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Paco Pena Astonishes With Aplomb While The Afro Cuban All Stars Sizzle

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 10.31.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Massey Hall, Flamenco Dance, Flamenco, Spanish Guitar, Afro-Cuban All-Stars, Afro-Cuban Music, Paco Pena, Latino, Latin America, US-Cuba Relations, Latin Dance, Cuban-Americans, Dance, Havana, Performance, Entertainment News
Marissa Bronfman

I cannot recall the last time I experienced such an incredibly ebullient performance of such vitality and vigor, such precision and beauty, as Paco Pena's A Compas (Primal Pulse).

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Cuban Vote at UN: "Here We Go Again"

Evelyn Leopold | Posted 10.28.2009 | World

Read More: Susan Rice Un Ambassador, Fidel Castro, Cuba Embargo, Cuban-Americans, President Obama, UN General Assembly, US-Cuba Policy, Cuba, World News
Evelyn Leopold

For the 18th consecutive year, the General Assembly condemned the US embargo against Cuba. But this was the first vote since President Obama took office, and everyone listened for hints of change.

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What Is Work? Success Through the Immigrant Mindset

Sharon Glassman | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Network, Kinky Friedman, Living News, Work, Career Advice, Corporate Social Responsibility, Immigrant, Entrepreneurship, Work Ethic, Happiness, Sharon Glassman, Cuban-Americans, Adlai Wertman, California, Success, Glenn Llopis, Howard Beale, Living News
Sharon Glassman

"I was raised by two people who had lost their country," explains Glenn Llopis, a California-based entrepreneur with Cuban parents. "We were taught to see and seize opportunity."

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Travel To Cuba On The Rise Among Cuban Americans

Reuters | Posted 06.07.2009 | World

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HAVANA (Reuters) - The number of Cuban Americans visiting Cuba is up 20 percent so far this year and will likely keep rising as Washington eases trave...

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Obama's Travel Reforms Put Embargo's End into View

Sarah Stephens | Posted 05.18.2009 | World

Read More: Raul Castro, Cuba, Fidel Castro, Summit of the Americas, Cuban Americans, Barack Obama, World News
Sarah Stephens

Travel to Cuba for just for Cuban-Americans, keeps in place a policy whereby most Americans can travel to Iran or North Korea but cannot get to Cuba without a license. It doesn't make sense.

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Raul Castro: Cuba Open To US Talks On 'Everything'

Reuters | Posted 05.18.2009 | World

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Cuba is open to talks with the United States about "everything" including political prisoners, President Raul Castro said on Thursday, a major softeni...

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What Are The Real US Aims In "Bringing Freedom" To Cuba? 

Howie Klein | Posted 05.14.2009 | World

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Howie Klein

Biden has said that he and President Obama want the Cuban people to "live in freedom." But what exactly does that mean?

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CANF's Role In Shaping Cuba Policy A Break From The Past (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.14.2009 | World

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Amid increasing excitement in the Cuban-American community, President Obama today finally made official his reversal of Bush administration travel res...

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Letter from Cuba

Andy Schupak | Posted 05.14.2009 | World

Read More: Travel, Socialism, Barack Obama, Cuban Americans, Cuban Embargo, Fidel Castro, Cuba, Baseball, World News
Andy Schupak

The end of the blockade, the Cuban people feel, will bring American tourists with the money and freedom needed to create a new beginning for Cuba.

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Obama Lifting Cuba Travel Restrictions

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 05.14.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON — In a measured break with a half-century of U.S. policy toward communist Cuba, the Obama administration lifted restrictions Monday o...

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Yoani Sanchez, HuffPost Blogger In Cuba, Accused Of 'Provocation'

Reuters | Posted 05.07.2009 | World

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Cuban authorities accused blogger Yoani Sanchez on Wednesday of staging a "provocation against the Cuban Revolution" after she and others spoke public...

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Obama Did What? Hey, Let Me Tell You About the Potato Harvest

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 05.01.2009 | World

Read More: Cuban American Remittances, U.S. President, White House, World News, Cuban Americans, Cuban Immigration, Cuba, Cuban Press Day, Barack Obama, Cuban American Travel Restrictions, World News
Yoani Sanchez

The Cuban press barely mentioned this positive step taken by Obama to ease the limitations on travel to the Island for Cuban Americans. An official silence was the only response to this measure.

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U.S. Congress Set To Open Cuban Exiles' Passage Back Home

Miami Herald | LESLEY CLARK AND FRANCES ROBLES | Posted 03.28.2009 | World

Read More: Cuba Travel Restrictions, US-Cuba Relations, Cuban-Americans, Cuban Exiles, US Congress, US-Cuba Policy, Travel to Cuba, Cuba, World News

The 1,128-page budget bill that will begin to work its way through Congress this week contains key paragraphs that alter the shape of U.S.-Cuba policy...

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Cheap Grace

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 01.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cuba, Embargo, Foreign Policy, Barack Obama 2008, Obama Cuba, US-Cuba Relations, Barack Obama Embargo, Foreign Affairs, Cuban Embargo, Guantanamo, Obama Administration, Cuban Americans, US-Cuba Policy, Barack Obama, Politics News
Robert L. Borosage

In area after area for Obama, much goodwill can be garnered simply by embracing common sense. Call it cheap grace. A good place to start would be with changing our preposterous policy towards Cuba.

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As Cuba's Regime Turns 50, How About Some Common Sense -- Finally?

David Paul Appell | Posted 01.13.2009 | Politics

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David Paul Appell

The brothers Castro have outfoxed ten U.S. presidents, thanks partly to the embargo put in place by John Kennedy in 1961, before Barack Obama was born. Chances are they won't outlast an eleventh.

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Majority Of Cuban-Americans Now Oppose Cuba Embargo

VOA News | Brian Wagner | Posted 01.08.2009 | World

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A new U.S. public opinion poll shows long-time support for the U.S. embargo against Cuba is falling among the Cuban-American community in Miami. VOA's...

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Photo Essay -- Joe The Plumber At Midnight In Miami

Stephen Elliott | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

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Stephen Elliott

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Major Newspaper Endorsements, Polls Inspire Florida Democrats

Ron Levitt | Posted 11.21.2008 | Home

Read More: Polls, Early Voting, 2008 Electins, Florida-Major Newspaper Endorsements, Offthebus, Florida Obama, John McCain, Cuban-Americans, Florida Mccain, Denis Ross, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Election 2008, Campaign 2008, Home News
Ron Levitt

MIAMI -- Unless Democratic voters get over-confident and stay home on Nov. 4th, Florida will become a Blue State and provide 27 electoral votes to ...

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McCain Campaign Palling Around with Terrorists in Miami?

Roberto Lovato | Posted 11.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Terrorism, Cuban-Americans, Max Lesnik, Sarah Palin, Florida, Eduardo Arocena, 2008 Election, Miami, Barack Obama, Politics News
Roberto Lovato

As the home of GOP-linked individuals known to advocate and use violence to advance their cause, South Florida is not the best place for Republicans to talk tough on terrorism.

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Right-Wing Extremists Unmoved by Devastation in Cuba

Joe Garcia | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

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Joe Garcia

The greatest impediment to the wellbeing of the Cuban people is the Cuban government itself. But this fact does not give us license to throw our hands in the air and not offer our help.

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McCain's Problem with White Voters

Paul Jenkins | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

It is McCain who needs to score exceptionally well among white voters, better in fact than any other Republican presidential candidate in the past 20 years, including George H. W. Bush.

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Un Nuevo Dia: In Florida, Hispanics Are No Longer Majority Republican or Cuban

Simon Rosenberg | Posted 05.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hispanic Voters, Florida, John McCain, Cuban Americans, Barack Obama, Politics News
Simon Rosenberg

McCain's reliance on a failed, hard-line policy toward Cuba will not carry the weight with a very different Florida Hispanic electorate it once did.

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Sam Stein

GOP Candidates On A Pander-Surge

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Pandering, Rudy Giuliani, Yamaka, Mitt Romney, Guayabera, Florida Primary, Pander, GOP Field, Cuban Americans, Politics News

Pandering to certain voting blocs is part of every election. And the 2008 race for the White House is certainly no different. But the Florida Republic...

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