América aumentó su ventaja como el líder general de la clasificación y se perfila para terminar el semestre en la cima y tener la ventaja de la localía en liguilla.
Concluyó la fecha 13 del Apertura 2021 de la Liga MX y América se escapa rumbo a concluir la fase regular como el líder general. Las Águilas aprovecharon los tropiezos de sus tres perseguidores más cercanos para tener ahora una ventaja de seis puntos sobre el segundo lugar, la más amplia que ha tenido en toda la campaña. Mientras tanto, los Tigres todavía lideran la zona de repechaje junto con León. En el último puesto, todavía tenemos a los Xolos de Tijuana, que están a punto de perder sus opciones matemáticas de meterse al repechaje. Revisa aquí las estadísticas completas y la clasificación general del torneo Grita México 2021.
En el país hay cerca de 100 establecimientos que reciben pagos con divisas digitales. Las autoridades alertan de que no se trata de dinero real y que los bancos que acepten esas transacciones cometen un delito
El interior del Bitcoin Embassy Bar, en en el barrio Roma de Ciudad de México.ALEJANDRA RAJAL
Iván López, mesero de 23 años, limpia la barra poco tiempo después de subir la cortina. Pronto llegarán los clientes, pero no necesariamente llenarán la caja de billetes. Muchas veces bastará con un código QR o que la persona pase a un cajero automático que está enfrente de él y cuya pantalla revela que no se trata de un local cualquiera: “Bitcoin ATM”. El establecimiento, ubicado en el barrio capitalino Roma, es una especie de meca de entusiastas de criptomonedas. Así como este, hay cerca de 100 de locales en todo el país que aceptan divisas digitales como forma de pago, según el sitio especializado CoinMapp, pese a que las autoridades no las reconocen como moneda de curso legal. Esto ha puesto el foco, nuevamente, en un debate que sigue en curso en el mundo. Mientras Hacienda y los economistas cuestionan la viabilidad de estos negocios, empresarios como Lorena Ortiz, dueña del Bitcoin Embassy Bar, insisten en que el dinero tradicional es cosa del pasado.
Entrar en el local de Ortiz, de 31 años, es dar un salto al futuro. Un pizarrón anuncia descuentos para los que paguen con divisas digitales, un vitral reúne gorras, tazas y libros firmados por expertos mundiales en el tema. Y, para coronar la escena, encima de la barra cuelga una pantalla con el tipo de cambio con respecto al dólar. Aquí el bitcoin no es solo una manera de pago sino una declaración de principios. La empresaria, de blusa sin mangas y con un collar plateado con forma de B (el símbolo del bitcoin), desconfía del sistema financiero: “Los banqueros dicen que no se le puede considerar como moneda porque no está regulada por un banco central. Eso no es cierto. La historia nos ha enseñado que el dinero no debe ser emitido por una institución. Es un consenso de la población”.
La forma de pensar de Ortiz, y de una gran mayoría de criptoentusiastas, choca de frente con la opinión de Gabriela Siller, directora de análisis económico de Banco Base: “Es una moda que desafortunadamente terminará por ser utilizada para cuestiones ilegales”. El comentario de Siller no está aislado. Organismos como el Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI) y la Comisión Nacional para la Protección y Defensa de los Usuarios de Servicios Financieros (Condusef), en el caso de México, han alertado de que estas divisas pueden dar pie a la financiación del crimen organizado o a fraudes —algo que los defensores del bitcoin insisten que ya pasa con el dinero oficial—. Estas posiciones tan dispares, entre un lado y el otro, representan para usuarios como el artista digital Gustavo Grillasca, de 42 años, un choque entre el pasado y el presente: “Los banqueros que se la pasan criticando son como los taxistas que se quejan de Uber”. Grillasca, sentado a un lado de Ortiz, es el primer cliente en entrar. Son las 15.00 y el bar sigue vacío. El tiempo tampoco ayuda, fuera del local hay una lluvia torrencial.
Además de funcionar como restaurante, el Bitcoin Embassy Bar organiza talleres informativos, debates y videoconferencias con personalidades internacionales que apoyan el uso de criptomonedas, como el estadounidense Max Keiser. En la segunda planta del local hay una galería de arte de cuadros basados en tokens no fungibles (NFT, por sus siglas en inglés). Los NFT son elementos virtuales únicos que pueden ser comprados en línea. Por ejemplo, en marzo, un artículo de The New York Times fue subastado por casi 500.000 dólares. Ortiz fuma un cigarrillo electrónico, tres clientes más se acercan a la puerta del primer piso. Grillasca, quien la convenció de adornar su establecimiento con arte digital, la interrumpe por un momento: “Ya no hay manera de detener al bitcoin”.
Una moneda sin carácter oficial
Desde su creación en 2009, en plena efervescencia antiestablishment por la crisis económica, el bitcoin —y todas las divisas digitales que le siguieron— han sido rechazadas por las principales instituciones financieras del mundo. El anuncio de El Salvador de adoptarlo como moneda de curso legal en junio ha envalentonado a sus defensores y provocado un rechazo frontal de sus detractores. México no es la excepción. A las pocas semanas de la noticia, Hacienda, Banxico y la Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores (CNBV) emitieron un comunicado conjunto en el que recordaron que las criptomonedas no están admitidas en sistema financiero y que, por tanto, los bancos no pueden operar con ellas.
A Ignacio Flores, bitcoiner (usuario de la divisa) y director ejecutivo de FIDO, una empresa de protección de operaciones monetarias, la posición de las instituciones no le sorprende: “Esto es como en los noventa cuando llegó el internet. Había radio y televisión y de repente llega un canal alterno que transmite audio y video. La tecnología siempre va por delante de las leyes”. Al no estar regulada por un banco central, el precio de las divisas digitales está sujeto al poder de la oferta y la demanda.
Este año, el valor de un bitcoin pasó de 63.000 dólares en abril a 30.000 en julio. Ahora se encuentra por arriba de los 57.700. Esta oscilación puede variar por el entusiasmo de los compradores. Parte del porqué de esta volatilidad reciente se debió a la decisión del excéntrico dueño de Tesla, Elon Musk, de aceptar bitcoin y que al poco tiempo se echó atrás. Gabriela Siller pone el dedo sobre la llaga: “Los negocios que aceptan criptomonedas corren un riesgo porque fijan precios con la moneda oficial y van estimando, pero el valor fácilmente puede variar un 15% en un día. Para una empresa, el riesgo es mayor que el beneficio”.
Otra de las críticas al bitcoin gira en torno al fraude fiscal. Es decir, como no es dinero reconocido por el Gobierno, no se podría tributar. Carlos Serrano, economista jefe del BBVA en México coincide en esa preocupación: “En un país como el nuestro, antes de pensar en más negocios que acepten estos pagos, habría que asegurarse de que esto no se convierta en un vehículo de evasión. Hoy por hoy no puedes pagar tus impuestos con criptomonedas”.
La realidad es un poco más compleja. Como no pueden usar la app de un banco, y mucho menos una terminal, lo que hacen empresarios como Lorena Ortiz para tributar sus ingresos en bitcoin es convertirlos en pesos y notificar al fisco la cantidad de sus ventas en el valor de la moneda oficial. La mayoría de los negocios que han comenzado a aceptar pagos digitales son pequeñas y microempresas, muy lejos de la imagen de un pirata virtual en busca de una gran estafa.
El consultorio de la dentista Carmen Salgado, de 28 años, es uno de ellos. Su despacho está en un departamento que renta con otro odontólogo en el segundo piso de un edificio estrecho en el sur de Ciudad de México. “Yo creo que es el futuro. Pero como mis pacientes ven que este es un negocio muy formal no piensan en pagarme en criptomoneda”, dice mientras atiende a un hombre. Salgado decidió aceptar este tipo de divisas hace tres años, pero hasta el momento solo ha conseguido que un curioso le pregunte por Facebook sobre esta forma de pago.
La regulación como punto medio
Hay una palabra que sobrevuela las intensas discusiones entre los entusiastas y los críticos: regulación. Los más fervientes defensores de las criptomonedas creen que esto contraviene el espíritu original de bitcoin: una especie de desafío al sistema financiero, que se autorregula y que, además, sirve como un valor refugio para futuras crisis, como lo ha sido el oro, pese a su alta volatilidad.
Carlos Serrano cree que los bancos centrales y los gobiernos han llegado tarde a la discusión. Propone que los países aprovechen la tecnología de cadena de bloques — blockchain, y que es la base de datos que permite el funcionamiento del sistema bitcoin— y comiencen a emitir sus propias divisas digitales. “Es urgente que los bancos centrales discutan alternativas. Es innegable la ventaja de deshacerse del dinero físico”, sentencia.
Puede ser que la regulación trastoque el aura combativa de las criptomonedas, pero es el punto medio que para muchos puede significar una victoria. De hecho, en 2018 entró en vigor una nueva ley que, justamente, regula los pagos electrónicos y los activos virtuales como las criptomonedas. Pero la norma solo dejó un vacío porque no se tocó el tema de fondo: ¿un negocio puede aceptar, por ejemplo, bitcoin? Según los expertos consultados sí, pero no porque estén cobijadas con la legislación. Sin embargo, un establecimiento puede justificar esa transacción como una forma de trueque.
Ortiz coincide en parte con la noción del economista jefe del BBVA y no cierra la puerta a aceptar algún tipo de regulación: “Bitcoin es un movimiento social. ¿Y qué pasa con los movimientos sociales? O se extinguen o se institucionalizan”. Y remata: “No será lo que queríamos, pero será una forma de converger dos mundos”.
En el pequeño café Demente en el barrio Nápoles de la capital mexicana, Francesco Sasso, de 38 años, cuenta cómo unos ladrones le robaron la tableta con la que cobraba en criptomonedas. Ahora utiliza una app en su celular. Realmente es poco lo que factura con divisas digitales. En un mes inusual, quizás llegan a pagar en criptomoneda un par de entusiastas. Así como él, muchos otros pequeños empresarios han visto que los ingresos en bitcoin son casi anecdóticos. Sasso se sincera: ”He recibido 500 pesos, que llegaron a ser 1.500 y ahora son 600. Prácticamente ni movemos ese dinero porque sería especular. Me voy a cansar de estar jugando para sacar una ganancia”.
Biden had ended “Remain in Mexico,” calling it inhumane because of the violence migrant asylum-seekers faced while waiting in Mexico for court dates.
After having lost a legal battle, the Biden administration tentatively plans a mid-November restart of a Trump-era policy that forces migrants seeking asylum to wait in Mexico for their U.S. immigration court hearings, according to a court filing late Thursday.
President Joe Biden had ended the Trump administration’s “Remain in Mexico” policy when he took office this year, saying it was inhumane because of the violence migrants faced waiting in Mexico for their court hearings.
Texas and Missouri sued the Biden administration in April over the suspension of Remain in Mexico, which is formally known as the Migrant Protection Protocols, or MPP. In August, a federal judge in Texas ordered the Biden administration to reinstate the policy pending the outcome of the suit.
The Biden administration fought the order but lost in federal appeals court and in the Supreme Court and then said it would comply with the court’s order.
Senior administration officials told reporters Thursday that under the updated Biden administration version of Remain in Mexico, immigrants will get court dates set no more than six months in the future and will attend hearings with immigration judges in one of 10 courts to be set up near Brownsville and Laredo, Texas.
The plans to implement the revised policy, however, would be put on hold if the Biden administration ultimately wins the lawsuit filed by Texas and Missouri.
Mexico will also have the power to amend the policy, the officials said, and the administration has been consulting with it about the details.
“There are certain issues Mexico has also raised about the prior implementation” of Remain in Mexico, one of the officials said. “Any reimplementation would have to take those into account.”
In a statement, a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security said: “As noted in the declaration filed on Thursday, DHS is taking necessary steps to comply with the court order, which requires us to reimplement MPP in good faith. We are working to do so, despite our appeal of the court’s order, including, for example, by issuing contracts to rebuild temporary immigration-hearing facilities near the Southwest border.
“Significantly, Mexico is a sovereign nation that must make an independent decision to accept the return of individuals without status in Mexico as part of any reimplementation of MPP,” the statement said. “Discussions with the Government of Mexico concerning when and how MPP will be reimplemented are ongoing.”
Remain in Mexico, which the Trump administration started in January 2019, created a population boom in migrant camps on the Mexican side of the border. Human rights organizations documented hundreds of kidnappings, rapes, and assaults of migrants who were waiting in the sprawling camps for their asylum hearings.
The Biden administration has continued to implement — and defend in another court case — Covid-19 restrictions known as Title 42, which push immigrants back into Mexico or deport them to their home countries without giving them court dates. The officials said that the administration will continue to use that policy and that only immigrants who are not subject to Title 42 — for a variety of reasons — would be subject to Remain in Mexico.
When it comes to dynamic duos, there’s often a clear-cut top dog and a trusty sidekick.
That’s not the case with second baseman Jose Altuve and shortstop Carlos Correa, Houston’s middle-infield combo who both shine equally bright for the Astros.
“A lot of times you have one All-Star caliber (player) and like a … Robin,” manager Dusty Baker said. “But this time you’ve got two Batmans.”
The pair played its 66th postseason game together on Saturday, which is the most by any shortstop and second base duo in MLB history.
The two cornerstones of the franchise, or to use Baker’s term, the team’s vertebrae, have played together since Correa’s debut in 2015, a year that featured their first trip to the postseason.
Altuve doesn’t recall a specific conversation they had back then about their expectations for the future, but he knows they often discussed “winning and playing together for a long time.”
They’ve certainly accomplished both of those goals. This season marks their sixth postseason trip and they’ve helped the Astros to a fifth consecutive AL Championship Series where they’re tied 1-1 with the Boston Red Sox.
They’re looking for a third trip to the World Series after losing to Washington in 2019 following their 2017 World Series win that was later tainted by a sign-stealing scandal.
Houston won more than 100 games in three of the seasons since Correa made it to the big leagues and finished this regular season with 95 victories to capture their fourth AL West title in five years.
“It’s hard to imagine something like this,” Altuve said. “What we’re living is a dream come true. We thank God every day for the opportunity to play together, for what we’re doing. And it’s been, it’s been amazing.”
Altuve hit a two-run homer to tie Game 1 of the ALCS Friday night before Correa’s solo shot in the seventh inning put them on top in a 5-4 win. Boston hit two grand slams in Game 2 to tie the series with a 9-5 victory.
Game 3 is Monday night in Boston where the Astros will have to rely more heavily on Altuve, Correa and the rest of their high-powered offense after rash pitching injuries.
Altuve’s home run on Friday was the 20th of his postseason career, tying him with Yankees’ great Derek Jeter for third-most in MLB history. Not to be outdone, Correa’s blast gave him five RBIs this postseason and 55 in his career to pass Albert Pujols for most of any active player.
“I don’t know if they’re trying to one-up each other, but they’re trying to do the best they can every time out there,” Baker said.
Though Altuve now sees Correa as an equal, Correa still looks up to Altuve like a kid who idolizes his older brother.
Asked about Altuve, Correa reels off a list of some of his many accomplishments, which include the 2017 AL MVP, five Silver Slugger Awards, and capturing the AL batting title three times. But what impresses Correa the most about Altuve is not that he’s won those many awards, but rather the way he continues to work after collecting all that hardware.
“When you have the best player of your team, that captain, that franchise player that everybody looks up to working that hard, it’s just contagious,” Correa said. “Everybody else in the organization does the same thing, so I feel like he inspires everybody in that clubhouse every single day.”
Correa becomes a free agent at the season’s end. And there’s increasing concern that the Astros won’t be able to keep him, despite owner Jim Crane saying recently that he believes they’ve got a chance. Correa would like to stay in Houston and teammates and coaches alike want him to remain with the team.
But Altuve seems to be the only one who truly believes that he will. He mentions that he doesn’t believe these are the last games he’ll be playing with Correa without even being asked.
“I still feel like we’re going to go and sign him,” Altuve said. “We have to. If we want to keep doing what we’re doing, we need to sign Carlos.”
Since Altuve’s been so vocal in the media about his desire for his buddy to remain alongside him in Houston for years to come, he believes Crane should have already received his message loud and clear.
But just in case he hasn’t, Altuve is prepared to plead his case to Crane personally.
“I have to talk to him,” Altuve said. “I’m going to call him for sure and tell him we have to keep Carlos.”
Royal Dutch Shell plc (“Shell”) today announces the appointments of Wael Sawan as Integrated Gas and Renewable and Energy Solutions (R&ES) Director and Zoë Yujnovich as Upstream Director. Both appointments are effective on 25th October 2021.
Wael, currently Upstream Director, will remain a member of the Executive Committee in his new role and will continue to be based in the Netherlands. He takes over as Integrated Gas and R&ES Director from Maarten Wetselaar, who will leave the company after more than 25 years of distinguished service on 25th October. Maarten will join Cepsa as Chief Executive Officer as of 1st January 2022.
Zoë, currently Executive Vice President, Conventional Oil & Gas, takes over from Wael as Upstream Director and will join the Executive Committee. She will also be based in the Netherlands.
“Zoë and Wael are both strong, focused leaders, who will bring great energy and commercial expertise to their new roles. Their proven leadership skills will be crucial as we deliver our Powering Progress strategy purposefully and profitably,” said Royal Dutch Shell Chief Executive, Ben van Beurden. “I am also immensely grateful to Maarten for his outstanding contribution to Shell and our customers, for his vision and drive in shaping a world-class LNG portfolio, and for laying the foundations of our power and renewable solutions business. I wish him well in his new role.
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Wael Sawan
Since joining Shell in 1997, Wael has worked across Shell’s Upstream, Integrated Gas and Downstream businesses. Wael has garnered extensive commercial and leadership experience in roles spanning across Europe, the Middle East and America. He originally trained as an engineer and joined Shell to work at the Shell joint venture, Petroleum Development Oman (PDO). He followed this with roles in gas and power and the global retail team. In 2012 he became Managing Director and Chairman of the Qatar Shell companies, where his responsibilities included Pearl GTL, one of the largest oil and gas projects in the world. From there he went on to run Shell’s Deep Water business, based in Houston and became Upstream Director and a member of the Executive Committee of Royal Dutch Shell in July 2019.
Wael, 47, holds a Masters’s degree in Engineering from McGill University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is a Canadian citizen of Lebanese origin and is married with three children.
Zoë Yujnovich
Zoë, 46, has nearly 25 years of frontline and leadership experience, most recently based in The Hague as Shell’s Executive Vice President, Conventional Oil & Gas. Previously she was Country Chair for Shell’s businesses in Australia and New Zealand, based in Perth, and Executive Vice President for Oil Sands, based in Calgary. Zoë trained as an engineer and started her career with Rio Tinto, working in management roles in Australia, Brazil, the United Kingdom and Canada.
Zoë holds a degree in Engineering from the University of Western Australia and an Executive MBA from the University of Utah. She is married with three children.
Governor Greg Abbott today announced that D6 Inc. (“D6”) will relocate their headquarters from Portland, Oregon, to Sulphur Springs, Texas, and expand their manufacturing presence in the state. D6 is an advanced design-to-shelf packaging manufacturer, using recycled plastics. The project will create 231 new jobs and $27 million in capital investment. A Texas Enterprise Fund (TEF) grant of $1,432,200 has been extended to D6. In addition, D6 has been offered a $6,000 Veteran Created Job Bonus.
“The relocation of D6’s headquarters to Sulphur Springs will be a major economic boon to northeast Texas as it brings more jobs, opportunities, and investment to the community,” said Governor Abbott. “More and more great companies like D6 are moving to Texas every day because of our welcoming business climate and our young, growing, skilled, and diverse workforce, and I look forward to working alongside D6 and all of our business and community leaders to keep Texas the best place to live, work, and raise a family.”
“I would like to thank Governor Greg Abbott, Lt. Governor Dan Patrick, and Speaker of the House Dade Phelan for supporting D6 Inc.’s vision to bring a world-class recycling operation to the great state of Texas,” said D6 Chief Executive Officer Edward Dominion. “We greatly appreciate the vision and ongoing support from the City of Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County and the Sulphur Springs-Hopkins County EDC. With the help of all, D6 Inc. will build the first fully closed-loop recycling site for single-use PET clamshells in Sulphur Springs.”
“Sulphur Springs has always been supportive of new industry. D6’s headquarters relocation and expansion will boost our local economy and provide growth we support,” said Sulphur Springs Mayor John A. Sellers.
“Hopkins County is very excited about D6 moving their headquarters from Oregon to Sulphur Springs,” said Hopkins County Judge Robert Newsom. “We know this will boost our economy by providing new investment. We also appreciate that these jobs will be paying higher than the average weekly wage.”
“I want to first thank the Governor, Lt. Governor, and the Speaker of the House for their support of this project with D6,” said Roger Feagley, Executive Director of Sulphur Springs/Hopkins County Economic Development Corporation. “We feel that this company will be a great long-term asset for our community.”
Crime Stoppers and the Houston Police Department’s Burglary and Theft Division need the public’s assistance identifying the suspect responsible for a Burglary of a Building.
On Friday, September 17, 2021, at approximately 4:20 a.m., an unknown suspect burglarized a building located in the 16300 block of Imperial Valley Dr. in Houston, Texas. Video surveillance captured the suspect breaking through the wall to gain access to the building. The suspect also broke into a vending machine causing approximately $3,100 in damages to the business. The suspect fled the scene in an unknown direction of travel.
Crime Stoppers may pay up to $5,000 for information leading to the charging and/or arrest of the suspect in this case. Information may be reported by calling 713-222-TIPS (8477), submitted online at www.crime-stoppers.org or through the Crime Stoppers mobile app. Only tips and calls DIRECTLY TO Crime Stoppers are anonymous and eligible for a cash reward.
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A Houston man, who was known at his church as “Uncle Al,” has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for molesting four girls, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced Saturday.
“He groomed, molested, and raped these girls, and then he threatened their lives if they spoke out,” Ogg said. “He deserves to spend the rest of his life behind bars.”
Alfredo Lee Johnson, 43, went through a week-long trial before being convicted by a jury of continuous sexual assault of a child for repeatedly molesting a girl who was younger than 14.
The crime carries a minimum of 25 years in prison and a maximum of life in prison and on Friday, a judge sentenced him to the maximum.
Johnson’s behavior went from inappropriate touching to sexual assault from January 1, 2013, to August 5, 2016, according to testimony at the trial.
Jurors heard testimony that “Uncle Al,” who sometimes supervised the children of family friends and people from his church, groomed then raped a 15-year-old, molested a girl under the age of 14, and molested a 15-year-old in Louisiana.
Assistant District Attorney Mary Grace Bullard, who prosecuted the case with ADA Jana Oswald, both of the Crimes Against Children Division, thanked jurors and the judge and noted how important it is that children feel supported when they make an outcry.
“Without support, children are likely to recant in order to survive the situation they find themselves in,” Bullard said. “The first victim only felt safe to tell what happened to her after multiple other victims had outcries because she knew she’d be believed and felt supported by the person she told.”
Crime Stoppers and the Houston Police Department’s Major Assaults Division need the public’s assistance identifying the suspect responsible for an Aggravated Assault – Deadly Weapon.
On Wednesday, September 15, 2021, at approximately 2:30 p.m., the victim was shot in the 400 block of Crosstimbers St. in Houston, Texas. During the incident, the victim was sitting in the parking lot when the suspect approached and they began to have an altercation. The suspect produced a handgun and shot the victim then left in a silver/gray Suzuki. The victim sustained a gunshot wound and was transported to the hospital for treatment.
Crime Stoppers may pay up to $5,000 for information leading to the charging and/or arrest of the suspect in this case. Information may be reported by calling 713-222-TIPS (8477), submitted online at www.crime-stoppers.org or through the Crime Stoppers mobile app. Only tips and calls DIRECTLY TO Crime Stoppers are anonymous and eligible for a cash reward.
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Marcelo Ebrard, canciller mexicano, quiere ser uno de los aspirantes como sucesor al presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador; es decir, buscará la candidatura presidencial en 2024 ya que, según dijo, para él es un compromiso de vida. ¿Cuál es su objetivo? ¿Sabe con qué partido político se lanzará como presidenciable? Te contamos lo que reveló el canciller mexicano.
Ebrard espera pronta aprobación de OMS a vacunas Sputnik V y CanSinoEU abrirá frontera a personas con vacunas anticovid aprobadas por la OMS: Ebrard En una entrevista radiofónica para Grupo Fórmula, con el periodista Joaquín López-Dóriga, Ebrard se dijo interesado en participar en la contienda, pero señaló que primero tiene que sacar adelante la responsabilidad que tiene en el actual gobierno mexicano como secretario de Relaciones Exteriores.
“Por supuesto, claro que me interesa, es algo que ha sido mi compromiso de vida y ni modo que ahora yo diga que no, pero ahora lo que tenemos que hacer es sacar adelante nuestra responsabilidad”, dijo Ebrard en la entrevista. “Y dentro de dos años o cuando se convoque a participar, ahí estaremos (…) no hay que distraerse porque si te distraes te caes”, añadió. “Pienso, definitivamente y esa es mi convicción, participar de acuerdo a las normas que se den en Morena (partido Movimiento Regeneración Nacional) en primer lugar, que es el proyecto político en el que estoy participando, y Morena ya determinará y nos dirán cómo va a ser el proceso y ahí vamos a estar”, expuso. Las declaraciones de Ebrard ocurrieron horas después de que la alcaldesa de Ciudad de México, Claudia Sheinbaum, también aspirante a suceder a López Obrador en 2024, pidió que Morena elija a su candidato mediante una encuesta a la militancia.
“Es lo que establecen los estatutos del partido al que pertenecemos, es algo en lo que concuerdo y además el presidente siempre lo ha mantenido”, afirmó la jefa de Gobierno capitalina al ser cuestionada en rueda de prensa. Sheinbaum consideró que elegir al candidato mediante una encuesta interna, método utilizado para definir los aspirantes a gobernadores estatales, es “el más democrático” y “una representación de lo que opina el pueblo”. La alcaldesa parte como favorita para ser la candidata presencial del izquierdista Morena en 2024 junto con el canciller Ebrard.
López Obrador cumplió la semana pasada una gira por varios puntos de la capital junto a Sheinbaum, pero el martes descartó en su rueda de prensa matutina que sea su favorita. “No tengo ningún preferido, a ninguna preferida”, recalcó el mandatario, quien defendió que Morena haga una encuesta para definir a su candidato presidencial. En cambio, el líder de Morena en el Senado, Ricardo Monreal, quien también quiere postularse a la presidencia, apostó el martes por convocar elecciones primarias y así “seguir democratizando” el partido. El mecanismo de la encuesta ha sido criticado dentro del partido por quienes consideran que se trata de una metodología poco transparente y que favorece a candidatos afines a la dirección.
La carrera por la sucesión presidencial en México comenzó de manera temprana, a falta de tres años para las elecciones, cuando López Obrador mencionó recientemente a seis posibles sucesores. Además de Sheinbaum y Ebrard, los mejor situados, señaló al embajador mexicano ante la ONU, Juan Ramón de la Fuente; al embajador mexicano en Estados Unidos, Esteban Moctezuma; a la secretaria de Economía, Tatiana Clouthier; y a la secretaria de Energía, Rocío Nahle.
When it comes to dynamic duos, there’s often a clear-cut top dog and a trusty sidekick.
Since joining Shell in 1997, Wael has worked across Shell’s Upstream, Integrated Gas and Downstream businesses. Wael has garnered extensive commercial and leadership experience in roles spanning across Europe, the Middle East and America. He originally trained as an engineer and joined Shell to work at the Shell joint venture, Petroleum Development Oman (PDO). He followed this with roles in gas and power and the global retail team. In 2012 he became Managing Director and Chairman of the Qatar Shell companies, where his responsibilities included Pearl GTL, one of the largest oil and gas projects in the world. From there he went on to run Shell’s Deep Water business, based in Houston and became Upstream Director and a member of the Executive Committee of Royal Dutch Shell in July 2019.
Zoë, 46, has nearly 25 years of frontline and leadership experience, most recently based in The Hague as Shell’s Executive Vice President, Conventional Oil & Gas. Previously she was Country Chair for Shell’s businesses in Australia and New Zealand, based in Perth, and Executive Vice President for Oil Sands, based in Calgary. Zoë trained as an engineer and started her career with Rio Tinto, working in management roles in Australia, Brazil, the United Kingdom and Canada.
A Houston man, who was known at his church as “Uncle Al,” has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for molesting four girls, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced Saturday.
