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  • So long…for now

    For those of you that have followed our blog, you’ve probably noticed that it hasn’t been as active in recent weeks as it normally is and that the last couple of posts have lacked the kind of gusto that has characterized our writing on GM. There’s a couple of reasons for [...]
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    Posted: July 24, 2009, 4:40pm EDT
    by Giancarlo Sopo

  • NRCC: Mario Diaz-Balart among “most vulnerable incumbents” in America

    It looks like the NRCC has finally realized what this blog has been saying all along:   continuously siding with special interest groups and Washington lobbyists over middle class families and small businesses has made Mario Diaz-Balart one of the most vulnerable Republicans in America. The National Republican Congressional Committee on [...]
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    Posted: July 23, 2009, 10:52am EDT
    by Giancarlo Sopo

  • Joe Garcia joins the Obama Administration

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    I can’t think of a better occasion to blog again than the nomination of my dear friend, Joe Garcia, to the Obama Administration: Garcia, 45, a Democrat from Miami Beach, was named on Tuesday director of the Office of Minority Economic Impact for the Department of Energy. Garcia becomes the first Miami-Dade [...]
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    Posted: July 07, 2009, 8:24pm EDT
    by Giancarlo Sopo

  • Like many other Cubans, I’ve been reading ...

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    Like many other Cubans, I’ve been reading the reports and seeing the images coming out of Iran with special interest and hope that one day we see similar pictures coming out of Cuba. But there’s one that gives me extra hope. A Mousavi demonstrator helps an injured policeman. Moments earlier [...]
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    Posted: June 15, 2009, 4:26pm EDT
    by Alex Barreras

  • Spies and US interests

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    Excellent post by Phil Peters at the Cuban Triangle, on why the arrest of the two Americans accused of espionage should not derail the new Cuba policy. Peters reminds us similar incidents did not change course with Russia or -gasp- with Israel. But more importantly, that suspending proposed talks as [...]
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    Posted: June 10, 2009, 4:20pm EDT
    by Alex Barreras

  • Am I surprised?

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    That the white supremacist domestic terrorist who just shot a security guard at the Holocaust Museum had a post on ultra conservative site Free Republic (and yanked after the shooting) accusing Obama of not being a US citizen and hiding his birth certificate? Of course not. It is unfair to tarnish [...]
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    Posted: June 10, 2009, 4:13pm EDT
    by Alex Barreras

  • “Suspects”?

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    Headline in the Herald today: ‘Cuban Five’ spy suspects ride wave of support. I’m not in the Herald bashing business but “suspects”? They were tried and convicted. A three judge panel on the court of appeals overturned the convictions but later the full court reversed that decision and reinstated the convictions. [...]
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    Posted: June 09, 2009, 8:15am EDT
    by Alex Barreras

  • Enemies everywhere they look

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    Can’t say I’m surprised when the rabid Cuban American extremists make a wild parallel between actual spies and liberals, “lefties” or even people who disagreed with Bush. Once again, it shows that their interest is not Cuba, Cuban liberation or the Cuban people, their interest lies in advancing the political objectives [...]
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    Posted: June 07, 2009, 4:20pm EDT
    by Alex Barreras

  • I knew Newt Gingrich. Newt Gingrich was a friend of mine…

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    “I cannot for the life of me figure out why Rubio is running against Crist for U.S. Senate,” Towery told the Times/Herald. “I think it’s stupid. U.S. Senate races do not get the name recognition that governor’s races do, so if he’s running for that reason, he’s not going to [...]
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    Posted: June 06, 2009, 1:31pm EDT
    by Alex Barreras

  • Cuban spies, conspiracy theories.

    Number of comments: 4
    I’m not inclined to conspiracy theories by nature, but: why arresting the two Cuban spies now? They were retired and with no access to sensitive information (one presumes, since Kendall Myers retired two years ago and lost his security clearance) and they were under FBI surveillance. They could have been [...]
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    Posted: June 06, 2009, 11:07am EDT
    by Alex Barreras

  • Fr. CutiĂ© new church

    It’s about 12 blocks from my house. My mom and her friends are elated. [...]
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    Posted: June 06, 2009, 10:27am EDT
    by Alex Barreras

  • A Conversation about the Future of Cuba with Joe Garcia

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    Please join NDN next Wednesday, June 10 for a timely and forthright conversation with Joe Garcia on the future of Cuba. As someone who has been intimately involved with the recent progress toward Cuba’s opening, Joe will be sharing reflections on the events of the past few months and discussing [...]
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    Posted: June 05, 2009, 7:32pm EDT
    by Alex Barreras

  • The China model

    “Bullets over Beijing” NYT column by Nicholas Kristof, about the repercusions of Tianammen Square inside China and why there hasn’t been political change in the 20 years since. Despite the obvious differences, mostly in scale, you can substitute “China” for “Cuba” and you’ll have a succint explanation of a transition [...]
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    Posted: June 05, 2009, 10:15am EDT
    by Alex Barreras

  • A Meek Statement

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    If you read Kendrick Meek’s statement on the OAS lifting Cuba’s OAS suspension and walked away without a clue as to what he was trying to say, you are not alone. “The OAS has demonstrated a willingness to overlook Cuba for its misdeeds.  It has eased restrictions on a nation that [...]
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    Posted: June 05, 2009, 12:07am EDT
    by Giancarlo Sopo

  • Towards a new OAS-Cuba relationship

    We reproduce an interesting article by Arturo Lopez-Levy, which explores the history of the relationship between Cuba and the OAS, and proposes a third route for Cuba and the OAS members to interact. After today’s decision, which may or may have not left democratization conditions in place before Cuba can [...]
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    Posted: June 03, 2009, 6:38pm EDT
    by Alex Barreras

  • The fallacy of color blindness

    Those attempting to turn Judge Sotomayor’s opinion against her are falling into the fallacy of color blindness: nobody is inure to his own life experiences and identity, nor is the society upon which their decisions have a profound effect. Justices are not automatons, rendering opinions based strictly on data and [...]
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    Posted: June 02, 2009, 8:38pm EDT
    by Alex Barreras

  • “The people who stir up the fringe never take responsibility”

    Here’s a man with a conscience: The same hate machine I was part of is still attacking all abortionists as “murderers.” And today once again the “pro-life” leaders are busy ducking their personal responsibility for people acting on their words. The people who stir up the fringe never take responsibility. But [...]
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    Posted: June 02, 2009, 10:49am EDT
    by Alex Barreras

  • Catch the (Google) Wave

    I’m not a “techy,” but I do have a profound appreciation and interest in new technologies. Google’s coming out with a pretty cool app that, according to PC Magazine, will “reinvent” the way we communicate online (e-mail, instant message, blog, etc.). What is Google Wave? Think of an open-source version of Gmail [...]
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    Posted: May 29, 2009, 11:44am EDT
    by Giancarlo Sopo

  • Marco Rubio backhanded endorsement on Slate

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    Hey look, Marco Rubio made Slate! As the “idea man” the GOP needs, no less! In the country of no ideas, the 100-idea’d man is king [...] In the long run, the GOP needs Rubio, both as a charismatic young conservative and as one of the party’s rising Hispanics. Putting his face out [...]
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    Posted: May 26, 2009, 7:14pm EDT
    by Alex Barreras

  • Check out this movie

     Dear friends, I just wanted to bring the premiere of a documentary by a friend to your attention.  Hope to see you there! Please join us all on Wednesday, May 27th, at the University of Miami’s Casa Bacardi for the premiere of a documentary that explores the injustice imposed upon Cubans who [...]
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    Posted: May 26, 2009, 6:13pm EDT
    by Giancarlo Sopo

  • Carlos Lage and the missed opportunity in Cuba

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    People who put forward theories about a possible transition in Cuba while the communist regime is in power usually believe it would follow one of two models: either the man on top, in this case Raul, will assume the role of Deng Xiaoping and start liberalizing the economy while keeping [...]
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    Posted: May 23, 2009, 4:27pm EDT
    by Alex Barreras

  • The battle we won (but won’t take credit for)

    Number of comments: 4
    I still remember “the talk” my mother and I had in our kitchen over dinner before I left for college.  As Cuban-Americans say, me leyo la cartilla.  Among the laundry list of warnings I received was that I was going to a predominantly liberal school and had to be weary of [...]
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    Posted: May 22, 2009, 10:29am EDT
    by Giancarlo Sopo

  • “We lost our way”

    Previews of Obama’s and Cheney speeches today, at Politico. (Full text of Cheney’s, if you are so inclined, here) Besides the ridiculousness of a disgraced former VP continuing his No Shame tour, today’s dual speeches should be an eye opener. This is not merely “two opposing worldviews”. This is the contrast [...]
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    Posted: May 21, 2009, 11:04am EDT
    by Alex Barreras

  • Time for Cuban Americans to shed blind GOP loyalty

    Number of comments: 1
    Other Hispanic republicans hold the party’s feet to the fire when needed. How come Cuban Americans never do? Effective political activism includes not giving your support and votes away, but to make your party and your candidates work for it. If the Republicans feel they continue to have a significant [...]
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    Posted: May 21, 2009, 10:31am EDT
    by Alex Barreras

  • SFDB Post of the Month!

    The South Florida Daily Blog just named one of our previous posts, “Babalu Don’t Know Jack About Mas Canosa,” as South Florida’s Blog Post of the Month. This is quite flattering, especially considering the fine field of fellow nominees.  This award is especially meaningful to me because the blog post that earned this recognition was based [...]
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    Posted: May 18, 2009, 8:50pm EDT
    by Giancarlo Sopo

  • Seeking a candidate

    Number of comments: 2
    If Gelber’s dissapointing news end up being true, I see an opening for a passionate, lucid, forward-thinking Democrat to jump into the fray and pull a come-from-behind campaign. Somebody with connections to the old network of politics but also a fresh face that can energize new voters. Somebody with crossover [...]
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    Posted: May 18, 2009, 9:51am EDT
    by Alex Barreras

  • The word on the street…

    Number of comments: 1
    Several reliable resources have told me in the last 24 hours that Dan Gelber may be close to ending his Senate bid and instead run for the Attorney General seat being vacated by Bill McCollum, who is expected to declare his candidacy for Governor on Monday. This is a crying shame. [...]
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    Posted: May 15, 2009, 11:34am EDT
    by Giancarlo Sopo

  • What to do with the MartĂ­ stations?

    Radio MartĂ­ opened my eyes twice, back when I was a teenager living in Cuba. The first time was in one of the 45-day agricultural camps we had to attend, when my whole brigade including teachers, stopped working at noon to listen to the Radio MartĂ­ broadcasts of La Tremenda [...]
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    Posted: May 12, 2009, 11:43pm EDT
    by Alex Barreras

  • A waste of $10 million

    Number of comments: 2
    The case of the Liberty City Six just pisses me off and if it really cost $10 million to prosecute six obviously not very bright individuals in order to carve a notch on the war-on-terror bedpost, then it pisses me off royally. Nobody can say in total honesty that those [...]
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    Posted: May 12, 2009, 10:50pm EDT
    by Alex Barreras

  • All talk Rubio vs. Teflon Charlie

    Number of comments: 4
    Remember “100 Innovative Ideas for Florida’s Future”? That populist hodgepodge of ideas-that-everybody-had, pie-in-the-sky ideas, plain-bad-ideas and there’s-no-way-this-will-pass ideas announced with much fanfare by Marco Rubio at the beginning of his speaker term? Expect the poor performance of that political platform to come bite Rubio, AKA Jeb Lite, in the butt [...]
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    Posted: May 11, 2009, 7:37pm EDT
    by Alex Barreras

  • Padre Alberto Poll Released

    Number of comments: 3
    GenerationMiami has the findings of the first and only poll of the perception of Father Alberto Cutie among Roman Catholics in Miami-Dade. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY METHODOLOGY The results and findings of this Miami Herald / Bendixen & Associates poll are based on 400 interviews with Miami-Dade Catholic adults conducted Friday and Saturday (5/8-9) of [...]
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    Posted: May 11, 2009, 12:13pm EDT
    by Giancarlo Sopo

  • Happy Mother’s Day

    Number of comments: 1
    As we celebrate Mother’s Day today, let us remember that special woman in our lives — our first friend.  For those of us fortunate to have our mothers by our side, I hope today we can renew our commitment to the most special of bonds: the one between a woman [...]
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    Posted: May 10, 2009, 12:12am EDT
    by Giancarlo Sopo

  • Castro le teme al Huracan Obama

    Number of comments: 3
    Cuando se acerca un huracan, uno va a la ferreteria y compra tablas de madera para proteger su casa lo mejor posible.  Eso es precisamente lo que esta haciendo el gobierno cubano en estos momentos — preparandose para los vientos del Huracan Obama… El Nuevo Herald reporta que el regimen [...]
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    Posted: May 08, 2009, 12:45pm EDT
    by Giancarlo Sopo

  • We stand with Padre Alberto

    Number of comments: 10
    Sign the petition in the following link / Oprima el siguiente link para firmar la peticion: http://www.PetitionOnline.com/1Alberto/petition-sign.html?  (This post has been updated to accurately reflect the events which have transpired in the last twenty-four hours.)   Dear friends, The outcry of support for Father Alberto Cutie and our blog from around the world has truly been [...]
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    Posted: May 06, 2009, 12:10pm EDT
    by Giancarlo Sopo

  • A great cause!

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    Hey friends, I just wanted to let you guys know about the wonderful fundraiser my friends at Educate Tomorrow will be hosting on Friday.   Educate Tomorrow’s 6th Annual Wine Tasting & Silent Auction Date: May 8, 2009 Time: 6:00 – 9:00 pm Location: Cocoplum Women’s Club 1375 Sunset Drive Coral Gables, FL 33143 Phone:  305-374-3751   I won’t be able to [...]
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    Posted: May 06, 2009, 10:00am EDT
    by Giancarlo Sopo

  • Run Charlie, run

    Number of comments: 3
    So what do you think, after the Rubio announcement today, does Charlie run or not? I think he does, because he has national-scale aspirations and because he would be in a job where he wouldn’t have to worry about term limits. But he has to be pondering a question: does he [...]
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    Posted: May 06, 2009, 7:34am EDT
    by Alex Barreras

  • The Two Marco Rubios

    Number of comments: 10
    Two Marco Rubios announced their intention to run for Senate today.  One Marco Rubio spoke in English and said his campaign will be “based on ideas” and isn’t “against anyone or anything.”  The other was a Spanish-speaking Marco Rubio that accused President Obama on Univision of wanting to implement “American [...]
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    Posted: May 05, 2009, 3:30pm EDT
    by Giancarlo Sopo

  • Ileana celebrates Cinco de Mayo with Obama

    Number of comments: 2
    According to Politico, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is among over a dozen members of Congress present at the White House this evening for a Cinco de Mayo party with the President and First Lady.   I’ve got to hand it to her.   We may disagree on policy matters, but she knows when [...]
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    Posted: May 04, 2009, 7:23pm EDT
    by Giancarlo Sopo

  • $300,000 a year for a Miami firefighter

    If the great Biscayne Times is not distributed where you live, you should check out the online edition. In this issue, an excellent article by Eric Bojnanski: almost 100 City of Miami employees made more than $200,000 last year. Most of them are firefighters, including several that made close to [...]
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    Posted: May 04, 2009, 6:29pm EDT
    by Alex Barreras

  • Jeb?

    Number of comments: 2
    I’m watching with glee how Little Brother is being trampled between the legs of the horses of his own cavalry, for daring suggest that ultimate political oxymoron, a non-nostalgic conservatism. A movement that has been defined by the premises that the good ole’ days were better, return to family values, [...]
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    Posted: May 04, 2009, 6:09pm EDT
    by Alex Barreras

  • Jeb is right, Republicans need to move beyond Reagan

    Number of comments: 3
    I’m not in the business of advising Republicans and Jeb Bush and I tend to disagree on most policy matters, but I think he’s partially right in his assessment of what ails the GOP — it has to move beyond Ronald Reagan. I wrote about this on my Facebook page in [...]
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    Posted: May 04, 2009, 4:09pm EDT
    by Giancarlo Sopo

  • Primero de Mayo

    Number of comments: 1
    As on every May 1st for decades, hundreds of thousands marched yesterday in Revolution Square in Havana. Genuine and honest support for the regime or forced to attend? Both, and a zillion hues of gray in between. To me it’s not that important. Many people look at these events from [...]
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    Posted: May 02, 2009, 1:41pm EDT
    by Alex Barreras

  • Hialeah surrealism

    Number of comments: 4
    As anybody who has studied art history knows, one of the aesthetic techniques most used by surrealists was juxtaposition; the placement of objects that are incongruent to one another in absurd relationship. It was famously exemplified by Andre Breton borrowing a line from Isidore Ducasse: “the chance encounter on a [...]
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    Posted: May 02, 2009, 1:04pm EDT
    by Alex Barreras

  • Was Mario talking about his donors?

    Number of comments: 1
    (This internet ad was from the 2008 campaign)  Mario Diaz-Balart and his supporters are trying to rewrite history and say that when he said that Cuban-Americans who disagree with his views on US-Cuba policy share the same attitude as those who did business with Hitler, he was actually referring to those [...]
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    Posted: April 27, 2009, 1:29pm EDT
    by Giancarlo Sopo

  • Say it where it counts, Mario

    Number of comments: 2
    If Mario Diaz-Balart really meant to say what his defenders are saying he said -that he was talking exclusively about people who want to do business with Cuba- even though that wasn’t the question or the context, then why does such a principled guy waste such a powerful accusation on [...]
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    Posted: April 27, 2009, 11:12am EDT
    by Alex Barreras

  • Mario Diaz-Balart’s History of Eloquence

    Number of comments: 1
    GenerationMiami unequivocally stands by all of our posts on Mario Diaz-Balart’s offensive characterization of the majority of the Cuban-American community, which disagrees with his policy toward Cuba, and has sparked a controversy in South Florida. Part of the reason why we stand by what we wrote, other than the fact it’s based on [...]
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    Posted: April 26, 2009, 2:17am EDT
    by Giancarlo Sopo

  • La olla de grillos

    Number of comments: 2
    Defenders of Mario Diaz-Balart can apply all the tortured logic they want (excuse me, “enhanced interrogation” logic), but first of all, Mario is not that intelligent to make an interpolation between business and family travel and second, it’s very clear in the transcript that he is talking in the context [...]
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    Posted: April 25, 2009, 6:35pm EDT
    by Alex Barreras

  • The unedited version is even worse

    Number of comments: 2
    There’s quite a controversy over some remarks Mario Diaz-Balart made comparing Cuban-Americans who disagree with him on US-Cuba policy and send aid to their family there, to “those who did business with Hitler and supported [him].” Diaz-Balart issued a statement and his cronies now argue that what the Congressman was actually comparing [...]
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    Posted: April 25, 2009, 10:30am EDT
    by Giancarlo Sopo

  • Happy Birthday, CARS Act!

    Number of comments: 1
    Today marks one year since Mario Diaz-Balart introduced the CARS Act in Congress. As of today, it has not even made it to a committee for review or much less been voted on. In his seven years in Congress, Diaz-Balar has only passed one bill. You pay him $176,000 per year.  The CARS Act is [...]
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    Posted: April 24, 2009, 11:20am EDT
    by Giancarlo Sopo

  • Cuban-American leaders denounce Mario Diaz-Balart

    Number of comments: 5
    This letter was delivered to the office of Mario Diaz-Balart yesterday in response to him comparing Cuban-Americans who disagree with his policy toward Cuba and send aid to their family on the island to those “who did business with [Adolf] Hitler.”  It is signed by prominent leaders in our community, [...]
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    Posted: April 23, 2009, 11:26am EDT
    by Giancarlo Sopo
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