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Fernando Mendoza officially became the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL Draft as the Las Vegas Raiders made the Indiana University quarterback their franchise cornerstone. The selection marks a huge moment for both Mendoza and the Raiders organization. The announcement broke on social media when FearedBuck tweeted about the Raiders’ decision. The post read: ‘The Las Vegas Raiders have selected Indiana QB Fernando Mendoza with the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL Draft.’ The tweet quickly gained traction with over 4,600 likes and dozens of retweets from excited football followers. This pick is absolutely massive for the Raiders.…

In downtown Mexico City, the so‑called “sports street” has become a hub for football knockoffs. Several blocks of shops selling jerseys, balls, and keychains with dubious logos illustrate a new economic battleground: the Mexican government’s campaign against piracy. Seguir leyendo

Some TV seasons are spaced so far apart that, between the end of one and the start of the next, actors who were virtually unknown can become full‑fledged stars. That’s what has happened with Euphoria, whose third season has just arrived on HBO. Neither Sydney Sweeney nor Jacob Elordi resemble the performers who said goodbye to their characters in 2022. Seguir leyendo

Inequality today is worse than what the United States experienced during the Gilded Age at the end of the 19th century, says Joseph Stiglitz. “The wealthiest person in that era was Rockefeller. And his wealth really doesn’t compare to that of Elon Musk, Larry Ellison, Jeff Bezos, and some of the new billionaires,” explains the economist, who won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2001, in a phone interview. “Their political influence under Donald Trump is also unprecedented, with Musk being the clearest example.”Seguir leyendo

The century dawned with an impressive constellation of traditionally forged progressive leaders in Europe: Blair, Schroeder, D’Alema, Jospin, Guterres and Kok among others. The president of the European Commission was Romano Prodi and the managing director of the IMF was Michel Camdessus, a Frenchman who had ties to his country’s socialists and who, alongside Parisian consensus figures like Delors and Lamy, had a profound influence on the post-1989 world. In the United States, Bill Clinton was in power. The second quarter of the 21st century, however, dawns with a bleak outlook for European progressives, who hold executive power in only…

The U.S. government is reinforcing the border wall with Mexico and now describes it as a “smart” one. Following the 2025 passage of Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill,” which includes a $46.5 billion budget package for border infrastructure construction, the United States is expanding and erecting new 32-ft-high steel bollard walls (nearly 10 meters), transforming water barriers, building roads, improving lighting, and installing high-tech detection tools such as infrared cameras and motion sensors. In addition, the area will be constantly monitored by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).The types of physical border barriers that currently exist include steel bollard walls…

Miami recently commemorated the 65th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs U.S.-backed invasion of Cuba in a climate of tension reminiscent of 1961. Today, however, that tension is being fueled both by the rhetoric of the Donald Trump Administration, which declares that the collapse of the Cuban regime is nigh, and by a renewed call from the Cuban diaspora for another U.S. military operation. Seguir leyendo

The first question feels inevitable, as if she had been preparing for it all her life or as if she were condemned to answer it for the rest of her life.— What does it mean to be your father’s daughter?— It’s my destiny, what do you want me to say?” replies Alina Fernández, 70. “What Fidel Castro has done to Cuba hurts me deeply. But I share its pain, and a shared pain sometimes hurts less.”More than Cuban, Fernández, Castro’s illegitimate daughter, is a true Havana native, and she finds it hard to navigate Miami’s wide avenues without having everything…

Lisa Kudrow, 62, will always be Phoebe, but now, for many, she’s also Valerie Cherish, the main character on The Comeback (HBO Max), a series created by and starring herself that brings to life a mature actress attempting a return to the entertainment industry by putting on a brave face despite all kinds of humiliation. Its first season in 2005 was not a huge hit, but its slightly-pathetic-yet-endearing has-been female lead, who attempts to resuscitate her career with a reality show, won over discerning tastes. Seguir leyendo

The accused White House Correspondents’ Dinner gunman is identified as a 31-year-old man armed with a shotgun, a handgun and multiple knives who sprinted through a Secret Service checkpoint and attempted to storm a ballroom inside the Washington Hilton, where President Trump and other high-ranking officials were seated. ​He was identified as Cole Tomas Allen of Torrance, California. He will be arraigned Monday in federal District Court, said U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro. Mr. Allen’s home in Torrance was being searched by the FBI, officials said. Mr. Allen will be charged with at least two counts:…