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Members of a transitional presidential council who will be responsible for selecting a new prime minister for Haiti noted that as soon as the council is officially installed, they would help “put Haiti back on the path of democratic legitimacy, stability and dignity.”
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Most people with dengue will show no signs of infection or experience only mild symptoms, but in rare cases infections can become severe and potentially fatal.
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The treacherous migrant crossing in Panama is drawing packs of American activists who are distorting how immigration is perceived, and debated, at home.
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Argentina’s annual March 24 commemoration of the 1976 military coup that ushered in the country’s violent right-wing dictatorship is acquiring new urgency under the government of President Javier Milei.
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A former Venezuelan political prisoner got the idea to create a virtual reality tour from the Anne Frank museum.
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Miami’s immigration court has a backlog of about 290,000 pending cases, according to February data from the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University. This is more than any court in the country.
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Haiti is a country in crisis. Freelance photojournalist Octavio Jones, who's worked with WUSF and NPR, was on the ground there earlier this week and documented what he saw.
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With Haiti's main airport still closed, Haitians in South Florida can only watch as gangs that control Port-au-Prince violently tear through their families' neighborhoods.
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Director Kevin Guthrie with the Florida Division of Emergency Management says more than 400 Floridians have been evacuated from the country.
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Recent social media posts claimed that migrants can use an app to get free flights to the U.S. People granted parole do not receive free flights to the U.S. They buy their own plane tickets.
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As Venezuela’s government would have it, President Nicolas Maduro and members of his inner circle have been the target of several conspiracies since last year that could have left them injured or worse.
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COMMENTARY Deeper Cuban suffering has sparked new protests — but don't expect the regime or exiles to soften their stances in ways that might actually ease that misery.