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02/04/2023
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Prosecuting Donald Trump over Stormy Daniels looks like a mistake, according to 'The Economist'

Informative note from DP.net: Former president Trump is accused of paying $130,000 to silence Stormy Daniels, a porn star who claims to have had an affair with him. District Attorney Bragg alleges that he may have falsified records about the money, a misdemeanor under New York law. However, the allegations go much further to turn the act into a felony when there is intent to commit or conceal another crime. In this case, the second crime to be proved would be if Trump took an illegal and undeclared campaign contribution in the form of hush money. Here are the facts: In 2016, Stormy Daniels contacted the National Enquirer through a representative to offer the story of her affair with Trump. Days before the 2016 election, Michael Cohen gave the porn actress $130,000 through a shell company after she agreed to keep silent. Trump gave Cohen $420,000 for his effort listing them as legal expenses. Federal prosecutors later charged Cohen for his role in the scheme, and he pleaded guilty to various charges, including violation of campaign finance law. He admitted all of this information in the process, accusing Trump of directing his actions. Years later Bragg has just persuaded a grand jury that the former president, too, likely broke the law in paying off Daniels.

 

The case is too uncertain and technical to deliver the clarity America needs.

Donald Trump New York, March 30.– After so much speculation that it seemed America’s media might have just been repeating echoes, a grand jury has indeed indicted the 45th president of the United States. This is—to use a term that was worn out by the end of the Trump administration—historic. No president has been indicted before. Nor will this be the last of the indictments Mr. Trump faces.

For another politician, it would signal the end of a political career. In Mr. Trump’s case, the question is to what extent a prosecution will act as fuel for a movement that seemed to be flagging. Mr. Trump has been fundraising for weeks on the back of his impending indictment, which he predicted was coming on social media on March 18th. It turns out to have been one of his more accurate posts.

After so much speculation that it seemed America’s media might have just been repeating echoes, a grand jury has indeed indicted the 45th president of the United States. This is—to use a term that was worn out by the end of the Trump administration—historic. No president has been indicted before. Nor will this be the last of the indictments Mr. Trump faces.

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Estadísticas de inmigración por la frontera Sur de EEUU son engañosas

Según un informe del Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) son engañosas las cifras que publica el Department of Homeland Security (DHS) y reporta que este Departamento engañó al público cuando explicó las razones de por qué terminó el programa conocido como "Permanece en México".

Aquí brindamos al lector la traducción del inglés del informe publicado por el CIS, titulado "February Border Numbers Deceptive".

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 Washington DC, Mar.20, 2023.– Las últimas estadísticas de detención de inmigrantes de la Oficina de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza / U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) para febrero 2023 revelan que, si bien tales detenciones de la Patrulla Fronteriza en la frontera suroeste disminuyeron en relación a la alta tendencia que hizo historia en el pasado año fiscal 2022, todavía esas estadísticas se encuentran en niveles máximos históricos, ya que decenas de miles de migrantes indocumentados continúan llegando a las fronteras de los Estados Unidos con la intención de entrar al país.

El análisis de esos datos revela que la Administración Biden está tratando de ocultar su creciente desastre fronterizo al canalizar a decenas de miles de otros extranjeros procedentes de Venezuela, Nicaragua, Haití y Cuba, a través de los puertos fronterizos terrestres y de los aeropuertos de la nación, usando un esquema de "libertad condicional" que no está autorizado.

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Before the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the Fed spotted big problems

The Liquidity Crunch predicted in our pages has now begun. The Fed was on a clear path towards tightening into economic weakness, very similar to what they did in the late 1970s and early 1980s during the stagflation era and also somewhat similar to what they did at the onset of the Great Depression. Former Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke even openly admitted that the Fed caused the depression to spiral out of control due to their tightening policies. This past week the US Bond's yield curve has been inverted, signaling a potential liquidity crunch.

 

Silicon Valley Bank was the biggest bank failure since the 2008 Global Financial Crisis.

 

 

Sydney, Mar.19.– Silicon Valley Bank’s risky practices were on the Federal Reserve’s radar for more than a year — an awareness that proved insufficient to stop the bank’s demise.

The Fed repeatedly warned the bank that it had problems, according to a person familiar with the matter.

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World is changing, so must the UN Security Council

In practice, the UN Security Council has formal and informal debates, which lead to ‘resolutions’ or ‘decisions’—these official decrees are like the laws that are passed by U.S. Congress, with one key difference in the Security Council: All votes are not equal. In the Security Council, the permanent five members have veto power over substantial resolutions. Under the U.N. charter, the permanent five alone hold the veto. When a member of the P5 votes against a resolution, it fundamentally ends it, even though the other 14 members might have voted yes. Overall, Russia has been the most frequent veto user, followed by the U.S. and the U.K.

New Delhi, Mar.14.– Rajya Sabha MP Dr Radha Mohan Das Agrawal, as a member of the Indian delegation to the 146th Inter-parliamentary Union summit in Bahrain, on Monday suggested that the United Nations and its Security Council (UNSC) must be open to adapting to change. Dr. Radha Mohan Das AgrawalDr. Radha Mohan Das Agrawal

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Generosa acogida de Polonia a los refugiados de Ucrania desde el comienzo de la invasión rusa

Polonia es el país de la UE que ha sentido con más fuerza la Guerra de Ucrania y se ha volcado en ayudar a los ucranianos. Según el presidente de los obispos polacos, Stanislaw Gadecki, Cáritas Polonia y las Cáritas diocesanas ayudaron de diversas formas a más de 2 millones de refugiados, con:

- alojamiento y sustento,
- paquetes de alimentos,
- ayuda en especie, dinero, objetos,
- orientación para el asilo en Polonia.

 

La Iglesia Católica polaca hace balance de la ayuda a Ucrania un año después de la invasión rusa

 

Varsovia, Feb.28.– Desde el 24 de febrero de 2022, más de 8,5 millones de refugiados procedentes de Ucrania han cruzado la frontera con Polonia. Han sido acogidos en diversos lugares: hoteles, albergues, casas monásticas y parroquiales, y a menudo también en casas particulares.

Caritas presta ayuda humanitaria a refugiados ucranianosCáritas Polonia ha prestado ayuda a unos 2 millones de refugiados procedentes de Ucrania. En Polonia hay 32 Centros de Asistencia Permanente para Migrantes y Refugiados, que en 2022 prestaron ayuda a decenas de miles de personas procedentes de Ucrania. Hasta la fecha, los Caballeros de Colón han establecido ocho Centros de Misericordia en parroquias polacas.

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