Tuesday Jun 16, 2026

GOOD MORNING PRASA chief: Superaqueduct repairs on pace despite extent of 3rd break

By THE STAR STAFF

Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA) Executive President Luis González Delgado said Monday that the repair of the 72-inch Superaqueduct water pipeline in Bayamón was still expected to be completed that same night, even though a third break identified on Saturday turned out to be more extensive.

“Our technical and specialized personnel continue to work around the clock to complete the repair safely and reliably,” González Delgado said in a written statement.

The third break was detected during Saturday’s operations and, according to PRASA, is a separate failure from the first two points discovered; those earlier points involved minor damage and were already in an advanced stage of repair at midday on Monday.

“The assessment confirms that this third failure is more complex than those initially identified, requiring additional work to stabilize and rebuild the affected segment,” González Delgado said.

According to the public utility, the force of the water and the structural weight of the pipe caused the joints in the third identified segment to shift; consequently, the affected section moved downward due to terrain conditions and the weight of the infrastructure.

The PRASA chief said the target for completing repairs and beginning the system’s operational recovery remained Monday night, provided no further issues arise.

Upon completion of the work, the recovery process was to begin, and service was to be gradually restored to the affected

The third break in the Superaqueduct water pipeline, which was detected Saturday, is separate from the first two break points discovered and “is more complex than those initially identified, requiring additional work to stabilize and rebuild the affected segment,” Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority Executive President Luis González Delgado said.

communities, according to PRASA.

As part of its mitigation measures, the public utility reported that it has distributed over 3.5 million gallons of potable water to the impacted areas.

PRASA has been operating 11 filling stations across the island to supply municipal crews, government agencies and private tanker trucks. Four of those stations operate 24 hours a day.

COR3 deputy Marín Colón named interim director of agency

12 other appointments submitted to Senate

By THE STAR STAFF

Gov. Jenniffer González Colón appointed accountant María Marín Colón on Monday as interim director of the Central Office for Recovery, Reconstruction and Resiliency (COR3), effective July 1, and submitted 12 other appointments to the Senate.

Marín Colón had been serving as deputy director of COR3 since February 2025, where she participated in managing over $30 billion in federal funds for Public Assistance and Hazard Mitigation programs.

In that role, she was responsible for tasks related to validating the proper use of federal funds prior to disbursement and executing projects with municipalities, agencies and non-profit entities.

The appointee has over 20 years of experience in accou-

nting, government, insurance, banking and public service, specializing in agency administration, regulatory compliance, project management and financial oversight.

At COR3, she also served as chief infrastructure and operations officer starting in 2023.

Previously, Marín Colón worked at the Office of the Insurance Commissioner between 2017 and 2023 and served as finance director for the Housing Department’s Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery funds from 2021 to 2022.

Marín Colón also held positions at BDO Puerto Rico, MassMutual Puerto Rico General Agency, Scotiabank de Puerto Rico and Banco Santander de Puerto Rico.

Earlier, the governor submitted 12 appointments requiring Senate advice and consent, including that of Carlos Ríos Pierluisi as secretary of the Department of Economic Development and Commerce (see story on page 3), and for Superior Court judges and assistant prosecutors II (on a promotional basis), as well as for the Postsecondary Institutions Board.

Governor appoints Ríos Pierluisi as new DDEC secretary

By THE STAR STAFF

Gov. Jenniffer González Colón announced Mon day the appointment of attorney Carlos J. Ríos Pierluisi as the new secretary of the Department of Economic Development and Commerce (DDEC by its acronym in Spanish), following a meeting at La Fortaleza with representatives from private‑sector organizations and business groups.

Ríos Pierluisi is slated to succeed Sebastián Negrón Reichard, who resigned as secretary from the DDEC along with 10 other senior officials across the agency, after concluding that the mutual trust required to carry out the responsibilities of the position no longer existed.

The governor said the appointment is part of her ad ministration’s effort to strengthen Puerto Rico’s economic development agenda and advance initiatives focused on job creation, investment and long‑term growth.

“Puerto Rico needs to continue advancing with a clear vision of economic growth, business strengthening, and the creation of opportunities for our people,” González Colón said.

She added that Ríos Pierluisi brings “experience, knowledge, and the capacity to lead this important work.”

González Colón also underscored the importance of maintaining close collaboration between the government and the private sector to accelerate strategic projects and improve the island’s investment climate. She noted that

Gov. Jenniffer González Colón noted that economic development and commerce secretary-designate Carlos Ríos Pierluisi has worked across multiple roles within the agency and has earned the confidence of private‑sector leaders.

Ríos Pierluisi has worked across multiple roles within the agency and has earned the confidence of private‑sector leaders.

The governor said Ríos Pierluisi’s background in cludes experience managing federal funds, overseeing contracting and compliance processes, and negotiating with local and international companies.

“He is a person of integrity who enjoys the trust of the private sector, and I know he will execute our economic

development program effectively,” she said.

Ríos Pierluisi holds a bachelor’s degree in biochem istry from Villanova University, a Juris Doctor from the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) School of Law, and a master of laws degree from Georgetown University.

He began his career with internships at Jiménez, Graffam & Lausell, the Puerto Rico Court of Appeals, and the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. He later worked at Bird, Bird & Hestres and served as a research assistant to UPR Law School Dean Vivian I. Neptune Rivera.

After passing the bar in 2016, Ríos Pierluisi returned to Bird, Bird & Hestres before joining the Puerto Rico Su preme Court in 2017 as a law clerk for Associate Justice Mildred G. Pabón Charneco.

Ríos Pierluisi entered public service in 2019 at the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company (PRIDCO). He later became general legal counsel and legislative affairs adviser at DDEC, and in 2023 was appointed to serve as PRIDCO’s deputy executive director. His work there included debt restructuring efforts, islandwide dem olition projects, and the development of new industrial design prototypes.

In 2025, Ríos Pierluisi became DDEC’s deputy sec retary and later that year was appointed executive director of the Roosevelt Roads Local Redevelopment Authority, where he has overseen redevelopment and infrastructure initiatives at the former naval base.

UPR Carolina awards honorary doctorate to José Vega Santana, known as Remi

By THE STAR STAFF

The University of Puerto Rico in Carolina has awarded an honorary doctorate degree to José Vega Santana, who is artistically known as Remi.

The award was presented during the 48th Com mencement Ceremony, a significant milestone for more than 400 students who completed their university studies and are now beginning their professional lives.

The ceremony, held at the Theater of the University of Puerto Rico in Río Piedras, recognized Vega San tana’s artistic career as one that has enriched Puerto Rican culture across generations.

His contribution goes beyond the stage: it is tied to the island’s identity, brings smiles, and has left a last ing bond with the public, the university noted, adding that the same creative, sensitive and authentic spirit is what inspires a new graduating class as it begins its professional journey.

“Today, we celebrate a deeply meaningful moment for our university. With great joy, we see the dreams and goals of a new class of professionals come to fru ition, carrying with them not only the knowledge they

have gained but also the responsibility to contribute to the country with integrity and commitment,” said Dr. José I. Meza Pereira, chancellor of the UPR Carolina campus. “At the same time, we recognize the career of Mr. José Vega Santana, who has been a source of joy, learning, and identity for generations of Puerto Ricans, both in the classroom and on the stage. Both moments remind us of the value of educating with purpose and of contributing, each from our own space, to the collective well being.”

UPR President Zayira Jordán Conde said the commencement ceremony was a celebration of aca demic excellence and of the transformative impact that committed individuals can have through education, culture and service to the community.

“Graduation celebrated a new generation of professionals, but it also reminded us of the impact a single person can have on entire generations,” she said. “José ‘Remi’ Vega Santana represents a career that has educated, inspired, and accompanied the people of Puerto Rico through culture, art, and humanity. That combination of excellence and legacy represents the very best of the University of Puerto Rico.”

Dean of Student Affairs Ana Y. Rivera Soto added that the graduating students “are not only completing an academic goal, but also opening the door to new opportunities, paths, and dreams.”

“It fills us with joy to see them take this step and to know that wherever they go, they carry a part of our university with them,” she said.

According to the University of Puerto Rico in Carolina, the cultural contribution of José Vega Santana, better known as Remi, goes beyond the stage: it is tied to the island’s identity, brings smiles, and has left a lasting bond with the public.

Genera seeks $1 million in emergency funds due to water line breakage

By THE STAR STAFF

Genera PR has filed an urgent motion asking the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau (PREB) to immediately authorize $1 million in reserve account funding to secure emergency water supplies for the Central San Juan power plant, after a series of failures in the Superaqueduct disrupted the facility’s access to water needed for cooling operations.

According to the filing, The Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA) reported three separate disruptions to the Superaqueduct between last Thursday and Saturday, culminating in a complete suspension of the water supply that Genera relies on to operate critical generation systems. “Today, PRASA reported yet another disruption affecting the Superaqueduct, further exacerbating the ongoing water supply emergency,” the company wrote on Saturday.

Central San Juan requires roughly 150,000 gallons of water per day to replenish cooling system tanks, with current

The Central San Juan power plant requires roughly 150,000 gallons of water per day to replenish cooling system tanks, with current consumption at some 6,500 gallons per hour. (genera-pr.com)

consumption at some 6,500 gallons per hour. With no water entering the plant, Genera says it must immediately contract private tanker trucks at an estimated cost of $1 per gallon -- a five-day emergency operation totaling about $1 million. Without that emergency supply, the company warns, the

plant could exhaust its remaining reserves, jeopardizing the reliability of electricity generation for the island.

Genera argues that the Superaqueduct failure qualifies as a Force Majeure event under Section 7.6(d) of its Operation and Maintenance Agreement, which allows the operator to draw from a Reserve Account to cover extraordinary, unforeseen costs. However, the PREB denied funding for that account in its April 15 rate order, leaving it empty.

“Due to this emergency situation, and [the] April 15th determination, Genera has no other option than to request that the Energy Bureau authorize the immediate funding and use of the Reserve Account,” the company stated, emphasizing that the water supply interruption is entirely outside its control.

The motion asks the PREB to authorize the $1 million draw so Genera can procure tanker services “until normal water service is restored.”

The PREB had not yet indicated at press time when it would rule on the request.

University students take part in PRITS internship program

By THE STAR STAFF

Young university students studying engineering and cybersecurity joined the Puerto Rico Innovation and Technology Service (PRITS) this summer as part of the Luis A. Ferré Executive Internship Program, an initiative that gives them the opportunity to gain professional experience in public service and contribute to the technological development of the island government.

The students, from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico and InterAmerican University of Puerto Rico’s Bayamón Campus, selected PRITS to be part of their internship experience and learn firsthand about the projects and initiatives that drive the digital transformation of government.

As part of their integration into the agency, the partici-

pants held a meeting with PRITS Executive Director Poincaré Díaz Peña, during which they discussed their professional expectations, the reasons that motivated them to choose the agency, and the role of technology in the modernization of government services.

“Puerto Rico needs to continue developing a new generation of professionals trained to face the technological challenges of the present and the future,” Díaz Peña said. “Programs like the Luis A. Ferré Executive Internship allow students to learn firsthand how innovation, cybersecurity, and digital transformation contribute to strengthening the services our citizens receive.”

The PRITS director also gave a talk to the interns at the Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority focused on the importance of cybersecurity awareness and the measures that citizens can take to protect themselves from

threats in the digital environment.

Díaz Peña emphasized the need to adopt safe online practices, protect personal information, identify fraud attempts and use tools that strengthen digital security.

Airbnb Community Fund awards $150,000 to Habitat for Humanity of PR

By THE STAR STAFF

Puerto Rico will receive a new boost to its affordable housing and reconstruction efforts through a $150,000 donation from the Airbnb Community Fund to Habitat for Humanity of Puerto Rico, the nonprofit announced. The contribution will support the organization’s programs focused on expanding access to safe housing, repairing storm-damaged homes and strengthening family resilience amid increasingly severe weather events.

The Airbnb Community Fund, launched in 2020, directs resources to organizations working in environmental sustainability, economic empowerment, affordable housing, and the prevention of abuse and exploitation. This year, Airbnb’s host community in Puerto Rico selected Habitat for Humanity of Puerto Rico as

the local recipient.

Through its islandwide programs, Habitat for Humanity of Puerto Rico works with low- and moderate-income families to improve housing stability, offering homeownership opportunities, critical home repairs and education initiatives that help families build long-term self-sufficiency. The organization also coordinates volunteer groups from private companies and community organizations to support rehabilitation projects and expand the reach of its services. As part of the new partnership, local Airbnb hosts will be able to participate in home repair projects and workshops.

“As Puerto Rico faces a historic crisis in affordable housing, this support from the Airbnb Community Fund directly empowers families whose lives -- and future generations -- are transformed through access to a safe, stable home,” said Karla Peña, executive

director of Habitat for Humanity of Puerto Rico. “It strengthens Habitat’s work to preserve housing and expand pathways to homeownership for those who need it most.”

Carlos Muñoz, Airbnb’s director of public policy for Central America and the Caribbean, said the initiative reflects the company’s commitment to supporting organizations with deep community ties.

“In Puerto Rico, where there is significant potential for housing rehabilitation, organizations such as Habitat for Humanity of Puerto Rico play a key role in helping more families gain access to safe, stable housing and remain in their communities,” he said.

The donation is part of Airbnb’s global pledge to distribute $100 million through the Community Fund by 2030. Since 2020, Airbnb has donated more than $480,000 to organizations in Puerto Rico, including the EcoExploratorio: Puerto Rico Science Museum.

Poincaré Díaz Peña, executive director of the Puerto Rico Innovation and Technology Service (X via Poincaré Díaz Peña)

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For his 80th birthday, Trump brought a cage match to the White House lawn

By SHAWN McCREESH

President Donald Trump’s 80th birthday UFC stunt on the South Lawn of the White House on Sunday night was a mass-media spectacle unlike any in the history of the presidency.

Trump sat ringside beside his wife, Melania Trump, as fighters whaled on one another inches away inside an eight-sided cage wrapped in cryptocurrency advertisements. All five of his children and nearly all his grandchildren sat around him.

Thousands more were there on the lawn beneath a 600-ton steel-arch contraption called the Claw. The White House loomed dramatically over a fighting pit packed with billionaires, Cabinet members and Republican lawmakers.

It was all such an astonishing sight for so many reasons: The use of the trappings of the White House for violent cage fighting. The corporate sponsorships. The eruptions of casual cruelty. At one point, a fighter took the mic and made a nasty joke about Michelle Obama while standing in front of the house she once lived in with her husband, daughters and mother.

Even for a president with a lifelong penchant for P.T. Barnum-esque gambits, this one was in a league of its own.

Much of the White House was given over to this production. Fighters were filmed walking out through various rooms inside the residence and warming up, barefoot, in the Indian Treaty Room of the Old Executive Office Building across the way.

The crowd included tech and media billionaires Mark Zuckerberg and David Ellison. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., the majority leader, was there, as was Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. The secretaries of state, treasury, defense, commerce and homeland security were there. So was the vice president, the FBI director and Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, who is due back from maternity leave soon. Kid Rock showed up, and so did Roger Clemens and Robert Kraft. James Dolan, the owner of the

President Donald Trump sits between first lady Melania Trump and Dana White, the president and CEO of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, as he looks up at Diego Lopes after Lopes won his match against Steve Garcia during “UFC Freedom 250,” a UFC event hosted by President Trump for his 80th birthday on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, on Sunday, June 14, 2026. (Kenny Holston/ The New York Times)

New York Knicks, walked up to the president to pay his respects.

Klieg lights crawled across the Old Executive Office Building and the great mature magnolia and willow oak trees of the White House grounds. At times it was eerily still and silent inside the Claw as fighters circled one another, waiting to pounce. But once a guy took his shot and really started clobbering, the Claw would come alive.

In the first round, a fighter named Diego Lopes conquered, climbed up to straddle the stretch of cage right in the front of the president’s face and punched his fist in the air. Trump stared up at him, smiling.

Joe Rogan popped into the ring a moment later for a little post-match analysis: “You caught him in a beautiful left hook.”

Every so often the enormous screens hanging in each of the Claw’s four corners would play a video. In one clip, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Trump talked about U.S. military might as footage of explosions and gunfire lit up the arena. All the while, storm clouds swirled cinematically over the White House.

In some sense, Trump’s 80th birthday brawl on the lawn was the apogee of a series of moves he has been making for half his life.

A seminal moment came in the late 1980s when he successfully wooed boxer Mike Tyson to fight in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Tyson was then the heavyweight champion of the world. His bouts drew the biggest celebrities of the day to Trump’s properties. Sinatra. Beatty and Nicholson. Sean and Madonna. Money, ego, gore, vanity, hype and the flash of the camera all mixed together, ringside, and a fundamental chapter of the Trumpian playbook was written.

Trump learned in those years and the years to follow from two of the most famous fight promoters of all time, Don King (“Only in America!”) and Vince McMahon (his wife is the current secretary of education). WrestleMania came to Trump Plaza, and Trump made many kayfabe cameos. (Is it any wonder Hulk Hogan was given a speaking slot at the Republican National Convention?)

Trump eventually found a new Don King in Dana White, the CEO of UFC. Together, the two are doing what Trump has pretty much always done. The stage is bigger than ever, the context more surreal, but the stunt itself and the instincts behind it are familiar. Money, ego, gore, vanity, hype and the flash of the camera, all mixing on the South Lawn of the White House. Trump at 80 has whipped up a spectacle the same way he learned to at 40. Americans elected a fight promoter as president, twice, and a fight promoter is what they got.

Threats, free speech and the case against U. of Michigan activists

By MITCH SMITH

For much of Friday afternoon, the four defendants sat in orange jumpsuits, their hands cuffed in front of their waists, as a judge weighed a federal prosecutor’s request to keep them locked up before trial.

That prosecutor, Maggie Smith, told a judge that the defendants were members of a group that vandalized the homes of University of Michigan leaders, damaged the property of companies with ties to Israel and defaced the outside of the Jewish Federation of Detroit’s building. Smith said that the group had threatened its victims, discussed acts of violence and indicated support for Hamas. Letting them out of jail, the prosecutor argued, would be dangerous.

Defense lawyers pushed back, with several describing their clients as high-achieving students with no criminal records. They noted that prosecutors had not accused the defendants of

physically hurting anyone.

The four defendants in that courtroom in downtown Detroit were among eight pro-Palestinian activists with ties to the University of Michigan whose indictments on federal conspiracy charges were unsealed last week. Three others had separate hearings, and the eighth was out of the country.

The case reflected an escalation of the Trump administration’s efforts to crack down on pro-Palestinian activism at universities in recent years and raised divergent concerns about antisemitism, free speech and how politics might be shaping the Justice Department’s priorities.

Liz Jacob, a lawyer representing two of the defendants in separate civil cases against the university, saw the Justice Department’s approach as part of a broader effort by the Trump administration “to silence dissent and to try to silence any kind of opposition to what the government is doing.”

“When activists and organizers and people who speak out

think that the FBI could be coming to their door in ski masks to arrest them because of their protest activity, that is terrifying, and that alone chills speech,” said Jacob, of the Sugar Law Center for Economic and Social Justice.

Steven Ingber, the CEO of the Jewish Federation of Detroit, praised law enforcement for its handling of the case. He described receiving a call about anti-Israel graffiti covering the federation’s building on Oct. 7, 2024, the first anniversary of the Hamas-led attack on Israel that ignited war in the Gaza Strip.

“We are a Jewish building, and it’s clearly identified as a Jewish facility,” Ingber said, “and so when you attack a Jewish facility for no reason, that’s just pure antisemitism and hate.”

Pro-Palestinian activism at the University of Michigan played out, at first, like many of the protests on U.S. campuses in 2023 and 2024. There were tents on the campus quad, calls for divestment from Israel and clashes with law enforcement.

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But after police officers shut down Michigan’s encampment in the spring of 2024,

federal prosecutors said a core group of activists ratcheted up the pressure, defacing the homes of university leaders and making demands that crossed into threats.

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In all, eight people linked to the university — three current students, three former students and two former employees — were indicted on conspiracy charges that could carry years in prison. Some defendants were also accused of witness intimidation and destruction of property to prevent seizure.

The University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor, on Feb. 2, 2024. Indictments on federal conspiracy charges against eight pro-Palestinian activists with ties to the University of Michigan were unsealed in June 2026. (Nic Antaya/The New York Times)

Feyock had worked as a doula and was planning to move to Illinois for medical school later this month, her lawyer said.

At universities across the country, proPalestinian demonstrators have pushed for divestment from Israel and called for changes to campus policies, citing deaths and destruc-

Asked whether the Michigan case would be the first of more federal cases against proPalestinian activists at colleges, the Justice Department did not directly answer but said it “will follow the evidence and apply the law.”

In court Friday, lawyers offered vastly different descriptions of the defendants.

The prosecutor described the four defendants as dangers to the community and potential flight risks. She said that the prosecution was not seeking to punish anyone for exercising rights to free speech or protest but also spoke at length about inflammatory Signal chats and social media posts linked to the group.

“These defendants have something in common here: an extreme violent view tied directly to terrorism,” Smith told Magistrate Judge Anthony P. Patti, of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

All four defendants at the hearing Friday faced multiple counts of conspiracy to transmit threats, though the number of counts and specific allegations differed from person to person. Two of the defendants, Zainab A. Hakim, 23, and Paige E. Feyock, 26, were also charged with witness intimidation.

Lawyers for the defendants pushed back forcefully on the idea that their clients were public safety threats who should remain in jail

A lawyer for Hakim said her client was a National Merit Scholar who worked at a school and had graduated from Michigan with a 4.0 GPA.

Colin H. Weger, 24, had a job and was planning to resume studies at a community college in the fall, his lawyer said.

A lawyer for Jonathan H. Zou, 22, described him as an award-winning engineering student who had mentored high schoolers and had the support of professors.

Patti noted at several points how upset he had been reading some of the allegations.

“It saddens my heart, and I find it completely distasteful to hear this type of antisemitic communication,” he told Hakim.

He told Feyock that “the evidence that the government has shown in respect to you is very troubling.”

But ultimately, Patti rejected the prosecutors’ request for pretrial detention and said the four defendants in his courtroom could leave jail Friday without posting any bond.

They would have to surrender their passports, their travel would be restricted, and they would either be on home detention or under curfew, among other conditions. In separate hearings, judges also ordered the release of three other defendants in the case. An eighth defendant was traveling abroad when the indictment was unsealed and had not yet been arrested, prosecutors said.

In court, Patti warned the defendants before him not to violate bond conditions and described what he saw as a “need for civil discourse in this country.”

He told Zou that he was clearly “incredibly smart” but that his actions had been “incredibly dumb and in some cases incredibly mean.” He asked Feyock to reflect on what kind of doctor she wanted to become. He encouraged Weger to take an American government class at community college.

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Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., offered the graduates of Wesleyan University wise counsel in his commencement speech a few weeks back. “You are about to step out into a world that prizes efficiency and the annihilation of drift and friction above all else,” he said. “Our entire economy is built on rewarding companies that are efficient at making a profit, not based upon how they treat their workers, the social value of their product or the impact they have on the community.”

“You didn’t design this world,” he continued. “You didn’t choose it. But you will live with the consequences of this cult of efficiency. And you will have to choose which side you are on.”

How do you make the most bread from the least wheat? A classic question of efficiency, but one that can be answered destructively. You can mix the flour with chalk or gypsum, as bakers sometimes did in previous centuries. Weigh the bread, and “more” of it is being made. But then people are eating powdered rock. Or you can use alum to whiten your loaves on the cheap. But alum harms the human digestive system and can kill children who consume it, as happened during the Victorian era.

This leads to a question that we too rarely ask: Efficient for whom? In Victorian England, what could be efficient for the baker was ruinous for the buyer. In modern America,

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In April, the House passed its version of the farm bill. It’s one of those sprawling pieces of legislation that includes many sections sizable enough to be their own bills. One of those sections is the text of a bill that would not stand a chance in the Senate on its own: the Save Our Bacon Act.

The New York Times’ Nicholas Kristof wrote a wonderful column on this last month. Let me recap it: In 2016 and 2018, voters in Massachusetts and California passed ballot initiatives banning, among other things, the sale of pork from pigs confined in gestation crates. These crates confine breeding sows — large animals, often 400 to 500 pounds — in 2-by-7-foot cages in which they cannot so much as turn around, much less root or socialize. Because sows are often reimpregnated about a month after their piglets are born, they can spend years of their lives in these crates. I watched, in the interest of fairness, a video from an arm of the National Pork Board on why gestation crates are good for pigs. It features row upon row of sows penned between bars so narrow they cannot turn around. It is no way for any animal to live, particularly not one as smart and as social as a pig.

Proposition 12, the ballot measure in California, took this seriously and specified a minimum amount of space per pig. It mandated that a breeding sow must be able to turn around, lie down, stand up and fully extend her limbs, and that there must be 24 square feet of floor space per pig. That’s it. These are not conditions any creature would choose. But they are better than the conditions in which millions of breeding sows lived.

Prop 12 probably made pork between 5% and 20% more expensive. Some of that reflects the cost of space and management, some of it the cost of rebuilding infrastructure in operations that were previously designed around gestation crates. But Californians heard that argument and passed the measure anyway. They decided that they did not want the low cost of pork to hide the high cost on pigs; they would pay slightly more if it meant a somewhat better life for the animals. The law also helped small and more humane farms, whose operations were not built around gestation crates.

Having lost the argument before the voters of California, the pork industry turned to the courts. They argued that California’s law should be declared unconstitutional because the costs of California’s rules would fall on out-ofstate producers, and that California was such a big market, it would act as a de facto national policy. They also argued that the policy would raise the cost of pork without offering sufficient benefits to either pigs or people. They lost.

And so, having lost before Massachusetts’ and California’s voters and the Supreme Court, the pork industry has turned to Congress. The Save Our Bacon Act wouldn’t just override the California or Massachusetts laws. It would also stop any similar law from passing in any state ever

again. The bill would make it illegal to set standards that affected out-of-state producers. To expand on an analogy made by the Supreme Court, this would be akin to saying you can ban child labor in your state, but you cannot ban the sale of goods produced with child labor in other states.

“The Save Our Bacon Act reaffirms livestock producers’ right to sell their products across state lines, without interference from arbitrary mandates,” said Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, who introduced the bill. But the mandates were anything but arbitrary. Californians decided that there was more they cared about than the price of pork: They wanted breeding sows to be able to lie down, turn around, walk a little bit. They want low prices for pork, but they didn’t want those low prices to come at the cost of terrible cruelty to animals. Now, in the name of cost and efficiency, Congress might make it illegal for any state anywhere to say that there is a minimal standard of treatment for livestock destined for their market.

In traditional economics, prices are the informational lifeblood of an economy: They reveal the cost of materials and labor, the balance of supply and demand. But much can be hidden in prices. Perhaps it is artificially low because waste is being dumped into the rivers or workers are being robbed of their wages or the burden is borne by animals that will spend years of their lives without the comfort of their herd or the ability to feel grass beneath their hooves or the space to turn around when curious about a sound. When that happens, we have sacrificed compassion for cost.

Most of us know by now that the lives animals lead in factory farms are often hideous. A 2019 survey by the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future found that a majority of Americans wanted stronger oversight of confined animal feeding operations and a plurality wanted a ban on new ones. Those numbers were even higher when the same pollsters asked Iowans and North Carolinians, where majorities favored a ban on new concentrated animal feeding operations, in part because these operations often impose terrible costs on the humans who live near them.

What the ballot measures in Massachusetts and California revealed is that many Americans want the assurance that the meat they buy is not priced so low because the true and terrible cost was borne by the animal. They should be allowed to make that choice. The industry’s answer has been to spend millions in the courts and in Congress seeking to take that power from us.

That would not just inflict harm on sows. It would inflict harm on us. Compassion is a form of attention. Like any other form of attention, it can be strengthened or left to atrophy. To force states and people to participate in practices they find morally objectionable is to deny them the exercise of their moral judgments. That is not an efficiency, even if it lowers prices. It is a loss of collective agency, an enforced atrophying of our compassion, and Congress should reject it.

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Poder Judicial alerta sobre citaciones falsas por mensajes y correos electrónicos

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SAN JUAN – El director administrativo de los Tribunales, Sigfrido Steidel Figueroa, alertó el lunes sobre una modalidad de fraude en la que se envían citaciones judiciales falsas mediante mensajes de texto o correos electrónicos con enlaces fraudulentos.

Según el Poder Judicial, los mensajes solicitan a las personas entrar a un enlace para coordinar una supuesta citación a una vista judicial por multas de tránsito pendientes.

La comunicación fraudulenta incluye amenazas de arresto, embargo de salario u otras medidas coercitivas.

De acuerdo con la alerta, los responsables del esquema hacen referencia a un

número de caso judicial falso y utilizan nombres de jueces, agentes de la Policía o personal del tribunal.

El Poder Judicial reiteró que ningún trámite judicial legítimo requiere pagos por teléfono ni por medios electrónicos no oficiales.

Tampoco solicita información personal por mensajes de texto, llamadas telefónicas o correos electrónicos no oficiales.

La Rama Judicial exhortó a las personas que reciban una comunicación sospechosa a no interactuar con el mensaje ni entrar al enlace provisto.

También recomendó contactar a las autoridades ante cualquier intento de fraude relacionado con supuestas citaciones judiciales.

Dos muertos y dos heridos de gravedad en accidentes con motoras y todo terreno en Lares, Cidra y Las Piedras

SAN JUAN – Dos personas murieron y dos resultaron con heridas de gravedad en accidentes de tránsito reportados durante el fin de semana en Lares, Cidra y Las Piedras.

En Lares, José Feliciano Ortiz, de 32 años y residente de Yauco, falleció luego de perder el control de una motora Honda CR-250R de 1996 en la carretera PR-431, kilómetro 12.7, del barrio Prieto. Según la investigación, el conductor salió expulsado y cayó en una zanja.

Mientras, en Cidra, Emanuel Rivera Vázquez, de 46 años, murió en un accidente en el kilómetro 50 de la carretera PR-1, en el barrio Beatriz. La Policía indicó que conducía un vehículo todoterreno de fabricación casera cuando perdió el control, invadió el carril contrario y fue impactado por un Toyota Camry. Rivera Vázquez salió expulsado y falleció en la escena. Su acompañante, fue transportada al Centro Médico de Río Piedras en condición de cuidado. La prueba de alcohol realizada al conductor del automóvil fue negativa.

Por otra parte, un hombre de 38 años y residente de Gurabo, sufrió heridas de gravedad en un accidente reportado en el kilómetro 19.3 de la carretera PR-30, en Las Piedras. Según la investigación preliminar, el sujeto conducía una motocicleta Husqvarna Svartpilen 701 cuando perdió el control e impactó un Toyota Corolla de 2020 conducido por una mujer de 68 años. Fue transportado al Centro Médico de Río Piedras.

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‘Disclosure Day’ review: Spielberg plays his greatest cosmic hits

By MANOHLA DARGIS

Steven Spielberg’s “Disclosure Day” is one of those movies that sweeps you up from the start and rarely lets you down. A rollicking science-fiction adventure, it finds Spielberg revisiting a genre that he has populated with charming and horrifying extraterrestrials, genetically engineered dinosaurs and plugged-in psychics, and which has inspired some of his most popular and critical successes. The first time I watched the new movie, I scribbled I am having so much fun in my notebook. It was a nonsensical thing to write down as well as redundant. I didn’t need a reminder of the contact high that stayed with me after the credits.

There’s a lot going on in “Disclosure Day,” story-wise and otherwise, but its maximalism is coherent and strategic. (Universal Pictures)

Most overtly, “Disclosure Day” serves as a companion piece to “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” the 1977 blockbuster which, two years after “Jaws,” solidified Spielberg’s status as a New Hollywood chart-buster. In the decades that followed, he began to broaden his horizons with self-consciously serious, weighty subjects in films that were greeted in some quarters as evidence of his maturity. Throughout, he also continued to return to science fiction, an elastic genre that allowed him to stick to familiar types, pet themes and narrative patterns even as he pushed himself yet further stylistically, technically and cosmically.

There’s a lot going on in “Disclosure Day,” story-wise and otherwise, but its maximalism is coherent and strategic. It was written by David Koepp, a genre adept who’s provided Steven Soderbergh with some of his best recent material. Spielberg conceived of the story for this movie, which effectively plays out as a feature-length chase involving some likable, enigmatically connected people who are racing toward a shared destiny while evading powerful forces. As the race goes on, the movie veers between comedy and suspense, action and contemplation, the sounds of squealing tires mixing with sober interludes that touch on belief, reason, trauma, self-governance, the common good and higher powers.

The movie opens mid-chase with a skittish Spielbergian Everyman, Daniel Kellner (Josh O’Connor), fending off a phalanx of Spielbergian heavies led by Noah Scanlon (Colin Firth), a smooth talker with a plummy accent and a raptor’s gaze. It’s night in the generic big city, and Daniel has a frightened woman at his side, Jane Blankenship (Eve Hewson), and a small mysterious object in hand that Noah wants. Daniel also has skills, and with some fast moves and nimble footwork he and Jane manage to evade capture in an SUV. It’s one of the first in a series of amusingly preposterous escapes that Spielberg orchestrates and is in keeping with the perilous getaways that filmmakers have been perfecting since early cinema.

Soon after Daniel and Jane peel off, other characters emerge in quick succession in what becomes a prickly intrigue. Something very big, potentially explosive and obviously dangerous is underway here, which helps feed the deepening

mystery and mounting unease. In one corner of the world, there’s Hugo Wakefield (Colman Domingo), a paternal figure who’s in what at first looks like an interior construction site, where he’s surrounded by scurrying workers and false walls. He tethers one of a handful of storylines that eventually join together and routinely delivers guidance to Daniel. Hugo also embodies values that seem in direct opposition to Noah’s and which introduce the story’s larger Manichaean divide.

As promised, there are extraterrestrials, too, though they largely hover in the background rather than taking center stage as E.T. does. Spielberg and Koepp tease the aliens here early on in dramatic, somber fashion, incorporating them into a progressively complex conspiratorial web. The greater, more surprising jolt, though, is how funny the movie is. That’s particularly true of the scenes with Emily Blunt, as Margaret Fairchild, a Kansas City, Missouri, TV weather presenter who — in what seems like one of the movie’s many autobiographical allusions — yearns to be taken more seriously. Blunt’s Margaret is a fast talker and mover, a human cyclone whose rhythms dovetail with the accelerated pacing.

To a degree, the genesis of “Disclosure Day” can be traced to Spielberg’s stargazing when he was growing up in Arizona; it’s no wonder the movie feels personal, especially when compared with the bloodlessness of his version of “War of the Worlds.” By the time he was a teenager that pastime had fused with his love of movies, and he had made “Firelight” (1964), a feature-length film about scientists investigating alien abductions. In the decades since, he has directed genre standards that, even when they go light on science, often take far-out flight. Many also thrum with the same moral questions that he’s engaged elsewhere, notably what responsibility people owe others, whether human, machine or alien.

However deeply Spielberg cares about some of the subjects that he lights on here — and I think that he does take them seriously — the movie never gets bogged down by them. At times, it also plays like a greatest-hits compilation.

Like his film-struck compatriots in the 1970s, Spielberg has long filled his work with allusions to screen favorites. The misterioso monument that looms in “Close Encounters,” for one, evokes Monument Valley, John Ford’s stomping ground, and “A.I.” is richly embellished with references to the Disney animated film “Pinocchio.” A bridge figure between New Hollywood and its corporate successors, Spielberg himself has now loomed large over American cinema for over half a century.

Spielberg and his very fine lead players — O’Connor’s yielding softness works contrapuntally with Blunt’s crispness — keep the individual parts moving smoothly, even during some lurching transitions. He seems particularly revved up during the action sequences, which have an appealing looseness to them; some of the wilder, more improbable choreographed mayhem is more likely to make you laugh in appreciation than gasp. Spielberg isn’t straining to wow you. He reached the summit a while ago, which gives you latitude to get in his groove and have a good time. As I said, he has something to say about the world and our place in it, and while you might dismiss his ideas and sincerity, there’s no dismissing his filmmaking.

One of the striking things about Spielberg’s interest in science fiction is how closely the genre emblematizes cinema itself in its expansiveness, its relationship to the real world, its capacity for awe and potential idealism. “What did you expect to find,” someone asks Richard Dreyfuss’ character in “Close Encounters” shortly before its big finish. “An answer!” he all but yells. Having seen some mysterious flying objects, his character has become obsessed with finding out what they are, a search that ends with his leaving his family on a cosmic trip. Here, by contrast, Spielberg has created a de facto family — Domingo makes an excellent Dad — in a movie that insists that cinema itself is an empathy machine that we can all hop aboard.

‘Disclosure Day’

Rated PG-13 for guns and fairly mild action-movie violence. Running time: 2 hours, 25 minutes. In theaters.

Stocks of oil in US Strategic Petroleum Reserve falls to lowest since 1983

Stocks of crude ⁠oil ⁠in the U.S. Strategic ⁠Petroleum Reserve fell to 340.3 million barrels, the lowest level since 1983, according to data from the Department of Energy on Monday, signaling tight supplies just as the U.S. and Iran agree on a deal to end the war and open the Strait of ⁠Hormuz.

Inventories in ⁠the government’s emergency stash fell by 8.9 million barrels, the third steepest draw on record. The drawdowns are a part of a U.S. agreement to loan 172 million barrels from the facility to help push down fuel prices, which surged in recent months to multi-year highs.

U.S. crude stocks have fallen sharply in recent weeks due ⁠to ⁠high refining and export demand ⁠for American oil to fill supply gaps caused by the Iran war. Overall U.S. inventories, including commercial and SPR stocks, ⁠have fallen by 79 million to 77.6 million barrels, the lowest since 2023, after the war began at the end of February.

Inventories at Cushing, the main storage hub for oil in Oklahoma and the pricing point for U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude ⁠futures, have eased to 21.6 million barrels, near operational lows, raising concerns of ⁠supply tightness.

Stocks in the SPR also dropped below the levels seen during the administration of former President Joe Biden, when it touched a low of 346.8 million barrels.

Republican lawmakers at the time raised concerns that the sale of 180 million barrels of oil — the largest ever from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — was being used as a “political tool” and had damaged the system’s delicate salt caverns. The Biden administration denied ⁠those claims.

Under the latest SPR loans, companies borrowing the oil are required to return the original volumes, with a premium in the form of extra oil. The department says that system will help stabilize markets at no cost to U.S. taxpayers.

Citi on Monday cut its ⁠average ⁠Brent crude forecasts to $75 ⁠and

$70 per barrel for the third and fourth quarters of 2026, respectively, citing expectations that the Strait of Hormuz trade flows will resume and normalize after the U.S. and Iran approved a memorandum of understanding to end the war in ⁠the Gulf.

The ⁠bank also lowered its 2027 Brent forecast to $65 per barrel from $80 previously, shifting its outlook toward what had been its bear-case scenario, it said in a note.

Citi said its new base case, assigned a 60% probability, assumes the MoU is signed and negotiations ultimately secure sustained flows through the ⁠Strait ⁠of Hormuz at largely ⁠normalized rates by mid-to-late July. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that the memorandum had been signed

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⁠by the United States and Iran.

“In our view, the market is pricing the MoU itself, but not an agreement that secures SoH flows over the medium term; otherwise, crude oil prices would likely be ~$10–15/bbl lower than they ⁠are today,” said analysts at the bank.

The brokerage added that limited U.S. ⁠appetite for renewed conflict and Iran’s willingness to engage support a strategy of selling summer oil rallies.

In the same note, Citi raised its 0–3 month gold price forecast to $4,500 per ounce from $4,000, and its silver price forecast to $70 per ounce from $60, saying broader risk sentiment is likely to improve.

What to know about the US-Iran framework agreement

By LEO SANDS

The United States and Iran have reached a preliminary agreement to cease hostilities for 60 days and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, paving the way to future talks that could ultimately end their monthslong war.

The full text of the agreement has not been published. But emerging details suggested that some of the most difficult issues, including the fate of Iran’s nuclear program, have been deferred to future rounds of negotiations.

The framework commits the United States to begin dismantling its naval blockade of Iran, while Iran will clear mines in the Strait of Hormuz and reopen the vital waterway to shipping, according to officials briefed on the document. In effect, that would return the situation to the status quo in late February, when the war began. Here’s what to know.

Who announced the agreement?

The United States and Iran, alongside Pakistan, which has been playing the role of mediator, all said Sunday that an agreement had been reached, although they used varying language to describe it.

President Donald Trump said in a post on social media that “This Great Deal will bring Peace and Security to the whole Region.” Iran’s Supreme National Security Council described the agreement as a “memorandum of understanding.”

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif of Pakistan said that the United States and Iran had committed to an “immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon,” a point that was also emphasized by Iranian officials. Fighting erupted in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah, the Iranbacked militia, soon after the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran began in late February and has been a key sticking point in the U.S.-Iran talks.

Neither Israel nor Hezbollah, the warring sides in Lebanon, is a party to the agreement between the United States and Iran. It is unclear how the new deal will affect the fighting there, although Israeli officials Monday rejected the prospect of any military withdrawal from Lebanon.

What is the timeline?

The United States and Iran have agreed

In an image from Vantor, the Natanz nuclear complex in Iran, March 7, 2026. President Donald Trump said Iran had promised to suspend enriching uranium in the agreement he reached to end the war he started, but it is unclear for how long. (Satellite image ©2026 Vantor Technologies via The New York Times)

to a multistage framework involving lengthier negotiations.

Iran’s deputy foreign minister, Kazem Gharibabadi, told state television that Iran’s commitments under the agreement — which he did not detail in full — would begin Friday, when the deal is scheduled to be formally signed in Geneva.

After that, the United States and Iran will cease hostilities for at least 60 days to allow for negotiations to resolve outstanding issues. Sharif said that mediators will “lay the foundations for the technical talks” in a series of discussions this week.

Gharibabadi said that Iran’s nuclear program — a critical, unresolved issue — will be among the issues to be discussed in the next round of negotiations.

What about the Strait of Hormuz?

Before the war, around one-fifth of the world’s oil supply transited through the Strait of Hormuz, which was in effect shut down by Iran during the fighting, leading to a spike in global energy prices.

Trump said on social media Sunday that the strait would reopen to commercial shipping Friday, suggesting that Iran would first remove mines from the crucial waterway. He also said that he had ordered an immediate end to the U.S. naval blockade

of Iranian ports, which began in mid-April in an effort to block the flow of Iranian oil.

In an interview with The New York Times, the president said that the strait would be “permanently toll-free” under the framework agreement, restoring the status before the war began.

Trump’s announcement about the strait prompted the price of Brent crude, the global benchmark for oil, to fall nearly 5% to around $83 a barrel.

Iranian officials have not commented on the specifics of the agreement.

What happens to Iran’s nuclear program?

The preliminary agreement leaves the question of Iran’s nuclear program unresolved. Gharibabadi said that “nuclear matters” would be among the issues discussed during the next round of negotiations.

According to earlier comments by U.S. officials and diplomats, there are four major points of negotiation for those discussions: how long Iran may suspend uranium enrichment, the future of Iran’s current stockpile of enriched uranium, the fate of Iran’s nuclear sites and future inspections of Iran’s nuclear program.

Trump has long said that Iran must give

up its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, which the United States and Israel fear could be used to build a nuclear weapon. Iran’s leadership has maintained for years that it has no intentions to build an atomic weapon.

In the interview with the Times, Trump conceded that no consensus had been reached. He said the United States and Iran were negotiating over the length of time for which Iran would commit to suspending its enrichment of uranium. Under the agreement being sought, he said, Iran would be limited to enriching uranium for “nonmilitary purposes.”

What will happen to Iran’s frozen assets?

The fate of billions of dollars of frozen Iranian assets, around $25 billion of which are locked in overseas accounts by longstanding international sanctions, was also deferred.

According to Gharibabadi, the lifting of sanctions will be addressed in future negotiations.

In the interview Sunday, Trump repeated his insistence that Tehran would not secure the release of its frozen assets or receive any relief from sanctions until it delivered on its commitments.

Will the agreement end the fighting in Lebanon?

Iran has insisted that any peace agreement encompass Lebanon, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has sought to disentangle the two conflicts and retain the latitude to attack Hezbollah.

Iran and Pakistan said that the preliminary agreement announced Sunday included a commitment to end military operations on all fronts, including Lebanon.

But since neither Hezbollah nor Israel is party to the agreement, enforcing that commitment would depend on the U.S.’ ability to compel Israel to wind down its military campaign and Iran’s cooperation in restraining Hezbollah. The extent to which Iran and the United States expect Israel to scale back its military operations was also unclear.

On Monday, Israel’s defense minister, Israel Katz, said in a statement that Israeli forces will remain in the swath of Lebanese territory they have seized and occupied since the war began.

Switzerland rejects measure to cap its population at 10 million

By JIM TANKERSLEY

Swiss voters defeated a nationwide ballot initiative Sunday to limit the population to 10 million people. The vote rejected what would have been one of the most drastic measures taken by a European country to stem the arrival of new immigrants.

Final returns, which came in quickly after polls closed at noon local time, showed the measure failing, with about 45% in favor and 55% opposed. Federal officials announced Sunday afternoon that the initiative had failed.

The measure’s support was heaviest in rural states, and its opposition was strongest in cities and in border regions, including the Frenchspeaking areas in the west.

Polls had suggested a tight race, but the “no” campaign gained momentum in the days before the vote. The final margin appeared larger than most analysts had expected.

The referendum carried heavy implications for Swiss politics, the economy and the country’s relationship with the European Union, at a time of increased national anxiety over global

security and commerce.

“The voting population has spoken out in favor of a networked Switzerland,” Beat Jans, Swiss justice minister and outspoken opponent of the measure, told reporters Sunday in Bern.

Voters, he added, want to continue a partnership with Europe that “relies on stability and reliability in geopolitically and economically uncertain times.”

“This is important for jobs, for prosperity, and the international cooperation of our country,” he said.

The vote took place amid a wider backlash against migration across Europe, and at a time when Switzerland, one of the world’s richest countries, is struggling with concerns over quality of life, affordability and environmental sustainability.

Supporters of the population cap sought to harness all of those worries, in an effort to appeal to centrist voters who otherwise view immigration positively.

Opponents said the measure would hurt the Swiss economy. They argued it would slow the influx of skilled foreign workers, like entrepre- neurs and engineers, who help boost growth. It could also starve the country of much-needed service workers, like nurses, just as a wide swath of the Swiss workforce hits retirement age.

Switzerland has about 9.1 million residents, an increase of more than a quarter this century. Immigration, largely from other European countries, has powered that growth, with far fewer arrivals from Africa or the Middle East than its neighbors.

The cap would have forced government officials to take steps to curb the number of newcomers as the population approached 10 million people. It would have triggered some restrictions at 9.5 million, which the country could hit in the next decade.

If the population hit 10 million, officials would have been required to take more drastic steps, culminating with potentially withdrawing from a treaty with the European Union that allows the Swiss and citizens of the bloc to freely move and work in one another’s countries.

Government officials warned before the vote that passing the population cap could imperil efforts to deepen ties with the European Union, at a time when Switzerland’s trading relationship with the United States has been disrupted by tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump.

The vote was a product of Switzerland’s form of direct democracy, under which groups that gather 100,000 signatures can refer questions to voters in a nationwide referendum. The plebiscite on capping the population was backed by the country’s largest political party,

the right-wing Swiss People’s Party, which favors limits on migration and has sponsored several migration-themed measures in the past, including a ban on the construction of mosque minarets.

Analysts said the People’s Party appeared to have broadened the measure’s appeal by focusing on kitchen-table issues such as housing costs and traffic congestion.

Fabio Wasserfallen, a political scientist and pollster at the University of Bern, said before the vote that “conditions are better” in Switzerland compared with other countries.

“But also, affordability is an issue. All these crises are an issue,” he added. “Migration can come to be a focal point to say: ‘Enough is enough. This is going too fast. My life is not improving.’”

Jans said the Swiss government had heard those concerns. The governing council, he said, “takes the consequences of economic and population growth seriously, and it will address the associated challenges in a targeted manner.”

Stefanie Bailer, a political scientist at the University of Basel, said before the vote that the referendum reflected broader opposition to immigration around Europe.

“In a lot of other western European countries, similar initiatives would pass,” she said.

Speaking to Swiss public broadcaster SRF, the president of the People’s Party, Marcel Dettling, blamed the defeat on a divide between urban and rural voters.

“The cities simply wipe the country out when it comes to forming opinions,” he said.

A view of verdant hills and farmland in Corban, Switzerland, on Oct. 28, 2025. Swiss voters have defeated a nationwide ballot initiative to limit the population to 10 million people, rejecting what would have been one of the most drastic measures taken by a European country to stem the arrival of new immigrants. (Lea Meienberg/The New York Times)

Wages are falling. Wealth is surging. No wonder Americans are unhappy.

By BEN CASSELMAN

Two events from the last week help crystallize this strange, contradictory moment for the U.S. economy.

On Wednesday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the surge in energy prices had wiped out a year and a half of wage gains for the average American worker. On Friday, the public-markets debut of SpaceX made Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire.

That stark juxtaposition helps explain why many Americans, in survey after survey, say they no longer believe the U.S. economy is working for them. A few people are getting fabulously, unimaginably wealthy at the same time that entire generations of families worry that they will never be able to afford to buy a house, raise children or enjoy a comfortable retirement.

“I don’t think the stock market is necessarily causing” Americans’ pessimism about the economy, said Stefanie Stantcheva, a Harvard University professor who studies public sentiment. “But I don’t think people are looking at it and are thinking, ‘Great, this means I’m going to do very well, too.’ It’s potentially reinforcing this feeling of ‘I’m falling behind.’”

Inequality is hardly a new feature in America. But the explosion of wealth at the very top is without precedent in U.S. history. At the height of the Gilded Age at the end of the 19th century, the richest handful of Americans had a net worth equivalent to about 3% of the country’s annual economic output, according to data compiled by French economists Gabriel Zucman and Emmanuel Saez. Today, the fortunes of the same 0.00001% — about 20 individuals — make up roughly four times as large a share, equivalent to 12% of annual output.

Other economists, using different methodologies, come up with somewhat different numbers. But hardly anyone disputes the basic fact that the wealthiest few have made extraordinary gains in recent years.

The picture for the other 99% of Americans is more nuanced. More than half of U.S. households own stocks, either directly or through retirement accounts, meaning they have benefited at least somewhat from the record-setting run-up in share prices. Wealth has risen more slowly for middleclass families than for the rich over the past decade, Federal Reserve data shows, but it

Protesters opposed to Elon Musk gather outside the headquarters of JPMorgan Chase in midtown Manhattan to mark the initial public offering of SpaceX on Friday, June 12, 2026. As Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire, workers are facing higher prices and fears of A.I.-driven job losses. (Andres Kudacki/The New York Times)

has still risen.

For most Americans, however, “wealth” is a somewhat abstract concept, tied up in the house where they live and the retirement accounts they hope to leave untouched for as long as possible. What matters more, day to day, is their income. And the share of national income going to workers has been trending down for decades. It hit a record low in the first quarter of the year, according to data from the Commerce Department.

Now rising costs are again taking a bite out of workers’ paychecks. The recent jump in energy prices — a result of the war with Iran — pushed the annual inflation rate to a three-year high in May. Hourly wages, adjusted for inflation, have fallen for three months in a row, erasing all the gains made during President Donald Trump’s first year in office. Measures of consumer sentiment have plummeted as gas prices have risen.

Oil prices have eased somewhat in recent weeks on hopes of a lasting ceasefire. They are likely to fall further now that the United States and Iran have reached a deal and tankers are set to move through the Strait of Hormuz in greater numbers.

But relief at the pump is not likely to end Americans’ anxiety after years of one economic shock after another. First, the CO-

VID-19 pandemic shut down large parts of the economy and put tens of millions of people out of work, at least temporarily. Then inflation soared to the highest level in four decades. Since then, Americans have endured high interest rates, tariffs and repeated recession scares.

“If you think about what it felt like to go through COVID, and then inflation, and also political unrest and instability, you come out of those things thinking, ‘How am I supposed to plan for the future?’” said Elizabeth Wilkins, president of the Roosevelt Institute, a left-leaning think tank.

Now Americans face a new threat in the form of artificial intelligence, which tech industry leaders warn could eliminate whole categories of white-collar work. Many economists are skeptical of those predictions, but polls show that many workers are worried about what the technology will mean for their careers. Voters across the country have also rebelled against plans to build AI data centers in their communities, citing their impact on electricity bills, water supplies and air quality.

Given those concerns, it is hardly surprising that the public is uncomfortable with the surge in wealth that has accompanied the AI boom. Companies connected to the technology have driven the recent gains in

the stock market. SpaceX’s debut Friday was the first in what is expected to be a series of giant initial public offerings for AI companies. (SpaceX, though best known for its rockets and satellites, also owns an AI lab and has made huge investments in AI infrastructure.)

In addition to making Musk a trillionaire, the SpaceX IPO alone was expected to mint thousands of new millionaires and several billionaires.

“Many of the tech moguls who are the current superrich have not helped themselves in the conversation by saying, ‘My innovation is going to obliterate your life,’” said Glenn Hubbard, an economist at Columbia Business School who served as a top adviser to President George W. Bush. “It’s not too crazy to imagine a backlash.”

Hubbard said he did not necessarily see a problem with the existence of billionaires or even trillionaires, as long as people were getting rich through entrepreneurship and innovation rather than through corruption or cronyism. But he said policymakers should take the public attitudes seriously. Congress should consider ways to tax billionaires more effectively, he said, and to ensure that the wealthy don’t exert undue influence on the political system.

Many progressive economists, however, argue that enormous fortunes like Musk’s inherently distort the economic and political systems, giving the superrich too many ways to avoid regulation, taxation and oversight.

“It’s the power to influence markets. It’s the power to buy competitors. It’s the power to influence policymaking,” said Zucman, one of the French scholars of wealth inequality. “If you want a well-functioning market economy, it’s not good to have too much concentrated power with extreme wealth at the very top. It distorts markets. It distorts democracy.”

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA SUPERIOR DE GUAYAMA BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Demandante Vs. SUCESION DE GUILLERMO OLAVARRIA SULIVERAS, también conocido como

GUILLERMO OLAVARRIA

SULIVERA y como

GUILLERMO OLAVARRIA

SULIVERES y SUCESION DE SUSANA SANTIAGO RODRIGUEZ, compuestas por sus hijos SANDRA

IVELISSE OLAVARRIA

SANTIAGO, FRANCES

VANESSA OLAVARRIA

SANTIAGO y GUILLERMO

JOSE OLAVARRIA

SANTIAGO; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)

Demandados

Civil Núm.: GM2025CV00567. (302). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO (EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA). EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Al: PÚBLICO EN GENERAL.

A: SUCESION DE GUILLERMO

OLAVARRIA SULIVERAS, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDO COMO GUILLERMO

OLAVARRIA SULIVERA Y COMO GUILLERMO

OLAVARRIA SULIVERES Y SUCESION DE SUSANA

SANTIAGO RODRIGUEZ, COMPUESTAS POR SUS HIJOS SANDRA

IVELISSE OLAVARRIA

SANTIAGO, FRANCES

VANESSA OLAVARRIA

SANTIAGO Y GUILLERMO

JOSE OLAVARRIA

SANTIAGO; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM).

Yo, MYRIAM ÑECO, ALGUACIL PLACA #107, Alguacil de este Tribunal, a la parte demandada y a los acreedores y personas con interés sobre la propiedad que más adelante se describe, y al público en general, HAGO SABER: Que el día 2 DE JULIO DE 2026 A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Guayama, Guaya-

ma, Puerto Rico, venderé en Pública Subasta la propiedad inmueble que más adelante se describe y cuya venta en pública subasta se ordenó por la vía ordinaria al mejor postor quien hará el pago en dinero en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del o la Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Guayama durante horas laborables. Que en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta a celebrarse, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA para la venta de la susodicha propiedad, el día 9 DE JULIO DE 2026 A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA

SUBASTA el día 16 DE JULIO DE 2026, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina sita en el lugar antes indicado. La propiedad a venderse en pública subasta se describe como sigue: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número Seis (6) del Bloque “C” en el plano de la URBANIZACIÓN JARDINES DE LAFAYETTE del Barrio Guásimas del término municipal de Arroyo, Puerto Rico, con un área de TRESCIENTOS TREINTA Y OCHO PUNTO CERO CERO (338.00) METROS CUADRADOS; y en colindancias por el NORESTE, en trece punto cero cero (13.00) metros, con terrenos de Sucesión Murdock; por el SUROESTE, en trece punto cero cero (13.00) metros, con la Calle “A”; por el SURESTE, en veintiséis punto cero cero (26.00) metros, con el solar número C guion Siete (C-7); y por el NOROESTE, en veintiséis punto cero cero (26.00) metros, con el solar número C guion Cinco (C-5). Contiene una casa de concreto de hormigón y bloques. La escritura de hipoteca se encuentra inscrita al Sistema Karibe de Arroyo, Registro de la Propiedad de Guayama, finca número 1,658, inscripción segunda. La dirección física de la propiedad antes descrita es Urb. Jardines de Lafayette, Solar C-6 Calle A, Arroyo, PR. La subasta se llevará a efecto para satisfacer a la parte demandante la suma de $$39,230.67 de principal, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 6.125% anual, desde el día 1ro de enero de 2025, hasta su completo pago, más recargos acumulados, más la cantidad de $7,000.00 estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, así como cualquier otra suma estipulada en el contrato de préstamo, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la

primera subasta para el inmueble será la suma de $70,000.00 y de ser necesaria una segunda subasta, la cantidad mínima será una equivalente a 2/3 parte de aquella, o sea la suma de $46,666.67 y de necesitarse una tercera subasta la cantidad mínima será la mitad del precio pactado, es decir la suma de $35,000.00. De declararse desierta la tercera subasta se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si esta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor. La propiedad se adjudicará al mejor postor, quien deberá satisfacer el importe de su oferta en moneda legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América en el momento de la adjudicación y que las cargas y gravámenes preferentes, si los hubiese, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad a ser vendida en pública subasta se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Podrán concurrir como postores a todas las subastas los titulares de créditos hipotecarios vigentes y posteriores a la hipoteca que se cobra o ejecuta, si alguno o que figuren como tales en la certificación registral y que podrán utilizar el montante de sus créditos o parte de alguno en sus ofertas. Si la oferta aceptada es por cantidad mayor a la suma del crédito o créditos preferentes al suyo, al obtener la buena pro del remate, deberá satisfacer en el mismo acto, en efectivo o en cheque de gerente, la totalidad del crédito hipotecario que se ejecuta y la de cualesquiera otro créditos posteriores al que se ejecuta, pero preferente al suyo. El exceso constituirá abono total o parcial en su propio crédito. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto para conocimiento y comparecencia de los licitadores, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 28 de abril de 2026. MYRIAM ÑECO, ALGUACIL PLACA #107, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL, SALA SUPERIOR DE GUAYAMA.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA SUPERIOR DE PONCE ONITY LOAN ACQUISITION TRUST 2025-HB2 Demandante V.

LA SUCESIÓN DE JULIO

ENRIQUE RIVERA APONTE, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDO COMO JULIO E. RIVERA APONTE, JULIO RIVERA APONTE, JULIO ENRIQUE RIVERA, JULIO E. RIVERA Y COMO JULIO RIVERA, COMPUESTA POR FULANO DE TAL Y FULANA DE TAL, COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS CON INTERÉS EN LA SUCESIÓN, ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES

Demandados

Civil Núm.: PO2024CV01084. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: LA PARTE DEMANDADA, AL (A LA) SECRETARIO(A) DE HACIENDA DE PUERTO RICO Y AL PÚBLICO GENERAL:

Certifico y Hago Constar: Que en cumplimiento con el Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por el (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Ponce en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor en efectivo, cheque gerente, giro postal, cheque certificado en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América al nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, en mi oficina ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Ponce, el 14 DE JULIO DE 2026 A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, todo derecho título, participación o interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar número “I” guión tres (I-3) de la Urbanización Estancias de Yauco, radicada en el Barrio Barinas del término municipal de Yauco, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de trescientos cincuenta y cuatro punto sesenta y siete (354.67 m.c.) metros cuadrados equivalentes a cero punto cero novecientos dos (0.0902 c.) cuerdas. En lindes por el NORTE, en uno punto dieciocho (1.18 m.) metros y en un arco de doce punto ochenta y tres (12.83 m.l.) metros lineales, con la Calle número diez (10) de la Urbanización; por el

SUR, en tres alineaciones de dos punto setenta y seis (2.76 m.) metros, ocho punto sesenta y nueve (8.69 m.) metros, y cuatro punto cero cuatro (4.04 m.l.) metros lineales, que suman quince punto cuarenta y nueve (15.49 m.l.), con los Solares “L” guión cuatro (L-4) y “L” guión tres (L-3); por el ESTE, en una distancia de veinticuatro punto cero cero (24.00 m.l.) metros lineales, con el Solar número dos (2) del Bloque I; y por el OESTE, en una distancia de veinticuatro punto cero ocho (24.08 m.l.) metros lineales, con el Solar número cuatro (4) del Bloque I. Contiene una casa para fines residenciales. Se encuentra afectada a Servidumbre de teléfonos. Inscrita al folio 129 del tomo 420 de Yauco, finca número 14,715, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección Segunda de Ponce. Propiedad localizada en: Urb. Estancias de Yauco, I-3 Calle Turquesa, Yauco, Puerto Rico 00698. La propiedad objeto de ejecución no está gravada por cargas preferentes a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante. Según figura en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por cargas posteriores a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante que se describe a continuación: HIPOTECA en garantía de pagaré a favor del Secretario de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano de los Estados Unidos, o a su orden, por la suma de 189,000.00 con intereses al 5.06% anual y vencimiento 22 de enero de 2095. Constituida por la escritura 192 otorgada en Ponce, Puerto Rico, el 5 de diciembre de 2012 ante el notario Francisco Ramon Febus Rivera. Inscrita el 25 de enero de 2013, al folio 142 del tomo 470 de Yauco, finca 14715, inscripción 6ª. AVISO DE DEMANDA con fecha 29 de noviembre de 2016 seguida en la Corte de Distrito de Estados Unidos, para el Distrito de Puerto Rico, en el caso número CV-03050- GAG, sobre cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca; Reverse Mortgage Solutions Inc., demandante v. Julio Enrique Rivera Aponte t/c/c Julio E. Rivera Aponte, como Julio Rivera Aponte, como Julio Enrique Rivera, como Julio E. Rivera y como Julio Rivera; United States of America, demandados. Por la misma se reclama el pago de $105,043.82, más otras sumas. Anotada el 13 de septiembre de 2017, al Tomo Digital Karibe de la finca 14715 de Yauco, anotación “A”. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad de la propiedad y que todas las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito ejecutante antes descritos, si los hubie-

re, continuarán subsistentes. El rematante acepta dichas cargas y gravámenes anteriores, y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se establece como tipo mínimo de subasta la suma de $189,000.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la escritura de hipoteca. De ser necesaria una SEGUNDA SUBASTA por declararse desierta la primera, la misma se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Ponce, el 21 DE JULIO DE 2026 A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $126,000.00 dos tercios (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo establecido originalmente. Si tampoco se produce remate ni adjudicación en la SEGUNDA SUBASTA, se establece como mínima para la TERCERA SUBASTA, la suma de $94,500.00 la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Ponce el 29 DE JULIO DE 2026 A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para, con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante, el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor ascendente a las siguientes cantidades: la suma de $86,727.52 por concepto de principal, más la suma de $83,467.01 en intereses acumulados al 14 de octubre de 2025 y los cuales continúan acumulándose a razón de 5.06000% anual hasta su total y completo pago; y otros gastos acumulados. La suma global vencida, líquida y exigible incluyendo intereses y otros gastos acumulados al 14 de octubre de 2025 es de $207,464.34 y los cuales continúan acumulándose, así como la cantidad líquida estipulada en los documentos del préstamo para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado en caso de reclamación judicial y que correspondan a intereses y cargos por demora hasta su pago total. Las cantidades antes mencionadas se encuentran determinadas, vencidas, líquidas y exigibles, todo ello de acuerdo a los términos de la Sentencia dictada, la cual es final y firme. Se notifica a todos los interesados que las actas y demás constancias del expediente de este caso están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables para ser examinadas por los (las) interesados (as). Y para su publicación en el periódico The San Juan Daily Star, que es un diario de circulación general en la isla de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas

con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, así como para su publicación en los sitios públicos de Puerto Rico. Expedido en Ponce, Puerto Rico, hoy día 20 de mayo de 2026. MANUEL MALDONADO, ALGUACIL DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PONCE, SALA SUPERIOR.

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LEGACY MORTGAGE

ASSET TRUST 2021-GS1

Parte Demandante Vs. ROBERTO ANTONIO MONTERO RESTITUYO TCC ROBERTO

MONTERO RESTITUYO, MILAGROS LOPEZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES

Parte Demandada Caso Civil Núm.: CA2023CV02188. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA (IN REM). ANUNCIO DE SUBASTA. El suscribiente, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Puerto Rico, Sala de Carolina, a los demandados de epígrafe y al público en general hace saber que venderá en pública subasta en la Oficina de Alguaciles, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, al mejor postor, en moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América en efectivo, cheque certificado, o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, el derecho que tenga la parte demandada en el inmueble que se relaciona más adelante para pagar la SENTENCIA por $99,094.77 de balance principal, los intereses adeudados sobre dicho principal y computados al 5% anual hasta su total pago y completo pago desde el primero de enero de 2023; cargos por demora devengados, más la suma estipulada para honorarios de abogado pactada en la escritura de hipoteca y cualesquiera otras sumas que por cualesquiera concepto legal se devenguen hasta el día de la subasta. La propiedad a venderse en pública subasta se describe como sigue: URBANA: Solar marcado con el numero treinta y siete (37) del bloque WC en el Plano de Urbanización Reparto Los Ángeles, Extensión numero dos (2), sito en el Barrio Cangrejos Arriba de Carolina, con una cabida de trescientos veinticuatro punto cero cero (324.00) metros cuadrados. Colinda por el Norte, en trece punto cincuenta

metros, con la calle A; por el Sur, en trece punto cincuenta (13.50) metros, con el solar seis (6); por el Este, en veinticuatro punto cero cero (24.00) metros, con el solar treinta y ocho (38); y por el Oeste, en veinticuatro punto cero cero (24.00) metros, con el solar treinta y seis de dicho bloque. Enclava casa. Inscrita al folio ciento once (111) del Tomo quinientos noventa y nueve (599) de Carolina, finca número veintisiete mil novecientos setenta y uno (27,971), Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina Sección I. Dirección Física: WC- 37 Calle Jazmin, Urb. Los Ángeles, Carolina, PR 00979. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a cabo el DÍA 9 DE JULIO DE 2026, A LAS 10:15 DE LA MAÑANA, y servirá de tipo mínimo para la misma la suma de $122,400.00 sin admitirse oferta inferior. En el caso de que el inmueble a ser subastado no fuera adjudicado en la primera subasta, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 16 DE JULIO DE 2026, A LAS 10:15 DE LA MAÑANA, y el precio mínimo para esta segunda subasta será el de dos terceras partes del precio mínimo establecido para la primera subasta, o a sea la suma de $81,600.00. Si tampoco hubiera remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 23 DE JULIO DE 2016, A LAS 10:15 DE LA MAÑANA, y el tipo mínimo para esta tercera subasta será la mitad del precio establecido para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de $61,200.00. El mejor postor deberá pagar el importe de su oferta en efecto, cheque certificado o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse el inmueble al acreedor hipotecario dentro de los diez días siguientes a la fecha de la última subasta, si así lo estimase conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada conforme a la sentencia, si ésta fuera igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta y abonándose dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta fuera mayor. Se avisa a cualquier licitador que la propiedad queda sujeta al gravamen del Estado Libre Asociado y CRIM sobre la propiedad inmueble por contribuciones adeudadas y que el pago de dichas contribuciones es la responsabilidad del licitador. Que se entenderá por todo licitador acepte como suficiente la titulación y que los cargos y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes en entendiéndose

que el rematador los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse su extinción al precio rematante. Todos los nombres de los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante, o de los acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, siempre que surgen de la certificación registral, para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Y para conocimiento de licitadores, del público en general y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general diaria en Puerto Rico y en los sitios públicos de acuerdo a las disposiciones de la Regla 51.7 de las de Procedimiento Civil, así como para la publicación en un periódico de circulación general diaria y en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas con antelación a la fecha de la primera subasta y por lo menos una vez por semana. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento indicado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante las horas laborables. (Art. 102 (1) de la Ley núm. 210-2015). Expedido el presente en Ponce, Puerto Rico, a 19 de mayo de 2026. Héctor L. Peña Rodríguez, Alguacil Del Tribunal De Primera Instancia, Sala De Carolina. ***

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE VEGA BAJA

HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS

ASSOCIATION, INC.

Demandante Vs. NORBERT BUTT, ELAINE RUTH BUTT Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES, COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandados Civil Núm.: VB2026CV00454. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIA-

NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

DO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: NORBERT BUTT, POR SÍ Y REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES; ELAINE RUTH BUTT, POR SÍ Y REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES; SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES, COMPUESTA POR AMBOS.

Se les notifica a ustedes que se ha radicado mediante el sistema SUMAC una Demanda por la parte demandante HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. solicitando un Cobro de Dinero. Se les emplaza y se les requiere que notifiquen a la Lcda. Jessica Martínez Birriel, GARRIGA & MARINI LAW OFFICES, C.S.P., P.O. Box 16593, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00908-6593, teléfono (787) 275-0655, correo electrónico: jmartbirr@yahoo. com, con copia de su contestación a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Dentro del mismo periodo de treinta (30) días ustedes deberán presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual pueden acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/ index.php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se representen por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberán presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Si dejaren de contestar podrá anotarse la rebeldía y dictarse contra ustedes sentencia en rebeldía concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, sin más citarles ni oírles. Además, se les apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 57-2023, titulada Ley para la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar y para la Seguridad, Bienestar y Protección de los Menores, entre los remedios que el Tribunal podrá conceder se incluyen la ubicación permanente de un (una) menor fuera de su hogar, el inicio de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquier otra medida en el interés del (de la) menor. (Artículo 33, incisos b y f de la Ley Núm. 57-2023). Se les advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el Sello del Tribunal, a tenor con la Orden del Tribunal, hoy día 21 de mayo de 2026. Alicia Ayala Sanjurjo, Secretaria. Amalia I. Monroig Rodríguez, Sub-Secretaria.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU-

SALA DE VEGA BAJA HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.

Demandante Vs. BARRY WILLIAM BECKER, PHYLLIS RITA BECKER Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES, COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandados Civil Núm.: VB2026CV00455.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO.

EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: BARRY WILLIAM BECKER, POR SÍ Y REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES; PHYLLIS RITA BECKER, POR SÍ Y REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES; SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES, COMPUESTA POR AMBOS.

Se les notifica a ustedes que se ha radicado mediante el sistema SUMAC una Demanda por la parte demandante HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. solicitando un Cobro de Dinero. Se les emplaza y se les requiere que notifiquen a la Lcda. Jessica Martínez Birriel, GARRIGA & MARINI LAW OFFICES, C.S.P., P.O. Box 16593, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00908-6593, teléfono (787) 275-0655, correo electrónico: jmartbirr@yahoo. com, con copia de su contestación a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Dentro del mismo periodo de treinta (30) días ustedes deberán presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual pueden acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/ index.php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se representen por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberán presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Si dejaren de contestar podrá anotarse la rebeldía y dictarse contra ustedes sentencia en rebeldía concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, sin más citarles ni oírles. Además, se les apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 57-2023, titulada Ley para la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar y para la Seguridad,

Bienestar y Protección de los Menores, entre los remedios que el Tribunal podrá conceder se incluyen la ubicación permanente de un (una) menor fuera de su hogar, el inicio de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquier otra medida en el interés del (de la) menor. (Artículo 33, incisos b y f de la Ley Núm. 57-2023). Se les advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el Sello del Tribunal, a tenor con la Orden del Tribunal, hoy día 21 de mayo de 2026. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. AMALIA I. MONROIG RODRÍGUEZ, SUB-SECRETARIA.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE VEGA BAJA

HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS

ASSOCIATION, INC.

Demandante Vs. JOSEPH VICTOR

ROMEO ZUAPPULA

T/C/C JOSEPH V. ROMEO, FRANCES ELIZABETH COTUGNO

MAZZOCCHI T/C/C

FRANCES E. ROMEO, Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES, COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandados Civil Núm.: VB2026CV00458. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO.

EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: JOSEPH VICTOR

ROMEO ZUAPPULA T/C/C JOSEPH V. ROMEO, POR SÍ Y REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES; FRANCES ELIZABETH COTUGNO MAZZOCCHI T/C/C FRANCES E. ROMEO, POR SÍ Y REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES; SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES, COMPUESTA POR AMBOS.

Se les notifica a ustedes que se ha radicado mediante el sistema SUMAC una Demanda por la parte demandante HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. solicitando un Cobro de Dinero. Se les emplaza y se les requiere que notifiquen a la Lcda. Jessica Martínez Birriel, GARRI-

GA & MARINI LAW OFFICES, C.S.P., P.O. Box 16593, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00908-6593, teléfono (787) 275-0655, correo electrónico: jmartbirr@yahoo. com, con copia de su contestación a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Dentro del mismo periodo de treinta (30) días ustedes deberán presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual pueden acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/ index.php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se representen por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberán presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Si dejaren de contestar podrá anotarse la rebeldía y dictarse contra ustedes sentencia en rebeldía concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, sin más citarles ni oírles. Además, se les apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 57-2023, titulada Ley para la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar y para la Seguridad, Bienestar y Protección de los Menores, entre los remedios que el Tribunal podrá conceder se incluyen la ubicación permanente de un (una) menor fuera de su hogar, el inicio de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquier otra medida en el interés del (de la) menor. (Artículo 33, incisos b y f de la Ley Núm. 57-2023). Se les advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el Sello del Tribunal, a tenor con la Orden del Tribunal, hoy día 21 de mayo de 2026. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. AMALIA I. MONROIG RODRÍGUEZ, SUB-SECRETARIA.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR JAPA LLC

Demandante V. E.M.I. EQUITY

MORTGAGE INC., FULANO DE TAL Y MENGANO DEL CUAL

Demandados

Civil Núm.: SJ2026CV03897. 803. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ HIPOTECARIO EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., S.S. A: FULANO DE TAL Y MENGANO DEL CUAL, o sea las personas desconocidas que

puedan ser tenedores del pagare extraviado objeto de la presente acción.

POR MEDIO del presente edicto se le notifica de la presentación de una Demanda en su contra. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través de Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaria del Tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. La parte demandante alega que el 30 de junio de 1999 se suscribió un pagaré hipotecario (el “Pagaré Hipotecario”) a favor de E.M.I. Equity Mortgage, Inc., o a su orden, por la suma principal de $112,400.00, con intereses al siete por ciento (7%) anual, vencedero el 1 de julio de 2029, suscrito en San Juan, Puerto Rico, bajo el afidávit número 13,560 del Notario Público Jorge García Soto, y garantizado por hipoteca (la “Hipoteca”) constituida sobre la propiedad (según descrita más adelante) mediante la Escritura Número 432, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 30 de junio de 1999, ante el referido Notario Público Jorge García Soto. La Hipoteca esta inscrita al folio 3 del tomo 928 de Santurce Norte, finca número 20,039, inscripción undécima (11ma), Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección Primera de San Juan. La Hipoteca antes descrita, al presente, grava la finca número 20,039 del Registro de la Propiedad, la cual se encuentra inscrita en el Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección Primera de San Juan (en adelante, la “Propiedad”). La Propiedad se describe como se indica a continuación: “URBANA: Propiedad Horizontal: Apartamento residencial número mil seiscientos cinco (1605) de forma irregular localizado en la décima sexta planta del Edificio Condado del Mar, en el Sector Norte de Santurce, Puerto Rico, con un área total privada de quinientos (500) pies cuadrados, equivalentes a cuarenta y seis metros cuadrados con cuarenta y siete centésimas de metros cuadrados (46.47 m²), midiendo dieciocho pies once pulgadas (18’ 11”) en su mayor ancho por veintiséis pies once pulgadas (26’ 11”) en su mayor longitud. Consta de foyer, sala - comedor-dormitorio, terraza, baño, closet vestidor, cocina con mesa de trabajo, gabine-

tes de pared, estufa, horno, fregadero y nevera. Colinda: por el NORTE, en una línea quebrada con patio exterior, en una longitud de dieciocho pies once pulgadas (18’ 11”); por el SUR, con pared que lo separa de corredor común limitado, en una longitud de dieciocho pies once pulgadas (18’ 11”); por el ESTE, con la pared que lo separa del Apartamento mil seiscientos tres (1603), en una longitud de veintitrés pies siete pulgadas (23’ 7”) y con patio exterior en una longitud de tres pies siete pulgadas (3 ‘7”); y por el OESTE, con la pared que lo separa del Apartamento mil seiscientos siete (1607), en una longitud de veintitrés pies siete pulgadas (23’ 7”) y con patio exterior en una longitud de tres pies siete pulgadas (3’ 7”). Este Apartamento tiene su puerta de entrada que lo comunica con el corredor común limitado que da acceso a los ascensores y escaleras de salida al exterior del Edificio. Le corresponde el estacionamiento cubierto número B-setenta y uno (B-71). Corresponde a este Apartamento, en los elementos comunes generales, una participación equivalente a doscientas once milésimas de uno por ciento (0.211%).” Número 20,039, inscrita al folio 156 del tomo 551 de Santurce Norte. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección I de San Juan. La parte demandante reclama, mediante la presente acción, la declaración judicial de extravió del Pagaré Hipotecario y la cancelación total de la Hipoteca en el Registro de la Propiedad, conforme al Artículo 122 de la Ley del Registro de la Propiedad lnmobiliaria del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico. El original del pagaré hipotecario antes mencionado esta saldo, y el mismo se ha extraviado o la posesión la ostentan los demandados desconocidos de epígrafe, sin que la parte demandante lo haya podido localizar a pesar de las gestiones realizadas, por lo cual no lo tiene para la cancelación correspondiente en el Registro de la Propiedad y por ello comparece a este Honorable Tribunal solicitando su cancelación. Que se incluye a Fulano de Tal y a Mengano del Cual como posibles tenedores desconocidos del pagaré hipotecario extraviado. POR EL PRESENTE EDICTO, se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la Demanda dentro del término de treinta (30) días de la publicación de este edicto notificándole con copia de dicha contestación al Lcdo. Luis G. Parrilla, 250 Avenida Muñoz Rivera, Piso 6, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918 y/o P.O. Box 195168, San Juan, PR 00919-5168, sin más citarle ni oírle. Expedido bajo mi firma y el sello del Tribunal de San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy 27 de mayo de 2026. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. GREISHKA

CARTAGENA RÍOS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN LONGBRIDGE FINANCIAL LLC Demandante Vs. SUCESION RODOLFO HERRERA NOGUEIRA T/C/C RODOLFO HERRERA COMPUESTA POR RAFAEL HERRERA BOLIVAR, PATRICIA HERRERA BOLIVAR, RODOLFO HERRERA BOLIVAR, MARIA CRISTINA HERRERA BOLIVAR, ROBERTO HERRERA BOLIVAR; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; SUCESION PATRICIA BOLIVAR TAQUECHEL T/C/C PATRICIA BOLIVAR COMPUESTA POR RAFAEL HERRERA BOLIVAR, PATRICIA HERRERA BOLIVAR, RODOLFO HERRERA BOLIVAR, MARIA CRISTINA HERRERA BOLIVAR, ROBERTO HERRERA BOLIVAR; JOHN ROE Y JANE ROE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES Demandados Civil Núm.: SJ2026CV01319. 508. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: RAFAEL HERRERA BOLIVAR, PATRICIA HERRERA BOLIVAR, RODOLFO HERRERA BOLIVAR, MARIA CRISTINA HERRERA BOLIVAR, ROBERTO HERRERA BOLIVAR; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION RODOLFO HERRERA NOGUEIRA T/C/C RODOLFO HERRERA; JOHN ROE Y JANE ROE COMO

representación legal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El nombre, dirección y teléfono del abogado de la parte demandante es:

Lcda. Karilys M. Solís Rivera HC 64 BOX 7825

Patillas, P.R. 00723

Tel. 787-619-5479 e-mail: lcda.solisrivera@gmail.com

EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA Y SELLO DEL TRIBUNAL, hoy: 26 de mayo de 2026. MARISOL ROSADO RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA. DANIELLA E. RAMOS CÁCERES, SUB-SECRETARIA.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA

CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PONCE SALA DE SUPERIOR DE PONCE

GRISEL MARIE

GONZALEZ SANTIAGO

Parte Demandante Vs. HERIBERTO HERNÁNDEZ DÍAZ

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: PO2026RF00441. Sobre: DIVORCIO (RUPTURA IRREPARABLE). EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.E. U.U., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. A: HERIBERTO HERNÁNDEZ DÍAZ - DIRECCIÓN DESCONOCIDA.

Por el presents “EDICTO” se les notifica que se ha presentado en este Tribunal una Demanda de Divorcio por la causal de Ruptura Irreparable. POR LA PRESENTE se les notifica que se ha presentado una Demanda de Divorcio por la causal de Rupture Irreparable, en su contra, se le emplaza por edicto y se le require que conteste la demanda en el presente caso dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto, presentando sus alegaciones responsivas ante el Tribunal de Primera lnstancia, Sala Superior de Ponce, de forma electrónica a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede seceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberán presentar su alegaciones responsivas en la Secretaría del Tribunal y notificar copia de la misma al (a la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante o a ésta, de no tener representación legal. SI usted deja de presentar

su alegación responsive dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente, sin más citarle, ni oírle. La abogada de la demandante es:

Lcda Zoraya Cunillera Hernández Número de RUA 15,990 Dirección: P.O BOX 10741, Ponce, Puerto Rico 00732-041 Teléfono (787) 547-0623 Correo electrónico czoraya@ymail.com.

EXTENDIDO BAJO Ml FIRMA y Sello del Tribunal, hoy día 15 de mayo de 2026. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA SALA MUNICIPAL CARIBE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION

Demandante Vs. SUCESIÓN DE ORLANDO GALÁN FIGUEROA COMPUESTA POR FULANA DE TAL Y MENGANO DE TAL

Demandados Civil Núm.: BC2026CV00024. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: FULANA DE TAL Y MENGANO DE TAL COMO MIEMBROS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE ORLANDO GALÁN FIGUEROA. Quedan emplazados y notificados de que en este Tribunal se ha radicado una demanda en su contra sobre Cobro de Dinero. Se les notifica para que comparezcan ante el Tribunal dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este edicto y exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga, en el presente caso. Se les notifica que deberán presentar su alegación a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual pueden acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.poderjudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberán presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Centro Judicial de Carolina, Sala Municipal, y enviando copia a la parte demandante: Lcda. Karina P. Cintrón Narváez; PO Box 193813, San Juan, PR 00919; kcintron@esqlegalpr.com. Se les apercibe y notifica que si no contestan la demanda radicada en su contra dentro del término de treinta (30) días de la publicación de

este edicto, se les anotará la rebeldía en su contra y se dictará sentencia en su contra, conforme se solicita en la demanda, sin más citársele ni oírsele. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal a 28 de mayo de 2026.

VIVIAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA GENERAL. CARMEN J. ROSARIO VALENTÍN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR. LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE PONCE BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO COMO SUCESOR EN DERECHO DE ROIG COMMERCIAL BANK

Parte Demandante Vs. ORIENTAL BANK COMO SUCESOR EN DERECHO DE SOUTHERN

MORTGAGE, INC. T/C/C SOUTHERN MORTGAGE CORPORATION, LA SUCESIÓN DE PETRA LYDIA VIERA TORRES T/C/C LYDIA VIERA TORRES COMPUESTA POR WENCESLAO CRUZ VIERA, JULIA CRUZ VIERA y EFRAÍN CRUZ VIERA, SUTANO y PERENCEJO DE TAL, POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS, FULANO Y MENGANO DE TAL, POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS DEL PAGARÉ

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: PO2026CV00726. (602). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO POR LA VÍA JUDICIAL. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.E.U.U., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: LA SUCESIÓN DE PETRA LYDIA VIERA

TORRES T/C/C LYDIA VIERA TORRES COMPUESTA POR WENCESLAO CRUZ VIERA A LAS SIGUIENTES

DIRECCIONES: URB.

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J, PONCE, PR 00731, URB STARLIGHT, 3307 CALLE GALAXIA, PONCE PR 00717-1474, 4725

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DIRECCIONES: URB.

STARLIGHT, H60 CALLE

J, PONCE, PR 00731, URB STARLIGHT, 3307 CALLE GALAXIA, PONCE

PR 00717-1474, PO BOX 1672, GUAYNABO, PR 00970-1672 Y EFRAÍN CRUZ VIERA A LAS SIGUIENTES

DIRECCIONES: URB. STARLIGHT, H60 CALLE J, PONCE, PR 00731, URB STARLIGHT, 3307 CALLE GALAXIA, PONCE PR 00717-1474, HH13 AVE. CONSTANCIA VLG, PONCE, PR 00731 Y URB. VILLA DEL CARMEN, 4491 AVE CONSTANCIA, PONCE PR 00716-2233. SUTANO Y PERENCEJO DE TAL, POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS.

FULANO Y MENGANO DE TAL, POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS DEL PAGARÉ.

Queda usted notificado que en este Tribunal se ha radicado demanda sobre cancelación de pagaré extraviado por la vía judicial. 15 de junio de 1984, Petra Lydia Viera Torres t/c/c Lydia Viera Torres, constituyó una hipoteca en Ponce, Puerto Rico, mediante la Escritura núm. 46 autorizada por el notario Agustín Díaz García, en garantía de un pagaré a favor de Roig Commercial Bank, o a su orden, por la suma de $39,500.00 intereses al 16% anual, y vencedero el 1ro de julio de 2014, sobre la siguiente propiedad: URBANA: Solar número 60 del Bloque H de la Urbanización Starlight, radicada en el Barrio San Antón del término municipal de Ponce, Puerto Rico, compuesta de doscientos dos punto cincuenta metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, en veintidós punto cincuenta metros, con el solar H cincuenta y nueve; por el SUR, en una distancia de veintidós punto cincuenta metros, con el lote H sesenta y uno; por el ESTE, en una distancia de nueve metros, con la calle J de la Urbanización; por el OESTE, en una distancia de nueve metros, con una servidumbre de la Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica. Enclava una casa. La propiedad y la escritura de hipoteca constan inscritas al folio 113 del tomo 1652 de Ponce, Finca 50,780, Registro de la Propiedad de Ponce, Sección I. Inscripción primera (1ra). La parte demandada deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Administración y Manejo de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal.e le ad-

vierte que, si no contesta la demanda, radicando el original de la contestación en este Tribunal y enviando copia de la contestación a la abogada de la parte demandante, Lcda. Belma Alonso García, cuya dirección es: PO Box 3922, Guaynabo, PR 00970-3922, Teléfono y Fax: (787) 789-1826, correo electrónico: oficinabelmaalonso@gmail.com, dentro del término de treinta (30) días de la publicación de este edicto, excluyéndose el día de la publicación, se le anotará la rebeldía y se le dictará Sentencia en su contra, concediendo el remedio solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y el sello del Tribunal, hoy 28 de mayo de 2026, en Ponce, Puerto Rico. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA. EREINA AGRONT LEÓN, SUBSECRETARIA.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA SALA SUPERIOR BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Demandante V. SUCESIÓN DE CELIA ENID MARÍN GÓMEZ COMPUESTA POR “JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE” COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION DE CELIA ENID MARÍN GÓMEZ; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (C.R.I.M.) - PARTE CON INTERÉS

Demandado Civil Núm.: CA2024CV02092. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior, Centro Judicial de Carolina, Carolina, Puerto Rico, hago saber, a la parte demandada y al PÚBLICO EN GENERAL: Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el día 22 de mayo de 2026, por la Secretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor la propiedad que ubica y se describe a continuación: URBANA: PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: Apartamento residencial de forma irregular localizado en la segunda planta del Edificio D del Condominio Campo Real, localizado en la Carretera 8860 del Barrio Martín González del término Municipal de Carolina, Puerto

Rico, el cual se describe en la escritura matriz de dedicación al Régimen de Propiedad Horizontal con el número, área y colindancia que se relacionan a continuación: Apartamento número 228, con una cabida ciento trece metros ciento treinta y cinco decímetros cuadrados, (113.135 m.c.). En linderos: por el NORTE, en 6.809 m.l., con espacio abierto; por el SUR, en 5.666 m.l., con espacio abierto; por el ESTE, en 19.260 m.l., con la pared medianera que lo separa del Apartamento 229; y por el OESTE, en 13.643 m.l. con la pared medianera que lo separa del Apartamento 227. Tiene su puerta de entrada y salida por su lado Oeste, que da al área del pasillo que conduce a las escaleras que le brindan acceso al edificio y además una puerta interior la cual le provee acceso al área de balcón (sliding door). Consta de sala-comedor, balcón, cocina, un área de lavandería, por el área de la sala se accesa a un pasillo que le brinda acceso a los siguientes áreas; un closet, un baño completo de uso general, 2 habitaciones-dormitorios cada una con un closet en su interior y una habitacióndormitorio principal (master room) en la cual ubica un área de walk in closet y un baño completo. Le corresponden a este apartamento 2 espacios de estacionamiento identificados con los número 35 y 5. A este apartamento le corresponde una participación en los elementos del Condominio de .009150%. Inscrita en la finca 51,862, inscrita al folio 287 del tomo 1208 de Carolina, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección II de Carolina. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA dictada 5 de marzo de 2026, notificada el 1 de abril de 2026, en el presente caso civil, a saber la suma de $58,649.24 por concepto de principal; generando intereses a razón de 6.50% desde el 1ro de diciembre de 2023; cargos por demora los cuales al igual que los intereses continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda reclamada en este pleito, y la suma de $11,990.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado; y demás créditos accesorios garantizados hipotecariamente. La adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el acto mismo de la adjudicación, en efectivo (moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América), giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del alguacil del Tribunal. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a efecto el día 28 DE JULIO DE 2026 A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el Centro Judicial de Carolina, Carolina, Puerto Rico. Que el precio mínimo fijado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $119,900.00. Que de ser ne-

cesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 4 DE AGOSTO DE 2026 A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $79,933.33, equivalentes a dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una TERCERA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 11 DE AGOSTO DE 2026 A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $59,950.00, equivalentes a la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente; se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor, todo ello a tenor con lo dispone el Artículo 104 de la Ley Núm. 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015 conocida como “Ley del Registro de la Propiedad Inmueble del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico”. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquiere libre de toda carga y gravamen que afecte la mencionada finca según el Artículo 102, inciso 6. Una vez confirmada la venta judicial por el Honorable Tribunal, se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura de venta judicial y se pondrá al comprador en posesión física del inmueble de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda aquella persona o personas que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, y para conocimiento de todos los licitadores y el público en general, el presente Edicto se publicará por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas, con un intervalo de por lo menos siete días entre ambas publicaciones, en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico y se fijará además en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio en que ha de celebrarse dicha venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Se les informa, por último, que: a. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la secretaría del tribunal durante las horas laborables. b. Que se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado

en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. EXPIDO, el presente EDICTO, en Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy día 29 de mayo de 2026. HÉCTOR L. PEÑA RODRÍGUEZ, ALGUACIL DE LA DIVISIÓN DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA. LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA REGIÓN JUDICIAL DE FAJARDO SALA SUPERIOR BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante V. MARIAN PHILLIPS CHRISTENSEN T/C/C

MARIAN PHILLIPS CHRISTIANSON T/C/C

MARIAN LOUISE

PHILLIPS, POR SI Y COMO MIEMBRO DE LA SUCESION DE JAMES GERARD LEWIS COMPUESTA CON FECEA GERARD A/K/ A DORT ROTHAFEL COMO HEREDEROS CONOCIDOS; FULANO DE TAL, FULANA DE TAL, ZUTANO DE TAL, ZUTANA DE TAL, A, B Y C COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; SECRETARIO DE HACIENDA; SECRETARIO DE JUSTICIA Demandados Civil Núm.: RG2025CV00073. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. AVISO DE VENTA EN PÚBLICA SUBASTA. Yo, SANDRALIZ MARTÍNEZ TORRES, ALGUACIL CONFIDENCIAL #737, Alguacil de la División de Subastas del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Fajardo, a la demandada y al público en general, les notifico que, cumpliendo con un Mandamiento que se ha librado en el presente caso, por el Secretario del Tribunal, con fecha 21 de abril de 2026 y para satisfacer la Sentencia por la cantidad de : $72,948.49 de principal; dictada en el caso de epígrafe el 20 de octubre de 2025, notificada por edicto el 22 de enero de 2026 cual fue publicado el 30 de enero de 2026 y notificado por correo certificado el 2 de febrero de 2026, procederé a vender en pública subasta, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América, todo derecho, título e interés que haya tenido, tenga o pueda tener la deudora demandada en cuanto a la propiedad localizada en el: Municipio de Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, que se describe a continuación:

Sudoku

How to Play:

Fill in the empty fields with the numbers from 1 through 9.

Sudoku Rules:

Every row must contain the numbers from 1 through 9

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Crossword

Vaqueros win by 29, end undermanned Atléticos’ 5-game streak

Criollos hold off Capitanes in Arecibo

By THE STAR STAFF

The Vaqueros of Bayamón defeated the Atléticos of San Germán 86-57 in the second and final regular-season matchup between the two teams on Sunday, ending the Atléticos’ five-game winning streak and tying their head-to-head series at one win apiece.

With the victory at Rubén Rodríguez Coliseum in Bayamón, the Vaqueros improved to 19-11 in the Superior National Basketball league, while San Germán fell to 20-10.

The Atléticos once again played without André Curbelo and Montrezl Harrell, two key players in their rotation.

Bayamón set the tone from the opening tip-off with a 6-0 run and never relinquished the lead. The home team dominated the first quarter 19-13 and extended the gap before halftime, heading to the locker room with a 39-22 advantage.

In the second half, the Vaqueros outscored the Atleticos by 13 points in the third quarter, entering the final period with a 30-point lead at 67-37.

Damian Jones, Jae Crowder and Jordan

Daniel Cintrón each scored 13 points for the Vaqueros, and Stephen Thompson Jr. contributed 11.

Julián Torres was the lone double-figure scorer for San Germán with 13 points.

At Manuel “Petaca” Iguina Coliseum in Arecibo, meanwhile, the Criollos of Caguas defeated the host Capitanes, 112-110.

The Criollos seemed in control with five minutes left to play in the game after extending an 87-79 advantage to start the fourth quarter to 101-90. However, Arecibo rallied in the closing minutes, narrowing the gap to just one point on a three-pointer by Ramses Meléndez with 16.8 seconds remaining.

Louis King then made one of two free throws to put Caguas up by two points, which would prove to be the winning margin after the Capitanes failed to complete the comeback on their final possession.

King led Caguas (18-10) with 22 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists. Travis Trice added 24 points and 10 assists. Moses Brown contributed 17 points and 10 rebounds, and Alexander Kappos finished with 17 points.

Timothy Soares finished with 27 points and eight rebounds for Arecibo (15-12). Rafael Pinzón added 22 points, Alfonso Plummer contributed 15 points and six assists, and Derrick Walton Jr. recorded 13 points, seven rebounds, and six assists.

Grises earn split with 2-time defending champion Bravas

By THE STAR STAFF

The Bravas of Cidra, Grises of Humacao, Caribeñas of Salinas, Leonas of Ponce and Valencianas of Juncos all notched victories on Sunday in the Women’s Premier Softball League.

The Grises pulled off the biggest surprise of the day by splitting a doubleheader with the two-time defending champion Bravas.

After falling 5-1 in the first game, Humacao bounced back emphatically to win the second game 9-1.

In the opener, Odhi Vázquez pitched all six innings to earn the win for the Bravas, allowing just two hits and one unearned run while striking out five batters.

Arianays García led the Cidra

offense, going 2-for-3 with a run scored, two RBIs and a triple.

However, the Grises put on an explosive offensive display in the second game. Mileishka Soto led the Humacao attack, going 2-for-2 with two runs scored, two RBIs, a double and a triple. Génesis Miranda also drove in two runs and hit a triple to support the win.

Elliana Zellien claimed the victory for Humacao after pitching five innings and allowing one unearned run. The import player gave up five hits, issued two walks and struck out two batters.

In Salinas, meanwhile, the host Caribeñas swept the Costaneras of Guánica with 7-3 and 5-0 victories.

Mexican pitcher Yeraldine Carrión excelled once again, striking out 11 in five innings in the first matchup, then added six more strikeouts in 2.1 innings of relief during the second game.

Camille Ortiz led the Salinas offense in the first game with two RBIs and a double, while Valeria Rosario drove in

two runs in the second game.

NHL Stanley Cup Final (Best-of-7; all times Eastern)

Game 1

Vegas Golden Knights 5, Carolina

Hurricanes 4

Game 2

Carolina 4, Vegas 3 (OT)

Game 3

Vegas 5, Carolina 4 (OT2)

Game 4

Carolina 5, Vegas 3

Game 5

Carolina 4, Vegas 2

Game 6 (Carolina wins 4-2)

Sunday

Carolina 3, Vegas 0

The Vaqueros ended the Atléticos’ five-game winning streak with a lopsided victory at Rubén Rodríguez Coliseum in Bayamón on Sunday night.

Elliana Zellien allowed one earned run in five innings and Humacao’s offense did the rest as the Grises earned a doubleheader split against two-time defending champion Cidra on Sunday.

Puerto Rico secures promotion to Davis Cup Group II

By THE STAR STAFF

Puerto Rico’s national men’s tennis team earned promotion to Davis Cup Group II on Sunday, defeating Barbados 2-1 on the final day of the Americas Group III series in San José, Costa Rica.

Puerto Rico clinched the promotion going 4-1 in the tournament, placing second overall with a tally of 12 victories against just three losses across singles and doubles matches.

The first point of the series against Barbados was won by Jake Fellows, who dominated Kaipo Marshall 6-0, 6-0.

In the second match, Puerto Rico’s Yannik Álvarez engaged in an intense battle against Darian King. Álvarez claimed the first set in a dramatic tiebreak, but ultimately fell 7-6(7), 3-6, 4-6.

With the series tied, the responsi-

bility fell to the Puerto Rican doubles team of Fellows and Marko Mesarovic, who rose to the occasion with a 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-2 victory over the duo of King and Stephen Slocombe to ensure the promotion for Puerto Rico.

“Achieving promotion to Group II was our primary goal, and we are extremely proud of how the team represented Puerto Rico in every match,” said Dr. William Micheo, president of the Puerto Rico Tennis Association (PRTA). “This promotion represents a significant step for Puerto Rican tennis. Group II brings together nations with highly competitive programs and gives us the opportunity to consistently test ourselves against some of the best teams in the region.”

“Our focus will now be on continuing to strengthen our players’ development,” he added. “This achievement is a source of pride for all of Puerto Rico.”

Puerto

Morocco’s Ismael Saibari wheels away in delight after scoring the opening goal in a group-stage game against Brazil during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, at New York New Jersey Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., June 13, 2026. (Vincent Alban/The New York Times)

FIFA World Cup 2026

Group Stage (All times Eastern)

Thursday

Group A

Mexico 2, South Africa 0

South Korea 2, Czechia 1

Friday

Group B

Canada 1, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1

Group D

USA 4, Paraguay 1

Saturday

Group B

Qatar 1, Switzerland 1

Group C

Brazil 1, Morocco 1

Scotland 1, Haiti 0

Sunday

Group D

Australia 2, Türkiye 0

Group E

Germany 7, Curaçao 1

Ivory Coast 1, Ecuador 0

Group F

Netherlands 2, Japan 2

Sweden 5, Tunisia 1

Monday

Group H

Spain 0, Cabo Verde 0

Saudi Arabia vs. Uruguay, 6 p.m.

Group G

Belgium vs. Egypt, 3 p.m.

Iran vs. New Zealand, 9 p.m.

Today

Group I

France vs. Senegal, 3 p.m. (FOX/ Telemundo)

Iraq vs. Norway, 6 p.m. (FOX/ Telemundo)

Group J

Argentina vs. Algeria, 9 p.m. (FOX/ Telemundo)

Answers to the Sudoku and Crossword on page 21

Team

Rico clinched a promotion to Davis Cup Group II after going 4-1 in the Americas Group III series in San José, Costa Rica, placing second overall with 12 victories against three losses across singles and doubles matches.