Associated PressFebruary 18, 2024
23min0
‘He had access to everything.’
Tag: Fulgencio BatistaKamala Harris is winning the popularity contest, by a hair.
Associated PressFebruary 18, 2024Associated PressNovember 26, 2016
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Fidel Castro, who led a rebel army to improbable victory, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 U.S. presidents during his half century rule of Cuba, has died at age 90. With a shaking voice, President Raul Castro said on state television that his older brother died at 10:29 p.m. Friday. He ended […]
Guest AuthorMarch 31, 2016
6min217
Despite persistent local legends and the occasional Sarah Palin-esque tweaking of the tourists, you cannot see the night lights of Havana from Key West. Not even on a clear evening. Not even if you squint. But Havana, a mere 90 miles from Key West, is closer to Duval Street than is Miami. In the days […]
Guest AuthorMarch 30, 20166min185
Despite persistent local legends and the occasional Sarah Palin-esque tweaking of the tourists, you cannot see the night lights of Havana from Key West. Not even on a clear evening. Not even if you squint. But Havana, a mere 90 miles from Key West, is closer to Duval Street than is Miami. In the days […]
Mitch PerryJuly 1, 2015
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Although much of the Florida Congressional delegation is critical, Tampa Bay area Democratic U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor hails President Barack Obama‘s announcement that the U.S. and Cuba are ready to reopen embassies in each other’s capitals. “Today we turn the page on 50 years of acrimony between our two countries with the intent to empower the […]
Daniel TilsonDecember 18, 2014
6min200
I’ve had a personal policy adviser on Cuba for years. My cousin Jesse is half Cuban and most of his father’s side of the family still lives there. He’d return from trips to visit them, questioning how much Americans knew or understood about what life was like for the Cuban people. He saw how a […]