Salazar Secures $3 Million in Federal Aid for Miami-Dade College

Salazar Secures $3 Million in Federal Aid for Miami-Dade College

Mateo Guillamont
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April 6, 2024
US Representative Maria Elvira-Salazar (R-FL) recently unveiled $3 million in federal funding she secured for Miami-Dade College.  Representative Salazar presented the aid during a job fair she hosted at  Miami Dade College’s Padrón Campus in Little Havana.  The money will fund Miami-Dade College’s (MDC) renovation efforts seeking to turn their newly acquired Dyer Federal Courthouse […]
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Twenty Senior US Officials Push Back After Biden Admin. Signals it will not Impose Sanctions on Venezuela

Twenty Senior US Officials Push Back After Biden Admin. Signals it will not Impose Sanctions on Venezuela

Mateo Guillamont
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April 5, 2024
President Joe Biden is expected to not reinstate oil sanctions imposed on Venezuela during President Donald Trump’s term, according to recent reports.  Renewing sanctions on Venezuelan oil exports would raise domestic gasoline prices given OPEC production cuts have increased American reliance on alternative sources, such as Venezuela.  Consequently, US officials are reportedly concerned that limiting […]
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Lawmakers Allege FEMA Decision Could Ravage Florida's Lee County

Lawmakers Allege FEMA Decision Could Ravage Florida's Lee County

Mateo Guillamont
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April 4, 2024
Lee County officials recently publicly criticized the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) decision to remove Lee County’s residents’ eligibility for flood insurance discounts.  According to a Lee County press release, FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) had been granting residents premium discounts that allowed policyholders to save up to 25%. FEMA’s decision to cut flood […]
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Battle over Big Oil Mergers Festers in Senate

Battle over Big Oil Mergers Festers in Senate

Mateo Guillamont
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April 4, 2024
Senate Democrats and Republicans are at loggerheads over recently announced mergers in the oil industry.  Last year, reports emerged of  planned mergers between Exxon and Chevron with Pioneer Natural Resources and Hess Corporation, respectively. Exxon and Chevron are the two largest oil companies in the United States. Exxon has claimed the merger “represents an opportunity […]
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Florida Lawmakers on Edge Following Maduro's Targeting of Journalists Abroad

Florida Lawmakers on Edge Following Maduro's Targeting of Journalists Abroad

Mateo Guillamont
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April 4, 2024
US lawmakers have denounced Venezuelan Dictator Nicolas Maduro allegedly ordering for the extrajudicial detainment of Venezuelan journalists living abroad.  Dictator Maduro’s regime carries a ghastly repertoire of unlawful detainments, extrajudicial killings, tortures, and kidnapping of regime dissidents and political opponents. Most recently, Colombian-Venezuelan journalist Orlando Avendaño, a public critic of Maduro’s regime, suffered a government […]
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Political Disarray Over Reports of Humanitarian Worker Deaths Following Israeli Bombings

Political Disarray Over Reports of Humanitarian Worker Deaths Following Israeli Bombings

Mateo Guillamont
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April 3, 2024
US lawmakers are responding to reports that an Israeli airstrike killed several humanitarian aid workers in Gaza earlier this week. An Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) strike killed seven workers from the World Central Kitchen (WCK) organization.  The IDF has accepted responsibility for the incident and apologized, calling it a “mistake” that “shouldn’t have happened.” IDF […]
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Lawmakers Denounce Alleged Russian Election Interference in Puerto Rico

Lawmakers Denounce Alleged Russian Election Interference in Puerto Rico

Mateo Guillamont
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April 2, 2024
Puerto Rican officials have uncovered and reported various Russian attempts to allegedly undermine the island’s democratic processes.  US Shadow Representative Roberto Lefranc Fortuño originally flagged Russia’s surreptitious misinformation campaign against Puerto Rico.  According to Representative Fortuño, misleading propaganda produced by Russia’s state-run ‘Russian Television’ channel has flooded Puerto Rican media platforms in recent weeks.  “I […]
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State Department's Ambivalent Venezuelan Stance Decried by Conservatives

State Department's Ambivalent Venezuelan Stance Decried by Conservatives

Mateo Guillamont
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April 2, 2024
As a sanctions relief deadline looms, conservatives are renewing calls for President Joe Biden to reinstate previously lifted sanctions on Venezuela.  In October of last year, the Biden Administration lifted sanctions on Venezuela’s oil and gold sectors in exchange for assurances Venezuelan Dictator Nicolas Maduro would hold fair elections. As Dictator Maduro jailed opposition figures […]
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Hundreds of Thousands of Illegal Migrants Allegedly Landing in Florida Airports

Hundreds of Thousands of Illegal Migrants Allegedly Landing in Florida Airports

Mateo Guillamont
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April 2, 2024
Miami, Florida- A recent investigative report by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) has unveiled hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants are being permitted to fly into Florida. The flight arrivals originate from a program President Joe Biden launched in October 2022, where potentially unlawful immigrants from select nations are flown into the US and […]
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Diaz-Balart Highlights Pro-Democracy Measures in Recently Passed Appropriations Bill

Diaz-Balart Highlights Pro-Democracy Measures in Recently Passed Appropriations Bill

Mateo Guillamont
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April 1, 2024
US Representative Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) recently emphasized pro-democracy measures included in Congress’ latest appropriations package.  Primarily focusing on supporting Democracy in the Western Hemisphere, the bill includes measures aimed at specific countries suffering, or at risk of, from authoritarian regimes.  Globally, it prohibits non-governmental organizations facilitating and encouraging irresponsible and illegal migration in the Hemisphere […]
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Netanyahu Backtracks on Statements After Scott Visit as Biden Drops More Aid into Gaza

Netanyahu Backtracks on Statements After Scott Visit as Biden Drops More Aid into Gaza

Mateo Guillamont
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March 31, 2024
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly seeking to reschedule a meeting between Israel and US diplomats hours after explaining to US Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) why he had originally canceled the meeting.  While meeting with Senator Scott, Prime Minister Netanyahu stated the meeting was canceled due to President Biden allowing the United Nations Security […]
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Lawmakers Denounce Maduro Preventing Opposition Candidate's Registration

Lawmakers Denounce Maduro Preventing Opposition Candidate's Registration

Mateo Guillamont
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March 29, 2024
Venezuelan opposition party Democratic Unitary Platform (DUP) announced Tuesday they were unable to register their preferred candidate for Venezuela’s upcoming presidential elections.  The announcement arrived after months of failed negotiations between President Joe Biden’s administration, Venezuelan regime leader Nicolas Maduro, and DUP officials.   President Biden had spearheaded an effort to convince Maduro’s regime to permit […]
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Florida Legislators Rally Around Israel as Scott Meets with Netanyahu

Florida Legislators Rally Around Israel as Scott Meets with Netanyahu

Mateo Guillamont
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March 28, 2024
Floridian lawmakers continue to demonstrate their unrelenting support for Israel as relations between the Jewish state and President Joe Biden’s administration dwindle.  Last week, President Biden allowed the United Nations Security council to approve a ceasefire resolution failing to condemn Hamas.  Biden’s administration has also sanctioned certain Israeli individuals and companies and warned of additional […]
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Rubio Breaks News of Aborted Children Fetal Tissue Trafficking, Demands Retribution

Rubio Breaks News of Aborted Children Fetal Tissue Trafficking, Demands Retribution

Mateo Guillamont
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March 27, 2024
US Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) has sent a letter to U.S. Department of Justice Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding an investigation and prosecution into reported trafficking of aborted children’s fetal tissue.  Senator Rubio’s letter follows a Center for Medical Progress (CMP) publication unearthing Planned Parenthood’s transferal of fetal body parts to UC San Diego (UCSD) […]
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US Post Office Could be Renamed to Honor Jimmy Buffett Thanks to Gimenez Bill

US Post Office Could be Renamed to Honor Jimmy Buffett Thanks to Gimenez Bill

Mateo Guillamont
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March 27, 2024
US Representative Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) has filed a bill to rename the Federal Post Office located in Key West, Florida, as the "Jimmy Buffett Post Office Building." The bill comes after Buffett passed away last September.  Representative Gimenez announced the initiative via X, claiming renaming the post office would memorialize a “Florida Keys legend.” ?NEWS […]
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Scott Drafts Senate Resolution Proposing Measures to Secure Southern Border

Scott Drafts Senate Resolution Proposing Measures to Secure Southern Border

Mateo Guillamont
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March 26, 2024
US Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) filed a resolution outlining policy measures President Joe Biden could adopt to manage the ongoing crisis at the southern border.  A sister resolution was filed and passed in the  House of Representatives by Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz (R-TX). Senator Scott’s resolution denounces how over 9 million illegal immigrants have […]
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Salazar Demands Direct US Involvement in Haiti to 'Restore Order and Peace'

Salazar Demands Direct US Involvement in Haiti to 'Restore Order and Peace'

Mateo Guillamont
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March 25, 2024
US Representative Maria Elvira-Salazar (R-FL) called for President Joe Biden to order US forces directly intervene in the ongoing security crisis in Haiti.  Haiti has been rocked by widespread gang violence in recent years, but gang-violence has reached unprecedented levels in the last months.  Representative Salazar criticized President Biden for allegedly allowing the “humanitarian and […]
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Moscow Massacre Prompts Conservatives to Point at Southern Border as a Security Liability

Moscow Massacre Prompts Conservatives to Point at Southern Border as a Security Liability

Mateo Guillamont
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March 25, 2024
Nearly 150 Russians were massacred at a terrorist attack in Moscow, Russia over the weekend.  Gunmen from the Khorasan branch of the Islamic State, known as Isis-K, indiscriminately opened fire on civilians attending a concert at Moscow’s Crocus City hall.  Hundreds were severely wounded, 137 killed, and the concert hall decimated in a ghastly blaze.  […]
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