Page 25 - Tim Padgett News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

ACN via AP Outgoing Cuban Communist Party First Secretary Raul Castro, right, presents his replacement, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel at the close of the party's 8th Congress in Havana on Monday. Raúl Castro has stepped down as Cuba's communist boss — but the regime's old guard's still making sure the new guard keeps its repressive system intact. On Monday, Cuba's ruling Communist Party finished its eighth Congress in Havana. Every five years the island's party leaders convene to set a course for government policy. This one was different because Raúl Castro, brother of the late dict...

Venezuelans in Doral demonstrating for TPS in 2019. On Monday, because of the terrible humanitarian crisis in Venezuela, President Biden granted Venezuelans currently living in the U.S. Temporary Protected Status, or TPS. It means more than 300,000 eligible Venezuelans, most of whom are here in South Florida, can live and work legally in the U.S. for 18 months. After that time, TPS can and likely will be renewed. WLRN is committed to providing South Florida with trusted news and information. In these uncertain times, our mission is more vital than ever. Your support makes it possible. Pleas...

The journey for Venezuela migrants now begins at their own front door, said experts. Speakers  Diego Beltrand, Special Envoy of the Director General for the Regional Response to the Venezuelan Situation, International Organization for Migration Ligia Bolivar, Center for Human Rights, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello Betilde Muñoz-Pogossian, Director, Department of Social Inclusion, Organization of American States (OAS) Tamara Taraciuk Broner, Acting Americas Deputy Director, Human Rights Watch Tim Padgett, Americas Editor, Miami NPR affiliate WLRN (moderator) With a shortage of gasoline,...

The Biden administration has announced it's extending temporary protected status to Venezuelans in the U.S.

The Miami Herald Mario Ortiz, 66, waves his vaccination card after emerging from the federal vaccination site operating at Miami Dade College North on Thursday, March 4, 2021. The site opened this week and began vaccinating people 65 and older, and teachers and school workers of any age. More people are eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccine this week, including people as young as 18 years old with certain conditions. Plus, the pandemic continues raging in Latin America. And a pandemic spring break on the sand in Fort Lauderdale. This was the week that a lot more younger people could begin gettin...