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Frances Robles
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New York Times Latin America correspondent. Proud Guild leader, helping ensure NYT is a fair and equitable place to work. tips? nytimes.com/tips
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    Frances Robles
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    Jan 29
    Guidance for NGOs, political parties, Substack writers and public relations folks everywhere: please don't take the fact that I share my email address publicly to mean that I'd like to be on your listserve. I don't. I won't read it, and my inbox is out of control. Thanks
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    Frances Robles
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    Jul 11, 2021
    I have been covering Cuba since the 1994 rafter crisis. I have never ever seen anything like the protests today.
    Cubans Denounce ‘Misery’ in Biggest Protests in Decades (Published 2021)
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    Frances Robles
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    Jun 18, 2018
    The New York Times decided as a newsroom not to publish the government handout photos of the border shelters where migrants are being held, because news photographers were not allowed in. @nytimes
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    Frances Robles
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    Nov 14, 2017
    139,000 Puerto Ricans have moved to Florida since 9/20. The Mariel boat lift was 125,000 Cubans. Think about how that changed Miami forever. This could seriously be a point in history for Central Florida.
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    Frances Robles
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    Nov 9, 2018
    Palm Beach County Elections Supervisor Susan Bucher says the nation's highest elected officials are trying to disrupt democracy.
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    Frances Robles
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    Aug 26, 2017
    BREAKING: New ACLU video shows Unite the Right rally protester firing into crowd. He's in police custody now. Watch: nyti.ms/2vojgvx
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    Frances Robles
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    Dec 20, 2017
    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says that they estimate that the power will not be fully restored in Puerto Rico until the end of May.
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    Frances Robles
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    Aug 7, 2019
    Puerto Rico's Supreme Court ruled that the law Puerto Rico's governor, Pedro Pierluisi, relied on to become governor on Friday was unconstitutional. As Secretary of State, he was never confirmed by the Puerto Rico Senate. PR is about to have its third governor in six days.
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    Frances Robles
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    Dec 26, 2019
    While reporting this story, I was attacked by a mob of pro-government women, who threw me to the floor and robbed me. Then someone broke my car windshield as I fled. Please read: Nicaragua Has a Simple Message for Protesters: Don’t - The New York Times
    “We thought we were going there to have a hunger strike, not a siege,” said Karen Lacayo Rodriguez, whose brother has been jailed.
    Nicaragua Has a Simple Message for Protesters: Don’t (Published 2019)
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    Frances Robles
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    Jun 28, 2020
    A full third of the people being admitted to Miami's public hospital from the E.R. -- even people who are there for car crashes and the like -- are testing positive for Covid-19.
    Miami on Saturday. On Saturday for the second straight day, Florida has crushed its record for new coronavirus cases.
    Florida’s Covid Cases Up Fivefold in 2 Weeks: ‘The Numbers Are Scary’ (Published 2020)
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    Frances Robles
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    Dec 8, 2019
    The FBI is treating Friday's Navy base shooting in Pensacola as an act of terrorism, the special agent in charge Rachel Rojas said. 80 agents are on the case, she said.
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    Frances Robles
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    Aug 27, 2017
    The man arrested for shooting at the Unite the Right rally is an imperial wizard of the K.K.K.
    As White Nationalist in Charlottesville Fired, Police ‘Never Moved’ (Published 2017)
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    Frances Robles
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    Mar 30, 2018
    EXCLUSIVE: New York Times has learned that Stephon Clark was shot eight times from behind or side, according to a private autopsy.
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    Frances Robles
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    Jul 2, 2021
    People are being evacuated from a condo building in North Miami Beach after the condo board submitted its 40-year recertification report to the city, showing that the building was declared unsafe --- in January.