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• Genting's election year strategy: big checks and many bets

  Genting Group, the Malaysian casino giant, is seeding its bets across Florida’s political spectrum this election year as it continues to secure the foothold it needs to build a Miami casino empire.

  The company, which bought the Miami Herald building in downtown Miami with $236 million in cash in 2011 and tried [...]

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• "Nicaraguan" is a slur to some Cubans, and other signs that Florida's Hispanic vote isn't monolithic

  Rep. Ana Rivas Logan’s opponents call her loads of names on the campaign trail.

  But one seemed to bother her more than others: “Nicaraguan.”

  “They’re making calls to the little old Cubans, telling them, ‘Don’t vote for her. She’s a Nicaraguan. Your commitment is with the Cuban vote,’” a choked-up Logan said [...]

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