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‘Alligator Alcatraz’ is just the start of a state plan to remove immigrants
The Bradenton Times - Florida
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by David Silverberg Mega-farmer Francis Alfred “Alfie” Oakes III addresses the camera as massive watermelons come rolling down a conveyor belt at one of his farms in Collier County. Behind him are workers, all of them Hispanic, rapidly picking up...
Nursing homes face 2 threats: Trump’s Medicaid cuts and his immigration crackdown
The Public's Radio - Rhode Island
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June 26, 2025
Jackline Conteh, one of many African-born caregivers at the Goodwin House Alexandria nursing home, cares for the Rev. Donald Goodness, 92. Nursing homes are subject to Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids under the Trump administration....
Bermuda athletes leave for overseas meets
The Royal Gazette
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July 4, 2025
Heading to Barbados: Denver Tucker, left, Suresh Black, Miles Outerbridge, Norre Robinson and Devon Bean at Miami International Airport on their way to the Barbados Grand Prix (Photograph supplied) Three separate groups of Bermudian athletes left...
'They're scared': A two-pronged scheme from Trump and the GOP threatens America's seniors
AlterNet
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June 26, 2025
In a top-rated nursing home in Alexandria, Virginia, the Rev. Donald Goodness is cared for by nurses and aides from various parts of Africa. One of them, Jackline Conteh, a naturalized citizen and nurse assistant from Sierra Leone, bathes and...
‘Saving Walden’s World’ looks at 3 societies believed sustainable and fair
The Portland Press Herald - Maine
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July 22, 2024
After MIFF comes MOFF. With the Maine International Film Festival having just wrapped its 27th annual gift of cinematic wonders, the Maine Outdoor Film Festival (MOFF) opens this week (July 24-28) with a whole new crop of features and shorts from...
BRICS Envoys Flock to Rio
Foreign Policy
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July 4, 2025
Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Latin America Brief. The highlights this week: Brazil readies to host the BRICS leaders’ summit, Bolivia embraces cryptocurrency amid an economic crisis, and Mercosur notches a new trade deal. Brazil Prepares to...
Outrage in Caribbean diaspora over Trump’s halt to Haitian and Cuban Parole Program
Caribbean Life - New York
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June 16, 2025
Caribbean immigration advocates on Thursday strongly condemned President Donald J. Trump’s termination of a parole program for Haitians, Cubans, Venezuelans, and Nicaraguans. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on Thursday that it has...
Dual Threats From Trump and GOP Imperil Nursing Homes and Their Foreign-Born Workers
KFF Health News - California
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June 26, 2025
In a top-rated nursing home in Alexandria, Virginia, the Rev. Donald Goodness is cared for by nurses and aides from various parts of Africa. One of them, Jackline Conteh, a naturalized citizen and nurse assistant from Sierra Leone, bathes and...
Spanish immersion day care in Rochester feels effects of Trump immigration crackdown
Post-Bulletin - Minnesota
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July 5, 2025
ROCHESTER — Two Spanish immersion day care programs in Rochester are losing staff as a result of the Trump administration’s decision to terminate a program that allowed immigrants from Latin American countries to work in the U.S. A source told the...
Cuban dad did time for marijuana bust 40 years ago. He died in ICE custody.
Tampa Bay Times - Florida
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MIAMI — Isidro Pérez spent his life by the sea: first, during his childhood in Cuba, and at the end, on a houseboat off the coast of Key Largo with his dogs. He arrived in the U.S. in 1966 at the age of 16 and worked as a mechanic and fisherman....
Why is Journalist's Day celebrated across Latin America?
LatAm Journalism Review
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July 3, 2025
They go by names such as National Journalist Day, Press Day, or Journalist and Media Worker Day. And they’re observed on the date the first national newspaper was printed, the date journalists were killed for criticizing dictatorships, or the date...
Brazilian entrepreneur Paulo De Miranda reflects on impactful career shaped by education
Syracuse Sun - New York
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July 3, 2025
Paulo De Miranda, a graduate of the Maxwell School, has built a career around humanitarian aid and peacekeeping assignments worldwide. His early work involved writing reports on fieldwork, but he often felt they lacked insight into the real impact...
Chinese investment protection in Latin America: Navigating regulatory risks through strategic arbitration
JD Supra - California
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June 24, 2025
[co-author: Coline Desveaux] As China's economic engagement with Latin America reaches unprecedented levels, Chinese investors are navigating an increasingly complex landscape of opportunities and risks across the region's critical infrastructure,...
“Danger Is At The Door:” A Latina Therapist on Counseling a Community Threatened By ICE
MindSite News
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July 3, 2025
Mara Sammartino of First-Gen Therapy in Vacaville, California In more than 10 years as a therapist, Mara Sammartino, a bilingual licensed clinical social worker, has had a front-row seat to the impact of federal immigration policy – and the first...
Seven countries in Latin America where human rights are taking the biggest hit
Famagusta Gazette
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July 5, 2025
Nicolas Forsans, University of Essex Latin America is undergoing one of its most profound human rights crises in decades. The region’s civic space is shrinking rapidly, from mass surveillance and arbitrary arrests to political repression, enforced...
CHNV Update: Revocations and USCIS Guidance Trigger Urgent Employer Action
JD Supra - California
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June 25, 2025
The Trump administration terminated the Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, Venezuela parole (CHNV parole) program on June 12, 2025. See our initial guidance here. According to the administration, notices have been sent to affected parolees advising: Their...
How We Revealed Mega-Polluters Taking Advantage of Green Loans
Global Investigative Journalism Network
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June 9, 2025
In recent years, banks and corporations have poured trillions of dollars into finance they label as “green” or “sustainable.” Their claims about what this money will achieve sound impressive, but in many cases they amount to empty promises. Our...
‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Everglades immigration detention center opposed
South Florida Times
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July 3, 2025
“ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ”: Pushback seeks to stymie efforts to establish facts on the ground, with first arrivals expected imminently following Tuesday’s visits by Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. PHOTO COURTESY OF...
Hurricane center: Tropical Depression 3 forms off Florida, Carolina coast on July 4
Naples Daily News - Florida
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2025 July Fourth holiday may be a wet one for some in Florida, according to National Hurricane Center. The next storm on 2025 Atlantic hurricane names list is Chantal. For America's birthday, a tropical system off the Southeast U.S. coast...
The Playbook for America: We Thought We Saw it All with Freedom Torches and Edward Bernays Fomenting Regime Change in Guatemala, Chile
Dissident Voice
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July 4, 2025
Speaking with Dan Kovalik about his co-authored book, Syria: Anatomy of Regime Change Another rousing talk with a true socialist, Dan Kovalik, from Pittsburgh, here, pre-airing on my Radio Show, Finding Fringe on kyaq.org. Here’s today’s (July 1)...