/tags/carlos-gimenez Carlos Gimenez en-US SA国际传谋 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 04:16:39 GMT /americas/2026-06-25/in-these-hours-of-anguish-south-florida-lawmakers-maria-corina-machado-pray-for-venezuela Members of South Florida's congressional delegation joined Venezuelan opposition leader Mar铆a Corina Machado in a chorus of solidarity following news late Wednesday of two devastating back-to-back earthquakes striking Venezuela. Thu, 25 Jun 2026 04:16:39 GMT /americas/2026-06-25/in-these-hours-of-anguish-south-florida-lawmakers-maria-corina-machado-pray-for-venezuela SA国际传谋 News Staff /immigration/2026-04-15/bipartisan-coalition-rebukes-white-house-moves-to-protect-tps-for-350-000-haitians Two South Florida Republican lawmakers joined with Democrats on Thursday to push forward a bill in the House that would reinstate Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, for 350,000 Haitians in the United States. Thu, 16 Apr 2026 01:28:56 GMT /immigration/2026-04-15/bipartisan-coalition-rebukes-white-house-moves-to-protect-tps-for-350-000-haitians Sergio R. Bustos /government-politics/2026-04-05/former-google-exec-drops-u-s-senate-bid-to-challenge-republican-u-s-rep-carlos-gimenez Hector Mujica, a Venezuelan-American who left his longtime job at Google to run for the U.S. Senate in Florida, is leaving the statewide race to compete in the Democratic primary for the 28th congressional district currently held by Republican U.S. Rep. Carlos Gim茅nez. Sun, 05 Apr 2026 21:10:31 GMT /government-politics/2026-04-05/former-google-exec-drops-u-s-senate-bid-to-challenge-republican-u-s-rep-carlos-gimenez Sergio R. Bustos /americas/2026-01-21/maria-corina-machado-predicts-venezuelans-in-us-will-return-home-once-the-country-is-free Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado spoke briefly on Capitol Hill Tuesday as she met with lawmakers and worked to shore up U.S. support for her bid to lead the country after President Donald Trump ousted the former president, Nicolas Maduro. Wed, 21 Jan 2026 07:17:53 GMT /americas/2026-01-21/maria-corina-machado-predicts-venezuelans-in-us-will-return-home-once-the-country-is-free Sergio R. Bustos /americas/2026-01-07/venezuela-maduro-transition-machado Though "jarred" by President Trump's snub of opposition leader Mar铆a Corina Machado, expats say they accept a transition to democracy in Venezuela will take time 鈥� and in the meantime they'll push the regime to accelerate it. Wed, 07 Jan 2026 16:35:08 GMT /americas/2026-01-07/venezuela-maduro-transition-machado Tim Padgett /americas/2026-01-03/venezuela-will-be-free-south-florida-lawmakers-hail-us-capture-of-narco-terrorist-maduro South Florida lawmakers, who have long been united in their bipartisan condemnation of the Venezuelan regime led by President Nicol谩s Maduro, on Saturday morning applauded the Trump administration, and U.S. military and U.S. law enforcement authorities, for capturing the 鈥渘arco-terrorist鈥� and bringing him to justice in the U.S. Sat, 03 Jan 2026 15:34:39 GMT /americas/2026-01-03/venezuela-will-be-free-south-florida-lawmakers-hail-us-capture-of-narco-terrorist-maduro Sergio R. Bustos /government-politics/2025-10-01/the-federal-government-shut-down-south-florida-lawmakers-play-the-partisan-blame-game Even before the federal government shut down Wednesday, Democratic and Republican lawmakers in South Florida were engaging in partisan finger pointing on who's to blame for the legislative standoff. Wed, 01 Oct 2025 20:45:19 GMT /government-politics/2025-10-01/the-federal-government-shut-down-south-florida-lawmakers-play-the-partisan-blame-game Diego Perdomo /government-politics/2025-09-19/congressman-carlos-gimenez-fbi-director-misspoke-national-guard-not-being-sent-to-miami 鈥淚 have just spoken with the Office of the Attorney General & can confirm that the National Guard will NOT be deployed to Miami,鈥� the Miami congressman posted on X. 鈥淢iami is not Chicago or San Francisco 鈥� and never will be.鈥� Fri, 19 Sep 2025 22:41:33 GMT /government-politics/2025-09-19/congressman-carlos-gimenez-fbi-director-misspoke-national-guard-not-being-sent-to-miami Diego Perdomo /americas/2025-09-19/cuba-ukraine-russia-war-soldiers-mercenaries The Cuban government is directly involved in Russia's war against Ukraine by providing thousands of Cuban mercenaries, making the communist island nation one of the largest foreign sources of troops for the Kremlin, Ukrainian intelligence officials told South Florida's Cuban-American members of Congress. Fri, 19 Sep 2025 20:20:46 GMT /americas/2025-09-19/cuba-ukraine-russia-war-soldiers-mercenaries Sergio R. Bustos, Diego Perdomo /americas/2025-07-22/south-florida-lawmakers-want-new-address-for-cuban-embassy-in-washington-oswaldo-paya-way A bipartisan group South Florida lawmakers want the street in front of the Cuban government鈥檚 embassy in Washington renamed after a prominent Cuban dissident killed 13 years ago this month in a mysterious car crash in Cuba. Tue, 22 Jul 2025 10:00:00 GMT /americas/2025-07-22/south-florida-lawmakers-want-new-address-for-cuban-embassy-in-washington-oswaldo-paya-way Sergio R. Bustos