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'I love Trump but don't think it's fair': Pro-Trump Cubans revolt against White House
A number of pro-Trump Cuban Americans are revolting against the White House’s immigration policy after their own lives have been uprooted by President Donald Trump’s travel ban on Cuba, The Washington Post reported Sunday. One such Cuban American...
US sought to lure Venezuelan leader Maduro’s pilot into betraying him
In this image made from a video posted on the Facebook account of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Dec. 15, 2023, Maduro stands behind pilot Gen. Bitner Villegas in the cockpit of an airplane. (AP Photo) MIAMI — The federal agent had a...
Trump’s immigration crackdown weighs heavy on US labor market
Maria worked cleaning schools in Florida for $13 an hour. Every two weeks, she'd get a $900 paycheck from her employer, a contractor. Not much -- but enough to cover rent in the house that she and her 11-year-old son share with five families, plus...
Bolivians Vote in Historic Runoff, Poised to End Two Decades of Socialist Dominance Amid Economic Turmoil
BOGOTA, Colombia – As the sun rises over the Andean highlands on Sunday, October 19, 2025, some 7.9 million Bolivians are streaming toward polling stations for the nation's first-ever presidential runoff election, a high-stakes contest that could...
Mexico finances the Cuban regime while Pemex sinks into debt
Between May and August of 2025, Mexico sent more than 3 billion dollars in subsidized fuels to Cuba through the state subsidiary Gasolinas Bienestar, a figure that triples the shipments recorded during the last two years of the previous...
Trump’s immigration crackdown weighs on the U.S. labor market
Maria worked cleaning schools in Florida for $13 an hour. Every two weeks, she’d get a $900 paycheck from her employer, a contractor. Not much — but enough to cover rent in the house that she and her 11-year-old son share with five families, plus...
Update: Hurricane Melissa Bears Down on Jamaica as Category 5 Storm
Hurricane Melissa is churning toward Jamaica as the island’s worst-ever storm, with high winds and flooding rains already pummeling coastal areas in the hours before landfall. Melissa’s top winds reached 185 miles (298 kilometers) per hour, up...
I’m a Finance Expert: If You Don’t Negotiate Your Bills, You Could Be Overpaying Hundreds in 2026
People’s budgets and paychecks are stretched especially thin as 2025 starts to slow to a close, accommodating the increased cost of necessities. Though the Federal Reserve is expected to cut rates, inflation may still increase into 2026, as could...
U.S. jury issues $20M verdict against French bank BNP Paribas over Sudanese atrocities
A federal jury in New York has issued a nearly $21 million verdict against France’s largest bank for giving the Sudanese government access to the U.S. financial system as it engaged in atrocities two decades ago.Article content The woman and two...
The Silence of Black Wealth: When the Billionaires Turned Their Backs on the Black Press
By Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent Two months ago, famed civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump stood before a ballroom filled with the echoes of history. He did not whisper. He thundered. “If you’ve been blessed,” he...
Cuba frees prominent dissident Jose Daniel Ferrer, sends him into exile in U.S.
The Cuban government released dissident leader José Daniel Ferrer from prison Monday and sent him with his family into exile in the United States, the island’s foreign affairs ministry said. The announcement comes after weeks of speculation about...
How Venezuelan Regime Is Supporting Radical, Left-Wing Groups in US
Venezuela’s regime is coming under increasing pressure from the Trump administration for using the cartels it controls to smuggle drugs into the United States. Last week, President Donald Trump said he had authorized covert CIA actions inside the...
Key West woman faces new charges in fake Cuba travel scheme
A Key West woman accused of posing as a travel agent and scamming customers with fake trips to Cuba is facing new charges, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday. - Advertisement - Traci Leann Culiver-Sanchez, 60, was arrested again this...
US sought to lure Nicolás Maduro’s pilot into betraying the Venezuelan leader
By JOSHUA GOODMAN, Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The federal agent had a daring pitch for Nicolás Maduro’s chief pilot: All he had to do was surreptitiously divert the Venezuelan president’s plane to a place where U.S. authorities could nab the...
HABANOS, S.A. PRESENTED A WORLD PREMIERE "MONTECRISTO ELBA LIMITED EDITION 2025"
LA HABANA, Cuba, Oct. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Habanos, S.A. officially presented the new Montecristo Elba Limited Edition 2025 vitola during the event 'Elba, the treasure of Montecristo', held at the Las Ventas Bullring in Madrid. The evening,...
Bolivia votes in runoff poll marking pro-market shift
Bolivians are voting in a presidential runoff that marks a decisive rejection of the socialist government and a likely foreign policy shift closer to the United States after decades of frosty relations. The race pits centrist senator Rodrigo Paz...
The D Brief: Caribbean buildup; Carrier loses two aircraft; Court reverses Guard ruling; China’s AI-powered robots; And a bit more.
The Pentagon is still building up its naval forces in waters close to Venezuela, which has prompted officials in Caracas to decry recent joint exercises between the U.S. and troops from nearby Trinidad and Tobago, Reuters reported Sunday. The...
Cuban Radiocommunication and Broadcasting Company installs six new transmitters in eastern region
BAYAMO, Cuba, Oct 13 (ACN) To continue expanding the reach of digital terrestrial television, specialists from the Cuban Radiocommunication and Broadcasting Company (Radiocuba) are installing six new transmitters in mountainous areas of Granma...
Vietnam, Cuba strengthen cooperation in heart disease, stroke prevention research
Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Experts from Vietnam and Cuba have discussed new scientific findings on the prevention of heart disease and stroke, highlighting the potential of Policosanol and HDL (“good” cholesterol) in enhancing public health and longevity....