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Biden intensifies his campaign in several key states to silence criticism

In the midst of criticism for his mediocre performance in the first debate of the race to the White House, President Joe Biden will travel over the next few days to the states of Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, key to guaranteeing his victory against Donald Trump (2017-2021) in the November elections.
Meanwhile, his campaign team announced this Friday through a statement the launch of an “aggressive and specific” campaign to reach the voters of “disputed states that will decide this election.”
This weekend, Biden will travel to Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, which are part of the so-called ‘blue wall’ of the United States – which also includes Michigan -, states that since 1992, except for the exception of 2016, have voted Democrats.
According to the campaign, the Democratic Party has broken a record collection of 127 million dollars in June, an advantage that they will take advantage of for “new efforts in the field of organization and mobilization of critics, new strategic efforts in the paid media and an aggressive travel schedule led by President Biden.”
Among other things, a paid media campaign worth 50 million dollars will be held aimed at “key and high-impact moments that will attract a wide and diverse audience,” such as the Olympic Games.
In addition, at the Republican National Convention, where Trump is expected to accept the nomination and which will be held in two weeks in Milwaukee (Wisconsin), Democrats will also go to the city to face “the hatred and extremism of MAGA.”
Biden will also continue to do interviews, the campaign said, including one that will be broadcast tonight with journalist George Stephanopoulos and that will be broadcast on the ABC channel.
After this weekend’s trip to Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, President Biden will return to Washington for the NATO summit to be held next week.
He is scheduled to give an opening speech and participate in a press conference. As soon as the summit ends, he will return to the electoral campaign with a tour of the southwest focused on involving black and Latino voters.
During the Independence Day celebrations of July 4 that took place yesterday, Biden responded to those who ask him to continue in the electoral contest with a resounding “I’m not going anywhere.”
The president held a barbecue in the gardens of the White House to celebrate Independence Day and when he was spat by sympathizers with a “continues in the fight. We need you,” he replied: “Trust me. I’m not going anywhere.”
The president has been answering questions privately and in public for several days about whether he will be able to face a second term at the age of 81 and whether he is in a position to defeat Trump.
His bad performance in last week’s debate against Trump triggered speculation about whether he should be replaced before the August Democratic convention.
Biden confessed in a meeting this Wednesday with Democratic governors in the White House that he has to sleep more and will avoid organizing events after 8:00 p.m., according to several U.S. media.
International
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.
International
Son of journalist José Rubén Zamora condemns father’s return to prison as “illegal”

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.”
International
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.
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