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U.S. hypocrisy
By Alvaro F. Fernandez
MIAMI - Cuba called the decision embarrassing. Let me add hypocritical. As expected, the U.S. Dept. of State announced last week (May 30) that Cuba would…
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Jeb Bush’s disdain for public education
By Valerie Strauss
From The Washington Post
It's always useful to know where people are coming from, so we can thank former Florida governor Jeb Bush for making it so easy to…
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Immigration reform must keep families together, out of poverty
By Maria Rodriguez
From the Orlando Sentinel
Jose has been in foster care. He didn't think he belonged there, with children who have been abandoned or abused. His mom, caring and…
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Cuban exile community is in crisis
By Yadira Escobar
From her blog Yadiraescobar.com
MIAMI - Swimming against the current is not only exhausting but also futile – and that's precisely what those who haven't…
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When dogma kills
By Max J. Castro
MIAMI - It seems like the mother of all no-brainers. In a country where tens of millions lack access to medical care, the federal government is offering the states…
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Air-conditioning in hell
By Alvaro F. Fernandez
“If they’d told me in Cuba of the crisis going on in this country, I would have stayed there.”
- Cuban dissident now living in Spain
MIAMI -…
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Hispanic vote pivotal in Florida
By Anthony Man
From the South Florida Sun Sentinel
Democrats and Republicans who disagree on just about everything are in sync on one subject: If they want to win Florida's…
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Peddlers of smoke
By Yadira Escobar
MIAMI – Last May 4, at an arts store on Miami's Calle Ocho, a group of Cubans met with the leader of Estado de Sats to formally fantasize about the collapse of…
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For whom the sun dims
By Max J. Castro
MIAMI - “Dolphins’ dream crushed,” screamed the top-of-page 1A headline in Sunday’s Miami Herald.
Such a tragedy: the Florida Legislature, in…
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Shadows over the Sunshine State
By Max J. Castro
MIAMI - Florida. They call it the Sunshine State. At least, that’s what the public relation shills for the tourist industry and the chambers of commerce like…
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