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The deployment is meant to help the government of Haiti recover vast swaths of territory seized in the past year and now controlled by heavily armed gangs.
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Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried blasted Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday for his plans to open 'Deportation Depot,' which she called "another wildly expensive and inhumane immigration detention facility paid for by Florida’s taxpayers."
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Miami's Freedom Tower stood as a beacon of hope for Cubans fleeing communist rule at the height of the Cold War. It will reopen next month as a museum honoring the history of Cuban exiles with immersive state-of-the-art exhibits that explore the meaning of migration, freedom and homeland.
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COMMENTARY The U.S. has indicted Haitian gang ruler Jimmy "Barbecue" Chérizier — but he and his Viv Ansanm confederation hold the cards in Port-au-Prince as long as they don't face real force.
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A federal judge is hearing closing arguments over whether to stop construction indefinitely at an immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.” The judge is considering Tuesday whether the facility violates environmental laws.
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President Donald Trump’s use of painful tariffs against Brazil has so far not sprung his political ally Jair Bolsonaro from house arrest as he awaits trial on charges of plotting a coup. But the levies appear to be having more success in opening doors for America’s Big Tech companies as they seek to influence the rules governing them.
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A federal grand jury has indicted one of Haiti’s most powerful gang leaders — Jimmy Chérizier, best known as “Barbecue” —and a U.S. citizen for conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions and fund gang activities.
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FIFA is testing a new protocol for the 2026 World Cup in North America, requiring host committees to develop human rights action plans. This is the first time FIFA has implemented such a measure. However, human rights advocates are concerned that the standards are not enforceable and got watered down.
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Included in the Republican Party's big bill of tax breaks and spending cuts is funding to power President Donald Trump's deportation agenda. The nearly $170 billion is almost double the Department of Homeland Security's annual budget and is raising alarms.
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U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno has emerged as an interlocutor for conservatives in Latin America seeking to connect with the Trump administration. The Bogota-born Moreno visits Colombia this week as part of a three-nation Latin America tour.
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Miguel Uribe, 39, was shot three times while giving a campaign speech in Bogota and had been in intensive care since the attack. His family confirmed his death on Monday.
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More than 7.7 million Venezuelans have migrated since 2013, when their country's oil-dependent economy unraveled. Most settled in Latin America and the Caribbean, but after the COVID-19 pandemic, migrants saw the U.S. as their best chance to improve their living conditions.