/tags/fidel-castro Fidel Castro en-US WLRN Thu, 25 Jan 2024 12:00:00 GMT /commentary/2024-01-25/florida-lgbtq-hb1639-drivers-license-dont-say-gay-fidel COMMENTARY Florida's orgy of homophobic lawmaking seeks to make LGBTQ people invisible in the 21st century — just as Cuba's Fidel Castro did in the 20th. Thu, 25 Jan 2024 12:00:00 GMT /commentary/2024-01-25/florida-lgbtq-hb1639-drivers-license-dont-say-gay-fidel Tim Padgett /americas/2023-06-30/elian-gonzalez-cuban-congress Elián González recently entered Cuba's congress with hopes of helping his people at a time of record emigration and heightened tension between the two seaside neighbors. Fri, 30 Jun 2023 18:38:43 GMT /americas/2023-06-30/elian-gonzalez-cuban-congress Associated Press /commentary/2022-10-27/on-salazar-are-dems-fighting-fire-with-fire-or-trying-to-make-two-wrongs-a-right COMMENTARY Calling GOP Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar a "socialist" as carelessly as she hurls the word herself cuts Democrats' credibility as foes of disinformation. Thu, 27 Oct 2022 13:17:12 GMT /commentary/2022-10-27/on-salazar-are-dems-fighting-fire-with-fire-or-trying-to-make-two-wrongs-a-right Tim Padgett /news/2022-04-22/from-the-civil-rights-movement-to-the-cuban-missile-crisis-newspaper-editor-bill-baggs-life-and-legacy The life story of one of South Florida’s most influential newspapermen, Bill Baggs is the April title of the Sundial Book Club. Fri, 22 Apr 2022 20:45:25 GMT /news/2022-04-22/from-the-civil-rights-movement-to-the-cuban-missile-crisis-newspaper-editor-bill-baggs-life-and-legacy Leslie Ovalle Atkinson, Caitie Muñoz /news/2022-01-18/as-cuba-tries-more-protesters-is-it-making-an-example-of-historically-defiant-holguin From the Spanish empire to the Castro dictatorship, Holguineros — especially their youth — have been at the forefront of revolt in Cuba. Can that flame last now? Tue, 18 Jan 2022 11:00:00 GMT /news/2022-01-18/as-cuba-tries-more-protesters-is-it-making-an-example-of-historically-defiant-holguin Tim Padgett /commentary/2021-07-29/cuban-exiles-want-the-world-on-their-side-not-cubas-try-persuasion-not-petulance COMMENTARY Cuban-Americans want countries to join an anti-apartheid-style front against Cuba. Do they recall how they dissed the anti-apartheid movement? Thu, 29 Jul 2021 13:32:33 GMT /commentary/2021-07-29/cuban-exiles-want-the-world-on-their-side-not-cubas-try-persuasion-not-petulance Tim Padgett /commentary/2020-11-06/salazars-hypocrisy-a-reminder-how-harmful-socialista-hysteria-is-to-south-florida COMMENTARY Congresswoman-elect Maria Elvira Salazar used the McCarthy tactics she once faced. Her success signals a darker South Florida political culture. Fri, 06 Nov 2020 11:30:33 GMT /commentary/2020-11-06/salazars-hypocrisy-a-reminder-how-harmful-socialista-hysteria-is-to-south-florida Tim Padgett /news/2020-08-06/fidel-blindness-is-florida-blindness-and-its-the-reason-biden-wont-pick-bass COMMENTARYCalifornia Congresswoman Karen Bass offers a spot-on reason Americans should object to President Trump sending shadowy federal agents to break… Thu, 06 Aug 2020 17:11:16 GMT /news/2020-08-06/fidel-blindness-is-florida-blindness-and-its-the-reason-biden-wont-pick-bass Tim Padgett /show/latin-america-report/2020-06-15/do-latin-american-expats-consider-trump-a-democracy-crusader-or-dictatorial-caudillo In one of the most controversial moments of one of America’s most controversial presidencies, Donald Trump this month sent National Guard troops to… Mon, 15 Jun 2020 22:45:38 GMT /show/latin-america-report/2020-06-15/do-latin-american-expats-consider-trump-a-democracy-crusader-or-dictatorial-caudillo Tim Padgett /news/2020-03-17/sanders-likely-to-suffer-in-florida-primary-with-hispanics-but-as-badly-as-expected When Bernie Sanders praised communist Cuba recently, most pundits wrote him off with Florida Hispanics. But in the state’s Tuesday presidential primary,… Tue, 17 Mar 2020 21:35:19 GMT /news/2020-03-17/sanders-likely-to-suffer-in-florida-primary-with-hispanics-but-as-badly-as-expected Tim Padgett