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Families of Iran’s elite live lavishly abroad while ordinary citizens suffer at home

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For decades, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and ruling clerical elite have relied on a system critics say is as strategic as it is cynical: denounce the West in public, while quietly securing a future there for their own families.
«The Islamic regime in Iran is corrupt to its core,» Kasra Aarabi, director of IRGC research at United Against Nuclear Iran, told Fox News Digital. «While regime clerics and IRGC commanders violently Islamize Iranian society and export anti-Americanism globally, their sons and daughters live lavish lifestyles on blood money in Western capitals.»
Iranian journalist Banafsheh Zand still remembers the girl from her school, the kind of memory that only becomes meaningful years later, when a familiar face reappears in a completely different context.
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Iranian women walk past a mural painting of Iranian flags in Tehran on Nov. 26, 2024. (Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images)
They sat together in classrooms at Tehran’s elite Iranzamin School, an institution designed for the children of diplomats and Iran’s upper class, where students spoke multiple languages and moved easily between cultures. The girl was quiet and studious, already shaped in part by years spent in the United States, where she had lived as a child and picked up fluent English that would later define her public role.
Years later, Zand would see her again, not across a desk or in a school hallway, but on television screens around the world. Her former classmate had become the voice of the 1979 U.S. embassy hostage crisis.
The girl was Masoumeh Ebtekar, the English-speaking spokesperson for the extremists who held 52 Americans hostages for 444 days, and who would go on to defend the takeover of the U.S. embassy and later describe it as «the best move» for the revolution.
And yet, decades later, the story did not end in Tehran. It continued, quietly and almost predictably, in California.

Masoumeh Ebtekar, the English-speaking face of the 1979 U.S. embassy hostage crisis, later rose to senior roles in Iran’s government while her family built ties to life in the West. (Vahid Salemi/AP Photo)
A life far from the revolution
Ebtekar son, Eissa Hashemi, was living in the United States, pursuing graduate studies and eventually building a career in academia in Los Angeles, Zand exposed on her substack «Iran So Far Away» — a trajectory that stands in stark contrast to the ideology his mother helped articulate to the world.
For Zand, this is not an anecdote or an isolated irony, but a window into how the system itself functions.
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«They take the money from corruption inside the country and use it to live a better life elsewhere,» she said. «It’s not a few cases. It’s how they operate.»
What Zand is describing is widely referred to inside Iran as the «aghazadeh» phenomenon, a term used for the children of the Iranian regime’s elite who live lives of privilege abroad while their families enforce ideological restrictions at home, and who have come to symbolize for many Iranians the gap between the regime’s rhetoric and its reality.
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Former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami (L) gives a certificate of appreciation to leading reformist politician Saeed Hajjarian during the annual congress of the Islamic Iran Participation Front in Tehran December 4, 2008. (Caren Firouz/Reuters)
A three-tier network inside the West
Exiled Iranian journalist Mehdi Ghadimi, now based in Canada, argues that this phenomenon is structured.
«When we talk about the presence of agents of the Islamic Republic, especially the IRGC, here in Canada, we should understand this is not random,» Ghadimi told Fox News Digital. «It operates in layers.»
The system functions as a three-tiered structure that allows regime-linked individuals to embed themselves across Western societies, according to Ghadimi, beginning with those who arrive as students and academics, often presenting themselves as ordinary immigrants while maintaining ties to the regime or its security apparatus.
«They come as students or professors,» he said, «but many have prior connections to the IRGC, and part of their role is to normalize the Islamic Republic in universities and gather information on activists.»

A billboard depicting Iran’s supreme leaders since 1979: (L to R) Ayatollahs Ruhollah Khomeini (until 1989), Ali Khamenei (until 2026), and Mojtaba Khamenei (incumbent) is displayed above a highway in Tehran on March 10, 2026. Iran marked the appointment of Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei to replace his father as its supreme leader on March 9, 2026. (AFP/Via Getty Images)
That category includes individuals identified in recent reporting across U.S. campuses, such as Leila Khatami, daughter of former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami at Union College in New York, Zeinab Hajjarian, the daughter of Saeed Hajjarian, a founder of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence, at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, according to a March 18 New York Post report.
The second layer, Ghadimi explained, is financial, consisting of former insiders and trusted affiliates who enter Western countries as investors or business figures, often carrying significant capital that raises questions about its origin.
«In Iran, a monthly salary might be $100 or $200, while an apartment costs $100,000,» he said. «So when someone arrives with millions, they are not an ordinary individual.»
These individuals, he said, often serve as conduits for moving money out of Iran, operating under the cover of private enterprise while maintaining ties to the system that enabled their wealth. «They change their professional status and enter as private-sector investors,» he said. «But they are trusted by the system.»
The third layer involves individuals who receive explicit approval from the regime to move large sums abroad, a process that, according to Ghadimi, requires a «green light» from the security apparatus and often comes with expectations in return. «In order to move that level of money, you need permission,» he said, «and in return, they help finance networks connected to the regime.»

A woman holds an Iranian flag during the funeral and burial of Ali Shamkhani at Imamzadeh Saleh in northern Tehran, Iran, on March 14, 2026. (Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)
One of the most prominent examples is Mahmoud Reza Khavari, the former chairman of Bank Melli Iran, who fled the country in 2011 after the bank was implicated in a roughly $2.6 billion embezzlement scandal, one of the largest corruption cases in Iran’s history.
Khavari later settled in Canada, where public reporting shows that he and his family acquired millions of dollars in real estate, including properties in Toronto, where he remains more than a decade later.
For Zand, the pattern is unmistakable.
«It’s a mafia structure,» she said.
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Ali Larijani, addresses a press conference in Tehran, Iran. Larijani, a top Iranian security official and a conservative force within Iran’s theocracy, was killed in an Israeli strike on March 17, 2026. (Henghameh Fahimi/AFP via Getty Images)
A global footprint: from Atlanta to London
As previously reported by Fox News Digital, Fatemeh Ardeshir-Larijani, the daughter of senior Iranian political figure Ali Larijani and a conservative force within Iran’s theocracy, who was killed in an Israeli strike this week, held a position at Emory University’s Winship Cancer Institute in Atlanta before leaving earlier this year following public pressure.
At the same time, a February 2026 report by The Guardian highlighted how relatives of Iranian elites have built lives not only in the United States, but also in Britain and Canada, including members of the Larijani family and relatives of other senior officials, even as the regime continues to position itself in opposition to the West.
Thousands of relatives of Iranian officials were believed to be living across Western countries, IranWire reported in 2022, though precise figures remain difficult to independently verify, underscoring both the scale of the phenomenon and the opacity of the system behind it.
«The problem is even more visible in Europe,» Aarabi said, «Governments, not least the U.K., have turned a blind eye.»
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In this picture obtained from Iran’s ISNA news agency, Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, looks on in Tehran on October 13, 2024. (Hamed JAFARNEJAD / ISNA / AFP via Getty Images)
Power, assets and the next generation
Mojtaba Khamenei, who is slated as the country’s new supreme leader, has been linked to a network of overseas assets, including high-value real estate in Europe.
A March 2026 investigation by The Times of London, identified two luxury apartments in London’s Kensington neighborhood, acquired in 2014 and 2016 through intermediaries, that sit directly adjacent to the Israeli Embassy compound.
The findings are part of a broader probe into Khamenei’s alleged overseas holdings, with a Bloomberg investigation estimating a portfolio spanning multiple countries and totaling roughly $138 million in assets across Europe and the Gulf, pending verification of full ownership structures.
«He has been operating behind the scenes, managing a large part of the Revolutionary Guard’s security and economic cartel,» Ghadimi said. «His hands are deeply stained with corruption and crimes, and the same Revolutionary Guard is now the main force backing his rise.»
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A person holds an image of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as Iranian demonstrators protest against the U.S.-Israeli strikes, in Tehran, Iran, Feb. 28, 2026. (Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters)
A system Iranians themselves cannot escape
Inside Iran, the contrast with everyday life is stark. Women are arrested for violating dress codes, protesters are jailed and economic hardship has deepened across much of the population. Outside Iran, the children of the elite live differently.
«They’re telling people how to live, what to wear, what to believe,» Zand said. «But their own families don’t live like that.»
For her, the issue is not only hypocrisy, but strategy. «It’s also about influence,» she said. «They integrate into societies, they build networks, they learn how the West works.»
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Pro-government demonstrators burn an American flag at Tehran University, on June 19, 2009 in Tehran, Iran. (Getty Images)
Aarabi believes Western governments have failed to respond accordingly. «The Islamic regime’s oligarchs should be treated no differently from Putin’s oligarchs,» he said. «The West should identify, sanction and deport these individuals.»
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Se extiende la alerta por inundaciones repentinas en Hawái por la amenaza de la presa Wahiawa

El archipiélago de Hawái afronta una emergencia por inundaciones en la isla de Oahu, con miles de evacuados y amenaza de colapso en el embalse Wahiawa, tras lluvias extremas que se prolongaron desde el viernes 20 de marzo. La situación afecta a residentes de áreas como Haleiwa y Waialua, donde el sistema de emergencia estatal desplegó operativos de rescate y emitió órdenes de evacuación preventiva, según informó la agencia de noticias Reuters.
La Oficina de Manejo de Emergencias de Honolulu (OEM) informó sobre rescates masivos, con más de 230 personas puestas a salvo por equipos del cuerpo de bomberos, la Guardia Nacional y personal militar. El Servicio Meteorológico Nacional de EE.UU. (NWS) mantiene el aviso de precipitaciones intensas y advierte de la posibilidad de desbordes y deslizamientos en varias islas. El gobernador Josh Green y el director Rick Blangiardi confirmaron el despliegue de recursos estatales y federales, y subrayaron que no se han registrado víctimas fatales ni desaparecidos hasta el momento.
El embalse Wahiawa, construido hace más de un siglo, ha sido clasificado como de “alto riesgo” por el U.S. Army Corps of Engineers y el Departamento de Tierras y Recursos Naturales de Hawái (DLNR), debido a fallas estructurales y falta de adecuación a normas modernas de seguridad. Investigaciones de la publicación periodística Civil Beat destacan que el embalse enfrenta sanciones estatales previas por incumplimientos en el mantenimiento y la gestión de riesgos.
Las precipitaciones registradas desde el viernes 20 de marzo superaron los niveles habituales en la isla de Oahu, con acumulados de hasta 180 milímetros (7 pulgadas), de acuerdo con el NWS. El embalse Wahiawa alcanzó una altura de agua de 25,9 metros (85 pies), cerca del límite estructural de 26,8 metros (88 pies), generando el desborde del aliviadero y la evacuación forzada de comunidades aguas abajo. El NWS advirtió sobre la posibilidad de “inundaciones catastróficas” y potencial colapso del embalse, lo que implicó la activación de protocolos de emergencia coordinados por la OEM y la Guardia Nacional.
La alarma incluyó a más de 4.000 residentes de zonas como Waialua y Haleiwa, quienes debieron abandonar sus viviendas y trasladarse a refugios temporales habilitados por la Cruz Roja Estadounidense y el gobierno local. El director Rick Blangiardi afirmó en rueda de prensa: “El riesgo para la vida es real, por lo que pedimos a la población que siga las indicaciones oficiales y no intente regresar hasta recibir autorización”, según declaraciones recogidas por la agencia de noticias Reuters.
La Oficina de Manejo de Emergencias de Honolulu informó destrucción en infraestructuras clave de Oahu, con carreteras inundadas, cortes de electricidad, daños en escuelas y la evacuación de un hospital en Maui por acumulación de agua. Las estimaciones iniciales de daños económicos superan los USD 1.000 millones, según recopilación de datos de la publicación periodística Civil Beat. El gobernador Josh Green señaló que la prioridad es la protección de la vida humana y la restauración de servicios esenciales.
El NWS advirtió que las lluvias persistentes podrían agravar el panorama durante el fin de semana, con expectativas de nuevas precipitaciones de hasta 180 milímetros y ráfagas de viento de hasta 72 km/h. El terreno saturado incrementa el riesgo de deslizamientos y caída de árboles, así como interrupción de servicios básicos en los días siguientes.

El embalse Wahiawa es una infraestructura centenaria bajo propiedad de Dole Food Company y Sustainable Hawaiʻi Inc.. Tanto el DLNR como el U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lo han clasificado como “de alto riesgo” por deficiencias estructurales y falta de adecuación a estándares modernos. En inspecciones recientes se detectaron problemas en la integridad de la presa y la carencia de planes de emergencia actualizados.
La transferencia de titularidad y la gestión del embalse han estado marcadas por resoluciones administrativas; el DLNR impuso sanciones por incumplimientos de mantenimiento y gestión de riesgos. Según la OEM en un comunicado recogido por la agencia de noticias Reuters: “El embalse no ha colapsado, pero sigue en riesgo ante la probabilidad de nuevas lluvias”. El monitoreo de los niveles de agua y la evaluación estructural del embalse continúan como tarea prioritaria para las autoridades estatales.
Los equipos de emergencia de Oahu realizaron más de 230 rescates, con operaciones que emplearon botes, helicópteros y vehículos especializados para acceder a zonas aisladas, según datos oficiales de la OEM citados por la agencia de noticias Reuters. El director Rick Blangiardi declaró a medios locales que “decenas, si no tal vez cientos de viviendas, han sido afectadas por la crecida”.
La Guardia Nacional desplegó unidades para apoyar las labores de evacuación y fortalecer los diques y estructuras críticas alrededor del embalse Wahiawa. Las fuerzas armadas, junto a la OEM y la Cruz Roja Estadounidense, mantienen habilitados refugios y centros de atención temporal para quienes debieron abandonar sus hogares.
Acciones clave de las autoridades:
- Monitoreo permanente de los niveles de agua.
- Evacuación preventiva en comunidades vulnerables.
- Refuerzo y protección de diques y estructuras críticas.
- Suspensión de actividades en dependencias públicas no esenciales.
La OEM y el NWS recomiendan evitar desplazamientos innecesarios, consultar canales oficiales y seguir todas las instrucciones de evacuación. La Cruz Roja Estadounidense habilitó líneas de asistencia y albergues temporales para los evacuados. El gobernador Josh Green destacó la importancia de priorizar la seguridad y advirtió que “la situación puede extenderse por varios días”, según cita de la agencia de noticias Reuters.
El NWS mantiene la advertencia de inundaciones para todas las islas principales, enfatizando la probabilidad de nuevas crecidas y deslizamientos, en especial en áreas de suelos saturados o con mal drenaje. Las autoridades reiteran que no se debe regresar a las zonas evacuadas hasta que se confirme oficialmente la seguridad.

El cierre de carreteras, la interrupción de servicios básicos y la evacuación de miles de personas han alterado la vida diaria en Oahu y otras islas. Se han cancelado y retrasado transportes públicos y vuelos, mientras que el acceso a servicios médicos y educativos se ha visto comprometido por la emergencia. El hospital de Maui que fue evacuado permanece bajo vigilancia, según datos de la OEM.
Las familias, trabajadores y empresas enfrentan la incertidumbre debido a la continuidad de las precipitaciones y los daños materiales. Autoridades estatales y federales coordinan esfuerzos para restablecer los servicios, aunque la valoración total de los daños podría demorar varios días, de acuerdo con Civil Beat.
La recuperación tras las inundaciones dependerá del comportamiento del clima y de la contención del peligro en el embalse Wahiawa. Las autoridades estatales prevén mantener los operativos de emergencia y las restricciones hasta descartar el riesgo de colapso de la presa o nuevos desbordes. El DLNR y el U.S. Army Corps of Engineers están abocados a la evaluación de la infraestructura y a la implementación de medidas correctivas.
El efecto inmediato se refleja en miles de personas desplazadas, viviendas dañadas y pérdida de bienes materiales. La reanudación de actividades normales en Oahu y otras islas quedará supeditada a la restauración de servicios y la estabilización de la infraestructura hídrica.
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Warren warned Hegseth’s tattoo made him a potential ‘threat’ — now she backs candidate with Nazi-linked ink

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., sidestepped Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner’s Nazi-linked tattoo in her glowing endorsement Thursday, despite previously expressing alarm over Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Christian tattoos.
Warren, one of the Senate’s most liberal members who is seeking to recruit progressive candidates, endorsed Platner’s campaign in a video posted to social media Wednesday, calling him «the real deal.»
«Graham Platner has the grit to go against the grain and to fight for what is right,» Warren said. «And the people in Maine are fired up and excited for change.»
The 41-year-old oyster farmer has been widely criticized for having a chest tattoo of a skull and crossbones resembling a symbol associated with the SS. Platner has since had the tattoo removed and pleaded ignorance, saying he was unaware of the symbol’s meaning.
Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine, points to a covered tattoo that had previously been an image recognized as a Nazi symbol, during an interview on Wednesday in Portland, Maine. (WGME via AP)
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When asked about Platner’s host of controversies, Warren largely brushed it off.
«Look, he has apologized for that, and he’s out there talking to the people of Maine every single day,» Warren told Huffpost on Thursday.
Warren’s remarks sharply contrasted with her scrutiny of Hegseth for his Christian tattoos. In the lead-up to Hegseth’s confirmation hearing in early 2025, Warren implied that Hegseth could be a traitor for having certain Christian symbols on his body.
The Massachusetts Democrat specifically referenced a Reuters report detailing Hegseth being removed from National Guard duty during former President Joe Biden’s inauguration by a supervisor, who appears to have made a dubious assumption that he could be an «insider threat» over his Christian tattoos.
Hegseth had volunteered for inauguration security as a member of the D.C. National Guard and had been employed by Fox News at the time. A senior National Guard member expressed concern over his tattoos of the Jerusalem Cross and the Latin phrase «Deus Vult,» which translates to «God wills it.»
Four years later, Warren used the incident to question Hegseth’s loyalty to the United States, despite his completing multiple overseas deployments and earning two Bronze Stars.
«We cannot have a Defense Secretary whose fellow servicemembers feel concerned enough about to report as a potential insider threat,» Warren wrote in a 33-page letter to Hegseth.
Fox News Digital reached out to Warren’s office for comment.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., heavily scrutinized Pentagon Secretary Pete Hegseth for his Christian tattoos in early 2025. (Aaron Schwartz/Getty Images; Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
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Hegseth defended his tattoos in an exchange with Sen. Kristen Gillibrand during his confirmation hearing. Gillibrand, who chairs Senate Democrats’ campaign arm, is notably backing Gov. Janet Mills, Platner’s opponent in the Senate primary.
Both Mills and Platner are vying for the Democratic nomination to unseat longtime Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine.
The tattoo is spotlighted in a blistering new attack ad against Platner launched by Mills’ campaign.
The ad, which the Mills campaign says it’s spending six figures to run statewide, closes with video of Platner shirtless as the narrator in the spot says, «The closer you look, the worse it gets.»
Controversial comments Platner made over a decade ago on Reddit about rape are also included in the ad.
The Mills campaign’s spot highlights Platner’s comments while an actor — in a voice that resembles the candidate — reads the comment aloud. Among the comments is one from 2013, which Platner later deleted, saying people concerned about rape should not «get so f—ed up they wind up having sex with someone they don’t mean to.»
Four women in the Mills ad responded to the comments, calling them, «a horrible thing to say,» «disgusting» and «disqualifying.»
Platner apologized for his controversial Reddit posts after they made headlines last fall soon after he launched his Senate campaign.
«For those of you who have read these things and been offended, have read these things and seen someone that you don’t recognize, I am deeply sorry,» he said in a video that went viral.

Senate candidate Graham Platner of Maine, left, and two-term Gov. Jane Mills are facing off in the state’s Democratic Senate primary. (Sophie Park/Getty Images; Scott Eisen/Getty Images)
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The Mills ad was launched as Platner appeared to be gaining momentum while drawing large crowds at campaign events across the state. According to recent polls, Platner holds a large lead over Mills with less than three months until Maine’s primary.
Democrats view Collins as vulnerable as she seeks a sixth Senate term in the left-leaning New England state. The race is considered a must-win contest for Democrats as they try to claw back the chamber’s majority from the GOP in this year’s midterms.
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Técnicos de tenis dominicanos se preparan para los Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe 2026

La República Dominicana acelera su preparación de cara a los XXV Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe, que se celebrarán en Santo Domingo entre el 24 de julio y el 8 de agosto de 2026. En este contexto, el Comité Organizador y la Federación Dominicana de Tenis (Fedotenis) iniciaron la capacitación de alrededor de setenta técnicos, quienes, durante tres días, reciben formación especializada en el arbitraje de tenis con el objetivo de garantizar un nivel técnico adecuado para el evento regional.
Las jornadas, que se desarrollan en el Pabellón de la Fama del Deporte Dominicano, están a cargo del juez de silla salvadoreño Diego Navidad. El taller aborda las reglas principales del tenis, así como los procedimientos y deberes del arbitraje que exige la Federación Internacional de Tenis (ITF). De acuerdo con una publicación del medio Al momento, Navidad enfatizó en la importancia del proceso formativo, señalando que para los Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe se requieren al menos 65 jueces de línea altamente calificados. “Con este taller estamos garantizando la calidad técnica para los técnicos dominicanos”, expresó el facilitador.
El curso, que inició el pasado 19 de marzo, tiene como finalidad fortalecer las competencias de los jueces de silla y de línea, quienes desempeñarán un papel clave durante la justa deportiva. En la apertura participaron Nelson Ramírez, encargado de desarrollo y capacitación del Comité Organizador, y Persio Maldonado, presidente de Fedotenis. Asistieron también Sergio Tobal, vicepresidente de la federación; Alexis Alcántara, tesorero y responsable de los cursos de arbitraje; Tony Mesa, director de gerencia deportiva de los Juegos, y Francisco De los Santos, presidente de la Asociación Nacional de árbitros de Tenis (ASONATE).
La capacitación de técnicos y jueces de tenis es parte de un plan más amplio que abarca distintas disciplinas deportivas. Alrededor de 200 técnicos de cuatro deportes distintos participan en cursos similares durante este periodo, como parte del programa de adiestramiento que busca fortalecer el talento humano y la organización general del evento.

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El proceso de preparación se enmarca en el ambicioso proyecto que lidera el Comité Organizador de Santo Domingo 2026, el cual ha priorizado la formación de jueces, voluntarios y responsables técnicos en todas las áreas. La villa de los atletas, recientemente supervisada por delegados internacionales, ha sido catalogada como una de las mejores para este tipo de competencias. Las obras principales, como la remodelación del Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez, el complejo acuático, los recintos de voleibol, tenis de mesa y otras instalaciones, avanzan conforme al cronograma original, bajo la vigilancia de las autoridades deportivas y gubernamentales del país.
El presidente del Comité Organizador, José P. Monegro, ha remarcado que la organización de los Juegos se basa en los principios de austeridad, modernidad e integración, con el objetivo de optimizar los recursos y aprovechar la infraestructura existente. La edición de 2026 coincidirá con el centenario de Centro Caribe Sports, lo que añade un valor simbólico especial a la cita.
De acuerdo con datos oficiales de la República Dominicana, se espera la participación de 6,220 atletas de 37 países en más de 40 deportes y unas 57 disciplinas. El impacto de los Juegos no se limita al ámbito deportivo: las autoridades estiman la llegada de cerca de 100,000 visitantes a Santo Domingo, lo que impulsará el turismo y la economía local. En paralelo, el programa de voluntariado ya ha capacitado a más de 500 personas, y la mascota oficial, Colí, representa el compromiso con la identidad y biodiversidad dominicanas.
El gobierno dominicano, a través del presidente Luis Abinader, ha reiterado su respaldo a la organización y ha subrayado la importancia de mantener los avances en la planificación y ejecución de las obras. El Comité Organizador, en colaboración con el Ministerio de Deportes, el Comité Olímpico Dominicano y otras entidades, busca asegurar que la justa se desarrolle bajo los más altos estándares internacionales y que represente un legado duradero para el país.
El esfuerzo por profesionalizar y certificar a los técnicos y jueces de tenis constituye un paso fundamental para que la República Dominicana consolide su prestigio como anfitrión de eventos deportivos regionales.
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