Pega'os en la mañana - Viernes, 10 de abril de 2026

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An unconfirmed report says Iran is demanding stablecoin payments for Hormuz transit—using a coin from World Liberty Financial, owned by Trump's sons.

1. Pega'os en la Mañana, hosted by journalist Jonathan Lebrón and political analyst Luis Herrero on Radio Isla 1320, broadcasts live from the Antiguo Acueducto de Río Piedras on Friday, April 10, 2026. 2. Lebrón is the journalist host and Herrero is the political analyst; both present themselves as 'analytical, critical, and a little cynical,' differentiating the show from standard Puerto Rican radio. 3. The episode's central organizing idea is the Para la Naturaleza fair on April 18, which frames environmental segments alongside the show's usual political commentary. 4. Environmental interpreter Karina Rodríguez explains the aqueduct was built in 1898 under Spanish rule, supplied drinking water to the Isleta de San Juan via gravity from the Venezuelan community, and operated until approximately the 1970s. 5. Rodríguez argues the aqueduct site should be restored as green infrastructure to mitigate flooding, noting it contains the only remaining meander of the Río Piedras out of the original 26 the river once had. 6. She describes 'green engineering'—nature-based solutions such as restoring riverbanks, building retention ponds, and maintaining inundable parks—as alternatives to additional gray infrastructure for flood control. 7. San Juan Bay Estuary executive director Brenda Torres identifies the estuary as one of only 28 federally designated national estuaries, the sole one outside the continental United States, and the only one in a tropical context. 8. Scientific director Jorge Bausá explains that monitoring stations placed in upstream quebradas (not in the bay itself) revealed that contamination sources are dispersed sanitary drainage outlets—people pouring cooking oil into drains—rather than point-source industrial discharges. 9. Bausá describes biological connectivity: shrimp and crabs living in upstream headwater streams must migrate to the estuary to reproduce, making the entire watershed a single biological system. 10. Puerto Rico's governor convened a legislative conference on her permits reform bill, but the Senate president did not attend; only four senators appeared, none from leadership. 11. The governor told the press she called and texted the Senate president during the conference and received no response; hosts describe this as being left 'en red,' like an unanswered ex. 12. The Senate president simultaneously announced a Monday public hearing on the permits bill as counter-programming mid-conference, inviting the Secretary of DRNA, the Federation of Mayors, and other groups. 13. An El Vocero full-page story by Pedro Menéndez Sanabria interviewed eight mayors across both parties; all expressed skepticism rather than outright opposition, with Canóvanas mayor Juan Carlos García Padilla saying private companies cannot hold '100% of the responsibility' for permits. 14. San Juan mayor Miguel Romero called for any reform to 'strengthen and not weaken' municipal autonomy and legal certainty, reflecting concerns from autonomous municipalities (Bayamón, Carolina, San Juan) with delegated permitting powers. 15. Hosts identify a key structural flashpoint: the reform bill includes a super-board with ministerial authority to override both state agencies and autonomous municipalities on discretionary permits. 16. Host Lebrón introduces a 'King of the North Watch'—tracking whether Bayamón mayor Ramón Luis Rivera, whose support he considers decisive for the reform's survival, will endorse or oppose it. 17. Analyst Sobrino reports that only 7 ships transited the Strait of Hormuz the day after Trump's Tuesday announcement of its reopening, versus the typical 144 daily ships. 18. An unconfirmed report suggests Iran is requiring stablecoin payments for Hormuz transit fees, with the stablecoin in question issued by World Liberty Financial—owned by Trump's sons. 19. Sobrino analyzes the MAGA civil war: supporters who backed Trump as the 'peace president' now face cognitive dissonance as he bombed targets without winning a Nobel Prize, while Trump frames podcasters like Tucker Carlson as owing their platforms to his media benevolence. 20. Best audience is Puerto Rican listeners following island politics, BSN basketball, and U.S. geopolitics; least suited for those unfamiliar with Puerto Rican political figures or uncomfortable with Spanish-English code-switching.

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