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Latin America Report

Join veteran reporter and WLRN's Americas Editor Tim Padgett in an exploration of how what happens in Latin America and the Caribbean has a profound effect on South Florida.

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Miami's fixated on Biden's Cuba moves — but his Venezuela move matters, too.

Miami's fixated on Biden's Cuba moves — but his Venezuela move matters, too.

President Biden's Cuba policy changes got wall-to-wall South Florida coverage last week. His Venezuela move, not so much... Read more

24 May 2022

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Bitcoin boosters see Latin America as 'cryptopia.' Does the idea have any currency?

Bitcoin boosters see Latin America as 'cryptopia.' Does the idea have any currency?

El Salvador wants to build Bitcoin City; Cuba hopes to skirt the U.S. trade embargo. But so far Latin America looks like... Read more

3 May 2022

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Las Posadas tradition returns to Homestead as a community rises from the pandemic

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FARC Fight: Biden learns — again — that South Florida is a Latin America policy minefield

FARC Fight: Biden learns — again — that South Florida is a Latin America policy minefield

Biden's decision to remove Colombian guerrillas from the U.S. terrorist list sparks a new disinformation spree in Florid... Read more

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