America

2022 - 10 - 22

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The US cannot ignore the new 'pink tide' in Latin America (Aljazeera.com)

The return of leftist governments in the region is a clear indication of region-wide rejection of US policies.

It is the only way for it to have a meaningful relationship with the region and stay a relevant player within it. The US government can also reach out to newly elected leftist leaders in the region to help find a peaceful solution to the crisis in Venezuela. Latin America is open to dialogue with the US, but this has to be a respectful exchange of opinions, not a top-down lecture. Washington should also focus on the two leaders of the region, Mexico and Brazil. For far too long, US governments have not understood that civil society is demanding change in Latin America, which has meant the departure of US favourites. Washington pays more than 50 percent of the Organization’s annual budget but has a lot to learn about new directions in the region. The new generation of regional political leaders rejects the traditional US role in the region, but it also has other interests. He also attended the 52nd General Assembly of Organization of American States (OAS) in Lima, where debates revealed disenchantment with US policy. Several Latin American leaders led by Mexico’s president declined to attend, while others used the opportunity to condemn US policy in the region. In the 2010s, they were voted out of office, after a drop in the price of export commodities impeded their ability to resolve deeply-rooted inequities. A year earlier, [Andrés Manuel López Obrador](/news/2018/7/2/mexico-who-is-andres-manuel-lopez-obrador) (AMLO) scored a landslide victory in the Mexican general elections. [was elected](/news/2022/6/19/colombia-left-wing-ex-rebel-gustavo-petro-wins-presidency) president of Colombia in June this year.

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America is built on a racist social contract. It's time to tear it up and ... (The Guardian)

From the civil war to the January 2021 insurrection, the white nationalist response to democratic defeat has been to attempt to destroy US institutions and ...

Even the cornerstone of democracy – the right to vote – remains to this day the result of a creaky compromise with white nationalists. Social Security is perhaps the signature policy of the New Deal era, but in deference to white Southerners, the program explicitly excluded farmworkers and domestic workers. The whites-first mindset about citizenship and immigration policy that still roils American politics to this day is not even really the result of compromise. The leaders of the states engaged in the buying and selling of Black bodies balked at the offending passage, and Jefferson explained the decision to compromise, writing, “The clause … The “Fugitive Slave Clause” – Article IV, Section 2, Clause 3 of the Constitution – made it illegal for anyone to interfere with slave owners who were tracking “drapetomaniacs” fleeing slavery. The current social contract in America is not an expression of our deepest values, greatest hopes and highest ideals.

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América, en manos del comisario por posible violación al ... (ESPN Deportes)

Las Águilas no cumplieron con el reglamento al utilizar su himno incluso cuando el partido contra Toluca estaba en juego.

[Liga MX](/futbol/liga?nombre=mex.1) señala que las obligaciones del Comisario, entre otras, son: "Vigilar junto con el Cuarto Oficial que se cumplan los lineamientos para el uso del sonido local y las pantallas de TV durante el desarrollo del encuentro". [Toluca](/futbol/equipo/_/id/223) se escuchó el sonido local del inmueble siendo utilizado cuando el balón estaba en juego, una norma que viola el reglamento del "Manual del Comisario". [América](/futbol/equipo/_/id/227) posiblemente incumplió con el reglamento al utilizar el sonido local del Estadio Azteca como motivador para sus jugadores e incitar el ánimo en contra del club visitante.

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Ilia Malinin lands quadruple Axel at Skate America, youngest men's ... (Home of the Olympic Channel)

Last month, he became the first skater to land a clean, fully rotated quad Axel in competition at a lower-level event. “This morning, I wasn't really sure if I ...

Sakamoto has a slim lead heading into Sunday’s free skate over 15-year-old American Isabeau Levito, who scored 71.30 points in her senior Grand Prix debut. Stellato, who retired from singles skating at age 17 due to hip injuries, came back at 32 in pairs in 2016. pair to win Skate America since 2006 (not counting 2020, when the field was almost entirely American due to pandemic travel restrictions). I went for it, and I just landed it, and I was in shock. Earlier, world champions Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier became the first U.S. Knierim and Frazier topped both the short program and free skate, totaling 201.39 points to beat Canadians Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps by 3.5 points.

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Ilia Malinin lands quad axel, wins men's Skate America title (ESPN)

Ilia Malinin landed a quad axel and four more quads to jump past Kao Miura and win the men's Skate America title in his senior Grand Prix debut.

But things got a little squirrely when Knierim fell on their throw triple loop, and a side-by-side triple salchow turned into a double salchow, dragging down the base value of their program. But with an almost sheepish smile, Malinin got back up and reeled off a triple flip-triple toe loop and a triple lutz-triple axel that earned him a standing ovation from the sellout crowd. A shaky short program might have convinced him to give it a go, and he not only landed it but did so with nearly perfect grade-of-execution marks. I have to go for this.' So I went for it, and I landed it, and I was in shock. In the pairs competition, Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier scored 201.39 points to win Skate America for the second time in three years. Malinin's brilliant quad axel, along with four more quads packed into a dynamic free skate Saturday night, was enough to lift him past Kao Miura and to the top step of the podium in his senior Grand Prix debut.

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Malinin lands another quadruple axel for Skate America gold (Reuters)

American Ilia Malinin landed only the second quadruple axel in competitive figure skating history at Skate America on Saturday, a month after he executed ...

I stuck with it." I knew when I stepped out on the ice for my warm-up that I would go for it. International Figure Skating Classic at Lake Placid, New York, last month where he won the gold medal.

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Kaori Sakamoto shines in women's short as Americans Chock and ... (Olympics)

This year's Skate America saw its first glimpse of women's singles on Saturday as Kaori Sakamoto took the edge with a winning short program -- and the ...

I feel like it’s got lots of potential even if I had a little trouble with the lifts – so on to the free dance,” said Bates. [What to watch for this figure skating season](https://olympics.com/en/news/season-preview-new-olympic-quad-begins-figure-skating-2022) “I felt the energy from the crowd and the audience gave me energy. “I wasn’t able to skate without mistakes leading up to this event in training – and that’s usually how I build my confidence.” The reigning world champion looked in the mood right from the start of her energetic and original performance -- and she earned a score of 71.72 that sees her in good stead heading into tomorrow’s competition finale. Her performance was enough to see the two-time Skate America silver medal winner finish ahead of a pair of Americans.

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Ilia Malinin soars to victory in Skate America men's event after ... (The Boston Globe)

Malinin cruised to a monstrous program score of 194.29 on his way to a 280.37 total. His tally in the free was 16.06 points more than silver medalist Kao ...

“I have a whole Rolodex of times where I fell in the short, and didn’t come back in the long. “Tonight was a fight,” said Frazier. It was still a good start.” Canadians Marie-Jade Lauriault and Romain Le Gac finished a surprising third with a 72.12. “I am still in shock,” said Malinin. “Sometimes I miss being a little bit more naïve because I have so much history to draw on,” said Gold. The teenager was called on an under-rotation on her triple Lutz-triple loop combination, but still earned a 71.30 score. “Right before the six minute warmup I decided to go for it,” said Malinin. She doubled the second jump in her triple flip-triple toe loop combination and skated less securely than usual. The women’s short program preceded the men’s final, with reigning world champion Kaori Sakamoto taking the top spot with a 71.72. The quadruple Axel has never before been landed in a Grand Prix event. It helped Malinin cruise to a monstrous program score of 194.29 on his way to a 280.37 total.

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Directiva del América permitió ingreso de tifos, banderas y bengalas ... (Medio Tiempo.com)

Las porras de las Águilas pudieron lucir sus trapos durante la Semifinal contra el Toluca en el Estadio Azteca.

El reglamento de la Liga MX también impide que ingresen barras visitantes y la de los Diablos también se instaló abajo de la pantalla de la cabecera sur, a un costado del Ritual del Kaoz, aunque era separados por tres túneles de acceso y una barrera de policías. Cabe resaltar que en el reglamento de competencia el organismo impide a las barras locales y visitantes el uso de este tipo de trapos en las tribunas, por lo que de ser reportado por el comisario del partido, las Aguilas serán sancionadas con una multa económica. Con la finalidad de mostrar total apoyo al equipo en la Semifinal de Vuelta contra el Toluca, la directiva del América permitió a sus barras el ingreso de trapos, tifos, banderas y hasta bengalas, a pesar de que ello está prohibido por la Liga MX.

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Miguel Layún y Jürgen Damm no seguirán en América (ESPN Deportes)

El volante mexicano cuenta con una opción de renovación de medio año más con el cuadraron azulcrema, pero su falta de minutos en el semestre provocaron que ...

“Sí, me veo jugando en la MLS, seguro. Actualmente tiene una oferta dentro del futbol mexicano para seguir su carrera. En su breve instancia con los azulcrema tuvo una conexión con los aficionados a través de redes sociales.

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