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  • July 2008

    • Candidates Failing to Reach Florida's Hispanic Voters

      newser  |  St. Petersburg Times  |  Jul 22, 08 2:36 PM CDT

      Candidates Failing to Reach Florida's Hispanic Voters

      Hispanics could swing the presidential election in November, especially in crucial Florida, but the presumptive nominees aren’t reaching them, the St. Petersburg Times reports. Hispanics tend to vote on issues rather than along strictly party lines, but the media and candidates are pushing immigration reform though polls show the economy and education atop their list of concerns—with immigration reform 10th. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • election 2008  • Latino voters  • the Hispanic vote  • swing states  • Cuban Americans  • Florida voting

  • June 2008

    • Elian Spotlight Shows Obama Weak Spot

      newser  |  Politico  |  Jun 24, 08 11:58 AM CDT

      Elian Spotlight Shows Obama Weak Spot

      Eight years after the Elian Gonzalez standoff contributed to Al Gore’s defeat, the row is back in the headlines and causing trouble for Barack Obama. Obama’s stance on Cuban issues, not to mention the prominent roles Elian’s father’s lawyer and a Clinton deputy AG play in his campaign, have angered many members of Florida’s Cuban exile community, Politico reports. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Florida  • Cuba  • Cuban Americans  • Cuban exiles  • Elian Gonzalez

  • May 2008

    • Miami Cubans Toe Softer Line on Embargo

      newser  |  Time  |  May 23, 08 9:43 AM CDT

      Miami Cubans Toe Softer Line on Embargo

      In his speech in Miami this week, John McCain talked the familiar macho talk on Cuba, taking a hard line on the embargo and ridiculing Barack Obama for suggesting that he might open a dialogue with Raul Castro. That may still play with older exiles, Time notes, but a growing number of younger Cuban-Americans don't believe the embargo has any hope of toppling the regime and would like to see more openness in both diplomacy and borders. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Florida  • Cuba  • Fidel Castro  • foreign policy  • Raul Castro  • Cuban embargo  • Cuban Americans

  • March 2008

    • Miami Needs to Study Spanish

      newser  |  Miami Herald  |  Mar 3, 08 1:30 PM CST

      Miami Needs to Study Spanish

      Miami's role as an international city—the "financial hub of Latin America," as one businessman calls it—is threatened by its residents' declining Spanish skills, the Miami Herald reports. Many descendants of the Cuban entrepreneurs and businessmen who flooded South Florida in the '60s and '70s speak only "kitchen Spanish"—good enough to talk to grandma, but not for business transactions. More »

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      immigrant  • Miami  • language  • Latinos  • Hispanics  • Spanish  • Cuban Americans  • bilingual education

  • February 2008

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