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Historically, Asian Americans have been stereotyped as more brains than brawn or treated as foreigners in U.S. sports. Growing up Asian and Black American or “Blasian” in Orange County, California, Remigio didn't feel a sense of belonging. Historically, in U.S. sports, Asian American men have been treated as outsiders and their masculinity questioned. Asian Americans are always kind of troubling and in this liminal space of a black-white binary, even in sports.”Arnaldo, who co-edited the book “Asian American Sporting Cultures,” said it makes business sense for the NFL to try to appeal to Asian American spectators. There are at least two dozen NFL players of Asian or Pacific Islander descent, according to AMAZN HQ, an online hub curating news on Asians and Asian Americans in sports.

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☆ Tocoron: Venezuela regains control of prison where inmates built swimming pool, restaurants
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( Stefano Pozzebon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The Venezuelan government invited journalists to tour the Tocoron Penitentiary Center in Aragua state on Saturday – days after security forces reclaimed control of a prison that has spent many years under the control of gangs. On Wednesday, Venezuelan security forces including the Army and National Guard conducted a special operation with more than 11,000 personnel to regain control of the prison grounds. Venezuela Minister of the Interior and Justice, Admiral Remigio Ceballos, speaks during a press conference in the Tocoron prison in Aragua State, Venezuela, on September 23. Yuri Cortez/AFP/Getty ImagesJournalists, including a CNNe team, were shown where inmates had built a swimming pool and several restaurants inside the prison walls in recent years. “I haven’t heard anything since this whole thing started on Wednesday,” Claribel Rojas, the sister of an inmate from the Tocoron prison, told CNNe on Saturday.

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☆ Venezuela Completes First Phase of Retaking Control of Prisons Run by Prisoners
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( Sept. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

By Efrain OteroTOCORON, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuela has completed the first phase of regaining control of its prison system, Interior Minister Remigio Ceballos said on Saturday, speaking at the Aragua jail near Tocoron, just days after security forces seized the prison that was infamously run by prisoners. The jail had restaurants, bars and even outdoor swimming pools, among other luxuries, and it was the operating center for feared criminal gang Tren de Aragua, according to Venezuela's government. The jail housed 1,600 inmates, Ceballos said, adding that most have already been relocated to other prisons across the country. Authorities have also recaptured some 88 members of Tren de Aragua who escaped during the raid by security forces, which took place on Wednesday. Following the raid, the Tren de Aragua has been totally dismantled, Ceballos said, without explaining further.

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New York City’s subway system is a maze of obstructions for people who have difficulty walking. New York has lagged far behind other major American cities in building access points for people with disabilities. Upgrading the entire subway — the continent’s biggest transit network — will take decades and cost billions of dollars. with long and uncertain timelines have diminished many disabled riders’ faith in the authority’s ability to deliver. “I’ll believe it when I see it,” said Yimbert Remigio, 24, who lives in the Bronx and has always relied on a wheelchair.

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☆ A Mexico soccer icon entered politics. Prosecutors say narcos followed
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-03 | by ( Cuernavaca | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +27 min

Regional politicians, officials and military officers gathered in the Morelos state capital of Cuernavaca for breakfast in February 2022 to mark Mexico’s annual Army day. Mexican drug lords have a long tradition of buying off politicians in exchange for government protection of their illicit trade. Attempts to reach two of the alleged drug traffickers in the photo – Figueroa and Irving Solano Vera – were unsuccessful. Prosecutors in April asked the Morelos state congress to impeach Blanco so that he could be stripped of that shield. “He likes me very much because I’m not a politician,” Blanco told Reuters, in reference to the president.

☆ Venezuelan arrested for involvement in murder of Paraguayan anti-mafia prosecutor
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

CARACAS, Dec 22 (Reuters) - A Venezuelan man has been arrested for his alleged involvement in the May murder of a Paraguayan prosecutor in Colombia, Venezuela's interior minister said on Thursday. Gabriel Salinas was arrested on Tuesday at a routine checkpoint east of Venezuela's capital Caracas when he was found to have an outstanding arrest warrant, Interior Minister Remigio Ceballos said. Salinas is accused of participating in the murder of Paraguayan anti-mafia prosecutor Marcelo Pecci, 45, who was shot dead while on his honeymoon on an island near the Caribbean city of Cartagena. Four others have been sentenced in Colombia to 23 years and six months in jail earlier this year for their involvement in Pecci's murder. Reporting by Vivian Sequera; Writing by Kylie Madry; Editing by Sandra MalerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Flooding in Venezuela Kills at Least 36, Leaves Town Covered in Mud
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Kejal Vyas | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

People clear debris Monday after the overflow of the Los Patos stream and landslide, in Las Tejerías, Venezuela. Flooding and mudslides have killed at least 36 people in a Venezuelan industrial town, authorities said Monday, as rescue teams searched through sludge and debris for dozens of people reported missing. Aid groups warned that the death toll could rise further amid rescue efforts in the north-central town of Las Tejerías, where mud covered whole neighborhoods during torrential rain over the weekend. Interior Minister Remigio Ceballos said at least 56 people have been reported missing in the town and surrounding region.

☆ Venezuelan rescuers search for missing as flood death toll grows
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Mircely Guanipa | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Rains on Saturday night swept large tree trunks and debris from surrounding mountains into Las Tejerias, 40 miles (67 kilometers) southwest of Caracas, and damaging businesses and farmland. At least 36 people have been killed by the floods while 56 remain missing, Remigio Ceballos, vice president of citizen security area, told reporters in Las Tejerias on Monday. "The water swept me away," she said, adding that she eventually found refuge on a platform where there was no current. Houses, shops and other premises in Las Tejerias were fully or partially filled with mud and other debris carried by the water. On Monday, bulldozers could be seen clearing roads in Las Tejerias as the sun shone after several days of rain.

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