Florida

Al’s Loupe Varela, your comments and bully cops By Alvaro F. Fernandez alvaro@progresoweekly.com I am amazed at how spiritually shallow Miami can be. Without a doubt the past week’s…
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By Julia Dawson This year, out of all the candidates and issues on the ballot, I am most passionate about voting YES on Amendments 5 & 6 on Election Day. These two amendments will…
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By Annie Betancourt Once the decadal Census is completed, the process begins of drawing the boundaries of the legislative districts that have emerged or changed as a result of changes…
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By Varela According to the TV and some Miami media, I was duking it out with a mini-Muhammad Ali in the middle of the street when a policeman arrived (but didn't see the boxer, just…
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By Alvaro F. Fernandez Progreso Weekly columnist Jose Varela was released tonight on bail at around 9 p.m. I was there when he exited. TV camera personnel who had waited most of the…
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From CBS4 in Miami The race for US House District 25 between Republican David Rivera and Democrat Joe Garcia has been ugly. Thursday things got uglier. Attorney Roland Sanchez-Medina…
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By Varela No, the title of this article is not a campaign slogan or anything like it. And I'm not proselytizing for Democrats or against Republicans. Don't misunderstand me. I'm…
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Al’s Loupe Non-voters may help elect Rivera and Rolle in Miami By Alvaro F. Fernandez alvaro@progresoweekly.com “Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.” -…
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By Tristram Korten From The Florida Independent Eight years ago, when U.S. Rep. Carrie Meek, a five-term Democrat, decided to retire, she gave her son Kendrick a memento of her time…
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Por Scott Hiaasen y Patricia Mazzei Tomado de El Nuevo Herald David Rivera, candidato republicano al Congreso, enmendó sus declaraciones financieras estatales con el fin de borrar…
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