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Marco Rubio says US told Venezuelan officials ‘weeks and weeks ago’ that María Corina Machado should be allowed to return

27 October 2026 at 11:30

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed on Monday that the United States told Delcy Rodríguez’s regime “weeks and weeks ago” that opposition leader María Corina Machado should be allowed to return to Venezuela.

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María Corina Machado and Marco Rubio in Washington, in March.

‘Constant surveillance is pushing us toward an authoritarian state’: voters demand regulation of Flock cameras

27 October 2026 at 10:45

At first Matías Núñez began encountering online reports and citizen complaints about the proliferation of Flock cameras, the private automatic license plate reader service that has been contracted by police departments, universities, neighborhood associations and businesses across the United States. And then one day he found two of those devices in his own neighborhood in the coastal city of Hollywood, Florida: “I realized that every time I pass by, they record my location, and that they’re cropping up everywhere in my area. Once you see them, you start noticing them everywhere.”

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Anti-Flock protest in Houston, Texas, on August 22.

Cuban bakery in Miami faces online backlash after hosting Democratic candidates

22 October 2026 at 15:33

Henry Hernández saw on local television that one of his favorite Cuban bakeries in South Miami had hosted Democratic congressional candidate Elliot Rodríguez and House Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries last Friday. So outraged was he by the visit from the politicians, whom he labels “socialists,” that this Wednesday he stopped by for one last colada, a Cuban version of espresso, and told the cashier: “I’m here to say goodbye, because I’m never coming back.”

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CAO Bakery in Miami.

Venezuela confirms it did not seek Nicolás Maduro’s release or request immunity to prevent US trial

6 October 2026 at 10:20

“There is only one president in this country and his name is Nicolás Maduro Moros,” Venezuela’s current interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, said on the same day as the U.S. attack that ended with the detention of the former chavista leader and his wife, Cilia Flores. Rodríguez described the military intervention in Caracas as an “illegal and illegitimate kidnapping of the president and first lady.” However, Venezuela later did not take any formal steps to demand the couple’s release or to request their immunity so they would not be tried in the United States.

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Cilia Flores and Nicolás Maduro in Caracas on January 10, 2025.
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