David C. Adams
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British-born, Miami-based, freelance journalist for @nytimes, and @CPJAmericas. Previously @UnivisionNews, @TB_Times @Reuters
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Joined January 2010
RT @karimbitar: Melanie O’Brien, President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars: “It is without a doubt that we are witnes….
opiniojuris.org
[Melanie O’Brien is Associate Professor of International Law at the University of Western Australia, President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, and Visiting Scholar with the...
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RT @JakobJohnston: The US has brought charges against Bazile Richardson, a Haitian-American living in North Carolina, for violating US sanc….
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Former Miami Heat Security Employee Charged for Selling Stolen Memorabilia. Former Miami cop, Marcos Thomas Perez, sold a game-worn LeBron James NBA Finals jersey for approximately $100,000. That same jersey later sold at a Sotheby’s auction for $3.7 million.
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Haiti orphanage kidnapping: 7 adults and 3-year-old seized from one of the country's more respected charitable institutions. With @el72champs
nytimes.com
The abductees, including an Irish missionary who directs care for children with special needs, were taken from an orphanage serving about 270 children.
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US embassy in Haiti closed today amid reports of "heavy gunfire" in the Tabarre area nearby. That is also the location of St Damien Hospital, operated by NPH. Seven staff and a small child were kidnapped from an NPH orphanage in Kenscoff, earlier today.
ht.usembassy.gov
Alert: Haiti Security Alert August 4, 2025 Location: Port-au-Prince, Tabarre, vicinity of the U.S Embassy Event: There is heavy gunfire reported in the
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Long time Irish missionary in Haiti kidnapped with child, aged 3, among eight kidnapped from Haiti orphanage
bbc.com
Gena Heraty and a three-year-old child were taken in the middle of the night in a "planned act", officials say.
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RT @MiamiHerald: At longtime South Beach club, new immigration rules force dancers off stage
miamiherald.com
“It’s a death sentence to our industry,” said Natalie Corporan, the human resources director for Mango’s Tropical Cafe.
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Extraordinary story of US diplomacy gone wrong: Michael Kozak, the career official who oversees diplomacy in the Western Hemisphere, on US brokering the release of a convicted murderer: “Well then we probably should not have asked for him. Can we now extradite him to Spain? We.
‘Can We Extradite Him?’ How U.S. Officials Grappled With the Release of a Triple Murderer.
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Insights into how the media in Israel is covering Gaza and how Israelis don’t see, or don’t want to see, what we see.
podcasts.apple.com
Podcast Episode · The Daily · 08/01/2025 · Subscribers Only · 25m
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RT @FrancesRobles: Please check out this cautionary tale of what can happen when American defense contractors work in Haiti. With David Ada….
nytimes.com
A Haitian American Navy veteran and his police officer cousin who were working in Haiti with Studebaker, an American military contractor, are missing and presumed dead.
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Reclaiming Adam Smith….
bbc.com
The veteran actor stars in a play about the banking collapse that sent shockwaves around the world.
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Latin America’s Risky Bet on Hired Guns to Fight Crime
insightcrime.org
Erik Prince, the founder of Blackwater USA, is pitching his companies as solutions to insecurity and organized crime across Latin America.
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RT @BBCPaulAdams: No Proof Hamas Routinely Stole U.N. Aid, Israeli Military Officials Say
nytimes.com
Israel has long restricted aid to Gaza on the argument that Hamas steals it to use as a weapon of control over the population. On Saturday, the Israeli military announced new airdrops of aid.
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RT @BBCPaulAdams: It doesn’t seem so long ago that I was talking to a Khan Yunis resident, discussing whether he should stay or leave. Beyo….
haaretz.com
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American Convicted of Murder Is Freed by Trump From Venezuela Prison.The Trump administration said it was protecting Americans unjustly held abroad. One of the rescued men, Dahud Hanid Ortiz, killed three people, according to court documents.
nytimes.com
The Trump administration said it was protecting Americans unjustly held abroad. One of the rescued men, Dahud Hanid Ortiz, killed three people, according to court documents.
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Privileged to have met the family of ICE detainee Mario Guevara today in Atlanta with @pressfreedom and other groups advocating for his release. Mario's wife and children are united in their hope that "nothing can separate us." @M_G_News
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RT @pressfreedom: “If that can happen to [Mario] Guevara, a respected journalist who legally resides here and has been for the past 20 year….
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RT @MiamiHerald: How 7 immigrants came to the U.S. and ended up at Alligator Alcatraz
miamiherald.com
Here’s what the detainees and their families and friends told us.
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