The first maritime shipment of good between the United States and Cuba in five decades has set sail from Miami. The ship, the Ana Cecilia, is carrying humanitarian items, such as medicine, to be given away to Cubans. The shipping company says it will take a shipment every Wednesday from now on.
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Football's governing body FIFA has released documents saying its former president Joao Havelange and his former son-in-law Ricardo Teixeira received illegal payment. The document showed between 1992 and 2000, the two men took more than 22 millions Swiss francs. Now more than 22 million dollars in payment from FIFA's former marketing partner. Imogen Foulkes reports form Geneva.
官方组织Fifa公布文件称前主席足球乔·阿维兰热及其前女婿里卡多?特谢拉非法收款。文件显示1992到2000年期间,这两人获得超过2200万瑞士法郎。现在有超过2200万美元的资金是Fifa的市场伙伴支付的。Imogen Foulkes在日内瓦报道。
FIFA was forced into publishing this document after months of resistance. It confirmed what was widely expected. Former FIFA officials did indeed accept millions of dollars in payment from FIFA's former marketing partner ISL. The publication comes in the midst of the campaign by FIFA to tackle corruption after widespread allegations that the football's governing body has acted improperly for a many years.