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Entre la vida y la muerte: cómo y por qué los cementerios de París celebran la existencia

En París, el tiempo se revela en sus avenidas, monumentos y también en sus grandes cementerios, donde arte, naturaleza y rituales cotidianos conviven en armonía. Lugares como Père Lachaise, Montmartre y Montparnasse trascienden el concepto tradicional del camposanto y reescriben el vínculo entre la ciudad, la vida y la memoria.
¿Por qué París eligió este camino? La historia de sus cementerios señala una ambición extraordinaria: transformar el temor y la separación en encuentro, belleza y resignificación de la muerte.
A fines del siglo XVIII, París vivía una emergencia que iba más allá del crecimiento demográfico: la saturación de los cementerios urbanos trajo consigo problemas graves de salubridad.
En 1780, el derrumbe de un muro en el Cementerio de los Santos Inocentes desató el escándalo, el olor de los cuerpos putrefactos invadió el barrio y provocó desmayos en las calles. Ante la magnitud del problema, la autoridad pública decidió, seis años más tarde, trasladar los restos a una antigua cantera en las afueras, dando origen a las legendarias Catacumbas de París y sentando un precedente para el tratamiento de la muerte en la ciudad, de acuerdo con la reconstrucción de Smithsonian Magazine.
La Revolución Francesa hizo la situación aún más compleja. La abundancia de ejecuciones y la acumulación de cadáveres generaron nuevos desafíos, mientras las creencias médicas de la época vinculaban los vapores emanados con el origen de enfermedades.
Fue entonces cuando Napoleón Bonaparte, en 1804, impulsó la reforma definitiva: los cementerios serían desplazados fuera del casco urbano y se erradicarían las fosas comunes. Así nació Père Lachaise, diseñado como un lugar de aire puro, vegetación y recogimiento.

La ambición detrás de Père Lachaise no solo apuntó a la higiene, sino también a resignificar el duelo colectivo. Considerado una pequeña ciudad, con avenidas arboladas, senderos adoquinados y mausoleos de todo tipo, este cementerio transformó el luto en experiencia.
Según Smithsonian Magazine, recibe cerca de 8.000 visitantes diarios y hasta 12.000 cada domingo, consolidándose como un espacio de paz y belleza en plena ciudad.
La influencia del modelo parisino fue tan grande que atravesó fronteras. Père Lachaise sirvió de inspiración para el surgimiento del movimiento de cementerios-jardín en Estados Unidos, como Mount Auburn en Massachusetts o Green-Wood en Nueva York. Incluso influyó en el diseño de parques urbanos tan emblemáticos como Central Park, mostrando cómo el fenómeno parisino sentó las bases para una tradición internacional donde memoria y naturaleza conviven.
En los cementerios de París, el arte y la historia ocupan un papel protagónico. La presencia de tumbas de célebres personalidades como Édith Piaf, Frédéric Chopin, Oscar Wilde, Edgar Degas o Dalida convierte cada visita en una experiencia cultural.

Monumentos como la tumba de Wilde, rematada por el “demonio-ángel volador” de Jacob Epstein, agregan misterio, leyendas urbanas y un componente artístico que trasciende lo estrictamente funerario.
Estas necrópolis funcionan, además, como lienzos vivos para la reflexión, la fotografía y la búsqueda de inspiración. Sus esculturas, criptas, mausoleos y detalles ornamentales alimentan una estética melancólica que fascina tanto a los visitantes eventuales como a los habituales.
En la actualidad, los grandes cementerios de París no son solo destino de turistas o peregrinajes personales, sino verdaderos espacios de celebración, arte e introspección.
Allí, la memoria de los ausentes se proyecta hacia el futuro y la experiencia colectiva se renueva cada día. Los caminos de piedra, los árboles frondosos y las esculturas silenciosas invitan al recogimiento, pero también a la curiosidad y el asombro, consolidando estos cementerios como uno de los patrimonios culturales más singulares de la capital francesa.
Así, París logró lo impensado: transformar la muerte en un motor para celebrar la vida, dotando a la ciudad de jardines que invitan, cada jornada, a la convivencia, el recuerdo y la belleza compartida.
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US escalation with Maduro halts deportation flights to Venezuela

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Recent U.S. military escalations involving Venezuela have halted flights carrying unlawful migrants from the United States back to the South American country, Venezuela’s foreign ministry said, prompting criticism from anti-intervention voices.
President Donald Trump warned pilots Saturday that the airspace «above and surrounding» Venezuela should be «closed in its entirety» as his administration weighs potential strikes on targets in and around Caracas.
«Through this action, the United States government has unilaterally suspended the Venezuelan migrant flights that were being carried out regularly and weekly as part of the repatriation of Venezuelans through the Plan Vuelta a la Patria (Return to the Homeland Plan),» the ministry said in a statement.
The deportation flights had been one of the only areas of cooperation between Washington and the government of Nicolás Maduro. Venezuelan officials say nearly 14,000 nationals have been returned on twice-weekly charter flights in recent months.
The deportation flights had been one of the only areas of cooperation between Washington and the government of Nicolás Maduro. (Federico Parra/AFP via Getty Images)
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At the same time, the Trump administration has continued moving forward with plans to end temporary protected status for roughly 600,000 Venezuelans living in the United States.
«Genius. Enough with this immigration enforcement nonsense. Let’s get back to True MAGA — neocon wars that exacerbate and cause migration crises. About darn time,» said Curt Mills, executive editor of The American Conservative, criticizing the shift toward military action.
So far, U.S. strikes have targeted alleged narco-traffickers operating in the Caribbean near Venezuela. But officials have signaled that operations could expand to land-based targets as Washington increases pressure on Maduro to relinquish power.
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Dozens of U.S. bombers have deployed to the region alongside the world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, underscoring the scale of the buildup. With U.S. bombers and the Ford already positioned in the region, much of the world is waiting to see whether Trump will green-light the next phase of strikes against Venezuelan targets.

Venezuelan migrants repatriated from the U.S. gesture seen upon arrival at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, April 4, 2025. (Juan Barreto/AFP via Getty Images)

Venezuelan migrants flown from Guantanamo Bay via Honduras walk up a ladder after arriving on a deportation flight at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, La Guaira State, Venezuela, February 20, 2025. (Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters)
Trump confirmed he spoke with Maduro by phone recently.
«I wouldn’t say it went well or badly. It was a phone call,» he told reporters aboard Air Force One Sunday.
Trump presented Maduro with an ultimatum — step down or face potential U.S. military action. Maduro, the Miami Herald reported, sought global amnesty for himself, demanded to retain control of the military and resisted an immediate exit from power.
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Restraint-minded foreign policy analysts have sounded the alarm against a regime-change-driven intervention in Venezuela, arguing such a move could make migration patterns worse.
«Escalatory dynamics could trigger regional instability and hostility, with migration flows among the most predictable consequences,» a report by Stimson Center analysts Evan Cooper and Alessandro Perri claimed. «Absent a credible transition structure inside Venezuela, external pressure is far more likely to deepen chaos — driving more Venezuelans to flee — than to produce political change.»
Analysts in the libertarian foreign-policy space have issued similar warnings.
Doug Bandow, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, argued that «U.S. militarized pressure on Venezuela is far more likely to worsen instability than to produce meaningful political change,» adding that history shows «coercion in Venezuela leads to unpredictable outcomes and episodes of mass flight.»
«Escalation without a stable political alternative inside Venezuela risks accelerating the very migration pressures Washington is trying to contain,» said George A. López, a senior analyst at the Quincy Institute.
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Teen with dreams of lion taming mauled to death after climbing into enclosure at zoo

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A 19-year-old man was mauled to death after climbing into a lion enclosure Sunday morning in Brazil.
Viral video captured the incident, showing the victim scaling a roughly 26-foot-tall fence to enter the lioness’s enclosure at Arruda Câmara Zoobotanical Park, known locally as Bica, in João Pessoa, Paraíba.
Local media Correio Braziliense identified the victim as Gerson de Melo Machado who has long aspired to be a lion tamer. Machado reportedly had mental health issues and had been diagnosed with schizophrenia.
The zoo confirmed in a statement that the individual deliberately entered the enclosure, was attacked by the animal, and did not survive his injuries.
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An lioness stands on a platform at a zoo enclosure on Aug. 19, 2024. (Wiktor Szymanowicz/Anadolu)
«The Arruda Câmara Zoobotanical Park (Bica) deeply regrets what happened this Sunday morning, when a man deliberately invaded the lioness’s enclosure, resulting in his death,» the zoo said in a statement on social media Sunday. «This is an extremely sad episode for everyone, and we express our solidarity and condolences to the family and friends of the man.»
In the video, witnesses watched in horror as the teen climbed the towering fence and shimmied down a nearby tree. A lion in the enclosure spotted him, prowled to the base of the tree and waited as he continued his descent.
When the boy got close enough to the ground, the lion sprang on him. He tried to flee, disappearing into the bushes and briefly reappearing during his escape, only to be leapt on again by the lioness. The mauling then continued out of view behind a wall.
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Zoo patrons look through a window at a lion enclosure on Feb. 21, 2008. (Justin Sullivan)
Following the incident, the park was closed to allow for safety procedures and the removal of the body. The zoo stated that Bica will remain closed to visitors until the investigation and all official procedures are complete.
Machado had struggled with mental health issues throughout his life, and his mother had also been diagnosed with schizophrenia, according to Correio, which cited child welfare counselor Verônica Oliveira, who had been monitoring him since childhood. Oliveira told the outlet that Machado had always dreamed of traveling to Africa to become a lion tamer and was once caught hiding in the landing gear of a plane, believing it would take him there.
The zoo stated it does not plan to euthanize the lion, emphasizing that the killing resulted from deliberate trespassing, an incident that was «completely unpredictable» and «outside of any scenario within the park’s routine.»

Visitors view two lions through a window in their enclosure on July 22, 2025. (Justin Sullivan)
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The lion is reportedly stressed but shows no signs of behavior that would warrant concern for euthanasia.
«It is important to emphasize that euthanasia was never considered,» the zoo said. «Leona is healthy, does not exhibit aggressive behavior outside the context of the incident, and will not be euthanized.»
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