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Just months after President Trump won a landslide in Florida's largest Venezuelan enclave, a new FIU survey obtained by WLRN shows that enthusiasm has eroded significantly among the state's Venezuelans. But it also shows a stark division: those who have been in the U.S. for 15 years or longer tend to remain supportive of Trump.
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As of April 10, the federal government has stripped more than 600 students of their visas across the country.
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With President-elect Donald Trump set to target groups of immigrants for deportation, Venezuelan FIU journalism student Grecia Pacheco shares her story — and the anxiety gripping hundreds of thousands like her.
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The U.S. State Department finds almost 45,000 international college students studied in Florida during the 2023-2024 school year.
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FIU artist and professor Dimitry Saïd Chamy explores book bans, media consumption and literature in The Unreading Room — along with his own love of reading and history.
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NOAA's new national climate service could be embedded in existing weather offices or become an independent division. The hope is that will allow local officials to prepare so that risks like the devastating flooding that followed Hurricane Helene can be avoided or at least lessened.
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This summer, Florida International University and the Argentina Football Association partnered to launch a 10-week sports leadership global program.
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Two graduate students from China whose studies were put on hold, and a professor who says he is unable to recruit research assistants, are suing Florida education officials.
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A 2023 law that heavily regulates how Florida’s public universities interact with “countries of concern" like China and Cuba has led to FIU closing its largest international campus and blocked the hiring of foreign talent. “It really pushes us further away from FIU’s historic mission," one professor said.
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In politics, as with investing, past performance does not guarantee future returns. But for now, Lula’s pragmatic coalition-building and his careful negotiations with Congress are paying off, says FIU professor Anthony Pereira.
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While tens of thousands of public sector workers have lost their unions since a 2023 law went into effect, the United Faculty of Florida-FIU union is poised to stay alive and stronger than before.
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To understand why Ecuador has become the epicenter of gang violence, you need to understand both the geography and history of Latin America’s drug trade, writes Florida International University's Eduardo Gamarra, an expert on Latin American politics.