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Poll: Obama leads widely among Latinos, but Florida in play for GOP
By Matthew Jaffe and Jordan Fabian
From ABC News Online
Only nine months from Election Day, Latino voters — the nation’s fastest-growing voting bloc — favor President Obama over all the…
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Blame the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce
By Alan Farago (aka Gimletye)
From Eye on Miami
The Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce endorsed big-time casinos downtown recently. What else would you expect from an organization…
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American democracy is broken
By Max J. Castro
majcastro@gmail.com
“It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.”
These words from the…
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Miami is ‘Worst Run’ city in America
By Brian Hamacher
From NBCMiami.com
Violent crime, poverty, low education rate and a crippled housing industry helped Miami reach the top spot in 24/7 Wall Street's first-annual list…
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Important charter amendments on Tuesday’s Miami-Dade ballot
Al’s Loupe
Important charter amendments on Tuesday’s Miami-Dade ballot
By Alvaro F. Fernandez alvaro@progresoweekly.com
Next Tuesday is a big day in Florida. On the 31st, the…
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Possible roof collapse aside, Miami still rushes to play ball
By Alvaro F. Fernandez alvaro@progresoweekly.com
So you’re a Miami Marlins fan. Two years down the line imagine they are playing great baseball and are battling for the playoffs;…
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Republican racism rears its ugly head – again
Max J. Castro
majcastro@gmail.com
“Are GOP candidates playing the race card?” reads the headline to a January 9th article in the Washington Post.
You might as well…
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Down to one
By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com
So it’s Romney.
Yes, the debates between the Republican presidential contenders left in the race – Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum,…
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Cuba expected to gain more attention as GOP convention nears
By Ted Jackovics
From The Tampa Tribune
Nearly 50 years have passed since the Cuban Missile Crisis, but you wouldn't know it from rhetoric circulating in advance of the 2012 U.S.…
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Wikileaks: Fanjuls among ‘sugar barons’ who ‘muscled’ lawmakers to kill free…
By Michael LaForgia and Adam Playford
From the Palm Beach Post
The cables read like a political thriller: In the Dominican Republic, a "small, powerful coterie of infuriated sugar…
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