Maduro expulsa a la CNN e investiga si sectores de su Gobierno conspiran contra él

Maduro expulsa a la CNN e investiga si sectores de su Gobierno conspiran contra él

Incapaz de parar la subida del dolar en el mercado negro y la ola de indignación juvenil en las calles de Venezuela y agotada ya la excusa de que detrás de todo están los 'perversos imperialistas yankis',  el Gobierno del chavista Nicolás Maduro culpa a los medios de comunicación del sangriento desastre
El chavista Maduro desata una brutal persecución política en Venezuela para intentar sofocar las protestas

El chavista Maduro desata una brutal persecución política en Venezuela para intentar sofocar las protestas

Asustados, obsesionados por conservar el poder, aferrados a sus privilegios y su cerrazón mental, Nicolás Maduro y la élite chavista no ve otro camino que aplicar una brutal represión -"matar a quien haya que matar"-, para sofocar la protesta en Venezuela. Y en esa bestial huída hacia delante, los inútiles
El líder opositor Leopoldo López arenga desde la cárcel a sus seguidores para una larga lucha

El líder opositor Leopoldo López arenga desde la cárcel a sus seguidores para una larga lucha

"Si están viendo este vídeo es porque ya se ejecutó un abuso más por parte del Gobierno", dice el nuevo líder de la oposición venezolana, Leopoldo López, en un vídeo casero grabado poco antes de entregarse a las autoridades venezolanas. A lo largo de los 8 minutos que dura esta grabación,
Venezuela: Leopoldo López o la consagración del mártir

Venezuela: Leopoldo López o la consagración del mártir

Era un líder y desde este martes, 18 de febrero de 2014, es un mártir. Leopoldo López, el ‘hijo de papá' criado en la abundancia, el vástago de un linaje que se remonta a los tiempos de los conquistadores españoles, el doctorado en la Escuela Kennedy de la Universidad de Harvard, ha demostrado

Venezuela: Leopoldo López o la consagración del mártir

Era un líder y desde este martes, 18 de febrero de 2014, es un mártir. Leopoldo López, el ‘hijo de papá’ criado en la abundancia, el vástago de un linaje que se remonta a los tiempos de los conquistadores españoles, el doctorado en la Escuela Kennedy de la Universidad de Harvard, ha demostrado que tiene también ‘pelotas’. Grandes
Leopoldo López, la 'bestia negra' de Nicolás Maduro, se entrega a las autoridades chavistas

Leopoldo López, la ‘bestia negra’ de Nicolás Maduro, se entrega a las autoridades chavistas

Es más que probable, casi seguro, en opinión de periodistas como Ewald Scharfenberg que analiza su figura en 'El País' este 18 de febrero de 2014  que Leopoldo López se consagre como mártir este martes en Caracas. A la hora de redactar esta crónica, el jóven líder opositor venezolano
El chavista Maduro ordena la captura del líder opositor Leopoldo López: “El fascista ha de ir preso”

El chavista Maduro ordena la captura del líder opositor Leopoldo López: “El fascista ha de ir preso”

La Guardia Nacional de Venezuela rastrea con furia losprincipales puertos y aeropuertos el país para intentar capturar al líder opositor Leopoldo López. La sede del partido Voluntad Popular (VP), que dirige López, fue allanada la tarde de este jueves 13 de febrero de 2014. La noche de este jueves el presidente Nicolás
Sicarios chavistas matan a tres opositores durante las marchas de protesta estudiantiles

Sicarios chavistas matan a tres opositores durante las marchas de protesta estudiantiles

El número de fallecidos durante la jornada de protestas en Caracas ha ascendido a tres, después de que se haya confirmado la muerte de otro joven manifestante en el municipio de Chacao, al este de la capital, donde también habría un herido de bala. Así lo ha anunciado el alcalde opositor de Chacao, Ramón
¿Superará el chavista Maduro la prueba de popularidad de este domingo?

¿Superará el chavista Maduro la prueba de popularidad de este domingo?

Nunca en quince años de dominio el chavismo ha hecho tanto para aferrarse al poder como en estos días. El presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, ha conseguido superpoderes para gobernar por decreto. Y no ha cesado de imponer su voluntad sin cortapisas. Lo que, sumado a la actual crisis económica, ha terminado
El chavista Maduro saca a la calle la Milicia para 'saquear' las tiendas de electrodomésticos

El chavista Maduro saca a la calle la Milicia para ‘saquear’ las tiendas de electrodomésticos

El presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, ha anunciado este 11 de noviembre de 2013 la movilización de la Milicia y del poder popular para apoyar las medidas tomadas por el Gobierno en contra de la supuesta especulación y los altos precios con la intervención de tiendas de electrodomésticos para venderlos

Hugo Chávez prohíbe un vídeo de la oposición sobre la inseguridad ciudadana

Hugo Chávez tiene la mano muy larga y maneja a su antojo a mucha gente y variadas instituciones en Venezuela. Prueba evidente de ello es la forma es que se las ha arreglado para bloquear un impactante anuncio, elaborado por los opositores que apoyan a Henrique Capriles, en el que se pone en evidencia el miedo y la inseguridad que dominan

Chávez ganaría las elecciones con un 56% de los votos si se celebrasen inmediatamente

El presidente de Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, ganaría con un 56 por ciento de los votos las elecciones presidenciales del 7 de octubre de 2012 si se celebrasen inmediatamente, según revela el sondeo sobre intención de voto elaborado por el Grupo de Investigación Social Siglo XXI (GIS XXI). La media de votos que conseguiría el presidente
Chávez ganaría las presidenciales de 2012 con una ventaja de 19 puntos

Chávez ganaría las presidenciales de 2012 con una ventaja de 19 puntos

El presidente de Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, ganaría las elecciones presidenciales del 7 de octubre de 2012 con una ventaja de 19 puntos, según una encuesta elaborada por el Instituto Venezolano de Análisis de Datos (IVAD). En la misma línea, la medición, recogida por la Agencia Venezolana de Noticias
El opositor Leopoldo López dice que 2012 será una "oportunidad real" para derrotar a Chávez

El opositor Leopoldo López dice que 2012 será una «oportunidad real» para derrotar a Chávez

El opositor venezolano Leopoldo López se reunió hoy con parlamentarios brasileños, a los que aseguró que las elecciones que se celebrarán en su país el año próximo suponen una "oportunidad real" para "derrotar" al actual presidente, Hugo Chávez. "La oposición tiene una posibilidad
L. López: “Venezuela no puede depender de la salud de Chávez”

L. López: “Venezuela no puede depender de la salud de Chávez”

Para el líder opositor venezolano, Leopoldo López, su país “no puede ni debe” centrarse sólo en el estado de salud del mandatario Hugo Chávez y olvidar “los problemas de inseguridad, de desempleo y de falta de desarrollo económico”, en una nación que cuenta con la mayor

La Procuraduría recurre ante el TSJ la resolución de la CoIDH sobre Leopoldo López

La Procuraduría General de la República de Venezuela (PGR) ha recurrido ante el Tribunal Supremo de Justicia la resolución de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CoIDH) que establece la revocación de la inhabilitación del líder opositor Leopoldo López para presentarse a cualquier elección en este país. En declaraciones a

Chávez asegura que se recupera «favorablemente» del último ciclo de quimioterapia

El presidente de Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, ha asegurado que se está recuperando "favorablemente" del cuarto ciclo de quimioterapia, el último al que se ha sometido como parte de su tratamiento contra el cáncer, aunque ha admitido que su fuerza física está "un poco disminuida". "Estoy recuperándome de los efectos del cuarto ciclo continuo

Leopoldo López oficializa su candidatura a las elecciones primarias de la MUD

El líder de Voluntad Popular, Leopoldo López, ha hecho oficial su candidatura a las elecciones primarias que la coalición opositora Mesa de Unidad Democrática (MUD) celebrará el próximo 12 de febrero para elegir al candidato que se enfrentará al presidente venezolano, Hugo Chávez, en las elecciones del 7 de octubre de 2012. Desde

El PSUV denuncia que la sentencia de la CIDH sobre Leopoldo López «está llena de contradicciones»

El gobernante Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela (PSUV) ha denunciado que la sentencia de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) que permite al opositor Leopoldo López presentarse a las elecciones presidenciales del 7 de octubre de 2012, "está llena de contradicciones". Héctor Navarro, miembro de la directiva del PSUV, ha
La oposición venezolana tiene nuevo candidato para vencer a Chávez

La oposición venezolana tiene nuevo candidato para vencer a Chávez

Uno de los principales líderes de la oposición venezolana recibió luz verde para postularse a las elecciones presidenciales de 2012 de parte la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CorteIDH), en un crucial veredicto que el gobierno no acatará de forma automática por considerarlo "políticamente

Chávez considera que la CoIDH «es un cero a la izquierda» y que «no vale nada»

El presidente de Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, ha afirmado que "la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CoIDH) no vale nada" y que "es un cero a la izquierda", después de que el tribunal revocara este viernes la inhabilitación política decretada por la Administración venezolana contra el exalcalde opositor Leopoldo López. En declaraciones

Leopoldo López presenta de forma oficial su candidatura a la Presidencia de Venezuela

El exalcalde y líder del movimiento Voluntad Popular, Leopoldo López, ha anunciado este sábado que se presentará a las elecciones primarias de la coalición opositora Mesa de la Unidad Democrática (MUD) programadas para el próximo 12 de febrero de cara a los comicios presidenciales. "He recuperado mis derechos y hoy me comprometo a

Leopoldo López presenta de forma oficial su candidatura a la Presidencia de Venezuela

El exalcalde y líder del movimiento Voluntad Popular, Leopoldo López, ha anunciado este sábado que se presentará a las elecciones primarias de la coalición opositora Mesa de la Unidad Democrática (MUD) programadas para el próximo 12 de febrero de cara a los comicios presidenciales. "He recuperado mis derechos y hoy me comprometo a

Leopoldo López podrá ser candidato contra Chávez

La Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CoIDH) ha exhortado al Estado venezolano a volver habilitar al exalcalde opositor Leopoldo López para que pueda ser candidato en futuros comicios locales y nacionales, siendo esta la primera vez que esa instancia emite un fallo de esta naturaleza contra el Gobierno de Hugo Chávez. La CoIDH "declara

La Corte Interamericana ordena a Venezuela permitir la candidatura del opositor Leopoldo López

La Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CoIDH) ha exhortado al Estado venezolano a volver habilitar al exalcalde opositor Leopoldo López para que pueda ser candidato en futuros comicios locales y nacionales, siendo esta la primera vez que esa instancia emite un fallo de esta naturaleza contra el Gobierno de Hugo Chávez. La CoIDH "declara
Leopoldo López, habilitado por la CorteIDH, busca la Presidencia venezolana

Leopoldo López, habilitado por la CorteIDH, busca la Presidencia venezolana

El líder opositor Leopoldo López celebró hoy como una "victoria importante" la decisión de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CorteIDH) que ordenó se le permita participar en elecciones y anunció que buscará convertirse en el rival del presidente Hugo Chávez el 7 de octubre de 2012. "Me presento para participar y ganar las

Keep Your Thumbs Still When I’m Talking to You

YOU are at a party and the person in front of you is not really listening to you. Yes, she is murmuring occasional assent to your remarks, or nodding at appropriate junctures, but for the most part she is looking beyond you, scanning in search of something or someone more compelling. Lea el artículo completo en www.nytimes.com

Keep Your Thumbs Still When I’m Talking to You

YOU are at a party and the person in front of you is not really listening to you. Yes, she is murmuring occasional assent to your remarks, or nodding at appropriate junctures, but for the most part she is looking beyond you, scanning in search of something or someone more compelling. Lea el artículo completo en www.nytimes.com

North Carolina Bears Brunt of Tornado Rampage

At least 23 people were killed after a “family” of violent tornadoes roared through the city of Raleigh and across the heart of North Carolina Saturday afternoon and evening, state officials said Sunday. The storms also severely injured 130 other people and leveled or damaged hundreds of homes, demolished a big-box store and a trailer

Keep Your Thumbs Still When I’m Talking to You

YOU are at a party and the person in front of you is not really listening to you. Yes, she is murmuring occasional assent to your remarks, or nodding at appropriate junctures, but for the most part she is looking beyond you, scanning in search of something or someone more compelling. Lea el artículo completo en www.nytimes.com

Keep Your Thumbs Still When I’m Talking to You

YOU are at a party and the person in front of you is not really listening to you. Yes, she is murmuring occasional assent to your remarks, or nodding at appropriate junctures, but for the most part she is looking beyond you, scanning in search of something or someone more compelling. Lea el artículo completo en www.nytimes.com

Keep Your Thumbs Still When I’m Talking to You

YOU are at a party and the person in front of you is not really listening to you. Yes, she is murmuring occasional assent to your remarks, or nodding at appropriate junctures, but for the most part she is looking beyond you, scanning in search of something or someone more compelling. Lea el artículo completo en www.nytimes.com

Walt Frazier — Always in Style

In Walt Frazier’s closet hangs a polyester cow-print suit with brown-and-black splotches. However absurd, it fits in a menagerie of 100 or so suits that hang on five racks and with patterns of tiger stripes and leopard spots; designs of bold plaids and checks; and colors of yellow, red, salmon and orange ... Lea el artículo completo en

Keep Your Thumbs Still When I’m Talking to You

YOU are at a party and the person in front of you is not really listening to you. Yes, she is murmuring occasional assent to your remarks, or nodding at appropriate junctures, but for the most part she is looking beyond you, scanning in search of something or someone more compelling. Lea el artículo completo en www.nytimes.com

Gas Prices Rise, and Economists Seek Tipping Point

Gas prices are approaching record highs, but so far most Americans do not appear to be drastically cutting back their driving or even their spending as they did in 2008. Lea el artículo completo en www.nytimes.com

Budget Fight Poses Test for Obama and Boehner

WASHINGTON — On one level, the budget showdown that continued to play out here on Wednesday is all about the balance of power between the two parties, a question of whether President Obama has regained his footing and can still control the direction of the country or whether Speaker John A. Boehner and the Republicans are now calling the

Why We Travel

IN the bungling and bellicosity that constitute the back and forth of history, worsened by natural disasters and unprovoked cruelty, humble citizens pay the highest price. To be a traveler in such circumstances can be inconvenient at best, fatal at worst. But if the traveler manages to breeze past such unpleasantness on tiny feet, he or she

Critic’s Notebook: Belligerent and Boozy, and That’s Just the Audience

DETROIT — Charlie Sheen chose Detroit as the starting point for his “My Violent Torpedo of Truth/Defeat Is Not an Option” live performance tour. Before his show at the Fox Theater here on Saturday night you could speculate on a metaphorical link between the city and the star: phoenix rising from the ashes or shattered wreck of former

Why We Travel

IN the bungling and bellicosity that constitute the back and forth of history, worsened by natural disasters and unprovoked cruelty, humble citizens pay the highest price. To be a traveler in such circumstances can be inconvenient at best, fatal at worst. But if the traveler manages to breeze past such unpleasantness on tiny feet, he or she

Why We Travel

IN the bungling and bellicosity that constitute the back and forth of history, worsened by natural disasters and unprovoked cruelty, humble citizens pay the highest price. To be a traveler in such circumstances can be inconvenient at best, fatal at worst. But if the traveler manages to breeze past such unpleasantness on tiny feet, he or she

Philadelphia School Battles Students’ Bad Eating Habits, on Campus and Off

PHILADELPHIA — Tatyana Gray bolted from her house and headed toward her elementary school. But when she reached the corner store where she usually gets her morning snack of chips or a sweet drink, she encountered a protective phalanx of parents with bright-colored safety vests and walkie-talkies. Lea el artículo completo en www.nytimes.com

Practical Traveler: Plane Tickets: Buy Early or Wait?

BUYING an airline ticket is always something of a gamble — prices go up and down, and trying to figure out how far in advance to book to get the best fare can be tricky. Recent world events have been causing oil prices — a major factor in ticket prices — to fluctuate, making the calculation of when to buy even more challenging ... Lea

Fatal Confusion in a Nassau Town

So many police officers, retired or working patrol, live in and around Massapequa Park, N.Y., it is something of a “Cop Land.” They listen to scanners, swap crime stories and remember how it once was. Lea el artículo completo en www.nytimes.com

Fatal Confusion in a Nassau Town

So many police officers, retired or working patrol, live in and around Massapequa Park, N.Y., it is something of a “Cop Land.” They listen to scanners, swap crime stories and remember how it once was. Lea el artículo completo en www.nytimes.com

Nicholas D. Kristof: The Japanese Could Teach Us a Thing or Two

When America is under stress, as is happening right now with debates about where to pare the budget, we sometimes trample the least powerful and most vulnerable among us. Lea el artículo completo en www.nytimes.com

Obama Warns Libya, but Attacks Go On

WASHINGTON — President Obama on Friday ordered Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi to carry out an immediate cease-fire, withdraw his forces from rebel-held cities and stop all attacks on Libyan civilians or face military action from the United States and its allies in Europe and the Arab world. Lea el artículo completo en www.nytimes.com

Obama Warns Libya, but Attacks Go On

WASHINGTON — President Obama on Friday ordered Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi to carry out an immediate cease-fire, withdraw his forces from rebel-held cities and stop all attacks on Libyan civilians or face military action from the United States and its allies in Europe and the Arab world. Lea el artículo completo en www.nytimes.com

Obama Warns Libya, but Attacks Go On

WASHINGTON — President Obama on Friday ordered Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi to carry out an immediate cease-fire, withdraw his forces from rebel-held cities and stop all attacks on Libyan civilians or face military action from the United States and its allies in Europe and the Arab world. Lea el artículo completo en www.nytimes.com

Japan Pushes to Rescue Survivors as Quake Toll Rises

NAKAMINATO, Japan — While nuclear experts were grappling with possible meltdowns at two reactors after the devastating earthquake and ensuing tsunami in northern Japan, the country was mobilizing a nationwide rescue effort to pluck survivors from collapsed buildings and rush food and water to hundreds of thousands of people without water,

Seawalls Offered Little Protection Against Tsunami’s Crushing Waves

JAKARTA, Indonesia — At least 40 percent of Japan’s 22,000-mile coastline is lined with concrete seawalls, breakwaters or other structures meant to protect the country against high waves, typhoons or even tsunamis. They are as much a part of Japan’s coastal scenery as beaches or fishing boats, especially in areas where the government

Diet Plan With Hormone Has Fans and Skeptics

Every morning, Kay Brown engages in a ritual similar to a heroin addict’s, or a diabetic’s: she sticks herself with a syringe. Only hers contains hCG, a pregnancy hormone. Lea el artículo completo en www.nytimes.com

18 and Under: On the Left Hand, There Are No Easy Answers

Humans are asymmetric animals. Early in our embryonic development, organs turn to one side or the other — heart to the left, liver to the right and so on. Lea el artículo completo en www.nytimes.com

18 and Under: On the Left Hand, There Are No Easy Answers

Humans are asymmetric animals. Early in our embryonic development, organs turn to one side or the other — heart to the left, liver to the right and so on. Lea el artículo completo en www.nytimes.com

18 and Under: On the Left Hand, There Are No Easy Answers

Humans are asymmetric animals. Early in our embryonic development, organs turn to one side or the other — heart to the left, liver to the right and so on. Lea el artículo completo en www.nytimes.com

18 and Under: On the Left Hand, There Are No Easy Answers

Humans are asymmetric animals. Early in our embryonic development, organs turn to one side or the other — heart to the left, liver to the right and so on. Lea el artículo completo en www.nytimes.com

Qaddafi Brutalizes Foes, Armed or Defenseless

TRIPOLI, Libya — Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi counterattacked with brutal force on Friday, battling rebel forces on two fronts, firing on unarmed protesters in front of international news media and leaving the rebels seeking his ouster in disarray. Lea el artículo completo en www.nytimes.com

Qaddafi Brutalizes Foes, Armed or Defenseless

TRIPOLI, Libya — Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi counterattacked with brutal force on Friday, battling rebel forces on two fronts, firing on unarmed protesters in front of international news media and leaving the rebels seeking his ouster in disarray. Lea el artículo completo en www.nytimes.com

Movie Review | ‘The Adjustment Bureau’: Creepy People With a Plan, and a Couple on the Run

“Who is George Nolfi?” a colleague whispered when the final credits began to roll for “The Adjustment Bureau,” a fast, sure film about finding and keeping love across time and space. Good question. If the fates allow — or perhaps, as in this very enjoyable movie, the men in gray suits and fedoras permit and “things go according

Fashion: Plain Jane Glamour Rules the Red Carpet

Simple and minimalist won out over the usual ruffles and plunging necklines on the Oscars red carpet on Sunday night, a sign that actresses are either tuning in to the runways or paying more attention to the fashion police than they like to let on. Lea el artículo completo en www.nytimes.com

In Indiana, Clues to Future of Wisconsin Labor

MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin and other officials who are pushing to eliminate or weaken collective bargaining by government employees say their goal is to save millions of dollars and increase government’s flexibility to run its operations. Lea el artículo completo en www.nytimes.com

Fashion: Plain Jane Glamour Rules the Red Carpet

Simple and minimalist won out over the usual ruffles and plunging necklines on the Oscars red carpet on Sunday night, a sign that actresses are either tuning in to the runways or paying more attention to the fashion police than they like to let on. Lea el artículo completo en www.nytimes.com

In Indiana, Clues to Future of Wisconsin Labor

MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin and other officials who are pushing to eliminate or weaken collective bargaining by government employees say their goal is to save millions of dollars and increase government’s flexibility to run its operations. Lea el artículo completo en www.nytimes.com

Warning Against Wars Like Iraq and Afghanistan

WEST POINT, N.Y. — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates bluntly told an audience of West Point cadets on Friday that it would be unwise for the United States to ever fight another war like Iraq or Afghanistan, and that the chances of carrying out a change of government in that fashion again were slim. Lea el artículo completo en www.nytimes.com

In Indiana, Clues to Future of Wisconsin

MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin and other officials who are pushing to eliminate or weaken collective bargaining by government employees say their goal is to save millions of dollars and increase government’s flexibility to run its operations. Lea el artículo completo en www.nytimes.com

Warning Against Wars Like Iraq and Afghanistan

WEST POINT, N.Y. — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates bluntly told an audience of West Point cadets on Friday that it would be unwise for the United States to ever fight another war like Iraq or Afghanistan, and that the chances of carrying out a change of government in that fashion again were slim. Lea el artículo completo en www.nytimes.com

Findings: The Threatening Scent of Fertile Women

The 21-year-old woman was carefully trained not to flirt with anyone who came into the laboratory over the course of several months. She kept eye contact and conversation to a minimum. She never used makeup or perfume, kept her hair in a simple ponytail, and always wore jeans and a plain T-shirt. Lea el artículo completo en www.nytimes.com

Findings: The Threatening Scent of Fertile Women

The 21-year-old woman was carefully trained not to flirt with anyone who came into the laboratory over the course of several months. She kept eye contact and conversation to a minimum. She never used makeup or perfume, kept her hair in a simple ponytail, and always wore jeans and a plain T-shirt. Lea el artículo completo en www.nytimes.com

Op-Ed Contributor: A Monopoly on Cheating

I HATE cheats. They cut the line and snatch the bargain. They sweet-talk the customer service rep into bending the rules. They count cards and win the raffle with some sneaky ticket placement. They are the 100th caller every time. They trick you on mileage or square footage and bribe their way up the organ transplant list ... Lea el artículo

Op-Ed Contributor: A Monopoly on Cheating

I HATE cheats. They cut the line and snatch the bargain. They sweet-talk the customer service rep into bending the rules. They count cards and win the raffle with some sneaky ticket placement. They are the 100th caller every time. They trick you on mileage or square footage and bribe their way up the organ transplant list ... Lea el artículo

Op-Ed Contributor: A Monopoly on Cheating

I HATE cheats. They cut the line and snatch the bargain. They sweet-talk the customer service rep into bending the rules. They count cards and win the raffle with some sneaky ticket placement. They are the 100th caller every time. They trick you on mileage or square footage and bribe their way up the organ transplant list ... Lea el artículo

Op-Ed Contributor: A Monopoly on Cheating

I HATE cheats. They cut the line and snatch the bargain. They sweet-talk the customer service rep into bending the rules. They count cards and win the raffle with some sneaky ticket placement. They are the 100th caller every time. They trick you on mileage or square footage and bribe their way up the organ transplant list ... Lea el artículo

Op-Ed Contributor: A Monopoly on Cheating

I HATE cheats. They cut the line and snatch the bargain. They sweet-talk the customer service rep into bending the rules. They count cards and win the raffle with some sneaky ticket placement. They are the 100th caller every time. They trick you on mileage or square footage and bribe their way up the organ transplant list ... Lea el artículo

This Old Thing? Actually, It’s New

WHEN Erin Ogg, 45, of New Orleans and her girlfriends sip cocktails at the Sazerac Bar in the city’s historic Roosevelt Hotel, they dress as if it’s the 1940s or ’50s; wearing dresses with cinched waists, or pencil skirts and blouses, accessorized with hats and gloves. “We get a lot of compliments,” said Ms ... Lea el artículo completo

This Old Thing? Actually, It’s New

WHEN Erin Ogg, 45, of New Orleans and her girlfriends sip cocktails at the Sazerac Bar in the city’s historic Roosevelt Hotel, they dress as if it’s the 1940s or ’50s; wearing dresses with cinched waists, or pencil skirts and blouses, accessorized with hats and gloves. “We get a lot of compliments,” said Ms ... Lea el artículo completo

Personal Health: Long and Short of Calcium and Vitamin D

The new daily recommendations for calcium and vitamin D, issued in November by the Institute of Medicine, have left many people wondering whether they are getting enough, or perhaps too much, in their diets and supplements. Lea el artículo completo en www.nytimes.com

Is Pink Necessary?

The “princess phase.” So inevitable is this period in the maturation of girls today that it should qualify as an official developmental stage, worthy of an entry in Leach or Brazelton: first crawling, then walking, then the urgent desire to wear something pink and spark­ly. Whether we smile indulgently or roll our eyes at the drifts of

Packers’ Rodgers Handles Pressure With Ease

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Once a week or so, Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers strolls into Cheese Cake Heaven, a delicatessen and bakery near Lambeau Field popular with Packers players and their wives. Deb Katers, who works the register at lunchtime, said Rodgers often chose the build-your-own sandwich option — “a turkey avocado kind of thing,”

Is Pink Necessary?

The “princess phase.” So inevitable is this period in the maturation of girls today that it should qualify as an official developmental stage, worthy of an entry in Leach or Brazelton: first crawling, then walking, then the urgent desire to wear something pink and spark­ly. Whether we smile indulgently or roll our eyes at the drifts of

Is Pink Necessary?

The “princess phase.” So inevitable is this period in the maturation of girls today that it should qualify as an official developmental stage, worthy of an entry in Leach or Brazelton: first crawling, then walking, then the urgent desire to wear something pink and spark­ly. Whether we smile indulgently or roll our eyes at the drifts of

Is Pink Necessary?

The “princess phase.” So inevitable is this period in the maturation of girls today that it should qualify as an official developmental stage, worthy of an entry in Leach or Brazelton: first crawling, then walking, then the urgent desire to wear something pink and spark­ly. Whether we smile indulgently or roll our eyes at the drifts of

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GREEN BAY, Wis. — Once a week or so, Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers strolls into Cheese Cake Heaven, a delicatessen and bakery near Lambeau Field popular with Packers players and their wives. Deb Katers, who works the register at lunchtime, said Rodgers often chose the build-your-own sandwich option — “a turkey avocado kind of thing,”

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The New York Times Book Review’s advice and miscellaneous best-seller list — the place where self-help books go to eyeball one another — is a boisterous rolling carnival of hustlers and hacks and optimists and jokers, with the occasional naked lady, tent preacher, dog trainer or television chef thrown in for good measure ... Lea el artículo

Books of The Times: New! Improved! Shape Up Your Life!

The New York Times Book Review’s advice and miscellaneous best-seller list — the place where self-help books go to eyeball one another — is a boisterous rolling carnival of hustlers and hacks and optimists and jokers, with the occasional naked lady, tent preacher, dog trainer or television chef thrown in for good measure ... Lea el artículo

Books of The Times: New! Improved! Shape Up Your Life!

The New York Times Book Review’s advice and miscellaneous best-seller list — the place where self-help books go to eyeball one another — is a boisterous rolling carnival of hustlers and hacks and optimists and jokers, with the occasional naked lady, tent preacher, dog trainer or television chef thrown in for good measure ... Lea el artículo

The Carpetbagger: New Doubts for a Film That Has Truth Issues

When “Exit Through the Gift Shop,” the artistic conundrum of a documentary wrapped around the street artist Banksy, opened last year, it spawned more than a few critical essays’ worth of thorny, postmodern questions. Was it a hoax staged by an internationally known cultural prankster or a wry commentary on an overblown art world? Was

Memo From Paris: Films Open French Wounds From Algeria

PARIS — The French colonial experience in Algeria, marked by warfare, terrorism and torture, is a wound that never quite seems to close. Anger and guilt about Algeria infuse some of the anxiety today about the heavily immigrant and Muslim banlieues, or suburbs, about the French concern with national identity, radical Islam and veiled women

Memo From Paris: Films Open French Wounds From Algeria

PARIS — The French colonial experience in Algeria, marked by warfare, terrorism and torture, is a wound that never quite seems to close. Anger and guilt about Algeria infuse some of the anxiety today about the heavily immigrant and Muslim banlieues, or suburbs, about the French concern with national identity, radical Islam and veiled women

Disappearances With Reported Ties to Pakistan Worry U.S.

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is expressing alarm over reports that thousands of political separatists and captured Taliban insurgents have disappeared into the hands of Pakistan’s police and security forces, and that some may have been tortured or killed. Lea el artículo completo en www.nytimes.com

Disappearances With Reported Ties to Pakistan Worry U.S.

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is expressing alarm over reports that thousands of political separatists and captured Taliban insurgents have disappeared into the hands of Pakistan’s police and security forces, and that some may have been tortured or killed. Lea el artículo completo en www.nytimes.com

Personal Best: Basking in a Workout’s Long, Mysterious Afterglow

It’s a cold day and you have just finished a grueling session at the gym, sweating away on an elliptical cross-trainer. Or you had a tough workout in the swimming pool. Or in a spin class. Or you just finished a hard run or a long, fast bicycle ride. Lea el artículo completo en www.nytimes.com

Personal Best: Basking in a Workout’s Long, Mysterious Afterglow

It’s a cold day and you have just finished a grueling session at the gym, sweating away on an elliptical cross-trainer. Or you had a tough workout in the swimming pool. Or in a spin class. Or you just finished a hard run or a long, fast bicycle ride. Lea el artículo completo en www.nytimes.com

Thomas L. Friedman: The U.S.S. Prius

As I was saying, the thing I love most about America is that there’s always somebody here who doesn’t get the word — and they go out and do the right thing or invent the new thing, no matter what’s going on politically or economically. And what could save America’s energy future — at a time when a fraudulent, anti-science campaign

Op-Ed Contributor: There Goes the Sun

WHAT is the winter solstice, and why bother to celebrate it, as so many people around the world will tomorrow? The word “solstice” derives from the Latin sol (meaning sun) and statum (stand still), and reflects what we see on the first days of summer and winter when, at dawn for two or three days, the sun seems to linger for several minutes

Op-Ed Contributor: There Goes the Sun

WHAT is the winter solstice, and why bother to celebrate it, as so many people around the world will tomorrow? The word “solstice” derives from the Latin sol (meaning sun) and statum (stand still), and reflects what we see on the first days of summer and winter when, at dawn for two or three days, the sun seems to linger for several minutes

U.S. Rethinks Strategy for the Unthinkable

Suppose the unthinkable happened, and terrorists struck New York or another big city with an atom bomb. What should people there do? The government has a surprising new message: Do not flee. Get inside any stable building and don’t come out till officials say it’s safe. Lea el artículo completo en www.nytimes.com
El opositor Leopoldo López asegura que Venezuela "está a las puertas del cambio"

El opositor Leopoldo López asegura que Venezuela «está a las puertas del cambio»

El opositor Leopoldo López defendió hoy que Venezuela "está a las puertas del cambio", porque, aunque el "peor enemigo" del país es "el miedo", la mayoría de la población ya ha demostrado en las urnas que quiere una alternativa al Gobierno del presidente Hugo Chávez. "Los venezolanos tienen miedo a salir a la calle, a invertir, a hablar

With New Violence, More Christians Are Fleeing Iraq

QOSH, Iraq — A new wave of Iraqi Christians has fled to northern Iraq or abroad amid a campaign of violence against them and growing fear that the country’s security forces are unable or, more ominously, unwilling to protect them. Lea el artículo completo en www.nytimes.com

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