{"id":143541,"date":"2026-08-21T18:12:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T22:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/cuban-athletes-from-the-central-american-games-begin-regularization-in-the-dr-2\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T18:12:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T22:12:39","slug":"cuban-athletes-from-the-central-american-games-begin-regularization-in-the-dr-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/national\/cuban-athletes-from-the-central-american-games-begin-regularization-in-the-dr-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuban athletes from the Central American Games begin regularization in the DR"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cuban athletes begin migration processes after Santo Domingo 2026 Central American Games<\/h2>\n\n<p>In the framework of the Central American and Caribbean Games Santo Domingo 2026, the situation of several athletes from the Cuban delegation has taken an important turn. According to recent reports, two of the five athletes who decided to abandon their team during the sporting event have appeared before the Refugee Office of the General Directorate of Migration (DGM) to manage their legal status in the Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n\n<p>The news was disseminated by a Cuban citizen residing in the country, who through his digital platform has followed up on the cases of the athletes who chose not to return to their nation of origin after finishing their participation in the regional event.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The case of Yasmani \u00c1lvarez<\/h3>\n\n<p>Among the athletes who have taken the step to regularize their stay, softball player Yasmani \u00c1lvarez stands out. According to the details shared, the athlete approached immigration authorities with evident uncertainty and nervousness, natural feelings given the significance of his decision.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">The athlete expressed feeling much calmer after being attended to by the Migration staff, highlighting the humane and professional treatment received during the start of his procedures at the institution.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>This procedure is fundamental for those foreigners seeking a stable migratory status in the country under the established legal frameworks. \u00c1lvarez&#8217;s case joins that of another delegation colleague who had already initiated similar procedures before the same official agency.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Context of the situation<\/h3>\n\n<p>To date, the defection of five members of the Cuban delegation has been reported. Although the Dominican authorities continue to evaluate each file individually, no official details have been offered regarding the identities of the other three athletes involved or the current status of their processes.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It is estimated that the total number of Cuban athletes who left the delegation amounts to five.<\/li><li>The Refugee Office continues to be the central point for processing these requests for protection and regularization.<\/li><li>New updates on the progress of these immigration procedures are expected to emerge in the coming days.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<p>Alofoke Deportes will continue to monitor the development of this news, awaiting official communications from the competent authorities regarding the definitive status of these athletes on Dominican soil.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cuban athletes begin migration processes after Santo Domingo 2026 Central American Games In the framework of the Central American and Caribbean Games Santo Domingo 2026, the situation of several athletes from the Cuban delegation has taken an important turn. According to recent reports, two of the five athletes who decided to abandon their team during [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":143542,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12809],"tags":[776,2669,1271,11812],"class_list":{"0":"post-143541","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"tag-athletes","9":"tag-cuba","10":"tag-dominican-republic","11":"tag-migration"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}