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‘Let them eat cake,’ say Ros-Lehtinen and Diaz-Balart
25% of persons who live in the congressional districts of Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Mario Diaz-Balart would go hungry if they were not to receive federally subsidized food stamps. But the…
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The American Nightmare
Once upon a time in the United States, a beautiful dream deteriorated until it became a nightmare for those who hoped to have a roof over their heads, the core of the so-called American…
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Can’t live on this minimum wage
Those who cling to the Republican notion that raising wages will in the long run damage the economy spread suspicious statistics and studies that deny the reality we see all around us…
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Miami public radio station nixes Cuban Five book interview
Canadian Professor Stephen Kimber, currently on an East Coast tour with his new book, "What Lies Across the Water: The Real Story of the Cuban Five", has revealed that WLRN, an NPR…
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The Miami Herald has turned ‘Caliente’
Starting next week, Wednesday Sept. 18, The Miami Herald will start publishing ‘Caliente.’ It is being described by some on the inside as a weekly, gossipy magazine in Spanish. They…
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Me, a communist?
There’s been intensification these days of an old accusation against me: "YADIRA IS COMMUNIST." My first reaction is almost always to smile or laugh. I also refuse to fall into the trap…
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Florida is second worst state in health coverage
Florida is virtually the leader in the percentage of the medically uninsured in a country with by far the highest percentage of medically uninsured citizens in the developed world. And…
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50 years of Industriales in Miami and Havana
While veteran Industriales players prepare for a double-header in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Havana confirmed on Friday that there will also be celebrations in that capital for the 50th…
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Evicting the have-nots for the benefit of the have-lots
In Miami-Dade County, it is usual for a corrupt mayor to be in the news, but in general the media don't show how the poor people's trailers are demolished after the tenants are evicted.
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Video (in Spanish) for those who doubt why FIU violated its contract for Industriales baseball game
Video taken at FIU, in the "Rafael Diaz-Balart" Auditorium of that institution’s Law School, the day that the Industriales baseball team was to play its first game at FIU Stadium.
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