Tim Padgett
Tim Padgett is the Americas editor for Miami NPR affiliate WLRN, covering Latin America, the Caribbean and their key relationship with South Florida.
Padgett has reported on Latin America for more than 30 years - including for Newsweek as its Mexico City bureau chief and for Time as its Latin America and Miami bureau chief - from the end of Central America's civil wars to the current normalization of U.S.-Cuba relations. He has interviewed more than 20 heads of state.
In 2005, Padgett received Columbia University’s Maria Moors Cabot Prize for his body of work in Latin America. In 2016 he won a national Edward R. Murrow award for the radio series "The Migration Maze," about the brutal causes of - and potential solutions to - Central American migration.
Padgett is an Indiana native and a graduate of Wabash College. He received a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University's Medill School and studied in Caracas, Venezuela, at the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello. Hehas been an adult literacy volunteer and is a member of the Catholic poverty aid organization St. Vincent de Paul.
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More migrants are thought to be "self-deporting" amid President Trump's sweeping arrests campaign — and for many a big reason is the "xenophobia and hatred" they say the U.S. has surrendered to. -
Although a federal judge in Miami ordered their case to be moved to another Florida district, the ACLU and other plaintiffs suing the controversial migrant detention facility over access to attorneys insist they'll win the litigation - and that they have already been handed "an important victory." -
Detainees at an ICE facility in the Florida Everglades referred to Alligator Alcatraz allege harsh punishments from guards.
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'They chained me to the ground': Detainees at 'Alligator Alcatraz' allege harsh punishment by guardsWhile the new Everglades migrant detention center fends off complaints about its living conditions, some detainees claim guards are also doling out discipline for questioning rules — including standing in the hot Florida sun for extended periods. Officials deny the charge.
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Haitian and Venezuelan community leaders condemned President Donald Trump's newly announced travel ban policy that will impact hundreds of thousands of South Florida families with ties to both countries. -
It also shows a stark division: those who have been in the U.S. for 15 years or longer tend to remain supportive of Trump. -
The government-run media radio station first began broadcasting in 1985. Later, TV Martí, along with a digital website, were launched to beam Spanish-language news into Cuba. -
President Donald Trump says Panama should give the canal back to the U.S. Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino says that’s “impossible.” Secretary of State Marco Rubio will be in Panama on Saturday. -
President Donald Trump has said Republicans should help DACA recipients. So why is Florida poised to repeal their in-state tuition benefit? -
If President-elect Donald Trump wants to thwart China's canal influence, he needs to offer the isthmus partnership instead of petulance — and a more serious ambassador pick.
