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A shift in course: Bipartisan calls to end the embargo
On Friday before an audience gathered at Florida International University in Miami, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said, "The Cuba embargo needs to go, once and for all..."
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Conexion Miami / Florida, oil and its ecosystems
Bob Menendez, the Miami-Dade mayor's race, HIV on the rise in Florida, Charlie Crist on the comeback trail, Rep. David Jolly and charter schools are all discussed in this week's…
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The ‘seals’ (whomever the shoe fits)
"Seals" applaud mechanically and renounce the exercise of criteria and the practice of criticism and genuine opinion. You'll find them with all political labels, in any of the four…
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Jeb announces (officially) candidacy for president
Jeb Bush announced his 2016 candidacy for President of the United States in Miami at the Kendall campus of Miami-Dade College. Progreso Weekly offers you what was the prepared speech.
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Florida legislators hate socialized medicine – except when they love it
Republicans in the Florida legislature, benefitting from a gold-plated and inexpensive health care plan, have shown they lack empathy for those less well off. They are indeed living…
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Tampa and Cuba: Back to the future?
In the new context of relations between our countries, that region seeks to become a fulcrum for bilateral trade relations. That is why, in mid-May, representatives of the Tampa Chamber…
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Florida: The state sinks. The governor stinks.
Florida is beginning to drown as the world warms and sea levels rise. Meanwhile, the man who runs the state, Governor Rick Scott, is doing nothing about it.
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From Cuba to Florida: Diana Nyad’s final attempt at a record-breaking swim
"I've taken on those life lessons, that big break of just wanting the journey to be an elevated experience, no matter the success," she says. "Those people on the beach that day, they…
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Marco Rubio’s cold war approach to Cuba is losing him voters
Polls suggest that things have changed, and that Rubio's strident Cuba outlook could damage his standing among a constituency that has buoyed his political career.
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The end of Little Havana?
Critics of no-holds barred global capitalism coined the phrase "another world is possible." Perhaps, in Miami, another form of development different from that of high-rise canyons for…
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