Beatriz De La Portilla
Beatriz is a broadcast media major at Florida International University and is the managing editor for Caplin News. She aspires to become a documentarian.
Miami protest organizer: “You literally have your knee on our necks. What do you...
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Hundreds of people marched through the streets of downtown Miami this past weekend to protest...
Coronavirus Update: U.S. has highest death toll, walk-up testing and a COVID fee
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Today is Thursday, May 28, and United States COVID-19 mortalities have risen over 100,000, more than any country...
Coronavirus Update: Over 51,000 cases in Florida, high levels of virus in sewage and...
Today is Tuesday, May 26, and Florida now has more than 51,000 coronavirus cases and 2,000 deaths. 7 News in Sydney, Australia reports that...
Coronavirus Update: WHO announces largest case increase, states all opening, tests damaged
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Today is Thursday, May 21, and the World Health Organization reported the highest increase in COVID-19 cases in...
Coronavirus Update: WHO warns virus may be here to stay and South Florida plans...
Today is Thursday, May 14 and Florida has the ninth greatest number of coronavirus deaths in the nation -- even though it is the...
Coronavirus Update: Parks, waterways and golf courses open
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Today is Wednesday, April 29th, and Miami-Dade County is easing restrictions on outdoor activities. Masks must be worn...
Coronavirus Update: First walk-up testing site and infections vastly underestimated
Today is Monday, April 27th, and Florida cases have passed 31,000 while deaths have reached over 1,000. Florida, which has the third largest population,...
A young man’s miraculous survival and his podcast about living with traumatic brain injury
Andy Oquendo is a 27-year-old senior journalism student at Florida International University who loves to tell jokes and give people compliments. He is also...
First person: Working at the polls during the coronavirus crisis
After a night of watching the latest episode of "Last Week Tonight" and several other videos emphasizing the importance of social distancing, my anxieties...
As poll workers face coronavirus threat, Miami-Dade offers $100 bonus
Supermarket shelves are bare. Gasoline prices are dropping. The entire country of Italy is shut down. These are just a few of the indicators...