Alisson Rivas dejó atrás el sueño de ingresar a la milicia para perseguir su verdadera pasión: convertirse en futbolista profesional y representar a El Salvador en torneos internacionales. La historia de esta joven oriunda de Santiago Nonualco, La Paz, refleja el desafío de transformar una vocación inicial en una carrera deportiva que hoy la proyecta como una de las promesas del fútbol femenino y de playa del país.

Según el Instituto Nacional de los Deportes de El Salvador (INDES), Alisson participa activamente tanto en la Liga Femenina de Fútbol de la Primera División como en la Liga de Fútbol Playa Copa INDES 2026, consolidando su compromiso con el deporte y sus aspiraciones de alto rendimiento. “El fútbol lo es todo para mí y yo prefiero dejar de comer por irme a jugar”, expresó la atleta, en declaraciones recogidas por el INDES.

Alisson confesó que, durante su adolescencia, aspiraba a convertirse en militar, una meta que dejó a un lado. “Mis padres no estuvieron de acuerdo, mi madre me dijo que no. Yo siempre he admirado a los policías y militares, entonces me llamó la atención y mi idea era ser militar, pero ella habló conmigo”, relató la futbolista sobre la conversación familiar que definió su futuro. En ese momento, cursaba el bachillerato.

La madre de Alisson, Jessica Baños, recordó el proceso de cambio: “Le preguntamos y nos dijo que ella quería ir a la Escuela Militar, pero yo sentía que los tiempos no estaban para eso. Le dijimos que lo pensara bien y cambió de parecer”, afirmó Baños, entrevistada por el INDES. Hoy, la familia Rivas Baños se identifica con el fútbol y acompaña a Alisson en cada etapa de su desarrollo deportivo.

En el fútbol once, Alisson se desempeña como defensa central, siguiendo los pasos de su padre, Noel Rivas, exfutbolista de segunda y tercera división. La influencia familiar se extiende a su madre, quien ha incursionado como jugadora amateur, y a su hermano menor, que empieza a experimentar el fútbol desde los cuatro años.

“Mi idea no era jugar fútbol, pero en la escuelita de Santiago Nonualco iniciaron los intramuros. Yo les dije a mis compañeras que conformamos un equipo y ellas me apoyaron. Después la gente le decía a mis padres que me llevaran a la escuelita porque jugaba bien, aunque estaba gordita”, compartió Rivas sobre sus inicios en el deporte.

A los ocho años, la joven ya mostraba buenas habilidades. Posteriormente, su paso por la Liga Atlética Policial le permitió obtener un bicampeonato con el equipo de La Paz, reforzando su convicción de dedicarse al fútbol.

Además de su desempeño en la liga de fútbol once, Alisson es parte del plantel de San Marcelino en la Liga de Fútbol Playa 2026.

Alisson partició en el Programa LaLiga, Valores y Oportunidad del Instituto Nacional de los Deportes de El Salvador (INDES), que impulsa el desarrollo de jóvenes atletas. “Fue un período maravilloso y me ayudó a formarme como jugadora”, afirmó la futbolista, refiriéndose a su experiencia en el Campus 2019.

Antes de cumplir los 15 años, la joven fue pretendida por el club Platense, pero debió esperar para integrarse oficialmente y disputar torneos en la Liga Femenina de la Primera División. Más tarde, pasó a Zacatecoluca, donde participó en el Clausura 2026. La oportunidad de jugar fútbol playa surgió por invitación de sus amigas y, tras una prueba con San Marcelino, se integró al equipo que anteriormente había sido campeón de la Liga de Fútbol Playa 2023.

“En fútbol 11 y fútbol de playa, la disciplina y perseverancia es fundamental, hasta tuve la capitanía en el equipo”, sostuvo Alisson.

La trayectoria de Rivas incluye convocatorias a microciclos de trabajo en la preselección de fútbol playa, bajo la dirección del entrenador Elías Ramírez. “Fui llamada en 2025 y a principios de 2026, se siente el cambio y en preselección te exigen más, pero esto te ayuda a demostrar el coraje porque estás una semana sin ver a tu familia”, explicó la jugadora.

A la par de sus compromisos deportivos, Alisson cursa la licenciatura en Ciencias Aplicadas al Deporte en la Universidad de El Salvador (UES), organizando su tiempo entre estudios y entrenamientos. “Llevo dos años en la licenciatura y es por mi amor por el deporte. Sigo jugando y estudiando”, señaló la joven de 19 años.

“Nos sentimos orgullosos porque ha venido escalando a su corta edad. Ella tiene el talento y las ganas para salir adelante”, declaró Jessica Baños, madre de la futbolista.

FIRST ON FOX: A Democratic strategist has deployed a candidate look-alike that Republicans fear may act as a decoy and create confusion around their real nominee.

Campaign material metadata reveals that Amber Lee, a progressive consultant, authored a press release announcing the Senate bid for a second «Dan Sullivan» — a figure Republican strategists say has nothing to do with incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska.

«Mary Peltola and Chuck Schumer know they can’t beat Senator Sullivan on his record, so they’re resorting to deceitful political maneuvers that attempt to trick Alaskans and buy a seat,» National Republican Senate Committee Spokesperson Nick Puglia told Fox News Digital.

Although Republicans have months to clarify the situation to voters before the state’s primary in August, the filing shows efforts to create confusion to sway a high-stakes Senate race.

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The campaign website leans into the name overlap.

«Dan Sullivan challenges Dan Sullivan for U.S. Senate Seat, urges Alaskans to defeat incumbent, elect a Sullivan who stands up for Alaska,» it reads.

According to his biography, this second Sullivan spent his early career working blue-collar jobs like logging, construction, bartending and forestry, but decided to enter his bid for Senate after growing frustrated with government mismanagement.

«Over time, he became increasingly frustrated with what he saw as federal inefficiency and a lack of long-term thinking in government,» the biography reads.

The campaign’s Instagram page has no posts and just two followers.

The campaign did not immediately respond to questions if Sullivan had been asked to run, whether the campaign had made filings with the FEC, or if he intends to run as an independent.

Both Sullivans will appear in Alaska’s open primary system, where the top four candidates advance to the general election.

If selected among them, the second Sullivan may appear on the ballot in November — a development that could prove especially confusing to Alaska’s many rural communities.

Despite the comedic nature of the thinly-veiled ploy, the filing is especially relevant in Alaska — one of only two states that have implemented ranked choice voting. The system allows voters to select multiple candidates in order of preference.

Under this model, voters can still apply their vote to a second, sometimes even a third option if their first choice is eliminated from contention.

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Former Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, is running to unseat Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan in the 2026 midterm elections. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)

The system, sometimes called «instant runoff voting,» greatly increases the influence of candidates that may not otherwise be a voter’s first choice.

Although Lee, the Democratic strategist, did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital, documentation of her political leanings appears to rule out an earnest attempt to campaign for another Senate hopeful who just happens to share the «Dan Sullivan» name.

In addition to being called a backer for Mary Peltoa, Sullivan’s Democratic challenger, by the New York Times, Lee’s consulting firm, Amber Strategies, lists a number of progressive clients, including Alaska Women Ascent.

The group aims to «train women who are pro-choice, pro-LGBTQ rights, pro-union, anti-racist and pro-racial justice» to serve as candidates and volunteers.

In the past, Alaska has historically voted Republican, but recently elected Peltola to its lone, at-large district in 2022.

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Sen. Dan Sullivan votes on the Laken Riley Act at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 9, 2025. (Allison Robbert/AFP)

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Sullivan, who previously served as Alaska’s attorney general, first came to the Senate in 2015 and last won reelection in a 53.9% to 41.2% victory over nonpartisan challenger Al Gross.

Alaska will hold its primary on August 18.

CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin publicly confirmed for the first time that her organization received an inquiry from the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), seeking detailed information about about its March trip to Cuba.

The inquiry, which is often called an administrative subpoena, comes as the Trump administration signals a broad effort to increase federal scrutiny of nonprofit organizations operating in foreign-policy and activist spaces. Last October, after the murder of conservative leader Charlie Kirk, President Donald Trump directed federal agencies to strengthen enforcement against nonprofit entities that facilitate support for political violence.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent reinforced that message this week, arguing that nonprofit organizations and fiscal sponsors can’t shield themselves from legal accountability when resources, funding, organizational infrastructure or grants are used to support unlawful activity and political violence.

«We’ve made substantial progress, and I think in the weeks and months ahead, we’re going to have a lot to report,» Bessent responded to a question in the White House press gallery. He said, for example, that under new changes, the IRS will «demand that nonprofits know their grant recipients.»

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«So, if a grant recipient is violent, if they are suppressing people’s rights, then you are responsible for that,» Bessent said. «I think that’s a very good first step.»

The shift reflects a growing administration focus on whether nonprofit networks are exercising sufficient oversight over the projects, activists and international campaigns they sponsor. Against that backdrop, the inquiry by the Office of Foreign Assets Control into the Cuba convoy fits within an effort by Treasury officials to examine whether activist organizations are complying with laws and other federal restrictions, such as sanctions laws.

Speaking on camera in a video promoted by a far-left media platform, BreakThrough News, Benjamin said she and political streamer Hasan Piker first learned about the query when Fox News Digital broke the news last Saturday evening that Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control had launched an investigation into the financial and logistical details of CodePink’s and Piker’s trip to Cuba trip.

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Medea Benjamin (right) and Olivia DiNucci (center) of CodePink protest against the U.S. war in Iran. (Fox News Digital)

The Office of Foreign Assets Control enforces U.S. sanctions on Cuba, which restrict Americans from engaging in many financial transactions with the communist government and require travelers and organizations to comply with licensing and record-keeping requirements for authorized activities.

«I actually didn’t get anything, and neither did Hasan Piker,» Benjamin said. «I mean, we heard this on Fox News, that there was this subpoena out, and I was going outside my front door, looking around for somebody to serve me.»

Benjamin said the inquiry arrived by email and had been sent to CodePink co-founder Jody Evans.

«It turns out that it was an email that was sent to CodePink co-founder Jody Evans, and it was so unofficial that it landed in our spam box,» Benjamin said. «So it was a letter, and it came from the Treasury Department, from the Office of Foreign Assets Control, known as OFAC.»

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While criticizing the manner in which the inquiry was delivered, Benjamin acknowledged that the request itself was serious because of the volume of information federal officials are seeking.

«And I don’t want to say it’s not serious. It is serious, because they are asking for all kinds of information,» Benjamin said. «And this is a kind of intimidation tactic that means we have to get a lawyer, that we have to spend a lot of staff time, a lot of energy.»

According to Benjamin, the inquiry contains roughly a dozen detailed questions about the trip and its participants.

«They’re asking about 12 very detailed questions that include things like, ‘How did you get there? Where did you stay? What did you do every hour that you were there?’» Benjamin said. «I guess we have to tell them how many hours we slept.»

Benjamin said approximately 170 people participated in the convoy and suggested the scope of the inquiry could require organizers to account for the activities of every participant.

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Hasan Piker and Jodie Evans and Neville Roy Singham (Getty Images)

«There were 170 people, so I don’t know if they want to know what every single person did every single minute of the day,» she said.

Benjamin also confirmed that organizers brought humanitarian supplies to Cuba.

«What we brought — and we brought about $600,000 worth of aid — so it’s a lot, a lot of information that they want,» Benjamin said.

Benjamin framed the inquiry as an effort to discourage Americans from traveling to Cuba or participating in humanitarian missions to the communist island, but said organizers would continue their activities despite the federal scrutiny.

«And of course, this is to make people think, ‘Uh oh, should I go to Cuba? Uh oh, should I keep doing humanitarian aid?’» Benjamin said. «And the answer to that is, yes. We can’t be intimidated. In fact, we have to use this as another reason that we’re so angry at the U.S. government and redouble our efforts.»

Meanwhile, Piker has insisted that he hasn’t received the Treasury Department query. He stirred up another set of headlines speculating that the «real goal» of the investigation is to target American Marxist tech tycoon Neville Roy Singham, who has pumped $285 million since 2017 into a network of groups including CodePink and BreakThrough News, allegedly spreading pro-China propaganda and sowing discord with massive anti-American street protests.

CodePink and BreakThrough News have been fixtures in those street protests, and Piker has supported them on his hours-long livestreams.

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