Por John Liu, CNN

El precio del oro superó los US$ 5.000 por onza por primera vez la noche del domingo, ya que los inversionistas acudieron en masa a este activo refugio ante la preocupación de que el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, está trastocando las relaciones con aliados clave, desde Europa hasta Canadá.

En los primeros 26 días de este año, el precio del oro ha subido un 15 %; un repunte histórico que se suma a un año récord en 2025, cuando los precios se dispararon un 65 %, el mayor aumento anual desde 1979.

El oro suele considerarse un refugio en tiempos de incertidumbre y un barómetro de la ansiedad del mercado. Este último repunte ha sido impulsado por una serie de medidas globales y nacionales desestabilizadoras del mercado por parte de Trump: desde las amenazas arancelarias —ya revocadas— contra aliados de la OTAN por Groenlandia, hasta la operación militar contra Venezuela y la investigación penal al presidente de la Reserva Federal, Jerome Powell.

La demanda también ha sido impulsada por un dólar estadounidense más débil, una inflación mayor a la esperada, pronósticos de que la Fed recortará aún más las tasas de interés este año y la compra del metal precioso por bancos centrales de todo el mundo.

El oro subió un 1,4 % el domingo, hasta US$ 5.058 la onza troy, a las 8:14 p.m. hora de Miami.

La plata, otro activo refugio que también está aumentando de valor, subió un 4,5 % a US$ 107,8 la onza el domingo. Al igual que el oro, la plata también registró el año pasado su mejor desempeño desde 1979, con un aumento de precio del 141 %.

A pesar de alcanzar el umbral de los US$ 5.000, los analistas siguen siendo en su mayoría optimistas sobre el oro, argumentando que los precios podrían subir aún más mientras persista la incertidumbre.

Antes del repunte récord, los analistas de Goldman Sachs habían elevado sus previsiones para el precio del oro a US$ 5.400 la onza troy, citando el interés de los inversionistas del sector privado en el metal amarillo debido a la “persistente incertidumbre de la política global”, según una nota de investigación publicada por el banco de inversión la semana pasada.

Otros ven aún más margen para subidas. El director de inversiones de Bank of America, Michael Hartnett, dijo en una nota de investigación la semana pasada que el precio del oro podría superar los US$ 6.000.

A menos de un mes de iniciado 2026, los vaivenes de las políticas de Trump han alimentado la incertidumbre geopolítica y sacudido los mercados, llevando a los inversionistas a apostar por los metales preciosos.

El precio del oro se disparó tras la captura del presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, por parte de Estados Unidos y la amenaza de Trump contra el régimen iraní en medio de una sangrienta represión a manifestantes.

Trump también intensificó su retórica sobre la anexión de Groenlandia y amenazó con reavivar una guerra comercial global con aranceles a los aliados europeos que se opusieron a sus planes de adquirir el territorio danés. Aunque Trump retrocedió abruptamente y afirmó que se había alcanzado un acuerdo el miércoles, los mercados siguieron inquietos por la imprevisibilidad de la Casa Blanca.

Luego, el sábado, Trump amenazó con imponer aranceles del 100 % a las importaciones canadienses si el país vecino llegaba a un acuerdo comercial con China, algo que Ottawa ha dicho que “no tiene intención” de hacer.

A nivel interno, el presidente estadounidense también renovó sus ataques contra Powell, el p

By Clare Duffy, CNN

Los Angeles (CNN) — For years, social media giants have argued against claims that their platforms harm young people’s mental health. Starting Tuesday, they will for the first time have to defend against those claims before a jury in a court of law.

A 19-year-old identified as KGM and her mother, Karen Glenn, are suing TikTok, Meta and Google’s YouTube, alleging that the companies knowingly created addictive features that harmed her mental health and led to self-harm and suicidal thoughts. (Snap, also a defendant, settled last week under undisclosed terms.)

Parents, advocates, health experts, tech whistleblowers and teens themselves have for years worried that that social media platforms can get young people hooked on scrolling, enable bullying, disrupt their sleep and send them down harmful content rabbit holes. Tech executives have repeatedly been hauled before Congress, at one point even apologizing to parents who say their children died or were harmed because of social media. But the companies have nonetheless faced few consequences or regulations in the United States.

KGM’s case seeks unspecified monetary damages. The outcome could influence how more than 1,000 similar personal injury cases against Meta, Snap, TikTok and YouTube are resolved.

Top executives from Meta, TikTok and YouTube are expected to take the witness stand during the trial, which takes place in Los Angeles and is set to last several weeks.

In recent years, TikTok, Meta, YouTube and Snap have rolled out safety features and policies, as well as parental control tools, that they say protect young users.

The four social media companies are involved in other cases this year as well, including some brought by school districts and state attorneys general. Losses could put the tech companies on the hook for billions of dollars in damages and force them to change their platforms.

“For parents whose children have been exploited, groomed, or died because of big tech platforms, the next six weeks are the first step toward accountability after years of being ignored by these companies,” said Sarah Gardner, CEO of the non-profit Heat Initiative, which advocates for child safety online. “These are the tobacco trials of our generation, and for the first time, families across the country will hear directly from big tech CEOs about how they intentionally designed their products to addict our kids.”

The KGM case

KGM’s lawsuit alleges that the social media giants intentionally designed their platforms to be addictive, despite knowing the risks to young people.

KGM, a California teen, started using social media at age 10, despite her mom’s attempts to use third party software to block access to the platforms, according to court documents. “Defendants design their products in a manner that enables children to evade parental consent,” the complaint states.

The “addictive design” of Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat and frequent notifications led her to use the platforms compulsively, the suit alleges, which corresponded with a decline in her mental health.

Features that recommend other users to connect with on Snapchat and Instagram “facilitated and created connections between minor Plaintiff K.G.M. and complete strangers, including predatory adults and others she did not know in real life,” the complaint states. Instagram and TikTok also allegedly “targeted” KGM with “depressive” and “harmful social comparison and b

Análisis por Stephen Collinson, CNN

Otro tiroteo mortal en Minnesota a manos de agentes federales demuestra que la represión de Donald Trump ha ido mucho más allá de los inmigrantes indocumentados.

El despliegue de fuerzas federales en Minneapolis está poniendo a prueba entendimientos de larga data sobre los derechos constitucionales y la moderación, humanidad y rendición de cuentas que quienes gobiernan deben a los gobernados en una sociedad democrática.

Al insistir en que los detalles de dos muertes que millones de estadounidenses vieron en videos de teléfonos celulares no ocurrieron, altos funcionarios de la administración están fracturando la realidad e insinuando que su poder descarado puede ejercerse con impunidad.

Y al prejuzgar y distorsionar la tragedia en su desenlace inmediato, los funcionarios han perjudicado una investigación que ellos mismos llevarán a cabo sobre uno de los hechos más graves que pueden ocurrir en una república: que las fuerzas del orden del Gobierno maten a un ciudadano.

Se está gestando un momento de ajuste de cuentas nacional sobre los principios incrustados en los cimientos morales y legales de Estados Unidos, que este año serán ensalzados en las celebraciones del 250 aniversario de la Declaración de Independencia.

El tiroteo de Alex Pretti también tiene implicaciones políticas más prosaicas. Es el último incidente que plantea dudas sobre si Trump, con su aprobación disminuida en la mayoría de los temas, perdió el apoyo público apenas un año después de iniciar su segundo mandato. La respuesta intransigente de la administración es también otra señal de que podría estar dispuesta a desafiar las consecuencias políticas —incluso en un año de elecciones de medio término— en su carrera por cambiar irrevocablemente a Estados Unidos y al mundo.

Todo indicaba el domingo que la Casa Blanca no dará marcha atrás. Pero CNN informó sobre inquietud entre funcionarios del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional ante el enfoque agresivo y polarizador de la secretaria Kristi Noem. La exgobernadora de Dakota del Sur podría ser vulnerable si Trump decide cambiar de rumbo.

La tragedia del sábado también presentó a los demócratas un nuevo dilema: equilibrar las fuertes demandas de sus bases para intentar frenar el Gobierno autoritario de Trump, teniendo solo un poder limitado en Washington. El partido espera mantener la atención en la mayor debilidad actual del presidente: su negación de una crisis de asequibilidad que afecta a las familias trabajadoras.

En el pasado, los demócratas han tropezado cuando Trump los ha acusado de ser débiles en materia de crimen e inmigración y hostiles a las fuerzas del orden. Pero la presión política es tan intensa que algunos senadores demócratas prometen bloquear un proyecto de ley de financiamiento del DHS, lo que podría provocar un cierre parcial del Gobierno al final de la semana.

La muerte el sábado de Pretti, enfermero de cuidados intensivos y ciudadano estadounidense, apareció rápidamente en millones de teléfonos celulares con detalles horribles y gráficos. Una vez más, a menos de tres semanas del tiroteo mortal de Renee Good, fuerzas federales abatieron a un habitante de Minnesota y profundizaro

By Devan Cole, Josh Campbell, CNN

(CNN) — Claims by Trump administration officials that the man fatally shot by a federal agent in Minneapolis lacked a right to possess a firearm and that his killing was justified are being dismissed by legal experts and assailed by gun rights groups ordinarily aligned with the president.

The rhetoric from Trump law enforcement officials, including his FBI director and the top Border Patrol agent, goes against the decadeslong GOP effort to throttle gun control rules.

“They’ve stood up in court and tried to push back against state laws that regulate firearms — access, use, carry — so it’s pretty shocking to me to see them now use an example of a lawful gun owner as justification for force,” Megan Walsh, a professor at the University of Minnesota Law School who specializes in the Second Amendment, said of the Trump officials’ comments.

A federal immigration officer shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday after wrestling the lawful gun owner to the ground as he was recording agents with a phone. At least one officer can be heard shouting “he’s got a gun” as one officer appears to reach into Pretti’s waistband. An officer appears to step away holding Pretti’s weapon, and then a shot rings out about a second later, followed by at least nine more, videos reviewed by CNN show.

“We respect that Second Amendment right, but those rights don’t count when you riot and assault, delay, obstruct and impede law enforcement officers and, most especially, when you mean to do that beforehand,” Border Patrol Commander-at-Large Gregory Bovino told CNN’s Dana Bash on Sunday:

Bovino, who has been leading the administration’s immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis, did not cite evidence on his claims that Pretti committed violence or interfered with agents or that the protest was a “riot.”

Minnesota has for years allowed the open and concealed carry of a handgun with a license issued after an applicant meets certain criteria, and state regulations do not restrict such individuals from having firearms at protests. The state’s laws are so permissive that licensed firearm owners are even allowed to bring guns into Minnesota’s Capitol building.

Yet FBI Director Kash Patel, one of several administration officials who rushed to defend the shooting, said on Fox News: “You cannot bring a firearm loaded with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It’s that simple.”

“No one who wants to be peaceful shows up at a protest with a firearm that is loaded with two full magazines,” he added.

Walsh said she sees “no gray in this situation.”

“He was lawfully carrying a firearm, and that is not any license to kill someone,” Walsh said. “We have a Constitution that provides a Second Amendment individual right, and it is unlawful to kill a man for exercising his constitutional rights.”

Walsh noted that the Trump administration’s rhetoric toward Pretti is out of step with its opposition to state firearms regulations. Just last week, the Justice Department urged the Supreme Court to strike down a Hawaii law that bans people from carrying guns onto private property without the explicit approval of the property owner, arguing it trampled on Second Amendment rights.

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By Pete Muntean, Zoe Sottile, Alexandra Skores, CNN

(CNN) — A private jet carrying eight people crashed on takeoff from Bangor, Maine, Sunday evening, according to the FAA.

The extent of their injuries was not known, a source briefed on the incident told CNN.

“First responders are still on the scene and are expected to be actively working the site for several more hours before any additional information is available,” the City of Bangor and Bangor International Airport said in a statement Sunday, without revealing the cause of the crash.

The airport told CNN emergency crews responded to an incident around 7:45 p.m. The FAA and NTSB will investigate the crash, according to a statement from the FAA, and the airport remained closed overnight Sunday.

The plane is a Bombardier Challenger 650 business jet and is registered to a limited liability corporation in Houston, according to federal records.

The crash comes amid a massive snowstorm making its way through the Northeast. Temperatures were well below freezing in Maine, with light snow causing very low visibility.

Minutes before the crash, controllers and pilots at Bangor Airport can be heard talking about low visibility and deicing, though it is not immediately clear who is talking to whom, according to audio obtained from LiveATC.net.

A controller clears the pilot for takeoff on Bangor’s Runway 33.

Nearly two minutes later, a controller loudly radios: “All traffic is stopped on the field! All traffic is stopped on the field!”

Moments later, another controller is heard saying, “Aircraft upside down. We have a passenger aircraft upside down.”

The airport is then closed, and emergency vehicles are allowed to drive on the airfield.

A controller later states they are aware of “three crew and possibly five passengers” on board.

This story has been updated with additional information.

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