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• They’re not leaders

  They’re not leaders

  It’s insulting and revolting to read that Raúl Castro is a Cuban “leader.” Have Cubans said so in free elections? This mental dwarf is simply a ruthless, decrepit dictator just like his brother Fidel, both of whom have enslaved the Cuban people for more than 53 years.

• 2 Cuban migrants escape Cayman detention

  2 Cuban migrants escape Cayman detention

  Two Cuban boatpeople who escaped from a detention center in the Cayman Islands remained at large Tuesday and might have found a way to leave the Caribbean territory, officials said.

• Cuban-American lawmakers punish families

  Cuban-American lawmakers punish families

  What is it with Florida Cuban-American Republican lawmakers and their constant attacks on the Cuban family? Once again we have to endure the sorry spectacle of fascist legislation to restrict our right to travel and to provide financial support to our families in Cuba sponsored by Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart and strongly supported by Sen. Marco Rubio and Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and David Rivera.

• Misguided obsession

  Misguided obsession

  Re the Dec. 26 letter Cuban-American lawmakers punish families: Cuban-American lawmakers punish families because they believe that they are going to get rid of the Castros by starving Cuban society into submission. But many Cubans who held this position now believe that the best way to get rid of them is to try to free Cuban society from the “solitary confinement” they have endured for more than 50 plus years by lifting travel restrictions and gradually easing of the economic embargo. This, they hope, will foster opposition to the Castro regime.