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Rivera’s back. And we thought we’d ridden ourselves of the cockroach
David Rivera announced that he will challenge Garcia for the 26th congressional district seat the incumbent wrested from him in 2012. He blamed "lies propagated by the Miami Herald" for…
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Conexión Miami / Animals, fetishes and sex
Miami-Dade prosecutors have accused model Sara Zamora, 28, of torturing chickens and rabbits... while making a series of pornographic videos uploaded to the Web.
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The squandering of public money
Residents of Miami-Dade County usually have a vague impression that our tax money is not always utilized properly. It is a realistic suspicion, based partly on accusations that we hear…
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Placing blame on the latest Cuba-travel screw-up
The news, delivered from island authorities to the charter companies who carry passengers to Cuba, was that persons with passports not updated and current would not be allowed to enter…
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Homelessness
The man walked to the nearest traffic light and unfolded a cardboard sign. He ruffled his hair, looked sad, and raised the sign to his chest so that anyone standing nearby could read…
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Conexión Miami / Obama’s ‘true’ race
Like any other study, this survey by the Pew Research Center is likely to be debated, even rebutted. The data, to be fair, could be superficial. Some wiseguy might ask: What's the use…
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Obamacare
Because one of the main functions of Obamacare is to help people to secure insurance by extending Medicaid and Medicare, in addition to offering aid to Americans who can't afford health…
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Conexión Miami / March by Venezuelan oppositionists
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stated that his country will not take any measures related to the anti-government protests in Venezuela so long as the Bolivarian Government and the…
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Padrόn’s sin
Eduardo Padrόn committed a cardinal sin last week. The Miami-Dade College (MDC) president spoke truth to power. He named names and denounced the actions of legislators that are supposed…
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Hunger
Between 30 and 50 percent of the food produced in the world is discarded. Tons of food are dumped simply because it is not visually attractive, because it's past its due date, because…
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