Daniel Shoer Roth, Miami Herald- Eneida Flores and her three sisters had a Saturday night tradition in 1940s Cuba. Every week, they would go for a stroll by the seawall known as the Malecón of Havana on the city’s north shore. They ate churros, had iced lemon drinks and mingled… read more »
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Tag Archives: Florida
May 13, 2012
Coral Gables Travel Agency Fire Was Arson: Report Says Airline Brokers Fire Set Deliberately
Christine Armario, AP-A blaze last month that scorched the offices of a Cuba travel agency in Miami was deliberately set, fire investigators say, one of the first acts of violence in years against a company arranging visits to the island. The Coral Gables Fire Department said in a report that… read more »
May 2, 2012
Florida’s governor signs bill to ban firms that do business in Cuba
Associated Press - Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill on Tuesday banning the state and local governments from hiring companies that do business in Cuba or Syria, basking in applause from a crowd filled with Florida’s politically influential Cuban exile leaders. But in a surprise turn an hour later, Scott wrote… read more »
April 27, 2012
CUBA CENTRAL News Blast: Florida’s Foreign Policy and the eternal cynicism of the sunshine mind
In Florida, relations with Cuba are serious business. Ask Miami Marlin’s manager Ozzie Guillen, publicly shamed and forced to apologize to save his job for talking about Fidel Castro’s longevity. Or worse, ask Airline Brokers Company, a Coral Gables-based travel provider that recently helped fly 340 pilgrims to Cuba for… read more »
April 25, 2012
Cuba complains that guns in luggage checked in at MIA were not stopped
Juan O. Tamayo, Miami Herald-One would think that it would be difficult for any gun, packed in a suitcase checked in at Miami International Airport for a flight to Cuba, to make it all the way to the island. After all, Cuba is on the U.S. list of countries that… read more »
April 22, 2012
Fla.’s trading partners warn of backlash if Gov. Scott signs new anti-Cuba legislation
Patricia Mazzei, Miami Herald- Florida’s top two foreign trading partners and the Florida Chamber of Commerce are sounding alarms about a new state law banning governments from hiring companies with business ties to Cuba. The warnings from economic powerhouses Canada and Brazil pit mighty business interests against the Miami-Dade lawmakers… read more »
April 13, 2012
CUBA CENTRAL Newsblast: Flashback/Fast Forward: Obama, Cuban Docs, and the Summit of the Americas
As President Obama makes his way to Colombia for the Summit of the Americas – “to tout his trade record and convince millions of Hispanic voters back home he cares about the region,” as Reuters tartly reported – we found ourselves thinking back three years when he last attended this… read more »
March 22, 2012
Ignore Florida law on Cuba trade, county attorney says
Reuters-Florida had no authority to enact a pending law that would prohibit local governments from hiring firms that do business with Cuba because federal law trumps state law when it comes to foreign policy, the Miami-Dade county attorney has advised. County Attorney Robert Cuevas said Miami-Dade should not enforce the… read more »
February 12, 2012
Florida-Cuba ferry plans stuck at the dock
Nearly two years after applying for a license to run a ferry between Port Everglades and Cuba, a Fort Lauderdalecompany still awaits government approval. Havana Ferry Partners wonders why it can’t get the go-ahead, when the Obama administration has authorized about a dozen U.S. airports to offer more charter flight to Cuba…. read more »
January 4, 2012
Congresswoman objects to Smithsonian tours to Cuba
Jacqueline Trescott, Washington Post - In a blistering press release, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) said the Smithsonian was helping what she called “the deplorable Havana tyranny” by sponsoring trips to Cuba. The objections of Ros-Lehtinen, the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, were first reported in Tuesday’s online editions of The Hill. The Smithsonian… read more »
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