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Formula 1 is rolling back into the United States this weekend and keen photographers attending the Miami Grand Prix might want to read the small print.

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The number of green cards granted in the United States has plummeted under the Trump administration. According to an analysis by the Cato Institute, a conservative think tank based in Washington, the figure has fallen to half is previous level, with the drop disproportionately affecting Cubans, asylum seekers, and refugees. The study notes that the Trump administration has virtually halted the approval of permanent residency for Cubans, a group historically favored by U.S. immigration policies. At the same time, arrests of these individuals by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have skyrocketed.

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At age 40, Robin Peguero has already served as a homicide prosecutor, participated in the investigation of the January 6th attack on the Capitol, and knows Congress inside and out, having worked there for nearly two decades after graduating from Harvard Law School. Now, this son of immigrants has set his sights on wresting one of Miami’s congressional seats from the Republicans. So what is his strategy to win over voters in a city defined by Cuban exiles, and more recently, by Venezuelans? That of a tough-on-crime “Democratic capitalist” with experience in public service and a commitment to strengthening the border and deporting violent criminals, but also a firm believer that the majority of immigrants in the country deserve a path to citizenship.

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KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 — Muhammad Ilham Shahm, who has been interested in origami since he was six years old, uses the traditional Japanese paper-folding art to bring Malay history and legends to life.

The 23-year-old entrepreneur has used this creative approach to craft the figures of five legendary Malay warriors — Hang Tuah, Hang Jebat, Hang Lekir, Hang Kasturi and Hang Lekiu.

He said origami is not just a foreign art form but can also be a platform to tell local stories in a fresh and engaging way.

“I want to show that origami can also be used to share our own stories, including our legendary figures like Hang Tuah,” he said when met at an exhibition held here recently in conjunction with Malaysia Origami Day 2026.

Muhammad Ilham, who runs a business dealing in wood crafts with traditional motifs and is based in Serdang, Selangor, hopes his work will inspire younger generations to connect with history in a way that feels more relatable and meaningful.

He said origami will remain his chosen medium of creative expression, particularly in his efforts to elevate local cultural elements in a way that brings them closer to the younger generation.

“A sheet of paper may look simple, but it can be transformed into something that has value and tells a story,” he said.

Beyond their artistic appeal, his origami creations reflect the high level of discipline and patience required to produce them. Each piece is made from a single sheet of paper, without any cutting or gluing, thus preserving the authenticity of the craft.

The folding process itself can take up to eight hours for a single design, while perfecting each piece to achieve its final form can take nearly six months.

To achieve a more refined and detailed look, Muhammad Ilham uses thin tissue paper, which is well-suited for complex folds.

He hopes his efforts, though modest, will encourage a new perspective that even traditional art forms from abroad can be adapted to a local context, which can help elevate Malaysia’s heritage and history in a creative and relevant way. — Bernama

The first question feels inevitable, as if she had been preparing for it all her life or as if she were condemned to answer it for the rest of her life.

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Miami recently commemorated the 65th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs U.S.-backed invasion of Cuba in a climate of tension reminiscent of 1961. Today, however, that tension is being fueled both by the rhetoric of the Donald Trump Administration, which declares that the collapse of the Cuban regime is nigh, and by a renewed call from the Cuban diaspora for another U.S. military operation.

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The anti-Cuban mafia spares no means or opportunity in its hate-filled media barrage

The phone rings. It’s Dad, who has shrunk to the size of the cell phone screen, far away in a place called Lima, Peru. “Ashley, my baby!” he calls to his daughter, his voice drifting into the Miami Gardens apartment where they lived together for years. The girl is engrossed in the music playing on her tablet, ignoring him. “Ashley, my sweet little girl!” he calls again, but she acts as if she can’t hear him, hitting herself. “Don’t hurt yourself like that!” he pleads, seemingly having lost all authority and become a stranger to his daughter. The mother bursts into tears. The father does, too. They imagine that Ashley, so used to Walter Marcelino Chau taking her to school or cuddling her before bed, no longer recognizes him. If they show her a video of Walter showering her with affection, Ashley turns her face away. If he calls her to see how she is this morning, she turns her back on him. “We don’t know how she’s processing her thoughts now,” the father says. In reality, no one has yet come to terms with the fact that he was deported by the U.S. government despite pleading with the authorities.

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At Ñooo Qué Barato, a store on a street corner in Hialeah where for decades Cubans have bought “everything to send to Cuba”—from school uniforms to baby baskets and rechargeable lamps—customer traffic and sales have declined in recent weeks. “People aren’t traveling to Cuba because they’re afraid of the uncertainty that [President Donald] Trump might do something and they’ll be stranded there,” explains Norelbis Ramírez, a 52-year-old Cuban woman from Bayamo—in the east of the island—who works as a cashier at the store.

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Expectation has been building in recent weeks in Miami. The capture earlier this year in Venezuela of Nicolás Maduro – Havana’s erstwhile main ally – and Donald Trump’s repeated assertions that the Cuban regime is going to fall soon, have reinforced exiled Cubans’ longing for their country’s freedom. Along with that hope, a well-worn question has resurfaced: who could lead a post-Castro Cuba?

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Just a few weeks ago they were electricians in Miami. Or department managers at a multinational corporation. They were still fishing, just like they had for the last 30 years. They drove trucks. They owned an air conditioning company. They were collecting retirement benefits after a lifetime of work. And now? Now they look for a gap between the arcades, hang wet clothes to dry in a sink, open and close the doors of an Oxxo convenience store hoping for a few coins, celebrate the blankets that a kind neighbor gave them so they don’t have to sleep directly on the hard concrete floor, treasure worn papers, documents in the wrong language, and rely on promised money to buy a cell phone so they can call their families, who remained thousands of miles away, on the other side of the border.

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