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Neophyte Scott leads McCollum in Florida governor’s race
Political neophyte Rick Scott has surged to a 44 - 31 percent lead over Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum in the race for the Republican nomination for governor, apparently powered…
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Miami and the fall of Castro
By Varela
A Miami-Cuban journalist once asked Walter Mercado about the fall of Castroism. Walter appeared troubled. Presumably, a psychic should know the future, maybe not his but…
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Caravan in favor of immigrants this Saturday, June 5
Miami’s Alianza Martiana and the other organizations that comprise it are calling for all persons of goodwill from our South Florida community to a caravan of autos demanding an…
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Marco Rubio sees no need to move to political middle
By Jeremy Wallace
From the Sarasota Herald Tribune
SARASOTA - At a stage in the campaign when many statewide candidates would be trying to moderate their message to appeal to general…
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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’
Al’s Loupe
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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