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“Maduro is a Tyrant and a Thug”: U.S. Rep. Demings Rejects Lifting Sanctions on Venezuela

May 18, 2022
Written by: Juan Carlo Rodriguez
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FILE - US Congresswoman Val Demings speaks during the grand opening of Steinmetz Hall at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Orlando January 14, 2022. (Harry Castiblanco / Florida National News)

ORLANDO, Fla. (FNN) – Former Orlando chief of police and current Congresswoman (D-Fl) Val Demings blasted the Biden administration for lifting some sanctions on Venezuela, saying that it will only help the Venezuelan regime. “Nicolás Maduro is a tyrant and a thug, no different than the criminals I spent 27 years putting behind bars. Easing…

January 27, 2020
Written by: Mellissa Thomas
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While the Embassy of Grenada celebrates in Washington, Grenadians flood the Grenada National Stadium every year for Grenada’s Independence Parade. Photo: Grenada National Stadium Authority.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (FNN NEWS) – The Embassy of Grenada will ring in Grenada’s 46th Independence Day at the historic Hall of the Americas in partnership with the Organization of American States (OAS) February 7, 2020 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Special guests include Grenada Ambassador to the U.S., Her Excellency Yolande Smith, who will deliver the night’s…

June 12, 2019
Written by: FNN NEWS
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KISSIMMEE, Fla. (FNN NEWS) – Former Kissimmee City Commission candidate and tech business owner Andrew Jeng filed paperwork to run for Florida State Representative, District 43 on Monday, June 10, 2019 according to officials at the Florida Department of State Division of Elections. District 43 covers northern Osceola County and includes Buenaventura Lakes, Campbell, Kissimmee, and Poinciana. Representatives serve two-year terms and are…

May 6, 2019
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In this April 25, 2017 photo, Stephen Faulkner, far left, owner of Faulkner's Landscaping & Nursery, installs an irrigation system alongside workers Gonsalo Garcia, center, and Jalen Murchison, right, at a landscape project in Manchester, N.H. The Trump Administration is making 30,000 more temporary visas available for seasonal work through the end of September. According to a copy of the rule obtained by The Associated Press, the visas, known as H2-Bs, will go to foreign workers who have held them before over the last three fiscal years for jobs like picking crabs, shucking oysters or seasonal hotel work. They will become available when the temporary rule is published as early as Tuesday. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration plans to allow 30,000 more foreign workers temporarily into the United States for seasonal work through the end of September, a move that reflects how the booming economy has complicated President Donald Trump’s efforts to restrict legal immigration. Details of the plan were in a draft rule obtained by…

June 4, 2018
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WORLD NEWS | Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen offers Haiti President US$150 million in aid to buid Haiti's electrical grid. Photo: L'union Suite.com.

HAITI (FNN NEWS) – Source: L’union Suite // The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) announced Thursday that Taiwan will assist Haiti to secure an NT$4.5 billion (US$150 million) loan to electrify the entire Caribbean island nation of Haiti. Just before Haitian President Jovenel Moïse began his current five-day visit to Taiwan with a 30-member delegation, Jude Alix Patrick Salomon, the…

October 14, 2015
Written by: Willie David
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ORLANDO, FL (FNN News) – Today, leaders of the Puerto Rican diaspora in Orlando convened leaders from across the country, including US Reps. Alan Grayson, D-Fla, Luis Gutiérrez, D-Ill, Nydia Velazquez, D- NY, José Serrano, D-NY, Brendan Boyle, D-Pa.; and Florida state Senator Darren Soto; New York state Senator Gustavo Rivera, Illinois state Senator Iris…