The party of Pyongchang 2018 begins

The XXIII Olympic Winter Games begin this Friday in Pyongchang, South Korea, marked by the sports truce signed with the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea to lower the political tension experienced by both nations in recent months.

A total of 15 sports disciplines, led by the ski races will be played until the 25th of this month with the participation of 92 nations, which does not include Russia, sanctioned by the doping scandals in Sochi 2014, and whose athletes will compete under the Flag of the International Olympic Committee.

The missile tests of North Korea ignited the alarms in the planet by the latent risk of a nuclear conflict that was enlivened more by the declarations in the UN of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, who threatened to "totally destroy" the North Korean country .

But the proximity of the Olympic Games served as a tranquilizer, and both nations signed a sports truce. For the first time, since the Winter Olympic Games in Torino, Italy 2006, both nations will parade together at the opening ceremony. In addition, they agreed to form a unified team of women's ice hockey.

Russia, winner of the Sochi Olympic Games with 13 gold medals, bears the sanction of the IOC for massive and institutional doping, and its 164 representatives will participate under the designation "Russian Olympic Athlete".

The Olympic Winter Games were started in Chamonix, France 1924, and have been dominated by Norway with 118 gilts, followed by the USA. (96) and Germany (86).

Latinos for the heroic deed

Latinoamericana attends the event with a record number of participants, but with few possibilities to shine. A total of 33 athletes will represent the region, which has never been able to win a medal in a Winter Games. Representatives from Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, among other countries, will be in charge of trying to end the drought. Peru, Paraguay and Venezuela are absent.