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If Trump Ever Had My Vote, He Just Lost It

October 2, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

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If Trump secretly conducted business in communist Cuba while Fidel Castro was its president, the Republican presidential nominee should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, not elected to the highest office in the land.

Obama in Cuba:
The Limits of “Engagement”

March 21, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

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Indeed, if engagement is supposed to result in political change, US engagement with Cuba is most likely doomed to fail, writes Jorge G. Castañeda. After all, trade and investment have done nothing to bring about a democratic opening in Vietnam over the last 20 years.

Pope Francis’s Challenge to America

September 24, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

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Pope Francis is challenging conservative Americans–and presidential candidates–to rethink their belligerence to Cuba, Palestinians and action on global warming, writes Chris Patten.

Flagler Airport Pilot Flies Historic Cuba-Bound Flight From the United States

September 16, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Local pilot Galin Hernandez’s historic flight to Cuba over Labor Day was among the first of its kind from the American mainland, though it took off from Hollywood.

Marco Rubio’s Cuban Embargo Delusion And a Half Century of Spectacular Insanity

December 29, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

What Rubio needs now to consider and accept is that Florida, situated where it is, has more to gain from trade with Cuba than any other state.

Florida Republicans Go Cuba Libre On Obama’s Decision to End Hostilities With Havana

December 18, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The future of America’s dealings with the island nation 90 miles away remains a sensitive issue in the state as even Democrats greeted Obama’s opening with caution.

In Boon for Florida, Obama Will Normalize Full Diplomatic Relations With Cuba After 53 Years of Cold War

December 17, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

The two nations will open embassies in Havana and Washington, D.C., 53 years and 10 presidents after Dwight Eisenhower, citing “self-respect,” closed the American Embassy in the Cuban capital on Jan. 3, 1961.

Charlie Crist on Ending the Cuba Embargo: Not Flip-Flopping, But Facing Reality

May 19, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Crist wants to lift the 53-year-old U.S. trade embargo on Cuba. He hasn’t flipped soft on the Cuban government, which he calls “oppressive,” “totalitarian,” and “wrong.” He just says that the embargo hasn’t worked and that it’s insanity to keep doing the same thing and expecting a different result, argues Stephen L. Goldstein.

Florida Professors Still Can’t Travel to Cuba On State’s Dime; Low IQ Execution Cleared

June 25, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Three Florida cases are the many the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear, which means a ban on Florida university faculty’s travel to Cuba stands, as does Florida’s authority to execute a Daytona Beach murderer with an IQ of 70.

In Defense of Ozzie Guillen: Cuban-Americans Have Held US Policy Hostage Long Enough

April 13, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

The Florida Marlins’ duplicitous suspension of Ozzie Guillen aside, the real scandal is the degree to which South Florida’s Castro-era Cuban community continues to hold American foreign policy hostage to seven decades of juvenile antagonism.

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