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• Yoani Sanchez Live in Miami

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  If you can't make it in person, here's where you can see Yoani Sanchez in her two public appearances today in Miami.
  
  Her first appearance will be at the Freedom Tower at 2:00 pm and streamed by Miami-Dade College. Click here to view.
  
  Her second [...]
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• Yoani Sanchez on the U.S. Embargo Against Cuba

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• Radio Mambi Attacks Yoani Sanchez, Unknowingly Puts Foot in Mouth

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  As famed Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez gets closer and closer to her Miami visit, militant and hard-line Cuban exiles are going through an interesting phase of introspection: How much respect or support should they show Sanchez during her internationally publicized trip around the world, while withholding their deep displeasure [...]
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• Radio Mambi Says "Celebrate the Death of Chavez"

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  Radio Mambi host Armando Perez-Roura said this evening people should "celebrate the death of [Hugo] Chavez." Perez-Roura made this comment in response to suggestions that Venezuelans in Miami be respectful in their response to the recent death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
  
  Perez-Roura believes celebration is due because [...]
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• Miami Herald Errs Against Yoani Sanchez

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  In their rush to grab readers, yesterday El Nuevo Herald chose to err against Yoani Sanchez by misinterpreting her recent comments in Brazil. As a result, the Herald not only violated a basic code of journalistic ethics ("Make certain that headlines... do not misrepresent"), but also helped [...]
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• Yoani Sanchez in Brazil

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  Above is a short video of famous Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez making her first public appearance yesterday in Brazil. She was at the Museu Parque do Saber in the city of Feira de Santana where a screening of a documentary was planned. Sanchez was welcomed by Brazilian [...]
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• Marco Rubio's Speech at Unidad Cubana

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  This past Sunday, Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida appeared at a public event hosted by Unidad Cubana, the militant/hard-line Cuban exile organization. Below is the speech he gave in Spanish. I will be translating portions of the speech into English and updating this post below.
  
  Yet, there is [...]
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• Welcome "On Two Shores"

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  Here's another new blog about Cuba and US policy: "On Two Shores."
  
  They describe themselves as "a moderate, forward-thinking voice, from the heart of Miami, for Cuban Americans and Cubans in the diaspora." And their goal is "to represent the silent majority within our [Cuban?] community who'" [...]
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• Paul Ryan's Anti-Embargo Record

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  You've probably heard already. The Republican pick for vice-president, Rep. Paul Ryan (WI-1), has an anti-embargo voting record, and has been very clear about it. So, it's no wonder some hard-liners are trying to hide this fact.
  
  A post on the (pro-embargo) Capitol Hill Cubans [...]
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• Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas (1952 - 2012)

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  According to reports from witnesses and family, Cuban dissident Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas died Sunday (July 22) afternoon in a car accident near the city of Bayamo. According to the Cuban website CubaDebate, the accident occurred around 1:50 p.m., 14 miles from Bayamo. Another passenger, Harold Cepero Escalante, died [...]
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