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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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Police electroshock
While the rightist press kept us informed about the antics of Antúnez, who said that "at any moment a rebellion can explode in Cuba…," Israel Hernández-Llach, a Hispanic youth barely…
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Industriales: A force for Cuban unity (+Photos +Video)
Progreso Weekly columnist Yadira Escobar offers her impressions of who was at Miami International Airport to witness the arrival of 10 Cuban baseball players from Havana.
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Will the Industriales find a place to play in Miami?
A group of 10 retired former Industriales baseball players arrived in Miami late Sunday night from Havana. As former members of Cuba’s most famous baseball team, they are here to…
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