Latin America Report

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August 07, 2017 FIU Expert: Venezuelan Military Likely To Keep Fracturing Under Dictatorship
On Sunday a small band of Venezuelan soldiers staged a revolt at a military base in the city of Valencia and made off with weapons.
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July 24, 2017 Miami Beach Hosts World Classic Of 'Badass' Beach Sport: Footvolley
Lately you may have seen a strange marriage of soccer and volleyball playing out on your local beach. It’s called footvolley. Footvolley was created – where else? – in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. But it’s been gaining popularity in the U.S. and Europe. Last year footvolley took a big step when a demonstration tournament was held in Rio as part of the Summer Olympics celebration. And this week Miami Beach is hosting one of footvolley’s biggest events to date: the 2017 World Footvolley Classic . Here
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July 18, 2017 Sunday's Venezuela Vote Was Huge Symbolism. But Can It Prevent A Dictatorship?
More than 100,000 Venezuelan expats came out to vote in South Florida Sunday in a hastily arranged election that officially means nothing - but which could end up meaning a lot if the international community is paying attention.
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July 11, 2017 Extradited Pilot Could Blow The Lid Off Venezuelan Military's Drug Cartel
Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo López was released from prison over the weekend. But that doesn’t change the fact that Venezuela’s unpopular socialist government remains firmly in power – thanks largely to the loyalty of Venezuela’s military leaders. Many of those top brass are accused of having links to drug trafficking – and they fear that if President Nicolás Maduro is overthrown, they’ll have to face justice.
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July 04, 2017 How Not To Do Cuba Like The Kardashians: Try Something Real With Your Rum
Note: This story was first broadcasted on Jan. 16, 2017.
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June 27, 2017 Balseros By Air? Venezuelan Immigrants Increasingly Poorer, More Desperate
Greilys arrived in South Florida two months ago from Los Teques, Venezuela, south of Caracas, with “a few dollars and four suitcases” – hounded out of her job and her country, she says, by an increasingly brutal socialist regime.
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June 20, 2017 Did President Trump Lay Out A Cuba Case In Miami – Or A Cuba Con?
President Trump’s Cuba speech in Miami last Friday offered chest-thumping, cold-war nostalgia sound-bites like: “Now we hold the cards.” “We challenge Cuba to come to the table with a new agreement.”
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June 13, 2017 Puerto Rico Wants To Be 51st U.S. State – But Is There Much Thrill On Capitol Hill?
Puerto Ricans want to become America’s 51 st state. But right now it's doubtful America – at least President Trump and a Republican-controlled Congress – feels the same way. In a non-binding referendum on Sunday in the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 97 percent of those who voted chose statehood over the two other options: remaining a U.S. territory or becoming an independent country. “Commonwealth status is not working,” says statehood supporter Jan Carlo Pérez, a teacher and father of two in
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June 06, 2017 Venezuela's Crisis Leads To Political Witch Hunts In South Florida
On the night of May 12, a group of Venezuelan expats gathered in front of the house of former Venezuelan judge Dayva Soto in Weston. They screamed insults at her in Spanish.
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May 30, 2017 Dictator's Demise: Noriega Dies In Panama As The Americas Ponder His Tragedy
This interview was originally published on March 20. Former Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega is dead at the age of 83. The Panamanian government announced his death late Monday night, May 29. In March Noriega had undergone surgery to remove a brain tumor, and for a time had been in a coma.
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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…