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Florida lawmaker files “Dream” tuition bill
By The News Service of Florida
TALLAHASSEE - Children of illegal immigrants who graduate from Florida high schools could be eligible for in-state college tuition in Florida, even if…
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Cuba bashes USAID pro-democracy programs
By Tracey Eaton
From CubaNews
Cuba’s Foreign Ministry is accusing U.S. diplomats of establishing “illegal Internet centers” in Havana as part of a broader effort to…
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Fiscal foolery
By Max J. Castro
majcastro@gmail.com
MIAMI - We are told by the media and the elite manufacturers of opinion that a specter is haunting America, the specter of a fiscal cliff.
This…
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Former GOP leaders in Florida admit to voter suppression
By Dara Kam and John Lantigua
From the Palm Beach Post
WEST PALM BEACH - A new Florida law that contributed to long voter lines and caused some to abandon voting altogether was…
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Will next generation of Hispanic voters follow their parents?
By Jeff Kunerth
From the Orlando Sentinel
ORLANDO, FL - Fifteen-year-old Jesus Calle came of age this election. In 2008, he was too young to pay attention to presidential…
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Ex-CIA agent leads new team of journalists in Cuba
By Tracey Eaton
From his Along the Malecon blog
The U.S. government has hired a former CIA agent to create and manage a team of at least 10 journalists in Cuba, contract records…
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Obama and Dominicans
By Silvio Torres-Saillant
From the National Institute for Latino Policy network
NEW YORK - The re-election of President Barak Obama for a second term arguably means more for…
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No free lunch? Just ask Marlins’ owner
By Max J. Castro
MIAMI - “Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.” So goes the saying once famously mangled by George W. Bush. But what do you say when you…
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Build on momentum
Al’s Loupe
Build on momentum
By Alvaro F. Fernandez
alvaro@progresoweekly.com
Forty-eight percent of Cubans voted for Obama. That’s what one side is telling us. While…
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GOP is losing friends and alienating people
By Max J. Castro
majcastro@gmail.com
MIAMI - In the 2012 U.S. presidential election, dollars – transubstantiated into persons with speech rights by the U.S. Supreme Court – battled…
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