MiamiHerald.com: Mariel

Scott wants to renew effort to reform ALFs

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:56 EST

Florida’s governor says he will extend the life of the group looking into ways to eliminate deadly abuse and neglect in assisted living facilities.

Some of Cuba’s secrets are not so secret

Sun, 27 May 2012 18:53 EDT

Once-secret phone lists and other sensitive leaked information have been linked to a contract IKEA had with Cuban prison factories.

Havana hookers rob US chef in art show

Fri, 25 May 2012 18:15 EDT

Not funny, says critic of trips to Cuba

Cuba’s Ladies in White have ‘tough’ meeting with Church official

Fri, 25 May 2012 18:57 EDT

The Ladies in White meeting with the archbishop of Santiago went much more smoothly than their encounter with the archbishop of Havana.

Diplomat with Cuba experience to handle WH Latam policy

Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00 EDT

Riccardo Zuniga will take over as National Security Council director for Latin America.

Fiber-optic cable benefiting only Cuban government

Fri, 25 May 2012 20:57 EDT

Fiber-optic cables meant to increase broadband access in Cuba is up and running but only for Cuban and Venezuelan governments.

Prosecutors urge Guantánamo judge not to split up 9/11 trial

Thu, 24 May 2012 18:20 EDT

The war court prosecutor says early pre-trial scheduling conflicts don’t necessitate splitting up the trial of five men accused of orchestrating the Sept. 11 attacks.

Gay Cuban Americans appalled by Mariela Castro visit

Thu, 24 May 2012 07:01 EDT

Cuban-American gay activists in Miami are dismayed by Mariela Castro events in San Francisco and New York.

Human rights report highlights regional violence, abuse

Thu, 24 May 2012 18:25 EDT

The U.S. State Department released its 2011 human rights report highlighting violence in Honduras and Mexico, and civil rights abuses in Cuba and Venezuela

Cuba’s Catholic magazine blasts critics of Cardinal Ortega

Wed, 23 May 2012 17:19 EDT

The Catholic magazine says there’s a campaign to get rid of Cuban Cardinal Jaime Ortega because he’s too close to Cuban leader Raúl Castro.

Cuba tells the U.N. it does not torture or abuse human rights

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:44 EDT

Cuban officials told a U.N. panel on torture that all complaints of mistreatment were false

UN panel on torture wants information on Cuban prison deaths and dissident arrests

Tue, 22 May 2012 20:53 EDT

The same day the Cuban media published stories defending the island’s prison system

Judge urges witness to get a lawyer in heathcare fraud case

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:46 EST

A Broward County judge interrupted a bond hearing to warn the defendant’s wife and colleague that they now could face criminal charges, based on a taped jailhouse phone conversation that could implicate them in wrongdoing.