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В Музее ордена Почетного легиона и рыцарских орденов, что расположен напротив Музея Орсе — и, в отличие от него, даже бесплатен для посещения, — открылась выставка «От мужества к чести: сокровища символики Исторической службы министерства вооруженных сил». Экспозиция  — о разных видах и аспектах важнейшего в военном деле (и к сожалению, часто используемого «не по назначению») мотивационного «рычага» под названием «герой, заслужи награду на свою голову».

Budgets, housing, jobs and public safety dominate the conversation as residents turn out for standing-room-only Tuesday night forum. The post Wide-open race heats up as candidates for Fifth District supervisor meet in Santa Maria appeared first on Santa Barbara News-Press.

Outside auditors found systemic financial tracking failures, unbudgeted expenses and enrollment declines that pushed EPISD into a deepening financial crisis. The post El Paso ISD may declare financial emergency, large-scale layoffs after review puts budget deficit at $52.8 million appeared first on El Paso Matters.

O Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) não conseguiu notificar o deputado federal Mário Frias (PL-SP) para prestar esclarecimentos sobre o envio de emendas parlamentares para uma organização não-governamental (ONG) ligada à produtora responsável pelas gravações da cinebiografia do ex-presidente Jair Bolsonaro. Apontado como produtor-executivo do filme, Frias é alvo de uma apuração preliminar no STF sobre […] Fonte

Confronting patriarchs, donors, and generational divides The post The Timorese women’s movement continues the struggle appeared first on New Mandala.

A Brigada de Solidariedade Hugo Chávez, organizada pelo Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST), realizou nesta terça-feira (19), em Caracas (Venezuela), um ato de encerramento dos trabalhos, após dois meses de vivências nas comunas venezuelanas.  Os 43 internacionalistas, acompanhados de militantes comuneiros, prestaram homenagem, no Cemitério Sul da capital, aos mortos pelo ataque militar […] Fonte

El senador Rojo Edwards (RN) entregó declaraciones en el Congreso respecto al cambio de gabinete anunciado por el gobierno. El...

The Padres have two more games in their three-game set at home against the Dodgers after Miller, wild in the opener, earned his 15th save.

美国总统特朗普5月15日在结束对中国访问的返程途中在“空军一号”专机上向随行记者团透露，中国领导人习近平正在认真考虑释放金明日牧师。美国之音(VOA)5月19日专访了金明日(Ezra Jin)牧师的女儿金婷雅(Grace Jin Drexel)，听她讲述美国政府如何关注金明日案以及父亲如何在黑暗中保有光明的心路历程。

A Covington County judge Monday dismissed a lawsuit filed by Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken McFeeters against U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, that alleged the senator is not eligible to be a candidate for governor. Covington County Circuit Court Judge Charles Short did not give a reason for dismissing the case in his one-page order, Short […]

El sumario de la instrucción en la Audiencia Nacional incluye mensajes, audios y documentos en manos de la UDEF en los que el entorno de la aerolínea saca pecho por reunirse con altos cargos de Transportes: “sí bro. Nuestro pana Zapatero detrás”.

(The Center Square) - Seattle City Councilman Rob Saka said Tuesday that he’s concerned about Starbucks moving jobs from Seattle to Nashville and didn’t agree with how Mayor Katie Wilson has approached the issue. Saka’s comments in an interview with The Center Square come after a series of incidents involving Wilson, including encouraging boycotts of Starbucks while she was a mayoral candidate and dismissing concerns that high income earners would flee the area after she took office. Those remarks have helped fuel a debate over whether the state's and Seattle’s increasing business taxes and approach to businesses in general are causing companies to shed jobs and look for opportunities elsewhere. “I personally disagree with the approach that we all saw,” Saka said of a recent viral video in which Wilson dismissed millionaires leaving the state. Saka said the city needs to address Starbucks concerns as the company moves jobs from Seattle to Nashville. ‘I think we should work hard not to dismiss or trivialize the concerns of others, especially during a period of economic uncertainty and rapid change,” he said. The controversy about job losses comes as Starbucks continues to reduce its workforce at its corporate headquarters in Seattle. More than 300 employees have been laid off in the last several days, while Starbucks announced last month that it plans to move another several hundred Seattle employees to a new regional headquarters in Seattle. Saka said Starbucks is located in his council district in the industrial SoDo district, and he plans to meet with corporate officials in person next week. “I’m concerned about jobs in our city and our job growth,” he said. Starbucks officials have not spoken publicly about rising state and city taxes on businesses. They have left it to business groups to criticize four new state and city taxes enacted over the last several years. Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol said last month that the new office in Nashville was part of the company’s plan to expand in the Southeast. He didn’t criticize the Seattle business climate and said the city would remain the company’s worldwide corporate headquarters. But Starbucks' former top executive has been less shy. "Seattle’s mayor, Katie Wilson, has chosen to cast business as a foil rather than a partner," Howard Schultz wrote last week in an op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal. "Her socialist rhetoric vilifies employers, even while she continues to rely on them for revenue." Saka said it's unclear how many employees Starbucks has left at its corporate headquarters in Seattle. The company has laid off approximately 1,000 corporate employees in Seattle since 2025. The Nashville headquarters is projected to staff 2,000 employees, including approximately 400 who will be transferred from Seattle. Even though Nashville is supposed to be a regional headquarters, ultimately, there might be more corporate workers in Nashville than in Seattle. Starbucks was founded in Seattle in 1971. Wilson, who took office in January, campaigned on taxing the rich to expand social programs. But in the last week, she called the company an iconic part of Seattle and said she had been talking to Starbucks officials, without going into specifics. Neither Wilson nor Starbucks responded to requests for comment before publication. Saka said he's not taking a position on new city taxes, but said Seattle needs to listen to Starbucks and other companies before imposing new taxes. Saka said he has talked to the mayor’s office about his concerns, but said he didn’t want to reveal the contents of a confidential conversation.

Program Penyediaan Air Minum dan Sanitasi Berbasis Masyarakat (PAMSIMAS) berhenti total 2023. Padahal, hampir setengah layanan berada di wilayah rawan kekeringan. Presiden Prabowo Subianto mestinya menjadikan ini program prioritas, bukan hanya MBG dan Kopdes.

Editor's note: This is the part of a series of stories that are appearing this week on the June 2 primary election in California. The stories include comments from candidates who agreed to interviews with The Center Square. (The Center Square) - Residents in California’s newly redrawn 40th and 41st congressional districts are considering immigration enforcement and tax policies as they prepare to select candidates for the June 2 primary. The two districts were altered after the passage of Proposition 50, a measure designed to give Democrats five more seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. The new districts put incumbent Reps. Ken Calvert and Young Kim, both R-California, in district 40 while Rep. Linda Sanchez, D-Calif., will seek office in district 41. “I call it gerrymandering,” Nina Linh, an independent candidate running in the 40th district, told The Center Square. “Gerrymandering is a dangerous process, and it breeds hyper divisiveness and polarization.” Linh said she chose to run as an independent candidate in the 40th congressional district after the passage of Proposition 50. She previously ran as a Democrat. Calvert, California’s longest serving Republican representative, has received more than $3.1 million in contributions, according to the most recent Federal Election Commission filings. Calvert's campaign has been supported by defense contractors and aligned groups in the race against Kim. The Americans 4 Security Political Action Committee spent $250,000 on ads against Kim on Monday as part of a broader $2.9 million spending campaign to support Calvert in the redrawn district. Calvert is chair of the House Defense Appropriations subcommittee, and makes key determinations on how funds are presented to military contractors. Kim has roughly $6.1 million in contributions, according to the latest Federal Election Commission filings. Kim celebrated the Trump administration's tax cut policies. She praised the push for Trump accounts and has called for Congress to codify it into law. “We encourage students to be better incentivized to learn about how can I maximize those funds when I turn 18 and be able to invest those funds directly,” Kim said. “If something like this Trump account is working really well, why not make it into a permanent program?” Linh and Lisa Ramirez, an immigration lawyer running as a Democrat in the 40th district, said the contest will open opportunities for their campaigns. Ramirez told The Center Square that California’s redistricting effort is a “necessary compromise.” “It’s a war for our democracy,” Ramirez said. “It’s a war for our constitutional rights. It’s a war for the voice of the American people. It's a war for the future of this country.” Ramirez said she is seeking office in the 40th district to oppose the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement measures. She said businesses are being targeted. “It’s actually a war against U.S. citizens because, especially in Southern California, these immigrants don’t live in a vacuum," Ramirez said. “They are deeply connected and intertwined in mixed-status families. It’s really an attack on our economy.” She said she would not support the Dignity Act, a bipartisan proposal that establishes a seven-year temporary legal status for immigrants in the United States. The program does not offer a pathway to citizenship. “It is taxation without representation. It is the most un-American philosophy that I fundamentally would not be able to support,” Ramirez said. “Any legalization program must ensure a pathway to citizenship.” According to the latest FEC filings, Ramirez received $371,498 in contributions toward her campaign. Linh has received $157,231, according to the filings. Linh said she would push for an expanded child tax credit if elected. She said affordability concerns are consistent for residents in the district. She also called for accountability for federal dollars spent in programs across the country. Linh slammed the “use it or lose it” policy adopted by state and federal governments regarding budget allocations. The policy generally holds that the government should spend all allocated funds before the fiscal year ends. “They don’t understand what it’s like to be responsible for other people’s paychecks,” Linh said. “They don’t know how to manage money. This happens not in just one department, it is across all departments.” In California’s 41st congressional district, Rep. Linda Sanchez, who currently serves in the 38th congressional district, will be the only incumbent in the race. She will face off against civil rights advocate Shonique Williams and workforce director Hector De La Torre. Sanchez has more than $1.1 million in contributions, according to most recent FEC filings. She has received donations from the UnitedHealth Group Inc. Political Action Committee, the Pfizer Inc. PAC and the Blue Shield of California PAC. “She is fighting every day to lower costs for working families, protect her community from Trump and ICE, and make Southern California a better place to live and work for everyone,” Sanchez’s website reads. Mitch Clemmons, a plumbing contractor, is the long Republican seeking election to California’s newly redrawn 41st district. He has called for lowering taxes and reducing the national debt. Clemmons did not respond to The Center Square’s multiple requests for an interview. “He’s not a career politician – he’s a citizen servant who believes Washington needs more people and fewer insiders,” Clemmons' campaign website says about the candidate. Voting centers will be open May 23 to June 1 in Voter’s Choice Act counties and May 30 to June 1 elsewhere. Voters should check with their counties for further details. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. June 2, Election Day. For more information, go to the Secretary of State’s website, sos.ca.gov. Early election results will be published on the evening of June 2 at www.thecentersquare.com/california.

Este miércoles a las 8:30 horas, la Corte de Apelaciones de Santiago revisará cuál será la cautelar que tendrá Jorge...

(The Center Square) - Rep. Andy Barr and Ed Gallrein secured partisan nominations in high-profile Kentucky primary races Tuesday, according to multiple outlets. President Donald Trump's endorsement appeared critical for both candidates. Gallrein, a farmer and business owner, rode the political capital and the endorsement of President Donald Trump to defeat long-time Congressman Thomas Massie, who has served in Kentucky's fourth congressional district since 2012. Massie drew the ire of Trump for his continued pressure on the administration about the Jeffery Epstein files and the ongoing conflict with Iran. Trump surrogates Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth both made campaign apperances for Gallrein. “Fourth district voters appreciate having an independent conservative voice who works for them,” Massie said Gallrein has spoken out about Massie’s voting record and criticized his lack of support for Trump’s agenda, including Massie’s vote seeking to restrict Trump’s authority in the conflict with Iran. "If we do not take advantage of this narrow window of opportunity we have, history will punish us," Gallrein said at a campaign event on Monday. Trump has called Massie is "fraudulent" and the "Worst Congressman in the History of our Country" before polls closed on Tuesday. "Thomas Massie is a terrible congressman, he's been a terrible congressman from day one," Trump said to reporters on Tuesday. "I don't think he's a Republican, I think he's actually a Democrat, he's not a libertarian, he's really a Democrat." Gallrein will face off against Melissa Claire Strange, the Democrat candidate in Kentucky's fourth district, in November. Andy Barr, a Trump-endorsed Republican, came out on top of the race to succeed Sen. Mitch McConnell. He became a frontrunner after Nate Morris was nominated to an unnamed ambassadorship in the Trump administration's cabinet. Barr has touted his record in Kentucky’s sixth congressional district throughout his campaign. Barr was first elected to his post in 2012. “Together, we’ll cut taxes, slash waste and fire the deep state bureaucrats who steal our freedoms,” Barr said. “We’ll deport illegal aliens instead of putting them in luxury hotels.” Voters in Kentucky will return to the polls in November to elect candidates who will serve in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House next year.

OMAHA — On what would have been Malcolm X’s 101st birthday, leaders of the city in which the human rights activist was born revealed new details about a possible $120 million revamp of the campus that marks the historical icon’s birthplace. Tuesday, speakers including Mayor John Ewing Jr., Omaha’s first Black elected mayor, and Brenda […]

O presidente da Câmara dos Deputados, Hugo Motta (Republicanos-PB), anunciou nesta terça-feira (19) a intenção de votar na próxima semana a Proposta de Emenda à Constituição (PEC) que altera a jornada de trabalho no país. O cronograma prevê a votação do texto na comissão especial até o dia 27 de maio, seguindo diretamente para o […] Fonte

El Departamento de Justicia ha anunciado que hará una declaración este miércoles en Miami (Florida), coincidiendo con una ceremonia en homenaje a las víctimas de un incidente ocurrido en 1996 en el que aviones militares cubanos causaron la muerte de cuatro personas que volaban hacia la isla sin autorización Trump amplía las sanciones contra los dirigentes cubanos mientras mantiene la asfixia energética Un paso más en la presión sobre Cuba. El Departamento de Justicia se prepara para solicitar la acusación formal contra el expresidente cubano Raúl Castro, según informan los medios estadounidenses, mientras el presidente de EEUU, Donald Trump, flirtea con la idea de un hipotético ataque militar contra la isla. Según los medios estadounidenses, la posible acusación contra Raúl Castro, de 94 años, está relacionada con la presunta participación del expresidente cubano en el derribo el 24 de febrero de 1996 de dos aviones operados por el grupo de exiliados Hermanos al Rescate, con sede en Miami. Castro era ministro de Defensa en ese momento, y su hermano Fidel presidía el país. En este sentido, el Departamento de Justicia ha anunciado que hará una declaración este miércoles en Miami (Florida), coincidiendo con una ceremonia en homenaje a las víctimas del incidente de 1996. La posible acusación fue informada inicialmente por la CBS. Cualquier acusación penal contra Castro, que requeriría la aprobación de un gran jurado, intensificaría las tensiones con La Habana y aumentaría las expectativas de una acción militar estadounidense en Cuba, con la sombra en el recuerdo de la llevada a cabo el 3 de enero en Venezuela para secuestrar al presidente del país, Nicolás Maduro, y conducirlo a Nueva York para ser juzgado por cargos de narcotráfico. Mientras Trump sigue empantanado con la guerra en Irán, crecen las especulaciones sobre sus nuevos pasos en relación con Cuba, después de haber anunciado a principios de este año una “toma de control” del país si su Gobierno no se plegaba a sus deseos. La Fiscalía de Estados Unidos en Miami había creado un grupo de trabajo especial integrado por fiscales y agentes federales para reunir pruebas contra altos representantes cubanos, en medio de las presiones de varios republicanos del sur de Florida para reabrir la investigación sobre la presunta participación de Castro en el derribo del avión en 1996, informa AP. El director de la CIA, John Ratcliffe, se reunió con representantes cubanos, incluido el nieto de Castro, durante una visita de alto nivel a la isla el jueves pasado. Castro, de 94 años, asumió la presidencia en 2011, sucediendo a su hermano enfermo, Fidel Castro, y en 2019 cedió el poder al actual presidente, Miguel Díaz-Canel. Si bien se ha mantenido alejado de la atención pública desde su retiro en 2021 como líder del Partido Comunista de Cuba, mantiene ascendencia en la isla, y su nieto, Raúl Guillermo Rodríguez Castro, se ha reunido con el secretario de Estado estadounidense, Marco Rubio. Punto de inflexión El derribo en 1996 por parte de Cuba de dos avionetas Cessna operadas por los Hermanos al Rescate marcó un hito en décadas de hostilidades entre ambos países. En aquel entonces, el presidente de EEUU, Bill Clinton, exploraba con cautela maneras de reducir las tensiones con un adversario de la Guerra Fría, pero se enfrentaba a una fuerte oposición de los exiliados, quienes organizaban sobre vuelos sobre La Habana con fines propagandistas, lanzaban panfletos anticastristas y ayudaban a los balseros cubanos que huían de la isla. Durante meses, La Habana había advertido a Washington de que estaban preparados para defenderse de lo que consideraban provocaciones deliberadas. Sin embargo, estas advertencias fueron ignoradas. El 26 de febrero de 1996, misiles disparados por cazas MiG-29 de fabricación rusa derribaron dos avionetas civiles Cessna. Una tercera avioneta, que transportaba al líder de la organización, escapó por poco. Poco después del derribo, el Congreso de EEUU aprobó la Ley Helms-Burton, que codificó el embargo comercial estadounidense promulgado en 1962 y complicó enormemente las relaciones con Cuba para los sucesivos presidentes estadounidenses. Entre 1994 y 1996, La Habana documentó más de 25 violaciones graves y deliberadas del espacio aéreo cubano por parte de la organización Hermanos al Rescate, según fuentes del Gobierno cubano. Cada una de estas violaciones fue informada formalmente por escrito al Departamento de Estado de los Estados Unidos, a la Administración Federal de Aviación (FAA) de los Estados Unidos y a la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI). Por ejemplo, el 13 de julio de 1995, dos avionetas entraron en una zona restringida al norte de la capital, sobrevolaron La Habana a muy baja altitud y lanzaron propaganda en apoyo de una flotilla de barcos anticubanos que había zarpado de Miami y entrado en aguas territoriales cubanas, según recuerdan las fuentes, que señalan que el 2 de septiembre de 1995 cinco avionetas Cessna y cinco helicópteros sobrevolaron en apoyo de otra flotilla frente a Varadero (Matanzas), y que el 9 y el 13 de enero de 1996 otras tres avionetas violaron el espacio aéreo al norte de las playas de Guanabo y Santa María del Mar y lanzaron panfletos en varios puntos de la costa. El Gobierno cubano en aquel entonces reclamó varias veces al gobierno de EEUU que revocara las licencias de vuelo de estos pilotos, confiscara los aviones y pusiera fin a las actividades en su territorio, cosa que no ocurrió. A continuación, en enero de 1996, Cuba informó públicamente de que “cualquier aeronave que sobrevolara su espacio aéreo sin autorización sería interceptada y, de ser necesario, neutralizada”. Según explican fuentes del Gobierno cubano, el día del incidente, Estados Unidos tenía conocimiento de los vuelos, ya que había instruido a sus centros de control para que los documentaran desde el 23 de febrero, y añaden que el Centro de Control de Tráfico Aéreo de La Habana advirtió formalmente a las avionetas sobre las zonas de peligro activadas al norte de la capital. Las aeronaves fueron interceptadas y derribadas entre 5 y 8 millas náuticas al norte de Playa Baracoa, ubicadas “completamente dentro de sus aguas territoriales y espacio aéreo soberano” de Cuba, según La Habana, que remite a la recuperación de restos (maletines y cartas náuticas) “a 9,3 millas de la costa el 25 de febrero”. EEUU, por su parte, argumenta que el derribo se produjo en espacio aéreo internacional, no cubano. Cuba siempre ha argumentado su derecho a la legítima defensa y argumenta que “las incursiones aéreas no autorizadas y hostiles constituyen un ataque armado en forma de acto de fuerza”, y señala que las aeronaves Cessna de Hermanos al Rescate, “utilizadas para violaciones del espacio aéreo, lanzamiento de propaganda, espionaje y preparación de sabotaje, habían perdido todo carácter de 'aeronave civil”. La Habana, además, argumenta que Cuba, como Estado soberano, “tiene pleno derecho a regular y controlar su espacio aéreo y a tomar las medidas necesarias para defenderlo, incluyendo la interceptación y neutralización de intrusos hostiles”, en el “último de una larga serie de actos de agresión premeditados que pusieron en peligro vidas humanas y la seguridad nacional”. Hasta el momento, Estados Unidos ha condenado a una persona por conspiración para cometer asesinato en relación con el derribo del avión de Hermanos al Rescate. Gerardo Hernández, supuesto líder de una red de espionaje cubana desmantelada por el FBI en la década de 1990, fue sentenciado a cadena perpetua, pero fue liberado por Barack Obama durante un intercambio de prisioneros en 2014, como parte de un intento por normalizar las relaciones con Cuba. Dos pilotos de cazas y su comandante también han sido acusados, pero se encuentran fuera del alcance de las autoridades estadounidenses en tanto que residen en Cuba. Castro ya había sido objeto de investigaciones penales por parte de Estados Unidos. En 1993, fiscales federales en Miami consideraron acusarlo a él y a otros altos mandos militares cubanos de tráfico de cocaína, basándose en el testimonio de narcotraficantes colombianos que surgió durante el juicio por narcotráfico del expresidente panameño Manuel Noriega, según informó en 2006. Sin embargo, nunca se presentó una acusación formal debido a las dudas sobre la credibilidad del testigo y al temor de que pudiera poner en riesgo las operaciones de inteligencia estadounidenses y frustrar los intentos de acercamiento de Clinton.

Aunque los mandos aseguran que la capacidad defensiva no se verá afectada, el movimiento alimenta las inquietudes sobre el compromiso militar de EE UU con el continente y obliga a los aliados europeos a acelerar su rearme y autonomía estratégica.