Victor Garcia | Contributing Writer On March 31 FIU’s Cuban Research Institute presented a discussion comparing the Cuban and Venezuelan revolutions and exile diaspora. The panel was split evenly with University of Michigan professor Silvia Pedraza and CRI Director Jorge Duany representing the Cuban perspective while FIU Professors Brian Fonseca and Ofelia Riquezes Curiel handled […]
Robert Crohan/Staff Writer The 2020 Democratic primary has proven to be a raucous, divisive and controversial process. This primary has escalated to the point of being offensive to some, as the frontrunner, Senator Bernie Sanders, recently made comments acknowledging the supposed progress made by Fidel Castro’s Cuba in terms of education. These comments have naturally […]
Humberto Mendez Prince/Staff Writer For anyone who’s been following the presidential race, it’s no surprise that Senator Bernie Sanders has skeletons in his closet. After all, the resurfacing of Sanders’ controversial comments on Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, along with letters addressed to notorious left-wing leader Daniel Ortega is all the media have been reporting in […]
Damielys Duarte/Staff Writer Cuba’s dictatorship has always been a sore spot for politicians, especially those trying to cater to hispanic demographics. On Sunday, Feb. 23, Senator Bernie Sanders made some comments that may have cost him the latin vote after he naively defended certain programs introduced by the Castro Regime, to the horror of Cuban […]
Gabriela Enamorado/Staff Writer As the Democratic party becomes increasingly divided, candidates in the 2020 presidential race continue to muddle themselves in controversy. Most recently, Senator Bernie Sanders caused a stir on Sunday, Feb. 23 when he made some comments about the late Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. His harmless statement is now one of the many […]
Eduardo Alvarez/ Asst. Opinion Director For U.S.-Cuba relations, any normality would be revolutionary and both peoples would benefit from it. The two countries have always had an abnormal relationship. From the Southern slave states’ interest in annexing the island in the 19th century to expand slavery to the two U.S. military occupations, to today’s apparently […]
Michelle Marchante//Staff Writer Cubans in Miami took to the streets to celebrate the death of Fidel Castro just after midnight on Friday, Nov. 25. A nine-day mourning period for the former president, was announced on Cuba’s state television by his brother and current president, Raul Castro. Fidel, whose communist dictatorship controlled the island for more […]
Peter Orsi/ AP Writer Raul Castro announced Sunday that he will step down as Cuba’s president in 2018 following a final five-year term, for the first time putting a date on the end of the Castro era. He tapped rising star Miguel Diaz-Canel as his top lieutenant and first in the line of succession. The […]
