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Once estranged, they reunite over a White House meal with Cuba on the menu
President Trump broke bread with Senator Marco Rubio this week. It was a strange change of events when one considers that during the presidential primaries, then-candidate Trump and…
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The Ugly American[i] on his throne
Last week Donald Trump launched his version of the Manhattan Project against the U.S. Constitution. This week he went after allies. His stupidity lies in the fact that both the Mexican…
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Ab-normalization: Florida imposes sanctions on itself
When Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus folded its tent last month, 400 Floridians lost their jobs. Now, Florida's Governor Rick Scott appears determined to turn his state's…
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Long before Obama, bridges to Cuba were being built
Bridge builders to Cuba have been around since the 1960s. There are differences between these early engineers of peaceful dialogue and those that are being heralded today. Surely,…
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Two-faced? Cowardly? Both.
If there is one thing I agree with Donald Trump on is his reference to Marco Rubio as “Little Marco.” And on Monday, Sen. Rubio, once again, lived up to the pejorative nickname Trump…
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Fair decision or foul concession? The 2 Heralds differ.
As so often before, Miami's two Heralds are putting different spins on the news that President Obama has called an end to the wet-foot-dry-foot policy maintained by the United States…
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Ira Kurzban: ‘The wet foot dry foot policy … was not a positive policy’
The elimination of the policy may, or may not, have any effect on current practice. If it suggests that a person out in the coastal waters of the U.S. may claim asylum then it…
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Renegade Republicans, including two from Miami, sought to weaken ethics police in Congress
The Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) became better known to the American public this week when a group of House Republicans, which included two members from the Miami area, behind…
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No cause for celebration
The demonizers celebrated on Calle Ocho this weekend. But most Cubans in Miami, whatever they thought about Castro, realize the inherent moral indigence and political counterproductive…
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Fidel: A man with the courage to try to change the world
Fidel Castro has staked his place in Cuban history. One hundred years, two hundred years forward, his name will hold a special and lofty place. Fidel’s name will go down as one of the…
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