Thursday, April 25, 2024

Ymaris Tejeda

Brain health in diverse communities is subject of FIU gathering in Washington

University researchers, officials, congressional policymakers and other leaders were in Washington earlier this month at an event sponsored by Florida International University to discuss...

Florida congresswomen slam decision on entry to detention facility

For the second time in three days, several members of the South Florida congressional delegation were denied entry to a facility housing undocumented minor...

Florida lawmakers call for action against defective Chinese drywall

In a show of bipartisan force, U.S. Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart (R-Miami-Dade) and U.S. Rep. Federica Wilson (D-Miami Gardens) joined several South Florida families at a press...

Students strike for climate action

Sparked by an international movement that began in Europe, hundreds of thousands young people in the United States and abroad walked out of school...

Treatment of journalists in Venezuela comes under fire

Members of the Florida congressional delegation are among those criticizing incidents this week in the Venezuelan capital where a Miami-based anchor for the Spanish-language...

Representative Shalala urges DACA citizenship

A congressional delegation comprised of U.S. Representatives Debbie Mucarsel-Powell and Donna Shalala, Democrats from Florida, along with their Texas colleagues Joaquín Castro and Sylvia...

Pressure ramps up in Venezuela

Before President Trump spoke at FIU on Monday about the ongoing crisis in Venezuela, he met in Washington, D.C., with President Iván Duque of...

Washington mum on Trump talk; Delegation mulls Venezuela options

With President Trump speaking Monday on the FIU campus about Venezuela, speculation is swirling in Washington about the details of that speech. The White House...