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La espera por los resultados de las elecciones golpea a los pequeños empresarios de Honduras

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Por EFE

La incertidumbre por el retraso en los resultados de las elecciones del 30 de noviembre en Honduras ha impactado gravemente a pequeños y medianos empresarios, con una caída de ventas de hasta el 85 %, según los gremios. La prolongada crisis política genera miedo, frena el consumo y ahoga al sector en plena temporada navideña.

“Nos está afectando bastante porque hay gente que le da miedo salir porque dicen ‘vamos a cualquier feria (mercado) a comprar y en eso se ponen a hacer relajos’ (manifestaciones, a veces violentas, algunas frente al centro de acopio de todo el material electoral)”, dijo Libni Castejón, quien se dedica a la venta de verduras y vegetales en un populoso mercado de la capital hondureña.

“Cada día estamos peor, hay gente que dice que hubo fraude, pero también hay gente que no entiende que a la gente engrandecida nadie la quiere, y Salvador (Nasralla, candidato del conservador Partido Liberal) solo sabe decir fraude. Nosotros, la verdad, no sabemos, pero el hondureño está enojado por menospreciar a la gente pobre por lo que él hace”, agregó.

Castejón, quien compra para vender algunos de los productos que ofrece a sus clientes y otros los cultiva en Tatumbla, un pequeño pueblo cercano a Tegucigalpa, señaló que este año, con ocasión de las fiestas de Navidad, no esperaban “ventas tan bajas”.

La situación tampoco ha sido buena para Tony Mena, quien en el mismo mercado, situado frente al Estadio Nacional José de la Paz Herrera, vende carne de res y de cerdo, que es la que más consumen los hondureños en Navidad y Nochevieja.

Mena expresó que ha existido “miedo” entre sus clientes, por el ambiente de violencia que muchos hondureños presagiaban para el día de las elecciones, lo que hizo que varios se abastecieran de todos los alimentos que pudieron antes del 30 de noviembre.

“Gracias a Dios no pasaron acontecimientos como los que alguna gente esperaba. Ahora llevamos casi un mes y seguimos en una situación de incertidumbre”, enfatizó.

La situación ha sido diferente para Edwin Rivas, un vendedor de frutas y hojas de plátano para envolver los tradicionales tamales, quien dijo a EFE que la crisis electoral no le ha afectado en “nada” y que sus ventas están “normal, igual que en otros años”.

Según los resultados preliminares del Consejo Nacional Electoral (CNE), Nasry ‘Tito’ Asfura, candidato del conservador Partido Nacional y respaldado por el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, encabeza el conteo electoral con el 40,27 %, seguido de cerca por Salvador Nasralla, del Partido Liberal, con el 39,53 %.

La candidata del gobernante Partido Libertad y Refundación (Libre, izquierda), Rixi Moncada, sigue en tercer lugar con el 19,19 % de los votos, cuando se han escrutado el 99,93 % de las actas.

El CNE tiene hasta el 30 de diciembre para dar a conocer los resultados.

Para el presidente del Gremio de la Micro y Pequeña Empresa, Victorino Carranza, se está ante una “situación caótica” y “desesperante” para la micro y pequeña empresa en Honduras.

Según el dirigente empresarial, la prolongada incertidumbre política ha provocado una caída de las ventas de “hasta un 85 %”, un desplome que mantiene al sector “ahogado”, sin liquidez y con graves dificultades para sostener la actividad productiva.

“No hay trabajo, no hay dinero. Las ventas han caído como nunca antes”, subrayó Carranza, e instó al CNE a actuar con celeridad, transparencia y apego a la ley para concluir el proceso electoral, y a las fuerzas políticas a actuar con “responsabilidad” para evitar un mayor deterioro de la economía y la estabilidad social.

“Los políticos deben sentarse y utilizar el diálogo para lograr una convivencia de paz y armonía, para que todos ganemos”, enfatizó Carranza, a

Governor Newsom Declares State of Emergency for Gifford Fire, Five Other Severe Weather Events

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California Governor Gavin Newsom has declared states of emergency to support recovery initiatives for six “severe weather events” that occurred earlier this year, his office announced on social media on […]

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Word of the Week: ‘Wassail’ away your winter blues

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By Harmeet Kaur, CNN

(CNN) — ‘Tis the season to indulge in mulled wine — or if you’re feeling especially festive, wassail.

Like other words such as “yule” and “mistletoe,” wassail — from the Middle English salutation wæs hæil, meaning “be in good health,” derived in turn from Old Norse — evokes some kind of ancient holiday tradition. But its particulars, like the warm, spiced beverage that shares its name with the activity, can be cloudy.

Wassailing, at its core, is a toast to good health and fortune that historically took two distinct forms: Singing to fruit trees and singing door-to-door.

Orchard wassailing, meant to ward off bad spirits and usher in an abundant harvest, might involve such traditions as banging on pots and pans, pouring apple cider on a tree’s roots or ceremonial singing, per the researcher Edward Wigley. Another, related medieval custom involved peasants traveling from manor to manor, wassail bowl in hand, toasting to the health of landowners in exchange for something in return.

Both customs are thought to have originated in Britain, though when exactly they were observed shifted over time with changes to the festive calendar. Some speculate that wassailing predates Christianity in the region; others note its association with the Christian holiday of Twelfth Night. Even the drink had innumerable variations — it could be made with ale, wine or cider depending on the context, while some versions mixed in cream and eggs.

Centuries later, people are still wassailing, but Wigley notes its history has been “patchy and discontinuous in places.” The tradition supposedly declined in the 20th century, though articles in US newspapers around the turn of the 1900s were already declaring the custom antiquated, reporting that it had never fully taken hold stateside. You might be familiar with the English Christmas carol “Here We Come A-wassailing,” sung from the perspective of the poor appealing to the generosity of those more fortunate, or perhaps the carols “Gower Wassail” and “Gloucestershire Wassail.” In “Wassailing: Reawakening an Ancient Folk Custom,” Colin and Karen Cater credit “wassail” songs for helping reignite enthusiasm around the tradition.

Since the early 2000s, wassailing has been experiencing a revival, and in some cases, a reinvention. Intriguingly, Wigley notes, the practice lives on not just in small English towns with centuries-old wassailing traditions, but also in urban and suburban areas with no history of the ancient folk ritual. It’s become a way to hold onto some sense of culture and heritage.

Chris Barltrop, in a 2002 article published in the journal “Folklore,” referred to wassailing as a “Real Local Event” (as opposed to “the Not-So-Real ones”). Describing a scene in northwestern England, he wrote: “Torches were lit, one from another. The drum beat a simple rhythm, the accordion played in two-time, the fiddler joined in, and we walked away from the inn, a long, long line of us, along the road, through the village, the band and Morris Men leading, the line of torches following for 150 yards behind, carrying the warmth and light of fire to warm the Cider-God back to life from his midwinter slumber.”

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued December 24 at 7:56AM PST until December 24 at 8:30AM PST by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA

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At 752 AM PST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 12 miles northeast of Fillmore to near Chatsworth to
Topanga State Park, moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD…70 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE…Public and these widespread damaging wind gusts have been
observed by several weather stations.

IMPACT…Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile
homes, roofs, and outbuildings. Widespread wind damage is
reported. There has been trees and powerlines reported down
in Moorpark, and several areas elswhere inside the warning.

Locations impacted include…
Thousand Oaks…
Simi Valley…
North Hollywood…
Encino…
Woodland Hills…
Malibu…
Agoura Hills…
Van Nuys…
Chatsworth…
Santa Clarita…
Beverly Hills…
Northridge…
Santa Monica…
Hollywood…
Sylmar…
Studio City…
Interstate 405 through the Sepulveda Pass…
Pacific Palisades…
Porter Ranch…
and Brentwood.
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.
observed wind gusts For your protection move to an interior room on
the lowest floor of a building.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

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