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Sofia Hidalgo’s family legacy inspires Obama-Chesky scholarship win

Priscilla Pozo | Assistant Entertainment Director From passion to profit, there are many different reasons we push ourselves towards success. For Public Relations, Advertising and Applied Communications junior Sofia Hidalgo, maintaining her family’s legacy is one of the factors pushing her to the top. Her commitment to her family’s heritage inspires all her work, from […]

Human rights in Cuba have changed but not improved

By: Anna Radinsky/Assistant News Director   Human rights conditions in Cuba have not improved with the succession of Raúl Castro from Fidel Castro, even with new U.S. policy changes. Dania Susini, a junior majoring in Art, lived in Cuba from 2004-2008, when she was between six and ten years old. “Living there while being so […]

Trump decreases U.S. tourism to Cuba

By: Imogen Francis/Staff Writer   In November 2017, President Trump announced a new policy that restricted American citizens to travel to Cuba. The Trump Administration released a list of hotels, restaurants and shops, which had ties to the Cuban military, that U.S. citizens are no longer permitted to visit. In a White House press briefing, […]

Pots clanging, cars honking, flags waving, people screaming, I can still remember the celebratory sights that filled the streets in Miami when the news came that Fidel Castro, Cuba’s communist dictator, was dead.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Examining U.S. – Cuba relations is a must in Miami

Pots clanging, cars honking, flags waving, people screaming — I can still remember the celebratory sights that filled the streets in Miami when the news came that Fidel Castro, Cuba’s communist dictator, was dead.

The U.S. should keep out of the Cuban equation

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 […]

Electoral politics will never bring the change we need

Clara Barros/ Staff Writer Every day, more people get disheartened by the U.S. electoral system. Every day, more people feel betrayed by their favorite candidates. Every day, more people realize the power that corporations and donors exert on elections. And every day, more people get disillusioned by the calls to “vote them out.” These frustrations […]

Student Thoughts: President Obama chooses Tango over Brussels​

President Barack Obama is the student who stays up all night studying for a test but then forgets to set the alarm. From the complete failure of ObamaCare to the horrible Iran Deal, the latest Hit ‘n’ Miss in Obama’s legacy is his trip to Cuba and unfortunately, his response to the Brussels bombings.

Obama’s Nation: Affordable Education

President Obama’s last State of the Union address Tuesday evening touched on many subjects, ranging from healthcare, to immigration, and even the military. Yet, when he spoke about the issues of education in America and what changes he had planned for the remainder of his term, he captured my full attention.

Obama Addresses Affordable Education in Last Speech

With the rigorous strain it takes to find the perfect parking space, to having an enormous break between classes, the added bonus of the cost of tuition can prove to be a heavy burden weighing down on students everywhere.

Obama’s Eco-Friendly plan

As part of his legacy, President Barack Obama has made it a focal point to make the U.S. a leader in rectifying climate change both with science and policy. His most recent announcement was the Clean Power Plan which, in accordance with the EPA, sets more strict regulations on the emissions from power plants.

Student thoughts: Trans-Pacific Partnership greatest modern threat to Democracy

The administration claims that the transparency of the treaty is sufficient, and its supporters argue that senators who wish to scrutinize the treaty can go read it ... In the best of circumstances, any senator voting on the bill, barring those with prior intimate knowledge of the legislation, would be basing their decision entirely on their (flawed, human) recollection of a document they do not fully understand.

Cuban Civil Law: the Record Set Straight

This Wednesday, FIU's Cuban Research Institute will be hosting a free lecture on Cuban Civil Law at Green Library by Maria Elena Cobas Cobiella, senior lecturer for the College of Law at the University of Valencia in Spain.
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