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The United States has imposed sanctions on an additional 21 allies of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, accusing them on Wednesday of perpetrating some of the repression with which officials in the country responded to July's disputed presidential election.

The Biden administration imposed visa restrictions on more than 350 members of the Nicaraguan National Police to promote accountability for their actions against civil society, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller announced Thursday.

The Justice Department says Manuel Rocha, a former American diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Bolivia, was charged with serving as a covert agent for Cuba’s intelligence services since at least 1981. The FBI arrested him at his home in Miami.

The de-facto Haitian government and the United Nations are on the same page for international intervention in Haiti. Many in South Florida's Haitian community are not convinced.

The Biden administration sanctions "bad actors" in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua, hoping to foster reform and curb illegal immigration.

National Security Council Indo-Pacific corrdinator Kurt Campbell will lead the U.S. delegation after the Solomons and China initialed a draft agreement of a security pact last month.

The change took effect on Monday, with passport application forms on the government's website reflecting the third gender option in addition to "F" and "M" and making the document more inclusive.

A massive spending bill signed by President Biden to fund the federal government also includes language on accountability on Haiti and modification to U.S. policy toward the crisis-wracked Caribbean nation.

"We're dealing with one of the largest armies in the world," Biden said. "This is a very different situation, and things could go crazy quickly."

Russia "won't rule out" sending military to the Americas if the U.S. keeps aiding Ukraine. Washington is warning Moscow not to act on its "bluster."

A new executive order from President Biden is designed to streamline the process for things like contacting the IRS, enrolling in Social Security online and, yes, renewing your passport.

The U.S. has pledged to deliver 1.1 billion doses of COVID vaccines to countries in need. Billions more are needed. NPR interviewed the State Department's global vaccine coordinator to learn more.