Por Andrew Kaczynski, CNN

Mientras la administración Trump intentaba tranquilizar a los estadounidenses esta semana asegurándoles que un brote de hantavirus suponía poco riesgo para la población, el Dr. Brian Christine, uno de los principales funcionarios de salud pública a cargo de la política de enfermedades infecciosas, compareció ante los periodistas en Nebraska prometiendo una respuesta “basada en la ciencia” y “basada en la transparencia”.

Antes de unirse a la administración Trump el año pasado, Christine era un urólogo de Alabama especializado en implantes de pene.

Tiene poca experiencia en salud pública y un historial de comentarios de extrema derecha y promoción de teorías conspirativas.

Ha afirmado que la pandemia de covid-19 dio pie a una conspiración gubernamental para controlar a la población, comparó la administración Biden con la Alemania nazi y sugirió que la vacuna contra el covid-19 tuvo poca efectividad para detener la pandemia.

En una ocasión, presentó un programa de YouTube llamado “Erection Connection”, una serie profesional de YouTube sobre disfunción eréctil dirigida a otros urólogos.

Una revisión realizada por CNN de episodios de podcasts archivados, publicaciones en redes sociales y apariciones en la radio reveló que Christine presentó repetidamente a las instituciones de salud pública, al Gobierno federal y a las políticas de la era de la pandemia como herramientas utilizadas para atacar a los conservadores y a los estadounidenses religiosos.

En comentarios realizados en un podcast que presentó durante su campaña para el Senado estatal de Alabama en 2022, Christine cuestionó la legitimidad de las elecciones de 2020.

También abogó por la prohibición del aborto sin excepciones en casos de violación o incesto, y sugirió que podría haber habido un esfuerzo mundial en el que participaran George Soros y figuras asociadas con el “Gran Reinicio” del Foro Económico Mundial para utilizar la pandemia y obligar a las pequeñas empresas a cerrar.

Christine criticó repetidamente las medidas obligatorias contra el covid-19, argumentando que las vacunas no prevenían ni la enfermedad ni la transmisión, a pesar de las pruebas de que las vacunas evitaron millones de muertes.

Andrew Nixon, subsecretario adjunto de Relaciones con los Medios del Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos de Estados Unidos, declaró a CNN: “El subsecretario de Salud, el almirante Christine, sigue centrado en ejecutar la agenda del presidente Trump y del secretario Kennedy para que Estados Unidos vuelva a ser saludable y cumplir con la orden ejecutiva del presidente Trump para proteger a nuestros hijos contra la mutilación química y quirúrgica”.

Christine, un cirujano que pasó directamente de la práctica privada a ayudar a dirigir la respuesta de salud pública del Gobierno federal, asumió el cargo de subsecretario de salud el pasado mes de noviembre.

Si bien The Washington Post ya había informado sobre algunas de sus opiniones durante su proceso de nominación, CNN revisó varios episodios adicionales de su podcast que aparentemente habían sido eliminados de YouTube y Apple Podcasts antes de su confirmación, pero que seguían estando disponibles públicamente en Vimeo, donde habían

By Alexandra Banner, CNN

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President Donald Trump has left Beijing after his two-day summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. A “lot of different problems” were settled, Trump said, but substantive agreements have yet to be announced on key issues that impact their fractious relationship. Read more.

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A Trump-branded cell phone will start shipping to customers this week following months of delays, the company, Trump Mobile, said. The $499 device, created by the Trump Organization, has also renewed scrutiny over the president profiting from the use of his name while in office. Read more.

3⃣ Jerome Powell

After eight years at the helm of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell’s tenure leading the central bank ends today. He faced the sharpest economic downturn in modern American history, the highest inflation in more than four decades and relentless political pressure from the White House. Trump ally Kevin Warsh is set to take over after winning Senate confirmation. Read more.

4⃣ Border Patrol

Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks announced his resignation on Thursday, effective immediately, telling CNN he was leaving with the US border at its “most secure” point in history. His departure marks the third high-profile exit within the Department of Homeland Security in two months. Read more.

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By Nimi Princewill, CNN

(CNN) — Somali pirates are profiting from the war in Iran as commercial ships, bypassing conflict routes through lengthy detours around Africa, sail into their strike zone.

The intensifying conflict in the Middle East has choked traffic through the Strait of Hormuz – a vital route for roughly 20% of the world’s oil, natural gas and critical raw materials. To avoid it, carriers are having to detour around Africa’s southern tip, extending travel times by weeks and pushing maritime traffic directly into the volatile Somali basin.

This rerouting is costing an estimated $1 million in additional expenses per vessel due to soaring fuel, insurance and operational costs. But it has also allowed pirates to make a comeback that threatens to shatter years of relative calm along the Somali coast.

Capitalizing on the increased traffic, pirate networks have executed a wave of back-to-back hijackings in recent weeks, signaling a major resurgence.

Wave of hijackings triggers alarm

According to a May 12 advisory from the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), Somali pirates are currently holding at least three vessels: two oil tankers and a general cargo/cement carrier.

The UKMTO, which alerts shipping firms about maritime security risks, confirmed the vessels were captured between April 21 and May 2, including one ship hijacked off the Yemen coast and diverted to Somalia.

Somalia shares a maritime border with Yemen.

Consequently, the agency warned that the “piracy threat level remains severe” along the Somali coast and basin – waters that gained global infamy as a primary hotspot for maritime hijacking during the late 2000s.

Since the early 1990s, Somalia has lacked a functioning central government, allowing piracy to thrive. The crisis intensified when shipping companies began paying ransoms that escalated from thousands to multimillion-dollar payouts.

At its peak in 2011, Somali piracy hit a record 237 incidents, costing the global economy $7 billion. During that year, over 3,800 mariners faced attacks involving assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades – a troubling history that experts fear is beginning to repeat itself.

Only a small number of incidents were recorded off the Somali coast in 2025, according to a report from the International Maritime Bureau in January. It said at the time that “the lack of a broader resurgence in Somali piracy continues to reflect the strong deterrent effect of sustained naval presence.”

The European Union’s naval force, Operation Atalanta, acknowledged the recent rise in piracy in an update last month. The force said it had successfully “liberated” an Iranian-flagged vessel off the co

By Nimi Princewill, CNN

(CNN) — Somali pirates are profiting from the war in Iran as commercial ships, bypassing conflict routes through lengthy detours around Africa, sail into their strike zone.

The intensifying conflict in the Middle East has choked traffic through the Strait of Hormuz – a vital route for roughly 20% of the world’s oil, natural gas and critical raw materials. To avoid it, carriers are having to detour around Africa’s southern tip, extending travel times by weeks and pushing maritime traffic directly into the volatile Somali basin.

This rerouting is costing an estimated $1 million in additional expenses per vessel due to soaring fuel, insurance and operational costs. But it has also allowed pirates to make a comeback that threatens to shatter years of relative calm along the Somali coast.

Capitalizing on the increased traffic, pirate networks have executed a wave of back-to-back hijackings in recent weeks, signaling a major resurgence.

Wave of hijackings triggers alarm

According to a May 12 advisory from the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), Somali pirates are currently holding at least three vessels: two oil tankers and a general cargo/cement carrier.

The UKMTO, which alerts shipping firms about maritime security risks, confirmed the vessels were captured between April 21 and May 2, including one ship hijacked off the Yemen coast and diverted to Somalia.

Somalia shares a maritime border with Yemen.

Consequently, the agency warned that the “piracy threat level remains severe” along the Somali coast and basin – waters that gained global infamy as a primary hotspot for maritime hijacking during the late 2000s.

Since the early 1990s, Somalia has lacked a functioning central government, allowing piracy to thrive. The crisis intensified when shipping companies began paying ransoms that escalated from thousands to multimillion-dollar payouts.

At its peak in 2011, Somali piracy hit a record 237 incidents, costing the global economy $7 billion. During that year, over 3,800 mariners faced attacks involving assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades – a troubling history that experts fear is beginning to repeat itself.

Only a small number of incidents were recorded off the Somali coast in 2025, according to a report from the ICC International Maritime Bureau in January. It said at the time that “the lack of a broader resurgence in Somali piracy continues to reflect the strong deterrent effect of sustained naval presence.”

The European Union’s naval force, Operation Atalanta, acknowledged the recent rise in piracy in an update last month. The force said it had successfully “liberated” an Iranian-flagge

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El Niño llega rápido y furioso. Renuncia a su cargo Michael Banks, jefe de la Patrulla Fronteriza. Rubio dice que quiere transición en Venezuela, pero sin acelerarla. Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el día. Primero la verdad.

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El presidente de EE.UU., Donald Trump, dijo que el líder de China, Xi Jinping, se ofreció durante sus conversaciones del jueves a ayudar a resolver el conflicto entre Estados Unidos e Irán. China mantiene estrechos lazos con Irán y es el principal consumidor de petróleo iraní. Trump también dijo que ambos coincidieron en que Teherán no debe tener un arma nuclear. Por su parte, el ministro de relaciones exteriores chino dijo que la guerra “nunca debió haber sucedido”.

El Niño está surgiendo más rápido de lo esperado en el océano Pacífico y aumentan las probabilidades de que pueda volverse históricamente fuerte —un inusual “Súper” El Niño— para el otoño o el invierno. Sería el primer “Súper” El Niño desde 2015-2016, y algunos modelos informáticos muestran que incluso podría ser el más fuerte registrado.

El director de la CIA, John Ratcliffe, encabezó una delegación estadounidense que se reunió en La Habana con funcionarios cubanos el jueves, mientras la isla lidia con un colapso de su sector energético en medio del deterioro de las relaciones con Estados Unidos.

• Cuba está “dispuesta a escuchar” la oferta de EE.UU. de ayuda humanitaria “directa al pueblo”
• Los apagones masivos desatan protestas en Cuba ante uno de los peores cortes en La Habana

El jefe de la Patrulla Fronteriza de EE.UU., Michael Banks, dijo este jueves a CNN que dejará su cargo de manera inmediata, lo que lo convierte en el más reciente alto funcionario migratorio en salir del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional desde que el secretario Markwayne Mullin asumiera el principal cargo de la agencia.

El secretario de Estado de Estados Unidos, Marco Rubio, dijo este miércoles que su Gobierno quiere que se lleve a cabo una transición política en Venezuela como consecuencia del derrocamiento en enero de Nicolás Maduro, pero en el camino a ese proceso “tampoco hay que ir demasiado rápido”.

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