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Lawmaker proposes laying groundwork for use of air taxis at LMM

By THE STAR STAFF

Rep. Víctor Parés Otero has filed House Resolution 607, which seeks to conduct a study on the actions of the company operating the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, Aerostar Holdings LLC, to accommodate the use of Advanced Air Mobility Vehicles (AAMs), better known as “electric air taxis.”

The measure, introduced last month, is part of a package of legislation that the San Juan District 4 lawmaker filed after participating in the International Tourism Fair 2026 (FITUR) held in Madrid last January.

“This is a measure that stems directly from our partici-

pation in FITUR, and we will be working on it,” said Parés, who chairs the Government Committee in the island House of Representatives. “Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport [LMM] is the main airport facility in the Caribbean, and what we are aiming for is to have it ready to operate the new electric air taxis that are already a reality in Spain and other European countries.”

In September 2025, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced the start of the process to integrate Advanced Air Mobility Vehicles (AAMs) into the nation’s airspace. The Electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing Integration Pilot Program, an initiative scheduled to begin in April in several states and territories, outlines the parameters for AAMs to safely use designated areas as their airspace.

Parés noted that in January LMM “received a total of 1.2 million passengers. This capacity, along with our island’s unique geographic location, facilitates the incorporation of the ‘Electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing Integration Pilot Program’ as a first step toward the complete integration of this technology, which will undoubtedly revolutionize transportation in the United States and the rest of the world in the coming decades.”

“This is a matter we will also discuss with Representative Joel Franqui, who has also worked on some aspects of these vehicles,” Parés added.

In Europe, meanwhile, international airports such as Heathrow in London, Charles de Gaulle in Paris and RomeFiumicino, as well as Madrid-Barajas, have begun the process of evaluating spaces for the use of AAMs.

Federal gov’t changes payment method for passport applications

By THE STAR STAFF

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Rico Secretary of State Rosachely Rivera

Santana announced Thursday that the federal government has implemented a new online payment system for passport applications submitted at acceptance centers on the island.

The new directive eliminates the use of money orders and personal checks and requires applicants to pay federal fees through the pay.gov platform before visiting the center to complete the process.

“This method simplifies the process for citizens,” Rivera Santana said in a written statement. “The applicant makes the payment online and receives a receipt via email, which they must present when they go to the office to complete the passport application.”

According to the official, the system allows payment by credit card, debit card, PayPal, or Ven-

mo through an official link or QR code provided by Passport Services.

The new directive from the U.S. State Department applies to applications submitted at acceptance centers in Hawaii, Puerto Rico and American Samoa, including U.S. Postal Service offices, court clerks, public libraries and other authorized offices. Rivera Santana said applicants must first complete the digital application using the Form Filler tool before making the online payment. The requirement applies to those who qualify for the DS-11 form, used to apply for a passport for the first time, or to minors. Federal fees vary depending on the document requested. The adult passport book costs $130, and the passport card costs $30. For minors under 16, the book costs $100, and the card costs $15.

In addition to the online federal payment, applicants must pay a $35 processing fee directly at the acceptance center when submitting their application.

Puerto Rico exports grew by 3.6% in 2025, gov’t says

By THE STAR STAFF

Puerto Rico’s exports grew 3.6% in 2025, a surge that government officials say underscores the island’s expanding role in global supply chains and its strengthened economic footing.

The update was delivered by La Fortaleza Public Affairs Secretary Jean Peña Payano alongside senior officials from the Department of Economic Development and Commerce (DDEC) and the Department of Consumer Affairs (DACO), who also highlighted broader government initiatives aimed at bolstering manufacturing and trade.

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Luis Rivera,

director of the Department of Economic Development and Commerce’s Office of Strategy and Business Intelligence

The export gains are tied to Gov. Jenniffer González Colón’s push to reinforce Puerto Rico’s manufacturing and export sectors through reshoring, a strategy aimed at drawing companies back to establish operations on the island. According to DDEC, the results are already apparent: exports climbed to $62.4

billion in 2025, while the island’s trade surplus rose 30%, further establishing Puerto Rico as a strategic platform for advanced manufacturing and international commerce.

José Luis Rivera, director of DDEC’s Office of Strategy and Business Intelligence, reported on En Récord that the $62.4 billion export total represents an increase of $2.1 billion over 2024. The resulting trade surplus of $7.4 billion marks a $1.7 billion year‑over‑year improvement.

“Our sustained export growth confirms that Puerto Rico continues strengthening its productive base and its integration with global supply chains,” Rivera said. “These results validate the efforts to position the island as a strategic center for advanced manufacturing, innovation, and international trade.”

Imports also rose slightly in 2025, totaling $55.0 billion, an increase of 0.8%, or roughly

$435 million compared to the prior year. The combined rise in imports and exports contributed to a substantially improved commercial position for Puerto Rico.

To maintain that momentum, DDEC is advancing several initiatives aimed at expanding export opportunities. The 2026 Trade Missions Plan seeks to open new market routes and connect Puerto Rican entrepreneurs with international buyers. Events such as exporter summits are also being held to support the global expansion of local products and services.

Those efforts are supplemented by expanded federal funding through the PromoExport program, which helps small and midsize businesses enter key markets. Puerto Rico is also participating in internationally coordinated trade missions designed to link local firms with additional export and investment opportunities.

Treasury Dept. surpasses $1 billion in refunds 24 days into the tax cycle

By THE STAR STAFF

Treasury Secretary Ángel Pantoja Rodrí-

guez announced Thursday the disbursement of $133,031,527 in a new round of refunds corresponding to 58,783 tax returns, bringing the total amount paid out in the current tax cycle to over $1.1 billion.

“With the new payroll approved, $1,100,318,009 has been disbursed to approx-

imately 491,378 taxpayers,” Pantoja Rodríguez in a written statement. “This is a record number, but we remain focused on continuing the excellent work done by the Treasury Department team and efficiently processing the tax returns that continue to be filed.”

The official said the payments should appear in taxpayers’ bank accounts in the coming days.

To date, some 619,778 individual in-

come tax returns have been filed, out of the 1.1 to 1.2 million that the agency expects to receive during the tax year.

Pantoja Rodríguez noted that after the filing period for withholding tax returns and informational statements, the Treasury Department will send taxpayers a summary detailing the income reported under their Social Security number for the 2025 tax year through the Unified Internal Revenue System platform.

California wildfires, a federal case against Cobra head intersected with

By THE STAR STAFF

The professional experience of LUMA Energy’s new CEO, Janisse Quiñones, has not been untouched by controversy. Quiñones, born and raised in Caguas and a mechanical engineering graduate from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, has worked for several energy and water companies that have been in the public eye for various reasons.

The recent controversies revolve around her role as executive director and lead engineer for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, the largest water and

energy utility in the United States. Among the accusations against Quiñones, who received a $750,000 annual compensation, it was alleged that she knew months before the 2025 wildfires about problems with the city’s water system, including the Santa Ynez Reservoir being empty and several fire hydrants being damaged.

Prior to her role with the Los Angeles public corporation, Quiñones joined Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) in 2021. The company faced criticism for its alleged connection to several wildfires in California: the 2017 Wine Country Fires, the 2018 Camp Fire, the 2019 Kincade Fire and the 2020 Zogg

He added that three Electronic Tax Return Preparation and Filing Centers began offering services Thursday, at Plaza Las Américas, Mayagüez Mall and Plaza del Caribe in Ponce. He noted further that on Tuesday, March 10, service fairs will begin in several municipalities to assist salaried and retired taxpayers with preparing and filing their tax returns and claiming the Child Tax Credit on their federal tax return.

the work history of LUMA’s new CEO

Fire. She served as senior vice president of gas engineering and later as senior vice president of electric operations at PG&E. In the latter position, she oversaw the operations of the electrical system and the power generation fleet.

According to her résumé, Quiñones was vice president of operations at Cobra Energy, responsible for restoration and reconstruction projects for Puerto Rico’s electrical transmission and distribution systems after Hurricane Maria. Cobra’s then president, Donald Keith Ellison, was indicted in 2019 along with the former administrator of FEMA Region II, Ahsha Nateef Tribble, for conspiring to commit fraud

involving electrical system recovery funds.

The retired U.S. Coast Guard commander was vice president of gas systems engineering for National Grid, a London based multinational electrical utility company with major headquarters in Waltham, Massachusetts that manages gas and electricity networks across the U.K. and the northeastern U.S., as well as director of design, planning, construction, and vegetation management at San Diego Gas & Electric.

Quiñones holds a master of business administration and a master of advanced studies in international relations, and is a licensed professional engineer in five states.

Hearing examiner orders LUMA to clarify revenue requirement in rate-setting process

By THE STAR STAFF

Ahearing examiner for the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau (PREB) ordered LUMA Energy on Thursday to correct or confirm key financial filings after consultants identified inconsistencies in the company’s proposed annual revenue requirement -- an essential element of the PREB’s ongoing effort to revise basic utility rates on the island.

The PREB is currently conducting Puerto Rico’s first comprehensive base-rate review in more than a decade, a process that will determine how much customers pay for the operation and maintenance of the electrical system. The annual revenue requirement submitted by LUMA, along with related filings from legacy power plants operator Genera PR and the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA), forms the foundation of the new rate structure the PREB must evaluate and ultimately approve.

Against that backdrop, the hearing examiner, Scott Hempling, said LUMA’s Jan. 9, 2026 filing -- submitted as Exhibit 1106 -- may not accurately reflect athe official figures the PREB is legally required to adjudicate.

Although Genera’s final numbers appear as Annex 3 in LUMA’s submission, the examiner noted they “were not fully incorporated” into Annex 1, the Rate Review Filing Schedules. Meanwhile, PREPA’s updated revenue requirement was never included in LUMA’s January schedules and has not yet been admitted into evidence.

To reconcile those differences, the order includes a spreadsheet prepared by PREB consultants that attempts to calculate the official base-rate revenue requirement using the most up-to-date numbers. The examiner instructed LUMA to review the spreadsheet and respond directly.

“Confirm that this presentation is correct; or provide a substitute document that is correct, explaining the differences,” the examiner wrote.

itself. To ensure compliance, the examiner ordered LUMA to refile Exhibit 1106 “as a complete, self - contained workbook … in which all worksheets are visible, all external links are replaced with static values, and no cell … depends on data from any file or source outside the workbook.”

The hearing examiner also asked LUMA to confirm whether the total base-rate revenue requirement listed on page 113 of its Initial Annual Revenue Requirement (ARR) brief -$2,896,493,133 -- remains valid. If not, LUMA must submit an errata.

The order stresses that the instructions are not an invitation for argument but a procedural step needed to ensure completeness and accuracy before the PREB issues its final determination.

“It is not clear to me that this Exhibit 1106 is now accurate,” the examiner wrote, pointing to discrepancies involving both Genera PR’s final revenue requirement and PREPA’s Feb. 23 filing, which outlines ratepayer-funded obligations for HoldCo, HydroCo, the retirement system, and pension funding.

LUMA must also update and refile its revised revenue requirement schedules to incorporate both PREPA’s February clarifications and Genera’s revisions.

A 2025 PREB resolution requires all spreadsheet filings to be fully transparent, with formulas unlocked, no external links, and all calculations contained within the workbook

“My goals are solely to have in the April 16 Order an accurate presentation of the ARR that the Energy Bureau is legally bound to adjudicate, and to have in the evidentiary record the documentary sources for that number,” the examiner said.

LUMA has until next Monday at 5 p.m. to resubmit the corrected materials.

UPR Cancer Center urges early colorectal cancer detection as cases rise among younger adults

By THE STAR STAFF

The University of Puerto Rico (UPR) Comprehensive Cancer Center has renewed its call for early colorectal cancer screening amid data showing an alarming rise in diagnoses among younger adults on the island.

According to the latest report from the Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry, colorectal cancer accounted for 11.1% of all cancer cases in men and 10.4% in women between 2018 and 2022. The disease was also responsible

for 12.7% of cancer-related deaths in men and 12.2% in women during that period.

“We are facing a significant public health challenge,” said Dr. Elba Caraballo Rivera, deputy director of the cancer center, in a written statement. “The good news is that colorectal cancer can be detected early and even prevented through appropriate testing.”

Caraballo Rivera noted that research conducted at the center indicates a growing number of diagnoses among people aged 50 or younger, prompting studies into possible

biological, environmental and lifestyle factors driving the trend.

Health experts recommend that individuals at average risk begin screening at age 45. Those with a family history of the disease or additional risk factors should undergo evaluation earlier, following medical guidance. Available screening methods include fecal occult blood testing, fecal immunochemical testing, stool DNA tests, colonoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy.

Puerto Rico Health Secretary Víctor Ramos

Otero emphasized that the island’s Preventive Cancer Protocol ensures access to diagnostic studies and treatments when there is clinical suspicion of cancer.

Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Puerto Rico (cccupr.org)

Community leader warns of impact of federal proposals on public housing

By THE STAR STAFF

Jeffrey Rivera Sanabria, community leader of the Luis Lloréns Torres public housing complex and a member of the Puerto Rico Public Housing Administration board of directors, warned on Thursday about the potential impact on thousands of island families of federal proposals related to public housing

programs and rental subsidies.

“We’re talking about 54,915 families in Puerto Rico who would have nowhere to go,”

Rivera Sanabria said in a written statement.

“We’re talking about our grandparents -- 31.9 percent of our population is 60 or older -whom the federal government is telling to work

40 hours a week or lose their homes. We’re talking about children, veterans, the sick, and

survivors of domestic violence.”

Rivera Sanabria said the proposals presented by the administration of President Donald Trump, including the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), include cuts to that federal agency’s budget, changes to the requirements for maintaining housing subsidies, and modifications to the Section 8 program.

The measures contemplate a $33 billion cut to the HUD’s budget, equivalent to a 44% reduction compared to 2025.

Rivera Sanabria said the proposals would also include a two-year limit for maintaining housing subsidies, a 40-hour work week requirement to continue receiving assistance, and the elimination of the Section 8 program by converting it to lump-sum grants.

Senate thwarts bid to curb Trump’s war powers on Iran

By ROBERT JIMISON

Republicans earlier this week blocked a measure that would limit President Donald Trump’s power to continue waging war against Iran without congressional authorization, turning back a bid by Democrats to insist that Congress weigh in on a sweeping and open-ended military campaign.

The 53-47 vote against taking up the measure was almost completely along party lines, reflecting a deep partisan divide on the Iran war as the Senate delivered the first clear test of congressional resolve since the joint U.S.-Israeli strikes, Operation Epic Fury, began across Iran four days ago.

Sens. Tim Kaine, D-Va., and Rand Paul, R-Ky., tried to force action on the measure. They invoked a provision of the 1973 War Powers Act, which requires that resolutions to terminate offensive hostilities be considered under expedited procedures.

Paul was the only Republican leading the effort, and no other GOP senators joined him in support of the measure.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) speaks to reporters after a vote on a war powers measure on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Wednesday, March 4, 2026. Republicans on Wednesday blocked a measure that would limit President Trump’s power to continue waging war against Iran without congressional authorization, turning back a bid by Democrats to insist that Congress weigh in on a sweeping and open-ended military campaign.

(Eric Lee/The New York Times)

Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was the only Democrat to break with his party and vote against the resolution, in keeping with his vocal stance in support of Israel and reluctance to place limits on the president’s authority to act in its defense.

The measure’s failure came as the administration offered varying and at times conflicting explanations for the war, raising questions about its legality and posing a dilemma for some lawmakers as they were called upon to register a position on a conflict that has already cost American lives. It also comes only months before the midterm elections and as polls show the conflict is deeply unpopular.

“Americans want President Trump to lower prices, not drag us into unnecessary forever wars,” Kaine said before the vote. “Yet he has unilaterally launched strikes at Iran without congressional authorization.”

Kaine introduced the resolution with Paul in January as the president was directing the largest military buildup in the Middle East since the war in Iraq and shortly after Trump said that the United States was “locked and loaded and ready to go” ahead with military action against Iran in response to a violent crackdown on protesters there.

Republicans have largely praised Trump’s decision to launch the military campaign, which has killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, along with a number of his deputies and senior advisers. They argue that the action was justified given Iran’s decades of targeting Americans through its own forces and proxy terror groups throughout the region.

Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi, the Republican chair of the Armed Services Committee, on Wednesday said that he grieved “the six American servicemen and women who’ve

died in the fighting” and added that he was also mourning “the thousands of Americans that have died over the last 47 years at hands of the brutal Islamists.”

The president understands “the weight of war,” Wicker added, lauding his decision to begin strikes as “profound, deliberate and correct.”

Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., spoke in favor of the military campaign, saying during a speech on the Senate floor that “the Islamic Republic of Iran was, quite literally, founded on the premise of existential war against America and against Israel. And over and over again, it has escalated the war, exported more terror, spilled more blood and destabilized an entire region.”

But he cautioned that his support for executive authority was not boundless, adding that the president has a responsibility to make sure the use of his authority is “judicious, rooted in core national interests and broadly supported by the American people.”

Hours before the vote, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that the U.S. military was overwhelming Iran with aerial strikes and that a more intense phase of the campaign had begun as more bombers arrived Wednesday.

Iranian leaders, Hegseth said, were looking up at the skies “and seeing only U.S. and Israeli air power, every minute of every day until we decide it’s over. And Iran will be able to do nothing about it.

“Death and destruction from the sky, all day long,” Hegseth said.

Caine said that the campaign had devastated Iran’s

ballistic missile program and its naval fleet, and that it continued to make “steady progress” with plans to “expand inland, striking progressively deeper into Iranian territory.”

The conflict has resulted in the deaths of at least six American service members, a sobering reminder that this conflict is remarkably different than other military actions Trump has undertaken since his return to office, which allies on Capitol Hill have praised as limited in scope and resulting in no American casualties.

Wednesday’s vote marked the latest in a series of failed war powers resolution efforts in both the House and Senate since Kaine began a series of challenges after Trump carried out a series of strikes against nuclear sites in Iran last summer. Since then, Democrats have tried, and failed, repeatedly to rein in the president’s ability to act without consulting with Congress.

While the Constitution grants Congress the power to declare war, it has not done so since World War II, and the president has authority to act in defense of the nation. Over the past several decades, Congress has approved authorizations for the use of military force, which confer the executive with powers to direct military action without an immediate need to consult with the legislative branch. During his first term, Trump cited a Bush-era authorization that was used to justify a wide range of military actions over many years as legal grounds for a drone strike that killed Iran’s Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad in 2020.

A similar measure is expected to receive a vote Thursday in the House, where it is also expected to fail.

Some Republicans who said Congress should have had a greater role in the decision to go to war against Iran nonetheless argued that removing U.S. forces at this stage would place American lives at risk.

“I will say very clearly: Yes, I wish I would have been consulted. I wish my vote would have been asked for before this,” said Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah. “But the president did act within his legal bounds to do what he has done.”

Voting to halt the operation, he added, “is not the right answer to this.”

Trump announces he is replacing Noem at DHS with Oklahoma senator

By MAGGIE HABERMAN, HAMED ALEAZIZ, MICHAEL C. BENDER and MICHAEL GOLD

President Donald Trump fired his embattled homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, on Thursday and announced plans to replace her with Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma, after she was grilled by Republican lawmakers this week at congressional hearings on a variety of topics, including her knowledge of a lucrative advertising contract.

Trump announced the change on social media, along with a new, and previously nonexistent, role for Noem: special envoy for the Shield of the Americas, which he said would be a new security initiative for the Western Hemisphere.

Trump is close with Mullin, a Republican, and speaks with him regularly.

Noem — the first Cabinet member to be ousted in Trump’s second term — had been

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 11, 2026. President Donald Trump fired Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday, March 5, and announced plans to replace her with Sen. Mullin. (Eric Lee/The New York Times)

among the key figures in the administration fulfilling his mass deportation effort, which he campaigned on aggressively and which was heavily influenced by Stephen Miller, a top White House adviser.

But her tenure had been marked by a string of controversies, and her fate had been the focus of speculation among Trump’s allies for several weeks. On Thursday, the president contradicted remarks that Noem made under penalty of perjury in her hearing before a Senate panel on Wednesday: that Trump had signed off on a border security advertising campaign featuring Noem.

“I never knew anything about it,” Trump told Reuters. A White House spokesperson declined to comment, and referred a reporter to Trump’s comments to Reuters.

Noem has faced scrutiny from lawmakers about the campaign, on which the government

spent $220 million. The firm handling it was connected to the husband of Noem’s former spokesperson.

The ads prominently featured Noem, including in a scene filmed on horseback at Mount Rushmore in the former South Dakota governor’s home state.

Pressed at a separate hearing Tuesday about the process for awarding the contracts behind the ad campaign, Noem said that it all went through “a competitive process,” and that no political appointees were involved. On Wednesday, she said the contract was “all done correctly, all done legally.”

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., forcefully questioned Noem over ad contracts. Kennedy told reporters Thursday that he received a call from the president about her testimony. “Put it this way,” he said. “His recollection and her recollection are different.”

Board delays vote on Trump’s ballroom amid deluge of public criticism

By LUKE BROADWATER

The National Capital Planning Commission on Thursday delayed its final vote on President Donald Trump’s planned $400 million White House ballroom amid a deluge of negative comments from the public.

The board, which is led by Trump allies, had been expected to vote to approve the project Thursday. But Stephen Staudigl, a spokesperson for the panel, said in a statement that the timing would be pushed back “given the large amount of public input on the project.”

The vote is now expected at the commis-

sion’s meeting on April 2.

About 32,000 comments from across the country have poured into the commission, which reviews the impact of development projects on the capital’s urban landscape, during the public comment period before its vote on the 90,000-square-foot ballroom project.

An overwhelming majority of the comments, more than 98%, are negative, according to an analysis by The New York Times, which used an artificial intelligence model to classify each comment’s view. Only around 1% of the comments supported the project.

The public comments are not a scientific

poll and do not necessarily reflect the views of Americans more broadly. Still, they underscore how Trump’s demolition of the East Wing and remaking of the White House in his own style have struck a nerve with Americans.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the comments were part of an organized campaign by people who disdain Trump.

“These nasty comments are clearly stemming from an organized campaign of Trumpderanged liberals who clearly have no style or taste,” she said in a statement. “It’s a shame that some people in this country are so debilitated with Trump derangement syndrome, they

can’t even recognize or respect beauty when they see it. President Trump’s ballroom will be extraordinary, at no expense to taxpayers, for generations to come.”

Those familiar with D.C. projects say the volume of responses — and their nearly uniform negativity — is highly unusual. But the president has taken steps to eliminate any resistance from within his administration to the plans, filling the boards and commissions meant to oversee the project with people who work for him.

Trump has installed his former personal lawyer Will Scharf as the chair of National Capital Planning Commission.

The folly of attacking Iran

By NICHOLAS KRISTOF

We Americans have begun another Middle Eastern war based on dubious intelligence claims, and as in 2003 I fear we haven’t thought through the substantial risks and uncertain gains.

President Donald Trump says that the aim of this “massive and ongoing” war is no less than regime change: He has vowed to devastate Iran’s military force, destroy its nuclear program (again) and topple the leadership. Lofty goals. But fundamental questions remain: How likely is it that he can achieve all of this, and at what cost and risk?

War is uncertain. Sometimes it goes as smoothly as the Persian Gulf War of 1991, and sometimes you find yourself mired in Vietnam, Afghanistan or Iraq. I’ve reported from Iran over the years, and I’ve seen the popular resentment against the government, so maybe the attacks will lead Iran’s government to collapse the way its allies in Syria did in 2024.

But air wars alone have a poor record of overthrowing leaders: The United States under Presidents Joe Biden and Trump spent more than $7 billion bombing Yemen and couldn’t dislodge even the weak, unpopular and poorly armed Houthis.

In general, U.S. military interventions have a better record of success when they have a precise, limited objective — like the operation in Venezuela to seize President Nicolás Maduro. This war with Iran appears the opposite, aiming for nothing less than the overthrow of a government of more than 90 million people.

Trump may have too sunny a view of what war with Iran would entail because Iran barely responded to the assassination of Gen. Qassem Soleimani in 2020 or to the bombing of nuclear sites last year. My guess is that Iran feels it now must reestablish deterrence and will continue to respond aggressively — not just attacking U.S. military bases but also perhaps striking ships in the Strait of Hormuz (through which one-fifth of the world’s oil passes) or organizing future terror attacks against American targets worldwide.

The point of military action is to make us safer, but Iran didn’t appear to be in a position to pose a substantial threat to America in the coming years. Despite claims by Trump or his aides, its missiles probably won’t soon be able to reach the United States, and its nuclear program is entombed and apparently on pause. By attacking Iran, I fear we increased risk rather than reduced it. Another cost of the war is that it will deplete munitions, such as Tomahawk missiles and various interceptors already in short supply, and divert the U.S. from its long-term strategic challenges in Asia. We will be degrading our military capacity to address the next crisis.

Like Saddam Hussein’s Iraq, Iran has a repressive and unpopular government that is a malign influence on the region. Iran just massacred thousands of protesters — at least 6,800 civilians and perhaps many more, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency. The regime is a pillar of misogyny, supports bad actors throughout the Middle East and holds back mi-

A photo made during a government-led media tour shows a man in Tehran on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, as he sits in front of the wreckage of his apartment building after a nearby police station was destroyed by a U.S.Israeli airstrike. (Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times)

llions of well-educated people.

And as with Iraq in 2003, a war is not necessarily the best tool to deal with a brutal and hostile government. There are more problems in international relations than solutions, and in the past the illusion of an easy military answer has repeatedly caused tragedy for ourselves as well as others.

I reached out on the eve of the war to a heroic Iranian human rights lawyer, Nasrin Sotoudeh, whose courage and defiance of the regime have periodically landed her in jail. She told me that the best time for military strikes would have been January, when they might have stopped the slaughter in the streets.

Sotoudeh, like some other Iranians, seemed ambivalent about military action today. Before the massacres, she said, her position was, “You can’t bomb your way to democracy.” Afterward, repulsed by the massacres, she said she favored outside humanitarian intervention to protect protesters — but not unilateral military attacks by Trump.

Some wars are necessary; by contrast, this is a war of choice. There was a diplomatic path that showed promise in addressing Iran’s nuclear program. It appeared that Iran was willing to offer a deal that suspended uranium enrichment for several years and after that limited enrichment to very low levels under rigorous inspections, while also diluting its stockpile of highly enriched uranium.

That would have been an unsatisfying solution, for it would not have addressed Iran’s missiles or its repression; diplomatic solutions often are unsatisfying, because they are the result of compromise. But Trump created a nuclear crisis with Iran in part by tearing up the imperfect nuclear accord that President Barack Obama had reached with the ayatollahs; if we had remained in the deal, it seems to me we would be in a safer place today — and at peace.

To undermine the Iranian government and bring about change, we had other approaches that would not have involved war. The United States could have tried to knit together the fragmented opposition and worked to destabilize the militias. It could have smuggled in many more Starlink terminals so that Iranians could communicate. The intelligence community could have prioritized investigations of the corruption of the leaders-

hip; I’d love to see leaks illuminating the wealth of top Iranian officials or reports of their children and grandchildren enjoying their sybaritic lifestyles at home and abroad. The United States can still do these things.

Arguably one of the factors that undermined the Iranian leaders the most last year was not a bomb but a video showing the lavish wedding of an Iranian hard-liner’s daughter, as she wore a strapless, low-cut dress; it went viral in Iran and underscored the hypocrisy and double standards of leaders who inflict on the public rules that they don’t follow themselves. We need more of those videos leaked.

All this is less dramatic than blowing up naval stations or oil refineries. But remember that in 1979 it was not machine guns and bombs that toppled the shah, but rather smuggled cassette tapes of sermons and songs. I question whether a bombing campaign can topple the ayatollahs, but they are so unpopular that I believe that at some point they can and will be ousted by a more organized and better-funded opposition.

Look, we all need some humility about what lies ahead. Doves like me have been right about some uses of force (such as the Iraq War) but wrong about others (such as the Iraq surge). As I weigh the benefits and costs of this new war with Iran, I fear that we have sleepwalked into yet another perilous folly in the Middle East.

When you’ve witnessed the horror of war, you believe it should be a last resort — not an abyss we tumble into without legal basis or clear objectives, pushing us all unnecessarily into a riskier world in which the only certainty is bloodshed. Contact Nicholas Kristof at Facebook.com/Kristof, Twitter. com/NickKristof or by mail at The New York Times, 620 Eighth Ave., New York, NY 10018.

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Con la finalidad de ofrecer un enfoque integral, con una gama de servicios en oftalmología general, retinología, glaucoma, córnea, cataratas y ojo seco con una atención de excelencia a la comunidad, en el verano del 2020 se estableció en Caguas Puerto Rico Eye Institute (PREi). Desde entonces, han mantenido su compromiso continuo de abordar una amplia gama de necesidades oftalmológicas con la calidad y atención excepcional que merece su clientela, lo cual se ha extendido recientemente a Bayamón.

El Dr. Carlos J. Fernández Santos, Oftalmólogo Retinólogo, fundador

retina en el estado de Mississippi por dos años. Al regresar a Puerto Rico estuve trabajando como en seis o siete oficinas por toda la Isla. Pensamos que deberíamos buscar algo para que futuras generaciones que estén capacitadas al igual que nosotros se les haga mucho más conveniente ofrecer sus servicios a los pacientes puertorriqueños. A su vez me di cuenta de la dificultad que presentaban los pacientes de conseguir cita con otros especialistas, ya sea, por ejemplo, con un glaucomatólogo o un corneólogo. Y me dije, ¿por qué no lo tenemos todo en un mismo sitio y así se le hace más fácil el cuidado del paciente? Y surgió la oportunidad y vimos que había la necesidad como grupo…y ahí fue que lo decidimos y nació Puerto Rico Eye Institute”, recordó.

Fernández Santos destacó las ventajas que tiene contar con diversos servicios en oftalmología, trabajando en equipo para tratar condiciones de retina, glaucoma, córnea y catarata bajo un mismo techo.

“Eso es lindo, que podamos hacer como una consulta inmediata. Si yo veo, por ejemplo, un paciente de glaucoma y noto que sus presiones están empeorando, yo le pido a la glaucomatóloga que lo vea ahí mismo para hacerle su día más fácil. Así el paciente no pierde su tiempo ni los familiares que lo trajeron. Y pacientes que tengan dos tres condiciones, yo sé lo que le están dando, ella sabe lo que yo le estoy dando, así que podemos comunicarnos para que el tratamiento sea lo mas efectivo posible y las citas lo más pronto posible para el paciente”, enfatizó.

Este trabajo en equipo y el trato al paciente han sido claves para el crecimiento sostenido de PREi. Cuentan con un grupo de médicos y un personal de primer orden, con una gran empatía hacia los pacientes. El factor humano hace la diferencia. Y mientras en la mayoría de las clínicas en Puerto Rico te ven y te dan cita otro día para una prueba y otro día para otra, en PREi procuran hacerle al paciente todas las pruebas necesarias en un mismo día, para poder tener diagnósticos más certeros y que no tengan que hacer múltiples visitas.

A su vez, cuentan con una gran variedad de equipo moderno y tecnología. Pero más allá de comprar el último equipo y la tecnología, se esfuerzan además por optimizar las procesos para que el paciente tenga una mejor experiencia y resultado, priorizando la salud y satisfacción del paciente.

“Invertir en tecnología diagnóstica avanzada es fundamental. En esta época cada vez salen más cosas tecnológicas más avanzadas, que nos ayudan a ver y diagnosticar con más facilidad y comodidad para el paciente. En el campo de la retina, específicamente, han habido unos avances tecnológicos de

imágenes significativos y siempre intentamos estar a la vanguardia en eso. El avance transformador que hemos tenido en los últimos años es que hemos pasado de un tratamiento destructivo por láser a terapias más dirigidas que no tienen un daño permanente a la retina, y las cirugías, que cada vez son con instrumentos más pequeñitos más precisos y más fácil de recuperarse de ellos. De la terapia genética, que en Puerto Rico todavía no ha llegado mucho, en Estados Unidos la hay que modificando células con virus entre otras se pueden hacer que las células produzcan los genes o algunas sustancias que nosotros queramos. No hay demasiado en el mercado, pero está empezando y es un avance que está brutal, que va a cambiar la vida de mucha gente”, aseguró.

Según explicó, el diagnóstico de retina que mas se ve actualmente es la retinopatía diabética. Esta se caracteriza por daños graduales en los vasos sanguíneos de la retina que van afectando toda la circulación interna del ojo, causando pérdida de visión. Pacientes con muy buena visión lamentablemente llegan a presentar una retinopatía diabética bastante avanzada y necesitan tratamiento antes de perder visión permanente. Esto se puede detectar con un examen oftalmológico y estudios donde se observa la intercomunicación de todas esas células dentro del ojo para poder saber si hay algún daño, inclusive antes de que la persona pierda visión. Es mejor prevenir que remendar, por lo que es muy importante y conveniente la detección temprana. Por esta razón es que se hace mucho hincapié que cada paciente diabético se debe verse una vez al año con su oftalmólogo.

Además de tratar diversas condiciones oculares, PREi educa a sus pacientes sobre el diagnóstico y el cuidado preventivo.

En su afán por seguir optimizando el acceso de servicios a la comunidad, Puerto Rico Eye Institute abrió sus nuevas facilidades en Bayamón, lo que ha requerido la integración de más profesionales al instituto. Esto ha contribuido a mejorar el acceso a los servicios oftalmológicos especializados. “Seguimos creciendo. Más gente puertorriqueña súper buena quieren venir y entrar y vimos que en Bayamón había una necesidad real de servicios oftalmológicos en el área. Hay oftalmólogos, porque los hay, pero entiendo que para una población tan grande hacía falta más. Al seleccionar a los oftalmólogos que forman parte del grupo primero

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nos aseguramos de su capacidad adaptada y que sean empíricos, que le importe el ser humano y el paciente, que tenga una vocación real”, subrayó.

Finalmente, el doctor Fernández Santos auguró mayores avances para la oftalmología.

“En los próximos 10 años yo la veo mucho más personalizada. Todavía por ahí hablan de la cirugía robótica, está en pañales, no se lo que va a pasar, pero sí con los fármacos, los medicamentos veremos que en vez de cubrir muchas cosas van ser más específicos para ciertas condiciones, con menos efectos secundarios. Se está invirtiendo un montón. En Estados Unidos las casas farmacéuticas están buscando ser lo mas precisos o lo más certeros posible en las condiciones y poderlas tratar, porque esto es algo que lamentablemente puede ser una carga para una nación. Están intentando mejorar todos los procesos con avances tecnológicos y con medicamentos mas especializados para que así que los pacientes tengan que venir menos, y mejorar los tratamientos, que duren más tiempo”, anticipó.

PREi cuenta con citas al momento. Para más información o para agendar una cita, puede llamar al (787) 641-3030. Las oficinas de Puerto Rico Eye Institute están ubicadas en Plaza Bairoa (Suite 245), PR 1, Avenida Sakura en Caguas y en Bayamón en el Metro Medical Center, 4to. piso Torre A. También puede visitarnos en www.preyeinstitute.com

5 science fiction movies to stream now

By ELISABETH VINCENTELLI

In this month’s picks, hijacked bullet trains, comet creatures and time loops in the British countryside.

‘Bugonia’

At this point it’s easy to take the ongoing collaboration between Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone for granted. Yet it’s also hard to overstate how weird — by mainstream Hollywood standards at least — the movies they make together are. The pair would have to go into full experimental mode to outdo this baroque tale, a remake of the South Korean movie “Save the Green Planet!” (2003). Stone plays a powerful CEO, Michelle, who is kidnapped by a couple of men because the ringleader, Teddy (Jesse Plemons), is convinced she is an Andromedan alien, embedded on Earth to enslave humans, and he wants to be taken to her mother ship.

“Bugonia” is an outré look at conspiracy theories and the paranoid mind’s ability to have seemingly logical answers for everything. But is this what’s really going on here? A deep sadness lurks behind the flamboyant exterior, especially as we learn more about Teddy’s past. And little can prepare a viewer for the film’s visually stunning ending, which is richly satisfying on a cosmic level. (Stream it on Peacock.)

‘Hoshi 35’

You can’t blame kaiju fans for being disappointed in what they would take as a bait-and-switch. After all, the cast of “Hoshi 35” includes several veterans from that genre, most notably Megumi Odaka, who was in several “Godzilla” movies in the 1980s and ’90s — this is her first feature since 1995. So naturally you’d expect at least one actor in an elaborate monster suit stampeding all over Japan. But while there is a “beast from the star” (it appears with a comet), the creature does not feature all that much here. Rather Hiroto Yokokawa’s movie explores what might be called folk sci-fi — it feels like a gentler version of, say, the original “The Wicker Man” instead of an umpteenth variation on Godzilla or Mothra.

The story centers on a remote small village that takes drastic measures to appease said beast from the star: It sacrifices willing young “priestesses.” When members of a geological survey stumble onto the practice, the village is thrown into turmoil. “Hoshi 35” is a beguiling oddity, with scenes suggesting an almost childlike wonder tempered by the matter-of-fact brutality of the villagers’ actions. (Stream it on Tubi.)

‘Manor of Darkness’

The title of Blake Ridder’s movie has an old-fashioned quality to it that brings to mind classic Hammer Horror productions from the 1960s and ’70s. This may not be entirely coincidental considering the vibe here. Frightening incidents, like water from a shower suddenly turning to blood, pepper “Manor of Darkness.” And that’s even before a quartet of crooks case a spooky grand home in the British countryside under the pretense of shooting a documentary. Once inside, they find things like a chest that lets out clouds of black smoke when opened.

After one of the would-be burglars, Laura (Kim Spearman), is stabbed by the house’s mysterious owner, Lucas (Stuart Wolfe-Murray), she realizes they’re all stuck in a terrifying time loop, and sets out to somehow end it. Despite working with what looks like a fairly low budget, Ridder dispenses the frights effectively as he bravely attempts to put a new spin on both the timeloop and the haunted-house genres. I’m surprised horror on repeat isn’t attempted more often. (Stream it on Tubi.)

‘Happyend’

This Japanese movie tells, a title informs us, “a story about the near future.” More precisely a story of students in their last year of high school, as they face a world that feels as if it’s closing in on itself instead of opening up to new possibilities. The world at large feels more and more autocratic as the government uses the possibility of a looming earthquake to institute an emergency decree. The new national mood of enforced conformity is reflected at the school, where the principal (Shiro Sano) expands his surveillance of students after being pranked.

Writer and director Neo Sora zooms in on a small group of friends, chief among them the techno-crazed,

impulsive Yuta (Hayato Kurihara) and the quieter Kou (Yukito Hidaka). The pair have been BFFs since they were little kids, but they are drifting in different directions not only because of divergences in their temperaments, but also because of the way Kou is targeted by the increased repression — he is a permanent resident of Korean heritage and thus not seen as “a normal Japanese person.” Sora has a keen eye for the kids’ fumbles and enthusiasms, their heightened emotions and shy infatuations as they try to figure out how to find themselves in an increasingly authoritarian state. “Happyend” has a way of getting under your skin as few teen movies can. Adding greatly to the mood is Lia Ouyang Rusli’s beautiful, melancholy score, which lands in the aural vicinity of works by Studio Ghibli mastermind Joe Hisaishi and by Sora’s father, composer Ryuichi Sakamoto. (Rent or buy it on most major platforms.)

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Train’

“Speed Train” may not be good by traditional metrics but it is superb by Roger Corman ones — it certainly kept me entertained, and often chuckling, the entire time. A futuristic bullet train from Oklahoma City (a deliciously random choice since nobody in the motley cast sounds as if they’re from that area) to Washington, D.C. is hijacked by the vengeful mastermind Loklin (Louis Mandylor). Not only that, but he sells players on the Dark Web the ability to remotely control microchipped convicts who happen to be on board. But Loklin didn’t count on a group of hardy passengers, including a lone Interpol agent (Oliver Masucci, from the series “Dark”) and two cheerleading captains and their coaches, one of whom is ex-military (Scout Taylor-Compton, from the “Halloween” reboots).

Whether the sets and costumes have a 1980s vibe by design or accident is impossible to tell, and the flashes of violence are both cartoonish and laughable (someone’s throat gets literally ripped out), but it all adds to the ridiculous fun. Delivering a bona fide B-movie is harder than you might think, but director Ryan Francis rises to the challenge with this wacky actioner. (Rent or buy it on most major platforms.)

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Wall Street extends losses as investors weigh Middle East war

U.S. stocks extended losses on Thursday afternoon as ‌the Middle East conflict, opens new tab entered its sixth day, pushing oil prices higher and spurring worries about inflation and whether the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates.

Expansion of the conflict to more countries fed fears of disruption in the Strait of Hormuz, a critical energy choke point, where missile and drone threats have drastically reduced tanker traffic. This lifted U.S. crude prices about 8% to roughly $80 per barrel. Global benchmark Brent crude rose about 4% to $85. Traders worry a prolonged ⁠interruption could feed inflation and slow economic growth.

“Look at oil today, it tells you everything you need to know about why the stock market’s down,” said Michael Antonelli, market strategist at Baird Private Wealth Management.

At 2:15 p.m. the Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI), fell 1,045.27 points, or 2.14%, to 47,694.16, the S&P 500 (.SPX), lost 83.30 points, or 1.21%, to 6,786.42 and the Nasdaq Composite (.IXIC) lost 243.81 points, or 1.06%, to 22,566.06.

Limiting index losses were energy stocks (.SPNY), up 0.6%. A strong forecast from chip designer Broadcom <AVGO.O, that projected its artificial intelligence chip revenue would exceed $100 billion next year sent its shares up 3.2%.

With the U.S.-Israeli air war against Iran raging, Wall Street’s main indexes have fared better than their European and Asian counterparts this week, aided primarily by a rebound in technology stocks that bore the brunt of February’s selloff.

“The base ‌case ⁠for the U.S. itself is that this war should be relatively short-lived which explains why, in absolute terms, equities have not fallen by very much, despite the quite sharp increases we’ve seen in spot commodity prices,” said Kiran Ganesh, multi-asset strategist at UBS Global Wealth Management.

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Any signs that crude prices could hit $100 a barrel would be worrisome for markets and investors were on the lookout for reports that the conflict ⁠could be nearing its end.

The passenger airlines sub-sector (.SPCOMAIR), tumbled 6%. Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL.N), fell 1.8% and Viking Holdings (VIK.N), opens new tab lost 4.2%.

Benchmark natural gas prices are up nearly 50% since the start of the week, as Qatar has been forced to shut down its exports, and the Strait of Hormuz is effectively closed to tankers.

Investors expect price pressures to delay a 25-basis-point interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve to October from July, according to LSEG-compiled data.

Losses were broad, with healthcare (.SPXHC), materials (.SPLRCM), consumer staples and industrials (.SPLRCI), falling over ⁠2.5% each.

The CBOE volatility index (.VIX), was up 3.7 points at 24.91, reflecting broader investor caution, while the rate-sensitive Russell 2000 index (.RUT), was down 2.52%.

Declines in financials such as JPMorgan Chase (JPM.N), and Goldman Sachs (GS.N), also weighed on the blue-chip Dow.

Meanwhile, data showed the number of Americans filing ⁠new applications for unemployment benefits was unchanged last week.

The S&P 500 posted five new 52-week highs and two new lows, while the Nasdaq Composite recorded 27 new highs and 57 new lows.

Fallout from Mideast swirls over the war in Ukraine

By CASSANDRA VINOGRAD

The crisis in the Middle East has started to reverberate in Ukraine, putting peace talks with Russia on hold and raising fears in Kyiv of diminished military support.

After the United States and Israel started bombing Iran five days ago, the conflict quickly spread through the Mideast. As Iran has targeted the United States’ Persian Gulf allies with missiles and drones, those countries and U.S. forces have fired large numbers of interceptor missiles to fend off the attacks.

That has drained stocks of the defensive weapons that Ukraine has come to rely on from its allies to defend against Russian missiles. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine has acknowledged the potential knock-on effects from the Middle East conflict, telling reporters this week that he had raised the issue with Ukraine’s partners.

“There are concerns that in the event of a prolonged war, America may reduce supplies of air defense systems and missiles for air defense to Ukraine,” Zelenskyy said in an interview with the Italian national broadcaster, RAI, that aired Wednesday.

Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s top diplomat, said Thursday that the events in the Middle East had a “clear impact” on the war in Ukraine.

“There are defense capabilities that are needed in Ukraine now moving also to the Middle East,” she said in Brussels. “There is also the issue of supply chains, of supplying the capabilities that Ukraine needs, now also the Middle East needs, when it comes to air defense, for example.”

Those air defenses are critical to protect towns and cities from Russian attacks and to save Ukrainian lives. Shortages not only could embolden Moscow to step up barrages, but also could give the impression that Ukraine has a weakened hand in peace negotiations once they resume.

The negotiations had been expected to continue this

People walk past a damaged building after U.S.-Israeli airstrikes in Tehran, March 3, 2026. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine has offered to share his country’s expertise in defending against Iranian-designed drones.

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week with trilateral talks involving Russia, Ukraine and the United States. A meeting was scheduled to be held in the United Arab Emirates, but that country has come under Iranian attack in recent days.

Zelenskyy had suggested moving the talks to Switzerland or Turkey. But in his overnight address Wednesday, he said, “Because of the situation with Iran, the necessary signals for a trilateral meeting haven’t come yet.”

“As soon as the security situation and the broader political context allow us to resume the trilateral diplomatic work, it will be done,” he added. “Ukraine is ready for it.”

With the crisis in the Persian Gulf intensifying, Zelenskyy and Ukraine’s European allies have tried to keep Ukraine from falling out of the international focus, even as the war against Russia continues unabated four years after Moscow’s invasion.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz speaking at a news conference this week after visiting the White House, said he had explicitly urged President Donald Trump to link the conflicts in Iran and Ukraine.

“Anyone who fights for security and justice in the Middle East must also want security and justice in Europe,” Merz said.

Zelenskyy has also tried to connect the two, noting the ties between Russia and Iran in his statements. He has spoken with several Middle Eastern leaders in recent days and offered to share Ukraine’s expertise in contending with drone strikes. Ukraine has years of hard-gained experience defending against Iranian-designed Shahed attack drones, which Russia deploys by the dozens every night. On Thursday morning, the Ukrainian air force said Russia had launched 155 of them overnight.

Zelenskyy said several of Ukraine’s partners had sought Ukraine’s guidance, with the United States requesting “specific support” from his country to help combat drones.

“I gave instructions to provide the necessary means and ensure the presence of Ukrainian specialists who can guarantee the required security,” he wrote Thursday on social media. “Ukraine helps partners who help ensure our security and protect the lives of our people.”

Ukraine produces large numbers of small interceptor drones intended to defend against Shaheds. Zelenskyy has floated the idea of trading such interceptors for the more powerful Patriot missile systems that Ukraine badly needs to defend against Russian ballistic missiles.

“Any assistance we provide is only on the condition that it does not weaken our own defense in Ukraine and that it serves as an investment in our diplomatic capabilities,” Zelenskyy said. “We help protect against war those who help us — Ukraine — bring the war to a dignified conclusion.”

Trump says he should have role in picking Iran’s leader

By DAVID E. SANGER

President Donald Trump on Thursday said he should have a role in choosing Iran’s new leader, and that Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of the former leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei who appeared to be the leading candidate to succeed his father, was an “unacceptable” choice. Trump’s comments, in interviews with Reuters and Axios, were the most explicit he has been yet about his vision of an American role in creating a new government in Tehran. They made clear that Trump’s model for Iran, as he told The New York Times in an interview Sunday, was to replicate the installation of a new president in Venezuela after a U.S. Army Delta team seized Nicolás Maduro and sent him to a federal prison in Brooklyn, New York, where he is awaiting trial.

Many analysts have noted that there are huge differences between Iran, a country of 92 million people run by a complex mix of clerics and the Revolutionary Guard, and Venezuela. But Trump has continued to cite the example, including in conversations with world leaders and members of Congress.

Trump’s statement is also the latest in a series of contradictory claims about Washington’s war aims.

On Saturday, as the attacks began, he called on the Iranian people to rise up and overthrow the existing regime. On Sunday, he told the Times that he had three candidates for supreme leader in mind, though he later told ABC News that he believed all three had been killed in days of U.S. and Israeli airstrikes.

His comments to Axios, and then to Reuters, are bound

to remind Iranians of a period in their history taught in the country’s schools: the 1953 coup, run by the CIA, that overthrew Iran’s democratically elected prime minister, Mohammad Mossadegh, to assure that Britain had access to Iranian oil.

That coup ultimately led to the installation of Mohammed Reza Pahlavi as the shah of Iran. He was overthrown in the 1979 Iranian revolution that ushered in a half-century of theocratic rule.

President Barack Obama acknowledged the CIA’s role in the Iranian coup in a 2009 speech in Cairo, admitting that “the United States played a significant role in the overthrow of a democratically elected Iranian government.” He was criticized by Republicans at the time for seeming to apologize for America’s past interventions in Iranian politics.

With fuel running out, Cuba’s tourism is collapsing

By FRANCES ROBLES and VJOSA ISAI

By the second week of Debbie Sutherland’s vacation to Cuba last month, there were ominous signs of trouble.

Gasoline was being rationed, excursions were canceled and all of the stores in a nearby mall were closed.

Sutherland’s hotel in Cayo Las Brujas, a part of a small chain of islands just north of central Cuba, reserved a block of rooms for stranded employees. That section of the hotel was completely dark: Only tourists got electricity.

Cuba has relied on tourism, and on sun-starved Canadian visitors above all others, as a key pillar of its collapsing economy.

“The Cuban people love Canadians,” said Sutherland, 64, a behavioral therapist from Ontario. “They would say, ‘You know, we would die without Canada.’”

But President Donald Trump’s travel restrictions and move to block all foreign oil from Cuba has brought the industry — already weakened after the COVID-19 pandemic — to its knees and intensified an economic meltdown threatening the government’s survival.

Like many other travelers, Sutherland’s vacation was cut short last month as the country’s crippling energy crisis began paralyzing tourism.

With the government saying it was running out of jet fuel and with power outages worsening, Russian and Canadian airlines suspended flights to Cuba, a move that jeopardizes the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of people.

Airlines sent empty jets to the island to take thousands of tourists back home, a stark sign of the volatile conditions in Cuba as the Trump administration’s campaign has created an increasingly desperate situation for Cuba and its people. Abandoned trucks, cars and motorbikes, apparently out of gas, littered the road to the airport, Sutherland said.

The Trump administration, in its quest to topple Cuba’s 67-year-old communist government, has targeted the country’s main sources of foreign currency, including tourism, but also medical missions to other countries in exchange for payments to the Cuban government.

Luis Manuel Pérez waiting for tourists to hire him for a ride around Havana, Cuba in 2024. The Trump administration, which has tightened the U.S. chokehold on Cuba by cutting off foreign oil, is betting that this is the Cuban communist revolution’s last year. (Jorge Luis Baños/The New York Times)

Even before Trump’s executive order in January threatening to impose tariffs on countries that provide oil to Cuba, his administration had been chipping away at Cuba’s tourism industry.

Trump limited Americans’ ability to travel to Cuba, stay at government hotels or travel there aboard a cruise ship. His decision to put Cuba on the list of state sponsors of terrorism meant that Europeans who went to Cuba lost their ability to travel to the United States without a visa.

Last year, Cuba had 1.8 million international visitors, down from 4.7 million in 2018, said Paolo Spadoni, a social sciences professor at Augusta University in Georgia who recently published a book on Cuba’s tourism industry.

Even as their numbers have also decreased, Canadians have remained a cornerstone of tourism, accounting for roughly 40% of foreign visitors. Cuba has actively courted Canadians, who can enter Cuba legally, and like to spend money on winter getaways and are reliable return visitors.

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It was not long ago that Cuba enjoyed a brief tourism boom after President Barack Obama’s decision in 2014 to restore diplomatic relations with the country.

He also relaxed prohibitions against Americans traveling there, even allowing cruise ship sailings. Cuba had long been a forbidden destination for Americans, so the numbers of them visiting Cuba suddenly soared.

The loosening of restrictions was short-lived; Trump put tougher regulations back in place during his first term in office. The number of Americans visiting Cuba plummeted to 110,000 in 2025 from 638,000 in 2018, according to Cuban government statistics.

Cuba’s state-run hotels are managed by Gaviota, a subsidiary of the military-run conglomerate GAESA, which controls the Cuban economy. That means Cuba’s best hotels and prime real estate are in the hands of military officials, Spadoni said

“One key misconception is: How can Cuba build so many hotels when the occupancy rate is so low?” Spadoni said. “One thing people miss is that to the Cuban military, these are real estate investments more than tourism.”

Military officials are likely taking the “long view” by wanting to be in control of valuable properties should the communist government transition to democracy, he said.

Some new luxury hotels, like the iconic Torre K in Havana, are largely empty.

In the past 15 years, the Cuban government invested about $24 billion in hotels, said Emilio Morales, a Miami-based former marketing official for Cimex, Cuba’s retail conglomerate, who now studies Cuba’s tourism industry and is a harsh critic of its government.

“There were many hotels, and in two or 3 1/2 years, everything shut down or kept deteriorating,” Morales said. “They didn’t invest in the other sectors that support tourism, such as the energy grid itself.”

The Cuban government did not respond to requests for comment.

In public statements, Cuban officials have denounced the Trump administration for trying to push it toward collapse.

“What does it mean to prevent a single drop of fuel from reaching a country?” President Miguel Díaz-Canel said recently. “It means affecting food transportation, food production, public transportation, the functioning of hospitals, institutions of all kinds, schools, economic output and tourism.”

He added: “Surrender is not an option.”

The Cuban government last month abruptly closed more than a dozen hotels and transferred its guests to consolidate tourists and save on energy.

Some airlines have continued their flights, adding stops in the Dominican Republic for refueling, while some countries are warning against visiting Cuba.

Air Canada said it decided to suspend the flights because the added stops for fuel would disrupt schedules.

“More broadly, ongoing fuel supply challenges in Cuba, combined with instability in the power grid, have broader implications for customers,” said Christophe Hennebelle, a spokesperson for Air Canada, which had 3,000 customers in Cuba on vacation packages.

Basic necessities like food and medical care were becoming scarce, he added. “We do not want to put the health, safety and well-being of our passengers at risk.”

Drew Garneau, 42, who works at a car dealership in Nova Scotia, had planned to visit Cayo Cruz, an island just off Cuba’s coast, from Feb. 4-18.

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But even as the number of tourists heading to Cuba dwindled, Cuba doubled down on its investment, pouring billions into new hotels.

The government added 22,000 new rooms from 2014 to 2025, with some 70 new hotels, Spadoni said. Cuba has 85,000 hotel rooms nationwide but an occupancy rate of only about 20%, he added.

Five days into his trip, Garneau had put down the microphone after performing a Bon Jovi hit during karaoke night at his hotel when a porter approached him in the lobby.

“He took me aside and said, ‘Hey, you two gotta pack. You’re leaving at 6 a.m.,” Garneau said.

Airlines, he learned, were taking tourists home. “I’ve never been kicked out of a country before,” he said.

How the Iran war is choking off the world’s oil and gas

By BLACKI MIGLIOZZI, CHRISTIAAN TRIEBERT, PETER EAVIS, KEITH COLLINS, JACQUELINE GU and REBECCA F. ELLIOTT

Every day, around 80 oil and gas tankers typically pass through the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway off Iran’s southern coast that carries a fifth of the world’s oil and a significant amount of natural gas.

On Monday, just two oil and gas tankers appear to have crossed the strait, according to a New York Times analysis of shipping activity from Kpler, an industry data firm. Since then, one tanker passed through.

“It’s a de facto closure,” said Dan Pickering, chief investment officer of Pickering Energy Partners, a Houston financial services firm. “You’ve got a significant number of vessels on either side of the strait, but no one is willing to go through.”

Tankers have been staying away from Hormuz since the U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran that began Saturday. A prolonged conflict could ripple broadly across the global economy, threatening the energy supplies of countries halfway around the world and stoking inflation.

International oil prices have climbed 12% since the fighting began, trading Tuesday around $81 a barrel, and natural gas prices have surged in Europe and in Asia.

A senior Iranian military official threatened Monday to “set on fire” any ships traveling through the Strait of Hormuz. Vessels in the region have already come under attack. Several oil and gas facilities have also been struck or affected by nearby shelling, though the damage did not initially appear to be catastrophic.

A fire broke out Tuesday at a major energy hub in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, from the falling debris of a downed drone, authorities said. On Monday, Qatar halted production of liquefied natural gas, or fuel that has been

The war has de facto closed the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway off Iran’s southern coast that carries a fifth of the world’s oil. Three maps showing shifts in tanker traffic, sites of damage, and global trade routes.

cooled so that it can be transported on ships, after attacks on its facilities.

The sharp reduction in tanker traffic is reducing the supply of oil and gas to world markets, pushing up prices for both commodities. And the longer that ships stay away from the Strait of Hormuz, the less oil and gas gets out to the world, which could raise prices even more.

Shipping companies have paused their tankers to protect their crew and cargo, and because insurance companies are charging significantly more to cover vessels in the conflict area.

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump said that “if necessary,” the U.S. Navy would begin escorting tankers through the strait. He also said a U.S. government agency would begin offering “political risk insurance” to shipping lines in the area.

In addition to tankers, other large vessels regularly go through the strait, including car carriers and container ships. In normal conditions, nearly 160 make the trip each day.

Some ships in the region turn off the devices that broadcast their positions, while others transmit false locations — making it hard to give a full picture of the traffic in the strait.

The Shiva is a small oil tanker that has repeatedly faked its location, according to TankerTrackers.com, which tracks global oil shipments. It is suspected of carrying sanctioned Iranian oil, according to Kpler. The Shiva was one of the two tankers that crossed the strait Monday.

The oil and gas that typically move through the strait comes from big producing countries like Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran and the UAE, and is exported around the world.

In 2024, more than 80% of the oil and gas transported through the Strait of Hormuz went to Asia. China, India, Japan and South Korea were the top importers, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Countries have energy stockpiles that could last them into the coming months, but a continued shutdown of the strait could damage their economies.

Several big disruptions have roiled supply chains in recent years, but the tanker standstill in the Strait of Hormuz could have an outsize impact.

Maison Ruinart engages renowned artist in Puerto Rico

By JUDY GORDON-CONDE and JENNIFER CONDE-POWERS

Recently, the iconic Maison Ruinart, recognized worldwide as the official champagne of art due to its history of supporting and drawing inspiration from art and its artists to enrich knowledge and connection with nature, offered a unique and immersive experience in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Echoing its purpose of illuminating the path through connections in spaces with meaning and culture, Maison Ruinart gathered a select group of collectors, amateurs, and enthusiasts at this historic location at 202 Cristo Street to appreciate, with the support of Ruinart Blanc de Blancs, the work “Marea” by the renowned Puerto Rican ceramicist Cristina Córdova.

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What your DNA reveals about the sex life of Neanderthals

By CARL ZIMMER

One of the biggest discoveries about human evolution in recent decades is that, tens of thousands of years ago, Neanderthals and modern humans interbred. As a result, most people alive today carry a bit of Neanderthal DNA in their genome — and that residual DNA, in turn, is giving scientists a detailed look at the ancient sexual encounters that put it there.

In a study published last week in the journal Science, a team of researchers report that men with a lot of Neanderthal ancestry and women with a lot of modern human ancestry had a strong preference to mate with each other. Maybe modern human women found something especially attractive about men with a lot of Neanderthal DNA, or vice versa. Or maybe the two groups were equally attracted to each other.

However it played out, the preference was intense. “You need a strikingly strong phenomenon to get us there,” said Alexander Platt, a geneticist at the University of Pennsylvania and an author of the new study.

April Nowell, a paleoanthropologist at the University of Victoria in British Columbia who was not involved in the research, praised the study for using DNA to uncover details of our ancestors’ intimate lives. “We are learning so much in the labs these days about the behavior of Neanderthals,” she said, “things that just wouldn’t preserve in the archaeological or fossil record.”

Scientists first extracted bits of Neanderthal DNA from fossils in the 1990s. Since then, the data has brought the history of Neanderthals and ourselves into sharper focus.

Both groups of humans descend from a population that lived in Africa roughly 1 million years ago. By about 600,000 years ago, the Neanderthal lineage split off and expanded out of Africa. Neanderthals endured across Europe and western Asia until about 40,000 years ago.

In the meantime, modern humans continued living in Africa. About 250,000 years ago, one group moved off the continent and interbred with Neanderthals. Fossils of later Neanderthals retain bits of DNA from that initial wave of emigrant Homo sapiens. This indicates that hybrid children from those encounters were raised in Neanderthal societies and later passed down their genes.

At some point, those first-wave Homo sapiens died out. But 50,000 years ago, a new wave of modern humans expanded out of Africa. They also interbred with Neanderthals, about 46,000 years ago, and continued to expand — ultimately around the world, carrying Neanderthal DNA with them. Today, the DNA of people with ancestry beyond Africa is up to a few percent Neanderthal.

Over the generations, the Neanderthal DNA in modern humans has been reduced to tiny fragments, which differ from person to per-

son. Some of those fragments have disappeared altogether. It’s possible that many vanished because they were useless or even harmful and were not passed on for long.

Puzzlingly, our X chromosome — one of the two chromosomes that help determine the sex of an embryo — has far fewer fragments of Neanderthal DNA than other chromosomes. For their new study, Platt and his colleagues wanted to understand why. What they found surprised them.

Every human embryo inherits two sex chromosomes, X or Y, one from each parent. An embryo with two X chromosomes becomes female, and an X and a Y leads to males. Mothers pass down only X chromosomes, whereas fathers pass down either an X or a Y.

Platt’s group wanted to see how the X chromosome of Neanderthals had changed after interbreeding with humans 250,000 years ago. It was possible, they reasoned, that Neanderthals would turn out to have had little modern human DNA in their X chromosome. Maybe the modern human genes on the X chromosome proved harmful, and hybrid children who inherited them didn’t survive to pass them on.

But oddly, they discovered just the opposite: Neanderthal X chromosome carried much more modern DNA than other chromosomes did, not less.

The best explanation, Platt and his colleagues concluded, was that Neanderthals and modern humans had strong preferences about whom they had sex with. In particular, Neanderthal men in Neanderthal societies may have had a strong attraction to hybrid women — that is, to women with a modern human parent or grandparent.

As a result, the women would have passed on their

modern human X chromosomes to the Neanderthal population. Over generations, the Neanderthal X chromosome would have accumulated DNA from modern humans.

The same attraction may have had the opposite effect in societies of modern humans who left Africa 46,000 years ago. Modern human women may have preferred men with Neanderthal ancestry — but those men could pass down a Neanderthal X chromosome to only half their offspring on average. So over time, the X chromosomes of modern humans carried ever less Neanderthal DNA.

Joshua Akey, a geneticist at Princeton University who was not involved in the study, said that it was a remarkable example of ancient DNA shedding light on ancient behavior. “I wouldn’t have thought that was possible when I started doing this work in graduate school,” he said. “This study pushes us in a new direction.”

Benjamin Peter, a population geneticist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, expressed caution. What looks like a striking feature of the X chromosome might be a mirage produced by the statistical methods that the scientists used in the study.

“It’s a very clever argument,” he said. “But the big unknown for me is, ‘Are there any technical artifacts that could also cause this pattern?’”

The findings, if they hold up, don’t clarify what sort of mating preference was at play. Conceivably, Neanderthal men used violence, even raiding other groups for women. But Nowell was skeptical of such explanations.

“It is a possibility, but we don’t have any thing in the archaeological record that would support that,” she said, noting a lack of evidence for violence between groups of humans 50,000 years ago or 250,000 years ago.

Instead, she raised the possibility the mating preferences of women were at work.

“Biologically, females of a species are considered to be the ‘choosy sex’ when it comes to sexual selection,” Nowell said.

Rebecca Wragg Sykes, an archaeologist at the University of Cambridge, noted that few fossils or archaeological remains exist from 250,000 years ago that could bolster the DNA findings. Archaeologists have unearthed much more from humans living 50,000 years ago, but no site offers definitive clues to the mating habits of humans and Neanderthals — or how interbreeding affected their social lives.

“We still do not have a cultural signature for a hybrid social population,” Wragg Sykes said.

But she held out hope that new evidence — in the form of skeletons, tools or ancient DNA — might let archaeologists test the ideas that Platt and his colleagues are putting forward.

“One find can genuinely make an enormous difference,” Wragg Sykes said.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMER INSTANCIA SALA DE SUPERIOR DE CANÓVANAS MUNICIPIO DE CANÓVANAS, REPRESENTADA POR SU ALCALDESA LORONA J. SOTO VILLANUEVA Peticionario ADQUISICIÓN DE SOLAR 63 DE LA CALLE BETANCES DEL TÉRMINO MUNICIPAL DE CANÓVANAS; JORGE LUIS REYES RIVERA, ET ALS.

Parte con Interés Civil Núm.: CN2025CV00425. Sala: 403. Sobre: PROCEDIMIENTO SUMARIO DE EXPROPIACIÓN FORZOSA DE ESTORBO PÚBLICO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS.

A: JORGE LUIS REYES RIVERA, JOHN DOE, DUEÑOS DCSCONOCIDOS Y/O CUALQUIER PERSONA CON ALGÚN POSIBLE INTERÉS.

Se le emplaza y notifica que, con el fin público de erradicar el abandono y peligrosidad de propiedades declaradas estorbos públicos, el Municipio de Canóvanas ha radicado en esta Secretaría una Petición de Expropiación Forzosa al amparo de la Ley General de Expropiación Forzosa del 12 de marzo de 1903, según enmendada; la Ley Núm. 107 de 14 de agosto de 2020 conocida como el Código Municipal de Puerto Rico, en su Artículo 2.018 [21 L.P.R.A. §7183]; la Ordenanza Núm. 3, Serie 2025-2026, aprobada por la Legislatura Municipal de Canóvanas, Puerto Rico el 23 de julio de 2025; y, firmada por su Alcaldesa el día 30 del mismo mes; bajo el procedimiento sumario de expropiación forzosa de estorbos públicos que establece el Artículo 4.012A del Código Municipal establecido mediante la Ley Núm. 114 del 29 de junio de 2024, para adquirir la siguiente Finca: URBANA: SOLAR en el 63 Calle Betances, con número de parcela: 089086-023-10, en el Municipio de Canóvanas, identificada como lote #63 en el plano de mesura con una cabida de 128.897 m2, con coordenadas de: 18.378087235917487, -65.9012056144137. En lindes

por el Norte con Luz E. Mujica, en el Sur con la Calle Emeterio Betances, en el Este con José A. Casillas, y en el Oeste con Jesús E. Rodríguez. Enclava una estructura. No está inmatriculada. USO PÚBLICO: REVITALIZACIÓN DEL CASCO URBANO. CATASTRO NÚM.: 089-086-023-10-001. JUSTA COMPENSACIÓN: $30,000, a ser consignados a tenor con el Art. 4.012A(f) del Código Municipal. No habiéndose podido emplazar personalmente a las partes con interés antes relacionadas, por desconocer su paradero, este Tribunal ha ordenado que se le emplace por edicto, el cual se publicará una (1) vez por semana, durante 3 semanas consecutivas en un periódico de circulación diaria en Puerto Rico. Se le notifica que, si usted desea presentar objección o defensa a la incautación de las estructuras descritas, debe presentar su contestación en este Tribunal dentro del término improrrogable de 30 DÍAS, contados a partir de la última publicación de este edicto, debiendo notificar con copia de la misma a la parte peticionaria, a través de la LCDA. JOSEPHINE M. RO-

DRÍGUEZ RÍOS - RUA 15,736: PO BOX 889 FAJARDO, PR 00738 Email: josephine.rodriguez@gmail.com. De usted no comparecer en el término aquí fijado, el Tribunal le anotará la rebeldía y dictará Sentencia en un término no mayor de 5 días. De usted comparecer o contestar la Petición, el Tribunal citará para juicio, el cual será celebrado en un término no menor de 15 días ni mayor de 30, de haberse contestado la Petición. Expedida por Orden del tribunal, en Carolina, Puerto Rico, a 15 de enero de 2026. LCDA. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. WANDA DÍAZ GUZMÁN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE AGUADILLA

MARIA MAGDALENA

PAGAN MERCADO Peticionaria

EX - PARTE

Civil Número: AG2025CV01418. Sobre: INFORMATIVO DE DOMINIO (EXCESO DE CABIDA). EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: LAS PERSONAS

IGNORADAS Y DESCONOCIDAS A QUIENES PUDIERA

PERJUDICAR LA INSCRIPCIÓN DEL DOMINIO A FAVOR DE LA PARTE PETICIONARIA EN EL REGISTRO DE LA PROPIEDAD DE LA FINCA QUE MÁS ADELANTE SE DESCRIBIRÁ Y A TODA PERSONA EN GENERAL QUE CON DERECHO PARA ELLO DESEE OPONERSE A ESTE EXPEDIENTE.

POR LA PRESENTE se les notifica para que comparezcan, si lo creyeren pertinente, ante este Honorable Tribunal dentro de las veinte (20) días contados a partir de la última publicación de este edicto a exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga en el expediente promovido por la parte peticionaria para adquirir su dominio sobre la finca que se describe más adelante. Usted deberá presentar su posición a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo de Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. poderjudicial.pr, salvo que se presente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal. Si usted deja de expresarse dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia, previo a escuchar la prueba de valor de la parte peticionaria en su contra, sin más citarle ni oírle, y conceder el remedio solicitado en la petición, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. “RÚSTICA”: Solar sito en el Barrio Guerrero, Sector Zamot de Isabela, Puerto Rico con una cabida de SETECIENTOS NOVENTA Y UNO PUNTO NOVENTA VEINTISIETE METROS CUADRADOS (791.9027 m.c.), rotulado con el número Uno (1) en el Plano de Inscripción. En lindes por el NORTE, con Raúl Crespo Fuentes y Esther Calero Fernández; por el SUR, con Calle Municipal; por el ESTE, con Calle Municipal y al OESTE, con Esther CaIero Fernández. Enclava una casa de cemento. Catastro Número: 007-075011-26-001. LCDO. ADALBERTO RAMOS

ORTEGA

40 RUTA 5 BARRIO ARENALES

BAJOS

ISABELA, PUERTO RICO 00662 TEL. (939) 258-0733 ramos485@gmail.com

Se le informa, además, que el Tribunal ha señalado vista en

este caso para el 24 DE ABRIL DE 2026, A LAS 2:00 DE LA TARDE, mediante videoconferencia, a la cual usted puede comparecer asistido por abogado y presentar oposición a la petición. Este edicto deberá ser publicado en tres (3) ocasiones dentro del término de veinte (20) días, en un periódico de circulación general diaria, para que comparezcan si quieren alegar su derecho. Toda primera mención de persona natural y/o jurídica que se mencione en el mismo, se identificará en letra tamaño diez (10) puntos y negrillas, conforme a los dispuestos en las Reglas de Procedimiento Civil, 2009. Se le apercibe que de no comparecer los interesados y/o partes citadas, o en su defecto los organismos públicos afectados en el término improrrogable de veinte (20) días a contar de la fecha de la última publicación del edicto, el Tribunal podrá conceder el remedio solicitado por la parte peticionaria, sin más citarle ni oírle. En Aguadilla, Puerto Rico hoy día 16 de septiembre de 2025. Sarahi Reyes Pérez, Secretaria Regional. Arlene Guzmán Pabón, Secretaria Auxiliar Del Tribunal.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE HUMACAO SALA SUPERIOR DE HUMACAO

ASOCIACIÓN DE PROPIETARIOS DE PLAYA HÚCARES, INC.

Demandante V. MARCELINO CARDONA RIVERA Y OTROS

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: NG2025CV00078. (Salón: 205). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JOSÉ R. GONZÁLEZ RIVERAJRG@GONZALEZMORALES.COM. A: MARCELINO CARDONA RIVERA, ELOÍNA LÓPEZ VÉLEZ, SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES

COMPUESTA POR

MARCELINO CARDONA RIVERA Y ELOÍNA LÓPEZ VÉLEZ DIRECCIÓN: URBANIZACIÓN

MANSIONES DE PLAYA HÚCARES

CALLE CARIBE #D-09 NAGUABO, PUERTO RICO 00718. P/C JOSE R. GONZALEZ RIVERA. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 23 de febrero de 2026, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 26 de febrero de 2026. En Humacao, Puerto Rico, el 26 de febrero de 2026. EVELYN FÉLIX VÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA. ELIZABETH COTTO ALVELO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA

CARLOS RUBÉN

OLMEDO TORRES Y WANDA IVELISSE ÁLVAREZ FIGUEROA

POR SI Y EN REPRESENTACION DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Peticionarios EX PARTE

Civil Núm.: CA2025CV04166. Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR.

A: JOHN DOE, RICHARD ROE Y JOSEPH BOE, personas desconocidas que pudieran tener interés propietario o derecho real sobre el predio objeto de este caso o que pudieran resultar afectados por el resultado del mismo y que se identifican aquí con nombres ficticios por desconocerse sus

identidades y paraderos.

POR LA PRESENTE: Se les notifica que los peticionarios de epígrafe han presentado una Petición para que se ordene al Registrador de la Propiedad declarar probado el dominio que ellos tienen sobre una finca que ellos poseen y que se describe como a continuación: “RÚSTICA: predio de terreno de forma irregular, localizado en el barrio Barrazas del término municipal de Carolina, Puerto Rico, con cabida superficial de mil treinta y nueve metros cuadrados con ocho mil setecientos treinta y seis diezmilésimas de otro metro cuadrado (1,039.8736 M²); en lindes por el Norte, en una alineación de quince metros con seis centésimas de otro metro (15.06 Mts.), con terrenos de Francisco Correa y en otra de un metro con noventa y nueve centésimas de otro metro (1.99 Mts.), con terrenos de Abel García; por el Sur, en dos alineaciones que suman diecinueve metros con sesenta y cinco centésimas de otro metro (19.65 Mts.), con terrenos de Julio Bultrón Class, por el Este y Sureste, en dos alineaciones que suman veintisiete metros con sesenta y nueve centésimas de otro metro (27.69 Mts.), con terrenos de Nando Birriel y en otras dos alineaciones que suman veintidós metros con cincuenta y una centésimas de otro metro (22.51 Mts.), con camino asfaltado que lleva a la carretera estatal número ochocientos cincuenta y seis (PR 856) que separa este predio de terrenos de Norberto Domínguez y, por el Oeste y Noroeste, en distancia de cuatro metros con ocho centésimas de otro metro (4.06 Mts.), con terrenos de Ramón Rivera, en otras tres alineaciones que suman veinte metros con treinta y tres centésimas de otro metro (20.33 Mts.), con terrenos de Julio Bultrón Class y en otras dos alineaciones que suman diecinueve metros con diecinueve centésimas de otro metro (19.19 Mts.), con terrenos de Francisco Correa.” Este Tribunal ordenó que se publique la pretensión por tres (3) veces durante el término de veinte (20) días en un periódico de circulación general diaria, para que todas las personas desconocidas a quienes pueda perjudicar la inscripción o desearen oponerse, puedan así hacerlo dentro del término de veinte (20) días a partir de la última publicación del presente edicto. Por tanto firmo expido la presente en Carolina, Puerto Rico, a 4 de febrero de 2026. LCDA. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. MARICRUZ APONTE ALICEA, SUB-SECRETARIA.

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ESPINOSA

Demandante V. LUIS ANTONIO MONTES ORTIZ, MARGARITA ORTIZ ESPINOSA TCC. MARGARITA LOPEZ

Demandada

Núm. Caso: SG2026CV00072. Sobre: DESAHUCIO. EDICTO. EN LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: MARGARITA ORTIZ ESPINOSA TCC.

MARGARITA LOPEZ.

Por la presente se le notifica que se ha radicado una Demanda de Cobro de Dinero. Por la presente se le emplaza y requiere para que notifique al Lcdo. Carlos Cruz Martínez, Urb. Salamanca, Calle Toledo #229 San Germán, Puerto Rico 00683, teléfono (787) 517-4668, email: ccruzlegal@ gmail.com, abogado de la parte demandante, con copia de su contestación a la Demanda radicada en este caso contra ustedes, dentro de un término de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la publicación de este Edicto. Usted debe presentar su alegación responsiva a través del 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 secretaría del tribunal. Por la presente se le apercibe que de no comparecer a formular alegaciones dentro de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la fecha de la publicación de este Edicto, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia de acuerdo con lo solicitado en la Demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 23 de febrero de 2026. LCDA. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MILITZA LORENZO VEGA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I.

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RESIDENTES VISTALAGO, INC.

Parte Demandante Vs. EDWIN R. VILLALBA Y YARITZA MATEO ENCARNACIÓN Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Parte Demandada

Civil Núm.: GR2025CV00440. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS.

A: EDWIN R. VILLABA; YARITZA MATEO ENCARNACIÓN Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS.

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(7) días entre ambas publicaciones, y para su fijación en tres (3) lugares públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como, la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía, y se le notificará además a la parte demandada y a su abogado o abogada vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo siempre que haya comparecido al pleito. Si el (la) deudor (a) por Sentencia no comparece al pleito, la notificación será enviada vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo a las últimas direcciones conocidas. Se les advierte a todos los interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como la de la subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados en la Secretaría del Tribunal. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere al crédito de ejecutante, continuarán subsiguientes entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Las propiedades a ser ejecutadas se adquirirán libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Y para conocimiento de la parte demandada, de los acreedores posteriores, de los licitadores, partes interesadas y público en general, expido el presente Aviso para su publicación en los lugares públicos correspondientes. Librado en Salinas, Puerto Rico, a 9 de febrero de 2026. ROLANDO RODRÍGUEZ RIVERA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #037.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE JUANA DIAZ .

ORIENTAL BANK

Demandante v. ASHLEYANN LEE

RONDON CASTELLO, por si y en representación de la sociedad legal de bienes gananciales compuesta con FULANO DE TAL

Demandados

CIVIL NÚM. JD2025CV00820.

SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO

POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA

EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO.

A: ASHLEYANN LEE

RONDON CASTELLO, por si y en representación de la sociedad legal de bienes gananciales

compuesta con FULANO DE TAL

FISICA: 21 Calle Ángel

Mora, Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico 00795.

POSTAL: 21 Calle Ángel

Mora, Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico 00795.

Por la presente se le notifica a usted que se ha radicado en esta Secretaría la demanda de epígrafe. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial. pr/index.php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que el caso sea de un expediente físico o que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal y notificar copia de la misma al ( a la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante o a esta, de no tener 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. Además, se le 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 mejor interés del (de la) menor. (Artículo 33, incisos b y f de la ley Núm. 57-2023). Se le 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, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy día 5 de febrero de 02026. CARMEN G TIRU QUINONES, SECRETARIO. VANESSA RODRIGUEZ MALDONADO, SUB-SECRETARIO.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA

LEGACY MORTGAGE

ASSET TRUST 2021-GS2 Demandante V.

JORGE OLMEDA

RAMIREZ T/C/C JORGE

ISAAC OLMEDA RAMIREZ

T/C/C JORGE I. OLMEDA

RAMIREZ, POR SÍ; ARLYN

RAYA FIGUEROA T/C/C

ARLYN DEL CARMEN

RAYA FIGUEROA T/C/C

ARLYN DEL C. RAYA

FIGUEROA, POR SI Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandada Civil Núm.: CA2025CV00280. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. AVISO DE VENTA EN PÚBLICA SUBASTA. Yo, HÉCTOR L. PEÑA RODRÍGUEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #278, Alguacil de la División de Subastas del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, 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 20 de enero de 2026 y para satisfacer la Sentencia por la cantidad de : $248,585.05 de principal; dictada en el caso de epígrafe el el 5 de noviembre de 2025 y notificada el 7 de noviembre de 2025, 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 Carolina, Puerto Rico, que se describe a continuación:

URBANA: Solar marcado con el número trece (13) del bloque “F” en el plano de inscripción de la Urbanización Estancias de San Fernando, radicada en el barrio Hoyo Mulas del término municipal de Carolina, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 445.50 metros cuadrados; y en lindes al Norte, en una distancia de 27.00 metros con el solar número catorce del mismo bloque; al Sur, en una distancia de 27.00 metros con el solar número doce del mismo bloque; al Este, en una distancia de 16.50 metros, con el solar número diez del mismo bloque y al Oeste, en una distancia de 16.50 metros con la calle número ocho. Enclava una casa de hormigón y bloques de dos plantas. Finca 46586 inscrita al Folio 147 del Tomo 1092 de Carolina Sur, Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección Segunda. Con el importe de dicha venta se habrá de satisfacer a la parte demandante las cantidades adeudadas, según la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, cuyas cantidades

ascienden a $248,585.05, de principal, un segundo principal por $5,375.17 intereses a razón de 9.863% los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda; más las contribuciones, recargos a razón de 5% de cada pago vencido no recibido dentro de los quince (15) días después de la fecha de vencimiento, mas el 10% del principal del pagare, equivalente a $2,816.00, para cubrir costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados. El tipo mínimo para la subasta será la suma de tasación pactada, la cual es $281,600.00 para la propiedad descrita. Si no produjere remate o adjudicación la primera subasta, se procederá a una segunda subasta y servirá de tipo mínimo la cantidad de $187,733.33. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en esta segunda subasta, se procederá a una tercera subasta, en ésta el tipo mínimo será la cantidad de $140,800.00. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse a opción del demandante. Para el lote descrito, la PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a cabo el día 6 DE ABRIL DE 2026, A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA. De no comparecer postor alguno se llevará a efecto una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 13 DE ABRIL DE 2026 A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA. De no comparecer postor alguno se llevará a cabo una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 20 DE ABRIL DE 2026 A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA. La subasta o subastas antes indicadas se llevarán a efecto en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Carolina. Del Estudio de Título realizado el 29 de diciembre de 2026, surge el siguiente gravamen posterior que deberá ser asumido: Condiciones Restrictivas del Reglamento de dicha Urbanización, según Esc. #18 en San Juan el 12 de diciembre de 2012 ante Husmail Figueroa Ríos, inscrita al margen del folio 87vto del tomo 1399 de Carolina Sur, finca #46586. Se le advierte a los licitadores que la adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el mismo acto de la adjudicación en moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de Norteamérica, giro postal o cheque de gerente a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal y para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda(s) aquella(s) persona(s) que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, y para conocimiento de los licitadores y el público en general y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general, una vez por semana durante el término de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete

(7) días entre ambas publicaciones, y para su fijación en tres (3) lugares públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como, la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía y se le notificará además a la parte demandada vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Se les advierte a todos los interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como la de la subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados en la Secretaría del Tribunal. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere al crédito de ejecutante, continuarán subsiguientes 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 ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores, previa orden judicial dirigida al Registrador de la Propiedad de la sección correspondiente para la cancelación de aquellos posteriores. Y para conocimiento de la demandada, de los acreedores posteriores, de los licitadores, partes interesadas y público en general, expido el presente Aviso para su publicación en los lugares públicos correspondientes. Librado en Carolina, Puerto Rico, a 9 de febrero de 2026. HÉCTOR L. PEÑA RODRÍGUEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #278.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE AGUADILLA

NEREIDA VALENTÍN

VALENTÍN

Demandante Vs. HARAIN ARAMICH

ALDARONDO

ALDARONDO

Demandado

Civil Núm.: AG2026RF00053. Sobre: DIVORCIO (R. I.). EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR, SS. A PARTE DEMANDADA: HARAIN ARAMICH

ALDARONDO

ALDARONDO - 45

AVENUE C N, AUBURNDALE, FL 33823. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido publicado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día de la publicación, notificando

copia de la misma a la abogada de la parte demandante a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/ index.php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaria del Tribunal Superior, y notificando copia de la misma a la parte demandante. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y concede el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Debe notificar con copia de su contestación a la demanda a: LCDA. LORIEL VALLE RODRIGUEZ SERVICIOS LEGALES DE P. R., INC. PO BOX 910, AGUADILLA, P.R. 00605-0910 TELS.: (787) 891-1275 / 1200 lvalle@servicioslegales.org notificaciones-aguadilla@ servicioslegales.org

Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, el 20 de febrero de 2026. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ SECRETARIA REGIONAL. LISSY MATÍAS VEGA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE FAJARDO ROSA MARIA LAVIENA RIVERA

Demandante Vs. JORGE DIAZ FEBO

Demandado Civil Núm.: FA2026RF00033. Sobre: RUPTURA IRREPARABLE. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR, SS. A: JORGE DIAZ FEBODEMANDADO.

Queda emplazado y notificado de que en este Tribunal se ha radicado una demanda de divorcio por la causal de ruptura irreparable. Se le notifica para que comparezca ante el Tribunal para que dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto, y exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga en el presente caso. Se le notifica que deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: http://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se presente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría

del Tribunal Superior. Sala de Bayamón y notificando una copia a la dirección de la Parte Demandante: Lic. Arlene de Lourdes Santana Cruz, PO Box 391, Gurabo PR 00778-0391, Tel. (787) 7547-0145, email: arcangelina2015@gmail.com. Se le apercibe y se le notifica de que si no contesta la demanda radicada en su contra dentro del término de treinta (30) días de la publicación de este edicto, se le anotará la rebeldía en su contra, conforme se solicita en la Demanda, sin más citársele, ni oírsele. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y sello del Tribunal, hoy día 18 de febrero de 2026. WANDA SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA. JOSANDRA GÓMEZ VENTURA, SUB-SECRETARIA.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA MUNICIPAL DE HATILLO

CARMEN HAYDEE

QUINTERO DELGADO

Peticionaria Vs. LESTER ALAIN

ARTIAGA FIGUEROA Peticionado

Civil Núm.: GR2026MU00043. Sobre: LEY NÚM 54. CITACIÓN POR EDICTO. A: LESTER ALAIN

ARTEAGA FIGUEROA

- 3813 DUCK RD APT 9, GRANDVIEW, MISSOURI EU 64030-1580.

Por la presente se requiere a usted para que, sin pretexto alguno, comparezca ante este Tribunal el día 9 de abril de 2026 a las 2:00 de la tarde de manera presencial, para que se vea la vista en su fondo sobre la Orden de Protección solicitada por la peticionaria. Se le APERCIBE que, de no comparecer a dicha vista, el Tribunal podrá celebrarla en su ausencia y emitir las determinaciones y órdenes que en derecho procedan, incluyendo aquellas relacionadas con pension alimentaria y otros remedios de familia. Y en virtud de lo cual estampo en ésta mi firma y sello hoy 25 de febrero de 2026. VIVIAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MARITZA ABRAMS RUIZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA SUPERIOR DE UTUADO

JUDITHZANE VIRUET GARCÍA EN REP. DE JESARYE JULIÁN

SALCEDO VIRUET Peticionaria

EX-PARTE

Civil Núm.: UT2026RF00024.

Sobre: EMANCIPACIÓN. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS.

A: JULIO MANUEL SALCEDO CRUZ. Por la presente se le notifica que la parte peticionaria, la Sra. Judithzane Viruet García, en representación de la parte copeticionaria, la joven Jesarye Julián Salcedo Viruet ha presentado ante este Tribunal una Petición contra usted, solicitando la Emancipación. Representa a la parte peticionaria quien a su vez esta en representación de la parte co-peticionaria, el abogado cuyo nombre, dirección y teléfono se consigna de inmediato:

LCDA. MARIELLE RAMÍREZ GONZÁLEZ RUA NÚM. 15964 / LIC. NÚM. 17296 mramirez@servicioslegales.org

LCDO. BENJAMÍN GARCÍA GONZÁLEZ

LCDO. ANTONIO A. PLAZA PLAZA SERVICIOS LEGALES DE PR, INC. PO BOX 180, UTUADO, PR. 00641 TELS. (787) 894-2348 / 3110 FAX NÚM. (787) 894-1962

Se le apercibe que si no compareciere usted a contestar dicha Petición dentro del término de treinta (30) días, a partir de la publicación de este Edicto, se le anotará la Rebeldía y se le dictará Resolución, concediendo el remedio solicitado, sin más citarle, ni oírle. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva, a través del sistema unificado de manejo y administración y 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. EXPEDIDO bajo firma y sello de este Tribunal en Utuado, Puerto Rico, a 17 de febrero de 2026. MARIE C. CRUZ CANDELARIA, SECRETARIA. ZAHIRA FIGUEROA BERMÚDEZ, SUBSECRETARIA,

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE AGUADILLA FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO Demandante Vs. ORLANDO NORIEGA COLOMBANI, WANDA SOTO FIGUEROA, Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES Demandados Civil Núm.: AG2024CV01574. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE PRENDA E HIPOTECA SIMULTANEA - IN REM. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO

tablecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 24 de febrero de 2026. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 24 de febrero de 2026. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. SHEILA ROLDÁN RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE ARECIBO

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Demandante V.

JUAN CARLOS ROSARIO MONTERO

Demandado Civil Núm.: AR2025CV02117. Sobre: INCUMPLIMIENTO DE CONTRATO; COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE GRAVAMEN MOBILIARIO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: JUAN CARLOS ROSARIO MONTERO. Por la presente se le notifica que ha sido presentada en este Tribunal una Demanda en su contra en el pleito de epígrafe. El abogado de la parte demandante es el Lcdo. Jean Paul Juliá Díaz, Rivera-Munich & Hernández Law Offices, P.S.C.; P.O. Box 364908, San Juan, PR 00936-4908; Tel. (787) 6222323 / Fax (787) 622-2320. Se le advierte que este Edicto se publicará en un (1) periódico de circulación general una (1) sola vez y que si no comparece a contestar dicha Demanda radicando el original de la misma a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/ index.php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal Superior, Sala de Arecibo, con copia al abogado de la parte demandante, dentro del término de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la publicación del Edicto, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia en su contra concediendo el remedio solicitado en la Demanda sin más citarle ni oírle. En un término de diez (10) días a partir de la publicación de este Edicto, la parte demandante le notificará por correo certificado

con acuse de recibo copias del Emplazamiento por Edicto y de la Demanda a su última dirección conocida: Bo. Ledesma, 961 Calle Ledesma, Arecibo, Puerto Rico 00612. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, Arecibo, Puerto Rico, a 17 de febrero de 2026. VIVIAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA. SANDRA DÍAZ, SUB-SECRETARIA.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA MUNICIPAL DE CAGUAS

MARIA ESTHER RIVERA FIGUEROA Y OTROS

Demandante V. LUIS ANTONIO RIVERA

MARTINEZ

Demandado(a)

Civil: CG2024CV03111. 703.

Sobre: DIVISIÓN Y LIQUIDACIÓN. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: LUIS ANTONIO RIVERA MARTINEZ.

(Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 18 de noviembre de 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 24 de febrero de 2026. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 24 de febrero de 2026. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. LIZ WHARTON ROSA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

CENTRO JUDICIAL DE AIBONITO SALA SUPERIOR DE AIBONITO

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Demandante V. JOSE MANUEL

PEREZ MALAVE

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: AI2025CV00499. (Salón: 002). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JEAN PAUL JULIÁ DÍAZJPJULIA@RMMELAW.COM.

A: JOSÉ MANUEL

PÉREZ MALAVÉ.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 25 de febrero de 2026, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 26 de febrero de 2026. En Aibonito, Puerto Rico, el 26 de febrero de 2026.

MAYRA L. CABRERA GARCÍA,

SECRETARIA. VANESSA COLÓN SANTANA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN HR MORTGAGE CORP. Demandante Vs. DORAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION; BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO; JOHN DOE Y/O RICHARD ROE

Demandados Civil Núm.: BY2026CV00709. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO.

A: JOHN DOE Y/O RICHARD ROE.

Se notifica que se presentó en esta Secretaría la Demanda de epígrafe sobre Cancelación de Pagaré Extraviado Por la Vía Judicial. Se le emplaza y requiere que usted 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. Deberá notificar con copia de la misma a la LCDA. KATIRIA IVANOSKIE RODRÍGUEZ OTERO, PO BOX 10338, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00922, dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Si dejara de hacerlo, podrá dictarse sentencia en rebeldía, concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle. El pagaré hipotecario objeto de esta demanda, fue emitido a favor de DORAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION, o a su orden, por la suma de $80,000.00, con intereses al 6.95% anual, vence el 1 de agosto de 2016, según consta de la escritura #661, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 24 de junio de 2001, ante el Notario Público Edgardo Del Valle Galarza, inscrito al folio #199 del tomo #131 de Toa Baja, finca #8139, inscripción 6ta. El pago de dicho pagaré se garantizó con hipoteca constituida sobre el inmueble que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar marcado con el #5 del Bloque CE, situado en la Urbanización Levittown Barrio Sabana Seca de Toa Baja, con un área 326.60 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, en 14.20 metros, con los solares #15 y #16; por el SUR, en 14.20 metros, con la Calle Doctor Agustín Stahl; por el ESTE, 23.00 metros, con el solar #4; y por el OESTE, en 23.00 metros, con el solar #6. Enclava una casa. Finca #8,139, inscrito al Folio #145 del Tomo #675 de Toa Baja, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección Segunda (II). EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el Sello del Tribunal, hoy 23 de febrero de 2026. ALICIA

AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA GENERAL. MIGDALIA CRUZ REYES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Demandante V. JAIME LEOPOLDO VAZQUEZ COLON, MIEMBROS DE LA SUCESION DE NILDA MARIA BERNIER NEGRON COMPUESTA POR FULANO Y MENGANO DE TAL

Demandado Civi Núm.: SJ2025CV11146.

508. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE GARANTÍAS. EMPLAZAMIENTO E INTERPELACION POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: JAIME LEOPOLDO VAZQUEZ COLON; MIEMBROS DE LA SUCESION DE NILDA MARIA BERNIER NEGRON COMPUESTA POR FULANO Y MENGANO DE TAL788 CALLE JOSE B ACEVEDO, URB LOS MAESTROS, SAN JUAN PR 00923-2423; 801 CALLE DIANA, URB DOS PINOS, SAN JUAN PR 00923-2332.

De: BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO. Se le emplaza y requiere que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/index.php/tribunalelectronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Este caso trata sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Garantías en que la parte demandante solicita que se condene al demandado a pagar al 1 de diciembre de 2025, las siguientes cantidades: la suma principal de $29,337.84, más intereses según pactados, cargos por demora y otros cargos, que se acumulan diariamente hasta su total y completo pago, más la suma de 10% del principal, por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado. Se le apercibe que, si dejare de hacerlo, se dictará contra usted sentencia en rebeldía, concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle. Se ordena a los herederos a que dentro del mismo término de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la fecha de notificación, ACEPTEN O REPUDIEN la participación que les corresponda en la herencia de la causante Sucesión Nilda Maria Bernier Negrón. Se les apercibe que de no expresarse dentro del término de (30) días en torno a su aceptación o repudiación de herencia, se tendrá por aceptada. Lcdo. José Antonio Lamas Burgos Número del Tribunal Supremo 16,882

Po Box 360786, San Juan PR 00936

Teléfono: (787) 296-9500

Correo Electrónico: jlamas@lvprlaw.com

EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y Sello del Tribunal, hoy 23 de febrero de 2026. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. GREISHKA CARTAGENA RÍOS, SECRETARIA CONFIDENCIAL DEL TRIBUNAL 1.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN GERMÁN FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO

Demandante V. FREDERIC H ANTONGIORGI BUCHHOLZ; FULANA DE TAL Y SU SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES

Demandados Civil Núm.: SG2025CV00796. Sobre: INCUMPLIMIENTO DE CONTRATO; 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: FREDERIC H ANTONGIORGI BUCHHOLZ; FULANA DE TAL Y SU SOCUEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES - 28 ALTOS CALLE ESPERANZA, ESQUINA ESTRELLA, SAN GERMAN PR 00683; PO BOX 494, SAN GERMAN PR 00683-0494. De: FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO. Se le emplaza y requiere que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www. poderjudicial.pr/index.php/ tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Este caso trata sobre Incumplimiento de Contrato y Cobro de Dinero en que la parte demandante solicita que se condene al demandado a pagar Al 8 de octubre de 2025, por la tarjeta de crédito xxxx-xx-xxxx-9868 la cantidad en pérdida de $20,086.89, más una suma equivalente al 10% del total adeudado para honorarios de abogados. Se solicita la ejecución de la sentencia que en su día se dicte sobre cualesquiera

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Se le apercibe que, si dejare de hacerlo, se dictará contra usted sentencia en rebeldía, concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle.

Lcdo. José Antonio Lamas Burgos Número del Tribunal Supremo 16,882 Po Box 0194089, San Juan PR 00919 Teléfono: (787) 296-9500

Correo Electrónico: jlamas@lvprlaw.com

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Parte Demandante Vs. JASMIN CARRERO ACEVEDO Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: RG2025CV00479. Sober: 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: JASMIN CARRERO ACEVEDO - URB VISTAS DE RIO GRANDE II 460 CALLE GUAYACAN, RIO GRANDE PR 007458571; 911 E MARKET ST, SCRANTON PA 185081238.

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. php/tribunal-electronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría 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 sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Osvaldo L. Rodríguez Fernández cuya dirección

es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law. com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en FAJARDO, Puerto Rico, hoy día 13 de enero de 2026. WANDA I. SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. SHEILA ROBLES HERNÁNDEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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Parte Demandante Vs. JULIO A AYALA PENA Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: SJ2025CV09364. 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: JULIO A AYALA PENA - 96 RES LUIS LLORENS TOR APT 1828, SAN JUAN PR 00913-6860. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/ index.php/tribunal-electronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría 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 sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Osvaldo L. Rodríguez Fernández cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 009368518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección notificaciones@ orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, hoy día 14 de enero de 2025. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. MICHELLE RIVERA RÍOS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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Puerto Rico ends exhibition games with loss to Minnesota

By THE STAR STAFF

The Puerto Rican National Team fell 6-3 to the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday in an exhibition game at the Lee Health Sports Complex in Ft. Myers, Fla. as part of their preparation for the 2026 World Baseball Classic.

“Very pleased. It wasn’t the result we wanted today [Wednesday], but last night [Tuesday] we played a tremendous game against Boston,” Team Puerto Rico manager Yadier Molina said. “Today we were right there in the fight. Very happy with what I’ve seen. The chemistry is very good, the guys, the atmosphere is great. I’m eager for Friday to arrive and we’re really motivated for that.”

The game was Puerto Rico’s second and last exhibition game before the Group A pool play round of the World Baseball Classic, which be-

gins this Friday at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan.

Minnesota took the lead in the second inning with two runs driven in on Orlando Arcia’s sacrifice fly and Austin Martin being hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.

Pitcher Raymond Burgos allowed the first two runs of the game and took the loss for Puerto Rico. A total of eight pitchers took the mound for the island team, including two Twins pitchers who participated as guest hurlers.

Edwin Arroyo led Puerto Rico’s offense with two hits, a run scored, and an RBI.

After the game, Team Puerto Rico was scheduled to travel to San Juan, where it will play Colombia, Canada, Cuba and Panama in pool play at Bithorn, starting with Colombia on Friday night.

Wednesday’s 6-3 loss to the Minnesota Twins in Ft. Myers, Florida was Team Puerto Rico’s second and last exhibition game before the Group A pool play round of the World Baseball Classic begins Friday night at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan.

Municipality of San Juan presents plan for World Baseball Classic

By THE STAR STAFF

San Juan Mayor Miguel Romero Lugo on Wednesday presented the municipality’s operational plan for the 2026 World Baseball Classic, which will be held from March 6-11 at Hiram Bithorn Stadium.

“The World Baseball Classic represents an extraordinary opportunity to demonstrate our city’s organizational capacity

and showcase San Juan as a host for top-tier international events,” Romero Lugo said in a written statement. “We have coordinated a robust plan that integrates security, logistics, tourism, and economic development to ensure that this event translates into real opportunities for our people.”

The municipal plan integrates components of security, emergency management, economic development, and tour-

ism, with the participation of the San Juan Municipal Police, the Municipal Office for Emergency Management, the Department of Economic Development and Tourism, the Job Placement Office, and other municipal agencies.

As part of the security operation, the municipality will deploy 200 Municipal Police officers, 12 patrol cars, 32 motorcycles, and three dogs trained in the detection of narcotics, weapons and explosives. The event will also be monitored electronically by 80 cameras installed inside and outside the sports complex.

The emergency management office will deploy ambulances, paramedics, firefighting units and real-time weather monitoring, in addition to establishing a communications center to coordinate the response of the various agencies.

The municipality announced that 166 young people will participate in operational roles for the event through the Job Placement Office program, with a municipal investment of $204,884 allocated for their training.

Additionally, the Department of Economic Development and Tourism will organize activities for visitors in the Fan Fest area and historical tours of various locations throughout the city.

The municipality will also feature a food route with local vendors offering traditional Puerto Rican dishes and contem-

porary culinary creations.

As part of the cultural component, the Office of Public Art and Historical Monuments developed baseball-inspired art installations to honor outstanding players and welcome the participating delegations.

World Baseball Classic Team Puerto Rico Schedule

Exhibition games in Ft. Myers, Fla.

Tuesday

Puerto Rico 5, Boston Red Sox 3

Wednesday

Minnesota Twins 6, Puerto Rico 3

Pool play at Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan Group A

Friday

Puerto Rico at Colombia, 7 p.m. AT

Saturday

Panama at Puerto Rico, 7 p.m. AT

Monday

Cuba at Puerto Rico, 7 p.m. AT/ET

Tuesday

Canada at Puerto Rico, 7 p.m. AT/ET

Cangrejeras extend season unbeaten streak to 15

By THE STAR STAFF

The eighth and penultimate week of the Women’s Superior Volleyball League regular season opened with the Cangrejeras of Santurce recording their 15th consecutive victory, without a single loss, by defeating the Pinkin of Corozal in straight sets on Wednesday night at Carmen Z. Figueroa court in Corozal.

With a two-set lead and the score 23-18 in favor of Santurce, Corozal responded with a 5-0 run that included a block by Adriana Rodríguez on Helena Grozer, an ace by Rodríguez, a ball that Santurce couldn’t turn into an attack, another ace by Rodríguez, and a net fault by the Cangrejeras to tie the set at 23.

There was an additional tie at 24, but Santurce managed to close out the affair in extra points on a service error by Jordan Iliff followed by the match-winning spike by Kara McGhee.

The set scores were 25-18, 25-17 and 26-24.

With the win, the Cangrejeras earned all three available points to extend their season total to 41. Corozal (9-8, 27 points) remained in second place.

Santurce’s offense was led by Grozer, McGhee, and

Tamara Otene, who scored 17, 15 and 10 points, respectively.

Iliff had 11 points for the Pinkin, all on attacks. Santurce dominated Corozal 41-29 in attacks, 16-5 in blocks, 54-45 in defense and 17-12 in assists. The Pinkin outperformed the Cangrejeras 4-1 in service aces and 3228 in assists.

With the 25-18, 25-17, 26-24 road win over second-place Corozal, the Cangrejeras of Santurce remained unbeaten at 15-0 and upped their season points total to 41.

Guánica to celebrate its municipal independence with sporting events

By THE STAR STAFF

The Municipality of Guánica will celebrate the 112th anniversary of its municipal independence on Sunday with a five-kilometer (5K) footrace and the third edition of the Road Cycling Classic.

“Sports tourism is one of the most effective platforms for boosting Guánica’s development,” Guánica Mayor Is-

mael Rodríguez Ramos said in a written statement. “We will continue to promote and support activities that attract visitors, generate economic activity, and showcase our natural, historical, and cultural attractions.”

The 5K race will begin at 6 a.m. from the Guánica Malecón and will be part of the event’s sports program for the first time. The awards ceremony will be held in the town square.

from the Manuel Jiménez Mesa public square in Guánica, is part of the Master Cycling Tour Puerto Rico circuit and is expected to draw more than 250 cyclists.

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At 8 a.m., the third Road Cycling Classic will begin, starting from the Manuel Jiménez Mesa public square. The race is part of the Master Cycling Tour Puerto Rico circuit and is expected to draw more than 250 cyclists.

The municipal council announced that some roads may experience traffic control or temporary closures during the event as part of the security plan coordinated with the organizers and relevant agencies.

Tony Chamorro Ostolaza, organizer of the 5K and technical director of the cycling event, noted that the island’s commissioners association will oversee compliance with the regulations and the validation of the electronic results of the cycling race.

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