MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and one of the world’s richest women, on Tuesday announced a $2.74 billion donation to a total of 286 charitable organizations, from fields ranging from education to the arts. and cultural. In a personal blog post, Scott – who is also a writer – explained that she and her current husband believed it “would be better if unequal wealth were not concentrated in the hands of a few people” and that they spent the first months of 2021 “identifying and evaluating” the entities to which they are donated. Scott’s fortune comes…
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For the philosopher Pablo Cabana (Florence, 1939), science fiction is the “experimental myth” of our time. We go to it in search of transcendence, for stories that justify our actions and give them meaning, we read and look at them to learn about the good and evil in their stories. CCCB will be, from today until Sunday, the temple of these new legends. The Kosmopolis Festival begins with a special interest in genre. A mutant genre has been revamped and re-emerged in recent years, with clear trends such as climate fantasy, the new space race, the evolution of artificial intelligence,…
Posted: June 15, 2021, 13:06 GMT So far this year, Waltons has released 16.7 million grocery chain addresses. The Walton family, which controls about half of the shares of the American supermarket chain Walmart, has sold part of its holdings for $2.1 billion since the beginning of this year. reach Bloomberg citing documents from the US Securities and Exchange Commission.As detailed, in total there are 16.7 million shares. The sales were made through Walton Family Holdings Trust, a company that manages Waltons assets. According to entity spokesperson Randy Hargrove, the transactions are “in line with the family’s efforts to maintain…
The independent study center Espacio Público has compiled a series of articles by journalists who participated in investigative journalism workshops during 2021 into a book called “Investigative Journalism in Cuba: New Voices, New Stories” and will be presented this Wednesday with the support of AmericaEconomy. The organization that brings together independent professionals has been organizing a workshop since 2017 to train journalists in the investigative journalism trade, and although initially it was carried out only with Cuban journalists, this year it has included other countries on the continent, such as Nicaragua and Venezuela. The result of this work was reflected…
Economist Luis Membrino also warned that the measure would lead to “de-dollarization” if remittances are sent in bitcoins. US risk rating agency Moody’s Investors Service noted in a recent report that the adoption of Bitcoin as a legal currency in El Salvador carries risks to the country’s financial system and monetary system stability. “The adoption of bitcoin as a parallel currency also carries risks to the financial system and the stability of the country’s monetary system and sends a signal that there is no coherent economic framework because the IMF is unlikely to be consulted on the new law and…
The Cuban Trade Association Casas de Cambio (Kadika), assigned to the official exchange on the island, about it It provides facilities for travelers to “purchase freely convertible currencies”.Joaquín Alonso Vázquez, President of the Cuban Financial Corporation, indicated that they are working with tourism companies to provide facilities for travelers regarding the purchase of freely convertible currencies – other than dollars – as soon as tourists flock to the island, after an improvement in the epidemiological situation. In the data collected by Cuban News Agency (ACN)Alonso Vazquez did not give further details about the matter and said that It will be…
The main entrance to the Paraninfo building of the University of Zaragoza. ANGEL DE CASTRO The University of Zaragoza has already asked the Ministry of Health From the DGA the possibility of vaccination, for the next academic year, for both students leaving Erasmus and All those students who have a mobility plan. That’s about 1,500 people. “It’s not that we consider them a vulnerable population group, but Yes, it seems like a reasonable request to take into account In the event that the country of origin requires a student to be vaccinated to be able to access it, the university’s…
Posted: June 13, 2021 15:01 GMT According to the head of the Central American country, geothermal energy will be cheap, completely clean and renewable. El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, announced Wednesday plans to use energy from volcanoes to mine bitcoin, agreed Recently like Legal currency In an attempt to strengthen the national economy and protect it from the potential effects of the inflation of its paper currency.Bukele announced that he has tasked the head of state-owned geothermal energy company LaGeo with planning to regulate bitcoin mining at his facilities using energy from volcanoes, which are “very cheap, 100% clean, 100%…
the state of it exchange houses (Kadika) They resell their goals in Cuba after The Temporary suspension of the entry of dollars into the banking system and before Lack of liquidity on the island. from June 21And the CADECA WILL NOT WORK WITH dollar From the United States of America Joaquín Alonso Vázquez, head of the entity, said that business activity with the rest of the foreign currencies is expected to increase, the state Cuban News Agency reported (ACN). According to Alonso, Kadika It is not only intended for foreign exchange operations (buying and selling), but also seeking Alliances with…
HERMOSILLO, Son (Proceso.com.mx). – On Sunday afternoon, Alfonso Durazzo Montao received the certificate of majority and power conferring upon him the position of the next Governor of Sonora. The former Federal Secretary for the Security and Protection of Citizens received 496 thousand 651 votes for the cause of Morena and its allies (Morena, PVEM, Panal and PT), about 51.81%, out of 958 thousand 526 votes cast in the entity.Related news”Together we will make history,” said the newly elected governor, who led the joint candidacy.Then he declared: “The democracy we are building will expand and deepen. The practices that are used…