The separation of families at the U.S.-Mexico border, plans for a border wall and the death of two Guatemalan children who died while in Border Patrol custody were among the immigration-related news that dominated headlines in 2018.
The Trump administration is expected to take steps to block a historic agreement that would allow Cuban baseball players from joining Major League Baseball in the United States without having to defect, according to an official familiar with the discussions.
The year started out poorly for Cuba’s tourism industry, but the island is still expected to welcome a record 4.75 million visitors in 2018. Canada and the United States are the leading markets.
Sen. Marco Rubio questions whether MLB can sign a deal to bring Cuban baseball players to the Major League, but MLB says its agreement with the Cuban Baseball Federation is perfectly legal.
With minimal economic growth in 2018 and continuing shortages of basic staples like flour at year’s end, experts say the Cuban government is failing under the leadership of Miguel Díaz-Canel.
Mario Caicedo and Carlos Caicedo Jr., brothers of Carla Stefaniak, a Florida woman murdered in Costa Rica, filed a lawsuit against Airbnb, the booking site from which Stefaniak rented her unit, records show.
One of the owners of the Manolo restaurant chain that opened a churros and Argentine food restaurant in Miami Beach was murdered in Mar del Plata by his former father-in-law, local media reported.
Haiti’s Radio Kiskeya was destroyed by a fire Friday. Now journalists Liliane Pierre-Paul and Marvel Dandin, known for their vocal criticism of the Haitian government, say the station’s future is uncertain.
Miami-based Republic Metals has declared bankruptcy at the same time federal prosecutors examine whether U.S. refineries are laundering money by buying ‘blood’ gold from Latin America that hurts the rainforest and local workers.
A year after the Pentagon halted the release of artwork by Guantánamo, there are signs that the hundreds of works of art that were already released have taken on a certain cachet.
Colombia’s community leaders are being killed, threatened and harassed at record levels even after the historic peace deal with the FARC. Some 164 community leaders have been assassinated this year.
Conservative groups supporting Donald Trump’s calls for stronger immigration policies are now backing Democratic efforts to fight against Trump’s border wall.
Saul Frederick, 45, got sentenced to federal prison for his part in a $1.75 million tax fraud run through H&A Tax Multi-Service out of North Miami, FL. Cohorts Frandy Prophete and Hugue Jean Noel already pleaded guilty.
MLB and its Players Association sign an agreement with the Cuban Baseball Federation that would allow experienced players to come to the U.S. on work visas and sign as free agents to cut down on defection and smuggling.
They work outside the artistic mainstream, have received no formal art training and often suffer from mental illness and isolation, but Cuba’s outsider artists create art for art’s sake.
