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Fears grow after Nicaraguan critic murdered in Costa Rica
NBC News
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July 2, 2025
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Health care would be slashed even for immigrants with legal status under massive Senate bill
Alaska Beacon
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July 2, 2025
Provisions in the new tax and spending bill passed by the U.S. Senate early Tuesday would go even further than the House bill in removing health care and other benefits from immigrants with legal status. The House version of the massive tax and...
Why Is Nicaragua Silencing Critics Even Abroad?
Asume Tech
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July 2, 2025
The assassination of a Nicaraguan military officer turned activist in Costa Rica has triggered severe alarm among human rights advocates and Nicaraguan expatriates. This incident marks the sixth case of a Nicaraguan opponent being killed or...
'Deceitful': York-area Haitians left in legal limbo by Trump travel ban
The York Dispatch - Pennsylvania
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An estimated 10,000 Haitian immigrants live in York City and the surrounding area. Most of them came here legally. The Trump administration enacted a travel ban affecting Haiti and 11 other countries, halting nearly all immigration and travel to...
Lehigh Valley Political Pulse | Immigration Enforcement
WLVR-FM - Pennsylvania
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July 1, 2025
BETHLEHEM, Pa. — In his bid for his second term, President Donald Trump won over voters by campaigning against illegal immigration. But recent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids have brought about civil unrest from California all the...
Russian MFA says West coercing Georgia into military action in the Caucasus
TASS
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July 1, 2025
PYATIGORSK, July 1. /TASS/. Western countries are blackmailing the Georgian government with sanctions in an effort to push it towards military action against Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Deputy Director of the Fourth CIS Department of the Russian...
Farewell to USAID: Reflections on the agency that President Trump dismantled
Alabama Public Radio
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July 1, 2025
A storied US agency, one that began under President Kennedy in 1961 with the aim of providing global stability through a wide array of humanitarian aid and development programs, has now formally closed. Since January, the Trump administration has...
Yesterday: Do you remember these international stars?
Times News - Pennsylvania
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Do you remember Toni Kukoc as a Sixer? He played in 80 games over parts of two seasons with the 76ers in 2000 and 2001, averaging 9.8 points and 3.8 rebounds. Kukoc contributed 8.0 points per game for the 2000-01 team that reached the NBA Finals,...
Nicaraguan State Terrorism in Costa Rica
Havana Times
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June 30, 2025
Claudia Vargas, Roberto Samcam’s wife, together with her children and other loved ones at his funeral on June 22nd. The retired Nicaraguan Army Major was assassinated in Costa Rica, where he was exiled. Photo: Ivan Olivares / Confidencial The...
International trade event heads for Ohio's capital
Spectrum News 13 - Florida
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June 30, 2025
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio's agriculture will be on display in August as an international trade event makes its stop in Columbus. The second annual Summer in Cities Buyers Mission is hosted by Food Export-Midwest and Food Export-Northeast will connect...
Cuban Opponents Proudly Celebrate Rosa María Payá’s Election to the IACHR
14ymedio
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July 1, 2025
The Council for Democratic Transition in Cuba highlights the “tireless career” of Oswaldo Payá’s daughter as a defender of “human rights, freedom of expression, and human dignity.” Cuban Rosa María Payá celebrates after being elected as a new...
The Miami Political Asylum Hearing for Cuban Oscar Casanella Continues Without a Verdict
14ymedio
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July 1, 2025
The defense will submit its briefs for the conclusion of the summary on July 11. The hearing lasted almost seven hours, from 8:30 in the morning / Courtesy 14ymedio, Miami, June 24, 2025 — Cuban scientist Oscar Casanella, a member of the San...
Retired Nicaraguan Army Captain Sentenced to 50 Years for Treason
Tico Times
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June 30, 2025
A retired military officer was sentenced to 50 years in prison in Nicaragua for the crime of “treason against the homeland,” his family denounced on Saturday, saying they had not known his whereabouts since he was detained by police in May....
Supreme Court Sides With Trump Admin to End This Legal Migrant Program: 'Devastating for Churches'
CBN News
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June 30, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court recently granted the Trump administration's request to revoke the temporary legal status of more than 500,000 immigrants. The ruling makes people from four countries subject to possible deportation. The specific policy...
Archaeologists Just Found A "Lost City" That Even The Government Didn't Know About
The Travel
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June 30, 2025
For much of human history, contacting previously unknown people groups and discovering ancient ruins involved a painstaking process of exploring unfamiliar lands and digging through layers of fauna and dirt. Christopher Columbus, for example, had...
Refugees worry: Is Nicaragua assassinating government critics in Costa Rica?
WLRN - Florida
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Roberto Samcam Ruiz took security measures seriously. A retired Nicaraguan army major who had spoken out against the Sandinista government, he fled to neighboring Costa Rica after his name started popping up on wanted posters. When out in public...
The Iran-US Claims Tribunal and the Recent US Military Operation against Iran
EJIL: Talk!
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June 30, 2025
Much has already been written about the (il)legality of the recent military operation undertaken by the United States against Iran (see here and here), including on this blog here. Yet, one aspect not dealt with so far has been whether there might...
Sanctions considerations for non-governmental organisations in a new US administration
Global Investigations Review
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June 30, 2025
The continued and evolving use of economic and financial sanctions by a growing number of jurisdictions and government authorities, the exponential increase in the sheer number of sanctions targets and the increasing level of complexity of...
Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 6.30.25
Florida Politics
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June 30, 2025
Good Monday morning. Breaking late Sunday — “FAA alert suggests Donald Trump to visit ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ the Everglades detention center” via Antonio Fins of The Palm Beach Post — A VIP flight restriction over Ochopee signals a potential visit...
The Democrats and Immigration
Democracy Journal
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July 1, 2025
In the relatively short life of this journal, immigration policy has vexed both sides of American politics. It’s difficult to believe now, but in 2013, leading Republicans thought the party’s restrictionist immigration policy was so damaging to...