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Trump chooses the members of his government in charge of health and epidemics in the US
The president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump, announced this Friday the main figures who will become part of his Government and will be in charge of health issues, including the director of the agency that was in charge of the government strategy in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Thus, Trump announced the appointment of former Congressman Dave Weldon as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a doctor with more than four decades of experience and an army veteran.
In his political career, he worked in the Labor Allocations subcommittee in the preparation of budgets for organizations such as the CDC and also to promulgate a ban on human embryo patents.
In a statement, the president-elect said that Weldon stands out as “a respected conservative leader in fiscal and social issues.”
Trump seeks trust in health institutions
With his arrival in the Government, Trump will seek to get Americans to regain “confidence” in the CDC and federal health authorities, “who have participated in censorship, data manipulation and misinformation,” said the former president (2017-2021).
The future president also announced today that Janette Nesheiwat will be the Surgeon General of the United States, a position that is responsible for being the main spokesperson for public health issues in the country.
Nesheiwat, he said, “is a fierce defender and a strong communicator of preventive medicine and public health.”
“She is committed to ensuring that Americans have access to affordable and quality health care, and believes in empowering people to take charge of their health to live longer and healthier lives,” he said.
During the covid-19 pandemic, Trump recalled, he worked on the front line in New York City treating thousands of Americans. He also provided medical treatment in the field after Hurricane Katrina and the Joplin tornadoes and has participated in international crises in Morocco, Haiti and Poland.
“His experience and leadership have been fundamental during some of the most challenging health care crises of our time,” he said.
Nominated for the FDA
The Republican leader also nominated surgeon Marty Makary as FDA commissioner on Friday, an organization that, in his opinion, has also “lost the trust of Americans and has lost sight of its main objective as a regulator.”
Makary will work under the leadership of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s controversial election as Secretary of Health.
Among other things, he will be in charge of “adequately evaluating harmful chemicals that poison the food supply” and medicines and biological products that are supplied to young people, in order to “address the epidemic of chronic childhood diseases.”
International
Bolsonaro diagnosed with skin cancer amid coup conviction
Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has been diagnosed with skin cancer while serving a historic sentence for attempting a coup d’état. His medical team confirmed that the lesions have been removed and that, for now, he does not require further procedures, though he will need regular monitoring.
On Wednesday, September 17, Bolsonaro’s doctors confirmed the diagnosis. The announcement comes shortly after the former leader was convicted of orchestrating an attempted coup.
According to his physician, Claudio Birolini, Bolsonaro has “squamous cell carcinoma, which is neither the most benign nor the most aggressive form — it is intermediate.” Birolini warned, however, that this type of skin cancer “can carry more serious consequences.”
International
Milei praises Paraguay’s growth, calls Argentina’s last 20 years a ‘decline’
Argentine President Javier Milei praised Paraguay’s economic growth over the past two decades during a speech before the Paraguayan Congress on Wednesday (Sept. 17, 2025), crediting it to incentives that favored capitalism. At the same time, he contrasted that progress with what he described as Argentina’s deepening “decline” during the same period.
“If we compare the last 20 years of Paraguay with those of the Argentine Republic, we will find almost diametrically opposite results,” Milei told lawmakers during a special session of Parliament on the second and final day of his official visit to Asunción.
“While you have not stopped growing, we have deepened our decline. If we understand incentives as the engine of capitalism, Paraguay focused on preserving and strengthening them, while Argentina dedicated itself to chaining, directing, and suffocating them,” the right-wing leader stated.
International
Trump administration launches large-scale immigration operation in Chicago
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump intensified a large-scale immigration operation in the Chicago area with the arrival of additional Border Patrol agents on Tuesday and the presence of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem during a raid.
Noem posted a video on her X account showing the immigration operation, in which DHS reportedly removed “violent criminals” from the streets. The footage shows Noem observing the arrest of a man taken into custody at his home early Tuesday morning at an undisclosed location.
“I was in Chicago today to make it clear that we will not back down,” the secretary wrote. “Our work is just beginning,” she added.
The warning from Noem was echoed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Chief Gregory Bovino, who posted a video on X Tuesday showing multiple Border Patrol vehicles arriving in the city with the caption: “Chicago, we are here!”
Bovino, who led the immigration crackdown in Los Angeles implemented since last June, said the team will remain in Chicago to continue the mission they started in California.
Operation “Midway Blitz” is currently focused on the Chicago metropolitan area and its suburbs. Activists and residents have reported sightings of masked agents and unmarked vehicles in predominantly Latino neighborhoods.
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