MIAMI—Miami Mayor Francis Saurez congratulated Benjamin Leon Jr. on Thursday after President-elect Donald Trump named him the next U.S. ambassador to Spain.

Storm surge has acutely impacted Miami-Dade communities, especially coastal cities, in the past two years, as county leaders scramble with ideas to fight climate change.

Benjamín León, Jr, healthcare businessman, horse breeder and campaign donor, chosen for Trump's ambassador to Spain.

Trump, who becomes president again on Jan. 20, is wrong about the 1977 treaty the late President Jimmy Carter signed that ...

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