They revealed charges of political trial against President Trump. They signed a new trade agreement in North America. In addition, the recommendations of the youngest person to visit all countries of the world. This is what you should know to start the day. First the truth. Subscribe to the newsletter
1. Formalize accusation against Trump for abuse of power and obstruction
House Democrats revealed charges of political trial against President Trump. There are two: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. What does it mean and what is next in the process? We explain to you
2. New trade agreement in North America
The United States Trade Representative, Robert Lighthizer; the vice prime minister of Canada, Chrystia Freeland; and Mexico's undersecretary for North America, Jesús Seade Kuri, signed the modified trade agreement between the United States, Mexico and Canada (known as T-MEC in Spanish and USMCA) at a ceremony in the City of Mexico. The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, spoke by phone with President Trump and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to thank them for their participation. Meanwhile, the president of the House of Representatives of the United States, Nancy Pelosi, said the agreement is a victory for the workers.
3. A school's struggle to help a Guatemalan student detained by ICE
After the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE) stopped Mario Aguilar, 18, his teachers and classmates at Wilbur Cross High School in New Haven, Connecticut, kept their place in the classroom and they sent him homework so he wouldn't be left behind. This is the story of the young man who fled the violence of his country, alone, and now faces the immigration system with the support of a community that wants him back at school.
4. The similarities of the wars in Afghanistan and Vietnam
The Washington Post publication of US government documents about the war in Afghanistan, which lasted 18 years, is compared to the Pentagon documents of the Vietnam era. And the man responsible for filtering the Pentagon documents, Daniel Ellsberg, agrees with the analogy. In both wars, "the presidents and generals had a fairly realistic view of what they were facing and did not want to admit the American people," Ellsberg said in a telephone interview on Monday, hours after the war investigation was published. Afghan from The Post .
5. Study links transfer of frozen embryos with risk of childhood cancer
Children born after the use of frozen embryo transfer had an increased risk of childhood cancer, according to a new study published in JAMA . However, the danger remains low.
At coffee time
Disney warns that its new Star Wars movie could trigger attacks on people with epilepsy
The company issued a joint statement with the Epilepsy Foundation in which it warns viewers that the film contains "several sequences with images and sustained flashing lights" that could affect people with photosensitive epilepsy.
Federal court stops changes in Trump administration's immigration paperwork fees
A federal district court on Monday blocked the changes that the Trump administration made in the fee waiver process so that immigrant citizenship remains in effect.
The man who ate the banana of an expensive work of art says he does not regret
This Saturday, David Datuna, a performance and performance artist from Georgia, ate the work of a banana glued to a wall with duct tape (and sold for $ 120,000) before the astonished gaze of hundreds of spectators. And he is far from repenting.
The day's figure
Almost 65%
This week the weather in the United States will feel more as it feels in mid-January than in early December as extremely cold temperatures move throughout the country. About 65% of the country will experience freezing temperatures (Celsius), according to CNN meteorologists Taylor Ward and Dave Hennen.
The date of the day
"We have too many open wounds"
Alberto Fernández during the inauguration as president of Argentina. Fernández - who swore with his vice president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner - referred to the challenges of the country that receives his government.
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The youngest person to know all the countries of the world recommends visiting Venezuela
The American Lexie Alford, 21, officially broke the Guinness record of the youngest person to visit every country in the world. Alford says that Venezuela is his favorite place in South America and confesses that the food he enjoyed most is the street tacos in Mexico.