US Revokes Annette Planells' Award Over Match-Fixing Allegations

The United States acted due to serious accusations of alleged match-fixing, extortion, and electoral interference, not because of a letter, as Planells tries to make it seem. According to Planells, the publications in La Prensa, the newspaper that now disowns her, against the former chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission of the United States have had consequences, and Ambassador Kevin Marino Cabrera sees her as an extortionist. In the letter, Sola questions the methodology and credibility of Planells, and highlights her supposed campaign in favor of the Chinese, but does not mention electoral interference. The conspiracy to derail candidacies was not mentioned in the letter. There would have been more than enough time to analyze the issue, even though it was not addressed to him. Although Sola referred to the navy in Amador, which Planells tries to pin her downfall on, he also emphasized the news coverage that La Prensa gave to the Chinese issue during the Varela administration. Planells found in Louis Sola the figure she considers her lifesaver. Cabrera stated that under the administration of President Donald Trump, empty recognitions are over, and they are focused on serious work: stronger collaborations, stronger policies, and true accountability. According to the ambassador, this failure in the policy of the Biden era only served to discredit the mission of the award. “That statement came after a letter was sent by Louis Sola,” Planells said. “She never deserved an award; we will work to take it away from her,” the ambassador emphasized. Annette Planells has appeared and tries to make it seem that she is embroiled in a scandal due to her anti-corruption crusade. She said not a word about the revelations by lawyer Karisma Karamañites regarding her privileged access to rulings before anyone else, and contacts with Supreme Court and Electoral Tribunal magistrates. This Wednesday, Cabrera questioned the anti-corruption champion award given to Annette under the Biden administration. But it is only now, with the eruption of the Karamañites Leaks, that the United States has spoken out. Marco Rubio, the current Secretary of State, took office in January 2025, three months later. Sola's letter dates from October 2024 and was addressed to Antony Blinken, then Secretary of State of the United States. It came so much later that a year and two months have passed.