Mario Diaz-Balart

Former U.S. Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart, who was key to turning the Cuban embargo into law and represented Florida’s 21st congressional district for 18 years, has died.

The new 118-page package would fund the government at current levels through March and adds $100 billion in disaster aid and $10 billion in agricultural assistance to farmers. All 9 South Florida lawmakers voted in favor of bill.

COMMENTARY Latin American democracy is still fragile — and needs credible defense from a Latino stronghold like Miami, not Trump-toadying hypocrisy.

COMMENTARY Biden has little choice but to exclude Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua from the Americas Summit. Nor can he welcome U.S. democracy-defilers.

COMMENTARY: Miami isn't the serious forum for hemispheric affairs it could be because its Latin America discussion isn't really about Latin America.

COMMENTARY What Joan Didion foresaw in Miami 35 years ago — U.S. democracy's frailty — is as important as the dangerous "cognitive dissonance" she did see.

With more than 500 anti-government protesters believed locked up in Cuba, President Biden is looking to help families there without helping the regime.

COMMENTARY The pro-democracy credibility of Rick Scott, Mario Diaz-Balart and Carlos Gimenez is as shattered now as glass inside the U.S. Capitol.

This story was updated at 8:30 pm November 13, 2019. A group of Venezuelan opposition supporters took over the Venezuelan embassy in Brazil on Wednesday.…

The U.S. is a step closer to granting Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuelans.On Thursday, the U.S. House passed a bill sponsored by two Florida…

Republicans voted down a bill Tuesday that would provide Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans, a setback for South Florida lawmakers from both…

Lake Okeechobee may be a natural feature of the Florida landscape, but politics also come into play when it comes to it. More than $1 billion of federal…