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“I've been to many third world countries and it is just unbelievable what we take for granted on a daily basis”
Dan Keck was born and raised in Harshaw, Wisconsin, attended Rhinelander High school and held many jobs before deciding to go to college to become a game warden, which turned out to be a hard job to land at the time. So, after six years of college...

El Salvador’s Autódromo El Jabalí Hosts One of Central America’s Top Racing Events.
El Salvador is hosting the Copa Pulsar Centroamericana 2025 this weekend at the Autódromo Internacional El Jabalí, bringing together nearly 300 motorcycle racers from across the region, including Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Venezuela, and the...

The Trump doctrine: delegalize to deport
Access HERE Washington, DC – Below is a column by Maribel Hastings from America’s Voice en Español translated to English from Spanish. It ran in several Spanish-language media outlets earlier this week: Donald Trump’s war on immigrants is so...
Consequences of Trump’s Ending Temporary Protective Status
Activists attend a vigil in June 2023, asking then-President Joe Biden to extend the TPS program for Nicaraguans and others. For migrants protected under the Temporary Protected Status program, this represents immediate deportation. Enforcing a...

More than 30 countries to meet to 'halt Israel's genocide in Gaza'
At the conference being held on July 15 and 16, attendees aim to turn international condemnation of Israel's actions in Gaza into "co-ordinated legal and diplomatic action" amid fears over the breakdown of international law. Arrest warrants have...

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UNITED STATES—Then it happened, as if by an act of contrition, after a sudden and almost truculent upsurge in discussion about Allied Fruit around the time of Max Elihu White’s death leap from the World Trade Towers, the company vanished. Late and...
Longtime Miami immigrant joins federal lawsuit to stop Trump administration from ending TPS
An immigrant from Miami is joining a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s decision to end temporary legal residency for immigrants from Nicaragua, Honduras and other countries, a union announced Thursday. Maria Elena Hernandez is...

Trump Tightens the Noose on Cuba: Down with the Blockade! Hands Off Cuba!
On June 30, 2025, the US regime of Donald Trump published a presidential memorandum (NSPM-5) which tightens the noose of the economic blockade against the Cuban Revolution. The aim of these measures is clear: to starve the people of Cuba into...

The Year Arms Contractors Stopped Sponsoring Pride
This year, corporations across the country have quietly pulled their sponsorship from local pride parades. Companies that once faced criticism for surface-level allyship — changing their logos to rainbow colors during Pride month, for instance —...

WestJet to launch direct Montreal–Samaná flights
WestJet has announced the launch of direct flights from Montreal to Samaná (Dominican Republic) and Managua (Nicaragua) for the first time, as well as new routes from Quebec City to San Andrés Island (Colombia) and Montego Bay (Jamaica). The...

Trump’s Immigration Policy Falls in Line with Racist U.S. History Towards Immigrants
This is a guest post from Abraham Marquez, which was originally shared on his Substack. President Trump started his second term exactly where he left off in 2021, waging an everyday psychological and physical war on immigrants. Joe Biden's...

San Ysidro man charged with smuggling protected toucans
SAN DIEGO – Carlos Abundez, a 35-year-old resident of San Ysidro, California, recently appeared in federal court to face serious charges related to wildlife smuggling. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Abundez was apprehended for...

ICE is now hunting for clergy members willing to work in Guantánamo Bay
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

International demand for pineapple juice grows
Demand for pineapple juice and the growth of markets such as Israel and Dubai are boosting Costa Rican exports, despite production limitations due to weather conditions. According to Álvaro Figueroa, president of the Tropicales del Valle company,...
Twin Cities day cares lose workers after Trump administration cancels immigration program
Operators of at least two day care businesses said they have lost staff with valuable language skills since the Department of Homeland Security terminated the Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela Parole Program (CHNV) in April. The Biden-era...

Trump administration holding immigrants from 26 countries at Guantánamo prison
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Why Trump invited five African leaders to the White House
Abdou Aziz Diédhiou & Yūsuf Akínpẹ̀lú & Brandon DrenonBBC News, Dakar & Lagos & Washington DC ShareSave Donald Trump wants to do business in Africa - and is not interested in aid US President Donald Trump began a three-day summit in Washington DC...

Roaming Charges: Heckuva Job, Puppy Slayer!
Central Texas floods. Still from video posted to X. “Ignorance might be bliss for the ignorant, but for the rest of us it’s a right fucking pain in the arse.” – Ricky Gervais While offering his “thoughts and prayers” for the families of those...

‘I'm just flabbergasted’: How a Texas woman’s hunting boot got a second life in Minnesota
When work boots wear out, most of the time they head to the trash. For Red Wing Shoes, that’s not always the case. “We have a pair of Vasque boots that Martha Stewart wore,” said Clare Pavelka, corporate historian and archivist at Red Wing Shoes...

Worth moving to the coast for?
Restaurant review: Il Boccon Divino, Protaras While vacationing in Protaras, my faithful dining companion and I both immediately knew we were going to try for a reservation at Il Boccon Divino, a place that caught our eye on the walk back to the...