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El presidente de Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, dijo que no hay un diálogo entre La Habana y Washington, luego de que el mandatario estadounidense Donald Trump presionara a la isla para llegar a un acuerdo.

“No existen conversaciones con el Gobierno de EE.UU, salvo contactos técnicos en el ámbito migratorio”, dijo este lunes Díaz-Canel en X.

“Siempre hemos tenido disposición a sostener un diálogo serio y responsable con los distintos gobiernos de EE.UU, incluido el actual, sobre bases de igualdad soberana, respeto mutuo, principios de Derecho Internacional, beneficio recíproco, sin injerencia en asuntos internos y con pleno respeto a nuestra independencia”, agregó.

Trump dijo el domingo que le “sugiere enfáticamente” a Cuba a llegar a un acuerdo “antes que sea tarde”, luego de destacar que la isla no seguiría recibiendo el apoyo en petróleo que hasta ahora contaba por parte de Venezuela y que es fundamental para su sistema energético.

En comentarios posteriores a bordo del avión presidencial, Trump afirmó que Estados Unidos estaba “hablando con Cuba”, pero no quedó inmediatamente claro en qué nivel se estaban llevando a cabo las discusiones. Dijo también que uno de los temas que quería abordar era “la gente que vino de Cuba y que fue obligada a salir o abandonada bajo coacción”.

En su publicación de este lunes, Díaz-Canel dijo que los cubanos residentes en EE.UU. “son ahora víctimas del cambio en las políticas hacia los migrantes y de la traición de los políticos de Miami”. Además, dijo que Cuba “cumple escrupulosamente” los acuerdos migratorios bilaterales en vigor.

El líder cubano ya había rechazado las declaraciones de Trump el domingo y afirmó que “Cuba no agrede; es agredida por Estados Unidos durante 66 años, y no amenaza; se prepara, dispuesta a defender la Patria hasta la última gota de sangre”.

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By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN

(CNN) — Democrats are getting the news they’d been hoping for out of Alaska, with former US Rep. Mary Peltola launching a Senate campaign on Monday morning.

The one-and-a-half-term former congresswoman was elected at-large from the small-population state in a 2022 special election and reelected that fall, before losing in 2024. She had been hotly pursued by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer as Democrats’ best prospect in a state that last elected a Democrat to the Senate in 2008.

Peltola will run against Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan, who announced last year he’d seek a third term. Peltola had also been considering a run for governor, but like Sherrod Brown in Ohio, was urged by national Democrats into the Senate race instead as they try to knit a path to the majority in the currently 53-47 Republican-controlled chamber out of a set of seats open this year that do not include much favorable territory.

In her launch video, Peltola ties her own work drying fish to that of many Alaskans, whom she says have seen abundance turn to scarcity that Washington politicians haven’t dealt with. Her agenda, she says, is “fish, family and freedom.”

Peltola invokes the legacies of longtime Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens and Rep. Don Young, both Republicans, whom she says used to put the state over politics. She even runs vintage clips of the two men in their prime.

“No one from the Lower 48 is coming to save us, but I know this in my bones, there is no group of people more ready to save ourselves than Alaskans,” she says. “Ted Stevens often said, ‘to hell with politics, put Alaska first.’ It’s about time Alaskans teach the rest of the country what Alaska First and, really, America First looks like.”

Though voting predominantly for Republicans since becoming a state in 1959, Alaska has always had an independent streak. Peltola is hoping to tap into that by pledging support for term limits. A campaign aide told CNN she is proposing a limit of 12 years in Washington: six House terms or two Senate terms, though the state has generally tended to keep sending the same people to Washington for decades.

Peltola is also attacking Sullivan for going along with the larger Republican agenda in Washington last year when he supported measures like cutting funding to the public media stations which many Alaskans relied on.

But Peltola’s entry into the race caps off a year of intense and successful recruiting by Schumer and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee chair Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, with favored candidates now running in North Carolina, Maine and Ohio, along with encouragement in several other races — even as some of those candidates face primaries.

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El presidente de Bolivia, Rodrigo Paz, sostuvo este domingo que el decreto 5503, que retiró la subvención a los combustibles, “cumplió su función” y se mantendrá como una “conquista económica”, al tiempo que anunció un “nuevo decreto” con el que se comprometieron sus ministros con los sindicatos que rechazaban la norma.

En un mensaje televisado, Paz destacó el diálogo desarrollado por sus ministros en los últimos diez días con distintos sectores, incluida la Central Obrera Boliviana (COB), que mantenía protestas callejeras desde diciembre y bloqueos de carreteras desde el pasado martes para exigir la abrogación del decreto 5503.

“Con ese diálogo, el decreto 5503 cumplió su función, conquista económica, conquista social, pero necesitamos dar un nuevo paso, necesitamos un nuevo decreto”, sostuvo el gobernante.

El anuncio ocurre después de que los ministros acordasen con la COB la abrogación del decreto 5503, emitido el 17 de diciembre, y la elaboración de una nueva norma en la que se mantenga el retiro de la subvención a los combustibles, pero que anule otras disposiciones que generaron rechazo en esos sectores.

El presidente sostuvo que “Bolivia necesita orden, control y estabilidad, pero sobre todo crecer”, por lo que ahora “comenzará la etapa que dará lugar a un nuevo decreto para consolidar” las “conquistas económicas y sociales” establecidas en sus poco más de dos meses de gestión.

Paz ratificó que el retiro de la subvención permitió un ahorro diario de US$ 10 millones “que significan obras y empleos”, pero que por cada día de bloqueos de carreteras se perdieron “US$ 20 millones en obras, empleos y producción”.

“La subvención se eliminó y eso es una conquista económica y eso no va a cambiar”, insistió.

También sostuvo que el “futuro” que se está construyendo “está en riesgo cuando algunos prefieren el caos antes que un país que funcione” y señaló que los bloqueos “impiden que Bolivia se cure” de la crisis que viene arrastrando en los últimos años.

Además, destacó que en el país hay “muy buenos dirigentes” sindicales que son “honestos y transparentes”, pero que hay otros “que mienten y que se ocultan detrás del bloqueo” y que “promueven el conflicto mientras protegen sus privilegios”.

Por esto, anunció que en los próximos meses dialogará personalmente “con las bases” de sindicatos y organizaciones sociales “para que no haya esos malos dirigentes que les mienten”.

La COB y los sindicatos campesinos, que fueron aliados políticos de los Gobiernos de Evo Morales (2006-2019) y Luis Arce (2020-2025), realizaron protestas callejeras que fueron escalando hasta llegar a los bloqueos de carreteras desde el pasado martes en contra del decreto 5503.

Esa norma estableció precios de 6,96 bolivianos (un dólar) por litro de gasolina especial, 11 bolivianos (1,58 dólares) para la gasolina premium y 9,80 bolivianos (1,40 dólares) para el diésel, entre otros, lo que supone aumentos de 86 % y del 162 % respecto a los costos subvencionados que estuvieron vigentes por más de 20 años.

Los sindicatos también cuestionaban el decreto porque consideran que abre la posibilidad de la venta de los recursos naturales y las empresas estatales de Bolivia a capitales extranjeros, algo que el Gobierno ha negado.

La norma dispuso otras medidas complementarias, como el incremento del salario mínimo, de 2.750 a 3.300 bolivianos (395 a 474 dólares), y aumentos de un bono escolar y de la renta para adultos mayores sin aportes a la seguridad social que, según lo acordado entre el Gobierno y la COB, se mantendrán en el nuevo decreto.

Tras el acuerdo firmado este domingo en la tarde, la COB dispuso el cese de todas las medidas de presión.

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By Mostafa Salem, CNN

(CNN) — Anti-government protests have erupted across all 31 of Iran’s provinces in a wave of unrest that marks the biggest challenge to the regime in years.

An ongoing communications shutdown – which experts say is unprecedented in its scale – was imposed by authorities on Thursday and has mostly isolated the country from the outside world amid the deadly unrest.

US President Donald Trump has threatened to attack Iran if security forces respond with force against protesters, hundreds of whom are reported to have been killed. Thousands more have been arrested.

As public anger continues to build, here’s what you need to know.

What triggered the protests?

The protests began around a fortnight ago in Tehran’s bazaars over rampant inflation but have spread to more than 180 cities and towns across the country, morphing into general protests against the regime.

Concerns over inflation came to a head when the prices of basic goods like cooking oil and chicken dramatically spiked, with some products vanishing from shelves altogether.

Exacerbating the situation was a decision by the central bank to end a program allowing some importers to access cheaper US dollars compared to the rest of the market – which led shopkeepers to increase prices and some to shutter their doors, sparking the demonstrations.

The move by the bazaaris, as shopkeepers are known, is a drastic measure for a group traditionally supportive of the Islamic Republic.

The reformist government attempted to alleviate the pressure by offering direct cash handouts of almost $7 per month to the entire population, but the move failed to quell the unrest.

How widespread are the protests and how many people have died?

The unrest is the biggest in scale since 2022, when the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of the religious police prompted the widespread “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests.

Fueled by poverty and sometimes ethnic inequality, crowds chanted “Death to Khamenei,” directly challenging Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who holds ultimate authority over the nation’s religious and state affairs.

Nearly 500 protesters, including at least eight children, have been killed since demonstrations began, according to US-based Human Rights Activist New Agency (HRANA). It said more than 10,000 individuals have also been arrested. CNN could not independently verify the numbers of those killed and arrested.

How are the protests different this time?

The fact that the recent protests began with the bazaaris – a powerful force for change in Iran’s history and seen as loyal to the regime – is notable.

The enduring alliance between the bazaaris and the clergy in Iran saw the shopkeepers play a crucial role as kingmakers across Iran’s history. It was their support of those very clergymen that eventually helped the Islamic Revolution of 1979 succeed, giving the rebels a financial backbone that led to the fall of the shah, or monarch.

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A warming trend kicks off Monday and brings beach weather back in the forecast this week! Santa Ana winds develop throughout Ventura and bring advisory level winds through 1pm. Some of the strongest gusts will occur this morning and could near 40mph. Northeasterly push will bring temperatures back into the 60s and low 70s. Overnights will be cold again, some frost and freeze alerts are possible. Marine waters are calm for most of the area, however a High Surf Advisory is in effect for areas north of Gaviota, 8-12FT waves will last through 9am Tuesday.

Tuesday morning will be cool and windy for most. Advisory level winds will die off but the weaker Santa Ana pattern continues. This means clear skies for most and a slight boost in daytime high temperatures. Expect most areas to rise into the 70s. Enjoy!

Peak heating occurs Wednesday. Highs rise into the mid 70s for most beaches! Head out for a beach day if you can! The morning will be cool, but skies clear fast and we heat up rather quick. We hold slightly above averae Thursday before a gradual cooling trend occurs over the weekend. Marine clouds will reappear by the beaches as well. Enjoy the warm weather whole it lasts!

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