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1 week ago | 
wxxinews.org | John Otis
X Public media is possible thanks to your support WXXI News journalists work every day to meet the challenges of our times with trustworthy reporting and programming. But we don't do it alone - this community has always been our backbone, standing strong with us. Your financial support today determines what's possible in the year ahead. Can you please make a donation? Yes, I'll donate
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1 week ago | 
boisestatepublicradio.org | John Otis
Venezuela's economic malaise and political paralysis under the country's increasingly authoritarian government is impacting its most beloved national pastime - baseball.
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3 weeks ago | 
btpm.org | John Otis
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST:Stopping illegal immigration is one of President Trump's top priorities. That's why one of his administration's first big attention-getting moves in the name of cutting government - dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID - could actually work against that goal. That's because some of the agency's programs discourage migrants from heading to the U.S. Reporter John Otis has more.
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3 weeks ago | 
wunc.org | John Otis
The dismantling of USAID has had a significant impact on the projects that may actually serve to discourage illegal immigration to the U.S.
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3 weeks ago | 
wxxinews.org | John Otis
X Public media is possible thanks to your support WXXI News journalists work every day to meet the challenges of our times with trustworthy reporting and programming. But we don't do it alone - this community has always been our backbone, standing strong with us. Your financial support today determines what's possible in the year ahead. Can you please make a donation? Yes, I'll donate
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1 month ago | 
wyso.org | John Otis
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST:The Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua is accused of crimes in much of Latin America and inside the U.S. President Trump recently cited an 18th-century wartime law to quickly deport more than 130 alleged members of the gang - this despite a federal judge's order to turn the planes around. Critics claim Trump is exaggerating the gang's power to reinforce his anti-immigrant narrative. Reporter John Otis has more.
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1 month ago | 
wesa.fm | John Otis
As the Trump administration invokes a decades old law in their pursuit of Tren de Aragua gang members, we find out more about their origins and their reach.
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1 month ago | 
npr.org | John Otis
How the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua factors into Trump's deportation policies Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/nx-s1-5334672/nx-s1-5397419-1" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> As the Trump administration invokes a decades old law in their pursuit of Tren de Aragua gang members, we find out more about their origins and their reach. Sponsor Message
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1 month ago | 
boisestatepublicradio.org | John Otis |Nate Schweber
BOGOTA, Colombia — The Tren de Aragua, the Venezuelan gang that President Trump is targeting in his latest wave of deportations, formed in a Venezuelan prison but has branched out to become a multinational crime organization that has pulled off brazen attacks in places ranging from New York City to Santiago, Chile. Tren de Aragua, Spanish for "the train of Aragua" was founded in 2014 in the Tocorón prison, in the central Venezuelan state of Aragua.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | John Otis
In 1915, San Francisco held the World's Fair. The Panama-Pacific International Exposition, as the fair was called, celebrated the Panama Canal, which had opened the previous year, and showcased the recovery and resilience of San Francisco, which had been rocked by a devastating earthquake in 1906. Between February and December, More than 18 million people visited the fairgrounds, which covered 600 acres along the city's waterfront.
