CIA deployment gives Trump no ‘limitations’ on Venezuela action

US President Donald Trump has acknowledged that he has authorised the CIA to conduct covert operations in Venezuela – a highly unusual admission of what is normally a highly sensitive and tightly guarded state secret. The authorisation – more...

Trump authorises CIA covert operations in Venezuela, as he weighs direct attack

US President Donald Trump has authorised the CIA to conduct covert operations in Venezuela, deepening the US’s entanglement in the oil-rich South American country in a move that recalls American shadow wars of the 1970s and 1980s. Trump confirmed...

Reimagining Commercial Underwriting in the Age of AI

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Cheo Hurtado, the Soul of Venezuela, Performs at the Permanent Mission in The Hague

As part of a series of cultural activities highlighting Latin American talent in Europe, the Permanent Mission of Venezuela in The Hague distinguished itself by presenting the renowned maestro Cheo Hurtado, in what became an unforgettable evening...

Supervisor Chyanne Chen tours S.F. ICE facility as immigrants go into hiding

Sign up below to get Mission Local’s free newsletter, a daily digest of news you won’t find elsewhere. Supervisor Chyanne Chen arrived at Immigration Court at 630 Sansome St. early this morning to sit in on court proceedings and tour the...

The Caribbean Tinderbox: Oil, Drugs, A Nobe

The sun dipped below the horizon, casting a golden glow over the Caribbean Sea. But beneath the tranquil surface, a cauldron of tensions simmered. Some 200 nautical miles from the coast of Venezuela, a fast-moving vessel believed to be carrying...

Suzie Smith remembered by friends, colleagues following deadly Sacramento helicopter crash

THE WEST COAST. WE ARE LEARNING NEW DETAILS TONIGHT ABOUT MONDAY’S HELICOPTER CRASH ON HIGHWAY 50. THE FAMILY OF ONE OF THE CREW MEMBERS SHARED ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT SUZY SMITH, THE FLIGHT NURSE, HAS PASSED AWAY. TWO CREW MEMBERS ARE STILL IN THE...

The Caribbean’s Migration Milestone

Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Latin America Brief. The highlights this week: Four Caribbean countries launch a free movement regime, Washington lifts sanctions on a former Paraguayan president, and the U.N. demands answers on Nicaragua’s...

CIA deployment gives Trump no 'limitations' on Venezuela action

US President Donald Trump has acknowledged that he has authorised the CIA to conduct covert operations in Venezuela - a highly unusual admission of what is normally a highly sensitive and tightly guarded state secret. The authorisation - more...

After Visits With Loved Ones, Some in ICE Custody Face Invasive Strip Searches

Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. After Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested a woman from Venezuela following her immigration court hearing, her friends visited...

'littleboy/littleman' turns a story of two immigrant brothers into free jazz at the Geffen Playhouse

An immigrant drama by Rudi Goblen about two brothers born in Nicaragua, “littleboy/littleman,” now receiving its world premiere at the Geffen Playhouse, is an American story at its core. Lest we forget our past, America is the great democratic...

Survivor 49 recap: A tribe swap does not do wonders By Dalton Ross 21

Before we dig deep into episode 4 of Survivor 49, let’s take a spin in my time-traveling DeLorean and punch in the date of September 25, 2019. Much like the anticipation everyone is currently feeling about Survivor 50 hovering in the Fijian...

Review: LITTLEBOY/LITTLEMAN world premiere at Geffen Playhouse

littleboy/littleman by Rudi Goblen is an American story about a family’s journey from Nicaragua to the streets of Miami chronicling the ways in which we cross many masses of land and sea to explore what our dreams can become as well as who we...

10 Reasons Venezuela Isn’t Nation-Building

For months —long before the MSM caught on — I've been writing about how the Donald Trump administration seemed ready to take down the illegitimate Nicolás Maduro regime in Venezuela. All of the signs were there if you paid attention, and I know...

Stream these 20 shows for Latino Heritage Month, including 'Wednesday' 

Dear TV streamers, here's an unsolicited business tip: Embrace the Latinidad. While streaming television increasingly dominates overall TV consumption in the U.S. at nearly 50%, Latino viewers significantly drive that trend with 55.8% of their...

From Summit to Abyss of the Americas

5 A Summit of the Americas without three of the countries of this geographic region, due to the will of the continent’s bully, is neither a summit nor a Summit of the Americas. What the real organizers, who are obviously not the Dominican hosts,...

Five former Tigers, including Detroit native Eric Haase, elect free agency

DETROIT -- Five former Detroit Tigers have hit the free-agent market since the end of the regular season. Catcher Eric Haase (Milwaukee Brewers); infielder Zack Short (Houston Astros); and right-handed pitchers Erasmo Ramírez (Minnesota Twins),...

Tickets for N.J. Coffee Festival are selling fast. Grab yours here.

The NJ Coffee Festival is a little more than two weeks away and tickets for the Saturday sessions are almost gone. NJ.com’s second coffee festival is a two-day event, happening Saturday, Nov. 1 and Sunday, Nov. 2 at The Event Center at iPlay...

Venezuelan coup leader María Corina Machado vows to privatize oil: US corporations will ‘make a lot of money’

The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize was given to María Corina Machado, a far-right, pro-war Venezuelan opposition leader who has been funded by the US government for more than two decades. Machado has helped to lead numerous violent coup attempts in...

Trump Rewrites Latin America’s Balancing Act Between Washington and Beijing

Donald Trump’s return to the White House has shaken Latin America’s foreign policy calculus. From Mexico’s tariff pivot to Brazil’s judicial defiance, governments are recalibrating between Washington and Beijing. The result isn’t tidy alignment,...