Venezuela's Humanitarian Dilemma Puts More Strain on U.S. Border Crisis

Venezuela's Humanitarian Dilemma Puts More Strain on U.S. Border Crisis

Javier Manjarres
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August 21, 2023
As the immigration crisis along the U.S. southern border continues with no apparent end in sight, the Biden administration is touting its newest  Family Reunification Parole Process, available to immigrants coming from Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela, as a total success.  However, the numbers tell a different story. The program allows approved applicants a temporary parole […]
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Rubio Blasts Biden's Appeasement of Venezuela's Maduro

Rubio Blasts Biden's Appeasement of Venezuela's Maduro

Grayson Bakich
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July 18, 2023
In an op-ed for the Miami Herald, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) blasted the Biden Administration for its continued appeasement of the Maduro regime in Venezuela, calling the renewal of oil exportations to the country after it imprisoned opposition leader Maria Corina Machado "like handing a bone to a dog after it’s bitten your friend." "Since entering […]
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Wasserman Schultz Reintroduces Bill to 'Hold Maduro Accountable'

Wasserman Schultz Reintroduces Bill to 'Hold Maduro Accountable'

Jackson Bakich
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June 15, 2023
As co-chair of the Congressional Venezuela Democracy Caucus, Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) has brought together both sides of the aisle to reintroduce the bipartisan, bicameral Assuring that the Fact-Finding Examination Continues to Track Human Rights in Venezuela (AFFECT) Act. This bill is dedicated to organizing “multilateral efforts to hold the Maduro regime accountable.” It […]
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What's Next for Venezuela and its Ongoing Political Crisis?

What's Next for Venezuela and its Ongoing Political Crisis?

Javier Manjarres
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May 3, 2023
Colombia’s new Leftist President Gustavo Petro, who in the past has expressed support for Venezuelan Dictator Nicolas Maduro, recently held a one-day summit seeking to find a way out of the country’s political crisis by getting the Maduro regime and the Venezuelan opposition back to the negotiating table in Mexico. Those talks have been stalled […]
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Salazar Issues Letter to Biden Urging for Asylum for Guaido

Salazar Issues Letter to Biden Urging for Asylum for Guaido

Daniel Molina
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April 26, 2023
Salazar has directed a letter to Biden, urging him to grant Guaido asylum.
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Strategic Production Act Passes Along Party Lines

Strategic Production Act Passes Along Party Lines

Grayson Bakich
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January 28, 2023
Increasing domestic energy production has been a priority of Republicans since retaking the House of Representatives. Now it looks like they have made some progress towards that goal as the Strategic Production Act (H.R. 21) passed in the chamber late last week.  Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL-3) stated about the measure,  "this bill is a huge […]
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Rubio Introduces Bill Looking to Force Venezuela into Acknowledge Human Rights

Rubio Introduces Bill Looking to Force Venezuela into Acknowledge Human Rights

Jackson Bakich
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December 22, 2022
Sen. Marco Rubio and Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID) introduced legislation that would force Venezuela to take steps to secure pro-democracy institutions and rule of law, or else the United States will not lift any sanctions upon Maduro and his regime. The bill is known as the Venezuelan Democracy Act.  In the past, Republicans have reprimanded […]
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Republicans Slam Biden Administration's Chevron-Venezuela Deal

Republicans Slam Biden Administration's Chevron-Venezuela Deal

Grayson Bakich
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November 28, 2022
Ever since President Biden (D) took office, Republicans have taken fierce umbrage at the administration's policies. Energy production, in particular, remains a key talking point. Recently, the Biden administration has allowed Chevron to reengage in "limited" oil production in Venezuela. Such a move invites criticism from Florida Republicans, who take to Twitter to voice their […]
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Taddeo's Anti-Socialism Position Suspect Due to Business Ties to Goldman-Sachs

Taddeo's Anti-Socialism Position Suspect Due to Business Ties to Goldman-Sachs

Grayson Bakich
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September 12, 2022
In Florida's Congressional District 27, State Senator Annette Taddeo (D) is hoping to unseat Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R) and regain the seat Democrats lost in 2020. Sen. Taddeo is running as a moderate Democrat opposed to socialism and communism. However, Taddeo's LanguageSpeak, Inc., a business which provides translation services for other businesses, has a client […]
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Scott Demands Diaz-Canel, Maduro, and Ortega be Denied Entry to UN General Assembly

Scott Demands Diaz-Canel, Maduro, and Ortega be Denied Entry to UN General Assembly

Grayson Bakich
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August 25, 2022
There are three regimes that stand out in the Western Hemisphere for their human rights abuses and as threats to US interests—Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua. Cuba, under Miguel Diaz-Canel, Nicolas Maduro's Venezuela, and Daniel Ortega's reign of terror in Nicaragua, have all contributed to the majority of human rights atrocities committed in Latin America. On […]
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Florida Democrats Denounce Biden Delisting FARC As Terrorist Group

Florida Democrats Denounce Biden Delisting FARC As Terrorist Group

Javier Manjarres
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November 24, 2021
In 1997, then-President Bill Clinton and his administration labeled the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) a terrorist organization over its continued, blatant and random killing of innocent people as it tried to assert its political agenda on the country, but now President Joe Biden is going to lift the FARC’s designation as a terrorist […]
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Lawmakers Praise Extradition of Venezuela's Alex Saab

Lawmakers Praise Extradition of Venezuela's Alex Saab

Daniel Molina
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October 18, 2021
Florida lawmakers championed the extradition of businessman Alex Saab, arguing that nobody in the Maduro regime is above “facing justice for their crimes.”
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Poll: 51% of Americans Disapprove of President Biden

Poll: 51% of Americans Disapprove of President Biden

Jim McCool
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July 29, 2021
While President Biden (D) may have characterized himself as a unifier literally moments after his inauguration, a new poll has shown that the new president has not yet lived up to that promise.  The breaking poll reports that 51% of Americans so far, disapprove of Joe Biden's job as president. The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential […]
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Steube Slams Democrats For 'Staying Silent' On Cuba

Steube Slams Democrats For 'Staying Silent' On Cuba

Daniel Molina
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July 14, 2021
In a statement, the member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, shared his support for the Cuban protestors, slamming his “Democrat colleagues” for “practically staying silent in condemning this humanitarian catastrophe and destabilizing threat at our very doorstep.”
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Rubio: Biden Should Use the Diplomacy He Brags About

Rubio: Biden Should Use the Diplomacy He Brags About

Daniel Molina
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July 14, 2021
He details the the frustration that the Cuban people are expressing while also voicing that the adminstrations response was “weak” and that it should “use diplomacy that they brag about.”
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Murphy Doubles Down on Venezuela, Promotes Freedom

Murphy Doubles Down on Venezuela, Promotes Freedom

Jim McCool
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June 29, 2021
As the Venezuelan Humanitarian crisis continues to unfold, Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-FL) has added to her history of defending democracy in the socialist regime and has doubled down on her efforts to promote freedom in Venezuela. Murphy who has personally experienced the dangers of overpowering governments, fleeing from Vietnam as a child, has not only […]
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Latin American Leaders Look to Restore Democracy in the Western Hemisphere

Latin American Leaders Look to Restore Democracy in the Western Hemisphere

Javier Manjarres
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May 6, 2021
Coral Gables, FL—The InterAmerican Institute for Democracy held its “Defense for Democracy in the Americas” conference at the famed Biltmore Hotel this week to analyze how to maintain and restore democracy in the Western Hemisphere.
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Fried Says DeSantis Using Fox News as 'State Run' Media

Fried Says DeSantis Using Fox News as 'State Run' Media

Daniel Molina
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May 6, 2021
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried (D) is now accusing DeSantis of using Fox News as a “state run” press.
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