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Cuban rafter Elián González said he wants to travel to the U.S., attend a baseball game
*What is the story?: Elián Gonzalez, the six year-old Cuban boy taken from his extended family in Miami at gunpoin, talked to an ABC News crew about the events of […]
Trump nods to Cuban exiles, rolls back ties: Experts react
*The only people who seem to benefit from the Trumpian Cuba roll-back are the entrenched anti-Castro Cuban exiles in Miami. And aside from some travel restrictions, not much has changed […]
Trump’s Muslim Ban Prepares the Way for Another “Operation Wetback”
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (5 minute read) A three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will decide today whether Donald Trump’s temporary ban against travelers from seven Muslim […]
Cuban Refugees Flocking to Texas Border
*President Obama spoke of improved relations between Cuba and the U.S. But for many Cubans improved relations means an end to the Cuban Adjustmant Act (CAA) that gives anyone who […]
American tourists want to see a Cuba that Cubans would rather leave behind
*Isn’t this what we come against, tourists who want to see their narrative of who we are? They’re not invested in our community, know little about us, and choose to […]
Smithsonian collecting material for traveling exhibit about Latinos in baseball
*Latinos have been a part of U.S. baseball since the 1870’s. This tribute exhibition is overdue. VL By Fox News Latino Ever since Estevan “The Cuban Sylph” Bellán played third […]
Why U.S. cigar companies can’t wait for you to light up Cuban cigars
*As things now stand, Americans traveling to Cuba can bring back $100 worth of cigars. But some U.S. cigar makers say the quality of the Cuban cigar is a myth. […]
Cubans Flood Texas Ports After Thaw in Relations
*Many international relations observers saw this coming. Cubans fear that with the thawing of relations with the U.S. the special status they receive under the Cuban Adjustment Act will end. […]
‘Rebel’ the true story of Cuban American woman who fought in Civil War
By Daysi Calavia-Lopez, Voxxi She was Cuban. She fought in the American Civil War. She dressed as a man and took to the battlefield. She later became a union spy. Her […]
Traveling Smithsonian Exhibit Celebrates Latin Music Influence
By Michael J. Fressola, silive.com Ordinary people who like popular music (but aren’t musicologists or scholars) trust their ears. But even when they know what they’re hearing, can they detect the […]