{"id":511642,"date":"2026-06-18T17:28:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T21:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/tension-marks-debate-for-new-yorks-13th-congressional-district-espaillat-demands-apology-from-darializa-avila\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T17:38:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T21:38:55","slug":"tension-sparks-debate-over-new-yorks-13th-congressional-district-espaillat-demands-apology-from-darializa-avila","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/tension-sparks-debate-over-new-yorks-13th-congressional-district-espaillat-demands-apology-from-darializa-avila\/","title":{"rendered":"Tension sparks debate over New York&#8217;s 13th Congressional District; Espaillat demands apology from Darializa \u00c1vila"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>New York.<\/strong> \u2013 The debate between the Democratic candidates for New York&#8217;s 13th Congressional District was marked by a sharp exchange of accusations between Congressman Adriano Espaillat and his challenger Darializa \u00c1vila Chevalier, in the midst of the final stretch toward the party primaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the meeting organized by the NY1 network, Espaillat demanded that \u00c1vila Chevalier offer a public apology to the Dominican community for statements that, he claimed, constituted an offense to one of the main national symbols of the Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cApologize to the Dominicans. You just called the Dominican flag a violent excrement. That is an insult and I ask you to apologize to all the Dominicans of this great city,\u201d the legislator expressed during the debate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, \u00c1vila Chevalier rejected the request and responded with allegations against people close to the congressman, whom he accused of carrying out smear campaigns against him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey are doing press tours in the Dominican Republic saying the most racist things I have ever heard,\u201d maintained the community activist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The candidate also reported having been the target of attacks and insults on social media, asserting that she has been called a \u201cgorilla\u201d and a \u201crat\u201d by some users during the course of the campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Likewise, she accused Espaillat of allocating 5.5 million dollars to initiatives aimed at attacking her personally, a claim that adds to the growing tension between both candidates in the race for the representation of one of the districts with the largest presence of the Dominican community in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Democratic primaries for Congressional District 13 are being held in a context of high attention among voters of Latino and Dominican origin, who constitute a significant part of the electorate in the district.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York. \u2013 The debate between the Democratic candidates for New York&#8217;s 13th Congressional District was marked by a sharp exchange of accusations between Congressman Adriano Espaillat and his challenger Darializa \u00c1vila Chevalier, in the midst of the final stretch toward the party primaries. 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