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Álvaro Fernández 378 posts 17 comments

This ain't Disneyland

Trump’s media blackouts and ‘alternative’ realities

Álvaro Fernández Jan 24, 2017
The Trump administration has instituted a media blackout at the Environmental Protection Agency. It has has also ordered a "temporary suspension" of all new business activities at the…
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Florida

Two-faced? Cowardly? Both.

Álvaro Fernández Jan 23, 2017
If there is one thing I agree with Donald Trump on is his reference to Marco Rubio as “Little Marco.” And on Monday, Sen. Rubio, once again, lived up to the pejorative nickname Trump…
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This ain't Disneyland

Hidden figures, girls and math

Álvaro Fernández Jan 23, 2017
We live in a society that does not make it easy on women. Many pioneering women have too often been relegated to becoming hidden figures of history, only later to be dug out like a…
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Noticias

America takes a giant leap backward, 140 characters at a time

Álvaro Fernández Jan 19, 2017
He is not a man of eloquence. His life appears limited to 140 characters at a time, which includes carefully studied sound bites. His choppy discourse often evokes a vulgar American…
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Florida

Renegade Republicans, including two from Miami, sought to weaken ethics police in Congress

Álvaro Fernández Jan 4, 2017
The Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) became better known to the American public this week when a group of House Republicans, which included two members from the Miami area, behind…
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This ain't Disneyland

Follow the money… and Marco Rubio

Álvaro Fernández Dec 22, 2016
The former Darth Vader of U.S. politics still feels he has the right to dictate orders to the president. Although this time he’s taking a back door in a dark alley called Marco Rubio.
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Noticias Secundarias

Trump’s possible Cuba policy doesn’t look good

Álvaro Fernández Dec 13, 2016
Donald Trump wants to hire a known racist to head the attorney general’s office; a climate change denier to head the Environmental Protection Agency; and a surgeon to head housing; and…
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This ain't Disneyland

Trump moves: There goes $15 an hour, and other sad choices

Álvaro Fernández Dec 8, 2016
Fifteen dollars an hour: A living wage for many Americans. President-elect Donald Trump just made sure that doesn’t happen. Other Trump team choices for key positions in his…
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Cuba

Fidel: A man with the courage to try to change the world

Álvaro Fernández Nov 26, 2016
Fidel Castro has staked his place in Cuban history. One hundred years, two hundred years forward, his name will hold a special and lofty place. Fidel’s name will go down as one of the…
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This ain't Disneyland

Claver-Carone: A hollow move simply to appease?

Álvaro Fernández Nov 23, 2016
Earlier this week Mauricio Claver-Carone was tabbed by the Donald Trump team to sit at the table of the president-elect’s group of deciders. Yet, the truth is that Claver-Carone has NOT…
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