Alex Otaola: The Miami clown turning democracy into a spectacle
There’s political activism, and then there’s what Alexander “Alex” Otaola has turned Miami-Dade politics into: a rolling reality-TV-style spectacle…
February 5 - 11, 2026
Opinion Articles
Why US claims of Venezuelan ‘cooperation’ are null and void
In the aftermath of the kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by US forces in early 2026, the Trump administration has repeatedly…
Defeating Trump’s fascism Is going to take you and me—all of us
By Chuck Idelson / Common Dreams
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Ivan Krastev,…
Are there fundamental changes occurring within Miami’s Cuban electorate?
For more than half a century, Cuban American politics in Miami has centered on a single word: communism.
It has shaped elections, defined loyalties,…
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Cuba
Cuba vows to defend itself against Trump to ‘the last drop of blood’
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La reforma que nunca fue (y la contrarreforma que sí)
Artículo de opinión basado en “La Contrarreforma”, de Rubén Padrón Garriga, publicado en La Joven Cuba.
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En el debate político cubano vuelve a…
Alex Otaola: el payaso miamense que convierte la democracia en un espectáculo
Hay activismo político y luego está lo que Alexander “Alex” Otaola ha convertido la política de Miami-Dade en: un espectáculo continuo, estilo reality…
¿Qué es el Trumpismo?
Un artículo reciente de Stacie Goddard y Abraham Newman, Further Back to the Future (Más atrás en el futuro), merece ser más conocido y constituye una…
El hábito militar de un billón de dólares de Estados Unidos
Estados Unidos gasta más en su ejército que cualquier otro país del planeta… y con margen de sobra. De hecho, gasta más que los siguientes nueve…
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