http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2008 MiamiHerald.com Cuba Commentary 60 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:26:01 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/727204.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/727204.html Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:24 EDT Estas elecciones norteamericanas del 2008 han tenido la pasión del desencuentro entre dos generaciones y dos filosofías de la vida, el aliño del choque entre estupendos candidatos y la presencia del signo de interrogación del cuello de un cisne blanco porque nada está escrito.<br> http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/723789.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/723789.html Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:21 EDT Would that every congressional race in every election draw the caliber of candidates who are vying in the U.S. House District 18 race. Republican incumbent Ileana Ros-Lehtinen has a strong track record in Washington, D.C., and is exceptionally attentive to the needs of her constituents. Democratic challenger Annette Taddeo is a successful businesswoman and civic activist who has been profiled in Hispanic Magazine and South Florida CEO. http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/725088.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/725088.html Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:20 EDT Hugo Chávez has just declared that Fidel Castro is his father. He says that Castro phones him constantly and tells him what to do. Chávez obeys him solicitously, like a good son who admires the wisdom of his progenitor. ''The Devil knows more not because he's the Devil but because he's old,'' the Venezuelan president has said through laughter. http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/725086.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/725086.html Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:19 EDT Incumbent Mario Diaz-Balart faces the biggest challenge of his career in a race that observers say is a referendum on the Bush administration. He and challenger Joe Garcia are spending millions on dueling, bashing ads in an intense, bitter battle. Despite the national attention and do-or-die urgency, the race follows the political truism that ''All politics are local,'' and so will be decided by ordinary voters expressing their self-interest. http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/725067.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/725067.html Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:18 EDT The race for Congress in District 21 pits two of the most prominent Cuban-American political figures in South Florida against each other. Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart, the eight-term Republican incumbent, faces a serious challenge by Democrat Raul Martinez, who served on and off as Hialeah's mayor for more than 20 years, beginning in 1981. http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/720234.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/720234.html Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:16 EDT In his tiny Miami apartment, Nelson Rodríguez Dieguez collects books for Cuba's underground network of democratic independent libraries. A former political prisoner, Rodríguez has made it his mission now to set history straight until Cuba is free. http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/719602.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/719602.html Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:32 EDT ¿Podrán los jóvenes cubanos de hoy ofrecer resistencia a la impune camarilla de los Castro y su desfasado absolutismo? http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/719572.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/719572.html Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:13 EDT Bringing an end to the decades-old US-Cuba embargo is no longer just a noble but hopeless idea http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/715210.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/715210.html Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:20 EDT La historia oficial de la revolución cubana, esa que en las últimas cinco décadas se ha enseñado en las escuelas de la isla y se ha publicado en Granma y Juventud Rebelde, es un relato simple, maniqueo y mesiánico http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/715100.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/715100.html Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:56 EDT Esta semana mi amigo Jaime Bayly ha hecho una buena acción que lo honra: envió una carta de renuncia al semanario argentino Veintitrés dando por terminadas sus colaboraciones con la revista. En esta ocasión no se trató de un problema con el aire acondicionado, sino algo que tiene que ver con la vocación presuntamente insecticida por parte de la línea editorial de esta publicación con aires progresistas. http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/713548.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/713548.html Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:01 EDT T his presidential election will rest on young people energized by Barack Obama, moms wowed by Sarah Palin, blue-collar folks swayed by Joseph Biden and veterans saluting John McCain. http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/710399.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/710399.html Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:52 EDT The days keep passing, but the images of devastation and the echo of laments have not ceased to be heard[stopped coming from] across the Flor- ida Straits. For the Cuban exile com- munity, the pain is mixed with the impotence and frus- tration of not being able to do anything -- or do enough to remedy the needs of loved ones. http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/710378.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/710378.html Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:34 EDT Recientemente viajé a Varadero con mi esposo y mi bebé de nueve meses por primera vez después de quedarme en Canadá durante los Juegos Panamericanos de Winnipeg 99. Me dijeron cuando llegué que ''abandoné una misión, y no reúno los requisitos para entrar a la república de Cuba''. Argumentaron que el ''error'' en otorgarme el permiso de entrada era del consulado cubano en Toronto y cancelaron mi pasaporte, así como las tarjetas de turistas de mi esposo y el niño. http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/708918.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/708918.html Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:24 EDT Just 90 miles off the coast of Florida, Cuba once played the role of America's tropical playground. Ernest Hemingway wrote "The Old Man and the Sea" and six other novels on the outskirts of Havana, and Frank Sinatra rubbed elbows with the American mafia in Cuban casinos. Rich Americans drank mojitos in the mahogany-lined bars of the Hotel New York and the Hotel Nacional. http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/709447.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/709447.html Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:23 EDT A veces, resulta muy difícil escribir sobre el caso Cuba, porque las palabras tienen siempre un sabor amargo y triste. Hay muchas repetidas en todas las historias pertenecientes al reinado de los Castro. Dolor, esclavitud, abuso, celda, paredón, ratas, inmundicia. Muerte y engaño son las más repetidas. http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/706190.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/706190.html Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:21 EDT U.S. policy allows and encourages humanitarian aid to be delivered to the Cuban people and despite the numerous impediments by Cuban authorities; the United States remains the world's largest provider of humanitarian aid to the people of Cuba http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/706184.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/706184.html Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:17 EDT Fidel Castro has attracted more attention than brother Raúl since two hurricanes hit Cuba. Ten “reflections” have been issued over his signature since the end of August. He was more prolific during the last month than at any other time since he began communicating with the Cuban people this way following surgeries in the summer of 2006. He has also been more assertive, reiterating his adamant opposition to American offers of hurricane relief, while pugnaciously making clear he is back in the decision making process. <br> http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/706153.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/706153.html Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:58 EDT As the decades of embargo have worn on, and new generations have been born, opinion polls have found Cuban Americans increasing split on the embargo. http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/706159.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/706159.html Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:04 EDT U.S. law and regulation not only allow unlimited humanitarian donations to the people of Cuba — more aid reaches Cubans from the USA than from all other countries combined. Furthermore, the U.S. government has reiterated offers of massive humanitarian aid for the people, which Fidel Castro refuses. http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/705358.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/705358.html Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:26 EDT Pasan los días, pero las imágenes de la devastación y el eco de los lamentos no dejan de escucharse en el Estrecho de la Florida. http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/705353.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/705353.html Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:19 EDT Da grima ver hasta donde llega la pataleta que está dispuesto a montar el gobierno cubano para manipular a la opinión pública http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/704146.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/704146.html Sat, 27 Sep 2008 12:15 EDT José Ramón Machado Ventura va camino de la iglesia Intercession en el barrio de Harlem en New York. Y en Cuba las víctimas de dos naturalezas, la cósmica y la humana, chapotean el fango, escuchan la rapsodia de sus tripas embravecidas y ven las estrellas por el techo desarbolado.<br> http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/703101.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/703101.html Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:53 EDT Al tiempo que la caótica economía cubana empeora debido al azote de los huracanes Gustav y Ike, la situación política se deteriora sustancialmente. El margen de maniobra del gobierno se ha constreñido, al disminuir su crédito político por aumentar a niveles nunca vistos el disgusto popular. http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/703042.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/703042.html Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:41 EDT As Congress comes to grips with the magnitude and political implications of the devastation across Cuba from Hurricanes Fay, Gustav and Ike--it is vitally important to make sure that Washington understands something Cuba is not. Cuba is not a state sponsor of terrorism. http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/703019.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/703019.html Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:37 EDT En un breve discurso de 15 minutos, el Presidente de Estados Unidos afirmó cosas que en boca de cualquier adversario habrían sido calificadas de atroces y cínicas calumnias contra el sistema económico de su país, que él llamó “capitalismo democrático”.