While āWhiteā American voters supported Trump at a rate of 56%, Cuban American voters went for the Republican candidate at a rate of 58%–or perhaps even higher. Gosh? What could possibly account for such deplorable behavior? Well, if the quip āyou had to be thereā applies anywhere, itās in explaining the voting habits of Americans […]
My Reply To The āOpen Letter To Our Fellow Cuban-Americansā
On Sunday, December, 20, 2015 The Miami Herald published an open letter signed by ten members of Miamiās business community and paid for by Carlos Gutierrez and Miguel āMikeā Fernandez. With due respect, this is my reply. The letter stated that the new policy of engagement with Cuba is one that must be met with […]
THE TRUTH ABOUT CUBAN-AMERICANS
Cuban-Americans, primarily those belonging to the Historic Exile (1959-1979), have been the target of insults lately after President Obama announced a new opening to Communist Cuba on December 17, 2014. They have been called all kinds of pejoratives ā Batista sympathizers, inveterate hardliners, cavemen, reactionaries, and not-authentic Hispanics. They donāt deserve these slanderous labels. Those […]