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June 04, 2019 Cuba Hopes A Catfish Will Solve Its Food Crisis. But Is It Wrecking The Island's Ecosystem?
During heavy rains last year in a small town outside Havana, people saw something remarkable. Large freshwater catfish called claria were swimming in the flooded streets. In a video posted on YouTube , excited locals splash out to grab them. But that happy scene was also an environmental alert. Claria are an invasive species in Cuba. They’re supposed to be confined to aquaculture fisheries, where they’re bred for food. Outside those farms – as these claria obviously were – they’re notorious for
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June 04, 2019 Cuba Hopes A Catfish Will Solve Its Food Crisis. But Is It Wrecking The Island's Ecosystem?
During heavy rains last year in a small town outside Havana, people saw something remarkable. Large freshwater catfish called claria were swimming in the flooded streets. In a video posted on YouTube, excited locals splash out to grab them.
5 min
May 20, 2019 Guaidó Colleague: Venezuela Talks Likely To Fail – But They're Proof Maduro Is Spooked
Last week representatives of Venezuela's socialist regime and its political opposition met for talks in Oslo, Norway . Norway had offered earlier this year to mediate between the two sides – but news of the meetings was a surprise, because less than a month ago opposition leader Juan Guaidó called (unsuccessfully) for an outright military overthrow of authoritarian President Nicolás Maduro.
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May 20, 2019 Guaidó Colleague: Venezuela Talks Likely To Fail – But They're Proof Maduro Is Spooked
Last week representatives of Venezuela's socialist regime and its political opposition met for talks in Oslo, Norway. Norway had offered earlier this year to mediate between the two sides – but news of the meetings was a surprise, because less than a month ago opposition leader Juan Guaidó called (unsuccessfully) for an outright military overthrow of authoritarian President Nicolás Maduro.
5 min
May 13, 2019 Guatemalan Girl Power: A Maya Baby Makes It To South Florida – And Life-Giving Surgery
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May 13, 2019 Guatemalan Girl Power: A Maya Baby Makes It To South Florida – And Life-Giving Surgery
Most of the stories about Central American migrant children coming to the U.S. in recent years have been sad ones. That’s especially true of Guatemalan children. Since December, three Guatemalan minors have died while in U.S. immigration custody – including a 16-year-old boy in Texas this month.
8 min
May 06, 2019 Caracas Quandary: After April 30 Debacle, What Do Guaidó And U.S. Do Now?
It’s been a week since Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó called for the overthrow of authoritarian President Nicolás Maduro. That effort failed when top military leaders balked at joining him. But it sparked renewed anti-government unrest and showed cracks in the military's loyalty to the socialist regime – which is widely blamed for dismantling Venezuela’s democracy and destroying its economy.
5 min
May 06, 2019 Caracas Quandary: After April 30 Debacle, What Do Guaidó And U.S. Do Now?
It’s been a week since Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó called for the overthrow of authoritarian President Nicolás Maduro. That effort failed when top military leaders balked at joining him. But it sparked renewed anti-government unrest and showed cracks in the military's loyalty to the socialist regime – which is widely blamed for dismantling Venezuela’s democracy and destroying its economy.
5 min
April 29, 2019 Red Alert: Venezuelans Fleeing Their Regime Say Interpol Notices Derail Asylum
Three years ago, Venezuelan doctor Marco Salmeron seemed to have a good case for asylum in the U.S. Salmeron had fled Venezuela because prosecutors there accused him of human organ trafficking – but they’d provided little if any evidence to back it up. Salmeron called the charge political persecution. Still, on a September morning in 2016, U.S. agents from the international police organization Interpol showed up at Salmeron’s home in Pembroke Pines. As his wife and two kids looked on, they
8 min
April 29, 2019 Red Alert: Venezuelans Fleeing Their Regime Say Interpol Notices Derail Asylum
Three years ago, Venezuelan doctor Marco Salmeron seemed to have a good case for asylum in the U.S. Salmeron had fled Venezuela because prosecutors there accused him of human organ trafficking – but they’d provided little if any evidence to back it up. Salmeron called the charge political persecution.
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In South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean are a local story - and the Latin America Report, which was a weekly WLRN feature from 2013 to 2023, looked at how the two often intersected and…