Since October 1, 2020, the Coast Guard has intercepted 595 Cubans at sea compared to 49 intercepted in the entire fiscal year 2020 and 313 in 2019. EFE / Mark Barney / File Miami, Jul 27 (EFE) .- The US Coast Guard repatriated 27 Cuban immigrants this Tuesday as a result of 2 interceptions off the coast of Florida, while the increase in this type of actions at sea continues compared to 2020 and 2019, the institution reported. The Coast Guard intervention that led to the custody of 22 Cubans, the largest, occurred last Friday, when agents intercepted an overloaded…
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By Brian EllsworthCARACAS, Jul 27 (Reuters) – The United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday it seeks to help a Venezuelan boxer who fought in the Tokyo Games as part of the Olympic Refugee Team, a day after his father indicated no you can return to Trinidad and Tobago, where you had been living.Eldric Sella lasted only 67 seconds in his inaugural fight against the Dominican Euri Cedeño, truncating the Olympic aspirations of the 24-year-old who in 2018 fled his country of origin for Trinidad and Tobago.Her father Edward said Monday in an interview with the Venezuelan online television network…
After his brilliant performance at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, the gazes of many of the world’s fans were positioned on the performance of Simone biles. The expectation that was built around his performance in Tokyo collapsed in the last hours and the warning lights went off with the focus on his psychological health. The 24-year-old athlete was sidelined from the final by artistic gymnastics teams after having a failure in a jump and then broke the silence to explain what happened. “Since entering the scene, I am alone with my head, dealing with demons in my…
NEW YORK (AP) – Stock prices were lower Tuesday at noon on the New York Stock Exchange due to poor performance by tech companies, pushing the indices away from recent records.Markets have been turbulent in recent weeks as investors are pondering how the US economy recovers from the pandemic, and how the Federal Reserve is managing its policy of keeping interest rates near zero. The US central bank is meeting on Tuesday and will publish its conclusions on Wednesday.The S&P 500 index fell 0.7% while the Dow Jones industrial average lost 147 units (0.4%) to 34,996 and the Nasdaq technology…
Supporters of the Farabundo Martí Front for National Liberation were registered this Sunday, outside a judicial headquarters, in San Salvador (El Salvador). A peace court installed the initial hearing against 10 former Salvadoran officials on Tuesday, on charges of corruption. EFE / Rodrigo Sura San Salvador, Jul 27 (EFE) .- A peace court installed on Tuesday the initial hearing against 10 former Salvadoran officials, including former President Salvador Sánchez Cerén – absent in the process -, on charges of corruption for allegedly receiving irregular payments in the administration of Mauricio Funes (2009-2014).One of the prosecutors in the case – whose…
Simone Biles, Olympic runner-up in the general team competition this Tuesday in Tokyo, in brief:Last name: BilesName: SimoneU.S. citizenshipDate of birth: March 14, 1997 (age 24)Place of birth: Columbus (Ohio)Sport: Artistic gymnasticsTraining venue: Spring (Texas)Coaches: Laurent Landi and Cécile Canqueteau-Landi (FRA)Honors. Olympic Games (6 medals, of which 4 gold)By teams: 1st (2016), 2nd (2020)General competition: 1st (2016)Floor: 1st (2016)Jump: 1st (2016)Balance beam: 3rd (2016). World Championships (25 medals, 19 of them gold)By teams: 1st (2019, 2018, 2015, 2014)General competition: 1st (2019, 2018, 2015, 2014, 2013)Floor: 1st (2019, 2018, 2015, 2014, 2013)Balance beam: 1st (2019, 2015, 2014), 3rd (2018, 2013)Jump: 1st…
Jul 27, 2021. Tuesday photo of Simone Biles during the final of the artistic gymnastics team event at the Tokyo Games. REUTERS / Lindsey WassonBy Steve KeatingTOKYO, Jul 27 (Reuters) – Simone Biles’ future at the Tokyo Olympics was called into question on Tuesday, after the gymnast left the women’s team final after a disappointing jump and the United States handed over gold to Russia. .After a frustrating performance that led her to withdraw from the afternoon competition, Biles said she was unsure if she would compete in the women’s all-around all-around on Thursday.”After the performance I had, I didn’t…
Larreta, Felipe Miguel and Fernan QuirosThe Buenos Aires government today endorsed the use by the security forces of non-lethal weapons, such as taser guns, within the framework of a discussion that was updated in the last hours by the episode starring the singer Santiago “Chano”Moreno Charpentier, who in an alleged mental health episode wanted to attack a policeman with a knife and the latter, to arrest him, shot the former leader of Tan Biónica in the abdomen.“In the city of Buenos Aires we believe that for certain uses they can be an alternative. We have evaluated it at the time,…
Archive image of the Italian master Riccardo Muti. at the Vienna Philharmonic’s rehearsal for the traditional 2018 New Year’s Concert in Vienna. EFE / Florian Wieser / Archive Madrid, Jul 27 (EFE) .- Italian Riccardo Muti, principal conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, turns 80, still active and courageous, as in his time as the famous conductor of La Scala in Milan, and clinging to his convictions, such as his respect for the score or his defense of culture as a guarantor of the future of humanity.The son of a lyrical singer and a doctor, he says that fate was…