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Legislation Now Heads to Senate
House Bill 685 sponsored by Representative Eddy González (R-Hialeah) was approved today by the Florida House of Representatives and is now awaiting passage in the Senate. The bill bans doctors trained in Fidel Castro’s apartheid medical schools from practicing medicine in Florida.
“Our students should not be contributing to, nor legitimizing such a blatant system of apartheid, nor should they be used in what is merely a propaganda and public relations ploy by a sworn enemy of America, which shares the unsavory distinction of other…
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A Miami-Dade County Florida jury Friday awarded more than $250 million to the family of a Cuban-American who died in prison 30 years ago.
Rafael del Pino Siero, who was a U.S. citizen, had been a close friend of Fidel Castro but broke with him before the Cuban revolution.
Del Pino was arrested shortly after Castro came to power, after he landed a small plane on a highway to rescue a friend. He spent several years in prison, where he died.
The Miami jury said it wanted to send Cuba a…
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Julienne Gage, FOXNews.com’s Sara Bonisteel and the Associated Press contributed to this report | FoxNews.com
Fifteen Cuban immigrants washed ashore in Florida late Wednesday, one of the largest groups to arrive in the United States since Cuban President Raul Castro announced ownership reforms on the Communist island.
The refugees — 10 men and five women, one of whom is pregnant — had traveled nearly a month to get to the U.S. and hadn’t heard of the reforms, but they said they would have left anyway.
“This doesn’t change anything because there aren’t very many…
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BY PABLO BACHELET | Miami Herald
The Bush administration is undertaking a major do-over of the controversial Cuba democracy grants, restricting the funds available for anti-Castro groups in Miami and sending more resources to non-U.S. international advocacy organizations, officials and others familiar with the programs say.
The new orientation, which has sent tremors of uncertainty among many grant recipients in South Florida, comes as the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development prepare to award a record $45.7 million in Cuba democracy grants this year—more than triple the 2007 levels.
The money…
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By Bruce Edwards | Rutland Herald
Four Vermonters are suing the U.S. government claiming its restrictions on traveling to Cuba to visit family violate their civil rights.
The lawsuit filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Burlington seeks to declare the travel restrictions on Cuban-Americans unconstitutional under the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment.
The four plaintiffs are:
Armando Vilaseca was born in Cuba and came to the United States with his parents in 1963. He lives in Westford.
Yurisleidis Leyva Mora is a Cuban citizen and a legal…
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AFP | By Juan Castro Olivera
Cuban exiles have traditionally been a safe vote for Republican presidential candidates in the key battleground state of Florida, but in a potential boon to Democratic hopeful Barack Obama, many now agree with his call for lifting some sanctions against Cuba.
The exile community has pressured successive US administrations to take a hardline stance against Cuba’s communist regime, but travel and money transfer restrictions imposed by President George W. Bush in 2004 have frustrated many Cuban Americans.
Cuba’s seamless power transfer from Fidel Castro to his brother Raul…
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By Hastings Wyman | Southern Political Report
A discernible, though not massive, trend toward the Democratic Party among South Florida voters has also been evident among the state’s Hispanic voters and has led the Democrats to mount significant challenges to the state’s three Republican Cuban-American members of Congress, Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Mario Diaz-Balart and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.
All three challengers, like the incumbents, are Latino. Alejandro Miyar, a spokesman for the Florida Democratic Party, says South Florida “is becoming more Democratic by the seconds. The voting record shows that, even in the Hispanic precincts.” He adds that 2008…
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Lesley Clark | Miami Herald
Joe Garcia, the Democratic strategist and former Cuban American National Foundation director, will challenge incumbent Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart.
Garcia’s expected announcement Thursday comes on the heels of former Hialeah Mayor Raul Martinez’s decision to take on Diaz-Balart’s older brother, Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart.
‘’This is a unique time in American history and just sitting on the sidelines and cheering isn’t enough,’’ said Garcia, who plans to relinquish his post as chair of the Miami-Dade County Democratic Party to run for the seat. ``People of good conscience have to provide leadership…
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The Cuban American National Foundation would like to thank all the Presidential campaigns for their participation and cooperation in responding to our questions. The candidates&#xu2;019 responses to the Cuban American Voter Guide are arranged in alphabetical order, regardless of party affiliation.
The complete guide can be found on the official website of the Cuban American National Foundation.
Presidential candidates were provided with a questionnaire containing 15 questions aimed at obtaining their views on an array of specific issues concerning U.S. policy toward Cuba. In addition, candidates were asked to submit a…
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Cuba: What to Expect
Coral Gables, Florida - December 1, 2007
This conference was sponsored by the Cuba Transition Project at the Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies of the University of Miami. It was funded by The United States Agency for International Development. The opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Following is a summary of the major points made by participants, without attribution to them. A full web cast of the Seminar can be found on our Webpage http://ctp.iccas.miami.edu
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