Danny Rivero

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Even as Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava seeks to inspect the conditions of immigrants at the Krome Detention Center, immigrant groups and a federal judge say the mayor is in breach of a court settlement, resulting in Miami-Dade residents unnecessarily being sent to the facility.

2 months ago | wlrn.org | Danny Rivero

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has sanctioned the former Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez de Kirschner, thereby banning her from traveling to the U.S. Rubio accused the former president of “significant corruption” that resulted in the defrauding of tens of millions of dollars from Argentinian citizens. Fernandez de Kirschner was convicted of corruption in 2022 but had immunity because she was serving as vice president at the time. She continues to appeal a six-year prison sentence.

2 months ago | wlrn.org | Danny Rivero

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... On Wednesday, Miami Beach Mayor Steve Meiner plans to present an item to the city commission that could result in the eviction of the small nonprofit movie theater O Cinema from a city-owned venue. The reason? The organization showed Oscar-winning film No Other Land, a documentary that looks at Palestinians forced out of homes in the West Bank. The mayor has personally objected to the film, calling it antisemitic.

2 months ago | wlrn.org | Danny Rivero

Miami Beach mayor Steven Meiner is pushing to evict a theater from a city-owned space after the theater screened Oscar-winning documentary film No Other Land. He claims it’s antisemitic. The documentary, which produced by a collective of Israeli and Palestinian documentary filmmakers, chronicles the destruction of a Palestinian village by Israeli military forces in the occupied West Bank.

2 months ago | wlrn.org | Danny Rivero

More than two dozen cities across Florida, including Davie and Key West, have entered into formal agreements with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to interrogate and detain people suspected of being in the U.S. unlawfully. The agreements will allow for street-level immigration enforcement by local officers.  Coral Gables entered into one of these agreements last week without any public notice or input.