Ray Gordon wrote:
They went ahead with Marinello's nomination and paid all her expenses:

EB members from Americas:

Mrs. Margaret Murphy, U.S. Virgin Islands
Mr. Guy Bendana, Nicaragua
Mr. Uvencio Blanco, Venezuela
Mr. Silvino Garcia, Cuba

Zone Presidents:

Zone 2.1 will be nominated by USA
Zone 2.2 will be nominated by CAN
Zone 2.3 Mr. Erick Hernandez, ESA
Zone 2.4 will be nominated during the meeting (BRA, PER, BOL) later
Zone 2.5 Mr. Ramon Nicolas Barrera, ARG

Americas General Assembly Board

President: Mr. Jorge Vega, Costa Rica
Deputy President: Mr. Silvino Garcia, Cuba
Treasurer: Mr. Allan Herbert, Barbados
**** General Secretary: Ms. Beatriz Marinello, USA
Board Member: Mr. Oswaldo Ceballos, Colombia
Board Member: Mr. Eduardo Mieles, Ecuador
Board Member: c/o Brazilian Chess Federation President

What is your source for this?

This is very disturbing and a violation of FIDE Rules but we need to
have it confirmed.

Sam Sloan