Happy Earth Day. We did our clean up early this weekend in Key Biscayne. Thanks to ⁦Fill A Bag⁩ ⁩

Haiti’s journalists appeal for help amid increasing threats, country’s unraveling miamiherald.com/news/nation-wo…

Sad to read of the passing of ‘Deadly Derek’ Underwood, one of my boyhood cricketing heroes. I had the good fortune to interview him at my first newspaper, the Sevenoaks Chronicle.

Haiti sets up Presidential Transition Council, clearing way for a new prime minister. It is tasked with restoring law and order, including the deployment of a multinational police force and new elections. nytimes.com/2024/04/12/wor…

NBC News Judge right now adamant about fed. govt. including “denaturalization” as part of plea agreement for #Rocha .

Fed. Prosecutors- he’s 73-years-old facing a 15-year sentence.

Judge appears to be making point that this is about principle and precedent.

#Breaking - Victor Manuel #Rocha pleads guilty to defrauding U.S. govt. and acting as an illegal agent to a foreign govt (Cuba) in one of largest national security breaches in U.S. history.

BUT…federal judge has rejected plea agreement… (1/2)

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With so much going on in the world, I don’t know how many folks have seen this. But, it’s absolutely wild. Started with AMLO insulting Ecuador, Ecuador PNGing the Mexican ambassador. And then this. Don’t like the trend of not respecting embassies, potentially dangerous for us.

Listen to this ⁦InSight Crime⁩ podcast: Abraham Barberi is a missionary on the US-Mexico border and plays guitar in a heavy metal band. He advocates for migrants while navigating the contradictions in Matamoros, the home of Mexico’s Gulf Cartel. insightcrime.org/podcast/insigh…

'Why hasn't the UN Security Council not issued any resolution on Haiti? Is it because the life of a Haitian doesn't have the same value as others?' Roberson Alphonse asks on Magik9 lenouvelliste.com/article/247490…

BBC: The Israel-Gaza war is at a crossroads. “Neither Israel, Iran nor Hezbollah wants an all-out war that would have terrible consequence for all of them. But no side seems ready to stop the slide towards it.” bbc.co.uk/news/world-mid…

American YouTube personality, Arab released with his Haitian fixer after being kidnapped in Haiti by gang httkps://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/01/world/americas/haiti-kidnapping-youtuber-released.html?ugrp=m&unlocked_article_code=1.hE0.bZvt._nz2x4erJ-rQ&smid=tw-share

Great to see Sony incorporating C2PA provenance technology into their cameras to establish the origins of the images generated. All part of the work of the Content Authenticity Initiative
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