June 2, 2012

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Congressional Candidate Makes RIDICULOUS Name Change

AP | GARY FINEOUT | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Video, Florida News, Florida Poltics, Miami News, Eddie Gonzalez, Mario Diaz-Balart, voteforeddie.com, Candidate Changes Name to Web Address, Weird Florida, Miami News

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida is letting a congressional candidate put the name of his web address on the ballot. Why? Because Eddie Gonzalez went bef...

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Was Your IKEA Furniture Made In A Cuban Prison?

HuffingtonPost.com | Carlos Harrison | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Video, Ikea, Marco Rubio, Fidel Castro, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Bob Menendez, Raul Castro, The Castro Brothers, Political Prisoners, Mario Diaz-Balart, Cuba, Latino Voices News

The flap is heating up over allegations that IKEA used Cuban political prisoners to make furniture. A bipartisan group of ranking Hispanic members ...

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Carlos Harrison | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Video, Ladies in White, Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski, Cuban-Americans, Thomas Wenski, Pope Cuba Visit, Mario Diaz-Balart, Slidepollajax, Pope Benedict XVI, Cuba, Latino Voices News

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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Latino Republicans Abandon Key 'Latino Issues' To Endorse Romney In Florida

HuffingtonPost.com | Cristina Costantini | Posted 03.27.2012

As GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney gears up for the Florida primary, he has garnered endorsements from a few of the state's key Hispanic politi...

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Florida, Pretends It Is The Year 2000 As Our "Elian Gonzalez Equivalents" Get Deported

DeeDee Garcia Blase | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Elian Gonzalez, Hispanic Latino 2012 Vote, Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, DREAM Act, Romney Endorsed by Kris Kobach, Governor Rick Scott, Joaquin Luna, Immigration Is an Economic Issue Stupid, Jose Marti, Mario Diaz-Balart, John Tanton, Cuban-American Republicans Drive Wedge Against Mexican-Americans, Arizona Immigration Law, Latino Voices News

Will the Hispanic Republicans in Florida continue to drive a wedge that goes against what most Latinos are in support of?

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Mitt Romney Backers, In Spanish-Language Ad, Say He Will Fight Castro, Chavez

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 01.23.2012

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Mitt Romney's presidential campaign released another Spanish-language radio ad in Florida, touting endorsements from Cuban-American Florida Reps. Mari...

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Adios, Cuba

AP | LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Mami News, Mario Diaz-Balart, Cuba, Miami News

MIAMI — Luis Damian came to the U.S. from Cuba nearly a decade ago and has never returned, nor does he frequently send money to his relatives on...

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Ray Sanchez | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Cuba News, Cuban-Exile-in-Miami, Video, Fidel Castro, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Mitt Romney, Obama, Mario Diaz-Balart, Miami, Cuban Americans, Cuba, GOP Candidates, Miami News

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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A Breath of Freedom Suffocated

Christopher Sabatini | Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Raul Castro, Mario Diaz-Balart, Cuba, Fidel Castro, Barack Obama, World News

Why try to alter a policy that would seem to further a longstanding U.S. foreign policy goal to promote freedom in Cuba that is popular among voters?

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Redistricting Reform in Florida

Alan Fein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Redistricting Reform, Florida Redistricting, Redistricting, Gerrymandering, Florida Gerrymandering, Florida, Electorial Reform, 2010 Gerrymandering, Mario Diaz-Balart, Politics News

In Florida, gerrymandering has been regular practice by both parties for generations. But, on Election Day, Constitutional Amendments 5 and 6, designed to limit the power of legislators to gerrymander, were approved by over 62 percent of Florida voters.

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Democrats' Big Chance to Win in Florida in 2010

Sergio Bendixen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mario Diaz-Balart, Joe Garcia, Immigrants, Immigration, 2010 Elections, Elections 2010, Politics News

Joe Garcia is as ideal a candidate for Congress as Democrats can hope for in FL-25. He's a politically savvy Cuban-American attorney from Miami with deep roots in the community and a long history of public service.

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The Significance of the Diaz-Balarts' "Un-Endorsement" of Charlie Crist

Sergio Bendixen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Miami, Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida, Charlie Crist, Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Cuba, Diaz-Balarts, Politics News

Call me naïve or an idealist, but endorsements should be based on merits, issues and convictions, not political favors. Our country and community deserve better.

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Charlie Crist Endorsements Withdrawn By Two Republican Congressmen

AP | Lesley Clark | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Florida Republicans, Florida Senate, Diaz-Balart Crist, Florida Senate Race, Florida Senate Seat, Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida, Charlie Crist, Governor Charlie Crist, Crist, Politics News

MIAMI — Lately, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has been having a tough time in his bid for U.S. Senate, and he's experienced another setback. U.S. ...

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2008 Florida CD-25 General Election:
Diaz-Balart (R-i) vs Garcia (D)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 2008, Active, General, House, Joe Garcia, Mario Diaz-Balart, Pollster, Politics News

FL-25: Diaz-Balart vs Garcia

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Two Florida Republican Reps In Danger

McClatchy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gop Reelection Strategy, Florida GOP, Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Florida Politics, Mario Diaz-Balart, GOP 2008, GOP Election Chances, Politics News

A new poll suggests that two Republican members of Congress from Miami are facing a tight race from their Democratic challengers -- the first signific...

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Barack Obama, Comunista y Terrorista? / Communist and Terrorist?

David Paul Appell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John McCain, Obama Cuba, McCain Cuban Embargo, Barack Obama Embargo, Mccain, Obama Cuba Policy, Obama, Barack Obama, John McCain Raul Castro, Elian Gonzalez, Barack Obama Cuba, Cuba Embargo, Embargo, Cuban Embargo, Vigilia Mambisa, Raul Castro, Barack Obama Miami, Miami, South Florida, Florida, Barack Obama Smears, Smears, Right-Wing Smear, Obama Smears, Cuba, Mario Diaz-Balart, David Rivera, Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Politics News

The U.S. doesn't have to embrace Cuba at this time, but we do need to engage, because if we don't evolve too, history won't absolve us. Obama understands this.

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McCain Surrogate: I'm Simply Less Principled Than McCain

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mccain Principle, Mario Diaz-Balart Everglades, John McCain, Obama Everglades, Mario Diaz-Balart Water, Mario Diaz-Balart, Mccain Everglades, McCain Florida, Mccain Aide, Politics News

There was a bizarrely repentant tone to a conference call organized by the McCain campaign on Friday, as a surrogate to the Senator was forced to defe...

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