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• Punishing Ozzie Guillen for Being Himself

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  Cuban exiles in Miami have every right to be offended by the remarks of Ozzie Guillen, but not the right to punish him and the Miami Marlins for it. If they truly are believers of human rights (and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights), then Cuban exiles [...]
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• Alan Gross: Stuck Between Havana and Washington

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  "Alan is a pawn from a failed policy between the two governments… two countries that don’t have diplomatic relations."
  
  That's a recent quote from Judy Gross explaining why her husband, Alan Gross, is still jailed in Cuba for operating clandestinely as a USAID contractor inside the island.' [...]
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• "Hooked" by Tijerón

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  [Time for a post from a reader of Mambi Watch*. Thanks to Tijerón for his submission which I found interesting to read as another listener of Radio Mambi. If anyone else would like to submit stories just e-mail me. It can be it critical or supportive of Spanish-language media [...]
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• What Embargo? [Part 2]

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  Over the decades, countless arguments have been made for keeping the US embargo (e.g. Soviet threat, property nationalization, approaching success, violation of human rights). In Miami, no two defenders will have the same defense. And, asking "What embargo?" is not only an effective excuse from again defending a half-century [...]
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• What Embargo? [Part 1]

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  That's an often repeated line from callers and guests on Radio Mambi. The denial seems to be premised on the US being one of Cuba's top trading partners since 2000 when Congress allowed exceptions for agricultural exports (with several restrictions which you can look up here). In [...]
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• Wilman Villar Mendoza (1980-2012)

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  Amnesty International
  
  Human Rights Watch
  
  "Villar Mendoza was charged with 'contempt' (desacato) and sentenced to four years in prison in a hearing that lasted less than an hour, his wife told Human Rights Watch. While she was allowed to attend the trial, dissidents who tried" [...]
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• Newt Gingrich Interview on Radio Mambi

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  Republican Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich arrived in South Florida last Thursday just in time for an evening fundraiser in Coral Gables. The following day, Gingrich visited Little Havana where he pledged a hard-line policy towards Cuba in a written letter to Miami's most intransigent Cuban exile organization, Unidad' [...]
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• Panama Ratifies Charges Against Posada

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  I first heard this on Radio Mambi during today's noon news program. According to Spanish news agency EFE, the Second Appellate Court in Panama has ratified sentences imposed against Luis Posada Carriles and five other accomplices from 2004. The sentences stem from charges of "threatening public security'" [...]
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• Archdiocese of Miami's Pilgrimage to Cuba

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  Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski will be making a pilgrimage to Cuba for Pope Benedict XVI's trip to the island scheduled for late March, the Archdiocese said in a statement Thursday.

  Benedict's trip, scheduled for March 26-28, will be the first by a pope since John Paul II's visit in' [...]

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• "Cuba's Economic Revival"

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  So, will Cuba's economic reforms have the desired effect? And will it have any effect on US policies towards Cuba?
  
  Inside Story Americas discusses with guests: Peter Kornbluh, the director of the Cuba Documentation Project at the National Security Archive; Philip Brenner, a professor of' [...]
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