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New book explores Cuba’s 50-year war against terrorism
By Felipe Pagliery
The history of terrorism against Cuba since the earliest days of the Revolution is being told through a collection of testimonials featured in a new book coming out…
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The city by the sea
By Varela
I know a lot of friendly waiters at the Versailles Restaurant, but the best one waits on me today. I ask him for a plate of scallops and he shakes his head as if someone…
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Workplace terrorism
By Varela
The Western cliché of a modern-day terrorist posits the image of an irate Irishman with religious traumas, or an Arab dying to get his ticket to the 7,000 virgins, both…
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Can someone explain ‘soliciting for political purpose’
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Can someone explain ‘soliciting for political purpose’
By Alvaro F. Fernandez
Arizona visited Florida last week. On the baseball diamond, the Marlins managed to split a…
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“Made in Venezuela” capitalism
By Antonio Padrino
That a car in Venezuela costs three times more than in Peru or in the United States and that one must wait six months to acquire one – through a bribe – is not all…
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David Kent & Super Rivera
By Varela
David Rivera is a Florida superhero. He doesn't spend as much in haircuts as his friend Marco Rubio, but he gets into adventures that cost the taxpayer hundreds of thousands…
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The apple on the head
By Varela
Many years ago, Carlos Varela wrote a song in Cuba in which he asked that the story of William Tell be inverted. In other words, instead of placing the apple on his son's head…
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Crist offers tiny ray of hope
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Crist offers tiny ray of hope
By Alvaro F. Fernandezalvaro@progresoweekly.com
There is an important senate race in Florida this year. Last year at this time I would have…
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The sharks
By Varela
The Rasmussen daily tracking poll of Tuesday, May 4, puts republican deserter now independent, our distinguished Charlie Crist, at 38 percentage points. That’s over republican…
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