Browsing Category
Florida
Proposed bills would make voting harder for many Floridians
By Kathleen Haughney From the Sun Sentinel
College students seeking to vote at their campus precinct will find it harder to do. So will women who've changed their name but not…
Read More...
Read More...
Orlando Bosch dies
By Alfonso Chardy
Taken from The Miami Herald
Orlando Bosch, a prominent Cuban exile militant charged and then acquitted in the bombing of a Cuban jetliner in 1976, died in Miami…
Read More...
Read More...
Feds: Miami-Dade Transit Dept. lies – still not releasing $185 million
Al’s Loupe
Feds: Miami-Dade Transit Dept. lies – still not releasing $185 million
By Alvaro F. Fernandez alvaro@progreso-weekly.com
A couple of weeks ago I asked about Miami-Dade…
Read More...
Read More...
The “Cuban takeover” of Miami’s mind
By Max J. Castro
I used to get upset when Anglos spoke about “how the Cubans have taken over Miami.” Not today.
Let me explain. Twenty or 30 years ago, the thesis of a “Cuban…
Read More...
Read More...
Some of our ethically challenged want to influence Cuba’s future
By Felipe Pagliery
Florida has many politicians and individuals who would easily fall under a grouping titled “ethically challenged” – if it existed.
Take the case of Governor Rick…
Read More...
Read More...
They’re still playing us for fools
Al’s Loupe
They’re still playing us for fools
By Alvaro F. Fernandezalvaro@progreso-weekly.com
Monday I watched most of the special Miami-Dade county commission meeting.…
Read More...
Read More...
Supporting small business in Cuba
Recommendations for Private and Public Sector Leaders
Cuba Study Group - Executive Summary
In January 2011, the Cuba Study Group and the Center for Financial Inclusion at ACCION…
Read More...
Read More...
David Rivera’s war with Wikipedia
By Marin Cogan
From POLITICO
It’s not easy policing the image of a member of Congress — especially when your boss is Rep. David Rivera, the Florida Republican freshman beset by so many…
Read More...
Read More...
Scott’s 7 steps taking Florida to the abyss
By Daniel Shoer Roth
From The Miami Herald
Rick Scott won the governorship with his famous slogan: “Let’s get to work” – a seven-step plan to create 700,000 jobs in seven years.…
Read More...
Read More...
Julio Robaina’s slush fund: Lap dances and stone crabs?
By Luther Campbell
Taken from Miami New Times
Julio Robaina will say just about anything to get elected county mayor. First, Hialeah's main man claims he was against the Marlins…
Read More...
Read More...