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Nicaragua blocks pathway used by Cuban migrants to reach the US
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Nicaragua’s government has blocked Cuban citizens from entering the Central American country without a visa in a move that eliminates a route for Cuban migration into the U.S.
For years, Cuban migrants would fly to Nicaragua and meet up with smugglers, who would then help them migrate north through Central America and Mexico to get to the U.S. border, according to The Associated Press.
However, Nicaragua’s government confirmed to the AP that on Sunday it suspended an exemption that allows Cubans to enter Nicaragua without a visa.
Nicaragua’s move comes after President Donald Trump in late January declared a national emergency via an executive order over Cuba, accusing the communist regime there of aligning with hostile foreign powers and terrorist groups while moving to punish countries that supply the island nation with oil.
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A man walks past a gas station that has run out of fuel, located near the U.S. Embassy, pictured in the background, in Havana, Cuba, Feb. 7, 2026. (Ramon Espinosa/AP)
What remains for Cuban migrants is primarily Guyana, a small South American nation where Cubans have also traveled in order to reach the U.S.
From Guyana, migrants normally travel through the perilous jungle trenches of the Darien Gap dividing Colombia and Panama.
In the past, migrants with few other options have also taken precarious boat rides from Cuba to Florida’s coast.
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Cubans wait in line outside the Nicaraguan Embassy in Havana, Cuba, on Feb. 9, 2026. (Norlys Perez/Reuters)
In Trump’s executive order, the president said Cuba aligns itself with and provides support for «numerous hostile countries, transnational terrorist groups, and malign actors adverse to the United States,» naming Russia, China, Iran, Hamas and Hezbollah.
The administration said Cuba hosts Russia’s largest overseas signals intelligence facility, which the order states attempts to steal sensitive U.S. national security information.
Last November, Trump wrote on Truth Social, «Democracy is on trial in the coming Elections in the beautiful country of Honduras on November 30th.»
«Will Maduro and his Narcoterrorists take over another country like they have taken over Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela?» he asked.
A man holds his passport while waiting to enter the Nicaraguan Embassy in Havana, Cuba, on Feb. 9, 2026. (Norlys Perez/Reuters)
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Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro was captured in a U.S. military operation in early January.
Fox News Digital’s Jasmine Baehr and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Violence erupts as anti-Israel protesters target president’s Australia visit weeks after Bondi Beach massacre
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Police clashed with anti-Israel demonstrators in Sydney during protests against Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s visit to Australia, prompting national leaders to urge calm and call for demonstrations to remain peaceful.
Police said 27 people were arrested, including 10 for allegedly assaulting officers, after violence broke out Monday evening when authorities moved to clear thousands of protesters gathered near Sydney’s Town Hall.
The unrest unfolded as Herzog arrived in Australia for a visit centered on solidarity with the Jewish community after the Dec. 14 terror attack at a Hanukkah event in Bondi Beach that killed 15 people.
FORMER AUSTRALIAN MINISTER SAYS ‘RADICAL ISLAM PULLED THE TRIGGER’ IN AUSTRALIA’S WORST TERROR ATTACK
Police detain a protester during a protest against the visit of Israel’s President Isaac Herzog on Feb. 9, 2026 in Sydney, Australia. (Izhar Khan/Getty Images)
Herzog traveled to Bondi during the trip, where he met bereaved families and participated in memorial events honoring the victims. In a post on X, he wrote, «Together with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the community’s leader, Rabbi Yehoram Ulman, bereaved families, and members of the Jewish community, we united in memory of the 15 victims of the Bondi terror attacks. The terrorists sought to instill fear in the Jewish people—and we respond with renewed Jewish pride, by choosing life and hope.»
Herzog also warned of rising antisemitism during the visit, calling it a global emergency and defending Israel’s actions in Gaza when asked about the protests.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attend a service to meet with victims of the Bondi shooting attack and members of the community, at the Chabad of Bondi, in Sydney, Australia, Feb. 10, 2026. (Wolter Peeters /Pool via Reuters)
Demonstrations opposing Israel’s war in Gaza and Herzog’s presence erupted across Australia, with the largest confrontation unfolding in Sydney. Authorities imposed restrictions on protest routes and used pepper spray to disperse crowds after tensions escalated.
Police said officers were met with violence and acted to maintain order, while protesters and some politicians accused authorities of excessive force.
Talking to Sky News Australia, former Australian Jewish Association president David Adler called the violence «a disgraceful display,» noting that Australia has a system of law and order and that a court decision establishing an exclusion zone for the protests was ignored by the «radical activists,» which «left the police with an impossible situation.»
Commenting on Sydney police actions against the agitators, Adler said there was some «rejoicing in our community to finally see a bit of pushback from the New South Wales police, because, for two years and a half, almost, there’s been a lack of law enforcement when it comes to the incitement, the antisemitism and we’ve seen the emboldenment and the dreadful incidents which have occurred right across the country culminating (on Dec. 14) with the massacre at Bondi Beach. So maybe we’ve seen a little bit of a flicker of pushback in law enforcement, which we certainly welcome,» he said.
AUSTRALIA BANS PRO-ISRAEL INFLUENCER WEEKS AFTER BONDI BEACH TERROR ATTACK
Police face off with anti-Israel protesters during a demonstration against the visit of Israel’s President Isaac Herzog on Feb. 9, 2026 in Sydney, Australia. (Izhar Khan/Getty Images)
Andrew Wallace, a member of parliament said, «Australians who live in a democracy have a right to protest peacefully and lawfully,» Wallace told Sky News, «What we saw last night was not peaceful, and it certainly was not in accordance with directions given by police.»
Australian leaders called for restraint and warned against importing overseas conflict into domestic streets.
Mourners place flowers at a memorial at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia Dec. 15, 2025. Australia is in mourning after gunmen opened fire on Bondi Beach, an attack designed to target the Jewish community. (AAP/Bianca De Marchi via Reuters)
A timeline compiled by the American Jewish Committee notes that the December Bondi Beach attack came after a sustained rise in anti-Jewish threats and violence across Australia, including vandalism of synagogues and Jewish schools, arson attacks and public harassment since Oct. 2023. The Executive Council of Australian Jewry documented more than 1,600 anti-Jewish incidents between Oct. 2024 and Sept. 2025, following more than 2,000 incidents the previous year.
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Israeli leaders have pointed to the Bondi attack as evidence of growing risks facing Jewish communities abroad and have criticized Australian authorities for failing to prevent the terrorist attack.
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Venezuela: el chavismo libera a los presos políticos, pero les pone tobilleras electrónicas
Las cadenas no se han roto con su salida de la prisión. El régimen chavista de Delcy Rodríguez excarceló a 35 presos políticos este domingo con medidas cautelares condicionadas, pero a tres de ellos los castigó con más dureza al imponerles tobilleras electrónicas para que no escapen y tenerlos más controlados.
Los tres castigados son los políticos opositores Juan Pablo Guanipa, Perkins Rocha y Freddy Superlano que llevan en su pie derecho un grillete electrónico de seguridad como los que ponen a los delincuentes de máxima peligrosidad o los prisioneros de alto riesgo de fuga. Adicionalmente deben permanecer sin salir de su domicilio, lo que se denomina “casa por cárcel”.
El caso de Juan Pablo Guanipa, ex gobernador de Zulia, dirigente del partido Primero Justicia y muy cercano a la Premio Nóbel María Corina Machado, que estuvo año y medio prisionero en el Helicoide, el centro de tortura más grande de Venezuela, ha indignado a todo el país. El recibimiento fue a hombro como un héroe arropado por los familiares y amigos cuando salió del centro de reclusión.
Unas horas después de haber sido excarcelado este domingo un comando de agentes encapuchados y armados volvió a ‘secuestrar’ a Guanipa sin orden de arresto ni motivo alguno. Previamente el dirigente había recorrido en moto con la bandera nacional en alto las calles de Caracas. Ocurrió a las 11:45 de la medianoche del domingo, según denunció su hijo Ramón Guanipa en sus redes.
El ex gobernador zuliano pasó la noche del domingo y lunes en la estación de la Policía Nacional Bolivariana (PNB) de Maripérez en el centro de Caracas y este martes fue trasladado a su domicilio de Maracaibo, capital del Zulia. Su hijo Ramón mostró a la prensa la boleta de excarcelación de su padre donde no aparece ninguna restricción de hablar con la prensa, “sólo dice que no puede salir del país” y que debe presentarse a los tribunales cada 30 días.
El segundo caso de las tobilleras electrónicas la mostró el dirigente Perkins Rocha, asesor político de María Corina Machado, quien también fue excarcelado el domingo en las mismas condiciones que Guanipa como la de permanecer aislado en su “casa por cárcel”, llevar grillete electrónico en su pie derecho, no salir del país y no hablar con la prensa y presentarse cada mes a los tribunales.
Su familia publicó en las redes sociales la foto de Rocha con la tobillera puesta. Y su esposa dijo Rocha tiene tobillera electrónica, pero «sus ideas no», al exigir libertad plena para todos los presos políticos.
El tercer caso de Freddy Superlano sigue el mismo patrón de una excarcelación bajo restricciones duras y arbitrarias como la de vivir en su “casa por cárcel», no declarar a la prensa ni viajar al exterior y andar encadenado con la tobillera.
El chavismo está estrenando el uso de las tobilleras electrónicas con los presos políticos desde el domingo pasado. Las pusieron de moda con los tres mencionados, que sorprendieron a los venezolanos que nunca antes habían visto estos dispositivos electrónicos de seguridad con los detenidos por razones políticas.
Estos instrumentos modernos de castigo inspirados en los que se utilizaban en la edad media ponen en entredicho la política de reconciliación y de paz iniciada por el régimen con el proyecto de Ley de Amnistía que estudia la Asamblea Nacional que será aprobada este jueves luego de las consultas con los sectores vinculados como los familiares de los presos políticos, la iglesia, los periodistas y abogados, entre otros.
El abogado Omar Mora Tosta, defensor de muchos presos políticos, califica de “incomprensibles” las medidas contra Guanipa y Rocha tras excarcelaciones. Quedan más de 600 presos políticos esperando por su liberación plena. Y han liberado más de 420 según cifras del Foro Penal.
El ministro del Interior y Justicia, Diosdado Cabello, comentó que “creyeron que pueden hacer lo que les da la gana” al referirse a Juan Pablo Guanipa. “Se creen intocables, cometieron una estupidez”.
La líder María Corina Machado condenó la detención de Guanipa: en Venezuela hay una “tiranía” y se preguntó «¿No se puede hablar en Venezuela de aquellos que han estado en prisión? ¿No pueden relatar qué es lo que han vivido? ¿No pueden describir el horror de lo que hoy ocurre en nuestro país?».
La Conferencia Episcopal Venezolana se ha sumado a los pedidos: exige la liberación de los presos políticos, amnistía general y elecciones libres.
Obispos reclaman libertad plena para los presos políticos y cambios de fondo al marco legal. Solicitaron la «plena liberación» de todos los presos políticos y dijeron seguir con interés la propuesta de una ley de amnistía, que «necesariamente debe ser amplia e inclusiva» y producto de una consulta con la sociedad civil.
La Comisión Especial que redacta el proyecto de Amnistía para la Convivencia Democrática se ha reunido con diferentes gremios profesionales y sociales, familiares y víctimas de presos políticos para recolectar su opinión. Este jueves la Asamblea Nacional en pleno aprobará la amnistía.
El Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Prensa (SNTP) pide que la ley de amnistía reconozca la persecución a periodistas.
“Es un proyecto que amnistía a personas que han sido perseguidas por el ejercicio de la libertad de expresión», prosiguió. Marco Ruiz dijo que en Venezuela hay actualmente 59 periodistas judicializados, cuatro de ellos aún tras las rejas, dos en arresto domiciliario y al menos 20 en el exilio «como consecuencia de la persecución».
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House hearing raises red flags over former tech mogul’s ‘CCP network’ allegedly funding of far-left groups
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During a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on Tuesday, former U.S. tech mogul Neville Roy Singham was regularly named in the discussion and debate as to how foreign adversaries help fund U.S. agitator groups through what one witness described as «foreign dark money.»
Singham, a U.S. citizen who sold his IT consulting company for $785 million before moving to Shanghai, was accused by multiple members of Congress as the man behind the «Singham [Chinese Communist Party] network,» a phrase coined by committee chairman Rep. Jason Smith, R-Mo., during his opening remarks at the hearing.
«It’s no wonder that the People’s Forum echoes Communist Party propaganda,» Smith said. «One of their largest donors is a wealthy former US tech executive living in Shanghai who is cozy, extremely cozy with the Chinese Communist Party.»
«Neville Roy Singham and his wife, a co-founder of CodePink, donated over $20 million to the People’s Forum through shell companies and donor advised funds to hide the original source of the money,» Smith explained.
CCP-CONNECTED MILLIONAIRE ALLEGEDLY BANKROLLS MINNEAPOLIS AGITATOR GROUPS THROUGH DARK MONEY NETWORK
House Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith, R-Mo., pointed to ties between Singham’s CCP ties and multiple organizations who encourage and mobilize agitators across the U.S. (Getty)
«This committee has worked tirelessly to unravel, to unravel, the Singam CCP network,» Smith added.
Last April, Smith sent a letter with GOP committee members to then-IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel requesting information about «specific tax-exempt organizations that promote CCP propaganda and related initiatives,» including the People’s Forum.
The People’s Forum has been one of the loudest voices encouraging and facilitating agitators to take to the streets for anti-ICE demonstrations, and Fox News Digital also learned that Smith also sent letters to BreakThrough BT Media Inc., and Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research ahead of Tuesday’s hearing requesting information surrounding alleged ties to Singham.
FAR-LEFT NONPROFITS IN THE HOT SEAT AS LAWMAKER EXPOSES THEM FOR ‘SOWING CHAOS’ IN US
Anti-ICE agitators clash with law enforcement outside a federal facility, Jan. 8, in Minneapolis. (Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images)
The groups also have reported ties to the pro-Nicolás Maduro demonstrations, which took place following the Trump administration’s arrest of the Venezuelan dictator last month.
Singham, who shares office space in Shanghai with Maku Group, a Chinese media company associated with pro-CCP propaganda, which Singham himself has helped fund, was the center of an often-referenced New York Times expose published in 2023.
The report was mentioned several times during the hearing, with witnesses and members of congress pointing to the detailed description of how Singham uses his dark money network in an attempt to erase traces of Chinese communist influence.
Singham couldn’t be subpoenaed to testify in Tuesday’s committee hearing because his Shanghai residency shields him from being legally obligated to appear before Congress.
His inability to be subpoenaed is just one example of the many loopholes that Singham utilizes to peddle money allegedly to promote the CCP.
«We see a sophisticated, multi-layered flow of capital funds that originate in Singham and Shanghai, Rep. Darin LaHood, R-Ill., said during the hearing. «[Funds] move through his private LLCs, and then are transferred to a donor-advised fund.»
FOREIGN BILLIONAIRES FUNNEL $2.6B TO US ADVOCACY GROUPS TO INFLUENCE POLICY, WATCHDOG REPORT CLAIMS
As unrest escalates in Minneapolis, investigators are uncovering a network of far-left activist groups allegedly bankrolled by a wealthy U.S. expat, Neville Roy Singham, in China with reported ties to CCP–aligned propaganda efforts. (Roberto Schmidt / AFP via Getty Images / Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for V-Day)
«From there, the money is granted to Singham’s own nonprofits that act as a pass through, such as the Justice and Education Fund and the People Support Foundation, which subsequently distribute the funds to other groups in the Singham Network, like the media outlet Breakthrough News or the People’s Forum, which organizes protests that have turned violent,» LaHood added.
FAR-LEFT AGITATOR WHO ORGANIZED MN CHURCH STORMING RAKED IN OVER $1 MILLION FROM ANTI-POVERTY NONPROFIT
The New York Times reported that some of the organizations in Singham’s network had office addresses in suspicious locations like general UPS mailboxes, and that tracing the Shanghai resident’s cash flow from China to U.S. protests is challenging given his extensive efforts to minimize or cover up financial footprints.
«Singham attended Chinese Communist Party propaganda trainings, shared offices with Chinese state media in Shanghai, and exploited U.S. tax law to move tens of millions of dollars through donor-advised funds, primarily via Goldman Sachs,» Adam Sohn Network Contagion Research Institute Co-Founder and committee witness explained during the hearing.
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«Together, these entities form a coordinated $100 million system,» Sohn added.
Fox News Digital reached out to The People’s Forum, BreakThrough BT Media Inc., Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, and Singham, but did not receive responses.
Fox News’ Asra Q. Nomani contributed to this report.
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