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Digital/broadband divides and the ethnocentric demand made of Cuba
By Nelson P. Valdés and Sue Ashdown
“You have to figure out how you can reach the informed masses. The solution is not the newspapers... Internet is more accessible.” Fidel Castro,…
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The politics of unreason
By Max J. Castro
majcastro@gmail.com
Sometimes a tempest-in-a-teapot brouhaha can reveal much about the tenor of a time, including the level of seriousness and rationality that…
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The mother of all crises
By Max J. Castro
majcastro@gmail.com
Certainly the United States has endured more acute crises than the one the country is mired in today. But seldom, if ever, has the country…
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Happy holidays and a prosperous 2012
This is our last issue of 2011. The year seems to have flown by. Here we are one more week to go before commencing 2012.
As is our custom, we will be taking some time off for the…
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Romney’s wager, Gingrich’s hypocrisy
By Max J. Castro
majcastro@gmail.com
Mitt Romney wants to bet Rick Perry $10,000 to settle an argument over whether Romney claimed in his first book that the health care plan he…
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Pujols making a lot of dough
By Barry Sheckman
(Editor’s Note: This letter appeared in Saturday’s Miami Herald. It succinctly describes the problem of priorities our society currently faces.…
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What we can do RIGHT NOW on Cuba travel
By Alvaro F. Fernandez
alvaro@progresoweekly.com
All hell broke loose earlier this week when media outlets started reporting that the freedom of Cuban-Americans to visit relatives…
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ACLU, Democratic lawmakers sue to stop implementation of FL elections law
By Travis Pillow
The American Civil Liberties Union is suing to block implementation of House Bill 1355, the controversial elections law signed last month by Gov. Rick Scott.
ACLU of…
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Unruly Florida growth given green light by powerful interests
By Craig Pittman
From the St. Petersburg Times
In its 35 years, the state Department of Community Affairs has irritated some of Florida's most powerful people, including developers,…
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Attempt at an anti-reform coup led by scoundrels
Al’s Loupe
Attempt at an anti-reform coup led by scoundrels
By Alvaro F. Fernandezalvaro@progreso-weekly.com
Last year Miami-Dade voters were in an uproar. They were so mad they…
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