Bad policies create revolving door of addicts
At the intersection of science and politics lie the dead bodies and broken souls in America's war on drugs.
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Editorial Page Editor Myriam Marquez has worked at The Miami Herald since October 2005. As an Assistant City Editor she coordinated coverage of South Florida's Latin American and Caribbean communities. She was tapped Deputy Metro Editor in December 2007, served as Metro columnist in 2008 and was selected to oversee the opinion pages in print and online starting in June 2009. She has overseen award-winning projects, including coverage of torture suspects at Krome and Gitmo, higher education and the evolving face of Miami's Cuban exile community.
Myriam knows South Florida -- she is a graduate of Miami Senior High and Miami-Dade Community College. Born in Havana, Myriam grew up bilingual and bilcultural. She is married and has two sons.
During her 18 years at the Orlando Sentinel, Myriam received numerous awards as a columnist and editorial board member. She also served as the Sentinel's Enterprise Editor. She's a graduate of the University of Maryland, with bachelor's in journalism and minor in political science.
Come Wednesday, we won't have Manny Diaz to push around anymore.
Not that Miami's outgoing mayor ever allowed himself to be pushed anywhere he didn't want to go.At the intersection of science and politics lie the dead bodies and broken souls in America's war on drugs.
First lady Michelle Obama went to Miami's Freedom Tower -- the heart and soul of exile -- to remind us about America's strength: service.
There was the son of the Hialeah police chief questioning the integrity of his opponent, the incumbent, because her mother works for the city.
Teresita died on my birthday almost five years ago. I didn't grow up with my older cousin -- she stayed behind in Havana after the revolution and my father, her uncle, was wise enough to leave.
Ihate to keep beating this dead horse, particularly when we have poor defenseless horses being slaughtered in South Florida. And, no, this is not an equine tale.
The contrast between the men and the governments they head is as much about style as it is political smarts.
The lines went out the door and around the block -- residents eager to tell their elected leaders they're not doing their jobs.
A white lie, a damn lie or just clueless?
Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez's lame explanations about granting pay raises to a cadre of his closest advisors -- as he was telling taxpayers we would all have to sacrifice in these tough times -- begs the question.Carlos Planas did all the right things since he arrived from Cuba at age 12 in 1960.
He embraced a new language and country, graduated from Miami-Edison Senior High. Then went on to study marketing and finance, graduating with an MBA from the University of Miami.
Forty years after Operation Pedro Pan ended, I was at Havana's Jose Martí International Airport after spending almost a month reporting from the communist island in 2002.