/tags/cuban-exiles Cuban exiles en-US WLRN Thu, 23 Mar 2023 13:30:00 GMT /commentary/2023-03-23/exiles-should-welcome-cubas-baseball-team-to-miami-as-a-prop-its-a-hit COMMENTARY Cuban baseball today seems a reminder of the island's massive youth exodus — which ought to make it a handy showcase of what Cuban exiles protest. Thu, 23 Mar 2023 13:30:00 GMT /commentary/2023-03-23/exiles-should-welcome-cubas-baseball-team-to-miami-as-a-prop-its-a-hit Tim Padgett /americas/2023-03-22/world-baseball-classic-told-exiles-to-see-cuban-players-like-any-others-did-they Letting Cuban MLB players suit up for the Cuban national team in this month's global tournament angered some Cuban exiles — but was gladly accepted by many others. Wed, 22 Mar 2023 11:00:00 GMT /americas/2023-03-22/world-baseball-classic-told-exiles-to-see-cuban-players-like-any-others-did-they Tim Padgett /commentary/2022-12-15/fius-cuban-privilege-night-was-a-typical-and-yet-valuable-miami-moment COMMENTARY By so loudly condemning a book on Cuban immigration privileges, exiles instead prompted Miami to look more deeply into its important findings. Thu, 15 Dec 2022 12:00:00 GMT /commentary/2022-12-15/fius-cuban-privilege-night-was-a-typical-and-yet-valuable-miami-moment Tim Padgett /commentary/2022-12-08/cubans-challenge-the-claim-that-theyre-privileged-by-asserting-their-privilege COMMENTARY It's great Cubans can present their point of view on a new book about immigration. But it's also about Haitians — whose views need some privilege too. Thu, 08 Dec 2022 12:00:00 GMT /commentary/2022-12-08/cubans-challenge-the-claim-that-theyre-privileged-by-asserting-their-privilege Tim Padgett /news/2022-07-01/cubas-regime-may-be-shaken-to-its-core-by-the-death-of-powerful-general-rodriguez-lopez-callejas Gen. Luis Alberto Rodríguez López-Calleja, a top communist party boss, led the military-controlled corporation that accounts for most of Cuba's economy. Fri, 01 Jul 2022 22:05:00 GMT /news/2022-07-01/cubas-regime-may-be-shaken-to-its-core-by-the-death-of-powerful-general-rodriguez-lopez-callejas Tim Padgett /news/2022-06-17/mambi-mess-what-does-the-sale-of-two-iconic-radio-stations-tell-us-about-miami The conservative Spanish-language stations that a Democrat-led group is buying are revered by many Cubans in Miami. So why aren't Cubans buying them? Fri, 17 Jun 2022 10:00:00 GMT /news/2022-06-17/mambi-mess-what-does-the-sale-of-two-iconic-radio-stations-tell-us-about-miami Tim Padgett /news/2022-06-08/cuban-exiles-fear-new-spanish-language-radio-owners-in-miami-will-censor-conservative-voices Cuban exile leaders gathered in Little Havana to warn a Democrat-led group buying Radio Mambí and WQBA not to turn the stations into "leftist" outlets. Wed, 08 Jun 2022 22:15:00 GMT /news/2022-06-08/cuban-exiles-fear-new-spanish-language-radio-owners-in-miami-will-censor-conservative-voices Tim Padgett /news/2022-05-18/many-cuban-exiles-feel-biden-let-himself-be-blackmailed-by-havana-with-cuba-policy-changes Most Cuban-Americans in South Florida backed Trump's tougher Cuba strategy — and they feel Biden is throwing the regime a lifeline when it's at its weakest. Wed, 18 May 2022 21:32:00 GMT /news/2022-05-18/many-cuban-exiles-feel-biden-let-himself-be-blackmailed-by-havana-with-cuba-policy-changes Tim Padgett /commentary/2022-04-21/immigration-incoherence-havana-keeps-pouring-the-whine-miami-keeps-fermenting-it COMMENTARY Cuba blames the U.S. embargo for immigration surges but gives no reason to lift it. The U.S. faults Cuba but gives it the embargo to scapegoat. Thu, 21 Apr 2022 09:59:00 GMT /commentary/2022-04-21/immigration-incoherence-havana-keeps-pouring-the-whine-miami-keeps-fermenting-it Tim Padgett /commentary/2022-01-05/didion-democracy-degeneration-why-miami-matters-this-week COMMENTARY What Joan Didion foresaw in Miami 35 years ago — U.S. democracy's frailty — is as important as the dangerous "cognitive dissonance" she did see. Wed, 05 Jan 2022 18:00:00 GMT /commentary/2022-01-05/didion-democracy-degeneration-why-miami-matters-this-week Tim Padgett