Hatzel Vela
Politics Reporter at WTVJ-TV (Miami, FL)
Politics Reporter at WSCV-TV (Miami, FL)
#Emmy award-winning journalist covering politics at @NBC6 & @Telemundo51; formerly based in #Havana #Cuba. Send tips to [email protected] IG: @hatzelvela
Articles
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3 weeks ago |
nbcmiami.com | Hatzel Vela
After years of passenger frustration over malfunctioning equipment and outdated infrastructure at Miami International Airport, the Miami-Dade County Commission received its first quarterly report on the badly needed upgrades. "So this report basically...breaks it down into needs, improvements that we have to make, and also how they're going to be addressed," said Ralph Cutie, Miami International Airport CEO.
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3 weeks ago |
nbcmiami.com | Hatzel Vela
The race to replace the late Miami City Commissioner Manolo Reyes is winding down and getting heated as a familial feud becomes the focal point in Tuesday's special election. "I'm a lifelong public servant," said Ralph Rosado, who is one of two candidates in the race. Rosado is the former manager of North Bay Village who runs an urban planning consulting business. Among many issues, Rosado said he's running to fix drainage and affordability issues in District 4.
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1 month ago |
nbcmiami.com | Hatzel Vela
You can call it "street diplomacy."U.S. Head of Mission in Cuba, Mike Hammer, wants to talk to the average Cuban, and six months into the job, he's made it a mission to visit all of the Cuban provinces. In videos posted on social media, Hammer shows what city he's visiting on the Caribbean island. "I walk the streets. I go up to people," Hammer told NBC6 while on a trip to Miami, where he debriefed reporters on the current situation in Cuba.
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1 month ago |
nbcmiami.com | Hatzel Vela
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to strip legal protections from some 350,000 Venezuelans in the country. The move to end Temporary Protected Status, also known as TPS, has Venezuelans in Doral, the largest Venezuelan community in the United States sometimes called "Little Venezuela" or "Doralzuela," uneasy about their future. One man with TPS, 31-year-old Henyerbeth Marquez, fears his life in the U.S. is uncertain.
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1 month ago |
nbcchicago.com | Hatzel Vela
An undocumented mother is speaking out, unsure of what to do next after she was allegedly issued a nearly $2 million fine by immigration officials. The mother of three kids, who did not want to share her name, told Telemundo 51 Miami that she fled from gang violence in her native Honduras after her brother was killed by members of the notorious MS-13 gang. Since she arrived in the United States in 2005, she's been trying to find a legal path forward.
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