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Venezuela’s Maduro Leads Response to Tropical Wave 9
Venezuela’s Maduro Leads Response to Tropical Wave 9, Strengthened by China’s Support Amid Climate Crisis: President Nicolás Maduro assesses damage from Tropical Wave 9 in western Venezuela, highlighting revolutionary government’s rapid response...

How to watch NWSL's international players compete in major continental tournaments this summer
The women’s European Championship commenced on July 2 and already promises to live up to its billing as England set out to defend their title despite strong competition from France and Spain. But it’s not the only continental tournament this...

From Yale’s ivory tower to the Statue of Liberty, Bad Bunny puts Puerto Rico, politics on the agenda
As if Bad Bunny was not making enough headlines with his Puerto Rico residency starting this Friday, the worldwide reggaeton sensation dropped the long-awaited music video for the opening track of his most-recent, most-Puerto Rican album, DeBÍ...

BC Issues Advisory as Trump Travel Ban Deepens Strain on International Community
In response to President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting citizens of 19 countries from entering the United States, Boston College’s Office of Global Engagement (OGE) and the Office of International Students and Scholars (OISS) urged...

President Emeritus Reif reflects on successes as a technical leader
As an electrical engineering student at Stanford University in the late 1970s, L. Rafael Reif was working on not only his PhD but also learning a new language. “I didn’t speak English. And I saw that it was easy to ignore somebody who doesn’t...
Legal protections end for half-million Haitians who now face deportation
President Donald Trump salutes at a campaign rally at the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center in October 2024, in Aurora, Colo. Alex Brandon | AP MIAMI — The Department of Homeland Security said Friday that it is terminating legal...

Credit unions as key international development actors
Credit unions play a key role in international development as promoters of affordable financial services. This role is particularly important since, despite considerable progress in recent years, over 1.7 billion adults worldwide remain unbanked....

US revokes temporary legal protections for Nicaraguans, Hondurans
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) believes conditions in both countries have improved enough to justify the termination of Temporary Protected Status. The Trump administration announced Monday that it is ending Temporary Protected Status...

Vague Email From Immigration Officials Leaves Venezuelan Family Shaken And in the Dark
After receiving a vague email from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), José, his wife, and their three children arrived on Sunday, June 29, at ICE’s Denver Field Office and Office of Chief Counsel in Centennial, Colorado. The message, which...

Venezuelan prosecutor calls for Volker Türk's resignation for inaction against human rights violations in the United States
William Saab questions the effectiveness of the work of a High Commissioner who is not dedicated to delivering justice, but rather to attacking Venezuela and the countries that confront imperial powers in the region. Photo: Correo del Orinoco. The...

Liberia: As Five African Heads of State Prepare for High-stakes White House talks, President Trump Pushes Trade over Aid in Renewed African policy framework
Washington, D.C. – President Donald Trump is set to host the heads of state from Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal at the White House next week for a luncheon aimed at strengthening commercial and security ties between the...

El Salvador Anti-Corruption Lawyer Ruth López Transferred to Harsh Prison
The humanitarian organization Cristosal denounced on Saturday that Salvadoran lawyer Ruth López, head of its anti-corruption unit and considered a “prisoner of conscience” by Amnesty International, was arbitrarily transferred to a harsher prison...

Venezuela Rejects Guyanese President Irfaan Ali Statements Regarding the Esequibo
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil. Photo: X June 28, 2025 Hour: 5:39 pm The Government of Venezuela rejected the statements made by the President of Guyana, Irfaan Ali, from the US Embassy, assuring him that he will eventually have to negotiate...

A week of innocent Venezuelans being trafficked to El Salvador, the first US attack on Iran, and the Supreme Court protecting Trump
Hi, I’m Marcela: I’m a comedian, I live in Brooklyn, and I really like to tell people how to feel about the news. After wowing zoomers all over on TikTok by giving them news with a sense of humour and anarchy, I decided to start a weekly Sunday...

Trump's migratory chaos: from panic to helplessness
Photo: JORGE While anti-Cuban congressmen remain complicitly silent, folded to presidential and state decisions on the inhumane and arbitrary treatment of recently arrived migrants or long-time residents, new measures by Donald Trump have put...

PPP lawmaker under fire for posting that Busan residents don't need consumer vouchers
Published: 07 Jul. 2025, 15:51 People Power Party Rep. Park Soo-young speaks during an interview with the JoongAng Ilbo at his office in the National Assembly in Yeouido, western Seoul, on March 26. [JOONGANG ILBO] Rep. Park Soo-young of the...

As ICE keeps up pressure in Lower Manhattan court, state AG James takes more legal action to defend immigrant rights
New York’s Attorney General Letitia James attends a watch party for Zohran Mamdani’s primary election night rally in Long Island City, June 24, 2025. REUTERS/David ‘Dee’ Delgado State Attorney General Letitia James filed a brief last week urging a...

Puerto Rican Pop Megastar Bad Bunny Conflates Illegal Aliens and Legal Immigration In Music Video Featuring AI-Generated Trump Voice
Puerto Rican pop megastar Bad Bunny conflated illegal aliens and legal immigrants in the music video for the opening track from his new album by using an imitation of President Donald Trump’s voice to deliver a pro-immigrant speech. The music...

President commits to doing more to stem gold smuggling by Venezuela through Guyana
President Irfaan Ali has assured the Government of the United States that his Administration will put “enormous resources” into the fight to combat illicit gold smuggling, amid a stern warning from the US about the threat of gold smuggling...

Venezuela and China Strengthen Alliance at Hong Tin Forum
Director General of the Xinhua News Agency for Latin America, Dr. Jiang Yan at the Hong Ting – Dialogue among Civilizations Forum. Photo: X June 26, 2025 Hour: 6:35 pm The Hong Tin Forum, held in Caracas, brought together representatives from...