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By Max J. Castro It was supposed to be the “summer of (economic) recovery.” Instead, it was the summer of reactionary politics. It has been an excellent few months indeed for the…
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By Saul Landau September 21, 1976, 9:45 am. My home phone buzzed. “I just saw the worst accident,” my wife said. “Smoke coming from the car, metal and maybe parts of a body and cops…
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By Alan Farago (as Gimleteye) From the Eye on Miami blog Fidel Castro is outliving Fidel Castro. The statement is bitter fruit for many Miami Cubans who waited decades to dance on…
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By Bill Press What a difference a year makes. Last summer, both Republicans and Democrats considered the idea of a Tea Party a joke. Tea Partiers were good at raising hell at town…
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Benefit Screening: 'Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up?'   This will be a preview screening of the almost finished work in progress, Will The Real Terrorist Please Stand Up, a…
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From the Sarasota Herald-Tribune By Zac Anderson Marco Rubio took the stage in front of 2,000 cheering supporters in Sarasota earlier this month and delivered a stark warning:…
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From the Along the Malecon blog Earlier this week, Saul Landau and Nelson P. Valdés wrote an article questioning former Assistant Secretary of State Roger Noriega's tactics in Cuba.…
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Council on Foreign Relations Senior Fellow Julia Sweig and The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg travelled to Cuba recently where they had lengthy meetings with Fidel Castro and discussed a…
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Dick Lobo will direct Radio and TV Marti as head of the Voice of America and the Office of Cuba Broadcasting. The U.S. Senate confirmed him on Thursday. Lobo, who now lives in Sarasota…
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Folks this ain’t looking good. As time passes Marco Rubio’s chances of winning look brighter by the day. And that, in my opinion, would be a tragedy. Marco has proven to be a skillful…
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