By Saul Landau
Miami, 2008
Antonio Veciana described three failed assassination plots he directed against Fidel Castro – with the help and encouragement of the CIA. In 1960, Maurice… Read More...
By Carl Hiassen
From The Miami Herald
It must be like a bad dream for Marco Rubio.
He goes to bed as the golden boy of the New Right, and wakes up as just another phony with a $134… Read More...
A paid lobbyist of the U.S.-Cuba Democracy PAC, Mauricio Claver-Carone, claims to tell Miami Herald readers the "Truth about the travel ban" to Cuba. His article tortures both truth and… Read More...
Al’s Loupe
Reining in money’s corrupting influence over politicians
By Alvaro F. Fernandezalvaro@progresoweekly.com
Money plays a vital role in electoral politics. Fat wallets… Read More...
By Elíades Acosta Matos
On Feb. 11, at Florida International University, Lincoln Díaz-Balart read a press release announcing his refusal to run for a tenth term in the U.S. Congress… Read More...
By Varela
I'm reading the paper while my son sits beside me, doing homework. Suddenly, he asks:–“Dad, are there honest politicians?”I reply (to get him off my back):–“Yes, there are.”… Read More...
By Aurelio Pedroso
Guillermo Fariñas' life is in imminent danger after almost two weeks on a hunger-and- thirst strike. His demand is unlikely to be met: the release of more than 20… Read More...
By Robert Reich
From the Robert Reich blog
I had dinner the other night with a Democratic pollster who told me Dems are heading toward next fall’s mid-term elections with a serious… Read More...
By Bill Press
History repeated itself week at Blair House, the nation's official guest house for former presidents and foreign dignitaries, across the street from the White House at… Read More...
By Max J. Castromajcastro@gmail.com
The GOP may be feeling pretty good right now but lookout for the train coming down the rails. That is why Republicans are once again trying to… Read More...