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Miami-Dade Mayor Alvarez gets schooled
By Everett Evansky
(The letter that follows was written by Miami-Dade County public school teacher Everett Evansky. It is a reaction to the reported raises given to his top aides by…
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Miami-Dade’s Mayor Alvarez believes in green power, it’s why he’s bailing out his top aides
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Miami-Dade’s Mayor Alvarez believes in green power, it’s why he’s bailing out his top aides
By Alvaro F. Fernandez alfernandez@the-beach.net
People are surprised and…
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Brokenhearted and outraged, Cardona forgets what it means to be an American
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Brokenhearted and outraged, Cardona forgets what it means to be an American
By Alvaro F. Fernandez alfernandez@the-beach.net
“As a product of the gospel of rock ‘n’ roll,…
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Significant health care reform by steps: Doubtful?
By Santiago Leon
1. The need to confront profit-taking in health care
I believe that there is an increasing awareness among the American public that the American health care system…
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OFAC announces “Specific License” for repeat Cuba travelers
(Editor’s Note: Thank you very much to the Cuba travel company Marazul for its help in providing this important information for so many of our readers.)
The Office of Foreign Assets…
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What’s so unusual about police acting stupidly?
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What’s so unusual about police acting stupidly?
By Alvaro F. Fernandez alfernandez@the-beach.net
In the fall of 2004, I received a telephone call from my wife. I was…
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A coup by any other name is a coup
By Amaury Cruz
In Much ado over a non-coup (Miami Herald, July 26, 2009, p. 6L) William Ratliff writes in definitive tones that it was ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya “who was…
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Miami-Dade cuts back on necessities; spends on the luxuries; will raise our taxes
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Miami-Dade cuts back on necessities; spends on the luxuries; will raise our taxes
By Alvaro F. Fernandez
alfernandez@the-beach.net
My mother recently landed at Mt. Sinai…
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Ramblings about democracy as a political marketing tool
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Ramblings about democracy as a political marketing tool
By Alvaro F. Fernandez alfernandez@the-beach.net
I suppose democracy in the 21st century does not necessarily…
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In Honduran debate over coup, lines between rich and poor never so stark
By Frances Robles
From The Miami Herald
On one side of town near the presidential palace, a river of people wearing neatly pressed jeans and new white T-shirts waved kerchiefs as they…
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