Tim Padgett

COMMENTARY Cape Verde's stunning draw with Spain in the World Cup is a reminder of how the country stood firm five years ago in the extradition of alleged Venezuelan corruption mastermind Alex Saab.

Visiting Venezuelan earthquake aid work in Doral, Republican Miami Congresswoman María Elvira Salazar blasted the regime — and urged President Trump to halt Venezuelan deportations amid the deadly catastrophe.

Republican Miami Congresswoman María Elvira Salazar on Monday warned Venezuela's interim regime not to interfere with U.S. and international aid in the wake of that country's worst earthquake disaster in a century.

U.S. youth soccer has long been dominated by an affluent, suburban "pay-to-play" system that critics say limits player development compared to other countries — and which they hope the World Cup helps change.

When an expat pilot landed in Venezuela with desperately needed earthquake aid from Doral, he learned he'd lost numerous close family and friends in the disaster — but says it's made him even more determined now to deliver help.

U.S. youth soccer has long been dominated by an affluent, suburban "pay-to-play" system that critics say limits player development compared to other countries — and which they hope the World Cup helps change.

In 2024, Venezuelans marshaled online forces to prove their dictatorship had lost — and robbed — a presidential election. In 2026 they're summoning that experience, and those cyber-skills, to respond to an earthquake catastrophe.

COMMENTARY Because President Trump insists he "runs" Venezuela today, he shares in its regime's abysmal response to last month's earthquakes — and bears the onus for the country's reconstruction.

Back in 2024, Venezuelans in and outside of the country mobilized a grassroots campaign on social media to prove the country's socialist dictatorship had stolen the presidential election.

COMMENTARY Argentina used Messi marketing to make its soccer association perhaps the world's richest today — but in the process it's become an FBI-targeted poster child for what's wrong with the sport.