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Ahead of Florida voting on, where millions of Cuban immigrants currently reside, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) was asked once again during Sunday’s Democratic debate about his previous remarks praising Cuban dictator Fidel Castro’s literacy programs. “I have opposed authoritarianism, whether it’s in Cuba, whether it’s in Saudi Arabia, whether it’s in China, whether it’s in […]
Back in 1961, the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) opened a file on then 33-year-old Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez, who they suspected of working with the communist Cuban regime, have now declassified and released to the Washington Post 137 pages of 24-year-long covert dossier of the high-profiled leftist. Garcia Marquez arrived in New York […]
Cuban-American U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D) has joined his colleague Sen. Chuck Schumer (D) in opposing President Obama's new nuclear deal with state sponsor of terrorism, Iran. Melendez, who faces corruption charges, may be pushing back against the Obama administration for bring federal charges against him. "If Iran is to acquire a nuclear bomb, it […]
I don't believe that anyone in the Cuban exile community who opposes President Obama's "normalization" of relations with communist Cuba, thought the administration would invite them to the historic U.S. flag-raising ceremony in Havana, Cuba later this week. And, let me just say, I highly doubt any of these Cuban exiles would even want to […]
Miami, FL-Hillary Clinton announced that she supported lifting the U.S. embargo against Cuba, and said that she would ask Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and the rest of the Congress, to lift the decades-long embargo. But while Clinton outline the reasons why the "failed" embargo needed to be lifted, Clinton also […]
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has changed her position on Cuba, and will ask Congress to lift the U.S. embargo against the communist island. GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush pointed out that Clinton has opposed the easing of "restrictions against Cuba," but is now changing her tune, as the former First Lady and Secretary of […]
Over the past 11 months, at least 8 people have been jailed in Venezuela, according to Fox News Latino. The arrests come as street confrontations between students demanding free speech and government forces have been raging for years. Fox News lists the arrested opposition: Lessi Marcano (48), Ginette Hernández (23), Leonel Sánchez (47), Víctor Ugas […]
Last week we saw a sight many thought they'd never see. The Cuban flag being raised in Washington DC, and hanging in the State Department's lobby signifies a huge, historical shift in US foreign policy. The embargo however remains. Now, as negotiations and diplomatic relations continue, Cuba is making some demands which they have made […]
Texas junior senator and 2016 presidential hopeful Ted Cruz has introduced a bill in the Senate to rename the street that the Cuban embassy currently sits on, which is 16th st. NW to Oswaldo Paya st. Mr. Paya was a very famous Cuban dissident who dies in a mysterious car crash in 2012. In a […]
The Cuban-American congressional delegation from Miami, Florida, held a press conference denouncing the opening of the U.S. embassy in Havana, Cuba, as well as calling the new Cuban embassy in the United States as a " base" for the Cuban Intelligence Service. Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Carlos Curbelo, and Mario Diaz-Balart, all Republicans, each took turns […]
Colombian-American Annette Taddeo is running for the U.S. Congress in Florida's 26th congressional district. Taddeo began her public service by heading the Democratic Party in Miami-Dade County before being tapped by former Republican Governor-turned Democrat Charlie Crist, as his running mate for his failed 2014 gubernatorial campaign against sitting Florida Governor Rick Scott (R). Taddeo […]
Junior Florida Senator and 2016 presidential hopeful Marco Rubio has dubber today, Monday, July 20th, 2015 as "Capitulation Monday". The title aims to lambast President Obama on the Iranian Nuclear deal and the official re-establishment of diplomatic relations with Cuba. In a press release put out first thing Monday morning, the Senator says: “History will […]
Shortly after midnight on Monday, and after decades of oppression and human rights violations, the United States has all but pardoned communist Cuba for their past crimes by restoring full diplomatic relations between the two countries. The Cold War era stand off between the communist nation of Cuba and America has ended, as the Cuban […]
The Embargo may not have been lifted by Congress, but diplomatic relations with Cuba are now a reality. Speeches have been given, flags have been raised, embassies are working and freedom is on the march! According to an April 8th report, Obama enjoys an 80% approval rating in Cuba. So, if the Obama administration, and […]
The 2015 Gold Cup Began with Cuba being at the center of controversy, and not because of the deal struck with the White House. For starters, the head coach and 6 of the players have yet to be granted their visas to enter The United States for the tournament. As if that were not enough, […]
One of South Florida's biggest supporters of the ongoing U.S. embargo to Cuba, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D), is breaking with President Obama in regards to his move to reestablish full diplomatic and economic relations with the communist government of Fidel and Raul Castro. “My view is different from President Obama’s,” the DNC chairwoman said […]
Carnival Corp. has just received the OK to send its ships to Cuba. According to USAToday, the trips will begin in May of 2016. The company has received approval from U.S. authorities, though it it still waiting for approval by the Cuban government. According to the USA Today: The parent company of Carnival, Princess and […]
The New York Times continues their unilateral assault against Senator and Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio with a recent story written from interviews conducted with Cubans on the Island of Cuba. Would you believe that everyone interviewed thinks Rubio to be the Anti-Christ? Rubio, who is considered to be in the top tier of Republican presidential candidates, […]
It seems like every few months rumors start circulating godly around Miami about Fidel Castro's health and the speculation begins as to whether he's alive or dead. But on the back of last week's announcement by the Obama administration that embassies in Havana and DC will open, and that the diplomatic "thaw" with Cuba is moving […]
President Obama's move to take Cuba off the State Sponsor of Terrorism list, and "normalize" relations between the U.S. and that criminal regime has been met with bipartisan disapproval in the U.S. Congress, leaving many Americans questioning where their values as a country have gone. It goes without saying that the American-Cuban delegation in the […]
CNN is reporting the the Unites States and Cuba have reached an agreement, and will announce on Wednesday that the two countries will open embassies in each other's capitals. According to two senior administration officials: "We will formally announce tomorrow that the United States and Cuba have reached an agreement to re-establish formal diplomatic relations […]
It's official. The Unites States will have an embassy in Havana, president Obama announced earlier today. Marco Rubio has fired back at the president in a press release, and yo can be sure he'll be talking about it on the campaign trail. The release by the senate office stated: “Throughout this entire negotiation, as the […]
As if FIFA needed even more controversy in the middle of the ongoing corruption scandals and investigations, Diego Armando Maradona has announced his candidacy for FIFA president, at the suggestion of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro. Maradona who has been involved in numerous drug and cheating scandals in the past is a close friend of Fidel […]
As the Obama administration moved full speed ahead with its plan to re-establish relations with the communist regime in Cuba, it is also looking to court Cuba's closets ally, Venezuela. In a contradictory move, Obama administration officials met with Venezuelan officials in Haiti over the weekend. Venezuela was sanctioned by Obama in march, and declared […]
Florida's junior Senator and 2016 Presidential hopeful, Marco Rubio, has called the Obama administration's meeting with Diosdado Cabello "Bizarre and confusing". In a press release, The Senator condemns the administration for meeting with one of Venezuela's "most corrupt officials. By meeting with the Venezuelan regime's most corrupt official, who also happens to be under investigation […]
Cuba doesn't yet have an embassy in they U.S., but that hasn't stopped the Swiss government from serving as a protector of the communist country from the United States, and facilitating the groundwork for future Cuban embassy in Washington, D.C. The Swiss embassy, which houses Cuba's Interest Section, erected a mast outside its doors in […]
