JUAREZ, Mexico (Border Report) – Venezuela still was a prosperous country when Oswaldo Hernandez Tabata visited Cuba in the 2000s to further his dentistry studies. He heard good things about that country’s…
KTSM News – Federal court: Villegas can sue City over false imprisonment
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Daniel Villegas, the man who was falsely imprisoned in a 1993 double murder, has now been given the go-ahead to sue the City of El Paso, according…
Tech Crunch – a16z spends $1.49M in Washington lobbying, while rivals mostly sit out
Venture giant Andreessen Horowitz is burning cash to shape policy on the Hill. Read more: Read More
Border Report – Border Report Live: Texas Border Trade Advisory Committee’s economic priorities
HARLINGEN, Texas (Border Report) — The Texas Border Trade Advisory Committee’s latest meeting in Austin focused on expanding roadways and infrastructure feeding into international crossings on both sides of the Texas-Mexico border….
Texas Monthly – Proposed legislation would levy stricter penalties on Texas camps following the Hill Country flood
HB 256 would prevent camps from correcting violations on the spot to avoid state penalties and reduce the number of camps serving on a state panel to a maximum of two. Read:…
Border Report – NM lawmakers tour Otero County Processing Center
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The New Mexico House, Senate Republicans, and other lawmakers attended a tour of the Otero County Processing Center on Monday morning, Aug. 25. State Sen. Crystal Brantley,…
Border Report – Woman migrant killed by vehicle while crossing Border Highway
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A woman migrant from Ecuador was struck by at least two vehicles and was killed while trying to cross the Border Highway earlier this month, according to…
Border Report – Inside the facility where ICE is training recruits to take on Trump’s deportation goals
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — At an obstacle course in the humid Georgia heat, an instructor shows recruits how to pull a wounded partner out of danger. In a classroom with desks cluttered…
KTSM News – Woman migrant killed by vehicle while crossing Border Highway
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A woman migrant from Ecuador was struck by at least two vehicles and was killed while trying to cross the Border Highway earlier this month, according to…
Tech Crunch – Road to Battlefield: Central Eurasia’s largest startup competition in history sends four winners to TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield
The startup ecosystem in Central Eurasia is having its moment. What started as 485 applications from across 27 countries — including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Georgia, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Pakistan,…