Joshua Goodman, The Associated Press

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New charges target ex-Miami congressman for lobbying on behalf of sanctioned Venezuelan tycoon

MIAMI (AP) -- A grand jury in Washington has returned an indictment against former Congressman David Rivera for failing to register as a foreign agent of a sanctioned Venezuelan media tycoon on whose behalf the Miami Republican allegedly lobbied the Trump administration.

US officials to investigate labor and human rights abuses in Nicaragua

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Biden administration is opening an investigation into labor and human rights abuses in Nicaragua, a U.S. official said, affecting relations with a country the U.S. has a free trade deal with amid growing concerns over President Daniel Ortega's increasingly authoritarian rule.

Trump's pick of Rubio as America's top diplomat could reshape US policy in Latin America

Trump's pick of Rubio as America's top diplomat could reshape US policy in Latin America

MIAMI (AP) -- Growing up in Miami among Cuban exiles who fled Fidel Castro's revolution, Sen. Marco Rubio developed a deep hatred of communism. Now as President-elect Donald Trump's choice for America's top diplomat, he's set to bring that same ideological ammunition to reshaping U.S. policy in Latin America.

Trump's pick of Rubio as America's top diplomat jolts Latin America, long accustomed to US neglect

Trump's pick of Rubio as America's top diplomat jolts Latin America, long accustomed to US neglect

MIAMI (AP) -- Growing up in Miami among Cuban exiles who fled Fidel Castro's revolution, Sen. Marco Rubio developed a deep hatred of communism. Now as President-elect Donald Trump's choice for America's top diplomat, he's set to bring that same ideological ammunition to reshaping U.S. policy in Latin America.

Co-founder of Smartmatic voting machine company charged with paying bribes for Philippine contracts

Co-founder of Smartmatic voting machine company charged with paying bribes for Philippine contracts

MIAMI (AP) -- A federal grandy jury in Miami has charged the Venezuelan co-founder of a voting machine company targeted by allies of former President Donald Trump with paying more than $1 million in bribes to officials in the Philippines in exchange for contracts it won overseeing the island nation's elections nearly a decade ago.

Venezuelan founder of voting machine company targeted by Trump allies is indicted on bribery charges

MIAMI (AP) -- A federal grandy jury in Miami has charged the Venezuelan co-founder of a voting machine company targeted by allies of former President Donald Trump with paying more than $1 million in bribes to officials in the Philippines in exchange for contracts it won overseeing the island nation's elections nearly a decade ago.