Manuel Bojorquez
@BojorquezCBS
@CBSNews National Correspondent based in Miami, covering US & Latin America. Cancer-survivor, @USC grad, El Salvador born, L.A. raised.
A 10-year-old girl recorded a plea to President Trump from Havana, asking him to reconsider a travel ban that’s keeping her separated from her mother in Miami. @BojorquezCBS has more for CBS Evening News Plus.
.@whca President @weijia on the Trump White House decision to bar the Wall Street Journal from the travel press pool for his upcoming Scotland trip. Context: POTUS is suing their parent company, Rupert Murdoch & 2 WSJ reporters for a story he claims is defamatory.
Crossbreeding corals from Honduras could help protect Florida's coast. Here's how it was done. cbsn.ws/44UI8x6
An international collaboration with Honduras could help save Florida’s coral reef. Check out the new “Flonduran” coral — from tonight’s @CBSEveningNews Plus
The Elkhorn coral helps form the skeleton of a healthy reef, but more than 95% of the coral off Florida has been wiped out. Scientists have created the "Flonduran" crossbreed to solve the problem.
He couldn't speak, so for years he was thought to be severely intellectually disabled. But once 19-year-old Viraj Dhanda found a way to communicate solely with his right thumb, everything changed. @SteveHartmanCBS is On the Road with a story on hidden potential.
President Trump toured a new immigration detention center in Florida’s Everglades on Tuesday, a site state officials have dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.” CBS News’ @BojorquezCBS reports on the growing concerns about the conditions inside. cbsn.ws/4lcwqov
Outside President Trump’s so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” migrant detention facility, a pounding storm drove most protesters away, except for this woman.
Outside the new migrant detention center in the Everglades, dueling demonstrations as President Trump visits what he calls “Alligator Alcatraz”…
Almost on cue for President Trump’s visit — an alligator just outside the new controversial migrant detention center in the Everglades the administration has dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz”
2:31 am liftoff for Axiom 4 from Kennedy Space Center — we’ll have more on the mission coming up on @CBSMornings
Our report from tonight’s @CBSEveningNews Plus …
Florida A&M, the state's only public historically Black college, is involved in a dispute over DEI policies and the selection of its next president. Students and alumni are concerned that Gov. Ron DeSantis’ involvement reflects a larger effort to reduce state support for…
This week marks 9 years since the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando. Today, some survivors and victims’ families were able to go inside the building before it’s demolished to make way for a memorial.
Survivors and families of the 49 victims of the Pulse LGBTQ nightclub shooting in Orlando nine years ago took one last tour of the building before it is demolished and replaced with a memorial. CBS News’ @BojorquezCBS reports on the emotional moments.
Video from the U.S. Geological Survey shows Kilauea volcano spewing lava more than 800 feet into the air in its latest eruption on Hawaii's Big Island.
Ten years ago today, before starting my first round of chemo for non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Hair never recovered but I’m still cancer-free! Here’s to all the survivors and fighters out there…
Some Miami Trump supporters are conflicted about his efforts to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuelans & others. A Supreme Court decision today could clear the way for those with revoked status to be deported. Our @CBSEveningNews report:
From tonight’s @CBSEveningNews - LGBTQ Catholics talk about the impact of Pope Francis and their hopes for Pope Leo XIV.
Catholics around the globe are waiting to see what changes Pope Leo XIV makes to the church's policies. LGBTQ Catholics tell CBS News’ @BojorquezCBS they hope that the church will continue the inclusion work Pope Francis started.