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Marco Rubio Criticizes Rick Scott

Posted 05.04.2012

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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) is the latest Cuban-American Florida lawmaker to criticize Gov. Rick Scott for mishandling a law that would put economic pre...

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Rick Scott Angers Fellow Republicans

Posted 05.02.2012

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Florida Gov. Rick Scott found himself in a PR nightmare after he blindsided Miami Republicans on Tuesday. Scott signed a bill banning local govern...

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Wanted -- A New Cuba Policy

Rajan Menon | Posted 04.26.2012

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Havana still rejects the principle of far-reaching political change as a precondition for scrapping the embargo. There's no reason to expect a change of heart, particularly because other major economic powers' willingness to trade with and invest in Cuba has made the American boycott less painful.

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What Was So Wrong With What Ozzie Guillen Said?

Ethan Casey | Posted 04.16.2012

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In the United States of America, do we enjoy the right to free speech? Notwithstanding whether Ozzie Guillen was unwise or tactless to open his trap in the first place, this has gone well beyond both the state line and the foul lines.

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Is Castro Cuban-Americans' Hitler?

Charles Garcia | Posted 04.14.2012

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Guillen's insensitive comments and the subsequent explosive reaction from Cuban-Americans have exposed a raw, painful vein in the U.S. Hispanic experience. And such a vein should not be dismissed or ignored.

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The Pope's Visit To Havana Draws Ire Of Cuban-American Hardliners

HuffingtonPost.com | Carlos Harrison | Posted 03.30.2012

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MIAMI, Fla. -- Let the controversy begin. Pope Benedict XVI’s three-day visit to Havana, Cuba this week is already drawing scathing criticism from C...

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Cuban Family On Emotional Return Home

AP | LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ | Posted 03.29.2012

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HAVANA -- Cecilia Dalmau's mother made only one request before her daughter flew to Cuba for Pope Benedict XVI's visit: "I would love to see pictures ...

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Cuban-Americans Find Hope On Return To Homeland

AP | LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ | Posted 03.29.2012

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HAVANA -- Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Cuba drew nearly 300 Americans to the island they or their parents long ago fled. What they found was a country...

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Exiles And Their Children Head Back To Cuba For Pope Benedict XVI

AP | LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ | Posted 03.26.2012

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MIAMI -- Natalia Martinez speaks with a clinical distance when discussing her family's decision to leave Cuba two decades ago. But the graduate studen...

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This Time, Miami's Cubans Are (Mostly) Supportive Of The Pope's Island Visit

HuffingtonPost.com | Carlos Harrison | Posted 03.26.2012

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Things have changed in Miami. In 1998, when Pope John Paul II made his historic visit to Cuba, thousands of protesting exiles took to the streets i...

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Marco Rubio: A Sinking Meteorite, Not a "Rising Star"

Jose Suarez | Posted 05.07.2012

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Valentine's Day has come and gone, but during this political cycle our state continues to face economic heartbreak. And at the center of this heartbreak is Florida's very own Senator Marco Rubio.

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Marco Rubio, Telegenic Tea Party Senator, Remains On Sideline Despite Talk Of VP Pick

HuffingtonPost.com | Carlos Harrison | Posted 02.02.2012

As the Republican frontrunners battled for the vote in Florida, the primary race seemed to be as much about the state's freshman senator, Marco Rubio,...

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The Florida Vote And The Campaign Of The Absurd

Gabriel Lerner | Posted 04.03.2012

To really lure Hispanics, Romney said he'll veto the DREAM Act, which would give some undocumented youth a path to legalization, and Gingrich said he'll veto only half of it. Both promised English only in government.

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After Florida, It's A New Game For Latinos

HuffingtonPost.com | Carlos Harrison | Posted 04.02.2012

Now the Republican candidates go through the "Latino Looking Glass." Mitt Romney's decisive win in Florida came with the resounding support of the st...

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Politicians Should Stop Sipping Cortaditos and Wake up and Smell the Real Miami

Jose Suarez | Posted 04.02.2012

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This past weekend, Mitt Romney did what every politician does when they campaign in South Florida, take advantage of our Cuban American hospitality and give us empty rhetoric in return.

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In Florida, Romney Finds the "Lucky Corner"

Maribel Hastings | Posted 04.01.2012

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Hispanic voters constitute 11% of all registered Republicans throughout the state of Florida, but here in Miami-Dade County in the southern part of the state, where the Cuban and Cuban-American vote reigns supreme, they constitute 72% of Republican votes. Spanish-language television and radio ads are the order of the day.

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Newt Gingrich's Complicated Past With Cuban Americans

Giancarlo Sopo | Posted 03.31.2012

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Like much of the GOP establishment, Miami's Cuban-American Republican elected officials are dreading the possibility of having Newt Gingrich at the top of the ticket this year.

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The Fight For The Cuban-American Vote

AP | By LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ | Posted 01.30.2012

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HIALEAH, Fla. -- If Mitt Romney wins Tuesday's primary, a sliver of the GOP electorate in Florida may be one of the big reasons. Cuban-Americans are d...

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Mitt Romney Makes Pitch To Cuban Americans, Speaks A Little Spanish

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 01.30.2012

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Mitt Romney hit on his audience's priorities on Sunday in Hialeah, Fla., where he spoke to a largely Cuban American crowd abo...

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Romney, Gingrich Compete In Speeches For Latino Republican Votes

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 01.27.2012

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MIAMI -- Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich have largely similar opinions on how to deal with Latin American and Cuba. They both want to push for freedom i...

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Latino Diversity on Display in Florida's GOP Primary

Stewart J. Lawrence | Posted 03.27.2012

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The battle between Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney for the allegiance of Florida's 450,000 Hispanic Republican primary voters has exposed one of the great myths surrounding the "Latino vote": despite their shared ethnicity, Hispanics are far from monolithic, politically.

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Coming to Florida: Cuba Policy Pander-Fest

Sarah Stephens | Posted 03.25.2012

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It's a long standing tradition for candidates to go out on the trail with red-meat rhetoric to try and outdo their opponents and prove their anti-Castro bona fides to the politically significant, hardline exile community.

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Newt Gingrich Spanish-Language Ad: Mitt Romney Is 'Anti-Immigrant' (UPDATE)

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 01.20.2012

Newt Gingrich came out with a Spanish-language ad on Thursday calling fellow GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney "anti-immigrant" and "goes around us...

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Miami's Cuban Exiles: Chasm Between The Leadership and Newer Arrivals Widens

HuffingtonPost.com | Ray Sanchez | Posted 12.06.2011

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Mitt Romney appeared amid crates of tropical guava paste and coconut water at Conchita Foods, a Florida family-run business founded by Cuban exiles --...

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Why Won't Little Havana Turn Blue?

Casey A. Klofstad | Posted 01.29.2012

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While the Cuban-American vote has been solidly Republican, many observers of Florida politics believe that this portion of the electorate is shifting left. This shift has the potential to be a game changer for the Democratic Party.

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