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• A childhood filled with friends from Cuba made moving to Miami easy

  A childhood filled with friends from Cuba made moving to Miami easy

  Just like so many other Cuban-Americans, we came to Miami to escape the ravages of the Communist regime that had taken over our island-nation. We were lucky enough to come on a regularly scheduled Pan Am flight.

• South Floridians watch Pope’s visit to Cuba with mixed feelings

  South Floridians watch Pope’s visit to Cuba with mixed feelings

  Local Cubans, who gathered at churches and in homes to follow Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Cuba, expressed mixed emotions about the trip.

• Many hope Pope will address religious education, dissidents and more during trip to Cuba

  Many hope Pope will address religious education, dissidents and more during trip to Cuba

  People both inside and outside Cuba have a long list of topics they hope the pope will address when he arrives in Cuba.

• My generation’s ‘Neverland’

  My generation’s ‘Neverland’

  My wife, Helin, and I share many cultural experiences. Both of us were born in Miami to Cuban parents who left for the United States as teenagers after Fidel Castro forcibly took power and turned the idyllic island nation into a communist state. Neither of us have any family remaining in Cuba and we never considered traveling there so long as the Cuban people continued to suffer under communism.

• Many hope Pope Benedict will address tough issues in Cuba

  Many hope Pope Benedict will address tough issues in Cuba

  For centuries, pilgrims have come to the Our Lady of Charity shrine with wishes for a cure for ill health, a better economy, and improved relationships. Now Cubans inside and outside the island also have a long list of wishes for Pope Benedict XVI when he visits Cuba to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the discovery of a statue of the Virgin.