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Video: el heroico empate de San Lorenzo ante Santos en la Sudamericana

© Olé
May 20, 2026

San Lorenzo se llevó un empate heroico en la quinta fecha de la fase de grupos de la Copa Sudamericana. Sin Neymar en cancha, Santos golpeó de arranque y puso el primer tanto del encuentro antes del minuto. Y, como si fuera poco, redobló la apuesta antes del inicio del entretiempo con otro.

De todas formas, el equipo de Gustavo Álvarez no se rindió. Gracias a los goles que marcaron Mathías De Ritis y Rodrigo Auzmendi, el Ciclón consiguió un punto valioso en Brasil y revirtió un panorama que, en principio, no parecía nada alentador.

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‘He had a unique ability to be human’: late-night TV says goodbye to Stephen Colbert

David Smith © The Guardian
May 20, 2026

Hugh Jackman sang a parody of Neil Diamond’s Sweet Caroline. Bette Midler performed a satirical rewrite of Wind Beneath My Wings. John Lithgow wrote and recited a poem entitled The Mighty Colbert. Jake Tapper hand-delivered a painting of Colbert as Gollum from The Lord of the Rings. And Jimmy Fallon offered a pointed take on Frank Sinatra’s My Way: “And now the end is near / And so you face the final curtain / But Trump, he made it clear / He wants you gone / Of that we’re certain.”

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¡VAMOS SAN LORENZO!

A GANAR ESTA NOCHE EN BRASIL CONTRA SANTOS, JUEGUEN
CON O SIN NEYMAR, DA IGUAL.

MERCI!

UN MATCH INOUBLIABLE!!!

Merci Alex Newhook!

 

For there below ground sits the Dark God, strong to call men to judgment; he sees all, and writes it in his memory.

-Aeschylus

Spain has banned Francoist symbols. So why are there still kitsch cafes glorifying the dictator?

Abbas Asaria © The Guardian
May 18, 2026

Una Grande Libre reads the sign above the entrance to a bar-restaurant in Madrid’s Usera neighbourhood. This was Francisco Franco’s motto for Spain – one, great, free – and it is accompanied by a large portrait of the dictator superimposed on to the window.

The exteriors of El Cangrejo in Ciudad Real and Casa Pepe in Despeñaperros are a little bit more subtle, but not much: decorated ostentatiously in the red and yellow of the Spanish flag. The accompanying historical symbols on display, such as the yoke and arrows of the Falange and the Eagle of San Juan, remove any doubt: the year is 2026 and you have encountered one of Spain’s network of bars and restaurants that proudly glorify Franco and his dictatorship.

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He hears but half who hears one party only.

-Aeschylus