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☆ How hitman Jorge 'Rivi' Ayala's sex scandal changed the case against Griselda Blanco
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Jorge "Rivi" Ayala, played by Martín Rodríguez, is one of those people, and he's an important figure in both the series and Blanco's real life. It's not that different from how things played out in real life, though "Griselda" certainly fills in the gaps about Ayala's intentions. In real life, Ayala was arrested and convicted of multiple murders. According to NBC Miami, Ayala pleaded guilty in 1993 to three killings. But Ayala's involvement in a phone sex scandal changed everything after it was revealed that he and three secretaries in the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office had been having sexually explicit phone conversations and sharing gifts, per CBS.

Persons: —, Sofia Vergara, Griselda Blanco, Jorge, Rivi, Ayala, Martín Rodríguez, he's, Blanco, It's, Griselda, Johnny Castro, Johnny's, Jesus Castro, Nelson Andreu, Johnny, Jesus, Jorge Ayala, Andreu, Michael Band, Dade Circuit Judge, Jim Lewis Organizations: Service, Netflix, Business, NBC Miami, CBS News, West Miami Police, CBS, Miami - Dade, Attorney's Office, Tampa Bay Times, Miami Herald, Dade Circuit, Florida Department of Corrections, Suwannee Correctional Institution Locations: Miami, Colombia, United States, Florida, Suwannee, Oak

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Four out of five people in Mexico who got influenza shots so far this year turned down the government’s recommendation that they get Russian or Cuban COVID-19 boosters at the same time, officials said Tuesday. Assistant Health Secretary Ruy López Ridaura attributed the high refusal rate to people being reluctant to get two vaccines at the same time. Some people appear to simply distrust the Russian Sputnik and Cuban Abdala vaccines, both designed in 2020 for variants prevalent at the time. “There are no studies regarding the effectiveness of both of these vaccines against the (current) variants.”Mexico has bought millions of doses of the Russian and Cuban vaccines. The original plan was to administer around 20 million shots, but only about 1.9 million people, or 9.5% of those eligible, have agreed to take them since the vaccination campaign started in mid-October.

Persons: Ruy López Ridaura, López Ridaura, ”, Andreu Comas, Andrés Manuel López Obrador Organizations: MEXICO CITY, “, Health Department, Russian Sputnik, Autonomous University of San, Pfizer, Moderna Locations: MEXICO, Mexico, Cuban, Russian, Autonomous University of San Luis Potosi, “, Cuba, United States, America, Caribbean

☆ Tome confident she will remain Spain manager
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Fernando Kallas | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

CORDOBA, Spain, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Spain women's coach Montse Tome said she was confident that she would remain in her position after the players ended their boycott of the national team. "The players have been 100% professional and what we want is to enjoy the victory today and start the next training camp strong," Tome told a press conference in Cordoba, when asked if she had the players' support to stay in charge. "I'm confident in my work and I feel like I have always had the players' confidence as well. Following wins over the top-ranked Sweden on Friday and Switzerland, defender Olga Carmona said she was happy with Tome and how the team responded to adversity. Secretary general Andreu Camps and Miguel Garcia Caba, director of integrity, were the first to be removed from their positions, the federation announced over the weekend.

Persons: Montse Tome, Luis Rubiales, Jenni Hermoso, Tome, Olga Carmona, Carmona, Andreu Camps, Miguel Garcia Caba, Fernando Kallas, Toby Davis Organizations: Spanish Federation, Nations League, TVE, Thomson Locations: CORDOBA, Spain, Switzerland, Cordoba, Sweden

☆ Spain's women players ready to stick to football after ending boycott, says Bonmati
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Fernando Kallas | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

CORDOBA, Spain, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Spain's women players want to "just stick to football" after they ended their boycott of the national team that started after former Spanish Federation (RFEF) boss Luis Rubiales kissed Jenni Hermoso on the lips following their World Cup triumph, midfielder Aitana Bonmati said. "The first few days were complicated, with stress, anxiety, but as the days have gone by things have changed. That included two dressing room rebellions that ended the international careers of several players before they finally accomplished change thanks to the latest boycott. "(Gender equality) is a global struggle and all the players feel it is a little bit our own," Bonmati said. "We are here to play football but we have a loudspeaker and a responsibility to leave football and women in a better place than we found it."

Persons: Luis Rubiales, Jenni Hermoso, Aitana Bonmati, Bonmati, Andreu Camps, Miguel Garcia Caba, RFEF, Fernando Kallas, Pritha Sarkar Organizations: Spanish Federation, UEFA, Sweden, Nations League Group, Cordoba, Switzerland, Thomson Locations: CORDOBA, Spain, Gothenburg

GOTHENBURG, Sweden (AP) — Spain’s World Cup-winning women’s team got back to being soccer players on Friday. That achievement ultimately was tarnished by a sexism scandal sparked by the former Spanish soccer federation president, Luis Rubiales, kissing player Jenni Hermoso on the lips during the World Cup awards ceremony. The final whistle blew immediately after the resulting restart and Spain's players celebrated wildly. Putellas was captain for the game in a Spain team containing seven starters from the World Cup final against England. Meanwhile, three national team players have been summoned as witnesses by the judge investigating Rubiales for the kiss.

Persons: Luis Rubiales, Jenni Hermoso, Mariona Caldentey, Athenea del Castillo, Spain's, Magdalena Eriksson, Del, Zećira, Eva Navarro, Lina Hurtig, Amanda Ilestedt, “, Montse Tomé, –, Hermoso’s, Alexia Putellas, Putellas, Hermoso, Rubiales, Miguel García Caba, Andreu Camps, ___ Organizations: Sweden, Gothenburg —, Nations League, ”, England, Switzerland Locations: GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Gothenburg, Australia, Spanish, Spain, Tomé

☆ Alexia Putellas and Irene Paredes speak out on ‘systemic discrimination’ in Spanish soccer ahead of first match since Women’s World Cup win
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Jacob Lev | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Ahead of the Spanish national soccer team’s first match since winning the Women’s World Cup last month and the fallout from ex-soccer boss Luis Rubiales’ unwanted kiss on La Roja player Jennifer Hermoso, star players Alexia Putellas and Irene Paredes spoke out on “systemic discrimination” within the country’s federation. Earlier this week, a dispute between the Spanish women’s soccer team and the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) appeared to have reached a breakthrough after the two parties, along with the government’s High Council of Sport (CSD), came to a series of agreements. Having previously refused to represent the national team, 21 of the 23 players selected in the squad for the upcoming matches agreed to play and traveled to Sweden. Paredes celebrates with her Women's World Cup winners' medal after Spain's victory against England. Rubiales himself testified on September 15 and, according to Spanish prosecutors, denied all charges.

Persons: Luis Rubiales, La, Jennifer Hermoso, Alexia Putellas, Irene Paredes, d’Or, Putellas, “, ”, Paredes, Marc Atkins, Jorge Vilda, Montse Tomé, Tomé, ” Tomé, hasn’t, ” RFEF, General Andreu Camps, Rubiales, Mapi León, Patricia Guijarro, Francisco de Jorge Organizations: CNN, Spanish, soccer team’s, Reuters, soccer, Royal Spanish Football Federation, government’s, of Sport, England, UEFA Women’s Nations League, RFEF, men’s, Spanish National Football Team, Barcelona Locations: Sweden, Barcelona, Spain, Gothenburg

☆ Spain players decry 'systematic discrimination' toward women's team
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Spain's women soccer players said on Thursday the fight they have waged with the country's football federation (RFEF) followed decades of "systematic discrimination" and they hoped that it would inspire others to stand up for their rights. Following negotiations that went on into the early hours of Wednesday, a majority of players agreed to end their boycott. "We had been demanding that they listen to us for quite some time because we already knew that there had been systematic discrimination with the women's (team) for many decades," Putellas said at a press conference ahead of a Nation's League match against Sweden on Friday. Jorge Vilda, the coach who guided Spain to glory in the Women's World Cup, was dismissed earlier this month. Putellas said the players had not asked for Tome to be sacked.

Persons: Ballon, Alexia Putellas, Jenni Hermoso, Luis Rubiales, Putellas, Andreu Camps, Rubiales, Hermoso, Jorge Vilda, Irene Paredes, Paredes, Montse Tome, Tome, Charlie Devereux, David Latona, Toby Davis, Pritha Organizations: League, Sweden, Reuters, FIFA, UEFA, Switzerland, Thomson Locations: GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Spain, Madrid

☆ Fruit growers arrested for using illegal wells in drought-hit Spain
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

During a four-year investigation, authorities uncovered more than 250 illegal wells, bore holes and ponds in the Axarquia area in Andalusia, which has been hit by drought since 2021. Spain is Europe's biggest producer of tropical fruit, which requires large volumes of water. Producers estimate that avocado production will drop by 25% this year due to high temperatures and a lack of water. Spain registered the driest and warmest April since records began, according to the national weather agency AEMET. The average water level in reservoirs in Catalonia and Andalusia - the worst hit areas - stands at around 25%.

☆ We got an exclusive look at the pitch deck that math education startup Innovamat used to raise $21 million in new funding
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Madeline Renbarger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Innovamat is a Barcelona-based edtech startup that uses a new way of teaching math to K-8 students. Now, the team has raised $21 million in Series A funding and will expand into the US. The idea for Innovamat, a startup focused on developing a new way to teach math to K-8 students, came to the company's cofounders when they were students themselves. In 2015, Dotti and Piedra spent their free time working as engineering and math teachers at their university's neighboring academy, which helps first year students study and pass important qualifying exams. Check out the 13-slide pitch deck that Innovamat used to raise $21 million in Series A funding:

Copenhagen Suborbitals, an amateur space program, is building a rocket to go to low orbit. Copenhagen Suborbitals' rocket is called Spica, and it would be the first manned spacecraft ever made in the third sector, according to the website. The engine team is beginning to make the first components for the engine," Stenfatt said. They're also aware that they're competing against big players like the US, Russia, China, and India, who are counting on state resources for their space programs. "We will make Denmark the fourth nation to bring a person into space when we succeed," he said.

Apple filed two patents in Singapore early in 2020, relating to drones and their control systems. Their filing out of the US and delayed publication suggests Apple may be trying to keep them quiet. The giant had previously filed two other patent applications, indicating some effort had been made to keep the project quiet. It can delay the date that a patent application is made public, and it can submit the application in another country. Both of these patents were originally filed in Singapore, according to Patently Apple.

☆ O femeie a fost reținută după ce i-a tăiat penisul șefului. Bărbatul ar fi încercat să o violeze
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-01 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

O femeie din Barcelona i-a tăiat organul genital șefului pe care l-a acuzat că a încercat să o violeze, transmite El Mundo. Ea le-a recunoscut polițiștilor că i-a amputat cu un cuțit penisul șefului care a vrut să o agreseze sexual. În momentul în care bărbatul a încercat din nou să o agreseze, femeia s-a apărat apucând un cuțit. "Avem o persoană grav rănită în zona genitală și lucrăm pentru a clarifica ce s-a întâmplat", au remarcat inspectorul Oscar Carreras, care a precizat că încă nu a putut încă să ia o declarație bărbatului. Atât bărbatul, cât și femeia sunt din Bangladesh și au antecedente penale.

Persons: Oscar Carreras Locations: Barcelona, Sant Andreu, Bangladesh

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