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Foto cortesía San Juan, PR (CapitalWirePR) December 13, 2022- The president emeritus of the Ana G. Méndez University System (SUAGM), José F. Méndez González, passed away last Friday at the age of 85 at his residence in Orlando, FL. Méndez González led the institution founded by his mother, Mrs. Ana G. Méndez,…

Photo: Google WASHINGTON, December 12, 2022.- Today marks the Catholic Church’s annual celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe, a title ascribed to the Virgin Mary after she appeared to Saint Juan Diego multiple times in 1531. The feast day of December 12 was first established by Pope Benedict XIV in…

Front row L to R: U.S. Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite Jr., Colombian Ambassador to the U.S. Luis Gilberto Murillo Urrutia, U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, Colombian Minister of Justice Nestor Iván Osuna Patiño, U.S. DOJ Judicial Attaché Jamie Mickelson WASHINGTON – U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland met…

Foto: cortesía Democracy Now! Ukraine’s government says Russian artillery fire killed 10 people and wounded many others Wednesday in the eastern Donetsk region. The killings came as Ukraine’s electrical grid operator announced new emergency power cuts to try to repair infrastructure damaged by Russia. This week, the United Nations reported…

Photo: CNN By Isaac Cohen* Despite the restraining measures adopted by the central bank, in November job creation remained strong in the United States. Last week, the Labor Department informed that 263,000 new jobs were created in November, slightly down from the revised figure for October of 289,000. The unemployment…

Foto: cortesía Democracy Now! Former President Trump has called for terminating the U.S. Constitution, as he continues to rail against his election loss in 2020. In a post on his social media platform, Truth Social, Trump wrote, “A Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of…

Photo: courtesy of Democracy Now! WASHINGTON December 1, 2022 – On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate passed the Respect for Marriage Act (H.R. 8404). The bill, which first passed the U.S. House of Representatives in July, will codify the nationwide redefinition of marriage to include same-sex couples in federal statute for…

Photo Google By Isaac Cohen* The price of oil has fallen from above $100 per barrel to less than $80, due to several factors. First of all, less demand caused by the global economic slowdown, punctuated by the economic consequences of pandemic controls in China, the biggest oil importer. Also…

Joe Biden has shown his true colors: he stands with corporate bosses over union workers. In a statement released last night, Biden stabbed rail workers in the back by calling on Congress to pass legislation imposing the terms of a tentative deal that was rejected by the members of key…

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that it has secured a settlement agreement with New York-based Lady M Confections Co. Ltd. and its West Coast affiliate, Lady M West Third LLC (together, Lady M), companies that operate bakeries and retail boutiques selling confections under the Lady M brand. The…