Cuba has run out of jet fuel, further proof of the effects of the US oil stranglehold on an island that It was already immersed in a serious economic and energy crisisCuban authorities informed airlines this Sunday that, starting Monday, they would not have enough fuel to fill their tanks, and companies with daily flights to the island—mainly American, Spanish, Mexican, and Panamanian—have begun taking emergency measures. Spanish airlines Air Europa and Iberia, with daily routes to Havana, have opted to maintain flights from Madrid but have announced that from now on they will include a refueling stop in the Dominican Republic. Meanwhile, airlines from Canada, the island's primary source of tourism, have begun readjusting frequencies and routes, as well as offering cancellations or changes to reservations without penalty to customers. One of these companies is Air Canada, Canada's main airline, which announced on Monday that it will immediately suspend its services to Cuba due to the fuel shortage. However, it has announced that in the coming days it will send empty planes to Cuba "to pick up the approximately 3,000 customers" who are on the island and need to return to Canada. According to the notice from Cuban authorities to pilots, the restrictions affect all nine of Cuba's international airports and are currently valid for one month, from February 10 to March 11. Impact on tourism

The sector most affected by the fuel supply cut is tourism. This activity, essential to the Cuban economy, which has been under pressure for decades due to US sanctions, has experienced a sharp decline as a result of Washington's oil blockade. First, on January 3, the White House ended oil shipments from Venezuela, which was its main supplier of crude. And On January 29, he threatened tariffs on countries that supply oil to the island.This has virtually cut off the flow of Venezuelan crude and forced countries like Mexico to suspend shipments. Although he hasn't openly admitted it, Donald Trump has promoted a policy of strangling the island with the aim of economically collapsing the Cuban regime, at the expense of the poor living conditions of its population. Trump asserted that Cuba "is about to fall" and publicly stated that the Caribbean nation cannot survive without Venezuela's support, thus pressuring the Cuban government to reach an "agreement" with the United States. To cope with the lack of imports, the island's authorities have approved an emergency package that includes the objective of "reducing hotel infrastructure." As the EFE news agency has confirmed, several hotels in the country—mainly in Varadero and in the north—have closed their doors urgently and transferred tourists to other facilities as a cost-saving measure. Tourism in Cuba was already struggling due to the combination of the pandemic, US sanctions, and the country's economic crisis. In seven years, it has lost three-quarters of its visitors: last year ended with only 1.8 million international visitors, compared to 4.7 million in 2018.

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The senator and Colombian presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay died this Monday, two months after the attack. which left him in very critical condition, according to his wife, Maria Claudia Tarazona, on social media. Uribe, 39, was shot twice in the head and once in the left leg while holding a rally in Bogotá, in a political attack for which a 15-year-old boy, the alleged perpetrator of the crime, was initially arrested. The Prosecutor's Office has linked five other adults to the events, who are believed to have participated in planning and covering up the crime.

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A few months ago, the magazine The Lighthouse published interviews in which former leaders of gangs like Mara Salvatrucha revealed their pact with Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador, to get him votes in exchange for money and prison benefits. The president who put an end to gangs in El Salvador came to power thanks to them. And intends to stay, as demonstrated by the constitutional reform approved this Friday to eliminate term limits and remain in power. The revelation of these interviews forced all the editors ofThe Lighthouse to go into exile. Editor-in-chief Óscar Martínez visited Barcelona to participate in a debate at the Barcelona Center for Contemporary Culture (CCCB). Bukele with the bands for his election.

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"As soon as we heard Dom was dead, there was no doubt in our minds that we would finish his book." Jonathan Watts, Amazonian environmental correspondent for the The Guardian, He remembers his colleague and friend Dom Phillips, who was killed three years ago on a jungle expedition while researching his book. How to save the AmazonOn June 5, 2022, Phillips disappeared while traveling with Brazilian indigenist Bruno Pereira along the Itaguaí River through the Javarín Valley, one of the largest indigenous areas in Brazil. Police began searching for him, and a campaign led by the journalist's wife, friends, and colleagues added pressure, but it wasn't until June 12 that they finally succeeded. the confession of the guilty parties, which would lead to the location of the bodies of the two men.

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Opus Dei's number two, auxiliary vicar Mariano Fazio, was formally accused of trafficking women for thelabor exploitation within their religious order in conditions of semi-slavery, a practice that Opus Dei allegedly committed for four decades in Argentina. This is stated in the eight-page document to which access has been obtained. ElDiario.es, within the judicial process opened against the highest leaders of Opus Dei in Argentina. Opus Dei –that is, the number two in the order worldwide– and lives in the Vatican, asks to be charged along with four leaders of the order in the country who had already been accused. The request was sent on June 11 to federal judge Daniel Rafecas by prosecutors Alejandra Mángano_ initially included in the indictment, which did charge the three priests who had held the same position as him in previous and subsequent years: the former regional vicars of Argentina Carlos Nannei (1991-2000), Patricio Olmos (2000-2010) and Víctor Urrestarazu (2014) female member of Opus Dei in Argentina, Gabriel Dondo. Fazio had also been a regional vicar between 2010 and 2014.

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Julia Malye (Paris, 1994) published her first book, Tocqueville's Bride, when she was only 15 years old. "I started writing because when I was little I was really afraid of forgetting things," she explains. She reread all those diaries from when she was 12 or 13, but they didn't evoke anything in her, they didn't transport her to the past. So she decided to write fiction. "I had another fear, of being locked in my mind, it was a feeling of claustrophobia, and writing allowed me to live other lives," she says. Now, with The Louisiana Girls, translated into Catalan by Josep Maria Pinto (Empúries/Salamandra), puts you in the shoes of a group of French girls who in 1720 set sail aboard The Whale. They had all come from the Salpêtrière, an orphanage and correctional facility with an infamous reputation where orphans, prostitutes, the sick, abortionists, daughters rejected by their families because they didn't fit in, or simply women with a rebellious streak lived. Their destination was America, specifically Louisiana, where settlers desperate for women awaited them. "They were like merchandise," Malye explains. "On the voyage I'm describing, they embarked with a group of Ursuline nuns; they were somewhat protected; on the previous voyage, many had died because they made the journey in terrible conditions and in chains," the author adds.

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US President Donald Trump began his term with various controversial decisions, among which the name change of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America stands out. From now on, February 9 will be officially commemorated as "Gulf of America Day." In the executive order approved that day, Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness (Restore Names That Honor American Greatness), the president justified the decision to change the golf course's name by stating: It is "a fundamental asset for our nation" and "an indelible part of America," considering that Americans often identify the United States as America. However, the name change has opened up different future scenarios and uncertainties about how it will affect the rest of the world.

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Several people were killed and several others injured in a mass crash in the Canadian city of Vancouver. According to Reuters, a driver plowed into a crowd at around 8 p.m. local time (6 a.m. in Catalonia), leaving several injured in his wake. The driver was participating in a Filipino street festival at the time. The incident occurred in the eastern part of the city, and police have not yet determined whether the crash was intentional or accidental. They did state in a social media post that the driver has been arrested.

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At least nine people were killed and several others injured in a mass crash in the Canadian city of Vancouver. According to Reuters, a driver plowed into the crowd at around 8 p.m. (local time, 6 a.m. in Catalonia), leaving several injured in his wake. The driver was participating in a Filipino street festival at the time. The incident occurred in the eastern part of the city. Canadian police say they are "confident at this time that this was not an act of terrorism."

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