Por Cristopher Ulloa, CNN en Español

”Kast aún no asume la presidencia y sus discursos de odio ya están cambiando el panorama social. Tengo mucha ansiedad”, dice Juan Garcés, un estudiante universitario de 26 años que llegó a Chile en 2014 proveniente de Colombia. Al igual que varios miembros de su familia, el objetivo era uno: buscar mejores oportunidades para vivir.

“Viajé en avión hacia Chile y aquí me reencontré con mi madre, que se vino un poco antes para juntar dinero y enviarlo a Colombia. Terminé el colegio acá y tuve el privilegio de poder estudiar gastronomía, artes escénicas y ahora psicología”, cuenta Garcés, a quien los últimos resultados de las elecciones presidenciales no han dejado indiferente: el ultraderechista y conservador José Antonio Kast, fundador del Partido Republicano en Chile, obtuvo una contundente victoria con más del 58 % de las preferencias.

“Viví estas elecciones con mucha atención y responsabilidad. Llevo años en este país y he visto el clima social. Ese mismo día (de las elecciones) tomé un auto de una aplicación y vi como el conductor empezó a decir cosas de los migrantes, que se queden los que deban quedarse y que el resto mejor se vayan. Estaba repitiendo todo lo que decía Kast. Y la verdad es que la decisión de migrar no es fácil. Es parte de la historia de la humanidad. Hasta la familia de Kast es migrante, llegaron desde Alemania”, cuenta Garcés.

Por su parte, “Mickey”, un joven de 20 años que no quiso dar su nombre por razones de seguridad, tuvo una llegada similar a Chile en 2018, pero desde su natal Venezuela.

“La situación en mi país era mala. Mi madre había recibido amenazas y a mi hermano lo intentaron secuestrar. Todo era muy inseguro allá, no teníamos calidad de vida, mi familia no podía más”, dice este estudiante de diseño y confección de vestuario. “Vinimos a Chile para estudiar. Eso también motivó a mi mamá para traerme con ella y también a mi hermano, que está estudiando una carrera de la salud aquí”, relata Mickey a CNN.

Al igual que Garcés, Mickey también sufrió distintos tipos de discriminaciones en el país austral, especialmente por ser “el más moreno” de toda su familia.

“Me tocó más de una vez que la gente hacía comentarios de mi color de piel como si fuera algo malo. En clases me tocó experimentar microagresiones y xenofobia”, recuerda Mickey.

“En mi universidad hay gente que apoya a Kast y cuando los escuchaba hablar y legitimar estos discursos de odio era como… No sé, me chocaba mucho. Yo perdí muchas amistades cuando empezó todo esto (las campañas presidenciales). Tuve que escuchar muchas cosas y siempre aparecía la xenofobia en un punto”, afirma Mickey.

“Yo ya pasé por esto en Brasil con Bolsonaro. Esto no es nuevo, Kast no nació de la nada. Lo que veo es que los discursos de odio terminan siendo validados y luego empiezan los actos de violencia. Así pasó en Brasil, donde tuvimos hasta un intento de golpe de estado”, cuenta Patrick Erminio (32 años), un terapeuta ocupacional que llegó a Chile en 2020.

Al igual que Garcés y Mickey, Erminio siente incertidumbre por los próximos años que vendrán para Chile.

“Kast no dice mucho, pero expresó lo que muchas personas piensan actualmente en el país, que es ‘ay, no aguanto a los venezolanos porque vienen a robar los trabajos, vienen a delinquir, etcétera’. Es muy fuerte lo que pasa contra ellos. Yo como brasileño no lo he vivido tanto, excepto hace un par de semanas cuando una señora me empezó a gritar en un parque que yo era migrante y que me tenía que ir de Chile”, cuenta Patrick a CNN, quien entre risas nerviosas afirma que ahora cruza con mucho cuidado por ese parque porque teme que alguien más vuelva a gritarle algo.

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By Sarah Ferris, Manu Raju, CNN

(CNN) — When Rep. Dan Goldman first ran for Congress in 2022, he was cheered on the left as the party’s top lawyer during President Donald Trump’s first impeachment.

Three years on, the Manhattan Democrat is in the fight of his political life against New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, a liberal challenger backed by prominent left-wing figures like Zohran Mamdani and Bernie Sanders. In his campaign launch earlier this month, Lander declared: “We need leaders who will fight, not fold.”

“I’m running for Congress because we’re facing a five-alarm fire for our democracy” Lander declared in his mid-December launch video.

Goldman is among more than two dozen congressional Democrats battling serious primaries this year — a surge that party insiders attribute to a wave of emboldened liberals across the country who watched Mamdani’s unlikely rise and remain frustrated at their party’s struggles to fight back against Trump.

Democrats in Washington say primaries are simply part of life in a big-tent party. But privately, many see the surge in far-left challengers as an expensive headache that distracts from the party’s goal of seizing control of Congress next November. And it has infuriated some Democrats — including among the most vulnerable members — who fear the party will have to divert money away from the bigger fight against the GOP to protect incumbents in safe seats.

“I think we’ve got individuals who might be caught up in the moment, caught up in the internet,” said Rep. Greg Meeks, a fellow New York Democrat who has watched liberal challengers line up against many in his home state delegation. “To me, it is them missing the boat, though, because what they’re upset about and angry about is the President of the United States, and what we should be doing is uniting behind Grace [Meng] and Adriano [Espaillat] and [Ritchie] Torres.”

Rep. Juan Vargas of California was even more blunt: “The problem is, they’re attacking their own. It’s like, attack the other guys. … We will have spent this energy and money fighting amongst ourselves. And it’s really dumb.”

Top Democrats believe that most of their sitting members will ultimately prevail. But they acknowledge that the dozens of showdowns between incumbents and liberal insurgents across the country offers further proof of how younger, more progressive candidates are determined to pull the party leftward with a new generation at the helm — all amid a broader identity crisis over the direction of the Democratic Party.

Rep. Jimmy Gomez, a California Democrat who also faces a contested primary, recalled recently sending a memo to his colleagues predicting that the 2026 election would be about a single theme: “Did you fight or didn’t you fight?”

“If you’re doing the same old thing over and over again, you’re gonna lose. So it’s about standing up to Trump, delivering results, providing a positive agenda. But you can’t take anything for granted,” Gomez told CNN.

In the heated battle for Goldman’s lower Manhattan seat, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told CNN that he is fully behind his fellow Democrat. And he signaled that he believed each of his members would fend off challengers this cycle.

“Primaries are a way of life in the House of Representatives. … Our members are going to fight hard, make their case to the voters and come back to office,” said Jeffries, who faced his own short-lived primary threat from a Democratic Socialist NYC council member this year. His No. 2 in the House, Rep. Katherine Clark, faces her own contested primary this year, against a former city councilor who’s complained that current House leaders are “not stopping Trump.”

Goldman, for his part, told CNN he is looking forward to “running on my progressive record.”

“I think that when people look at my record and they learn more about the

By Auzinea Bacon, CNN

(CNN) — Emilie Nasseh, a 30-year-old living in Manhattan, has made up to $2,000 a month through an unconventional side hustle: renting her clothes and accessories.

Nasseh uses Pickle, a peer-to-peer clothing rental app where users share their wardrobes for profit. Some lenders may also list their clothes for sale. Among Nasseh’s most popular rentals were handbags, including a Chanel mini wallet that has been rented out nearly every week over the past year.

“I’m very happy to allow others to use items in my closet who haven’t had availability to that luxury. I’m not using (the item), so it’s kind of a win-win scenario for everyone,” she said, noting that she may make $500 during a slow month.

Nasseh is one of tens of thousands of Millennials and Gen Zers who use clothing rental apps such as Pickle, which launched in 2022. It’s not a new concept, but unlike Rent the Runway and other clothing rental apps, Pickle doesn’t require a subscription and it’s supplied by users’ closets.

From Airbnb to car rental site Turo, there’s been a growth of share economies where people can earn money by lending out their belongings. It’s signaling that Americans feel increasing economic pressure from the hiring slowdown of recent college graduates and rising costs of everyday essentials, among other factors.

There are more than 230,000 items listed on Pickle, spanning more than 2,000 brands — from high-end luxury like Chanel and Louis Vuitton to mid-tier brands such as Realisation Par and House of CB, according to Pickle. Top lenders average more than $3,000 a month, according to the company.

For Nasseh, the side hustle mostly funds necessities: everyday home items or rent. While others may buy more clothes with their extra income, she says she doesn’t “have that luxury.”

The era of side hustles

The costs of social outings can add up, and some young adults are compromising by renting clothes instead of buying high-end luxuries, said Thomaï Serdari, a New York University marketing professor.

“Millennials trained us to think about the sharing economy … and now Gen Z is taking it one step further, because Gen Z is both cash-strapped, has a greater appetite for luxury consumption, and they believe in a hustler kind of mentality,” she told CNN.

Over a quarter of American adults take on side jobs, though it’s at its lowest percentage since 2017, according to a July survey from Bank Rate. And Gen Zers (34%) take on side hustles more frequently than other age groups.

Lauren Baldinger, 24, of New York City, not only lends her outfits on Pickle, she also rents and sells handmade beaded bags from her business, Lolo. One black bag can be bought on the app for $148 or rented for $20.

She estimated that she earns between $200 and $300 on an average day. She often buys clothes solely for renting on Pickle. For example, one dress from Italian luxury brand Missoni retails for $2,750, but she rents it for $295, eventually offsetting the expense.

“I view it as a business, so I have to keep investing to keep my closet relevant,” she said.

Battling overconsumption

Pickle’s co-founders, Julia O’Mara and Brian McMahon, told CNN that circulating clothes among users has fed into a trend of avoiding overconsumption or turning to fast fashion.

“They wa

By Andy Rose, CNN

(CNN) — It seemed like the solution to Elaine Traverse’s financial problems, and a dog desperately needing a potty break led her to it.

“I saw this trail, so I went up there and parked, and he took off running,” Traverse said.

Traverse, who is disabled and can’t walk long distances, says she called her adult son to come and see what had upset her pet in a secluded area of Canada’s Heart’s Content, Newfoundland.

They had found the remains of Amelia Earhart. Or at least, the remains of a statue that had been the talk of the small neighboring town of Harbour Grace for months.

“Oh my God,” Traverse said to herself.

The statue of Earhart – the Kansas native who disappeared without a trace while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 – had a mysterious disappearance of its own.

It had been standing proudly in a Harbour Grace park since 2007, built with a private donation from a prominent local family as a monument to Earhart’s first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean 75 years earlier, which began right there in one of Canada’s easternmost communities.

When the bronze figure disappeared on the morning of April 24, town officials thought someone most likely stole it to sell the metal for scrap, and they put together private donations for a $25,000 reward to find it.

Traverse, who said she had fallen on hard times, saw an opportunity in August as she found herself standing several miles away from Harbour Grace and looking over Earhart’s figure cut into five pieces, still intact.

“I called … the mayor at that time, and I said, ‘I was wondering if the reward was still being offered,’” Traverse told CNN.

It was, but Traverse said the mayor declined her offer to deliver the statue’s pieces herself. Several days later, she was referred to an investigator with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, who made it clear she shouldn’t expect a fast cheque.

“First thing she said was, ‘Do you want to speak to a lawyer? Because you could be arrested for this,’” Traverse said, still shocked by the implication.

Earhart is part of town’s much larger aviation history

The statue of the famous aviator – wearing a leather flight jacket and thigh-high laced boots – stood proudly in the Spirit of Harbour Grace Park, a roadside pull off overlooking the bay. The park also features a retired World War II-era DC-3 passenger plane named after the town.

The park is a visible sign of the community’s pride in its unique place in aviation history. Earhart’s voyage was one of 20 transatlantic flights attempted from the town’s bucolic airstrip.

The disappearance of the statue was a shock for locals and aviation buffs from around the world.

“It’s heartbreaking to share that someone, under the cover of darkness, has stolen the statue of Amelia Earhart and one of the plaques commemorating her achievement,” The Ninety-Nines, an international organization of women pilots, wrote in a Facebook post. “Who would do such a thing?”

The only evidence of the theft that has been made public is surveillance video from a gas station next to the park.

In the footage, distant headlights can be seen pulling up to the statue’s location, followed moments later by screeching tires

Por Sophie Tanno y Kosta Gak, CNN

El presidente de Ucrania, Volodymyr Zelensky, pidió este domingo consultas con socios europeos tras las conversaciones entre funcionarios estadounidenses y ucranianos en Florida la semana pasada.

“Existe una sensación general de que, después del trabajo de nuestro equipo diplomático en Estados Unidos, valdrá la pena mantener consultas con un círculo más amplio de socios europeos”, escribió en Telegram.

Continuó: “Nos estamos moviendo con suficiente rapidez, y nuestro equipo en Florida ha estado trabajando con la parte estadounidense. También se invitó a representantes europeos”.

El enviado del presidente estadounidense Donald Trump, Steve Witkoff, y su yerno Jared Kushner se reunieron con una delegación ucraniana en Miami el viernes para seguir discutiendo un plan de paz redactado por Estados Unidos.

El principal negociador ruso, Kirill Dmitriev, llegó a Florida el sábado por la tarde para reunirse con Witkoff y Kushner y mantener conversaciones sobre un posible fin de la guerra en Ucrania. En una actualización más tarde ese mismo sábado, Dmitriev dijo que las conversaciones estaban “avanzando de manera constructiva”.

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