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Kamala Harris rescues Biden for her presidential campaign

The Democratic candidate for the White House, Kamala Harris, rescued the president, Joe Biden, as an asset for his electoral campaign a month after he resigned his own candidacy in an exhibition of unity that leaves behind the political storm that shook the party.

The campaign was prudent when choosing the site. Far from the stadiums that Harris and his new vice president, Governor Tim Walz, have crowded in recent days in the key states of Pennsylvania, Michigan, Arizona, Nevada or Wisconsin.

With Biden, the now vice president appeared at a small gym in Prince George County, Maryland, part of the overwhelmingly Democratic suburbs of Washington; with nothing at stake in the November 5 elections.

In addition, the event, officially of the White House to promote a drop in drug prices negotiated with pharmaceutical companies, attended by a predominantly African-American audience, a sector among which Biden still retains some popularity.

“I could talk all afternoon about the person I’m with in this scenario,” said the Democratic candidate after jumping on the stage with Biden.

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“There is a lot of love in this room for our president,” said the vice president, showing a great affection for Biden, who a little less than a month ago gave him the Democratic candidacy.

Harris dedicated part of his speech to praising Biden for his legacy, giving him credit for the government inheritance.

“I think that love is for many, many reasons; including that few leaders in our nation have done more on so many issues, such as the expansion of access to affordable health care,” the vice president added while the public cheered “thank you Joe, thank you Joe!”, in an evident feeling of farewell.

Both praised each other, being proud to have been key to the approval of a reform that allows the Government to negotiate the abusive prices of medicines with pharmaceutical companies, a great concern among older citizens in the country.

When it was his turn, Biden went to the Democratic base for the first time with Harris next to him since he resigned from the candidacy: “Friends, I have an incredible partner,” he said.

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Harris and Biden thus made a display of partisan unity after the president was forced to resign his candidacy for re-election under pressure from several party leaders, including the influential former president of the Lower House Nancy Pelosi.

Democrats were alarmed by the nefarious polls and the broad public perception that Biden, 81, is too old to govern one more term. That campaign of harassment and demolition opened major wounds among the Democrats, who have managed to heal in record time.

Harris took the reins of the campaign immediately that same Sunday the 21st and in less than a month he has managed to turn around some polls that gave Trump as the winner almost by acclamation and arouse an enthusiasm in the Democratic base not seen since the time of Barack Obama.

Biden, for his part, had moved away from the campaign during these weeks, dedicated only to executive functions, a respite that even allowed him to enjoy a summer day at the beach with his family this past Saturday in Delaware.

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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.