Tim Padgett

COMMENTARY The fact that Cuban leader Raúl Castro likely deserves his U.S. indictment for killing exiles in 1996 is exactly why President Trump will likely have big trouble removing him in 2026.

Roberto Deniz — the Venezuelan reporter who uncovered the epic corruption allegedly masterminded by Alex Saab for ex-dictator Nicolás Maduro — foresees more discovery now that Saab's been extradited again to the U.S. But he still can't return from exile.

COMMENTARY The prediction market is betting President Trump will order military action in Cuba, but not regime change — since it knows his priority is to make countries ripe for deportation, not democracy.

Right-wing populist Abelardo De la Espriella surged to the front of the Colombian presidential election's first round on Sunday — capturing 90% of the South Florida expat vote with his iron fist-against-crime campaign — and is the front-runner for the June 21 runoff against left-wing rival Iván Cepeda.

Right-wing Colombian presidential candidate Abelardo De la Espriella was the attorney for Venezuela's corruption mastermind, Colombian-born Alex Saab, when UM prof Bruce Bagley was recruited into Saab's money-laundering schemes. Did De la Espriella help facilitate the relationship?

COMMENTARY Colombia should have shed its violent, centuries-old polarization when its civil war ended, but its political pendulum still swings far right and far left — especially in this presidential election.

An undocumented Guatemalan woman widely considered a pillar of her Palm Beach County community has been ordered to be deported while her U.S. citizen children face an agonizing decision.

COMMENTARY The World Cup should dedicate Haiti's opening game to a Port-au-Prince boy who embraced soccer — the game, not the greed — as sanctuary from the gangs that killed him last month.

Will President Trump order a U.S. military strike on Cuba to force democratic and capitalist reforms? Could it deliver bread instead of bombs? The only thing that's clear: his Cuba objective so far isn't.

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.