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The piñata
By Varela
AND A-ONE...
They say Miami is the magic city. And it's true. The cheapest trip to Europe is provided by City Hall, not a tourist agency. The package includes two weeks…
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Don’t honor tainted election
By Brian Concannon Jr. and Ira Kurzban
From The Miami Herald
Late last month, Haiti's government took the undemocratic and dangerous step of excluding 15 political parties, including…
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The irascible one
By Varela
After our exiled militant, obligated by circumstances, stops killing diplomats, young athletes and tourists, he empties the Molotov cocktail and fills it with Cuba Libre to…
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Way to go Mr. President… you’re starting to remind me of W
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Way to go Mr. President… you’re starting to remind me of W
By Alvaro F. Fernandez alfernandez@the-beach.net
“You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the…
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Is GOP senate contender Marco Rubio a member of ‘The Family’?
By Alan Farago
From the Eye on Miami blog
Listening to Fresh Air on November 24 and its disturbing with Jeff Sharlet turned my thoughts to the struggle between Gov. Charlie Crist and…
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The Miami virus
By Varela
The clumsy but monetarily costly cyberoffensive against Cuba with bloggers is a reflex of the very journalism practiced in Miami. To understand why a Wilfredo Cancio Isla, an…
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The Miami Herald on Cuba – all bad all the time
By Amaury Cruz
Contrary to the right-wing elements personified by CANF Chairman Jorge Mas Canosa and his infamous “I don’t believe in the Herald” campaign, I am an admirer of the…
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Cyber game
By Varela
As I see it, when on Nov. 12 the presidential team (Obama was in China) agreed to answer the questions posed by Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez, it did two things. First, it paid…
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Gaming the Miami political system
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Gaming the Miami political system
By Alvaro F. Fernandez alfernandez@the-beach.net
If Lewis Carroll had been around today and living in Miami, and he had yet to write his…
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Appoint a forensic accounting expert to fill one of the Miami commission seats
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By Alvaro F. Fernandezalfernandez@the-beach.net
Last week I wrote about Tomas Regalado, Miami’s recently elected mayor. In that column I mentioned my disappointment with…
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