Florida

By Scott Hiaasen, Patricia Mazzei and Marc Caputo From The Miami Herald Before launching his bid for Congress last year, David Rivera embarked on a record-breaking campaign for the…
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A St. Petersburg Times Editorial Florida lawmakers' hopes of thwarting Cuba's offshore drilling ambitions by isolating it from oil companies that do business in the United States is…
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By Varela Apropos the painful, nonsensical problem in Homestead about suspending a musical event in the U.S.-Cuba cultural exchange, I always try to picture the essence of a true…
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Al’s Loupe Marco Rubio: front man for Cuba travel interests? By Alvaro F. Fernandezalvaro@progreso-weekly.com There appears to be a pattern here. And it’s nothing new. I wonder who…
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By Varela I read that anthropologists are happy because the human brain shrank 10 percent in the past 30,000 years. They say that is a sign of intellectual development because the…
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Al’s Loupe Message to The Miami Herald By Alvaro F. Fernandezalvaro@progreso-weekly.com I wonder why The Miami Herald often ignores Progreso Weekly/Semanal. Do they fear us? Or maybe…
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By Jorge Piñon From The Miami Herald On June 3, 1979, Pemex's exploratory oil well Ixtoc I in Mexico's Bay of Campeche suffered a blowout resulting in what was at the time one of the…
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By Varela Some days ago, I noticed that The Herald grew afraid of Miguel Saavedra, the CD smasher, leader of that pack of unemployed militants called Vigilia Mambisa that intimidates…
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From The New York Times WASHINGTON — The Haitian government has agreed to issue a diplomatic passport to former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, his lawyer said Monday, potentially…
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By Lesley Clark and Patricia Mazzei From The Miami Herald Republicans in Washington and Miami are growing increasingly anxious about the ongoing state investigation into Rep. David…
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