WASHINGTON.- The head of American diplomacy, Marco Rubiohe promised on Wednesday to redouble the staff for the concession of visas before the 2026 World Cupbecause many foreigners who have not started the application could run out of it.
The administration of President Donald Trump, focused on curbing illegal migration and expelling migrants, looks with magnifying glass the concession of visas.
There is just over a year to begin the World Cup, which will be held for the first time in three countries: the United States, Canada and Mexico, and the long process of visa worries the Secretary of State.
Rubio informed the congressmen that he is valuing to reallocate diplomats to visa services and bend the shifts before next year’s World Cup and later for the Los Angeles Olympic Games in 2028.
“We are looking for ways to implement double shifts in some of our embassies worldwide due to visa requirements,” Rubio said before the House of Representatives.
“For example, if you have not yet requested a visa from Colombia, it will probably not arrive on time for the World Cup unless we implement double shifts,” he said.
Embassy will also prove artificial intelligence in some cases, as in the renewal of visas.
“We want it to be a success. It is a priority for the president,” Rubio said about tourism in these sports acts that attract crowds.
Democratic congresswoman Dina Titus said she was worried about the fall of tourism in her district, which includes Las Vegas, since the beginning of Trump’s second mandate in January.
The interrogations in border posts since Trump returned to power seemed to have affected the number of people traveling through tourism to the United States.
This fall is particularly striking among Canadians, who do not need a visa for the United States, after Trump repeatedly belittled his northern neighbor and questioned the sovereignty of the country.
Lucio has 18% burn
The accident suffered by the former Brazilian soccer player Lucio last week left him burns in 18% of the body, the world champion with the Seleçao in 2002 said Wednesday, who was transferred to another hospital to be close to his family.
“He is recovering well, thank God. But the treatment of burned requires many care,” a spokeswoman told AFP.
“He is facing him one day at the same time,” he added.
According to the advisor, the former International Defense was admitted to a hospital in Brasilia on Saturday after suffering an accident with an ecological fireplace that caused burns in 18% of the body and had to submit to two surgeries.
