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NEWS ABOUT: Cuban Americans

Cuban Americans stories: 13 news summaries

 Travel to Cuba 
 Soars Under Obama 

State Department relaxes interpretation of the law

Oct 5, 09 1:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Travel between the US and Cuba has soared this year, thanks to the Obama administration. The president hasn’t officially changed any policies regarding Cuba, but permission to travel in or out is suddenly a lot easier to come by, applicants tell the Miami Herald. Joan Brown Campbell, Elian... More »

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travel • State Department • Cuba • travel ban • Cuban Americans

 Miami Cubans 
 Feud Over 
 Havana Peace 
 Concert 

Cuban regime using Juanes, critics say

Sep 5, 09 3:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Juan Esteban Aristizábal, the Colombian pop star better known as Juanes, has sparked a generational spat among Cuban-Americans by agreeing to sing at a “peace concert” in Havana, the Economist reports. Many elders view the event as the Cuban regime’s latest attempt to manipulate public opinion, but... More »

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communism • Fidel Castro • Cuba • Miami • Che Guevara • Cuban Americans

 Man Wins $1B Judgment 
 Against Castro, Guevara 

Court finds revolutionaries responsible for GM dealer's 1959 suicide

May 30, 09 5:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Cuban-American who blames Fidel Castro and Che Guevara for his father's suicide has been awarded more than $1 billion by a US court, the Miami Herald reports. Gustavo Villoldo, whose father and his General Motors dealerships became prime targets for Castro and Guevara after the 1959 revolution, will attempt... More »

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Fidel Castro • Cuba • lawsuit • Che Guevara • Cuban Revolution • Cuban Americans • Gustavo Villoldo

 Obama Eases 
 Cuban Travel, 
 Remittances 

It bridges the gap between divided families: White House

Apr 13, 09 3:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama officially announced new rules for Cuban remittances and travel today, lifting barriers implemented by his predecessor. The eased restrictions allow Cuban Americans to make limitless money transfers and trips to the island nation, the AP reports. It fulfills Obama’s campaign promise to bridge the gap between divided... More »

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Barack Obama • travel • Cuba • United States • Cuban Americans • remittance • Obama administration • President Obama

(Newser) - President Obama is close to letting Cuban-Americans travel freely to Cuba and send unlimited funds to families there, the Wall Street Journal reports. Amid growing pressure from Democrats in Congress, Obama plans to fulfill a campaign promise and loosen current restrictions, which allow Cuban-Americans to visit family once a year... More »

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Barack Obama • Cuba • Cuban embargo • Cuban Americans

Congress Ready to End
Cuba Travel Ban: Senators

Lawmakers believe time has come for bipartisan bill to end 50-year-old travel ban

Apr 1, 09 5:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - A bipartisan group of senators has introduced a bill that would allow Americans to travel freely to Cuba for the first time in nearly 50 years, the Miami Herald reports. Previous efforts have been shot down by conservatives and anti-Castro Cuban-Americans, but the lawmakers say momentum is on their side... More »

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Senate • Cuba • travel ban • Cuban embargo • Cuban Americans

 Senate Eyes Lifting 
 All Travel Bans to Cuba 

But Cuban-American senator fights colleagues to block it

Mar 30, 09 10:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - A bipartisan group of senators is set to introduce a new bill on US-Cuban relations tomorrow that would remove all legal barriers to traveling to the island, reports the Washington Post. The bill goes far beyond earlier efforts to relax travel restrictions and enjoys support from committee leaders, top Republicans,... More »

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Senate • Fidel Castro • Cuba • Raul Castro • Cuban embargo • Cuban Americans • Robert Menendez • Byron Dorgan

Cubans Mark
50 Years of Fidel

Celebrations sobered after tough year for Cuba

Dec 31, 08 5:44 PM CST
(Newser) - New Year's Day marks a sober occasion for Cuban-Americans: Fidel Castro's takeover 50 years ago and the exile and family separations that ensued. Many Cubans once hoped the dictator would bring them prosperity. Today, with their beloved island in decay and many lives lost in attempts to flee, few of... More »

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communism • Cuba • dictatorship • hurricane • anniversary • Cuban Revolution • Cuban exiles • weakening economy • Cuban Americans • New Year

Candidates Failing to Reach Florida's Hispanic Voters

Obama and McCain both pushing wrong message, nonpartisan group says

Jul 22, 08 2:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Elian Spotlight Shows Obama Weak Spot

Legacy of 8-year-old dispute haunts Fla. campaign effort

Jun 24, 08 11:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

analysis

Miami Cubans
Toe Softer Line
on Embargo

'Waving the bloody shirt of anti-Castro politics' may be out of date

May 23, 08 9:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Miami Needs to Study Spanish

International financial hub finds Latinos' language skills lagging

Mar 3, 08 1:30 PM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

South Florida Quiet After Castro Resigns

Exile leaders stress need for democracy
on island nation

Feb 19, 08 5:16 PM CST
(Newser) - Few South Florida Cubans bothered to celebrate Fidel Castro's retirement today, the Miami Herald reports. Exile leaders dismissed the power shift to Castro's brother Raul as politics as usual for the island nation. "Just because he has given up a title, doesn't mean he has given up power,''... More »

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Florida • Fidel Castro • Cuba • Miami • Raul Castro • Little Havana • South Florida • Cuban exiles • Cuban Americans

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