From hope to fear of the iron fist: Marco Rubio, an unknown quantity for Cubans
The appointment of the son of Cuban migrants as US Secretary of State will put relations with the Caribbean island at the center of Donald Trump’s agenda
California’s farms (and the nation’s food supply) hang in the balance amid Trump’s deportation threats
Dogecoin, a thermometer of Musk’s mood: ‘It can have a disproportionate impact’
The meme cryptocurrency has rebounded by 130% since the US presidential elections
Clara Pretus, neurologist: ‘There are evil agents who are profiting by generating this nervousness’
Matthew ‘Levee’ Chavez, the creator of free therapy on the New York subway
The young artist, who has launched several projects in the city’s train stations, has won several awards for his initiative ’Subway Therapy’
Talking Heads, the group that made the ordinary eccentric
A mythical, historic Macondo: ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ becomes a Netflix series
The adaptation of Gabriel García Márquez’s novel is a tribute to a Colombian history woven from both magic and violence
Who’s who in Donald Trump’s cabinet
The president-elect has begun announcing the names of the people who will occupy the top White House positions when he assumes office for a second term on January 20
The Bible enters public schools in Texas
Wendy Selene Pérez|Texas
The curriculum includes Bible-based lessons in elementary classrooms and in textbooks
Republican offensive against CHNV parole: Fraud, human trafficking and other violations
The Biden administration’s program, which has allowed legal entry to more than 531,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans, is in Trump’s crosshairs
Judge in Trump hush money trial indefinitely postpones sentencing
The president-elect’s defense team argue that the Stormy Daniels case should be dismissed
The first battle: Claudia Sheinbaum moves against Trump’s immigration policy
The president has activated her Cabinet, marking territory on one of the crucial fronts of the bilateral relationship and sending messages that challenge the Republican’s proposal to deport a million people each year
Cynthia Erivo, the Black, bald, queer actress who casts a spell in ‘Wicked,’ the big musical of the year
The Emmy, Grammy, Tony, and Oscar-nominated British performer has gone from relative obscurity to becoming one of the defining faces of 2024 in just over five years, thanks to her role as Elphaba and her connection with Ariana Grande
Mayan Lopez, the actress who healed her paternal wounds in front of a live studio audience
The Mexican-Cuban comedian gets laughs out of trauma, fragile masculinity and the importance of going to therapy in the series ‘Lopez vs Lopez’
US targets financial structure of Mexican cartel CJNG and includes nine partners on the Treasury’s ‘black list’
The Bonques Brothers, key operators of the cartel in the state of Nayarit, will lose access to bank accounts in the international financial system
Battle over transgender bathrooms reaches US Congress
The most radical wing of the Republican Party wants to ban Sarah McBride, the first transgender legislator, from using women’s bathrooms in the Capitol
‘We can now explore any sea on the planet’: Aboard the ‘Odón de Buen,’ the largest scientific ship in Spain
The flagship vessel of the oceanographic fleet will be able to explore the deepest and most unknown parts of the ocean, in order to advance conservation activities
The resurrection of Luna Luna, the amusement park designed by artists such as Dalí, Basquiat and Keith Haring
A traveling exhibition currently in New York showcases the original installations, restored after being in storage since 1987, with funding from rapper Drake
World news
Nagasaki survivor: ‘The risk of nuclear weapons being used is increasing in Ukraine and the Middle East’
Masako Wada is a member of Nihon Hidankyo, the organization that will be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2024, formed by victims of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
‘Seeing an Israeli soldier with the LGBTQ flag on top of the ruins of Gaza is offensive to every gay person in the world’
Dima Hamdan describes the Israeli military’s blackmailing of homosexuals in the West Bank so that they would collaborate with their occupation in a new short film
First magnified photo of a dying star outside our galaxy indicates a violent end
WOH G64 is a red supergiant 160,000 light-years from Earth demonstrating erratic behavior over the last decade
The dawn of a new medicine: Researchers use the theory of evolution to fight cancer
Nadine Burke-Harris: ‘A strong community can reverse childhood trauma’
Parkinson’s protein found in the brains of patients with REM sleep behavior disorder
Germany is ‘kaput’: Why the economic model no longer works in the proud country of automobiles
The Volkswagen crisis is just the tip of the iceberg of a larger problem
Alan Mislove, researcher: ‘There are technology companies with an incredible influence on how we speak and think’
Workers fear the age of robots: Will a machine take my job?
Dutch 24-year-old who swindled crime bosses with cryptocurrencies is arrested in Marbella
The Andy Warhol painting that put him at odds with Donald Trump has a new owner
In 1981, the tycoon commissioned the artist to do a series of works inspired by Trump Tower, but he did not like the result and did not pay for it. Four decades later, ‘New York Skyscrapers’ has been auctioned for almost $1 million
Jennifer Lawrence and Malala Yousafzai give voice to silenced Afghan women in ‘Bread & Roses’
Julia Bullock, soprano: ‘Violence underscores the culture of the United States. I am so relieved to not have to live there anymore’
Danny DeVito’s final revenge: Hollywood’s ‘funny short guy’ gets the last laugh at age 80
From a Jesus Christ sensei to Muslim converts: Inside the strange new wave of Christian cinema
Work & Lifestyle
The new cheating: How WhatsApp and social media have us all sneaking around
‘At work, I was a machine, more productive’: Why do people take drugs in the office?
‘I got tired of so many gifs’: How digital communication can impact age-gap relationships
Working standing up does not reduce cardiovascular risk or compensate for a sedentary lifestyle
Celebrities, Movies & TV
From pariahs to heroes: Eight triumphant comebacks that Hollywood did not see coming
Cher publishes (but doesn’t read) her memoirs: From living in an orphanage to Sonny Bono’s betrayal
Samuel L. Jackson, the activist who became the highest-grossing actor in history
‘Interview with the Vampire,’ the Tom Cruise hit that almost derailed
When cocaine ruled the NBA: ‘Drugs were everywhere, it was like a fad’
Micheal Ray Richardson’s memoirs place the spotlight on a tragic era in the NBA when more than 40% of its players used cocaine
Our selection
José ‘Pepe’ Mujica: ‘I dedicated myself to changing the world and I didn’t change a damn thing’
Grandiose luxury and 1,400 dead workers: The palace that wanted to be bigger than the Vatican
The eternal wait at the EU’s largest refugee center in the former Berlin airport
Morocco sends help to flood-hit Valencia: ‘They are soldiers of the Sahara who work without stopping to eat or rest’
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Stolen children return to Guatemala to learn the truth
Simona Carnino|Guatemala City
