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Cuban Politics

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    Newt Gingrich Calls for New Cold War With Cuba, Ron Paul Says One Was Enough

    15 years out of government and Newt's still crazy​The 3 a.m. phone call has struck again. In tonight's GOP primary debate, NBC anchor Bryan Williams asked the candidates what they would do if told that Fidel Castro had finally died and "half a million Cubans" were on their way to the United States ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2011

    Castro Death Meter: Fidel More Dead Than Kim Jong Il's Dead Body, Say Medical Experts

    ​Pobre Fidelito. Being a dying dictator was his idea. But now Hugo Chavez has fat cancer, and Kim Jong Il went to ride his giant rabbits in the sky. Nobody's paying attention to the totally dead antics of Fidel Castro. He's like the fourth-grade girl who wore Silly Bandz before it was kewl. ... More >>

  • News

    September 1, 2011

    Eligio Cedeño: A banker battles Hugo Chavez

    ​Pobre Fidelito. Being a dying dictator was his idea. But now Hugo Chavez has fat cancer, and Kim Jong Il went to ride his giant rabbits in the sky. Nobody's paying attention to the totally dead antics of Fidel Castro. He's like the fourth-grade girl who wore Silly Bandz before it was kewl. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2011

    Fidel Castro's Birthday Present: A Big Transsexual Wedding

    ​Fidel Castro turned 85 this past Saturday, and the celebrations were mostly typical. Supporters held a giant concert featuring dozens of musical acts, but Castro himself spent the day in seclusion, which prompted rumors he might have been too feeble for a public appearance. Miami exiles, meanwhil ... More >>

  • News

    August 4, 2011

    Cuba gets high-speed Internet

    ​Fidel Castro turned 85 this past Saturday, and the celebrations were mostly typical. Supporters held a giant concert featuring dozens of musical acts, but Castro himself spent the day in seclusion, which prompted rumors he might have been too feeble for a public appearance. Miami exiles, meanwhil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    Bay of Pigs 50 Years Later: Miami Mourns, Cuban Gov Celebrates - But for How Long?

    via Wikimedia CommonsBay of Pigs Memorial in Little Havana.​They landed silently in the pre-dawn darkness: small groups of armed men seeking to overthrow Fidel Castro and his young government. Then everything went wrong. Two days later, the mission was in flames.This Sunday marks the 50th annivers ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2010

    Latin American Round-Up: Hugo Chávez Gets Decree Powers, Raúl Castro Gets Depressed

    Cheer up buddy. I've got decree powers!​Hugo Chávez won't be making any Obama-like compromises in 2011. The Venezuelan National Assembly is expected to pass a ley habilitante today that would allow the bombastic president -- best known for his twitter histrionics -- to pass laws by decree for 12 ... More >>

  • Music

    June 24, 2010

    Cuban punk rockers Gorki and Gil used music to take on Castro

    Cheer up buddy. I've got decree powers!​Hugo Chávez won't be making any Obama-like compromises in 2011. The Venezuelan National Assembly is expected to pass a ley habilitante today that would allow the bombastic president -- best known for his twitter histrionics -- to pass laws by decree for 12 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2010

    Cuban Dissident Leaders call for Lifting Travel Ban

    Hardliners opposed to lifting the travel ban to Cuba have been among the staunchest champions of the Communist island's increasingly vocal dissident movement. But a letter released Thursday by 74 of the Cuba's most prominent dissenters undermines some of the key arguments made by leaders of Miami's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2010

    Human Rights Watch: Cuba More Repressive Than Ever

    Cuba has been on a repressive kick since the beginning of a year. After well-known critic Zapata Tamayo died in February, other Cubans took to the streets in protest. ​Another one, Guillermo Farinas, is said to be at death's door. The government, in turn, responded by beating some them -- the Lad ... More >>

  • News

    March 4, 2010

    If you thought Cuba's National Mule Census is dumb, think again

    Cuba has been on a repressive kick since the beginning of a year. After well-known critic Zapata Tamayo died in February, other Cubans took to the streets in protest. ​Another one, Guillermo Farinas, is said to be at death's door. The government, in turn, responded by beating some them -- the Lad ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2009

    Cuba Hates All Florida's Senate Candidates the Same

    With months to go before the primary elections, candidates are still locking down endorsement. One bit of support that none of the candidates want though is that of Cuba's government controlled press. Luckily, Granma published a story yesterday critical of all four major candidates. In reaction to ... More >>

  • News

    November 5, 2009

    Miami-based National Circle of Journalists from Cuba can't find a recipient for its award

    With months to go before the primary elections, candidates are still locking down endorsement. One bit of support that none of the candidates want though is that of Cuba's government controlled press. Luckily, Granma published a story yesterday critical of all four major candidates. In reaction to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2007

    Cigar Aficionado Does Cuba. Will the County Ban it Again?

    With months to go before the primary elections, candidates are still locking down endorsement. One bit of support that none of the candidates want though is that of Cuba's government controlled press. Luckily, Granma published a story yesterday critical of all four major candidates. In reaction to ... More >>

  • News

    August 12, 2004

    Letters from the Issue of August12-18, 2002

    With months to go before the primary elections, candidates are still locking down endorsement. One bit of support that none of the candidates want though is that of Cuba's government controlled press. Luckily, Granma published a story yesterday critical of all four major candidates. In reaction to ... More >>

  • News

    July 29, 2004

    Triumph of the Zealots

    A small cadre of exile fanatics now controls the Bush administration's Cuba policy, and Fidel Castro couldn't be happier

  • News

    April 8, 2004

    Cows to Cuba

    A South Florida rancher is using bovine diplomacy to improve relations with the island nation

  • News

    January 1, 2004

    Exile on Main Street

    A thorn in the side of both el exilio and the regime, Eloy Gutierrez-Menoyo waits for U.S.-Cuba relations to thaw even as his assets are frozen

  • News

    October 9, 2003

    Free as a Jailbird in Havana

    When ex-con Mario Mora was deported to Cuba, he swapped one prison for another

  • News

    April 10, 2003

    Dialogueros

    Caught between Iraq and a hard-line place

  • News

    February 20, 2003

    Dialogue: The Final Frontier

    When trade sanctions, bluster, and a few bombs don't work, you gotta try something else

  • News

    February 6, 2003

    Frometal Jacket

    The extreme idealism of F-4 commander Rodolfo Frometa

  • News

    October 31, 2002

    Politics & Parties & Power

    How to campaign in the new House District 25? There's always Cuba.

  • News

    April 11, 2002

    Heretics in the House

    They came to Miami. They gathered publicly. They showed no fear. And they trashed the Cuba embargo.

  • News

    April 4, 2002

    Blowup

    You've seen the revolutionary photo, now here's the soap opera

  • News

    March 28, 2002

    Incessant Static

    Every year millions of your dollars are pumped into Radio and TV Martí. What do you get in return?

  • News

    February 14, 2002

    The War That Never Ends

    More than 40 years after the Bay of Pigs disaster, a new battle erupts over those who died during the invasion

  • News

    January 24, 2002

    Money, Politics, and Cuba

    The Federal Election Commission has a few questions for an influential Miami political action committee

  • News

    December 20, 2001

    Terrorists, but Our Terrorists

    Where can terrorists find safe harbor? If you're of the Cuban exile variety, right here.

  • News

    November 8, 2001

    Waiting for Otto

    Why would a man sullied by Iran-contra and illegal propaganda campaigns be a Bush nominee? Good question.

  • News

    July 5, 2001

    Spies in Miami, Commandos in Cuba

    If you disagree with what they do, why defend their right to do it?

  • News

    April 26, 2001

    Bird of Paradox

    José Basulto, president of Brothers to the Rescue, is a CIA-trained warrior who insists he supports nonviolent resistance. Complicated? Sí, señor.

  • News

    April 19, 2001

    Voice of a Nation

    Radio and TV Martí are supposed to remain above politics and provide Cubans with unbiased news. This is not a joke; it only seems like one.

  • News

    February 15, 2001

    Carlos Cruz's Second Act

    In his native Cuba he was a film star. Here in the States he's just another car salesman with a dream.

  • News

    February 1, 2001

    Cuban Missive Crisis

    For years the infamous Wasp Network collected reams of data on Miami's anti-Castro forces -- and the sundry, sometimes bizarre, attempts to infiltrate them

  • News

    June 1, 2000

    Rick ... or Red?

    Could Rick Sanchez, Miami's most notorious journalistic windbag, actually be an agent of Fidel Castro?

  • News

    May 11, 2000

    The Great Divide

    Correspondence from our readers

  • News

    June 24, 1999

    Artists, Ideas, and Subversion

    Correspondence from our readers

  • News

    November 12, 1998

    Twice Exiled

    Bernardo Benes helped free hundreds of Cuban political prisoners twenty years ago. Hardliners in Miami hate him for it.

  • News

    April 30, 1998

    Miami's Man in Havana

    Unrepentant leftist, friend to Castro, and loyal Cuban, Max Lesnik continues to defy the ideological mandates of el exilio

  • News

    March 13, 1997

    Notes from the Underground, Part 2

    The latest dispatch from independent journalists in Cuba: Castro is cracking down

  • News

    November 28, 1996

    In Havana, Telling It Like It Is

    The latest dispatch from independent journalists in Cuba: Castro is cracking down

  • News

    March 21, 1996

    Visit Cuba Cyberspace.2Day

    Despite new economic sanctions and travel restrictions, castrolania is just a few computer clicks away.

  • News

    January 11, 1996

    The Man Who Would Be Fidel

    For more than fifteen years, master Castro imitator Armando Roblan has been sending up El Tirano

  • News

    November 2, 1995

    Capitalist or Commie?

    How a Miami businessman got rich doing business with Cuba - and lived to shout about it

  • News

    March 2, 1995

    In Havana, On Drugs

    As faith in the revolution sinks to new lows, kids in Cuba are getting high

  • Culture

    December 29, 1994

    Art of the State

    As faith in the revolution sinks to new lows, kids in Cuba are getting high

  • News

    September 21, 1994

    Back on Top

    You may admire him or you may find him disgusting. But at least you've got to hand it to him: Jorge Mas Canosa has got clout.

  • News

    May 18, 1994

    The Man and the Microphone

    In the turbulent and often virulent world of Spanish-language radio, two things are certain: Fidel will be the debate, and Tomas Garcia Fuste will prevail

  • News

    March 3, 1993

    Call While You Can

    Much to AT&T's dismay, foreign companies have found a way around the restrictions on calling Cu ba from the U.S. -- for now, at least

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