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Fabiola Santiago: Some say ‘sí,’ Sen. Marco Rubio says yes

In what should go down as one of the most bizarre days in recent U.S. Senate history, Marco Rubio, the Republican senator from Florida, a Cuban-American, introduced Tuesday an amendment to the immigration reform bill requiring English proficiency of all citizenship candidates.

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Fabiola Santiago: So many memories, so many lessons learned at 1 Herald Plaza

Moving from the bayside newsroom where I became a writer is like leaving the home where you grew up.

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Fabiola Santiago: Reasons to laugh in the rain

I can hear the happy shrieks of children in my neighborhood.

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Fabiola Santiago: Too often hatred, racism rule the day

Some days, my morning news feed negates that I live in a multicultural, pluralistic, progressive country in the 21{+s}{+t} century.

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Fabiola Santiago: Dissidents’ return to Cuba an act of courage

Here’s Cuba, post-travel “reform,” round one.

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Fabiola Santiago: Despite defense claims, Trayvon’s past is irrelevant

Who was Trayvon Martin?

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Fabiola Santiago: Boy Scouts didn’t go far enough

It was a historic decision and we can call it progress — the right thing to do for the children — but that’s all.

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Fabiola Santiago: Damas de Blanco are true heroes

Whether in the streets of Cuba, at international forums — or now in Miami before they return to the island — these brave women are a peaceful but powerful force to behold.

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Fabiola Santiago: Many moms in this family, but Mami wears the crown

When I’m work-weary, I stand in the hall where my mother displays the diplomas and certificates she has earned during a lifetime, and I quickly regain perspective and gratitude.

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Fabiola Santiago: City pols should keep nose out of art

I like my politicians to stay as far away as possible from my art.

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Fabiola Santiago: For voters, Miami Dolphins stadium deal is a shot in the dark

You know that moment in parenting when a child asks for something particularly nerve-wracking and you escape making the decision with the cowardly, “Ask your father,” or, tables turned, “Ask your mother”? 1371693139

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Fabiola Santiago: On immigration, GOP back to ugly ways

Sounds like many Republicans in Congress no longer remember they lost the presidential election.

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Fabiola Santiago: Senate fails the nation, victims on gun control

It took Adam Lanza less than five minutes to kill 20 children and six educators using his mother’s high-powered military-style rifle.

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Fabiola Santiago: Daughter carries out father’s bold work in Cuba

A gray Miami morning framed the conversation with Rosa María Payá, blinding rain pouring into Biscayne Bay, long, tear-like droplets streaking the conference room windows.

Fabiola Santiago: Jay-Z ignores Cuba’s real heroes

It’s not difficult to clear up the confusion the “street cred” self-conscious Jay-Z expressed in the rap he quickly penned upon his return from Cuba, Open Letter.

Fabiola Santiago: Boy Scouts should live up to own values

All eyes are on the U.S. Supreme Court — and they should be — as the nation’s highest court grapples with issues that address the constitutionality of same-sex marriage.

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Fabiola Santiago: I am Cuban and American — y más

Somos cubanos y punto.” We, those in exile and on the island, are all Cubans — period.

Fabiola Santiago: Dissidents choosing to act like free people

NEW YORK — The first time I “met” Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo — aka @OLPL — on that infinite and unpredictable public square that is the Internet, he was tweeting from Havana.

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Fabiola Santiago: Disruption of Yoani speech in New York carries echoes of Cuba

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