Florida

By Tracey Eaton From Along the Malecon blog The U.S. Agency for International Development has spent some $140 million toward Cuba pro-democracy programs since 1996. The Obama…
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Stupidity -- and gluttony for money By Alvaro F. Fernandez alvaro@progresoweekly.com Thinking back on the dozens of elections I’ve lived through here in Miami leads me to believe that…
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Al’s Loupe Rumors of who would replace an ousted Mayor Alvarez By Alvaro F. Fernandez alvaro@progresoweekly.com The Miami rumor mill is heating up. Conversations of who will replace…
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By Varela Last week, I read that four Cuban health workers who went to Chile to help out after the February earthquake chose to stay in that country. On the subject of the Cuban…
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By Varela They say one can do in a video game what one has never done in real life. The first video war games were against Nazis and zombies but were quickly replaced by the Russians.…
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By Cooper Levey-Baker From The Florida Independent In advance of the state legislature’s organizational meeting and special session, incoming state House Speaker Dean Cannon,…
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By Varela The exiles now are horrified by the background of the latest prisoners released in Cuba and sent to Spain. It is already being said that Raúl Castro is mixing common…
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By Marcos Restrepo From The Florida Independent With Governor-elect Rick Scott and a strong Republican majority in the Florida legislature, a push for an Arizona-style immigration…
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By Alan Farago (as Gimleteye) From the Eye on Miami blog In 2008, President Obama won Florida by appealing to an increasingly large and diverse group of voters. Hispanic voters were…
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By Arturo Lopez-Levy From Foreign Policy Magazine Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the Florida Republican who is poised to take the gavel for the House of Representatives' Committee on Foreign…
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