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U.S. spends $24 million on ‘Propaganda Plane’ nobody can see or hear
"It's hard to believe we are still wasting millions of taxpayer dollars on beaming a jammed TV signal – that fewer than 1 percent of Cubans can see..." says Sen. Jeff Flake.
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Alvarez Guedes dies in Miami
Guillermo Alvarez Guedes, the Cuban comic who reduced a common expletive used often by Cubans to a simple ño!!, died in Miami at the age of 86.
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The homeless and public order
In today's Miami, the chairman of the City Commission, Marc Sarnoff, proposes jailing homeless people so they won't disturb "the public order." Local officials want to eliminate any…
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Trayvon Martin and the right to lose faith
A thoughtful and balanced piece on the Trayvon Martin tragedy. The article was initially written for the Miami blog Let's Talk About It. And as Kateel emphasizes, "losing faith in a…
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Industriales and the bad Cubans
Florida International University (FIU) backed off its decision to host a dream clash between veteran Industriales from both shores, Aug. 10-11, and left Somos Cuba Entertainment Group,…
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Was the FIU president coerced?
A baseball game featuring former players from the Industriales, Cuba’s version of the Yankees, was suddenly cancelled this week. FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg refuses to address the…
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Racism
Racism is rampant in Miami, but any black Cuban who comes from the island saying things that please the ears of the racist ultra-right will be welcome for a short period of time.
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The perfect crime: Kill a black man
The case of Trayvon Martin is only the latest in a long series of facts that show that the United States is far from the color-blind society in which, according to the Supreme Court,…
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A moral revolution
Raúl's speech is timely and revolutionary as part of the struggle against all kinds of corruption on the island. Cubans of good will know that the path to a better homeland goes through…
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Cuban-Americans: Changes in ideology
HAVANA-In the past 20 years, Prof. Guillermo J. Grenier of Florida International University has conducted the Cuba Poll surveys, which focus on the political and ideological attitudes…
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