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The US media point to Trump as the winner of the debate against Biden

The American media and polls show their concern about the ability of the president, Joe Biden, 81, to take charge of the White House for one more term and point to former President Donald Trump, between 2017 and 2021, of 78, as the winner of the debate between the two candidates that was held on Thursday.

A CNN poll, the network that made the first face-to-face among the November presidential candidates, indicated on Thursday that registered voters who watched the debate “largely think that Trump overcame Biden.”

“Most say they have no real confidence in Biden’s ability to lead the country. At the same time, most of those who tuned in to the program say that it had little or no effect on their election for president,” the channel said.

Republicans who witnessed the first debate of 2024 expressed broad confidence in Trump’s performance, according to the survey, while Democrats are less optimistic about his party’s candidate.

“96% of observers say that Trump did a better job, while a more modest 69% of observers of the Democratic debate see Biden as the winner of the night,” according to the poll.

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In 2020, when both candidates were fighting for the Oval Office, the same poll pointed out that the audience considered that Biden surpassed Trump in his two debates.

For his part, a YouGov survey conducted this Friday indicates that Trump won the debate by a margin of two to one. 43% of respondents thought that Trump won the debate, compared to the 22% who said it was Biden. The remaining 35% indicated that they were not sure.

For its part, The New York Times published after the debate that “a hesitant action by President Biden left Democratic strategists stunned, which generated doubts about their aptitude to stay in the race.”

The media, adds that the personal attacks “overshadowed the discussions about policies during the debate,” since in a part of its 90 minutes the candidates discussed topics such as who played golf best, their cognitive abilities and their legal problems.

“The cognitive and age concerns that revolve around President Biden came to light,” says The Hill, a media that, in addition, points out that the Democrat “was clearly confused and lost at times.”

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Kate Bedingfield, former director of communications at Biden’s White House, said on CNN that the president’s performance was “disappointing”: “Her biggest problem was to show the American people that she had the energy and resistance, and she didn’t do it.”

Politician Andrew Yang pointed out in X that the Biden who was seen in the debate “is a very different type” that he faced several times in the Democratic debates for the 2020 candidacy.

“Democrats should nominate another person before it’s too late,” he added in another publication.

Most national polls – before the debate – showed Trump and Biden almost tied, with an advantage of just two tenths on the part of the tycoon, according to the average made by the FiveThirtyEight website.

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Deportation flight lands in Venezuela; government denies criminal gang links

A flight carrying 175 Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States arrived in Caracas on Sunday. This marks the third group to return since repatriation flights resumed a week ago, and among them is an alleged member of a criminal organization, according to Venezuelan authorities.

Unlike previous flights operated by the Venezuelan state airline Conviasa, this time, an aircraft from the U.S. airline Eastern landed at Maiquetía Airport, on the outskirts of Caracas, shortly after 2:00 p.m. with the deportees.

Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello, who welcomed the returnees at the airport, stated that the 175 repatriated individuals were coming back “after being subjected, like all Venezuelans, to persecution” and dismissed claims that they belonged to the criminal organization El Tren de Aragua.

However, Cabello confirmed that “for the first time in these flights we have been carrying out, someone of significance wanted by Venezuelan justice has arrived, and he is not from El Tren de Aragua.” Instead, he belongs to a gang operating in the state of Trujillo. The minister did not disclose the individual’s identity or provide details on where he would be taken.

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Son of journalist José Rubén Zamora condemns father’s return to prison as “illegal”

Guatemalan court decides Wednesday whether to convict journalist José Rubén Zamora

The son of renowned journalist José Rubén Zamora Marroquín, José Carlos Zamora, has denounced as “illegal” the court order that sent his father back to a Guatemalan prison on March 3, after already spending 819 days behind barsover a highly irregular money laundering case.

“My father’s return to prison was based on an arbitrary and illegal ruling. It is also alarming that the judge who had granted him house arrest received threats,” José Carlos Zamora told EFE in an interview on Saturday.

The 67-year-old journalist was sent back to prison inside the Mariscal Zavala military barracks on March 3, when Judge Erick García upheld a Court of Appeals ruling that overturned the house arrest granted to him in October. Zamora had already spent 819 days in prison over an alleged money laundering case.

His son condemned the situation as “unacceptable”, stating that the judge handling the case “cannot do his job in accordance with the law due to threats against his life.”

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Miyazaki’s style goes viral with AI but at what cost?

This week, you may have noticed that everything—from historical photos and classic movie scenes to internet memes and recent political moments—has been reimagined on social media as Studio Ghibli-style portraits. The trend quickly went viral thanks to ChatGPT and the latest update of OpenAI’s chatbot, released on Tuesday, March 25.

The newest addition to GPT-4o has allowed users to replicate the distinctive artistic style of the legendary Japanese filmmaker and Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki (My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away). “Today is a great day on the internet,” one user declared while sharing popular memes in Ghibli format.

While the trend has captivated users worldwide, it has also highlighted ethical concerns about AI tools trained on copyrighted creative works—and what this means for the livelihoods of human artists.

Not that this concerns OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, which has actively encouraged the “Ghiblification”experiments. Its CEO, Sam Altman, even changed his profile picture on the social media platform X to a Ghibli-style portrait.

Miyazaki, now 84 years old, is known for his hand-drawn animation approach and whimsical storytelling. He has long expressed skepticism about AI’s role in animation. His past remarks on AI-generated animation have resurfaced and gone viral again, particularly when he once said he was “utterly disgusted” by an AI demonstration.