal. To my dad, it was just trying to do the American dream — get married and buy a house.”
Betts said as the years went on, her father saw the racism as less of a defining characteristic of his time in Skokie.
“If you were speaking to my father, he would have a hard time talking about the negative part about moving into the community,” Betts said. “He would be telling you about all the invitations they received, all the positives about the community, all the people who were kind to them, including religious leaders from several faiths.”
The Skokie Heritage Museum, in conjunction with Skokie’s Human Relations Commission and the Skokie Public Library, held an event in 2024 about the history of fair housing in the village. Museum manager Emily England, who met Jones at that event, called him “a phenomenal human being.”
“He really just made the integration of Skokie possible in a lot of different ways,” England said. “He was very kind and humorous, and had a strong fortitude of character.”
At the 2024 fair housing event, Jones called the crimes against him “a few difficulties when we first moved in and then after for about four or five months.”
“People would put liquid metal in the locks,” he said, which he was able to remove, according to a 2024 Tribune article. He also discussed the attempted arson.
Skokie Human Relations Commission member Sheila Crumrine, who attended the event, recalled Jones’ commitment to the community, his generosity of spirit, and his family’s “capacity for strength to become such a leader in the community.”
Jones later worked in sales for Xerox, and then pursued a career as a stockbroker, working for Merrill Lynch, Bear Stearns and JPMorganChase. He retired at about age 80, Betts said.
Jones spent many years on Skokie’s Board of Fire and Police Commission and its Human Relations Commission. In 2018, Skokie recognized him for having served for 50 years on the Board of Fire and Police Commission.
Klopfer said her father’s experiences from the move informed his work on Skokie’s commissions.
“There’s always this underlying thing of fairness — is there fairness in hiring and firing?” she said. “That’s where the interest originated, just making sure there’s always someone to see if things are fair.”
Jones was active at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church, where he became friends with a fellow parishioner, Edward Sips.
“The one thing I cherished about David was that he was thoughtful and listened to what others had to say,” Sips, 83, said. “He taught all of us how to spend more time listening than talking.”
Outside of work, Jones enjoyed spending time with extended family.
Jones’ wife died in 2022. In addition to Betts, Klopfer and Manchester, he is survived by five grandchildren; a great-granddaughter; a brother, Robert; and two sisters, Mary Jones and Barbara Geiszler.
Bob Goldsborough is a freelance reporter.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/02/david-paul-jones-obituary/
Former EU Foreign Policy Chief Arrested In Fraud Investigation, Homes & Offices Raided
Former EU Foreign Policy Chief Arrested In Fraud Investigation, Homes & Offices Raided
Former European Commission vice-president and ex-head of the EU’s foreign service, Federica Mogherini, has been detained as Belgian authorities investigate alleged misuse of European Union funds, Belgian and French media reports have revealed Tuesday.
Homes and offices are reportedly being raided in connection, though no formal charges were immediately made public for Mogherini. The action includes Belgian police searches at the Brussels headquarters of the European External Action Service (EEAS), which Mogherini led for a half-decade, from 2014 to 2019.
Police were also seen searching offices at the College of Europe in Bruges, where she has served as rector since 2020. The probe is reportedly related to her long stint overseeing the financing of the what serves as an academy for young diplomats.
Federica Mogherini, then head of European Union diplomacy, in 2019. AFP
Another College of Europe employee who serves in an executive office was also detained, as well as top European Commission official Stefano Sannino, who was previously the EEAS secretary-general under Mogherini.
Police have recovered documents said to be related to the three detained officials’ potentially criminal activities, based on suspicion of procurement fraud, corruption, and conflicts of interest.
Belgian police confirmed an investigation was ongoing “to assess whether any criminal offences have occurred”, adding: “All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty by the competent Belgian courts of law.”
The case may center on the college’s purchase of a building and involves several millions of euros. According to details in The Guardian:
The case is an unprecedented investigation by the European public prosecutor’s office (EPPO), the only EU body that handles criminal cases, which was launched in 2021 to combat cross-border fraud involving EU funds. The EPPO can bring criminal cases in courts in any of the 24 EU member states that have joined it, including Belgium.
The case centres on whether the College of Europe and or its representatives were informed in advance about the tender for a training programme for young diplomats before the official launch of the bidding process.
The EPPO said it had “strong suspicions” that the rules on fair competition had been breached and that confidential information had been shared with one of the candidates taking part in the tender. The College of Europe in Bruges was awarded a contract to run the European Union Diplomatic Academy in 2021-22 after a decision from the EU foreign service. The EPPO said immunity of the three suspects had been lifted at its request.
The arrested officials are suspected of trading in confidential information and breaching fair competition laws.
Another source reviewing the probe details the following:
The probe reportedly focuses on the college’s €3.2 million ($3.7 million) purchase of a building on Spanjaardstraat in Bruges, in 2022, shortly before receiving €654,000 in funding from the EEAS. Authorities suspect the institution may have had access to confidential information, undermining fair competition.
An EU diplomat has been cited in The Guardian praising the European public prosecutor’s office as it “is not afraid to go after big names.” The diplomat added: “If the allegations are true, they should be severely punished to send a clear message that any type of corruption is not tolerable in the EU.”
#BREAKING: Belgian police have detained former EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini in a fraud case.
She served as the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy from 2014 to 2019.
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— Russian Market (@runews) December 2, 2025
As for the College of Europe, many of its graduates go on to senior roles within European institutions and political bodies. All of this is certain to spur on suspicion among sectors of the general public that EU elite circles could be a hotbed for corruption, given billions in public funds are constantly doled out and transferred this way and that.
Tyler Durden
Tue, 12/02/2025 – 13:00
House Republicans Officially Confirm “Operation Choke Point 2.0” Targeted Bitcoin And Crypto Firms
House Republicans Officially Confirm “Operation Choke Point 2.0” Targeted Bitcoin And Crypto Firms
Authored by Micah Zimmerman via BitcoinMagazine.com,
Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee have released a 50-page report detailing what they describe as a systematic debanking effort by Biden-era regulators, dubbed “Operation Chokepoint 2.0.”
While many of the findings — such as the Fed, FDIC, and OCC pressuring banks away from crypto through informal guidance, and the SEC’s “enforce first, make rules never” approach — were previously known, the report now places them squarely in the Congressional record.
The report identifies at least 30 entities that were effectively “debanked” through informal regulatory guidance and supervisory pressure. These businesses, the Committee claims, were forced out of the U.S. banking system without formal enforcement actions.
Government coercion, biased enforcement, and private pressure — all while denying
According to the document, the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) employed a range of tactics to influence bank behavior.
These included “non-objection” letters, “pause” letters, and other forms of informal guidance designed to make banks hesitant to engage with crypto companies.
Meanwhile, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) allegedly adopted a policy of “enforce first, make rules never,” using selective enforcement rather than clear regulatory frameworks to restrict digital-asset activity.
The report highlights SAB 121, an SEC guidance that effectively blocked banks from offering custody services for crypto assets.
The report paints a picture of regulators publicly denying any bias against digital assets, while privately pressuring banks to sever ties with crypto firms. The report reads that while regulators consistently denied discouraging digital-asset activity, the evidence collected by the Committee shows a pattern of private pressure and informal coercion.
Committee Republicans argue these actions represent a revival of Operation Choke Point, a controversial program from the early 2010s that used regulatory and reputational pressure to discourage banks from serving certain high-risk industries.
The report asserts that the tactics used against crypto firms echo the same methods: informal guidance, opaque supervisory expectations, and reputational risk warnings.
“The lack of clear rules combined with aggressive enforcement has created a chilling effect on the digital-asset sector,” said a Committee spokesperson. “Legitimate American businesses were forced to move abroad or shut down, not because of wrongdoing, but because of regulatory overreach.”
Crypto firms struggled to keep bank accounts
The report includes anecdotal accounts of firms that struggled to maintain bank accounts despite following all applicable laws.
One executive described repeated requests for documentation, sudden account closures, and vague warnings from compliance officers citing regulatory “uncertainty.”
Another recounted being effectively cut off from the U.S. banking system after submitting a routine regulatory filing.
Republicans on the Committee argue that this environment has stifled innovation and driven financial activity offshore.
They call on Congress and the Biden administration to reverse these policies, provide explicit guidance, and ensure that legitimate crypto firms can access banking services without fear of arbitrary pressure.
The Committee’s full report is available in full on the House Financial Services Committee website.
Tyler Durden
Tue, 12/02/2025 – 12:45
Chicago’s Shriver Center on Poverty Law closing at the end of the year
The Shriver Center on Poverty Law in Chicago is shutting its doors after years of financial struggles, the advocacy organization announced Tuesday.
The Shriver Center, which has spent more than 50 years advocating for economic, health care and racial justice, plans to close at the end of this year, it said in an email announcement.
The organization has been running at a structural deficit for multiple years, as it has seen its earned and donated revenue decrease, according to the Shriver Center.
Over the past year, the organization’s board of directors has been evaluating the best path forward, “knowing that to do our work effectively requires long-term resources,” according to the announcement.
“Unfortunately, we do not have the capacity to continue this work, and we have made the difficult decision to sunset the organization at the end of 2025,” the announcement said.
“This decision – while deeply painful – is the right one to honor the legacy and mission of the Shriver Center,” according to the announcement, which noted that other local and national organizations will continue work on economic justice, housing justice and health care justice.
The center’s executive director did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday morning. The center has focused much of its work on litigation and policy as well as training multi-state networks of lawyers, community leaders and activists.
The organization was originally called the National Clearinghouse for Legal Services and was known for publishing the Clearinghouse Review, for lawyers fighting poverty. Robert Sargent Shriver lent his name and financial support to the organization. Sargent Shriver, who was married to Eunice Kennedy, was instrumental in the founding of the Peace Corps and in President Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/02/shriver-center-on-poverty-law-closing/
El papa León XIV comparte sus reflexiones sobre el cónclave, la espiritualidad y sus futuros viajes
Por NICOLE WINFIELD
A BORDO DEL AVIÓN PAPAL (AP) — El papa León XIV compartió el martes por primera vez lo que pensaba cuando los votos comenzaron a favorecerle en el cónclave que lo eligió, diciendo que se resignó a lo inevitable y dejó el resto en manos de Dios.
“Respiré hondo. Dije ‘Aquí vamos, Señor. Tú estás a cargo y tú guías el camino’”, dijo León a los periodistas durante una amplia conferencia de prensa a bordo del avión que lo llevó de regreso de su primer viaje como papa a Turquía y Líbano.
El pontífice respondió preguntas durante media hora, contestando con facilidad en inglés, español e italiano sobre distintos temas de la iglesia y de las noticias internacionales. Dio indicios de haber sostenido discusiones tras bambalinas sobre Hezbollah e Israel en Líbano, instó al diálogo en lugar de amenazas militares de Estados Unidos sobre Venezuela y habló sobre sus esperados futuros viajes a África y América del Sur, entre otros temas.
Pero fueron sus comentarios sobre el cónclave y su curva de aprendizaje papal los que arrojaron nueva luz sobre León como persona y lo que lo motiva. Después de mostrarse tímido con los medios al inicio de su pontificado, sus respuestas mostraron que ahora se siente mucho más cómodo, presta mucha atención a lo que se informa sobre él y tiene un buen sentido del humor al respecto.
Se le preguntó qué pensaba cuando vio una gran multitud de personas en uno de sus eventos en Líbano, donde parecía que la magnitud lo había tomado por sorpresa. Indicó que no necesariamente fue así.
“Mi rostro es muy expresivo, pero a menudo me divierte cómo los periodistas interpretan mi cara”, dijo. “Es interesante. A veces obtengo ideas realmente geniales de todos ustedes porque piensan que pueden leer mi mente o mi rostro”.
“No siempre aciertan”, agregó, provocando risas.
Una espiritualidad que deja todo en manos de Dios
El pontífice afirmó que leer sobre su espiritualidad sería más instructivo para entender lo que está pensando. Además de San Agustín, el teólogo del siglo V que inspiró su orden religiosa y es el padre de la iglesia al que cita con más frecuencia, León recomendó un libro, “La práctica de la presencia de Dios”, de un fraile carmelita del siglo XVII, el Hermano Lorenzo.
“Describe, por decirlo así, un tipo de oración y espiritualidad donde uno simplemente entrega su vida al Señor y permite que el Señor lo guíe. Si quieren saber algo sobre mí, esa ha sido mi espiritualidad durante muchos años”, dijo.
“En medio de grandes desafíos —vivir en Perú durante años de terrorismo, ser llamado a servir en lugares donde nunca pensé que sería llamado a servir— confío en Dios”, expresó.
Eso fue cierto en el cónclave de mayo, dijo, cuando el excardenal Robert Prevost fue elegido en un cuarto escrutinio, sorprendentemente rápido, en el segundo día de votación. Según los cardenales que participaron, ya estaba claro en el tercer escrutinio de esa mañana que los votos lo favorecían y que sería elegido el primer papa estadounidense de la historia.
“Me resigné al hecho cuando vi cómo iban las cosas y dije ‘Esto podría ser una realidad’”, comentó.
Hablando con un periodista que está a punto de jubilarse, el papa dijo que él también tenía planes distintos para su futuro.
“Hace solo uno o dos años, yo también pensaba en retirarme algún día”, dijo. “Aparentemente, tú has recibido ese don. Algunos de nosotros continuaremos trabajando”.
En Líbano, León tuvo un adelanto de lo que es ser un papa en el camino, y dijo que el entusiasmo de los jóvenes católicos fue “inspirador”.
“Pienso en mi interior, ‘Estas personas están aquí porque quieren ver al papa’. Pero me digo a mí mismo, ‘Están aquí porque quieren ver a Jesucristo y quieren ver a un mensajero de paz’”, expresó. “El simple hecho de escuchar su entusiasmo y oír su respuesta a ese mensaje —ese entusiasmo— es algo que me parece inspirador”.
“Solo espero nunca cansarme de apreciar todo lo que muestran todos estos jóvenes”, dijo.
Sobre temas internacionales urgentes
— León instó a Estados Unidos a buscar el diálogo e incluso ejercer presión económica sobre los líderes de Venezuela para lograr sus objetivos, en lugar de lanzar amenazas de acción militar.
“Las voces que vienen de Estados Unidos cambian, a veces con cierta frecuencia”, señaló. “Creo que es mejor buscar formas de diálogo, tal vez presión —incluida la presión económica— pero buscando otras formas de cambio, si eso es lo que Estados Unidos quiere hacer”.
— León dijo que espera hacer su segundo viaje como papa a África el próximo año, visitando varios países, pero especialmente Argelia, debido a su importante papel en las relaciones cristiano-musulmanas y su significado para San Agustín, quien inspiró su orden religiosa.
— León también dijo que espera visitar tres países de América Latina en 2026 o 2027: Argentina, Uruguay y Perú, donde vivió durante dos décadas como misionero. Argentina especialmente ha esperado una visita papal debido a que el papa Francisco nunca volvió a casa después de su elección en 2013.
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La cobertura de temas religiosos de The Associated Press recibe apoyo a través de la colaboración de la AP con The Conversation US, con financiamiento de Lilly Endowment Inc. La AP es la única responsable de este contenido.
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Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con la ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.
Jefe de la OTAN descarta preocupaciones sobre compromiso de EEUU antes de reunión sobre Ucrania
Por LORNE COOK
BRUSELAS (AP) — El secretario general de la OTAN, Mark Rutte, desestimó el martes la preocupación sobre el compromiso de Estados Unidos con la organización militar en vísperas de una reunión de ministros de Relaciones Exteriores aliados centrada en la guerra de Rusia contra Ucrania.
El secretario de Estado Marco Rubio no asistirá a la reunión del miércoles, que se desarrollará durante negociaciones de alto nivel en Moscú y en otras partes de Europa sobre el futuro de Ucrania. Su rara ausencia en la alianza liderada por Estados Unidos se produce después de que la propuesta de 28 puntos del presidente Donald Trump para poner fin a la guerra desconcertara a los aliados europeos y a Canadá el mes pasado.
El borrador del plan sugiere que la OTAN no se expanda más, una demanda de larga data de Rusia, y que Ucrania no sea admitida, rompiendo con una promesa de años a Kiev de que tiene un lugar en la mesa de la organización.
El plan también estipula un diálogo entre Rusia y la OTAN mediado por Estados Unidos para resolver todos los problemas de seguridad y crear oportunidades de negocio. No estaba claro cómo el miembro más influyente de la OTAN podría servir como mediador imparcial.
Hablando con los periodistas antes de la reunión, Rutte subrayó que Rubio tiene una agenda ocupada.
“Está trabajando extremadamente duro para ocuparse no solo de la situación de Ucrania, sino, por supuesto, de muchos otros asuntos que tiene en su agenda”, dijo Rutte. “Así que acepto totalmente que no pueda estar aquí mañana, y no leería nada en ello”.
Un alto funcionario del Departamento de Estado, que habló bajo condición de anonimato para discutir el razonamiento interno de la administración para la ausencia, declaró que Rubio ya ha asistido a docenas de reuniones de la OTAN, “y sería poco práctico esperar que esté en cada reunión”.
El subsecretario de Estado Christopher Landau asistirá en su lugar y presionará a los aliados para que cumplan con su compromiso de invertir el 5% del producto interno bruto en defensa.
Rutte también minimizó las partes contenciosas del plan original de Trump para poner fin a la guerra, diciendo que ha sido ampliamente revisado para abordar las preocupaciones europeas.
“Necesitas empezar en algún lugar. Necesitas tener propuestas sobre la mesa”, indicó.
“Cuando se trata de los elementos de la OTAN de un acuerdo para poner fin a la guerra contra Ucrania, eso se tratará por separado. Y eso obviamente incluirá a la OTAN”, añadió.
A pesar de la propuesta de descartar la membresía de Ucrania, el ex primer ministro holandés insistió en que el país sigue en un “camino irreversible” para unirse a la organización de seguridad más grande del mundo, como prometieron los líderes de la OTAN en Washington en 2024.
Pero subrayó que actualmente es políticamente imposible que Ucrania se convierta en miembro, lo que requeriría el acuerdo unánime de los 32 aliados. La administración Trump lo ha descartado, y Hungría y Eslovaquia también se oponen.
“En este momento, como saben, no hay consenso sobre la adhesión de Ucrania a la OTAN”, apuntó Rutte.
En la última cumbre de la OTAN en La Haya, Trump tranquilizó a los socios europeos cuando afirmó el compromiso de Estados Unidos con el Artículo 5, que dice que un ataque a cualquier aliado debe considerarse un ataque a todos.
Describió a los otros líderes de la OTAN como un “grupo agradable de personas” y aseguró que “casi todos ellos dijeron ‘Gracias a Dios por Estados Unidos’”. Pero varios de sus comentarios desde entonces parecen colocar a Estados Unidos fuera de la organización que ha liderado durante mucho tiempo.
“Estamos vendiendo muchas armas a la OTAN, y eso supongo que va a Ucrania en su mayor parte”, sostuvo Trump en una reunión en la Casa Blanca con el presidente finlandés Alexander Stubb en octubre. “Eso depende de ellos, pero están comprando armas de Estados Unidos”.
También hay una gran preocupación por una mayor reducción de tropas estadounidenses en Europa. Rumania anunció en octubre que Estados Unidos reduciría su presencia militar en el país en hasta 3.000 soldados mientras se enfoca en amenazas de seguridad en Asia y otros lugares.
Se espera que la administración anuncie sus planes de movimiento de tropas a principios de 2026.
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Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.
El CEO de OpenAI declara “código rojo” para mejorar ChatGPT
Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — El director general de OpenAI, Sam Altman, activó un “código rojo” para que los empleados mejoren su producto estrella, ChatGPT, y retrasen otros desarrollos de productos, informó The Wall Street Journal.
El periódico reportó que Altman envió un memorando interno al personal el lunes, indicando que se necesitaba más trabajo para mejorar la velocidad, la fiabilidad y las características de personalización del chatbot de inteligencia artificial.
Esta semana se cumplen tres años desde que OpenAI lanzó ChatGPT, lo que ayudó a despertar una fascinación global y un auge comercial en la tecnología de inteligencia artificial generativa. Sin embargo, la empresa enfrenta una competencia creciente con rivales, incluyendo a Google, que el mes pasado lanzó Gemini tres, la última versión de su propio asistente de IA.
OpenAI no comentó al respecto el martes. El medio de noticias tecnológicas The Information también informó sobre el memorando. ______
Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con la ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/02/el-ceo-de-openai-declara-cdigo-rojo-para-mejorar-chatgpt/
DHS: Nearly 7000 Predatory Migrants Set Free From NYC Jails Since January
DHS: Nearly 7000 Predatory Migrants Set Free From NYC Jails Since January
The Department of Homeland Security has released a statement admonishing NYC officials after cataloging nearly 7000 illegal migrants that have been released from holding facilities instead of retaining them for ICE arrest.
New York’s failure to honor ICE detainers has resulted in the release of 6,947 criminal illegal aliens since January 20th. The crimes of these aliens include 29 homicides, 2,509 assaults, 199 burglaries, 305 robberies, 392 dangerous drugs offenses, 300 weapons offenses, and 207 sexual predatory offenses. The predators were released back on the streets without any notification to ICE, a trend which has led to many violent repeat offenses in the past.
Furthermore, DHS reports that New York is holding another 7113 illegals with dangerous criminal backgrounds and they are refusing to release the prisoners into ICE custody. The crimes of these aliens include 148 homicides, 717 assaults, 134 burglaries, 106 robberies, 235 dangerous drugs offenses, 152 weapons offenses, and 260 sexual predatory offenses. DHS officials fear that the criminals will also be set free in the near future.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Todd Lyons sent a letter to New York Attorney General Letitia James calling on her to put the safety of Americans first and honor ICE arrest detainers.
“Attorney General James and her fellow New York Sanctuary politicians are releasing murderers, terrorists, and sexual predators back into our neighborhoods and putting American lives at risk,” said Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. “We are calling on Letitia James to stop this dangerous derangement and commit to honoring the ICE arrest detainers of the more than 7,000 criminal illegal aliens in New York’s custody. It is common sense. Criminal illegal aliens should not be released back onto our streets to terrorize more innocent Americans.”
The stupidity of open borders activism becomes apparent when examining the real world consequences of unrestricted and unvetted immigration.
Prominent examples of criminal migrants released by sanctuary cities include José Antonio Ibarra, a Venezuelan national who entered illegally, was arrested on misdemeanor charges (shoplifting and permitting an unlicensed person to drive). Local authorities in Athens, GA did not notify ICE despite a detainer request. Ibarra later murdered 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley during her jog on the University of Georgia campus, beating her to death.
Victor Antonio Martinez-Hernandez, a Salvadoran national with prior gang ties, was arrested in El Salvador for an unrelated assault but fled to the U.S. After a minor arrest in Maryland, local officials released him without ICE involvement due to limited sanctuary cooperation. Martinez-Hernandez raped and murdered 37-year-old mother of five Rachel Morin while she was jogging on a trail in Bel Air, Maryland.
Victor Aureliano Martinez Ramirez, a Mexican national with prior arrests for drug and sexual assault charges (reduced to misdemeanor), was released from Santa Barbara County Jail despite an ICE detainer. Five days post-release, Martinez Ramirez allegedly raped, tortured, and murdered 64-year-old Marilyn Pharis in her home, stabbing her multiple times. He faces numerous charges along with a co-defendant, Jose Fernando Villagomez.
Franklin Jose Peña Ramos (Venezuelan) and Johan Jose Rangel Ayala (Venezuelan) were apprehended at the border in March 2024, released with Notices to Appear under CBP’s parole program, and not detained further despite initial screening. Houston’s limited sanctuary practices allowed community release without ICE follow-up.
In June 2024, the duo allegedly bound, raped, and drowned 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray under a bridge. The list of incidents involving migrants released by Democrats goes on and on.
The track record is a horrific reminder that leftist officials are willing to double down on their ideology even if it results in brutality against their own citizenry. They do not care.
Tyler Durden
Tue, 12/02/2025 – 12:00
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/dhs-nearly-7000-predatory-migrants-set-free-nyc-jails-january
