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Hours after their ballot box victories in a handful of congressional primaries in New York City, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) set their sights west.

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«Today, the East Coast, next week the Mountain West,» the DSA wrote in a social media post last week.

The post came after DSA-aligned Darializa Avila Chevalier, a 32-year-old far-left community organizer, ousted incumbent Democratic Rep. Adriano Espaillat, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus chair, and state Assembly Member Claire Valdez, another socialist, won a congressional primary by beating an establishment-backed candidate.

The victories by Chevalier and Valdez, who were heavily supported by socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, further emboldened the far left as it takes on the center-left establishment in a high-stakes battle for the future of the Democratic Party.

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VICTORIES BY MAMDANI-BACKED CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES SPOTLIGHTS GROWING RIFT IN DEMOCRATIC PARTY

Congressional candidate Claire Valdez, congressional candidate Brad Lander, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier raise their hands during a Get Out the Vote (GOTV) rally at King’s Theater on June 18, 2026, in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

The DSA is now looking to replicate its playbook across the country, starting Tuesday in the Democratic primary in Colorado’s 1st Congressional District, a solidly blue seat anchored in Denver that then-Vice President Kamala Harris carried by a whopping 56 points in the 2024 election.

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Democratic Rep. Diana DeGette, who was first elected to Congress three decades ago, is facing two primary challenges, including DSA-backed Melat Kiros, a first-time candidate and former attorney born four months after DeGette first took office.

Kiros, who lost her job as a lawyer in New York after writing an essay critical of Israel, is also supported by Justice Democrats, the nearly decade-old political group known for heavily supporting «Squad» members Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, and Rashida Tlaib as they toppled entrenched incumbents in their initial elections to Congress.

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Democratic congressional candidate Melat Kiros participated in a League of Women Voters Congressional District 1 candidate forum at Montview Presbyterian Church on May 28, 2026, in Denver. (RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

«ELECT ANOTHER SOCIALIST TO CONGRESS ON JUNE 30TH,» a DSA social media post states as it urges supporters to lend a hand to the Kiros campaign.

The far left is also training its firepower in two high-profile statewide Democratic primaries in early August in key battleground states: the Senate showdown in Michigan and Wisconsin’s gubernatorial contest.

DSA-aligned Abdul El-Sayed, a former Wayne County health director who unsuccessfully ran for governor eight years ago, is one of three major candidates trying to succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters.

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Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., stands with Senate candidate in Michigan Abdul El-Sayed after speaking at Mumford High School on May 3, 2026, in Detroit. (Sarah Rice/Getty Images)

And Wisconsin state Rep. Francesca Hong is on the rise among a crowded field of candidates in the race to succeed retiring Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.

«It’s a great day to be a democratic socialist,» the DSA-aligned Hong posted on X last week. «Wisconsin is next!»

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Mamdani’s stunning Democratic mayoral primary victory a year ago sent political shockwaves across the country and cemented the DSA as a major political force.

A year later, Mamdani’s kingmaker status was further enhanced by last week’s results in New York City. Possibly looking to the national stage, the mayor said, «My goal is to make America a place that every American can afford.»

Democratic strategist Joe Caiazzo, a veteran of progressive champion Sen. Bernie Sanders’ 2016 and 2020 presidential campaigns, told Fox News Digital, «Some of the DSA and the majority of the left wing of the Democratic Party appear to be the only ones truly engaging in a conversation about economic populism in a period where costs continue to soar, and there is seemingly no plan from anyone in Washington to rectify that problem. You can see why it’s appealing.»

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It’s not just strategists from the progressive wing of the party that acknowledge the increasing power of the far left.

Matt Bennett, one of the leaders at the Third Way, a leading center-left Democratic organization, noted, «There is enormous energy around the far left in very, very blue places, like New York City» and that «they are succeeding in their mission to oust incumbents or mainstream Democrats from blue seats and make them bluer.»

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But outside what has been labeled New York City’s «commie corridor,» which includes parts of Brooklyn and Queens, where voters in recent years have consistently backed far-left and socialist candidates, more mainstream Democrats prevailed in Tuesday’s primaries.

In the high-profile showdown to succeed retiring longtime Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler in Manhattan, former Nadler staffer Micah Lasher came out on top.

Miles north of New York City in the state’s swing 17th Congressional District, Army veteran Cait Conley won the primary and will challenge GOP Rep. Mike Lawler in a key midterm contest that is one of a handful which will determine if Republicans hold the slim House majority.

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Combat veteran and Democratic congressional nominee Cait Conley, left, is challenging GOP Rep. Mike Lawler in New York’s 17th District, a key swing seat in this year’s midterm elections. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images; Tierney L. Cross/Getty Images)

In Utah, former Democratic Rep. Ben McAdams defeated progressive rivals to win the primary in the newly redrawn and blue-leaning 1st Congressional District. In Maryland, just outside of Washington D.C., in the race to succeed longtime Rep. Steny Hoyer, Adrian Boafo, who was supported by Hoyer, topped a crowded and diverse Democratic primary field.

And in South Carolina, Nancy Lacore, a former Navy admiral who was fired by War Secretary Pete Hegseth, won the Democratic primary in a Republican-leaning district Democrats had hopes of flipping.

Bennett said the New York City races grabbing outsized attention «are not representative districts, and it remains the case that the far left, in the Trump era, has failed to flip a single seat in Congress from red to blue, House or Senate.»

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«They’re doing nothing to put a check on Trump or get power back,» he argued. «And in fact, they’re making it harder, because they’re handing Republicans very potent ammunition to use against Democrats in swing districts the way the GOP used ‘defund the police’ very effectively in 2020.»

Veteran center-left Democratic strategist Matt Corridoni, who advises the political groups The Bench and Majority Democrats, said, «I think if we’re only focusing on New York we’re missing the forest through the trees.»

Corridoni said, «There are dozens of examples across the country of these sort of purple reddish districts where we’re getting candidates who are tapping into the energy that voters are feeling right now.»

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Despite the success of center-left candidates, it’s the far-left that’s grabbing the media spotlight.

And that’s giving Republicans more ammunition as they portray all Democrats as radicals.

New York City Mayor Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks at a news conference

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks at a news conference in Manhattan. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Since Mamdani’s shocking Democratic mayoral primary win a year ago, Republicans have used him as a cudgel as they work to hold their razor-thin House majority in this year’s midterm elections.

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National Republican Congressional Committee spokesman Mike Marinella argued, «Zohran Mamdani’s socialist brand is as toxic as it comes.»

Pointing to Tuesday’s results, Marinella charged that «it was the night the Democrat establishment officially surrendered to Zohran Mamdani and the socialist wing of their party. Every House Democrat, in safe and competitive districts alike, will now answer to the radicals calling the shots. And Americans should be terrified by where the Democrat Party is headed.»

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Andy Burnham asume como primer ministro del Reino Unido con una economía debilitada y el avance de Reform UK como principal desafío

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Andy Burnham asumirá este lunes como nuevo primer ministro del Reino Unido, tras recibir el encargo del rey Carlos III para formar Gobierno, en reemplazo de Keir Starmer, quien deja el cargo apenas dos años después de la amplia victoria electoral que devolvió al Partido Laborista al poder tras 14 años de gobiernos conservadores. El dirigente laborista llegará a Downing Street con una agenda marcada por el bajo crecimiento económico, el aumento del costo de vida, la inmigración irregular y el avance electoral del partido Reform UK, liderado por Nigel Farage.

La transición de poder comenzará con la visita de Starmer al Palacio de Buckingham, donde presentará formalmente su renuncia al monarca. Después de esa audiencia, ofrecerá un breve mensaje de despedida frente al número 10 de Downing Street. Más tarde, Burnham acudirá al palacio para recibir el mandato de formar Gobierno y pronunciará su primer discurso como primer ministro.

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Su equipo anticipó que el nuevo jefe de Gobierno presentará las “prioridades para restaurar la confianza en el Gobierno y dar a Gran Bretaña un mayor margen de maniobra”, con especial atención sobre la crisis del costo de vida. También se espera que exponga iniciativas destinadas a impulsar el crecimiento económico y ampliar la descentralización del poder hacia las comunidades regionales.

Durante la jornada también se conocerán los principales nombramientos de su gabinete. Uno de los anuncios más esperados será la designación del nuevo ministro de Finanzas, en reemplazo de Rachel Reeves.

Burnham, de 56 años y exalcalde del Gran Manchester, recibió el respaldo del Partido Laborista después de la renuncia de Starmer el mes pasado. Los legisladores consideraron que era la figura con mayores posibilidades de contener el crecimiento de Reform UK, fuerza que ganó respaldo con un discurso centrado en la inmigración.

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Burnham acudirá al palacio para recibir el mandato de formar Gobierno y pronunciará su primer discurso como primer ministro (AP)
Burnham acudirá al palacio para recibir el mandato de formar Gobierno y pronunciará su primer discurso como primer ministro (AP)

La vicepresidenta del Partido Laborista, Lucy Powell, sostuvo que la experiencia de Burnham fuera del centro político de Londres le permitió comprender la necesidad de aplicar medidas de mayor alcance para cumplir las promesas electorales del partido.

Según Powell, el nuevo líder pretende reformar de manera profunda el funcionamiento del Estado y modificar un sistema político que considera excesivamente centralizado. Además, afirmó que el objetivo consiste en ofrecer “seguridad para la gente común en el trabajo, seguridad en su hogar, una vivienda que puedan pagar y vivir en una comunidad de la que puedan sentirse orgullosos, con la certeza de que sus hijos tendrán oportunidades para el futuro”.

Entre los principales desafíos del nuevo Gobierno figuran una economía con escaso crecimiento, el elevado costo del endeudamiento público, el incremento del gasto en asistencia social y la llegada de migrantes irregulares en pequeñas embarcaciones a través del Canal de la Mancha, un fenómeno que impulsó el apoyo a Reform UK.

A ese escenario se suman factores internacionales, como la volatilidad de los precios de la energía por la guerra entre Estados Unidos e Irán, además de la incertidumbre derivada de la política exterior del presidente estadounidense, Donald Trump.

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Burnham también afrontará restricciones fiscales que limitarán su margen de acción. El Reino Unido mantiene elevados niveles de deuda pública y reglas presupuestarias que obligan al Gobierno a equilibrar el gasto con la recaudación tributaria.

Burnham también afrontará restricciones fiscales que limitarán su margen de acción (REUTERS)
Burnham también afrontará restricciones fiscales que limitarán su margen de acción (REUTERS)

Antes de llegar a Downing Street, Burnham volvió al Parlamento hace apenas cuatro semanas. Entre 2001 y 2017 fue diputado y ocupó distintos cargos ministeriales durante los gobiernos laboristas de Tony Blair y Gordon Brown. Posteriormente construyó su perfil político como alcalde del Gran Manchester, donde adquirió notoriedad nacional.

El nuevo primer ministro dispondrá de un período relativamente corto para intentar revertir la situación del partido antes de las próximas elecciones generales, previstas para 2029. Las encuestas ubican actualmente a Reform UK como una fuerza con posibilidades de imponerse en esos comicios.

Durante un acto con simpatizantes el viernes pasado, Burnham calificó el cambio de liderazgo como la “última oportunidad” para que el Partido Laborista corrija su rumbo. También aseguró que cuenta con “un plan” para afrontar los problemas del país.

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Su primera decisión política llegó incluso antes de asumir formalmente el cargo. El sábado anunció la cancelación del sistema nacional de identificación digital impulsado por Starmer, un programa cuyo costo estaba estimado en 1.800 millones de libras durante tres años.

Un portavoz del nuevo equipo de Gobierno explicó que esos recursos se destinarán “a donde más se necesitan, como ayudar con el costo de vida”, una de las prioridades que Burnham buscará instalar desde el inicio de su gestión.

(Con información de AFP)

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Trump administration touts more than $1B in UN budget cuts as reform push gains momentum

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UNITED NATIONS — The Trump administration says it has secured more than $1 billion in cuts to United Nations budgets in just six months, calling the reductions evidence that an institution long considered resistant to change is finally beginning to reform.

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The latest milestone came June 30, when all 193 U.N. member states approved a peacekeeping budget of approximately $5.1 billion for the coming fiscal year — about $550 million, or 9.7%, less than the previous year.

Combined with a 15% reduction to the U.N.’s regular budget approved in December, U.S. officials say the agreements amount to more than $1 billion in cuts to assessed U.N. budgets, a level they describe as unprecedented.

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U.S. Representative for U.N. Ambassador Jeff Bartos addresses a meeting of the Security Council at U.N. headquarters in New York City, Nov. 25, 2025. (Eduardo Munoz/Reuters)

Assessed budgets are funded through mandatory contributions charged to member states under a formula based largely on the size of their economies.

«On June 30th, with U.S. leadership, all 193 countries came together again for the second time in six months,» U.S. Ambassador for U.N. Management and Reform Jeff Bartos told Fox News Digital. «We’ve achieved over a billion dollars of savings in six months, which is unprecedented. Any one cut would be unprecedented. The totality of the reforms is monumental.»

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The agreement comes as the United Nations faces mounting financial pressure and prepares for a leadership transition in 2027, with Secretary-General António Guterres set to leave office at the end of his second term. At the same time, the Trump administration has made reform a central pillar of its U.N. strategy, arguing the organization has become overly bureaucratic and inefficient.

In response to questions from Fox News Digital, U.N. spokesman Stéphane Dujarric confirmed that the peacekeeping budget was reduced by roughly $550 million and the regular budget by 15%, describing both as «unprecedented reductions.»

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A Cameroonian United Nations peacekeeping soldier guards women as they arrive to the village of Bambara, Central African Republic, April 25, 2017. (Reuters/Baz Ratner)

Bartos argues the reforms reflect sustained pressure from the Trump administration and months of negotiations led by the U.S. Mission.

«The new budget, this reformed budget, the enhanced efficiency changes the culture of how the U.N. looks at peacekeeping,» Bartos said. «Every dollar has to achieve impact on the ground.»

He pointed to the U.N. Mission in South Sudan as an example, saying the United States worked to streamline the mission’s mandate before reducing its budget accordingly.

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Another reform highlighted by the administration changes how the U.N. handles unused budget credits.

Until now, U.N. financial rules required the organization to return unspent funds to member states even if those contributions had never actually been paid, a practice critics said worsened the organization’s recurring liquidity crisis.

The General Assembly voted on June 30 to introduce, on a four-year trial basis, a new methodology under which unspent funds will be returned only when backed by cash actually received.

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Bartos said the change could save the organization more than $1 billion over the next three years. That projected figure is separate from the more than $1 billion in budget reductions already approved over the past six months.

He called the change another example of «common-sense» reform and said it could save the organization more than $1 billion over the next three years.

The United Nations likewise welcomed the change, though officials noted it had been a long-standing priority of Guterres.

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President Donald Trump meets with Secretary-General António Guterres during the 80th session of the General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters on Sept. 23, 2025, in New York City. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

«I have been pushing for this reform for almost a decade,» Guterres said after the vote. He described the previous system as a «Kafkaesque cycle» in which the organization was expected «to give back cash that did not exist.»

Dujarric said the reform would allow the U.N. to manage resources «in a more predictable and responsible way» while helping ensure operational continuity, particularly for peacekeeping missions.

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Bartos insists the latest budget agreements are only the beginning.

Among the administration’s next priorities are reforms to staff compensation, employee benefits and the U.N. pension system, areas he argues consume resources that could otherwise support humanitarian operations and peacekeeping missions.

«We’re going to continue to see us push whether it’s on benefits, whether it’s on staff compensation, whether it’s on the pension system,» Bartos said. «There’s massive numbers of additional reforms that our team is working on right now.»

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Vehicles with the U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon drive along the main road leading to Lebanon’s southern town of Naqura, close to the border with Israel, on Oct. 27, 2022. (Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP/Getty Images)

He also suggested reform will remain a central issue as member states begin selecting the next secretary-general.

«We’re going to select the next secretary-general,» Bartos said. «That reform momentum that has been growing over the last 15, 18 months… you’ll see that continuing in 2027 with the new secretary-general.»

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Empresarios hacen un llamado para construir un Panamá más competitivo, sostenible, equitativo y de oportunidades

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Para la Apede resulta urgente cerrar las brechas de infraestructura física y digital para potenciar las ventajas competitivas. (Cortesía)

“Con profunda preocupación” la Asociación Panameña de Ejecutivos de Empresa (Apede) indica que observa el progresivo retroceso en la calidad de la democracia, situación que indica se refleja en el debilitamiento institucional y la pérdida de confianza en los contrapesos del poder.

Sin una democracia sólida, instituciones independientes y reglas claras, es imposible atraer inversión de largo plazo o garantizar la paz social”, aduce la organización.

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Apunta que el desarrollo de una nación requiere de planos claros y de una ejecución rigurosa, y por ello propone repasar los distintos niveles de una estructura que, según dice, ha venido delineando colectivamente y que constituyen las condiciones indispensables para alcanzar un progreso sostenible.

Manifiesta que al mirar en retrospectiva las posturas y propuestas durante este bienio, “descubrimos que no son planteamientos aislados; convergen en un diseño común: la planificación estratégica para edificar un Panamá verdaderamente competitivo, equitativo y de oportunidades”.

Para que cualquier obra resista el paso del tiempo, apunta que su base debe ser sólida e inquebrantable. En nuestro país, esos cimientos estructurales, entendidos como las bases no negociables del desarrollo, se componen de cuatro elementos fundamentales: seguridad jurídica, Estado de Derecho y calidad democrática; libertad económica y desburocratización; transparencia y fortalecimiento institucional; y sostenibilidad y transición ecológica.

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La Apede insiste en que se requiere avanzar en educación, talento e inteligencia artificial, así como en los servicios públicos y acceso al agua, entre otros. (Cortesía)
La Apede insiste en que se requiere avanzar en educación, talento e inteligencia artificial, así como en los servicios públicos y acceso al agua, entre otros. (Cortesía)

“La seguridad jurídica, Estado de Derecho y calidad democrática constituyen el cimiento fundamental que sostiene toda la estructura”, reitera la asociación.

A su vez, añade que la libertad económica y desburocratización representan el impulso de la iniciativa privada.

“Observamos un entorno nacional cada vez más restrictivo, en el que las trabas burocráticas y la tramitología excesiva asfixian la competitividad. Defender la libertad económica exige desmantelar estos obstáculos, simplificando procesos para que el sector privado pueda emprender, competir y generar riqueza sin frenos estatales”, manifiesta.

Por su parte, la transparencia y el fortalecimiento institucional son el material que cohesiona toda la estructura. «La transparencia y la rendición de cuentas actúan como barreras frente a la corrupción y el clientelismo, prácticas que debilitan la democracia y erosionan la confianza ciudadana en el sistema».

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De igual manera, para la Apede la sostenibilidad y transición ecológica constituyen un diseño pensado para resistir el futuro. Clama por la adopción de energías limpias y la protección responsable de la biodiversidad, que permiten asegurar que el crecimiento de hoy no comprometa el entorno ni las oportunidades de las próximas generaciones.

Giulia De Sanctis, presidenta de la  Apede, gremio que clama porque se modernice el sector logístico, se incentive una agroindustria con vocación exportadora y se desarrolle plenamente el turismo en el interior del país. (Cortesía)
Giulia De Sanctis, presidenta de la Apede, gremio que clama porque se modernice el sector logístico, se incentive una agroindustria con vocación exportadora y se desarrolle plenamente el turismo en el interior del país. (Cortesía)

Con los cimientos asegurados, afirma que llega el momento del ensamblaje y de activar los motores del desarrollo humano y territorial.

“La estructura debe entonces levantar sus paredes, articulando el bienestar social con los sectores que dinamizan la economía real en cada región del país. Para lograrlo, se requiere avanzar en educación, talento e inteligencia artificial; dinamización sectorial e integración territorial; servicios públicos y acceso al agua; equidad de género e inclusión social; así como empleo formal y diálogo social permanente”.

La educación, talento e inteligencia artificial se convierten en el motor de la transformación humana. Enfrentar los retos de la era digital y la Inteligencia Artificial exige un sistema educativo moderno y un compromiso activo del sector privado en la capacitación y el reentrenamiento continuo de sus colaboradores, bajo un esquema estricto de meritocracia.

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En cuanto a la dinamización sectorial y la integración territorial, para la Apede resulta urgente cerrar las brechas de infraestructura física y digital para potenciar nuestras ventajas competitivas. Esto, dice, implica modernizar el sector logístico, incentivar una agroindustria con vocación exportadora y desarrollar plenamente el turismo en el interior del país, contribuyendo así a una distribución más equilibrada de la riqueza.

Por otro lado, detalla que los servicios públicos y el acceso al agua son las venas que irrigan la productividad y sostienen la vida cotidiana. “Un desarrollo verdaderamente sostenible es inviable mientras persistan el desabastecimiento de agua potable y las deficiencias críticas en los servicios básicos, condiciones que afectan tanto la dignidad humana como la operatividad empresarial”, apunta el gremio.



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