Astros' Jose Altuve has broken right thumb, needs surgery
Houston Astros star Jose Altuve has a broken right thumb and needs surgery after getting hurt in Venezuela’s 9-7 quarterfinal loss to the United States at the World Baseball Classic. The Astros said Sunday they will announce a prognosis for the second baseman after the operation. The ight-time All-Star and the 2017 American League MVP fell after he was struck by a 95.9 mph sinker from Colorado reliever Daniel Bard in the fifth inning Saturday night.
news.yahoo.comCuba beats Australia, reaches 1st WBC semifinal since 2006
Cuba advanced to the World Baseball Classic semifinals for the first time since 2006 with a 4-3 win over Australia as Alfredo Despaigne hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly and Yoelkis Guibert followed with a two-run single in three-run fifth inning.
How Maduro Beat Guaidó and the US in Venezuela’s Long Standoff
In 2019, Juan Guaidó proclaimed himself the true leader of Venezuela. The fresh-faced opposition leader met world leaders at Davos, received a standing ovation at a US State of the Union Address by President Donald Trump and led giant protests in Caracas. A stalemate developed, as Guaidó was unable to oust President Nicolás Maduro and Maduro wasn’t able to douse public support for Guaidó. Four years of limbo ended with Guaidó pushed out as the head of the opposition and Maduro winning back the r
washingtonpost.comWhy Venezuela’s ‘Two Presidents’ Are Ready to Talk
In 2019, Juan Guaidó proclaimed himself the true leader of Venezuela. The fresh-faced opposition leader met world leaders at Davos, received a standing ovation at a US State of the Union Address by President Donald Trump and led giant protests in Caracas. A stalemate developed, as Guaidó was unable to oust President Nicolás Maduro and Maduro wasn’t able to douse public support for Guaidó. Four years of limbo ended with Guaidó pushed out as the head of the opposition and Maduro winning back the r
washingtonpost.comState OKs $20 million for influx of migrants to Chicago after warning that funding would end; amount less than half what Lightfoot wanted
Lightfoot had asked for $54 million for emergency housing and aid for migrants, many bused to Chicago by Texas authorities after crossing the border.
chicagotribune.comSouth Florida sponsor helping Venezuelan migrants with Biden parole program
As President Joe Biden announced the recent expansion of an immigration policy for migrants coming from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela, sponsors in South Florida are stepping up to help people who might not even know about the program.
Two Venezuelan families. Two immigration policies. Two different outcomes.
Two families escaped Venezuela under two different immigration policies. A new Biden program allowed one family get travel approval in a matter of weeks. Another Trump-era program barred another family from seeking asylum in the U.S., deporting her.
latimes.comJury finds Hugo Chavez’s ex-nurse guilty of money laundering
The former nurse of late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has been found guilty of money laundering in connection to bribes paid by a billionaire media mogul to green light lucrative currency transactions when she served as the country's national treasurer.
Mexico to host next round of Colombian peace talks
The Colombian government and the nation’s largest remaining rebel group said on Tuesday that they will continue to stage peace talks in Mexico, following three weeks of negotiations in Venezuela that have only yielded modest results
washingtonpost.comVenezuela’s bid to save ‘diplomat’ from US charges takes hit
For two years, Venezuela’s socialist government has been fighting to extricate from the U.S. justice system an insider businessman it claims was on an ultra-secret mission to Iran when he was arrested on a U.S. warrant during a routine fuel stop in Africa.
Bob Woodward on revelations from "The Trump Tapes"
Veteran Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward has collected his recorded interviews with former President Donald Trump – eight hours' worth – into an audiobook release, "The Trump Tapes." He talks with CBS News' John Dickerson about Trump's view of the presidency as a trophy and his unsettling communications with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un; and about the question Woodward most regrets not asking.
news.yahoo.comMigrants arriving in Chicago tell their stories: ‘I prayed every step of the way’
Beyond the new reality that the migrants face and the story of their desperate need to run away from their home country to undergo a month’s journey north where most are now homeless, they all once had a home, a profession, and the hope to never migrate north.
chicagotribune.comVenezuelans expelled from US decide next steps in Mexico
In a shelter on Mexico City’s east side, Venezuelan mechanic José Cuicas is waiting anxiously for an American friend to answer his request to sponsor him for one of the 24,000 visas the Biden administration says it will give to Venezuelans
washingtonpost.comUS migrant policy 'bucket of cold water' to some Venezuelans
Venezuelan Gilbert Fernández still plans to cross the dangerous Darién jungle into Panama headed over land toward the U.S. despite Washington’s announcement that it will grant conditional humanitarian permits only to 24,000 Venezuelan migrants arriving by air
washingtonpost.comUS migrant policy 'bucket of cold water' to some Venezuelans
Venezuelan Gilbert Fernández still plans to cross the dangerous Darién jungle into Panama headed over land toward the U.S. despite Washington's announcement that it will grant conditional humanitarian permits only to 24,000 Venezuelan migrants arriving by air.
Treasury Department to probe whether DeSantis misused COVID funds for migrant flights
The U.S. Department of the Treasury will investigate whether Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis misused pandemic relief funds to fly a group of Venezuelan migrants from Texas to Massachusetts in September, a U.S. Senator said.
Tropical depression likely to form soon near southern Caribbean: forecasters
A tropical depression is expected to form within the next 48 hours from a tropical wave approaching Caribbean and South America. Tropical Depression Twelve, in the central Atlantic Ocean, is expected to become a remnant low.
sun-sentinel.comReports: Migrant flights’ mysterious recruiter identified
The mysterious woman who allegedly lured dozens of migrants on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ flights to Martha’s Vineyard from San Antonio has been identified by several media outlets as Perla H. Huerta, a former combat medic and U.S. Army counterintelligence agent living in Tampa.
All eyes to the western Caribbean and Gulf next week
The disturbance we’re tracking along the northern coast of Venezuela in the eastern Caribbean Thursday – coined Invest 98L – is expected to organize into a strengthening storm by next week and pose a potential threat to the U.S. while powerful Hurricane Fiona will bring hurricane conditions to Bermuda Thursday night into Friday before morphing into an extreme, historic, and potentially record-shattering hurricane-like storm for Nova Scotia and the Canadian Maritimes this weekend.
Amid lawsuit, investigation, Gov.’s political opponents continue taking aim at migrant flights
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ decision to send a group of Venezuelan migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard continues to attract criticism from political opponents, as well as a criminal investigation and lawsuit, but the governor has remained steadfast defending the move.
‘Opening people’s eyes’: DeSantis defends migrant flights amid Texas investigation, lawsuit
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is defending his decision to send a group of Venezuelan migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard amid a criminal investigation and, now, a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of the migrants filed Tuesday.
After Texas Sent Him to Washington, One Migrant Launches a New Life
When Lever Alejos of Venezuela arrived at the southern border penniless in July, he gladly accepted a free bus ride to Washington, D.C., courtesy of the state of Texas. He had no family or friends to receive him, and spent one night in the plaza across from Union Station. He soon settled into a homeless shelter. “I have nothing,” Alejos, 29, said on his third day in the city, “but I have the will to work and succeed.” Two months later, Alejos is making between $600 to $700 a week, saving up to b
news.yahoo.comAs GOP governors escalate their practice of sending migrants across the country, Chicago’s arrivals recount their journeys
Their wayward journeys to Chicago are not unlike the experiences of thousands of migrants being sent across the country from Republican governors for political purposes.
chicagotribune.com‘It was all a political stunt’: South Florida Venezuelans fume over Martha’s Vineyard controversy
“They felt they were finally going to be able to live the American Dream,” said one Venezuelan-American from Sunrise. “Little did they know they were being sent to an island of millionaires."
sun-sentinel.comVenezuelan tycoon shields US fortune from FARC rebel victims
An appeals court has overturned a Florida federal judge’s order seizing the U.S. fortune of a sanctioned Venezuelan billionaire with alleged cartel ties to satisfy a $318 million judgment for the American victims of a Colombian terrorist kidnapping.
New claims against ex Miami congressman hired by Venezuela
New filings in a civil suit allege that a former Miami congressman who signed a $50 million consulting contract with Venezuela’s socialist government not only did no apparent work, but also channeled a large chunk of the money to a yacht company on behalf of a fugitive billionaire.
Asset managers accused of helping launder $1.2B in Venezuelan oil money
Federal prosecutors charged two financial asset managers Tuesday, accusing them of taking part in a $1.2 billion international scheme to launder funds corruptly obtained from Venezuela’s state-owned oil company over a span of more than three years.
Caribbean storm likely to gain force, hit Central America
The U.S. National Hurricane Center says a storm that has hurled rain on the southern Caribbean and the northern shoulder of South America is expected to hit Central America as a tropical storm over the weekend and eventually develop into a hurricane over the Pacific.
Ex-Venezuela mayor pleads guilty for $3.8 million in bribes in Miami federal court
A one-time ally of the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has pleaded guilty for taking $3.8 million in bribes to help steer lucrative oil contracts to companies tied to officials in Venezuela’s socialist government and military.