/tags/localnews localnews en-US WLRN Wed, 19 Aug 2020 15:04:02 GMT /2020-08-19/coronavirus-live-updates-vaccine-trial-gets-underway-as-state-deaths-close-in-on-10-000 This post will be updated today, Wednesday August 19, and through the week with the latest information on COVID-19 in South Florida. Wed, 19 Aug 2020 15:04:02 GMT /2020-08-19/coronavirus-live-updates-vaccine-trial-gets-underway-as-state-deaths-close-in-on-10-000 ¸Ű°ÄĚěĎ²ĘNews /2020-08-12/south-florida-puerto-ricans-distressed-by-islands-election-debacle-want-better-u-s-help Puerto Rico's Governor has sued election officials over primary elections. South Florida Puerto Ricans feel the U.S. could have done more to help prevent the mess. Wed, 12 Aug 2020 13:42:51 GMT /2020-08-12/south-florida-puerto-ricans-distressed-by-islands-election-debacle-want-better-u-s-help Tim Padgett /2020-08-10/as-covid-19-ravages-latin-america-expat-families-confront-appalling-tragedies Controversial coronavirus deaths like Carlos HenrĂ­quez's in El Salvador leave Latin American relatives in the U.S. feeling increasingly helpless. Mon, 10 Aug 2020 22:37:08 GMT /2020-08-10/as-covid-19-ravages-latin-america-expat-families-confront-appalling-tragedies Tim Padgett /show/latin-america-report/2018-06-04/medellins-narco-tours-legitimate-history-or-offensive-glorification-of-monsters MedellĂ­n is one of the century's most impressive comeback stories. Colombia's second largest city was once synonymous with the late cocaine kingpin Pablo… Mon, 04 Jun 2018 23:37:10 GMT /show/latin-america-report/2018-06-04/medellins-narco-tours-legitimate-history-or-offensive-glorification-of-monsters Tim Padgett /news/2018-06-01/under-growing-international-pressure-maduro-releases-more-venezuelan-political-prisoners This week a report by the Organization of Americans States said Venezuela was guilty of crimes against humanity. Venezuela’s regime promised today to… Sat, 02 Jun 2018 01:23:29 GMT /news/2018-06-01/under-growing-international-pressure-maduro-releases-more-venezuelan-political-prisoners Tim Padgett /news/2018-05-23/posadas-legacy-is-a-warning-about-u-s-hypocrisy-in-the-americas-and-venezuela COMMENTARYOn Sunday, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro won another six-year term in an election so laughably rigged – and mostly boycotted by… Thu, 24 May 2018 01:18:56 GMT /news/2018-05-23/posadas-legacy-is-a-warning-about-u-s-hypocrisy-in-the-americas-and-venezuela Tim Padgett /news/2018-05-22/after-737-crash-some-cuban-americans-say-us-should-lease-cuba-planes-and-parts Cuban officials are still identifying the 111 people who died in last Friday’s crash of a Cubana Airlines 737 on takeoff from Havana. Two surviving… Tue, 22 May 2018 22:05:30 GMT /news/2018-05-22/after-737-crash-some-cuban-americans-say-us-should-lease-cuba-planes-and-parts Tim Padgett /news/2018-05-16/u-n-should-recognize-maduros-deadly-madness-his-opponents-should-engage-it COMMENTARYIf there were any doubts about the deadly madness of Venezuela’s dictatorial socialist regime, they were erased this week by a stunning Reuters… Wed, 16 May 2018 22:37:00 GMT /news/2018-05-16/u-n-should-recognize-maduros-deadly-madness-his-opponents-should-engage-it Tim Padgett /show/latin-america-report/2018-05-14/escape-from-venezuela-refugees-banging-on-doors-for-food-and-worlds-attention First of a three-part ¸Ű°ÄĚěĎ²Ęseries, "Escape From Venezuela"By Tim PadgettCĂšCUTA, COLOMBIA | This is what the Venezuelan refugee crisis sounds like: the… Mon, 14 May 2018 23:43:48 GMT /show/latin-america-report/2018-05-14/escape-from-venezuela-refugees-banging-on-doors-for-food-and-worlds-attention Tim Padgett /news/2018-04-26/nicaraguas-ortega-has-vindicated-himself-cubas-castro-would-have-been-proud COMMENTARYWhile a growing global chorus calls for Nicaraguan strongman Daniel Ortega to step down, I’m thinking back to one of my favorite editorial… Thu, 26 Apr 2018 12:08:15 GMT /news/2018-04-26/nicaraguas-ortega-has-vindicated-himself-cubas-castro-would-have-been-proud Tim Padgett