#Yamil Orlando

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Exposición: Sin despedidas, Colectiva

[thecubanartobserver]

02.12.2022 Exposición personal "🔴𝗥𝗘𝗖" del artista visual Yamil Orlando

02.12.2022 Exposición personal “🔴𝗥𝗘𝗖” del artista visual Yamil Orlando

Lugar: Habana Espacios Creativos/ Fecha: 02.12.2022 /Hora: 06:00 PM /Un recorrido #visual que parte de lo autorreferencial, la #exposición personal 🔴𝗥𝗘𝗖 de Yamil Orlando Jimenez relata una década de la vida del #artista, un diario visual que recoge sus memorias y su paulatina incursión en el contexto cubano..La exposición responde a la tesis de grado del artista, su tutor es Antonio Gómez…

[atlantaunitedfc]

Yamil Asad making his way into Bobby Dodd Stadium | July 29, 2017

[pressisthegoat]

We conquered. 🤷🏽‍♀️💪🏽

[rainy-days-everyday]

LOS HÉROES CAÍDOS DE ABRIL.

Alejandro Tomás Hernandez (Ciudad Belen) 19 años

Alvaro Manuel Conrado Dávila (Managua) 15 años

Álvaro Gómez (Masaya) 23 años

Alvis Molina (Managua) 35 años

Ángel Eduardo Gahona (Bluefields) 42 años

Ángel Reyes (Managua) 16 años

Apolonio Díaz (León)

Axel Bonilla (León) 27 años

Bismarck Badilla (Estelí)

Bismarck Chavarria (managua)

Carlos Aguilar (Siuna) 26 años

Carlos bonilla (managua) 17 años

Carlos Flores (managua) 19 años

Carlos Miranda (managua) 19 años

Carlos López (masaya) 42 años

Carlos Solis (León)

Celso Díaz (mateare) 19 años

César Castillo (esteli) 42 años

Christiam cadenas (León) 23 años

Danny Rivas (managua) 25 años

Darwin Medrano (managua) 22 años

Darwin Urbina (managua) 29 años

Eduardo Sánchez (managua) 27 años

Edwin Gómez (managua) 33 años

Eliécer aguirre (sebaco) 20 años

Erick Cubillo (managua) 36 años

Ezequiel Hernandez (siuna) 41 años

Francisco Rodríguez (managua) 33 años

Francisco sobalvarro (sebaco) 24 años

Franco Valdivia (esteli) 24 años

Gerald campos (managua) 28 años

Gerardo Castillo (managua) 42 años

Hammer Garcia (tipitapa) 19 años

Harlinton López (managua) 18 años

Henry Arauz (matagalpa)

Heriberto Rodríguez (masaya) 45 años

Hilton Manzanares (leon) 33 años

Holman Zeledón (matagalpa) 26 años

Humberto Parrales (managua) 40 años

Ismael Pérez (managua) 32 años

Jaime Reyes (herido desde 9 de Mayo)

Jairo Hernández (masaya) 23 años

Javier Munguia (managua) 19 años

Jayson chavarria (ticuantepe) 24 años

Jerson Flores (managua) 25 años

Jesner Rivas (managua) 16 años

Jimmy Paiz (leon) 53 años

Jimmy Parajon (managua) 35 años

Jonathan Valerio (managua) 20 años

Jorge Palacios (Boaco)

José Abraham Amador (masaya) 17 años

José Bone Díaz (managua) 30 años

José Israel cuadra (managua) 49 años

José David morales (managua) 34 años

José Andrés Pérez (tipitapa) 33 años

José Alfonso Ramírez (managua) 30 años

José Daniel sanchez (ciudad sandino) 33 años

José David Oviedo (Managua)

José Urroz (matagalpa) 29 años

Juan Carlos López (ciudad sandino) 24 años

Juana aguilar (managua) 19 años

Keller Pérez Duarte (Managua)

Kevin Dávila (managua) 23 años

Kevin rivas (managua) 19 años

Kevin valle (managua) 18 años

Lesther Martínez (managua)

Lester vindell picado (managua) 37 años

Lester Flores (managua) 19 años

Luis Arias (León)

Luis Ramón Cruz (chinandega) 30 años

Lilliam Martínez (boaco) 18 años

Manuel Antonio Montes (managua) 44 años

Manuel de Jesús Chavez (León)

Marco Antonio Samorio (managua) 30 años

Marlon Manases (managua) 20 años

Marlon Orozco (Managua)

Michael Cruz (managua) 30 años

Moroni López (managua) 22 años

Nelson Téllez (managua) 35 años

Nesken Velásquez (mateare) 27 años

Noel calderon (managua) 19 años

Orlando Francisco Pérez (Esteli) 23 años

Ramón Rodríguez (managua) 43 años

Richard Edmundo Pavón (tipitapa) 17 años

Roberto Carlos garcia (managua) 40 años

Rudy Chávez (Managua)

Wilder Reyes (matagalpa) 36 años

Yader Castillo (Ciudad Belén)

Yamil Obregón (rio San juan) 47 años.

NICARAGUA LLORA AZUL Y BLANCO !💔🇳🇮

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Noticia | Orlando Jorge Mera niega Yamil Abreu fuese alto dirigente del PRM http://dlvr.it/RYNpx9

[crossfitmdi]

Happy 5 year CrossFit MDI Anniversary Yamil! We are so honored & blessed to be able to have such an amazing husband, father, friend & fellow Patriots Fan at our gym. God bless you & we look forward to continue to help you become a healthier & happier you! Love, Coach Lou #liveasanexample #bestcommunityinOrlando #crossfitmdi #cfmdi #crossfit #faith #blessed #health #happiness #fitness #motivation #dedication #inspiration #orlando #florida #love #ptsmade #preservingthesexy #godsbox #family #peoplesbox #npti #fitfam #fitspo #wod #workoutoftheday #mdi5point0 (at Crossfit M.D.I "Motivation Dedication Inspiration") https://www.instagram.com/p/B0EgYilhzmu/?igshid=rnh689cqm9o8

[thecubanartobserver]

Exposición “Pinball club”Colectiva15.07.2022Galeria De Arte Servando Nunca lo había visto de esta forma, ciertamente las galerías de arte son una especie de caja de pinball. Allí los espectadores sufrimos una especie de efecto “pinball” (pensado para la búsqueda en Internet) pero a los efectos de este texto, lo llevo a la reacción dentro del espacio del cubo blanco. Si en Internet los videos,…

[atlantaunitedfc]

You've been good to us, Bobby Dodd

And tonight didn't disappoint!

[365footballorg-blog]

Yamil Asad pleased with his D.C. United debut in 1-1 draw at Orlando City div.video-js { width: 100% !important; height: 0 !important; overflow: hidden; position: relative; padding-top: 56.2%; } March 5, 201811:59AM EST…

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MLS scores, Week 1: Atlanta United’s wild debut had plenty to love and hate

There was great soccer, a great environment ... and then a red card and fans misbehaving. Plus more from across the opening week in MLS.

This opening week was largely a huge success for MLS by almost every measure. The games were good, the ones on national TV were particularly exciting, a new stadium opened, and an expansion team played its home opener in front of a sellout crowd.

But sadly, there were also some naughty fans, so we’re going to have to talk about that.

Friday’s game

Portland Timbers 5-1 Minnesota United

Saturday’s games

Columbus Crew SC 1-1 Chicago Fire LA Galaxy 1-2 FC Dallas Real Salt Lake 0-0 Toronto FC Colorado Rapids 1-0 New England Revolution D.C. United 0-0 Sporting Kansas City Houston Dynamo 2-1 Seattle Sounders San Jose Earthquakes 1-0 Montreal Impact

Sunday’s games

Orlando City 1-0 New York City FC Atlanta United 1-2 New York Red Bulls Vancouver Whitecaps 0-0 Philadelphia Union

The Atlanta United experience certainly won’t be boring

55,000 fans descended on Bobby Dodd Stadium for Atlanta United’s first ever competitive match on Sunday night, and they got a show. The ending wasn’t what they were hoping for, but they can't say they weren’t entertained.

Unfortunately, a few of those fans have drawn some negative attention towards the club. Homophobic chanting was audible on the TV broadcast during Red Bulls' goal kicks, while referee Mark Geiger had more than a couple pieces of debris thrown in his direction.

But there were tens of thousands of great fans at the stadium on Sunday, plus plenty of things to like about the experience, so we’re not going to ignore it.

First, they had a ceremonial golden railroad spike banging with Yung Joc, while Monica sang a fantastic national anthem.

Atlanta United FC honorary guest is Young Joc. National anthem is being sung by Monica. @ATLUTD is for the culture ⚫️ #UniteAndConquer

— DatWay_Lei (@yngboss_Lei) March 6, 2017

While Minnesota United looked very much like an unsure of themselves expansion side on Friday might, Atlanta was nothing like that. They played fast and aggressive from kickoff, and didn’t take long to find their first ever goal, scored by Yamil Asad.

BOOM. @YamilAsad11 slots home the first goal in @ATLUTD history. #ATLvNY https://t.co/z1kW1QrsN6

— Major League Soccer (@MLS) March 6, 2017

The crowd went nuts, and uh...

Georgia Tech fans, look away . . . . . I'm pretty sure that's the loudest I've ever heard this stadium

— Devonta would've won (@JasonKirkSBN) March 6, 2017

Yeah, it was great.

But things went sour for Atlanta in the second half. They were the better team for 70 minutes, regularly frustrating the Red Bulls and looking like they were going to score a second goal, but came unglued at the end of the game.

Atlanta conceded on a set piece in the 76th minute, then lost defender Leandro González Pírez to an injury. Atlanta collapsed shortly afterward, with Anton Walkes scoring an own goal and Carlos Carmona getting himself sent off for some off-the-ball stupidity.

Yep. You can't do that. Red card for Carmona. Atlanta down to 10. http://pic.twitter.com/Oc7GoXNzn3

— Total MLS (@TotalMLS) March 6, 2017

Don’t expect to see Carmona for three games.

Despite the disappointment, Atlanta named a man of the match to start a new tradition. Asad got to follow Yung Joc in doing some railroad-spike pounding, and it appears that they’re going to have a piece of railroad track with all the man of the match spikes at the end of the season in tribute to Atlanta’s founding as an end-of-the-line railroad town (and their biggest supporters' group, Terminus Legion).

Your first ever Man of the Match, @YamilAsad11! #UniteAndConquer http://pic.twitter.com/z30tFESEvR

— Atlanta United FC (@ATLUTD) March 6, 2017

This game was just ... so extra. And you know what? Maybe that’s good. MLS can get a little too professional-feeling sometimes — someone needs to be extra. A chunk of particularly stupid fans need to rein in their total stupidity, but otherwise, Atlanta looks like they’re going to be a fantastic addition to the league.

Some teams we thought might be bad looked very good — particularly San Jose

You’d be hard-pressed to find a pundit willing to predict that the Houston Dynamo, San Jose Earthquakes, or Chicago Fire would make the playoffs this season, but all three turned in very good performances in Week 1. The Dynamo’s performance was very solid — they beat last year’s MLS Cup winners, and did it with two top-quality goals.

But the Earthquakes’ game might have been even more impressive. Check out their shots for and against vs. Montreal, from Opta’s data on the MLS website.

That’s zero quality shots for the Impact and enough good ones for the Quakes that they should have scored more than once. And we have plenty of reasons to believe this is repeatable, too. They allowed fewer goals than Supporters’ Shield winners New York Red Bulls last season, they went undefeated in preseason with five shutouts, and Dominic Kinnear has been a very good defensive coach in MLS for more than a decade.

The Quakes have to figure out their attack, but their defense is definitely playoff-quality.

An NYCFC fan stole a seat!

We did a separate post on Sunday about the opening of Orlando City’s new stadium, which you should check out. Orlando City Stadium is the new gold standard for MLS grounds and should be the model for all new soccer-specific stadiums going forward.

But uh ... some dummy NYCFC hooligan tried to steal a seat.

Shoutout to this @NYCFC fan for trying to steal a LITERAL seat from our home. Have a nice night in the clink. http://pic.twitter.com/BRKtaqFIOa

— Orlando City Central (@OrlCty) March 6, 2017

I wonder why he’d do that ... OH!

trying to build a soccer specific stadium one stolen seat at a time https://t.co/1q8fgrljCt

— Gaby Kirschner (@gabykirschner) March 6, 2017

MLS Twitter is already in mid-season form.

Clint Dempsey is back!

During the USMNT’s January camp, Bruce Arena said that he would not be calling up Clint Dempsey for World Cup qualifying in late March. After this goal (and Dempsey’s solid 90-minute performance), Arena will be re-thinking his position.

First 2017 goal for the defending #MLSCup champs belongs to @clint_dempsey. Good to have you back, Deuce. #Sounders http://pic.twitter.com/UIHGckYPMG

— Major League Soccer (@MLS) March 5, 2017

It can’t be overstated how much the USMNT missed Dempsey in their losses to Mexico and Costa Rica. If he’s fully fit, he should be on the team. It’ll be up to Dempsey, Arena, and Brian Schmetzer to determine if he’s far enough along in his recovery from a heart problem to play in Hex matches.

MLS Live power rankings

This is not a ranking that has anything to do with how good a team is at soccer, which should be obvious from who’s checked in at No. 4. It's simply about how likely you are to be entertained if you choose to watch their game on MLS Live. Notably, none of these teams currently qualify as "unwatchable." They all had something to offer this weekend, or fun players that suggest they will soon.

Atlanta United

Portland Timbers

FC Dallas

Minnesota United

Seattle Sounders

LA Galaxy

Toronto FC

New York City FC

Houston Dynamo

New York Red Bulls

Orlando City

Vancouver Whitecaps

Colorado Rapids

Real Salt Lake

Sporting Kansas City

Chicago Fire

Columbus Crew

Montreal Impact

San Jose Earthquakes

Philadelphia Union

New England Revolution

D.C. United

Is Atlanta good? I have no idea, but they might be the most purely entertaining MLS team I’ve ever seen. The Timbers might not actually be as fun as they looked against a bad Minnesota team, but we’ll find out soon enough.

Montreal gets some benefit of the doubt due to Ignacio Piatti’s presence on their roster, plus their performances last season. They were the team that had the least to offer in Week 1. D.C. should get more fun when Luciano Acosta is fit and Ian Harkes is up to speed, but their current lineup leaves a lot to be desired. Philly is a competent soccer team with plenty of decent players, but of the teams near the bottom of the list, they seem like the least likely to become fun.

Here is a list of way-too-early takes that are not worthy of an entire column. You should argue with me about them.

The Red Bulls should not have traded Dax McCarty.

But since they did: Tyler Adams is better than Sean Davis and will be first choice quickly.

Last McCarty take, I promise: He was really good against Columbus, and the Fire will get better when they have Matt Polster or Juninho to pair with him.

Minnesota United will end this season with the worst record in MLS history.

Kellyn Acosta looks like a complete midfielder, and the Dallas star will become a USMNT mainstay shortly.

I am unalarmed by Toronto and Seattle’s starts. They’re still the best teams in the league.

Atlanta United is a good organization that will clean up the homophobic chanting and beer-throwing that marred the opener.

Here is a photo I love from this week’s games

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports

Have a great week!

[wandashifflett]

Venezuelan, Cuban Refugees Call on Trump to Help Free Their Countries From Communism

Venezuelan and Cuban activists in Florida on July 10 urged President Donald Trump attending their roundtable on “Supporting the People of Venezuela,” to help people oppressed by socialist and communist regimes in Venezuela and Cuba to regain freedom and eliminate narco-terrorism and poverty.

Ernesto Ackerman, the president of civic group Independent Venezuelan-American Citizens, requested Trump at the roundtable held in Doral, Florida, to “eliminate the germs of socialism” from Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba, and other countries in the region and to “help the people of Venezuela to get rid of the narco-terrorists who have kidnapped our nation.”

Ackerman, born in Venezuela, is a son of a Venezuelan concentration camp survivor who still lives in Venezuela. He said that his organization has lobbied the U.S. Congress for over 18 years to impose sanctions on narco-terrorists in Venezuela.

Cubans line up outside a bakery in Havana, to buy bread on December 13, 2018. (Yamil Lage/AFP via Getty Images)

Dr. Orlando Gutierrez Boronat, Cuban-born co-founder and spokesperson for the Cuban Democratic Directorate and a leader of the Cuban exile community, said at the roundtable that there “should be a task force [in the United States] to educate Americans about socialism and communism.”

Gutierrez-Boronat shared key life experiences in communist Cuba helped him to understand the nature of socialism and communism.

He recalled that church services in Cuba were attended by very few people since churchgoers were persecuted and discriminated against by the communist regime for believing in God.

“Everywhere communism and socialism have come to, the first freedom they strike at is religious freedom,” Gutierrez-Boronat said, adding that this is the reason why the statues of Jesus are knocked down.

“The right to believe or not to believe, to have faith or not to have faith, that’s fundamental and that’s one of the first things communism in Cuba tried to eradicate. They tried to wipe out Christianity in Cuba,” Gutierrez-Boronat said.

The strategic sanctions imposed by the United States “aimed at the military and the intelligence and security sectors [in Cuba] have weakened them,” Gutierrez-Boronat said, adding that this is why protests erupted in Santa Clara, Cuba, in the past months.

Cuba was self-sufficient, its economy thriving, and it even exported food before the communists took over the country in 1959, he said, but “Cuba today cannot feed itself without U.S. donations of food.”

Gutierrez-Boronat criticized Hollywood and media outlets that spread false information about socialism, communism, and about what happened in Cuba.

Seven would-be Cuban emigres remain in a homemade boat moments before being arrested by Cuban military agents after their attempt to escape from the island nation was thwarted by the sea currents, on June 4, 2009 in Havana. (Adalberto Roque/AFP/Getty Images)

He also urged Trump to consider indicting the Cuban regime for its 1996 killing of Cuban Americans who were helping people escape Cuba by rafts in international waters, and for other crimes against humanity that the Cuban regime committed.

Trump said the United States has imposed “historic sanctions” on the Venezuelan regime led by socialist dictator Nicolas Maduro and that it stands with “with the righteous and rightful leaders of Venezuela.”

Trump added that his administration indicted Maduro’s regime for narco-terrorism and imposed sanctions on Nicaragua for human rights violations.

He ended the Obama administration’s “pro-communist policies” that he said Joe Biden has pledged to reinstate.

Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.) said that socialism and communism in Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba is not only disastrous for people there but also poses a national security threat to the United States.

Venezuelan Communism Exposed

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, sitting at desk second from right, speaks with Supreme Court President Maikel Moreno at the Supreme Court before giving his annual presidential address in Caracas, Venezuela, on Jan. 31, 2020. (Ariana Cubillos/File/AP Photo)

Lourdes Ubieta, a Venezuelan-born activist who has been working for media in Venezuela and the United States for over 25 years, said that her Cuban parents living in exile in Venezuela fled Cuba to escape “Castro communist tyranny.”

Venezuela was a prosperous and generous country until 1999 when Hugo Chavez took power and imposed socialism on the country.

Almost two decades of socialist rule has devastated Venezuela, Ubieta said, bringing 75 percent of Venezuelan families into poverty where they even cannot even afford the “basic food basket.”

“Out of 7.8 million children in the country, 40 percent report difficulties to attend school for problems with water supplies, blackout, no food at home, lack of transport, or lack of teachers,” she said. The child mortality rate has also increased dramatically in Venezuela, she added.

The socialist regime has destroyed the country’s economy to the point that the food sector cannot produce enough food and the oil industry cannot produce enough gasoline, Ubieta said.

Venezuela generates most of its revenue from oil production as its oil reserves are one of the world’s largest. During the 1970s Venezuela’s oil industry was nationalized. In 1989 the oil prices plummeted worldwide causing the country’s oil-reliant economy to fall. Consumer prices including food and gas increased and people’s living conditions deteriorated.

Chavez’s socialist policies made the country even more dependent on oil export and his successor, Maduro, continued his policies.

An anti-Maduro protester is detained by security forces during clashes in Caracas on May 1, 2019. (FEDERICO PARRA/AFP/Getty Images)

“Transnational organized crime controls Venezuela. Drug cartels, Colombian guerrillas, international mobs, and Iranian financed terrorists operate freely” under the Venezuelan regime “with the Cuban agenda,” Ubieta said, adding that Trump has been the only U.S. president “who has stood firm against these criminals.”

“I ask you [Mr. President] not to leave Venezuela. Each minute that passes is one of the greatest sufferings for Venezuelans,” Ubieta said.

“I will not forget what I heard today, it’s very moving, it’s a very tough situation and we’ve made a lot of progress as you probably have seen,”  Trump said before concluding, “I have a feeling you won’t be disappointed.”

Democratic Party Roundtable

Earlier on the same day ahead of Trump’s visit, the Democratic Party organized a virtual roundtable on Facebook for Cuban and Venezuelan community leaders to condemn the Trump administration for “broken promises to Venezuelan and Cuban communities,” according to FloridaDems.org.

“He’s going to sit down today with Venezuelan migrants, I saw his agenda. Is he willing to grant Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans? … we have 150,000 people here in this country with a vulnerable migration status, Leopoldo Martinez Nucete, a Venezuelan Latino Victory board member, said at the Democratic roundtable, according to FloridaDems.org.

“Look beyond what says—and assess and evaluate what he has done. He has done nothing to resolve this pandemic. Pretty much like he has done nothing—just talk—about Venezuela. He doesn’t care about Venezuelans,” Nucete added.

Dr. Frank Mora, Cuban American, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Western Hemisphere said at the Democratic roundtable, “Why isn’t he granting TPS [Temporary Protected Status] for Venezuelans? Why increase the deportations of Cubans? Why are Cubans being detained without their cases being considered in Louisiana? Why are there so many Cubans in at the US-Mexico border without also having their cases heard?” reported FloridaDems.org.

The TPS Act for Venezuelans was passed by the House in July last year but has not been voted on by the Senate. Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) explained that while the current situation in Venezuela is exactly the reason the temporary program was created, it is practically impossible to rescind it.

The Trump administration tried to rescind TPS designations for six countries in 2018-2019 but was blocked by judges each time.

from Rayfield Review News https://therayfield.com/venezuelan-cuban-refugees-call-on-trump-to-help-free-their-countries-from-communism from The Ray Field https://therayfieldreview.tumblr.com/post/623465142770958336

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Venezuelan, Cuban Refugees Call on Trump to Help Free Their Countries From Communism

Venezuelan and Cuban activists in Florida on July 10 urged President Donald Trump attending their roundtable on “Supporting the People of Venezuela,” to help people oppressed by socialist and communist regimes in Venezuela and Cuba to regain freedom and eliminate narco-terrorism and poverty.

Ernesto Ackerman, the president of civic group Independent Venezuelan-American Citizens, requested Trump at the roundtable held in Doral, Florida, to “eliminate the germs of socialism” from Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba, and other countries in the region and to “help the people of Venezuela to get rid of the narco-terrorists who have kidnapped our nation.”

Ackerman, born in Venezuela, is a son of a Venezuelan concentration camp survivor who still lives in Venezuela. He said that his organization has lobbied the U.S. Congress for over 18 years to impose sanctions on narco-terrorists in Venezuela.

Cubans line up outside a bakery in Havana, to buy bread on December 13, 2018. (Yamil Lage/AFP via Getty Images)

Dr. Orlando Gutierrez Boronat, Cuban-born co-founder and spokesperson for the Cuban Democratic Directorate and a leader of the Cuban exile community, said at the roundtable that there “should be a task force [in the United States] to educate Americans about socialism and communism.”

Gutierrez-Boronat shared key life experiences in communist Cuba helped him to understand the nature of socialism and communism.

He recalled that church services in Cuba were attended by very few people since churchgoers were persecuted and discriminated against by the communist regime for believing in God.

“Everywhere communism and socialism have come to, the first freedom they strike at is religious freedom,” Gutierrez-Boronat said, adding that this is the reason why the statues of Jesus are knocked down.

“The right to believe or not to believe, to have faith or not to have faith, that’s fundamental and that’s one of the first things communism in Cuba tried to eradicate. They tried to wipe out Christianity in Cuba,” Gutierrez-Boronat said.

The strategic sanctions imposed by the United States “aimed at the military and the intelligence and security sectors [in Cuba] have weakened them,” Gutierrez-Boronat said, adding that this is why protests erupted in Santa Clara, Cuba, in the past months.

Cuba was self-sufficient, its economy thriving, and it even exported food before the communists took over the country in 1959, he said, but “Cuba today cannot feed itself without U.S. donations of food.”

Gutierrez-Boronat criticized Hollywood and media outlets that spread false information about socialism, communism, and about what happened in Cuba.

Seven would-be Cuban emigres remain in a homemade boat moments before being arrested by Cuban military agents after their attempt to escape from the island nation was thwarted by the sea currents, on June 4, 2009 in Havana. (Adalberto Roque/AFP/Getty Images)

He also urged Trump to consider indicting the Cuban regime for its 1996 killing of Cuban Americans who were helping people escape Cuba by rafts in international waters, and for other crimes against humanity that the Cuban regime committed.

Trump said the United States has imposed “historic sanctions” on the Venezuelan regime led by socialist dictator Nicolas Maduro and that it stands with “with the righteous and rightful leaders of Venezuela.”

Trump added that his administration indicted Maduro’s regime for narco-terrorism and imposed sanctions on Nicaragua for human rights violations.

He ended the Obama administration’s “pro-communist policies” that he said Joe Biden has pledged to reinstate.

Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.) said that socialism and communism in Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba is not only disastrous for people there but also poses a national security threat to the United States.

Venezuelan Communism Exposed

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, sitting at desk second from right, speaks with Supreme Court President Maikel Moreno at the Supreme Court before giving his annual presidential address in Caracas, Venezuela, on Jan. 31, 2020. (Ariana Cubillos/File/AP Photo)

Lourdes Ubieta, a Venezuelan-born activist who has been working for media in Venezuela and the United States for over 25 years, said that her Cuban parents living in exile in Venezuela fled Cuba to escape “Castro communist tyranny.”

Venezuela was a prosperous and generous country until 1999 when Hugo Chavez took power and imposed socialism on the country.

Almost two decades of socialist rule has devastated Venezuela, Ubieta said, bringing 75 percent of Venezuelan families into poverty where they even cannot even afford the “basic food basket.”

“Out of 7.8 million children in the country, 40 percent report difficulties to attend school for problems with water supplies, blackout, no food at home, lack of transport, or lack of teachers,” she said. The child mortality rate has also increased dramatically in Venezuela, she added.

The socialist regime has destroyed the country’s economy to the point that the food sector cannot produce enough food and the oil industry cannot produce enough gasoline, Ubieta said.

Venezuela generates most of its revenue from oil production as its oil reserves are one of the world’s largest. During the 1970s Venezuela’s oil industry was nationalized. In 1989 the oil prices plummeted worldwide causing the country’s oil-reliant economy to fall. Consumer prices including food and gas increased and people’s living conditions deteriorated.

Chavez’s socialist policies made the country even more dependent on oil export and his successor, Maduro, continued his policies.

An anti-Maduro protester is detained by security forces during clashes in Caracas on May 1, 2019. (FEDERICO PARRA/AFP/Getty Images)

“Transnational organized crime controls Venezuela. Drug cartels, Colombian guerrillas, international mobs, and Iranian financed terrorists operate freely” under the Venezuelan regime “with the Cuban agenda,” Ubieta said, adding that Trump has been the only U.S. president “who has stood firm against these criminals.”

“I ask you [Mr. President] not to leave Venezuela. Each minute that passes is one of the greatest sufferings for Venezuelans,” Ubieta said.

“I will not forget what I heard today, it’s very moving, it’s a very tough situation and we’ve made a lot of progress as you probably have seen,”  Trump said before concluding, “I have a feeling you won’t be disappointed.”

Democratic Party Roundtable

Earlier on the same day ahead of Trump’s visit, the Democratic Party organized a virtual roundtable on Facebook for Cuban and Venezuelan community leaders to condemn the Trump administration for “broken promises to Venezuelan and Cuban communities,” according to FloridaDems.org.

“He’s going to sit down today with Venezuelan migrants, I saw his agenda. Is he willing to grant Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans? … we have 150,000 people here in this country with a vulnerable migration status, Leopoldo Martinez Nucete, a Venezuelan Latino Victory board member, said at the Democratic roundtable, according to FloridaDems.org.

“Look beyond what says—and assess and evaluate what he has done. He has done nothing to resolve this pandemic. Pretty much like he has done nothing—just talk—about Venezuela. He doesn’t care about Venezuelans,” Nucete added.

Dr. Frank Mora, Cuban American, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Western Hemisphere said at the Democratic roundtable, “Why isn’t he granting TPS [Temporary Protected Status] for Venezuelans? Why increase the deportations of Cubans? Why are Cubans being detained without their cases being considered in Louisiana? Why are there so many Cubans in at the US-Mexico border without also having their cases heard?” reported FloridaDems.org.

The TPS Act for Venezuelans was passed by the House in July last year but has not been voted on by the Senate. Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) explained that while the current situation in Venezuela is exactly the reason the temporary program was created, it is practically impossible to rescind it.

The Trump administration tried to rescind TPS designations for six countries in 2018-2019 but was blocked by judges each time.

from Rayfield Review News https://therayfield.com/venezuelan-cuban-refugees-call-on-trump-to-help-free-their-countries-from-communism

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Meet the Reinventor: Yamilée Toussaint Beach, Founder of STEM from Dance

HP Inc. Garage blog

By Garage Staff 

Yamilée Toussaint Beach is easily described as a polymath. Growing up on Long Island, she excelled in math and science in school, and after class dedicated herself to jazz, ballet, and modern dance. 

“Pursuing engineering was just as possible for me as becoming a dancer or a writer or anything in the humanities,” she says. “I think a large part is the fact that both my parents have STEM-related (science, technology, engineering, and math) professions.” Now both retired, her father was a mechanical engineer, and her mother was a lab technician.

As she grew older, however, her outlook changed. As one of the few black women in her mechanical engineering courses at MIT, Toussaint Beach came to the stark realization that her experience had been unique. In the United States, black and Latina women are among the least represented groups in STEM occupations. After graduating from MIT, Toussaint Beach taught high school algebra through Teach for America, and witnessed firsthand how few girls of color were engaged in STEM subjects. She didn’t just want to know why. She wanted that to change. 

In 2012, Toussaint Beach founded STEM from Dance, a New York-based nonprofit that offers underrepresented, often low-income girls ages 12 through 18 the opportunity to explore their own potential in STEM fields. During the program’s school residencies and summer camps, participants take a hands-on approach to hardware and coding with inspiration from their favorite pop stars. Girls program the light-up costumes and animated light shows for their own dance performances, often choreographed to music by the likes of Rihanna and Beyoncé. During the public recital at the program’s end, they get to go on stage and show off their work. As of 2018, more than 550 girls from 100 New York City schools and community-based programs had participated in STEM from Dance.

“This program is about taking something that’s been out of reach for students of color because of very clear barriers that they face,” Toussaint Beach says. “The lack of representation of girls of color is not due to ability. I do think that programs like STEM from Dance and others that exist all across the country will help us see a shift in the demographics.”

Toussaint Beach is the winner of AnitaB.org’s Educational Innovation Abie Award, which recognizes educators for developing new approaches to attracting female students to computing, engineering, and math in K-12 or undergraduate education. The award was presented at the annual Grace Hopper Celebration in Orlando — the world’s largest gathering of women technologists, held by AnitaB.org and sponsored in part by HP. Toussaint Beach recently spoke with the Garage about the powerful combination of engineering, dance, and opportunity in STEM from Dance.

Congratulations on your recent Abie Award. What does winning this mean for you? 

Receiving the award is a tremendous honor. In a line of work that often goes unrecognized, it is a breath of fresh air to see how excited and supportive others are of STEM from Dance. I can't do this work alone, so it means a ton to have over 25,000 women cheering me on and partnering with me to see our vision come to fruition.

What inspired you to found STEM from Dance? What problems were you hoping to address?

The first day that I started studying engineering at MIT, it was very apparent how few women of color there were — it’s noticeable when you’re one or two out of 200. That lack of representation was one thing, and then when I was a teacher, I noticed this lack of coolness, or enjoyment taking place in math and science classes. There’s a sense of trepidation that a lot of people have, like “Oh, I’m not good at math.” To reverse that trend, I believe we have to really put our full effort in the positive direction.

How do you think exposure and representation in high school plays a role in increasing the numbers of black and Latina women in STEM careers? 

When you look at the statistics at face value, some people believe that it’s due to a lack of ability, but it’s not. It’s about access. It’s about exposure and overcoming clear barriers. Growing up, I was not aware of girls being underrepresented in STEM fields. Fast forward to high school, I started to see that it was atypical for a girl of color to take AP (Advanced Placement, or college-level) physics. The further I went into these studies, the more I started to question, do I belong? Can I make it? Is this something I want to do? Those feelings have to do with who you see in the classroom around you.

What was the road to actually launching STEM from Dance? Were there any obstacles to getting off the ground?

I pitched the idea to the principal at the high school where I was teaching. It started with 10 or 15 students after school, dancing and working on their math homework, and it didn’t really capture the essence of what could happen when you bring the two together. It took a few years to really land on integration, not just the two side by side. I had a Eureka moment, seeing how in pop culture artists were using tech in their performances — these very elaborate stage designs and projections. That made me wonder how our students could recreate not just the dance aspect of it, but the tech that the artists were using. That's when we really found that spot where dance and STEM support one another.

Some of the images of STEM from Dance show girls installing lights in their shoes, and others dancing to light shows that they animated on the computer. Are these activities that you came up with?

A special part of the girls’ experience with STEM from Dance is being able to come up with the ideas themselves. We just really let them dream and see what matches with our resources. They’ve installed lights in their sneakers and on swing sets that appear on stage. Then they get the behind-the-scenes view of the tech. They make the circuits, solder the wires, add the sensors, and learn how to program it from there.

Very few, if any educational programs seem to include both dance and tech. How does STEM from Dance take a different approach?

When we talk about education, we try to separate these things. We say that STEM and dance come from different parts of the brain, and that different types of people can be good at them. But dance has always been a really, really huge part of my life. I would be in school during the day going to math club, and after school spend the rest of my time in the dance studio. I didn’t see that they were separate; I was just doing the things that I was interested in. Once I became a teacher, I saw that gap. What happens after girls participate in STEM from Dance? What impact have you seen?

We definitely have one recent alumna who’s declared a major in computer science. Going forward, we plan to ramp up the support that we provide to the students once they've gone through the program. We find that they finish with confidence and belief in their potential to do something in STEM, but because that's a newfound belief, you really have to work hard to maintain it. We might give them one encouraging message, but they might hear 10 more that are discouraging. We're concentrating our efforts on continuing that momentum, to keep encouraging them towards what they’re capable of. 

Keep up with Yamilée Toussant Beach and STEM from Dance on Twitter, follow the organization on Facebook, and watch highlights of girls’ performances on YouTube.

Meet Mara Lecocq, the creative director helping girls create their own personalized tech adventure stories.

source: https://www.csrwire.com/press_releases/43889-Meet-the-Reinventor-Yamil-e-Toussaint-Beach-Founder-of-STEM-from-Dance?tracking_source=rss

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