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The made for Miami fairy tale of Marco the good vs. Cabello the bad
It’s hard to comprehend how people still believe Marco Rubio, or swallow the manufactured PR stunts that the press fall for that paint a picture of the U.S. senator from West Miami as…
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Next year’s Florida vote is crucial in the climate change battle
In Miami, the hottest July on record that climate change is marching on Florida. Yet, state voters have twice elected a governor, Rick Scott, and may replace him with a man, Adam…
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David Rivera’s in trouble again; Feds to the rescue
The FEC is seeking $486,000 in civil penalties against David Rivera. The FEC’s civil case is the latest indication that Miami federal prosecutors don’t intend to criminally charge…
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Crony capitalism in Florida—and beyond
Privatization has gone wild in Florida. Governing the state basically has been turned over to business. The clearest proof is that this year Florida will contract out to business more…
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Rubio, Diaz-Balart and Curbelo: Faustian enablers of ‘Anything but Obamacare’
The three Cuban American members of Congress from south Florida have made a deal with the devil to get rid of Obamacare in favor of a bill that the Congressional Budget Office has…
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Obama’s Cuba opening more popular in Florida than Trump’s new measures
President Trump visited Miami last week and committed to much of the same old nonsense that has been uttered time and again over the past almost 60 years. A poll conducted right after…
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Trump does Miami
The majority of Cubans in Miami no longer support a hardline policy toward Cuba, which is probably why Trump didn’t reinstate the whole Cuba package of the Bush years. But, as long as…
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Donald Trump in Miami
Once again, a U.S. president shows up in Miami to promise the fall of the Cuban regime. The difference this time is that rhetoric will no longer ensure the Cuban-American vote, the Cold…
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Trump’s new Cuba policy – we’re back in 1987
President Donald Trump's speech reflecting the contentious relationship between Cuba and the United States was a perfect speech if it had been made 30 years earlier. Those days,…
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A day of great shame for Miami’s Cuban American community
President Donald Trump visited Miami on Friday and held a political rally at the Manuel Artime Theater in Little Havana. He was there to announce the rollback of the Obama initiatives…
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