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COMMENTARY Argentina used Messi marketing to make its soccer association perhaps the world's richest today — but in the process it's become an FBI-targeted poster child for what's wrong with the sport.
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Cuba is suffering another nationwide blackout, leaving the entire country without power. It's the third incident in two weeks, highlighting the island's vulnerable grid under a U.S. oil embargo.
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Eighteen-year-old Alessandra Izaguirre is part of a massive grassroots effort to help Venezuela after devastating earthquakes. From Doral, she joins thousands at the nonprofit Global Empowerment Mission (GEM) to send aid to Caracas.
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El Salvador's ruling party has ratified President Nayib Bukele's candidacy for the February presidential elections. This decision paves the way for a third consecutive term, despite criticism from lawyers and human rights advocates. Bukele, who took office in 2019, enjoys high approval ratings. However, his 2024 reelection was criticized for violating a ban on consecutive terms
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Citing sources close to the investigation, the Argentine daily newspaper, La Nación, and the Miami Herald each reported that U.S. federal investigators are examining the Argentine Football Association's Miami branch's transfers of more than $300 million through U.S. banks — and an accounting of how the money was spent.
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U.S. Rep.'s María Elvira Salazar, R-Miami, Mario Díaz-Balart R-Miami, Carlos A. Giménez, R-Miami, and Christopher H. Smith, R-New Jersey, sent a joint letter to top Trump Administration officials demanding immediate action against the Comercializadora de Servicios Médicos Cubanos.
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced the work permit extension on Friday, the same day it was supposed to expire for 350,000 Haitian TPS holders nationwide, including more than nationwide was set to expire on Friday.
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Saturday's planned dual events, featuring the Cuban Freedom March and the Liberation Day Rally Miami, aims to honor those who stood up against the island's regime and those who continue to face political persecution.
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COMMENTARY Because President Trump insists he "runs" Venezuela today, he shares in its regime's abysmal response to last month's earthquakes — and bears the onus for the country's reconstruction.
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On La Guaira's beaches, Venezuela quake survivors improvise showers and toilets amid water shortagesFamilies in the hardest-hit state, La Guaira, have taken to the beach to shower and relieve themselves, with excrement now dotting parts of the once-crowded Caribbean beaches.
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Colombia's President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella has suspended the transition process with President Gustavo Petro. He accuses Petro of planning a coup to stay in power after Petro refused to recognize the country's election results. On Monday, Petro alleged fraud in the June 21 runoff election without providing evidence.
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Fujimori, the daughter of a disgraced former president, ran for the presidency for the fourth time. She will become Peru’s ninth president in 10 years when she takes office later this month.